International Association of Athletics Federations
Formation	17 July 1912
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Monaco
Membership	212 member federations
President	Lamine Diack
Website	www.IAAF.org

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, such as running, jumping and throwing. It was founded on 17 July 1912 at its first congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. Since October 1993 it has been headquartered in Monaco.

Beginning in 1982, the IAAF has passed several amendments to its rules allowing athletes to receive compensation for participation in international athletics competitions. However, the IAAF retained the word "amateur" in its name until its 2001 Congress at which the IAAF's name was changed to its current form.

The IAAF's current president is Lamine Diack of Senegal. He became Acting President shortly after the death of the previous president, Primo Nebiolo of Italy in November 1999, and was elected President at the 2001 Congress.

Presidents [edit]

Since the establishment of the IAAF, it has had five presidents:

Name	Country	Presidency
Sigfrid Edström	Sweden	1912–1946
Lord Burghley	United Kingdom	1946–1976
Adriaan Paulen	Netherlands	1976–1981
Primo Nebiolo	Italy	1981–1999
Lamine Diack	Senegal	1999–

Area associations [edit]

See Category:National Members of the International Association of Athletics Federations

Map of world with six area associations

The IAAF has a total of 212 member federations (it had been 213 but at the November 2010 meeting of the IAAF Council it was announced that the Netherlands Antilles would cease to exist independently) divided into 6 area associations.^[1][2]

     AAA – Asian Athletics Association in Asia

     CAA – Confederation of African Athletics in Africa

     CONSUDATLE – Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo in South America

     EAA – European Athletic Association in Europe

     NACACAA – North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association in North America

     OAA – Oceania Athletics Association in Australia and Oceania (Australasia)

v t e National Members of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Overall Disciplines track and field events road running races cross country races mountain running race walking events Current Olympic Events Asia / AAA AFG BHR BAN BHU BRU CAM CHN TPE HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KUW KGZ LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP PRK OMA PAK PLE PHI QAT KSA SIN KOR SRI SYR TJK THA TLS TKM UAE UZB VIE YEM Africa / CAA Northern ALG LBA MAR TUN Western BEN BUR CPV CIV GAM GHA GUI GBS LBR MLI MTN NIG NGA SEN SLE TOG Eastern DJI EGY ERI ETH KEN SOM SUD TAN UGA Central BDI CAF CGO CHA CMR COD GAB GEQ RWA STP Southern ANG BOT COM LES MAD MAW MOZ MRI NAM RSA SEY SWZ ZAM ZIM Europe / EAA ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BLR BEL BIH BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN EST ESP FIN FRA GEO GER GIB GBR GRE HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA LAT LIE LTU LUX MKD MLT MDA MON MNE NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SMR SRB SVK SLO SWE SUI TUR UKR North America / NACAC AIA ANT ARU BAH BAR BIZ BER IVB CAN CAY CRC CUB DMA DOM GRN GUA HAI HON JAM MEX MNT NCA PUR SKN LCA VIN ESA TRI TKS USA ISV Oceania / OAA Western AUS GUM KIR MHL FSM NMI PNG NRU PLW SOL VAN Eastern ASA COK FIJ PYF NZL NFI SAM TGA TUV Associate member / OAA Eastern NCL NIU South America / CONSUDATLE ARG BOL BRA CHL COL ECU GUY PAN PAR PER SUR URU VEN Others (no IAAF members) Observer members / CACAC CUR GUF GLP MTQ NEV SXM Pinnale Events Olympic Games IAAF World Championships

Age categories [edit]

• Senior (all the athletes over 20 years old)
• Junior (athletes aged 18 or 19 years on 31 December of the year of the competition)^[3]
• Youth (athletes aged 16 or 17 years on 31 December of the year of the competition)^[3]

Competitions [edit]

Included in its charge are the standardization of timekeeping methods and world records. The IAAF also organizes many major athletics competitions worldwide, including:

World Athletics Series [edit]

The World Championships in Athletics is the foremost athletics competition held by the IAAF.

