Event |
1st edition |
Kind of competition |
May participate |
Olympic Games | 1896 | World games | Worldwide |
World Championships | 1983 | World championships | Worldwide |
World Indoor Championships | 1985 | World indoor championships | Worldwide |
Universiade | 1959 | University games | Worldwide (college athletes) |
Military World Games | 1995 | Military games | Worldwide (military athletes) |
World Military Track & Field Championship | 1941 | Military championships | Worldwide (military athletes) |
Asian Games | 1951 | Continental games | Asia |
Asian Indoor Games | 2005 | Continental indoor games | Asia |
Pan American Games | 1951 | Continental games | Americas |
African Games | 1965 | Continental games | Africa |
European Games | 2015 | Continental games | Europe |
European Championships | 1934 | Continental championships | Europe |
European Indoor Championships | 1966 | Continental indoor championships | Europe |
South American Championships | 1919 | Continental championships | South America |
Asian Championships | 1973 | Continental championships | Asia |
African Championships | 1979 | Continental championships | Africa |
Oceanian Championships | 1990 | Continental championships | Oceania |
Mediterranean Games | 1951 | Regional games | All nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea |
Pan Arab Games | 1953 | Regional games | Arab World nations |
Commonwealth Games | 1930 | Regional games | Commonwealth of Nations |
Central American and Caribbean Games | 1926 | Regional games | Central American and Caribbean nations |
East Asian Games | 1983 | Regional games | East Asian nations |
South Asian Games | 1953 | Regional games | South Asian nations |
Southeast Asian Games | 1959 | Regional games | Southeast Asian nations |
Island Games | 1985 | Regional games | European islands and other small territories |
Games of the Small States of Europe | 1985 | Regional games | Small states of Europe |
Maccabiah Games | 1932 | Ethnoreligious games | Jewish athletes and Israeli athletes (including Arab Israelis)[1][2] |
Lusophony Games | 2006 | Language games | Portuguese speaking nations |
Jeux de la Francophonie | 1989 | Language games | French-speaking nations |
Central American and Caribbean Championships | 1967 | Regional championships | Central American and Caribbean nations |
North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships | 2007 | Regional championships | North American, Central American and Caribbean nations |
Ibero-American Championships | 1983 | Regional championships | Ibero-American countries |
Pacific Conference Games | 1969 | Invitational championships | Five Pacific-coast countries (later invitational) |
FAJR Indoor Championships | 1992 | Regional championships | Asia |
World Deaf Athletics Championships | 2008 | World championships | Worldwide |