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track & field events and history
Track and Field - or athletics - was the base on which the modern Olympic Games and many other sporting events were centered around.
The sport has progressed a lot since it's early beginnings with barefoot marathons and One-Hundred meter sprints that were run on a single breath according to Herculean legend. After the time of the ancient Olympics athletics were not really revived until the Twelfth century and didn't make a full comeback until the 19th century in the United Kingdom. Track and Field includes the sports of foot racing, vaulting, hurdling, jumping and throwing varied weights and objects. They are usually separated into 2 categories: track, the running and hurdling events; and field, the throwing, jumping, and vaulting events. “Meets” are usually held on an oval track that surrounds an infield for the field events; indoor meets may comprise all of the track events but few of the field events. Track and field athletics in the USA dates from the 1860s. The Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America, the country's 1st national athletic group, held the 1st collegiate races in 1873, and in 1888 the Amateur Athletic Union (which governed the sport for nearly a century) held its 1st championships. |
The Athletics Congress now controls the sport in the USA; the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) controls and sanctions international events. Track and field has been the cornerstone of the summer Olympic Games since their revival in 1896.
Click on the links below for information about each individual Track and field event. You will also find further links to information about Olympic and and World Record champions in each event.
100M 200M 400M 800M 1500M 5000M 10,000M 3000M Steeplechase 100M Hurdles 110M Hurdles 400M Hurdles Decathlon Heptathlon 4x100M Relay 4x400M Relay Pole Vault Long Jump High Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Hammer Discus Javelin
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