study problems of iranian sports management (case study of track and field federation)

Purpose: the goal of this study was to study the problems of iranian sports management (case study of track and field federation). athletics is a kind of sport events which is one of the main sports around the world. according advance of other events, it would advance and it is a factor the index of public sports. subjects consisted of 142 experts including athletes, coaches and a level instructors of this sport.methods: we used descriptive method in which a questionnaire produced and validity of questions measured by faculties of physical education, who were also expert in athletics (cronbach’s alpha= 93٪). using descriptive methods, such as the friedman test and chi square, the goals and hypothesis of research were analyzed. results: the findings revealed 9 challenging factors in athletics of iran. these challenges according to their importance includes: lack of budget and financial facilities (mean: 4.39) it is known as most important factor.  low attention of the media to athletics (mean: 4.31) lack of facilities and equipment (mean:4.16) it is been located in the next grade, too lack of talent identification(mean:4.12) lack of proper governance (mean: 4.11) low competitive events (mean: 4.02) lack of qualified coaches and specialists(mean:3.96) low level athletics league (mean: 3.89) it is been located in the next grade, and lack of talented athletes in the sport (mean: 2.90) it is been located in the last challenge. conclusion: development of athletes depended teamwork of all related organization including noc, physical education organization and track and field federation.