# Russian Indoor Athletics Championships

The Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении) is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF), which serves as the Russian national championship for the sport. It was first held in 1992, following the independence of Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and replacing the Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships. It is typically held as a three-day event in the Russian winter around mid to late February. The venue of the championships is usually in Moscow or Volgograd. A total of 24 athletics events are on the current programme, divided evenly between the sexes.
The first edition of the event in 1992 was poorly attended by the nation's best athletes, as a CIS Indoor Championships was also held the same year and was involved with international selection for the Unified Team.

## Events

The following athletics events feature as standard on the Russian Indoor Championships programme:
* Sprint: 60 m, 400 m
* Distance track events: 800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m
* Hurdles: 60 m hurdles
* Jumps: long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault
* Throws: shot put
* Relays: 4 × 400 m relay
The following indoor national championships events are typically held separately:
* Combined events: heptathlon (men), pentathlon (women)
The following events were formerly held at the competition but have since been abolished:
* 200 m
* 5000 m
* 2000 metres steeplechase
* 3000 metres steeplechase
* Racewalking: 5000 m (men), 3000 m (women)
* Relays: 4 × 200 m relay, 4 × 800 m relay

## Editions

| Edition | Year | Location | Dates | Venue |
| 1 | 1992 | Volgograd | 18–20 January | WGAFC Indoor Stadium |
| 2 | 1993 | Moscow | 27–28 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 3 | 1994 | Lipetsk | 26–27 February | JC "Jubilee" |
| 4 | 1995 | Volgograd | 24–26 February | WGAFC Indoor Stadium |
| 5 | 1996 | Moscow | 23–25 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 6 | 1997 | Volgograd | 21–23 February | WGAFC Indoor Stadium |
| 7 | 1998 | Moscow | 13–15 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 8 | 1999 | Moscow | 18–19 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 9 | 2000 | Volgograd | 4–6 February | WGAFC Indoor Stadium |
| 10 | 2001 | Moscow | 16–18 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 11 | 2002 | Volgograd | 12–14 February | WGAFC Indoor Stadium |
| 12 | 2003 | Moscow | 25–27 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 13 | 2004 | Moscow | 17–19 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 14 | 2005 | Volgograd | 10–12 February | WGAFC Indoor Stadium |
| 15 | 2006 | Moscow | 16–18 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 16 | 2007 | Volgograd | 9–11 February | WGAFC Indoor Stadium |
| 17 | 2008 | Moscow | 8–10 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 18 | 2009 | Moscow | 13–15 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 19 | 2010 | Moscow | 26–28 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 20 | 2011 | Moscow | 16–18 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 21 | 2012 | Moscow | 22–24 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 22 | 2013 | Moscow | 12–14 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 23 | 2014 | Moscow | 17–19 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 24 | 2015 | Moscow | 17–19 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 25 | 2016 | Moscow | 23–25 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 26 | 2017 | Moscow | 19–21 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 27 | 2018 | Moscow | 12–14 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 28 | 2019 | Moscow | 13–15 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |
| 29 | 2020 | Moscow | 25–27 February | Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA |

## Championship records
### Men

| Event | Record | Athlete | Year |
| 60 metres | 6.52 | Andrey Grigoryev | 1995 |
| 200 metres* | 20.81 | Roman Smirnov | 2010 |
| 400 metres | 46.21 | Dmitry Buryak | 2010 |
| 800 metres | 1:46.24 | Dmitry Bogdanov | 2008 |
| 1500 metres | 3:39.27 | Valentin Smirnov | 2018 |
| 3000 metres | 7:47.01 | Valentin Smirnov | 2013 |
| 5000 metres* | 13:31.85 | Amos Kibitok (KEN)) | 2015 |
| 5000 metres* | 13:44.21 | Anatoly Rybakov | 2014 |
| 2000 metres steeplechase* | 5:25.33 | Alexander Pavelyev | 2012 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase* | 8:22.29 | Roman Usov | 2003 |
| 60 metres hurdles | 7.50 | Sergey Shubenkov | 2013 |
| High jump | 2.38 m | Yaroslav Rybakov | 2008 |
| High jump | 2.38 m | Ivan Ukhov | 2014 |
| Pole vault | 5.85 m | Timur Morgunov | 2018 |
| Long jump | 8.23 m | Aleksandr Menkov | 2018 |
| Triple jump | 17.47 m | Denis Kapustin | 1994 |
| Shot put | 21.39 m | Maksim Afonin | 2018 |
| Heptathlon | 6412 points | Lev Lobodin | 2003 |
| 6.88 (60 m), 7.45 m (long jump), 16.67 m (shot put), 2.07 m (high jump) / 7.82 (60 m hurdles), 5.20 m (pole vault), 2:46.35 (1000 m) |||
| 5000 m walk* | 18:40.83 | Mikhail Shchennikov | 1993 |
| 4 × 200 metres relay* | 1:24.74 | Saint Petersburg Konstantin Petryashov Maksim Rafilovich Dmitry Shkuropatov Andrey Kukharenko | 2017 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:09.28 | Saint Petersburg Maksim Rafilovich Andrey Kukharenko Konstantin Prokofyev Mikhail Filatov | 2020 |
| 4 × 800 metres relay* | 7:15.77 | Moscow Oblast Roman Trubetskoy Dmitry Boukreev Dmitry Bogdanov Yuriy Borzakovskiy | 2008 |
* * = Defunct events

### Women

| Event | Record | Athlete | Year |
| 60 metres | 6.98 | Irina Privalova | 1993 |
| 200 metres* | 22.46 | Irina Privalova | 1993 |
| 400 metres | 49.68 | Natalya Nazarova | 2004 |
| 800 metres | 1:57.51 | Olga Kotlyarova | 2006 |
| 1500 metres | 3:58.28 | Yelena Soboleva | 2006 |
| 3000 metres | 8:27.86 | Liliya Shobukhova | 2006 |
| 5000 metres* | 15:28.95 | Yelena Sedova | 2016 |
| 2000 metres steeplechase* | 6:08.59 | Svetlana Pospelova | 1996 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase* | 9:07.00 | Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova | 2006 |
| 60 metres hurdles | 7.91 | Aleksandra Fedoriva | 2010 |
| High jump | 2.03 m | Mariya Lasitskene | 2017 |
| Pole vault | 4.92 m | Anzhelika Sidorova | 2020 |
| Long jump | 7.00 m | Lyudmila Galkina | 2001 |
| Triple jump | 15.00 m | Tatyana Lebedeva | 2001 |
| Shot put | 21.15 m | Irina Korzhanenko | 1999 |
| Pentathlon | 4896 points | Ekaterina Bolshova | 2012 |
| 8.41 (60 m hurdles), 1.92 m (high jump), 13.79 m (shot put), 6.45 m (long jump), 2:10.60 (800 m) |||
| 3000 m walk* | 12:01.81 | Yelena Arshintseva | 1994 |
| 4 × 200 metres relay* | 1:33.18 | Moscow Irina Titova Irina Rosikhina Tatyana Levina Oksana Ekk | 2001 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:35.72 | Moscow Oblast Yuliya Spiridonova Anastasia Bednova Valeria Khramova Yana Glotova | 2018 |
| 4 × 800 metres relay* | 8:06.24 | Moscow Alexandra Bulanova Yekaterina Martynova Elena Kofanova Anna Balakshina | 2011 |
* * = Defunct events