Editing World Athletics (section)

===World Athletics Series===
[[File:Berlin 2009 - Olympiastadion.JPG|thumb|The [[World Athletics Championships]] is the foremost athletics competition held by the governing body]]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Competition
!Sport
!Frequency
!First held
!Last held
|-
|[[World Athletics Championships]]<sup>†</sup>
|Outdoor athletics
|Biennial
|align=center|1983
|align=center|Ongoing
|-
|[[World Athletics Indoor Championships]]
|Indoor track and field
|Biennial
|align=center|1985
|align=center|Ongoing
|-
|[[World Athletics Cross Country Championships]]
|Cross country running
|Biennial
|align=center|1973
|align=center|Ongoing
|-
|[[World Athletics Road Running Championships]]<sup>‡</sup>
|Half marathon, [[5K run]], [[mile run]]
|Biennial
|align=center|1992
|align=center|Ongoing
|-
|[[World Athletics U20 Championships]]<sup>††</sup>
|Outdoor track and field
|Biennial
|align=center|1986
|align=center|Ongoing
|-
|[[World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships]]<sup>†††</sup>
|Racewalking
|Biennial
|align=center|1961
|align=center|Ongoing
|-
|[[World Athletics Relays]]
|Outdoor track relays
|Biennial
|align=center|2014<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Athletics Ultimate Championship: a new global championship for the sport {{!}} News {{!}} TBC 26 {{!}} World Athletics Ultimate Championships |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-ultimate-championship/2026/news/press-releases/world-athletics-ultimate-championship |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
|align=center|Ongoing
|-
|[[World Athletics Ultimate Championships]]
|Outdoor track and field
|Biennial
|align=center|2026
|align=center|Ongoing
|-
|World Athletics Trail and Mountain Running Championships
|Trail and mountain running
|Biennial
|align=center|2021<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/iaaf-itra-wmra-new-partnership IAAF, ITRA and WMRA forge new partnership to host combined trail and mountain running world championships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901181757/https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/iaaf-itra-wmra-new-partnership |date=1 September 2018 }}. IAAF (28 August 2018). Retrieved 2019-09-25.</ref>
|align=center|Ongoing
|-
|[[IAAF Continental Cup]]<sup>††††</sup>
|Outdoor track and field
|Quadrennial
|align=center|1977
|align=center|2018
|-
|[[IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics|IAAF World U18 Championships in Athletics]]
|Outdoor track and field
|Biennial
|align=center|1999
|align=center|2017
|-
|[[IAAF World Marathon Cup]]
|Marathon
|Biennial
|align=center|1985
|align=center|2011
|-
|[[IAAF World Road Relay Championships]]
|[[Ekiden]]
|Biennial
|align=center|1986
|align=center|1998
|-
|[[IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships]]
|[[10K run]]/[[15K run]]
|Annual
|align=center|1983
|align=center|1991
|}

:<sup>†</sup> Formerly IAAF World Championships in Athletics
:<sup>‡</sup> Known as the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships before 2023, except for in 2006 and 2007 when it was known as the IAAF World Road Running Championships, with a 20&nbsp;km race in 2006
:<sup>††</sup> Formerly IAAF World Junior Championships
:<sup>†††</sup> Formerly IAAF World Race Walking Cup
:<sup>††††</sup> Formerly IAAF World Cup