Pakistani Athletics Championships

The National Athletics Championships of Pakistan is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Athletics Federation of Pakistan. Serving as the country's premier athletic event, it typically takes place in April and crowns the national champions across various disciplines in sports.^[1][2]

Pakistani Athletics Championships

Sport	Track and field
Founded	1948
Country	Pakistan

Events

22 events for men and 20 for women are held.

Track running

• 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres

Obstacle events

• 100 metres hurdles (women only), 110 metres hurdles (men only), 400 metres hurdles, 3000 metres steeplechase

Jumping events

• Pole vault, high jump, long jump, triple jump

Throwing events

• Shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, hammer throw

Combined events

• Decathlon (men only), heptathlon (women only)

Relay

• 4 × 100 metres relay, 4 × 400 metres relay

Long events

• Marathon (men only), 20 km race walk (men only), 50 km race walk

Editions

Year	City
1948	Karachi
1950	Lahore
1952	Lahore
1954	Montgomery
1955	Dacca
1956	Lahore
1958	Peshawar
1960	Dacca
1962	Lahore
1963	Lahore
1964	Dacca
1965	Lahore
1966	Lahore
1967	Rawalpindi
1968	Dacca
1969	Peshawar
1970	Karachi
1971	Nawabshah
1972	Lahore
1973	Lahore
1974	Peshawar
1975	Lahore
1976	Karachi
1977	Peshawar
1978	Lahore
1979	Rawalpindi
1980	Karachi
1981	Peshawar
1982	Rawalpindi
1983	Hyderabad
1984	Faisalabad
1985	Islamabad
1986	Quetta
1987	Rawalpindi
1988	Karachi
1990	Peshawar
1991	Islamabad
1992	Lahore
1993	Quetta
1994	Islamabad
1995	Quetta
2009	Lahore
2010	Islamabad
2011	Lahore
2012	Islamabad
2013	Islamabad
2015	Islamabad
2016	Quetta
2017	Karachi
2018	Islamabad
2019–2021 not held
2022	Lahore
2023	Attock

50th edition will take place in 2021 with 14 teams Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Pakistan Navy, Pakistan WAPDA, Pakistan Railways, Higher Education Commission (HEC), Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, FATA and Gilgit Baltistan.^[3][4]

Championships records

Men

Event	Record	Athlete/Team	Date	Place	Ref.
400 m	46.75[a]	Mehboob Ali	10 May 2016	Quetta	[5]
110 m hurdles	13.85 NR	Mohsin Ali	22 March 2012	Islamabad
High jump	2.07 m NR	Shehroz Khan	18 November 2018	Islamabad	[6]
Pole vault	4.94 m NR	Jaffar Ashraf	6 Dezember 2023	Attock	[7]
4 × 100 m relay	40.24[b]	Team Army Muhammad Shahbaz Liaqat Ali Ubaid Ali Ahmad Uzair	11 May 2016	Quetta	[8]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete/Team	Date	Place	Ref.
5000 m	19:04.0 h NR	Rabia Ashiq	20 May 2012	Islamabad
10,000 m	40:42.7 NR	Rabia Ashiq	21 April 2011	Lahore	[9]
Javelin throw	44.78 m NR	Parveen Akhtar	6 July 2010	Karachi	[10]

Mixed

Event	Record	Team	Date	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:39.2 h	HEC Team Amed Saeed Sunaina Musawar Fahad Khan Rida Tariq	6 Dezember 2023	Attock	[11]

Notes

1. recognised by World Athletics but not ratified by AFP
2. recognised by World Athletics but not ratified by AFP

See also

• Athletics in Pakistan
• List of Pakistani records in athletics