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International Association of Athletics Federations
Formation	1912
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Monaco
Membership	212 member federations
President	Lamine Diack
Website	http://www.iaaf.org/

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. It was founded in 1912 during a war, at its first congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. Since October 1993 it has been headquartered in Monaco.

Beginning in 1982, the IAAF has passed several amendments to its rules allowing athletes to receive compensation for participation in international athletics competitions. However, the IAAF retained the word "amateur" in its name until its 2001 Congress at which the IAAF's title was changed to its current form.

The IAAF's current president is Lamine Diack of Senegal. He became Acting President shortly after the death of the previous president, Primo Nebiolo of Italy in November 1999, and was elected IAAF President at the IAAF's 2001 Congress.

Presidents

Since the establishment of the IAAF, it has had five presidents:

Name	Country	Presidency
Sigfrid Edström	Sweden	1912–1946
Lord Burghley	United Kingdom	1946–1976
Adriaan Paulen	Netherlands	1976–1981
Primo Nebiolo	Italy	1981–1999
Lamine Diack	Senegal	1999–

Competitions

Included in its charge are the standardization of timekeeping methods and world records. The IAAF also organizes many major athletics competitions worldwide, including:

World Athletics Series

The World Championships in Athletics is the foremost athletics competition held by the IAAF.

† = Formerly IAAF World Cup

One-day events

IAAF World Challenge Meetings Melbourne Track Classic • Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar • Osaka Grand Prix • Colorful Daegu Pre-Championship Meeting • Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo • Golden Spike Ostrava • Fanny Blankers-Koen Games • Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat • Meeting de Atletismo Madrid • Athens World Challenge Tsiklitiria • Internationales Stadionfest • Rieti Meeting • Hanžeković Memorial

IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings Millrose Games • BW-Bank Meeting • Sparkassen Cup • Russian Winter Meeting • GE Galan • Reunión Internacional Atletismo Ciudad de Valencia • Indoor Flanders meeting • Athens IAAF Indoor Meeting • AVIVA Indoor Grand Prix • Meeting Pas de Calais See also: IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics

IAAF cross country permit meetings Oeiras International Cross Country • Cross Internacional de Soria • Lotto Cross Cup Brussels • Great Edinburgh International Cross Country • Cross Internacional de Itálica • Antrim International Cross Country • Cinque Mulini • Chiba International Cross Country • KCB Nairobi Cross • Fukuoka International Cross Country • Eurocross • Almond Blossom Cross Country See also: IAAF World Cross Country Championships

IAAF Road Race Label Events

IAAF Gold Label Road Races Xiamen International Marathon • Mumbai Marathon • Tokyo Marathon • World's Best 10K Race • Lake Biwa Marathon • Lisbon Half Marathon • Seoul International Marathon • Prague Half Marathon • Paris International Marathon • Boston Marathon • London Marathon • Great Manchester Run • World 10K Bangalore • Bogota International Half Marathon • Great North Run • Berlin Marathon • Portugal Half Marathon • Chicago Marathon • Beijing International Marathon • Great South Run • Athens Classic Marathon • Frankfurt Marathon • New York City Marathon

IAAF Silver Label Road Races Osaka International Ladies Marathon • Beppu-Ōita Marathon • Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon • RAK Half Marathon • Nagoya International Women's Marathon • Rome Marathon • Madrid Marathon • Freihofer's Run for Women • Prague International Marathon • Ottawa 10K Road Race • Ottawa Marathon • Metro Men’s Race 10km • Amsterdam Marathon • Gyeongju International Marathon • Intercontinental Istanbul Eurasia Marathon • Chuncheon Men's Marathon • Venice Marathon • Toronto Waterfront Marathon • Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale • Turin Marathon • Zevenheuvelenloop • Fukuoka International Open Marathon Championship • Singapore Marathon • San Silvestre Vallecana

IAAF Bronze Label Road Races Paris Half Marathon • Mangyongdae Prize Marathon • International Marathon Alexander the Great • Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon • Cursa Bombers de Barcelona • Salzburg Marathon • Great Ireland Run • Corrida de Langueux • JoongAng Seoul Marathon

Defunct

See also

• List of eligibility transfers in athletics

References

External links

• Official website

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