Editing Track and field (section)

===Olympics, Paralympics and world championships===
[[File:Usain Bolt winning-cropped2.jpg|thumb|The 100 m final at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]]]
The major global track and field competitions are both held under the scope of athletics. Track and field contests make up the majority of events on the [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] and [[Athletics at the Summer Paralympics|Paralympic athletics]] programmes, which occur every four years. Track and field events have held a prominent position at the [[Summer Olympics]] since its inception in 1896,<ref>{{cite web |last=Rosenbaum |first=Mike |url=http://trackandfield.about.com/od/trackfieldhistory/u/meetsandathletes.htm |title=Track and field's greatest events and top competitors |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601062424/http://trackandfield.about.com/od/trackfieldhistory/u/meetsandathletes.htm |archive-date=1 June 2010 |url-status=usurped |website=About |access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref> and the events are typically held in the main stadium of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Events such as the [[100 metres]] receive some of the highest levels of media coverage of any Olympic or Paralympic sporting event.

The other two major international competition for track and field are organised by the IAAF. The IAAF had selected the Olympic competition as its [[world championship]] event in 1913, but a separate world championships for athletics alone was first held in 1983 – the [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics]]. The championships comprised track and field competitions plus the [[marathon]] and [[racewalking]] competitions. Initially, this worked on a quadrennial basis but, after 1991, it changed to a biennial format. In terms of indoor track and field, the [[IAAF World Indoor Championships]] has been held every two years since 1985 and this is the only world championships that consists of solely track and field events.

USA Track and Field has officially announced that in 2025 the USATF Para National Championships will take place at the Hayward Field at the University of Oregon.  This is the first time in U.S. track and field history that Para will be showcased at the same championship meet as able-bodied athletes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=USA Track & Field {{!}} USA Track & Field Announces Historic 2025 USATF Para National Championships |url=https://www.usatf.org/news/2025/usa-track-field-announces-historic-2025-usatf-para |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=usatf.org}}</ref>