The championships continued with the post-war Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia state.

Participation diminished as various regions broke away from the country and set up their own national championships.

The Yugoslavian Championships ceased in 2003 with the renaming of the remnant constituents of the Yugoslavia as Serbia and Montenegro that year.

[2] The competition programme featured a total of 37 individual Yugoslavian Championship athletics events, 19 for men and 18 for women.

The women's field events reached parity with the men's after the addition of triple jump in 1990, and hammer throw and pole vault in 1996.