Indian athletics domestic calendar 2024: Full schedule, list of events

Published at :February 5, 2024 at 6:54 PM

Modified at :February 18, 2024 at 8:53 AM

(Courtesy : AP/PTI)

Season started with national cross country championships

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has planned 23 major competitions in 2024, keeping in mind the global events, especially the Paris Olympic Games in August.

The qualification and ranking periods for all individual events, except the marathon, for Paris 2024 will end on June 30, 2024. The marathon will qualify runners until April 30, 2024. This means that the competitions in the first half of the year will be crucial for Indian athletes who want to secure a spot in the Paris Olympics.

Indian competitors will have a better chance of qualifying for the Olympics in the familiar domestic venues, even though there will be several international athletics meetings this year.

The domestic Indian athletics season for 2024 will start with the National Cross Country Championships in Gaya, Bihar on January 15 and end with the district competitions in December.

March will be a busy month, with the India Open 400m, jump and throw competitions, as well as the inaugural National Open Relay Carnival in Chandigarh. The action will continue in May, with Bengaluru hosting the first Indian Grand Prix of the year. The athletics scene will then move to Chennai on May 30 for the Indian Grand Prix 2, followed by the third and fourth India Grand Prix 2024 meets in Bengaluru and Patiala in June and July, respectively.

The National Interstate Senior Athletics Championships will take place in Panchkula, Haryana in June, while the National Open Athletics Championships will be held in Bengaluru from August 30 to September 2. These two events, which will mark their 63rd editions this year, are scheduled before and after the Paris Olympics. Thus, the Interstate athletics championships will serve as a vital final selection event for athletes aiming for a spot in the Paris Olympic Games.

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August 7 will be celebrated as National Javelin Day by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the third consecutive year to honor Neeraj Chopra’s historic gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Javelin competitions will be held nationwide on this special day, while Chopra himself will compete in the Summer Games in Paris.

The 27th Federation Cup, one of the prominent events of the year, is slated for mid-May, while the zonal competitions are scheduled for October.

Dates	Event	Venue
January 15	National Cross Country Championships	Gaya
January 30-31	South Asian and Indian Open Race-Walking Competition	Chandigarh
February	National Inter District Junior Athletics Meet	Gujarat
March 8-10	National Junior Federation Athletics Championships	Bhopal
March 18	Indian Open 400m Competition	Thiruvananthapuram
March 20	Indian Open Jumps Competition	Bengaluru
March 22	Indian Open Throws Competition	Patiala
March 24	National Open Relay Carnival	Chandigarh
April 1-May 25	State Meets	Various
April 30	Indian Grand Prix 1	Bengaluru
May 12-15	National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Competition	TBD
May 30	Indian Grand Prix 2	Chennai
June 12	Indian Grand Prix 3	Bengaluru
June 15-17	National Youth Athletics Championships	Chhattisgarh
June 27-30	National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships	Panchkula
July 15	Indian Grand Prix 4	Patiala
August 7	National Javelin Day Competitions	All states and UTs
August 30-September 2	National Open Athletics Championships	Bengaluru
September 28-30	Indian Open U-23 Athletics Competition	Kolkata
October 4-6	West Zone Athletics Championships	Mumbai
October 4-6	East Zone Athletics Championships	Bhubaneswar
October 7-9	North Zone Athletics Championships	Hamirpur
October 7-9	South Zone Athletics Championships	Puducherry
November 7-11	Junior National Athletics Championships	Kozhikode
December	District Meets	Various

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