World School Athletics Championship

The World School Athletics Championship is a sport of athletics international championship for under-18 athletes, part of the International School Sport Federation ISF World Schools Championships. With some exceptions, it has been held on a biennial basis since its inception in 1971.

World School Athletics Championship
First event1973 Greece Athens
Occur every2 years
Last event2023 Turkey Trabzon
Next event2025

Athletes are represented by both their school and their country.[1] Some nations such as Nigeria hold trials races to decide their teams, while others choose teams by selection.[2] The event was formerly known as the NSSF World School Athletics Championship.[3]

Editions

The championships have been held 26 times since 1973.[4]

EditionYearCityCountry
11973Athens  Greece
21973Wiesbaden  Germany
31974Florence  Italy
41975Poitiers  France
51977Saint Etienne  France
61981Salzburg  Austria
71983Blankenberge  Belgium
81985Lanzarote  Spain
91987Tel Aviv  Israel
101989Messina  Italy
111991Budapest  Hungary
121993Alba  Italy
131995Banská Bystrica  Slovenia
141997Cherbourg  France
151999Reutlingen  Germany
162001Malaga  Spain
172003Istanbul  Turkey
182005Vila Real de Santo António  Portugal
192007Mérignac, Gironde / Bordeaux  France
202009Tallinn  Estonia
212011Bydgoszcz  Poland
222013Sokolov  Czech Republic
232015Wuhan  China
242017Nancy  France
252019Split  Croatia
262023Trabzon  Turkey

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