WorldAthletics

Status

The pre-qualification form submission deadline is February 15, 2023
The bid application documents submission deadline is May 1, 2023

Inside Track

The World Athletics Road Running Championships has evolved from the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships to form a series of World Championship races including the men’s and women’s half marathon, men’s and women’s 5K and the men’s and women’s mile. World Athletics is happy to work with hosts on expanding the program beyond the championship races to include additional races and opportunities that hosts feel would contribute to both the profile of the event and their community including the World Athletics Global Running Conference, health and fitness expo and more.

World Athletics encourages hosts to extend the impact of the World Athletics Road Running Championships beyond the competition period. The host is expected to deliver mass participation races in conjunction with the World Athletics Road Running Championships. Mass participation is a major revenue stream which can allow event organizers to fully finance the event. The World Athletics Half Marathon Championships has averaged 22,000 entries for the mass participation races across four previous editions. The inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga in 2023 plans to feature around 35,000 mass participation runners.

Based on the World Athletics’ Global Calendar, the preferred dates for the World Athletics Road Running Championships are anytime in September and October, but we may be open to other similar dates. The host city needs to be accessible to teams and equipment traveling from all parts of the world, so reasonable proximity to an international airport is essential. There are no hosting fees, but there are mandatory costs payable by hosts to World Athletics relating to various services provided such as accreditation system, access control, event presentation, website, results management services and Host Broadcaster. The courses should comply with the World Athletics guidelines for road races and all World Athletics Road Running Championship courses should share the same finish line.

For more information, contact bidding@worldathletics.org.