The competition was not held in the years from 1938 to 1944 due to World War II and ran for 66 editions in total.

[1][2] The Czechoslovak Indoor Athletics Championships was later introduced in 1969 to complement the summer outdoor event with a spring one.

[3] By its final year, the competition programme featured a total of 35 individual Czechoslovak Championship athletics events, 19 for men and 16 for women.

Women did not have pole vault, hammer throw or 3000 metres steeplechase championship contests.

[2] Men competed in a 200 metres hurdles until 1967, by which point the event had fallen out of favour in international competitions.