Estonian Indoor Athletics Championships

Estonian Indoor Athletics Championships

Sport	Indoor track and field
Founded	1963
Country	Estonia

The Estonian Indoor Athletics Championships (Estonian: Eesti talvised meistrivõistlused kergejõustikus) is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Estonian Athletic Association, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Estonia. First held in 1963, the competition was established during the period of Soviet occupation, thus was limited to a sub-national scope for the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, as Estonia's athletes still competed at the national Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships. The Estonian Indoor Championships became the undisputed official national-level event for Estonia in 1992, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.^[1][2]

Combined events Estonian championships are usually held at Tallinn Indoor Meeting.

The following athletics events feature as standard on the Estonian Indoor Championships programme:

• Sprint: 60 m, 200 m, 400 m
• Distance track events: 800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m
• Hurdles: 60 m hurdles
• Jumps: long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault
• Throws: shot put
• Combined events: heptathlon (men), pentathlon (women)
• Walks: 5000 m walk (men), 3000 m walk (women)

The 200 m was first introduced in 1996. Women's triple jump was added in 1993 and women's pole vault in 1997 (in line with changes made at the international level in the period).^[1]