Incidence of all (time-loss) injuries in training and competition regarding different discipline categories
| Number of injuries per 1000 registrations per discipline | Number of (time-loss)* injuries per 1000 competing athletes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All* | Training | Competition | |||||||||
| Championship | N (time loss) | N (time loss) | Total* | Jumps | Short distances | Middle distances | Long distances | Marathon | Race walks | Throws | Combined events |
| Outdoor: WOC and EOC and OG | |||||||||||
| WOC 2007 | 96.3 (51.9) | 24.7 (11.1) | 72.6 (41.4) | 50.8 (31.3) | 45.9 (23.6) | 94.7 (29.6) | 153.8 (87.2) | 132.5 (86.1) | 51.5 (29.4) | 15.3 (15.3) | 275.4 (188.4) |
| WOC 2009 | 111.1 (43.8) | 17.4 (5.6) | 90.9 (37.0) | 66.0 (24.3) | 79.6 (37.1) | 159.6 (37.2) | 115.8 (57.9) | 154.3 (24.7) | 69.0 (34.5) | 38.5 (21.0) | 179.1 (134.3) |
| WOC 2011 | 117.3 (50.9) | 38.4 (13.5) | 79.9 (37.8) | 81.7 (54.5) | 46.6 (22.0) | 118.4 (19.7) | 71.9 (29.9) | 191.7 (125.0) | 122.3 (57.6) | 42.2 (8.4) | 258.6 (137.9) |
| OG 2008 | 76,5 (40.1) | 12.6 (7.2) | 41.9 (32.3) | 19.9 (13.3) | 28.4 (21.7) | 27.6 (16.6) | 60.9 (43.5) | 68.2 (51.1) | 25.3 (25.3) | 6.1 (6.1) | 182.9 (134.2) |
| OG 2012 | 94.2 (46.4) | 31.7 (10.4) | 56.8 (32.6) | 32.7 (21.8) | 42.2 (27.7) | 52.4 (31.4) | 42.7 (23.7) | 62.8 (49.3) | 11.1 (0) | 0 | 58.0 (29.0) |
| Incidence WOC and OG±95% CI | 98.5±5.7 (46.4±4.0) | 24.7±23.0 (7.6±1.7) | 67.6±4.8 (36.1±3.6) | 49.4±11.4 (28.3±8.8) | 48.5±6.8 (26.5±5.1) | 89.7±18.9 (27.2±10.7) | 87.6±17.6 (48.3±13.3) | 113.0±21.5 (62.5±16.4) | 52.8±15.9 (27.7±11.7) | 18.9±7.1 (9.8±5.1) | 188.4±41.3 (124.6±34.9) |
| EOC 2010 | 35.9 (17.6) | 11.3 (2.8) | 23.3 (14.1) | 32.4 (18.5) | 22.7 (17.0) | 0 | 51.1 (21.9) | 28.0 (28.0) | 13.2 (0) | 10.5 (5.2) | 0 |
| EOC 2012 | 94.1 (44.0) | 1.4 (2.3) | 83.4 (42.1) | 73.3 (34.5) | 60.7 (36.4) | 100 (9.1) | 188.4 (101.4) | – | – | 39 (24.4) | 267 (133.3) |
| Indoor: WIC and EIC | |||||||||||
| WIC 2008 | 79.1 (26.4) | 4.9 (0) | 65.7 (26.9) | 44.8 (7.5) | 65.1 (34.5) | 76.9 (19.2) | 95.2 (47.6) | – | – | 0 | 250.0 (125.0) |
| WIC 2010 | 52.6 (29.6) | 3.3 (3.3) | 50.2 (26.8) | 24.7 (12.3) | 50.2 (38.6) | 71.4 (23.8) | 102.6 (25.6) | – | – | 26.3 (0) | 125.0 (62.5) |
| EIC 2009 | 67.7 (25.1) | 0 | 68.2 (25.3) | 41.4 (17.8) | 72.7 (36.4) | 97.2 (13.9) | 97.6 (24.4) | – | – | 0 | 133.3 (66.7) |
| EIC 2011 | 51.3 (13.7) | 10.3 (0) | 39.7 (12.1) | 39.8 (0) | 24.9 (24.9) | 42.1 (10.5) | 93.0 (0) | – | – | 28.6 (0) | 66.7 (33.3) |
| Total Incidence Indoor ± 95% CI | 62.6±9.9 (23.7±6.2) | 4.7±2.8 (0.9±1.2) | 55.6 ±9.4 (22.8±6.1) | 37.4±14.7 (9.4±7.5) | 53.0±14.8 (33.9±11.9) | 70.4±26.6 (16.9±13.4) | 97.0±45.2 (24.2±23.5) | – | – | 13.7±18.9 (0) | 130.4±68.8 (65.2±50.5) |
| Youth and junior: WYC and WJC | |||||||||||
| WYC 2009 | 28.815.4) | 6.4 (5.1) | 22.8 (10.4) | 27.6 (11.8) | 22.4 (11.9) | 13.3 (6.7) | 10.1 (0) | 0 | – | 14.4 (3.6) | 156.3 (93.8) |
| WJC 2010 | 42.3 (11.1) | 5.2 (2.0) | 35.5 (8.6) | 46.1 (13.8) | 26.1 (5.8) | 30.1 (12.0) | 37.5 (0) | – | – | 33.9 (4.2) | 120.0 (60.0) |
| Total incidence youth and junior ± 95% CI | 35.5±6.5 (13.2±4.0) | 5.8±2.7 (3.6±2.1) | 29.1±6.0 (9.5±3.4) | 36.1±16.8 (12.7±10.1) | 24.3±8.2 (8.8±5.0) | 22.2±16.2 (9.5±10.7) | 27.0±19.7 (0) | 0 | – | 23.3±13.1 (3.9±5.4) | 134.1±73.8 (73.2±56.4) |
| Total incidence 2007–2012 ±95% CI (EOC excluded) | 81.1±4.2 (36.7 2.9) | 18.2 ±2.1 (5.8±1.9) | 58.4±3.7 (29.0±2.6) | 43.8±8.0 (20.5±5.6) | 43.7±5.1 (24.1±3.6) | 71.5±12.8 (19.2±6.4) | 77.6±13.9 (36.7±9.8) | 113±21.5 (62.5±16.4) | 49.3±14.9 (25.9±10.9) | 19.7±6.0 (7.7±3.7) | 169.6 ±32.3 (106.0±26.5) |
*For some injuries information on discipline or time loss is missing.
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.