title: World Military Track and Field Championships
text: # World Military Track and Field Championships
  
  The World Military Track & Field Championships are the world championships of athletics organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). Initially an annual competition, the championships have been held on an irregular schedule since 1971. The 2011 Championships was the 44th edition.
  
  The 37th (1995), 38th (1999), 41st (2003), 42nd (2007) and 44th (2011) editions coincided with the first five editions of the Summer Military World Games.
  
  In addition to this outdoor competition, a World Military Indoor Athletics Cup was staged in 2009 in Athens.
  
  ## Editions
  
  From 2011 the track and field world championships are the track and field competitions of the Military World Games.
  
  | Edition | Venue | Country | Date |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1st | Berlin | Allied-occupied Germany | 7–8 September 1946 |
  | 2nd | Berlin | Allied-occupied Germany | 13–14 September 1947 |
  | 3rd | Brussels | Belgium | 4 September 1948 |
  | 4th | Bordeaux | France | 22 August-9 September 1949 |
  | 5th | Pau | France | 5–10 September 1950 |
  | 6th | Rome | Italy | 23 September-5 October 1951 |
  | 7th | Copenhagen | Denmark | 13–14 September 1952 |
  | 8th | Brussels | Belgium | 24–25 July 1953 |
  | 9th | Tilburg | Netherlands | 30–31 July 1954 |
  | 10th | Athens | Greece | 29 July-6 August 1955 |
  | 11th | West Berlin | West Berlin | 3–5 August 1956 |
  | 12th | Athens | Greece | 14–17 July 1957 |
  | 13th | Brussels | Belgium | 29–31 August 1958 |
  | 14th | Rome | Italy | 29–31 October 1959 |
  | 15th | Athens | Greece | 2–4 July 1960 |
  | 16th | Brussels | Belgium | 18–20 August 1961 |
  | 17th | 's-Hertogenbosch | Netherlands | 3–5 August 1962 |
  | 18th | Brussels | Belgium | 23–25 August 1963 |
  | 19th | La Coruña | Spain | 6–9 August 1964 |
  | 20th | Thessaloniki | Greece | 31 July - 1 August 1965 |
  | 21st | La Coruña | Spain | 2–3 July 1966 |
  | 22nd | Athens | Greece | 5–7 July 1968 |
  | 23rd | Poitiers | France | 12–14 July 1969 |
  | 24th | Viareggio | Italy | 12–14 June 1970 |
  | 25th | Turku | Finland | 19–21 August 1971 |
  | 26th | Florence | Italy | 6–8 June 1973 |
  | 27th | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 24–26 August 1976 |
  | 28th | Mikkeli | Finland | 15–17 August 1978 |
  | 29th | Algiers | Algeria | 1–8 July 1979 |
  | 30th | São Paulo | Brazil | 7–9 November 1980 |
  | 31st | Alexandria | Egypt | 14–16 October 1984 |
  | 32nd | Rome | Italy | 11–13 September 1986 |
  | 33rd | Warendorf | Germany | 24–26 June 1987 |
  | 34th | Rome | Italy | 20–22 September 1989 |
  | 35th | Kajaani | Finland | 27–29 July 1990 |
  | 36th | Tours | France | 28–30 August 1993 |
  | 37th | Rome | Italy | 13–15 September 1995 |
  | 38th | Zagreb | Croatia | 8–17 August 1999 |
  | 39th | Beirut | Lebanon | 1–4 July 2001 |
  | 40th | Tivoli | Italy | 4–7 September 2002 |
  | 41st | Catania | Italy | 4–11 December 2003 |
  | 42nd | Hyderabad | India | 14–21 October 2007 |
  | 43rd | Sofia | Bulgaria | 6–13 June 2009 |
  | 44th | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 15–24 July 2011 |
  | 45th | Mungyeong | South Korea | 4–8 October 2015 |
  