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There are 46 outdoor men's and women's athletics events that are subject to World Athletics Rankings and categorised as "Main Events". For each sex, this covers nineteen track and field events (seven track running events, three obstacle track events, four jumping events, four throwing events, and a combined event), two road running events, and two racewalking events.
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The 2024 World Athletics Rankings document the best-performing athletes in the sport of athletics, according to World Athletics' individual athlete ranking system. Individual athletes are assigned a points score best on an average of their best recent competition performances.
The process to found World Athletics began in Stockholm, Sweden, on 18 July 1912 soon after the completion of the 1912 Summer Olympics in that city. At that meeting, 27 representatives from 17 national federations agreed to meet at a congress in Berlin, Germany, the following year, overseen by Sigfrid Edström who was to become the fledgling organisation's first president.
The 2019 World Athletics Rankings document the best performing athletes in the sport of athletics, per the World Athletics individual athlete ranking system. It was the first year that the IAAF used the system. Individual athletes are assigned a points score best on an average of their best recent competition performances.
The World Athletics record is the best mark set in a World Athletics-recognised event either outdoors or indoors. For historical world record holders use Category:World record setters in athletics (track and field)
World records in athletics are ratified by World Athletics. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking. Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians.
The World Athletics Championships is a biennial event which began in 1983. Organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the World Championships are a competition comprising track and field athletics events available to male and female athletes from any of the IAAF's 213 member federations.