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New Zealand also sent teams for the Australasian Athletics Championships during its lifetime from 1890 to 1927. Separate annual championship events are held for the 10,000 metres , 3000 metres , combined track and field events , cross country running , mountain running , road running and racewalking events.
The idea of jogging as an organised activity was mooted in a sports page article in The New Zealand Herald in February 1962, which told of a group of former athletes and fitness enthusiasts who would meet once a week to run for "fitness and sociability". Since they would be jogging, the newspaper suggested that the club "may be called the ...
Arthur Leslie Lydiard ONZ OBE (6 July 1917 – 11 December 2004) was a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics coaches of all time and is credited with popularising the sport of running and making it commonplace across the sporting world.
It was particularly pronounced in the United States and occurred in other countries including the United Kingdom and other European countries, Australia and New Zealand. [1] [2] The boom was primarily a 'jogging' movement in which running was generally limited to personal physical activity and often pursued alone for recreation and fitness.
Athletics New Zealand (ANZ) is the national governing body for athletics in New Zealand. This includes responsibility for Track and field , cross country running , road running and racewalking . [ 1 ]
North Shore City, New Zealand 4 × 100 m relay: 38.99 New Zealand Dallas Roberts David Falealili James Dolphin Chris Donaldson: 19 November 2005 [e] Sydney, Australia 4 × 200 m relay: 1:23.82 Donald McDonald Dallas Roberts Gene Pateman Craig Bearda 25 January 2004 North Shore City, New Zealand 4 × 400 m relay: 3:05.84 New Zealand Shaun ...
The 2002 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand, between December 12–14, 2002. A total of 39 events were contested, 20 by men and 19 by women.
The 2020 New Zealand Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for New Zealand. It was held from 6–8 March at Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub in Christchurch . The 10,000 metres was held separately on 21 March while the half marathon took place on 5 April.