Table 3

Number of athletes and starts in international Athletics championships 2007–2012 regarding discipline categories

				Number of competing athletes
Championship	Duration (in days)	Number of starts	Registrations per discipline	Total*	Jumps	Short distances	Middle distances	Long distances	Marathon	Race walks	Throws	Combined events
Outdoor: WOC and EOC and OG
WOC 2007	9	3109	1983	1957	256	719	169	195	151	136	262	69
WOC 2009	9	3250	2125	2080	288	754	188	190	162	145	286	67
WOC 2011	9	3190	1926	1903	257	773	152	167	120	139	237	58
OG 2008	10	3631	2221	2196	301	739	181	230	176	158	329	82
OG 2012	10	3348	2304	2290	275	830	191	211	223	180	311	69
Total WOC and OG	47	16 528	10 559	10 426	1377	3815	881	993	832	758	1425	345
EOC 2010	6	2124	1420	1414	216	529	106	137	107	76	191	52
EOC 2012	5	2335	1318	1307	232	577	110	138	–	–	205	45
Total EOC	11	4459	2738	2721	448	1106	216	275	107	76	396	97
Indoor: WIC and EIC
WIC 2008	3	964	607	594	134	261	104	42	–	–	37	16
WIC 2010	3	947	608	598	162	259	84	39	–	–	38	16
EIC 2009	3	995	517	513	169	165	72	41	–	–	36	30
EIC 2011	3	1021	585	580	176	201	95	43	–	–	35	30
Total indoor	12	3927	2317	2285	641	886	355	165	–	–	146	92
Youth/junior: WYC and WJC
WYC 2009	5	2318	1560	1536	254	670	150	99	–	53	278	32
WJC 2010	7	2334	1535	1519	217	690	166	160	–	–	236	50
Total WYC and WJC	12	4652	3095	3055	471	1360	316	259	–	53	514	82
Total 2007–2012	82	29 566	18 709	18 487	2937	7167	1768	1692	939	887	2481	616

*Some athletes competed in more than one discipline; therefore, this is not the sum of individual athletes (if an athlete started in different disciplines, he/she was counted in each discipline).
EIC, European Indoor Championships; EOC, European Outdoor Championships; OG, Olympic Games; WIC, World Indoor Championships; WJC, World Junior Championships; WOC, World Outdoor Championships; WYC, World Youth Championships.