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This is a list of international sports federations, each of which serves as a non-governmental governing body for a given sport and administers its sport at a world level, most often crafting rules, promoting the sport to prospective spectators and fans, developing prospective players, and organizing world or continental championships.
This category is for national governing bodies for the sport of athletics, comprising track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking. For sports organisations in general, please use Category:Sports organizations
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running.
USA Track & Field is the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) member federation in the United States. USATF is a member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and selects teams for Olympic and Pan American Games competitions.
This category is for organisations specifically for track and field. For organisations involving track and field, cross country running and road running, use Category:Athletics organizations. For organisations regarding athletic sports in general, use Category:Sports organizations
College track and field teams in the United States (571 C, 52 P) Pages in category "Track and field clubs in the United States" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The United States is the nation that has won the most medals in athletics at the Olympic Games, around 855, of which 353 are gold. [2] The United States men's and women's teams have participated in all editions of the games except for the Moscow 1980 games due to boycott.
Alongside Olympic Games, the championships represents the highest level of senior international outdoor athletics competition for track and field athletics globally, including marathon running and race walking. Separate World Championships are held by World Athletics for certain other outdoor events, including cross-country running and half ...