2020 in the sport of athletics

In 2020, the foremost competitions in the sport of athletics were the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships held in Nanjing, China and the 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. All three were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemicm with the 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships being the only event still held in 2020.

World

 * Olympic Games
 * Paralympic Games
 * World Half Marathon Championships
 * World U20 Championships
 * World Mountain Running Championships

Regional

 * African Championships
 * Asian Indoor Championships
 * European Championships
 * European Throwing Cup
 * CARIFTA Games
 * South American Indoor Championships
 * Pan American Cross Country Cup

World and continental athletics events

 * February 15: 2020 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships in 🇹🇷 Istanbul
 * 60 m winners: Konstantinos Zikos (m) / 🇮🇱 Diana Vaisman (f)
 * 400 m winners: 🇺🇦 Ivan Budzynskyi (m) / 🇷🇴 Andrea Miklós (f)
 * 800 m winners: 🇺🇦 Yevhen Hutsol (m) / 🇷🇴 Cristina Daniela Bălan (f)
 * 1500 m winners: 🇷🇸 Elzan Bibić (m) / 🇷🇴 Roxana Bârcă (f)
 * 3000 m winners: 🇦🇹 Andreas Vojta (m) / 🇦🇱 Luiza Gega (f)
 * 60 m Hurdles winners: 🇹🇷 Mikdat Sevler (m) / Ivana Lončarek (f)
 * Long Jump winners: 🇦🇱 Izmir Smajlaj (m) / 🇷🇴 Florentina Iusco (f)
 * Triple Jump winners: 🇦🇿 Nazim Babayev (m) / 🇷🇴 Elena Panțuroiu (f)
 * High Jump winners: 🇺🇦 Dmytro Nikitin (m) / 🇺🇦 Yuliya Chumachenko (f)
 * Pole Vault winners: 🇹🇷 Ersu Şaşma (m) / 🇺🇦 Iana Gladiichuk (f)
 * Shot Put winners: 🇧🇦 Mesud Pezer (m) / 🇲🇩 Dimitriana Surdu (f)
 * 4 × 400 m winners: 🇸🇮 (m) / 🇹🇷 (f)
 * March 7: 2020 World University Cross Country Championships in 🇲🇦 Marrakesh
 * March 29: 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 🇵🇱 Gdynia
 * May 2 & 3: 2020 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in 🇧🇾 Minsk
 * July 7–12: 2020 World Athletics U20 Championships in 🇰🇪 Nairobi
 * July 16–19: 2020 European Athletics U18 Championships in 🇮🇹 Rieti
 * August 26–30: 2020 European Athletics Championships in 🇫🇷 Paris
 * December 13: 2020 European Cross Country Championships in 🇮🇪 Dublin

Annual competitions

 * Diamond League
 * Continental Tour
 * IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
 * World Marathon Majors
 * Tokyo Marathon
 * Boston Marathon (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
 * London Marathon
 * Berlin Marathon (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
 * Chicago Marathon (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
 * New York City Marathon (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
 * IAAF Road Race Label Events

Outdoor season's top ten performers
All information on the season's top ten performers in outdoor events is published by World Athletics.

2019–2020 EA Cross Country Permit Meetings

 * September 28, 2019: TCS Lidingöloppet in 🇸🇪 Lidingö (CC #1)
 * Winners: 🇸🇪 Robel Fsiha (m) / 🇰🇪 Sylvia Medugu (f)
 * November 24, 2019: Cross de l'Acier in 🇫🇷 Leffrinckoucke (CC #2)
 * Winners: 🇪🇹 Berihu Aregawi (m) / 🇪🇹 Aberash Belay (f)
 * November 24, 2019: International Warandecross Tilburg in (CC #3)
 * Winners: Mike Foppen (m) / 🇩🇪 Anna Emilie Møller (f)
 * December 1, 2019: Cross Internacional de la Constitución in 🇪🇸 Aranda de Duero (CC #4)
 * Winners: 🇧🇮 Thierry Ndikumwenayo (m) / 🇪🇸 Marta Pérez (f)