The Dutch Athletics Championships ( Dutch : Nederlandse kampioenschappen atletiek ) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation , which serves as the national championship for the sport in the Netherlands . It is typically held as a two- or three-day event in the Dutch summer, ranging from late June to early August. The venue of the championships varies, though Amsterdam 's Olympic Stadium has been a regular host.
5-491: Established in 1910 as a men-only competition, the programme expanded to include women's events in 1921. The current track and field programme features a total of 38 individual Dutch Championship athletics events , divided evenly between the sexes. Men competed in the 200 metres hurdles up to the 1978 championships and women competed in that discipline in 1973 only. On some occasions, national club competitions in 4 × 100 metres relay and 4 × 400 metres relay are contested at
10-505: A significant role in shaping the most common events in the sport. The World Athletics Championships is the foremost World Championship event, holding the vast majority of World Championship-level events within the competition. A small number of events, such as the 60 metres , are exclusive to the World Athletics Indoor Championships . Two further, separate World Championship events are held for their specific events:
15-499: The half marathon , marathon , 100 kilometres run and 24-hour run are all conducted separately. List of athletics events The sport of athletics is defined by the many events which make up its competition programmes. All events within the sport are forms of running , walking , jumping or throwing . These events are divided into the sub-sports of track and field , road running , racewalking and cross country running . The Olympic athletics programme has played
20-451: The national championships. The women's programme expanded inline with international acceptance of women's athletics . The women's 1500 metres was added in 1967 and 3000 metres followed in 1974 (and remained on the programme up to 1994). The 80 metres hurdles was held until 1968, after which it was replaced by the international standard 100 metres hurdles . A women's 400 m hurdles was first held in 1976. The last women's pentathlon
25-440: Was contested in 1980 and was then replaced by the new heptathlon event. The women's equivalents of the men's standard 5000 m and 10,000 m were added in 1981. Later additions to the women's programme were triple jump (1991), pole vault and hammer throw (1995) and the steeplechase (2002) – the final addition bringing women to parity of events in track and field. Dutch championships in cross country running , racewalking ,
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