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Turkish Indoor Athletics Championships

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Turkish Indoor Athletics Championships
The host stadium, Ataköy Athletics Arena
SportTrack and field
Founded2012
CountryTurkey

The Turkish Indoor Athletics Championships is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Turkish Athletic Federation, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Turkey.

The competition was first held in 2012, following the construction of the country's first international quality indoor track and field stadium – the Ataköy Athletics Arena. This venue was constructed to host the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships.[1][2][3]

Events

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The following athletics events feature as standard on the Turkish Indoor Championships programme:

  • Sprint: 60 m, 200 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
  • Combined events: heptathlon (men), pentathlon (women)

Editions

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Ed. Year Location Dates Venue Events
1st 2012 Istanbul 26–28 January Ataköy Athletics Arena 16
2nd 2013 Istanbul 26–27 January Ataköy Athletics Arena
3rd 2014 Istanbul 15–16 February Ataköy Athletics Arena
4th 2015 Istanbul Ataköy Athletics Arena
5th 2016 Istanbul Ataköy Athletics Arena
6th 2017 Istanbul Ataköy Athletics Arena
7th 2018 Istanbul Ataköy Athletics Arena
8th 2019 Istanbul Ataköy Athletics Arena
9th 2020 Istanbul Ataköy Athletics Arena
10th 2021 Istanbul 5–7 February Ataköy Athletics Arena
11th 2022 Istanbul 25–77 February Ataköy Athletics Arena
12th 2023 Istanbul 14–15 March Ataköy Athletics Arena

Championships records

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Men

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Event Record Athlete/Team Date Championships Place Ref
Pole vault 5.72 m NR Ersu Şaşma 7 February 2021 2021 Championships Istanbul [4]
Triple jump 16.62 m NR Can Ozupek 3 February 2019 2019 Championships Istanbul [5]
5000 m walk 19:13.59 NR Salih Korkmaz 11 January 2020 2020 Championships Istanbul [6]

Women

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Event Record Athlete/Team Date Championships Place Ref
300 m 38.20 NR Elif Polat 14 March 2023 2023 Championships Istanbul [7]
1500 m 4:07.94 Gamze Bulut 15 February 2014 2014 Championships Istanbul
3000 m walk 12:31.08 NR Meryem Bekmez 11 January 2020 2020 Championships Istanbul [8]

References

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  1. ^ Istanbul races with time for major athletics event. Hurriyet Daily News (2012-01-02). Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  2. ^ "Teams/Sport Facilities-Atakoy Athletics Arena". IAAF WIC Istanbul 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
  3. ^ "2012 Dünya Salon Atletizm Şampiyonası" (in Turkish). Türkiye Atletizm federasyonu. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  4. ^ "Vetter launches javelin to 87.27m on his season's debut in Offenburg". European Athletics. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Van der Plaetsen and Maudens set world leading marks in Gent". European Athletics. 4 February 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  6. ^ "13/01/2020 Istanbul (TUR): Salih Korkmaz and Meryem Bekmez victorious in the Indoor Championships of Turkey". marciadalmondo.com. 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Atletizmde 3 sporcu Türkiye rekoru kırdı". trthaber.com (in Turkish). 15 March 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  8. ^ "13/01/2020 Istanbul (TUR): Salih Korkmaz and Meryem Bekmez victorious in the Indoor Championships of Turkey". marciadalmondo.com. 13 January 2020. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.