2023 in the sport of athletics

2023 in athletics is a year of track and field, highlighted by the main event of 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, 40 years after the very first edition in 1983.

World events

 * The nineteenth edition of the World Championships, from 19 August to 27 August at the National Athletics Centre, in Budapest, Hungary.
 * World Cross Country Championships on 18 February 2023 in Bathurst, Australia.
 * The first edition of the World Road Running Championships is scheduled to take place in Riga, Latvia, from 2023.09.30 to 2023.10.01.
 * World Mountain & Trail Running Championships
 * This year, the World Indoor Championships have been cancelled and postponed to 2024.

Continental events

 * Americas:
 * Pan Am Cross Country
 * Pan Am Games
 * South American
 * Asia:
 * Asian Outdoor
 * Asian Indoor
 * Southeast Asian Games
 * Europe:
 * European Indoor
 * European Throwing
 * European Race Walking Team
 * European 10,000 m
 * European Team Championships
 * European Cross Country
 * Oceania:
 * Oceania Cup
 * Pacific Games
 * Africa:
 * The 2023 African Games have been rescheduled in March 2024.

International meetings

 * 2023 Diamond League (15 meetings from 5 May to 17 September).
 * 2023 World Athletics Continental Tour
 * 2023 World Athletics Indoor Tour
 * 2023 World Athletics Combined Events Tour

Other events

 * 2021 Summer World University Games postponed to July 2023.
 * 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie.
 * 2023 Arab Athletics Championships.
 * 2023 Games of the Small States of Europe.

Age groups

 * African U18 & U20 Championships
 * 2023 Arab U23 in Radès, 1st edition
 * Asian U20 Championships
 * Asian U18 Championships
 * Caribbean Games (U23)
 * CARIFTA Games
 * European U23 Championships
 * European U20 Championships
 * NACAC U23 & U18 Championships

Rankings

 * 2023 World Athletics Rankings