This page shows the main events during the 2005 year in the sport of athletics throughout the world.
Major events
World
World Championships
World Athletics Final
World Cross Country Championships
World Half Marathon Championships
World Youth Championships
World Student Games
Golden League
Regional
African Junior Championships
Bolivarian Games
Central American and Caribbean Championships
South American Championships
Jeux de la Francophonie
European Indoor Championships
European U23 Championships
European Junior Championships
European Cup
European Cross Country Championships
European Mountain Running Championships
European Race Walking Cup
Balkan Games
Mediterranean Games
Asian Championships
Asian Indoor Games
Central Asian Games
East Asian Games
Islamic Solidarity Games
Southeast Asian Games
West Asian Games
National
2005 Chinese National Games
World records
Men
Women
Awards
Men
Women
Season's best performances
Men
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase
Pole vault
Hammer throw
Decathlon
Women
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
3000 metres
5000 metres
10,000 metres
Half marathon
100 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase
High jump
Pole vault
Hammer throw
Heptathlon
Marathon
Men's competition
Best Year Performances
Women's competition
Best Year Performances
Saint Silvester Marathon
Deaths
May 27 — Piotr Gładki (33), Polish long-distance runner (b. 1972)