Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships

The Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships (Dutch: Nederlandse kampioenschappen indooratletiek) is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation, which serves as the national championship for the sport in the Netherlands. Typically held over two to three days in February during the Dutch winter, it was first added to the national calendar in 1969, supplementing the main outdoor Dutch Athletics Championships held in the summer since 1910.

Events

The following athletics events feature as standard on the Dutch 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)

The 200 m was introduced in 1982, and was briefly removed from the programme from 2006–10 before being reintroduced. Combined events was first held in 1976. Racewalking is longer contested but men previously competed in the 3000 metres race walk and 5000 metres race walk until it was dropped in 2007. The women's programme expanded in line with changes at international level. A women's 1500 metres was added in 1972, followed by a 3000 metres in 1979. The fields events were also increased to match the men's schedule, with triple jump being first held in 1991 and pole vault in 1996.