Analysis of the start to the first hurdle in 110 m hurdles at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 by José Luis López del Amo, M. Carmen Rodríguez, David Wilfred Hill, Julián Ernesto González

“…Data were obtained for competitors in 2015 IAAF World Athletics Championships, in Beijing, China. …”
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Biomechanics of World-Class 800 m Women at the 2017 IAAF World Championships by Brian Hanley, Stéphane Merlino, Athanassios Bissas, Athanassios Bissas, Athanassios Bissas

“…The aim of this novel study was to compare important kinematic variables between the two laps of the 2017 IAAF World Championships women's final. Video data (150 Hz) were collected of all eight finalists on both laps at a distance approximately 50 m from the finish line along the home straight. …”
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The importance of Reaction Time in Athletics: Influence on the Results of Sprint Runs of World Championships Finalists by Ratko Pavlović

“…In athletic sprint disciplines, the segments of start and start acceleration occupy an important place that significantly generates the final outcome of the race. …”
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Kinematics of the Final Approach and Take-Off Phases in World-Class Men and Women Pole Vaulters by Brian Hanley, Helen J. Gravestock, Mike Hopkinson, Giorgos P. Paradisis, Stéphane Merlino, Athanassios Bissas, Athanassios Bissas

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Differences in run-up, take-off, and flight characteristics: successful vs. unsuccessful high jump attempts at the IAAF world championships by Gareth Nicholson, Gaspar Epro, Stéphane Merlino, Josh Walker, Athanassios Bissas, Athanassios Bissas

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Kinematic and Temporal Differences Between World-Class Men's and Women's Hurdling Techniques by Athanassios Bissas, Athanassios Bissas, Athanassios Bissas, Giorgos P. Paradisis, Brian Hanley, Stéphane Merlino, Josh Walker

“…This study aimed to compare joint kinematics and center of mass parameters throughout hurdle clearance between world-class men and women sprint hurdlers, who were competing in a World Championships final. …”
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Women's 50km racewalking tactic using pace strategy analysis at World Championships by Mohamed Megahed, Rasha Ali, Zahraa Tarek

“…We aim to design a walking tactic depending on pace strategy analysis for women's 50km racewalking at two IAAF championships: World Racewalking Team Championships Taicang2018 and World Athletics Championships Doha2019. …”
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Individual performances relative to season bests in major track running championship races are distance-, position- and sex-dependent by Arturo Casado, Andrew Renfree, Beatriz Maroto-Sánchez, Brian Hanley

“…Material and methods. 2320 men’s and 2312 women’s finishing times over 100 m, 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m and 5000 m at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships and Olympic Games from 1999 to 2019, and their SBprior, were obtained via IAAF open-access website. …”
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Spatiotemporal Comparisons Between Elite and High-Level 60 m Hurdlers by Pablo González-Frutos, Santiago Veiga, Javier Mallo, Enrique Navarro

“…Split times, step lengths, step widths, step times, contact times and flight times were calculated for the 60 m hurdlers (n = 110) who participated in the 44th Spanish Indoor Championship and in the 12th IAAF World Indoor Championship. Both men and women elite-level hurdlers obtained shorter split times than high-level hurdlers in the approach run (δ 0.14 ± 0.01 and 0.18 ± 0.02 s, respectively), the hurdles-unit (δ 0.11 ± 0.01 and 0.13 ± 0.01 s, respectively) and the run-in (δ 0.10 ± 0.01 and 0.20 ± 0.02 s, respectively) race phases. …”
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