It was numbered Volume II Issue I, but this was a deliberate error to fool the government into thinking the magazine had existed before the war.

In 1968, Green (who died in 1998, aged 88) passed the editorship to the enthusiastic and knowledgeable Mel Watman, who in a near-20-year reign steered the title to some success and continued to build its reputation for accuracy and authority.

After a decade's ownership, Emap admitted defeat and in April 1999 licensed the title to Descartes Publishing, a company established by businessman and athletics enthusiast Matthew Fraser Moat for the purpose.

In February 2005 the magazine was awarded Sports BrandLeader status[1] and in December 2005 Athletics Weekly celebrated its 60th birthday with a charity calendar[2][3] and a special 100 page edition.

[11] In 2015 the magazine was bought by The Great Run Company and they appointed 1984 Olympic 3000m silver medallist Wendy Sly as managing director.

[13] Since 2020 Euan Crumley has edited the monthly print magazine with long-time editor of the weekly publication, Jason Henderson, head of digital.