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The 2024 British Athletics Championships (sponsored by Microplus Timing) [1] is the national championships in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom, which also served as a qualifying event for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [2] The event was held on the 29 and 30 June 2024 at the Manchester Regional Arena.
The track and field championships have been held every year since 1925 (except for 1940–1945 due to World War II), are the 4th largest athletics event in the world and since 2003 have been held at the major athletics venues of Birmingham Alexander Stadium, Sportscity, Manchester,Gateshead International Stadium and former Sheffield Don Valley Stadium.
In addition to the variations that traditionally occur for EAD events, there was a change in the athletics program in relation to the Gold Coast 2018, which was the reduction of the distance of race walking events from 20 km to 10 km.The athletes entered for the 10 km march had to meet the following Minimum Participation Standards between 1 ...
In 2017, the World Athletics Rankings were announced, and this new system was used in combination with 'A' standards to fill the fields of global championships starting in athletics at the 2021 Summer Olympics. This new system has led to more difficult 'A' standards being set, with the idea that most of the fields should be filled by descending ...
British track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): The selection policy of UK Athletics is that to accept a world ranking invite, the athlete must meet either the ...
England Athletics is the governing body for the sport of athletics in England. [1] It was set up as a limited company in 2005, taking over the role of the Amateur Athletic Association of England. [2] England Athletics works closely with UK Athletics, the national governing body for the sport in the United Kingdom.
The British Athletics Championships is the premier national championship in track and field held in the United Kingdom, and are organised by British Athletics.The event has doubled as the main trials meet for international team selection for major events in which Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete, including the Olympic Games, the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and the European ...
The event was first held in 1997 and was a replacement for the European Athletics U23 Cup – a biennial event which had "A" and "B" level leagues that was held in 1992 and 1994. Historically, the event has been held in North-Eastern Europe in Nordic, Baltic or central Europe.