Track and field Running
Running events include:
sprints (100m, 200m, 400m),
middle
distance (800m, 1500m)
long distance
(3000m Steeplechase, 5000m, 10,000m)
hurdles (110/100m, 400m)
relays
(4x100m, 4x400m)
Throwing
Throwing events include:
Discus
Shot Put
Javelin
Hammer
Throw
Multiple Events The
Men’s Decathlon and Women’s Heptathlon include a combination of events, held
over two days each. Points are awarded for each event and the overall winner is
the athlete with the most points.
The
decathlon includes ten events in the following order, for the
first day: 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m. The second day events
are 110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin, 1500m.
The heptathlon
includes seven events in the following order, for the first day: 100m hurdles,
high jump, shot put and 200m. The second day events are long jump, javelin and
800m.
Walking Events
Race walking is a special long-distance race event in
which the participants must walk as fast as they can, while they are expected
to maintain good form. The competitors are penalized for bending the knee as it
passes under the body or having no foot-to-ground
contact.
The men compete in both 20km
and 50km events, women only in the 20km event.
Marathon The
Marathon is a long-distance running event, taking place over a course of
42.195km or (26 miles & 385 yds.) in
length.
The marathon was originally
conceived as a race for the 1896 Olympics in Athens, commemorating the run of
the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield at the site of the town of
Marathon, Greece, to Athens in 490 B.C. Legend has it that Pheidippides
delivered the momentous message "Niki!" ("victory"), then collapsed and
died.
The unusual distance is a result
of the 1908 Olympic Games in London where the marathon distance was changed to
26 miles to cover the ground from Windsor Castle to White City Stadium, with
385 yards added on so the race could finish in front of royal family's viewing
box.
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Jumping
Jumping events include:
Long Jump
High Jump
Triple Jump
Pole Vault.
Running events include:
sprints (100m, 200m, 400m),
middle
distance (800m, 1500m)
long distance
(3000m Steeplechase, 5000m, 10,000m)
hurdles (110/100m, 400m)
relays
(4x100m, 4x400m)
Throwing
Throwing events include:
Discus
Shot Put
Javelin
Hammer
Throw
Multiple Events The
Men’s Decathlon and Women’s Heptathlon include a combination of events, held
over two days each. Points are awarded for each event and the overall winner is
the athlete with the most points.
The
decathlon includes ten events in the following order, for the
first day: 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m. The second day events
are 110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin, 1500m.
The heptathlon
includes seven events in the following order, for the first day: 100m hurdles,
high jump, shot put and 200m. The second day events are long jump, javelin and
800m.
Walking Events
Race walking is a special long-distance race event in
which the participants must walk as fast as they can, while they are expected
to maintain good form. The competitors are penalized for bending the knee as it
passes under the body or having no foot-to-ground
contact.
The men compete in both 20km
and 50km events, women only in the 20km event.
Marathon The
Marathon is a long-distance running event, taking place over a course of
42.195km or (26 miles & 385 yds.) in
length.
The marathon was originally
conceived as a race for the 1896 Olympics in Athens, commemorating the run of
the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield at the site of the town of
Marathon, Greece, to Athens in 490 B.C. Legend has it that Pheidippides
delivered the momentous message "Niki!" ("victory"), then collapsed and
died.
The unusual distance is a result
of the 1908 Olympic Games in London where the marathon distance was changed to
26 miles to cover the ground from Windsor Castle to White City Stadium, with
385 yards added on so the race could finish in front of royal family's viewing
box.
http://www.usatf.org/News/USA-set-to-take-on-the-World-at-Penn.aspxhttp://www.usatf.org/Home.aspx
Jumping
Jumping events include:
Long Jump
High Jump
Triple Jump
Pole Vault.