Editing World Athletics (section)

==History==
The process to found World Athletics began in [[Stockholm]], Sweden, on 18 July 1912 soon after the completion of the [[1912 Summer Olympics]] in that city. At that meeting, 27 representatives from 17 national federations agreed to meet at a congress in [[Berlin]], Germany, the following year, overseen by [[Sigfrid Edström]] who was to become the fledgling organisation's first president. The 1913 congress formally completed the founding of what was then known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=EpsGxfMMpUgC&dq=iaaf+foundation&pg=PA226 Reprint (page 226)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404054143/https://books.google.com/books?id=EpsGxfMMpUgC&dq=iaaf+foundation&pg=PA226 |date=4 April 2023 }} at [[Google Books]] UK (books.google.co.uk). <br/>&nbsp; ''The 1912 Stockholm Olympics: Essays on the Competitions, the People, the City'', eds. Leif Yttergren and Hans Bolling, Jefferson NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2012. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-7131-7}}. <br/>&nbsp; Translated from the Swedish: ''Stockholmsolympiaden 1912'' (Stockholm: Stockholmia, 2012).</ref><ref>[http://dailyrelay.com/iaaf-presidential-election-history "IAAF Presidential Election History"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820000645/http://dailyrelay.com/iaaf-presidential-election-history/ |date=20 August 2015 }}. Jesse Squire, ''Daily Relay'', 18 August 2015.</ref><ref>[https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitioninfo/9ae4cea1-f84c-44ec-852f-74bb974d0f5a.pdf "The Beginning of the IAAF: A study of its background and foundation"]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109060146/https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitioninfo/9ae4cea1-f84c-44ec-852f-74bb974d0f5a.pdf |date=9 November 2014 }}. Hans Bolling, (adviser: Jan Lindroth), Stockholm/Sweden 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2015.</ref>

It was headquartered in [[Stockholm]] from 1912 to 1946, in [[London]] from 1946 to 1993, and thereafter moved to its current location in [[Monaco]].

In 1926, the IAAF created a commission to regulate all ball games that were played by hand, including [[basketball]] and [[handball]]. Subsequently, the [[International Amateur Handball Federation]] was founded in 1928, and the [[International Basketball Federation]] was founded in 1932.

Beginning in 1982, the IAAF passed several amendments to its rules to allow athletes to receive compensation for participating in international competitions. However, the organization retained the word ''[[amateur sports|amateur]]'' in its name until its 2001 congress, at which it changed its name to the International Association of Athletics Federations. In June 2019 the organization chose to rebrand as ''World Athletics'', with a rollout beginning after the [[2019 World Championships in Athletics|2019 World Championships]] in [[Doha]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tv5.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/26933457/track-body-iaaf-rebrand-world-athletics|title=Track body IAAF to rebrand as World Athletics|agency=Associated Press|work=[[ESPN]]|date=9 June 2019|access-date=9 June 2019|archive-date=9 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609151248/https://tv5.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/26933457/track-body-iaaf-rebrand-world-athletics|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following repeated requests, World Athletics became the last body within the [[Association of Summer Olympic International Federations]] to make public its financial reports in 2020. It revealed the organisation had revenue of around US$200 million spread over a four-year Olympic cycle, with around a fifth of that revenue coming from Olympic broadcasting rights. The reports showed a deficit in each of the non-Olympic years of 2017 and 2018 of around US$20 million. It also showed heavy dependence on its partnership with Japanese marketing agency [[Dentsu]], which made up half of 2018's revenue. It also highlighted reserves of US$45 million at the end of 2018, which would allow the organisation to remain solvent in the face of delays to the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>Owen, David (6 June 2020). [https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1095032/accounts-show-world-athletics-deficit World Athletics deficits revealed as sport's long trudge to transparency accelerates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607065528/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1095032/accounts-show-world-athletics-deficit |date=7 June 2020 }}. Inside the Games. Retrieved 2020-06-17.</ref><ref>Owen, David (14 June 2020). "[https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1095318/dentsu-world-athletics-revenue Dentsu income accounted for more than half of World Athletics revenue in 2018]". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2020-06-17. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615185935/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1095318/dentsu-world-athletics-revenue |date=15 June 2020 }}.</ref> World Athletics Day is celebrated on 7 May.

In 2022, World Athletics imposed sanctions against the Member Federations of Russia and Belarus because of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], and all athletes, support personnel, and officials from Russia and Belarus were excluded from all World Athletics Series events for the foreseeable future, and Russian athletes who had received ANA status for 2022 were excluded from World Athletics Series events for the foreseeable future.<ref name="auto1"/> World Athletics Council also applied sanctions on the [[Belarus Athletic Federation]], including banning its hosting of any international or European athletics events, representation at Congress or in decisions which require Congressional votes, involvement of its personnel in programs, and accreditation to attend any World Athletics Series events.<ref name="auto"/>

In 2024, requests for similar ban were made for Israel athletes because of [[Gaza war]] were rejected saying they want to remain politically neutral, while Russian and Belarusian track and field athletes were still banned which prevented them participating at [[2024 olympics|2024 Olympics in Paris]] representing their countries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramsay |first=Amanda Davies, Aleks Klosok, George |date=2024-03-01 |title=World Athletics trying to ‘remain politically neutral’ during conflicts, says Sebastian Coe |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/01/sport/world-athletics-sebastian-coe-israel-russia-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Duggal |first=Hanna |title=Which countries have been banned from participating in the Olympics? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/26/which-countries-have-been-banned-from-participating-in-the-olympics |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Karthikeyan |first=Suchitra |date=2024-07-22 |title=Olympics 2024: Why there are calls to ban Israel from the Paris Olympics |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/olympics/israel-and-olympics-2024-calls-for-boycott-difference-from-russia-and-global-response-explained/article68425219.ece |access-date=2025-04-21 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>