Athletics is, along with Football, the sport that has always been practiced at Sporting Clube de Portugal. Having been the most represented club in the Olympic Games of Athens, this section of the club, headed many years by Prof. Mário Moniz Pereira, who died in 2016, is one of the most decorated Portuguese athletics teams and is responsible for much of the titles won by the club throughout its 100 years of history. In the year 2011 began the annual Sporting race. Honours (Men's) Domestic competitions Portuguese Outdoor Men's Athletics Championship Winners (48): 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Portuguese Indoor Men's Athletics Championship Winners (17): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017 Portuguese Cross Country Championship: Winners (49): 1912, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 Portuguese Cross Country mid-race Championship: Winners (8): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Portuguese Men's Athletics Cup Winners (4): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 International competitions European Champion Clubs Cup Winners (1): 2000 Runners-up (3): 2007, 2009, 2010 Copa Iberica Winners (1): 2021 European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country Winners (15): 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2018 Honours (Women's) Domestic competitions Portuguese Outdoor Women's Athletics Championship Winners (49): 1945, 1946, 1947, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Portuguese Indoor Women's Athletics Championship Winners (23): 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 , 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Portuguese Cross Country Championship: Winners (8): 1972, 1973, 1974, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 Portuguese Cross Country mid-race Championship: Winners (7): 2000, 2012, 2013,