The dates of major athletics events are known months if not years in advance, however the times and channel on the BBC are often only available a week in advance and maybe subject to last minute change. The event is then available on iPlayer for one month. Many events are also broadcast by World Athletics, either live (free registration required) or later as video recordings on YouTube. World Athletics live events might be geo blocked, but may be available elsewhere. The Astana event was live on YouTube by Qazaq Athletics, even though geo blocked by WA to the UK. Many other events are also streamed live by the organisers. European Athletics stream events (mainly silver and bronze level) on Facebook Live.
Event | Location | Date | Broadcast |
WA Indoor Tour Gold | Astana, KAZ | 27 Jan 10-00 GMT | |
WA Indoor Tour Gold | Ostrava, CZE | 30 Jan 16-00 GMT | |
WA Indoor Tour Gold | Boston, USA | 4 Feb | |
WA Indoor Tour Gold | Torun, POL | 6 Feb | |
WA Indoor Tour Gold | Lievin, FRA | 10 Feb | |
WA Indoor Tour Gold | New York,USA | 11 Feb | |
UK Indoor Champs | Birmingham | 17-18 Feb | |
Seville Marathon | Andalusia, ESP | 18 Feb | BBC Red Button (601) 7-15 to 10-00 am. |
WA Indoor Tour Gold | Madrid, ESP | 23 Feb | |
England XC Champs | Telford | 24 Feb | Cancelled (Flooding) |
WA Indoor Champs | Glasgow | 1-3 Mar | BBC 2 (9-30 am. to 1 pm. and 6-30 to 10-00 pm.) |
Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, JPN | 3 Mar | |
WA XC Champs | Beograd, SRB | 30 Mar | |
Boston Marathon | Boston, USA | 15 Apr | |
Diamond League | Xiamen, CHN | 20 Apr | BBC Red Button (12:00 and 22:30) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ync1 |
London Marathon | London | 21 Apr | BBC1 (08:30 to 14:00) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/68707278 |
Diamond League | Shanghai, CHN | 27 Apr | BBC Red Button (12:00 and 22:30) |
WA Relays | Nassau, BS | 4-5 May | BBC Red Button https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cle0lv6q2l5o |
Diamond League | Doha, QAT | 10 May | BBC 2 (17:00) Red Button (19:50 repeated) |
Diamond League | Rabat, MOR | 19 May | BBC 3 (19:00) Repeated on Red Button (601) |
Diamond League | Eugene, USA | 25 May | BBC 3 (21:00) |
Diamond League | Oslo, NOR | 30 May | BBC 3 (19:00) |
Diamond League | Stockholm, SWE | 2 Jun | BBC 2 (17:00) |
European Outdoor Champs | Rome, ITA | 7-12 Jun | BBC Red Button (morning and evening sessions) |
UK Outdoor Champs | Manchester | 29-30 Jun | BBC Red Button (starts 11:20 both days, finals Saturday evening & Sunday afternoon) |
Diamond League | Paris, FRA | 7 Jul | BBC Red Button (Sunday 22:00 repeated on Monday) |
Diamond League | Monaco, MCO | 12 Jul | BBC Red Button (Friday 22:00 repeated Saturday morning) |
Diamond League | London | 20 Jul | BBC 1 (Saturday 13:15 to 17:00) |
Olympic Games | Paris, FRA | 1-11 Aug | Main events start 2 Aug, morning (9 am. – 12 pm.) and evening (5-9 pm.) on BBC1 and Red Button (601). However, BBC will not show all events as Discovery have bought the TV rights. |
Diamond League | Lusanne, SUI | 22 Aug | BBC2 (Thursday 19:00 to 21:00) |
Diamond League | Chorzow, POL | 25 Aug | BBC2 (Sunday 15:00 to 17:00) |
WA U20 Championships | Lima, PER | 27-31 Aug | BBC Red button (601) Afternoon and late night sessions. |
Diamond League | Rome, ITA | 30 Aug | BBC2 (Friday 19:00 to 21:00) |
Diamond League | Zurich, SUI | 5 Sep | BBC2 (Thursday 19:00 to 21:00) |
Great North Run | Newcastle | 8 Sep | BBC1 (Sunday 10:00 to 14:00), highlights BBC2 (Sunday 18:00 to 19:00) |
Diamond League Finals | Brussels, BEL | 13-14 Sep | BBC2 (Friday 19:00 to 21:00) and BBC3 (Saturday 19:00 to 21:00) |
Berlin Marathon | Berlin, GER | 29 Sep | |
New York Marathon | New York, USA | 3 Nov | |
European XC Champs | Antalya, TUR | 8 Dec |