† = Formerly IAAF World Cup

One-day events [edit]

v t e IAAF World Challenge Melbourne Track Classic Jamaica International Invitational Golden Grand Prix Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo IAAF World Challenge Beijing Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat Moscow Challenge Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar Golden Spike Ostrava Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Internationales Stadionfest Hanžeković Memorial Rieti Meeting

v t e IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings U.S. Open Track and Field Millrose Games New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Sparkassen Cup Russian Winter Meeting Meeting Pas de Calais Weltklasse in Karlsruhe Indoor Flanders Meeting Aviva Indoor Grand Prix XL Galan See also: IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics Former meetings: Valencia Athens

v t e IAAF cross country permit meetings Cross de Atapuerca Oeiras International Cross Country Lotto Cross Cup Brussels Great Edinburgh International Cross Country Cross Internacional de Itálica Antrim International Cross Country Cinque Mulini KCB Nairobi Cross Chiba International Cross Country Fukuoka International Cross Country Eurocross Almond Blossom Cross Country See also: IAAF World Cross Country Championships Former meetings: Cross de Soria (2007-10) Cross Valle de Llodio (2004–06) Auchan Roncq Lille Metropole (2005)

IAAF Road Race Label Events [edit]

v t e IAAF Gold Label Road Races Xiamen International Marathon Dubai Marathon World's Best 10K Tokyo Marathon Roma-Ostia Half Marathon Lake Biwa Marathon Nagoya Women's Marathon Rome Marathon Seoul International Marathon Lisbon Half Marathon Prague Half Marathon Paris Marathon Vienna City Marathon Rotterdam Marathon Boston Marathon London Marathon Yangzhou Jianzhen Half Marathon Hamburg Marathon Prague Marathon Great Manchester Run Giro di Castelbuono Bogotá Half Marathon Great North Run Bogotá Women's 12K Berlin Marathon Portugal Half Marathon Chicago Marathon Beijing Marathon Amsterdam Marathon Great South Run Frankfurt Marathon New York City Marathon Istanbul Marathon Fukuoka Marathon Singapore Marathon Shanghai Marathon

v t e IAAF Silver Label Road Races Osaka Women's Marathon Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon Beppu-Ōita Marathon Hong Kong Marathon Daegu Marathon Great Ireland Run Madrid Marathon Ottawa 10K Ottawa Marathon Freihofer's Run for Women Olomouc Half Marathon Prague 10K Ústí nad Labem Half Marathon Dam tot Damloop Cologne Marathon Great Birmingham Run Toronto Waterfront Marathon Marseille Cassis 20K Venice Marathon Yokohama Women's Marathon Turin Marathon San Silvestre Vallecana

v t e IAAF Bronze Label Road Races Maraton de Santiago Pyongyang Marathon Brighton Marathon Nagano Marathon Düsseldorf Marathon Hannover Marathon Riga Marathon Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon Edinburgh Marathon Corrida de Langueux Vidovdan 10K Gold Coast Marathon Siberian International Marathon Paris 20K Beirut Marathon Alpes-Maritimes Marathon Valencia Marathon Corrida de Houilles

Defunct [edit]

See also [edit]

• European Athletic Association
• List of eligibility transfers in athletics

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Official IAAF website

v t e International athletics events IAAF World records Hall of Fame World Olympics Paralympics World Championships in Athletics IPC Athletics World Championships World Indoor Championships World Junior Championships World Youth Championships World Masters Championships Continental Cup World Cross Country Championships World Half Marathon Championships World Mountain Running Championships World Race Walking Cup Continental Asia AAA – Asian Championships: Outdoor Indoor Cross Country Race Walking Africa CAA – African Championships: Outdoor Cross Country Combined Events Mountain Running Europe EAA – European Championships: Outdoor Indoor Team Cross Country Mountain Running Race Walking Oceania OAA – Oceania Championships: Outdoor Combined Events Cross Country Marathon/Half Marathon Race Walking North America NACAC – NACAC Championships: Outdoor Cross Country Mountain Running South America CONSUDATLE – South American Championships: Outdoor Cross Country Half Marathon Mountain Running Race Walking Regional Americas APA – Combined Events Race Walking Central America and Caribbean CACAC – Central American and Caribbean Championships: Outdoor Cross Country Central America CADICA – Central American Championships: Outdoor Cross Country Race Walking Pacific Melanesian Championships Micronesian Championships Polynesian Championships Seasonal World Marathon Majors IAAF Diamond League IAAF World Challenge Combined Events Challenge Race Walking Challenge Hammer Throw Challenge Games ALBA Games All-Africa Games Asian Games Bolivarian Games Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games Commonwealth Games Francophonie Games Ibero-American Championships Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Micronesian Games Military World Games Pacific Games Pacific Mini Games Pan American Games South American Games South Asian Games Universiade