WThe 1993 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held from 16–17 July at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England. It was considered the de facto national championships for the United Kingdom, ahead of the 1993 UK Athletics Championships.
WThe track and field competition at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in November at the Estadio Francisco Montaner in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
WThe 1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia between 30 July − 1 August.
WThe 1993 German Athletics Championships was the 93rd edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Germany. It was held on 8–11 July at the Wedaustadion in Duisburg. It served as the selection meeting for Germany at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. A women's hammer throw was contested for the first time and the road running championship was set to the half marathon, having previously been 15 km for women and 25 km for men.
WThe 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Skydome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from March 12 to March 14, 1993. It was the last Indoor Championships to feature the 5,000 and 3,000 metres race walk events. In addition, it was the first Indoor Championships to include heptathlon and pentathlon, albeit as non-championship events. There were a total number of 537 athletes participated from 93 countries.
WThe 1993 UK Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium, London. It was the second time that the British capital hosted the event, having previously done so in 1980. It would be the last outing of the series in its annual format.
WAt the 1993 Summer Universiade, the athletics events were held at the University at Buffalo Stadium in Amherst, New York in the United States from July 14 to 18. A total of 43 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 20 by female athletes.
WThe 1993 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 16–19 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. This was the first USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships organized by the newly named USA Track and Field (USATF). The competition acted as a way of selecting the United States team for the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart, Germany August 13–22 later that year.
WThe 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between 13 and 22 August with the participation of 187 nations. Having originally being held every four years in 1983, 1987 and 1991 these championships began a two-year cycle between events.