# Russian Athletics Championships

The Russian Athletics Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF), which serves as the Russian national championship for the sport. It is typically held as a four-day event in the Russian summer around late June to early August. The venue of the championships is decided on an annual basis.
The competition was first held in 1908, during the time of the Russian Empire. The competition had nine editions during this period, lasting up to 1916, at which point it was ceased as a result of the October Revolution and was effectively replaced in 1920 by the inauguration of the Soviet Athletics Championships. During this period, separate championships for the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic were occasionally held (with the first two editions occurring in 1922 and 1927 in Moscow), though mostly the Russian championships was merged into the larger Soviet one. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia was restored as an independent country and the Russian Athletics Championships was re-initiated, starting from 1992 after a shared CIS Athletics Championships in 1991.
The modern Russian Championships are using as a qualifying event for selection for the international team for major events including the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics.

## Events

On the current programme a total of 38 individual Russian Championship athletics events are contested, divided evenly between men and women. For each of the sexes, there are six track running events, three obstacle events, four jumps, four throws, and two relays.

### Track running

* 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres, 5000 metres

### Obstacle events

* 100 metres hurdles (women only), 110 metres hurdles (men only), 400 metres hurdles, 3000 metres steeplechase

### Jumping events

* Pole vault, high jump, long jump, triple jump

### Throwing events

* Shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, hammer throw

### Relays

* 4 × 100 metres relay, 4 × 400 metres relay
Separate championships are held for the 10,000 metres, combined track and field events, racewalking, road running, cross country running (spring and autumn), mountain running (uphill and downhill), 24-hour run, and relay races. A winter outdoor throwing championships is also held in discus, javelin and hammer throw, while the shot put is incorporated into the Russian Indoor Athletics Championships.

## Editions
### Russian Empire

| Edition | Year | Venue | Date | Stadium |
| 1 | 1908 | St. Petersburg | 14–15 June | Krestovsky Island |
| 2 | 1909 | St. Petersburg | 20–21 June | |
| 3 | 1910 | Riga | 26–27 June | |
| 4 | 1911 | St. Petersburg | 9–10 July | |
| 5 | 1912 | Moscow | 8 September | |
| 6 | 1913 | St. Petersburg | 20–22 July | |
| 7 | 1914 | Riga | 6–11 July | Riga Hippodrome |
| 8 | 1915 | Moscow | 15–16 August | OLLS Stadium |
| 9 | 1916 | Petrograd | 27–29 August | |

### Russian Federation

| Edition | Year | Venue | Date | Stadium | Notes |
| 1 | 1992 | Moscow | 18–21 July | Lokomotiv Stadium | |
| 2 | 1993 | Moscow | 18–20 June | Lokomotiv Stadium | |
| 3 | 1994 | St. Petersburg | 14–16 July | Petrovsky Stadium | |
| 4 | 1995 | Moscow | 16–18 June | Lokomotiv Stadium | |
| 5 | 1996 | St. Petersburg | 1–5 July | Petrovsky Stadium | |
| 6 | 1997 | Tula | 7–10 July | Arsenal Stadium | |
| 7 | 1998 | Moscow | 31 July–3 August | Luzhniki Stadium | |
| 8 | 1999 | Tula | 29 July–1 August | Arsenal Stadium | |
| 9 | 2000 | Tula | 22–26 July | Arsenal Stadium | |
| 10 | 2001 | Tula | 12–15 July | Arsenal Stadium | |
| 11 | 2002 | Cheboksary | 11–14 July | Cheboksary Olympic Stadium | |
| 12 | 2003 | Tula | 7–10 August | Arsenal Stadium | |
| 13 | 2004 | Tula | 24–25 July, 29 July–1 August | Arsenal Stadium | |
| 14 | 2005 | Tula | 10–13 July | Arsenal Stadium | |
| 15 | 2006 | Tula | 11–15 June | Arsenal Stadium | |
| 16 | 2007 | Tula | 31 July–3 August | Arsenal Stadium | |
| 17 | 2008 | Kazan | 17–20 July | Central Stadium | |
| 18 | 2009 | Cheboksary | 23–26 July | Cheboksary Olympic Stadium | Results |
| 19 | 2010 | Saransk | 12–15 July | Start Stadium | Results |
| 20 | 2011 | Cheboksary | 21–24 July | Cheboksary Olympic Stadium | Results |
| 21 | 2012 | Cheboksary | 3–6 July | Cheboksary Olympic Stadium | Results |
| 22 | 2013 | Moscow | 22–25 July | Luzhniki Stadium | Results |
| 23 | 2014 | Kazan | 23–26 July | Central Stadium | Results |
| 24 | 2015 | Cheboksary | 3–5 August | Cheboksary Olympic Stadium | |
| 25 | 2016 | Cheboksary | 20–23 June | Cheboksary Olympic Stadium | |
| 26 | 2017 | Zhukovskiy | 28–30 July | Meteor Stadium | |
| 27 | 2018 | Kazan | 19–22 July | Central Stadium | |
| 28 | 2019 | Cheboksary | 24–27 July | Cheboksary Olympic Stadium | |
| | 2022 | Cheboksary | 2–5 August | Cheboksary Olympic Stadium | |
| | 2023 | Cheboksary | 3–6 August | Cheboksary Olympic Stadium | |

