The Russian Indoor Athletics Championships () is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF), which serves as the Russian national championship for the sport. It was first held in 1992, following the independence of Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and replacing the Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships.Russian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-27.Soviet Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-27. It is typically held as a three-day event in the Russian winter around mid to late February. The venue of the championships is usually in Moscow or Volgograd.Г. Хинчук-Михайлова, В. Селезнев. 1922: год перелома // Лёгкая атлетика : журнал. – М., 1992. – № 1. – С. 19–20. A total of 24 athletics events are on the current programme, divided evenly between the sexes.
The first edition of the event in 1992 was poorly attended by the nation's best athletes, as a CIS Indoor Championships was also held the same year and was involved with international selection for the Unified Team.На стадионах страны и мира. Чемпионат России // Лёгкая атлетика : журнал. — 1992. — № 3. — С. 30.
Events The following athletics events feature as standard on the Russian Indoor Championships programme:
Sprint: 60 m, 400 m Distance track events: 800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m Hurdles: 60 m hurdles Jumps: long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault Throws: shot put Relays: 4 × 400 m relay
The following indoor national championships events are typically held separately: Combined events: heptathlon (men), pentathlon (women)
The following events were formerly held at the competition but have since been abolished: 200 m 5000 m 2000 metres steeplechase 3000 metres steeplechase Racewalking: 5000 m (men), 3000 m (women) Relays: 4 × 200 m relay, 4 × 800 m relay
Editions Edition Year Location Dates Venue Notes11992Volgograd18–20 JanuaryWGAFC Indoor Stadium21993Moscow 27–28 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA31994Lipetsk 26–27 FebruaryJC "Jubilee"41995Volgograd 24–26 FebruaryWGAFC Indoor Stadium51996Moscow 23–25 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA61997Volgograd 21–23 FebruaryWGAFC Indoor Stadium71998Moscow 13–15 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA81999Moscow 18–19 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA92000Volgograd4–6 FebruaryWGAFC Indoor Stadium102001Moscow 16–18 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA112002Volgograd12–14 FebruaryWGAFC Indoor Stadium122003Moscow 25–27 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA132004Moscow 17–19 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA142005Volgograd 10–12 FebruaryWGAFC Indoor Stadium152006Moscow 16–18 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA162007Volgograd 9–11 FebruaryWGAFC Indoor Stadium172008Moscow8–10 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA182009Moscow 13–15 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA192010Moscow 26–28 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA202011Moscow 16–18 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA212012Moscow 22–24 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA222013Moscow12–14 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA232014Moscow 17–19 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA242015Moscow 17–19 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA252016Moscow 23–25 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA262017Moscow 19–21 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA272018Moscow12–14 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA282019Moscow13–15 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA292020Moscow25–27 FebruaryAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA2025Moscow28 February–2 MarchAlexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA
Championship records Men EventRecordAthleteYear60 metres6.52Andrey Grigoryev1995200 metres*20.81Roman Smirnov2010400 metres46.21Dmitry Buryak2010800 metres1:46.24Dmitry Bogdanov20081500 metres3:39.27Valentin Smirnov20183000 metres7:47.01Valentin Smirnov20135000 metres*13:31.85)201513:44.21Anatoly Rybakov20142000 metres steeplechase*5:25.33Alexander Pavelyev20123000 metres steeplechase*8:22.29Roman Usov200360 metres hurdles7.50Sergey Shubenkov2013High jump2.38 mYaroslav Rybakov2008Ivan Ukhov2014Pole vault5.85 mTimur Morgunov2018Long jump8.23 mAleksandr Menkov2018Triple jump17.47 mDenis Kapustin1994Shot put21.39 mMaksim Afonin2018Heptathlon6412 pointsLev Lobodin20035000 m walk*18:40.83Mikhail Shchennikov19934 × 200 metres relay*1:24.74Saint PetersburgKonstantin PetryashovMaksim RafilovichDmitry ShkuropatovAndrey Kukharenko20174 × 400 metres relay3:09.28Saint PetersburgMaksim RafilovichAndrey KukharenkoKonstantin ProkofyevMikhail Filatov20204 × 800 metres relay*7:15.77Moscow OblastRoman TrubetskoyDmitry BoukreevDmitry BogdanovYuriy Borzakovskiy2008 * = Defunct events
Women EventRecordAthleteDate60 metres6.98Irina Privalova1993200 metres*22.46Irina Privalova1993400 m49.68Natalya Nazarova18 February 2004800 metres1:57.51Olga Kotlyarova20061500 m3:58.28Yelena Soboleva18 February 20063000 m8:27.86Liliya Shobukhova17 February 20065000 metres*15:28.95Yelena Sedova20162000 metres steeplechase*6:08.59Svetlana Pospelova19963000 m steeplechase*9:07.00Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova17 February 200660 metres hurdles7.91Aleksandra Fedoriva2010High jump2.03 mMariya Lasitskene2017Pole vault4.92 mAnzhelika Sidorova2020Long jump7.00 mLyudmila Galkina2001Triple jump15.00 mTatyana Lebedeva2001Shot put21.15 mIrina Korzhanenko1999Pentathlon4896 pointsEkaterina Bolshova20123000 m walk*12:01.81Yelena Arshintseva19944 × 200 metres relay*1:33.18MoscowIrina TitovaIrina RosikhinaTatyana LevinaOksana Ekk20014 × 400 metres relay3:35.72Moscow OblastYuliya SpiridonovaAnastasia BednovaValeria KhramovaYana Glotova20184 × 800 m relay*8:06.24MoscowAlexandra BulanovaYekaterina MartynovaElena KofanovaAnna Balakshina18 February 2011 * = Defunct events
See also List of Russian records in athletics
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