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| Sport | Indoor track and field |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1969 |
| Ceased | 1992 |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
TheCzechoslovak Indoor Athletics Championships (Czech:Halové mistrovství Československa v atletice) was an annualindoor track and field competition organised by theCzechoslovak Athletics Federation, which served as thenational championship for the sport inCzechoslovakia. Held over two days in February during the Czechoslovak winter, it was added to the national calendar in 1969 following the creation of a suitable indoor athletics venue inJablonec nad Nisou. A Czech-only championship was held at the venue a year earlier.[1][2]
The competition served as the winter, indoor counterpart to the mainCzechoslovak Athletics Championships, held outdoors in the summer since 1919.[3] The last edition was held in 1992 and after thedissolution of Czechoslovakia it was succeeded by the separateCzech Indoor andSlovak Indoor Athletics Championships.[4][5]
The followingathletics events feature as standard on the Czechoslovak Indoor Championships programme:
The60 metres sprint and60 metres hurdles events were replaced by a50 metres and a50 metres hurdles in 1969, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1990, 1991, and 1992. A women's80 metres hurdles was held at the first edition, but dropped thereafter. Other non-standard indoor events included a100 metres in 1969, 1970, and 1989, and a300 metres from 1971 to 1975.[4]
The event programme gradually expanded over the years, with the400 metres first appearing in 1976 and the200 metres in 1982. The combined events first appeared in 1983 as unofficial championships before taking on national title status in 1987. The men's event was held as anoctathlon for the first three years and no men's combined event appeared at the 1991 edition. The racewalking events were first contested in 1987.[4]
Women were initially limited in events early in the competition's history. The first distance event for women, the1500 metres was held in 1973 and the3000 metres followed in 1982 (having had a one-off appearance in 1974). Women did not contest the 3000 m at the 1989 edition. The addition of a women's triple jump in 1991 brought the women to parity in the horizontal jumps. A Czechoslovak champion in women's pole vault was never elected, as the event was held only once as an exhibition in 1992.[4]
| Ed. | Year | Location | Dates | Venue | Events | Athletes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1968 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 9–10 March 1968 | ||||
| 1st | 1969 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 22–23 February 1969 | ||||
| 2nd | 1970 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 21–22 February 1970 | ||||
| 3rd | 1971 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 13–14 February 1971 | ||||
| 4th | 1972 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 12–13 February 1972 | ||||
| 5th | 1973 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 10–11 February 1973 | ||||
| 6th | 1974 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 23–24 February 1974 | ||||
| 7th | 1975 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 15–16 February 1975 | ||||
| 8th | 1976 | Košice | 7–8 February 1976 | ||||
| 9th | 1977 | Ostrava | 26–27 February 1977 | ||||
| 10th | 1978 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 25–26 February 1978 | ||||
| 11th | 1979 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 10–11 February 1979 | ||||
| 12th | 1980 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 16–17 February 1980 | ||||
| 13th | 1981 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 7–8 February 1981 | ||||
| 14th | 1982 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 20–21 February 1982 | ||||
| 15th | 1983 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 19–20 February 1983 | ||||
| 16th | 1984 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 18–19 February 1984 | ||||
| 17th | 1985 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 9–10 February 1985 | ||||
| 18th | 1986 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 8–9 February 1986 | ||||
| 19th | 1987 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 7–8 February 1987 | ||||
| 20th | 1988 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 20–21 February 1988 | ||||
| 21st | 1989 | Jablonec nad Nisou | 4–5 February 1989 | ||||
| 22nd | 1990 | Prague | 17–18 February 1990 | ||||
| 23rd | 1991 | Prague | 23–24 February 1991 | ||||
| 24th | 1992 | Prague | 15–16 February 1992 |