## Championships records
### Men

| Event | Record | Athlete | Date | Place |
| 100 metres | 10.12 (+ 0.6 m/s) | Alexander Porkhomovsky | 1994 |
| 200 metres | 20.51 (+ 1.7 m/s) | Oleg Sergeyev | 2004 |
| 400 metres | 44.83 | Anton Galkin | 2004 |
| 800 metres | 1:44.72 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | 2004 |
| 1500 metres | 3.36.14 | Valentin Smirnov | 2011 |
| 5000 metres | 13:29.40 | Vladimir Nikitin | 2017 |
| 10,000 metres | 27:53.12 | Sergey Ivanov | 2008 |
| Marathon | 2:11:26 | Fedor Shutov | 2016 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:19.19 | Maksim Yakushev | 2017 |
| 110 metres hurdles | 13.19 (- 0.1 m/s) | Sergey Shubenkov | 2013 |
| 400 metres hurdles | 48.54 | Boris Gorban | 2001 |
| High jump | 2.39 m | Ivan Ukhov | 2012 |
| Pole vault | 6.01 m | Igor Trandenkov | 1996 |
| Long jump | 8.34 m (+ 1.4 m/s) | Andrey Ignatov | 1995 |
| Triple jump | 17.68 m (+ 0.4 m/s) | Danil Burkenya | 2004 |
| Shot put | 21.51 m | Maksim Sidorov | 2012 |
| Discus throw | 65.93 m | Bogdan Pishchalnikov | 2010 |
| Hammer throw | 82.28 m | Ilya Konovalov | 2003 |
| Javelin throw | 90.33 m | Sergey Makarov | 2005 |
| Decathlon | 8601 points | Ilya Shkurenyov | 2017 |
| 10.89 (100 m) , 7.58 m (long jump) , 14.15 m "(shot put)", 2.12 m "(high jump) , 49.00 (400 m) / 13.95 (110 m with barriers) , 44.91 m (discus throwing) , 5.30 m ' '(pole vault)' ', 60.29 m' '(javelin throw)' ', 4:28.35' '(1500 m)' ' |||
| 10000 m walk (track) | 38:14.24 | Vasiliy Mizinov | 2 August 2022 | Chelyabinsk |
| 20 km walk | 1:16:43 | Sergey Morozov | 2008 |
| 50 km walk | 3:35:29 | Denis Nizhegorodov | 2004 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | 39.55 | Saint Petersburg Vyacheslav Shevelyov Konstantin Petryashov Alexander Khutte Arthur Reysbich | 2013 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.72 | Saint-Petersburg Maxim Rafilovich Andrey Rudenko Andrey Kukharenko Mikhail Filatov | 2017 |

### Women

| Event | Record | Athlete | Year |
| 100 metres | 10.89 (+1.9 m/s) | Irina Privalova | 1992 |
| 200 metres | 22.05 (+1.7 m/s) | Irina Privalova | 1992 |
| 400 metres | 49.16 | Antonina Krivoshapka | 2012 |
| 800 metres | 1:56.00 | Tatyana Andrianova | 2008 |
| 1500 metres | 3:58.68 | Yuliya Fomenko | 2005 |
| 5000 metres | 14:23.75 | Liliya Shobukhova | 2008 |
| 10,000 metres | 30:29.36 | Liliya Shobukhova | 2009 |
| Marathon | 2:28:34 | Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova | 2016 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 9:08.21 | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina | 2008 |
| 100 metres hurdles | 12.47 (+1.1 m/s) | Marina Azyabina | 1993 |
| 400 metres hurdles | 52.34 NR | Yuliya Pechonkina | 2003 |
| High jump | 2.07 m NR | Anna Chicherova | 2011 |
| Pole vault | 4.90 m | Yelena Isinbayeva | 2016 |
| Long jump | 7.33 m (+0.4 m/s) | Tatyana Lebedeva | 2004 |
| Triple jump | 15.14 m (+1.9 m/s) | Nadezhda Alekhina | 2009 |
| Shot put | 20.79 m | Larisa Peleshenko | 2001 |
| Shot put | 20.79 m | Irina Korzhanenko | 2004 |
| Discus throw | 67.58 m | Natalya Sadova | 2004 |
| Hammer throw | 78.51 m | Tatyana Lysenko | 2012 |
| Javelin throw | 66.00 m | Tatyana Shikolenko | 2003 |
| Heptathlon | 6765 pts | Yelena Prokhorova | 2000 |
| 13.54 (100 m with barriers), 1.82 m (jump in height), 14.30 m (shot put), 23.37 (200 m) / 6.72 m (long jump), 43.40 m (javelin throw), 2:04.27 (800 m) |||
| 20 km walk | 1:24:58 | Elena Lashmanova | 2016 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | 43.30 | Moscow Marina Panteleyeva Natalia Rusakova Elizabeth Savlinis Christina Sivkova | 2014 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:25.18 | Sverdlovsk Region Olga Kotlyarova Tatyana Veshkurova Yulia Mulyukova Svetlana Pospelova | 2006 |