Portal:Sport of athletics
Introduction
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross-country running, and racewalking.
The results of
Organized athletics are traced back to the
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- The New York State Federation Championship cross country meet in November 2010 (from
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Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, one of the first modern track and field stadiums (from Track and field)
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Naide Gomes in the jumping phase of the event (from Track and field)
- A typical layout of an outdoor track and field stadium (from
- The Gordon Indoor Track sports an 80-yard sprint straight, and the track is 220 yards in length. (from
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A woman attempting toFosbury Flop technique (from Track and field)
- The finish of a women's 100 m race (from
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Carl Lewis, one of the athletes who helped increase track and field's profile (from Track and field)
- A graph of the world record progression in the men's 100 metres (from
- The start of a typical cross country race, as an official fires a gun to signal the start (from
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TheUllevi Stadium (from Track and field)
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Arne Andersson (left) and Gunder Hägg (right) broke a number of middle distance world records in the 1940s. (from Track and field)
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Čakovec, Croatia (from Cross country running)A children's cross country competition in
- Men traversing the water jump in a steeplechase competition (from
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Edvin Wide, Ville Ritola, and Paavo Nurmi (on left) competing in the individual cross country race at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris; due to the hot weather, which exceeded 40 °C (104 °F), only 15 out of 38 competitors finished the race. (from Cross country running)
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Leipzig in 1950 (from Track and field)Girls handing over the baton in a relay race in
- A racewalker "flying" (entirely out of contact with the ground, a rule violation) (from
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Cambodia (from Track and field)A child taking part in a local schools meeting in
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University of Minnesota in September 2007 (from Cross country running)The Roy Griak Invitational cross country meet at the
- A women's 400 m hurdles race at the 2007 Dutch Championships (from
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Kenenisa Bekele leading in a long-distance track event (from Track and field)Ethiopian runner
- The 100 m final at the
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Ancient Greece vase from 500 BC depicting a running contest (from Track and field)An
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javelin throw athlete (from Track and field)A
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American athleteamateurism rules. (from Track and field)
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Oscar Pistorius running in the first round of the 400 m at the 2012 Summer Olympics (from Track and field)
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Shaul Ladany (centre), in 1969 (from Racewalking)
- Runners at the
- An early model of
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Marion Jones, after admitting to doping, lost her Olympic medals, was banned from the sport, and spent six months in jail. (from Track and field)
- Men assuming the starting position for a sprint race (from
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Pacemakers may be used to avoid the tactics of deception that are possible in competition by those who, for example, race away from the start line (and are likely to subsequently slow down), giving the other runners the impression that they are far behind. A trusted team of pacemakers who are paid to keep the runners at a speed that they can manage for the rest of the race become useful in such a situation. Pacemakers are also used on world record attempts in order to make sure that the runner knows where their invisible "opponent" predecessor is at that stage of the race. Pacemakers serve the role of conveying tangible information about pacing on the track during a race. Pacemakers may also facilitate drafting.
Pacemakers are also used for amateurs to assist them in reaching personal goals. For example, in a marathon there may be pacemakers for 3 hours, 3:30, 4 hours, etc. Such pace-setters are referred to as a pacing bus or bus in South African races.
Flashing lights in the side of tracks set to a specific pace were a recent innovation in 2023. (Full article...)
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Athlete birthdays
14 April:
- Ana Ambrazienė, Soviet hurdler
- Uwe Beyer, German hammer thrower
- Valeriy Brumel, Soviet high jumper
- Imrich Bugár, Czechoslovakian discus thrower
- Wilson Kiprop, Kenyan distance runner
- Simona La Mantia, Italian triple jumper
- Georg Lammers, German sprinter
- Guillaume LeBlanc, Canadian race walker
- Josanne Lucas, Trinidadian hurdler
- Françoise Mbango Etone, Cameroonian triple jumper
15 April:
- Evelyn Ashford, American sprinter
- Sulo Bärlund, Finnish shot putter
- Harry Edward, British sprinter
- Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan hurdler
- Chris Huffins, American decathlete
- Antero Kivi, Finnish discus thrower
- Vera Krepkina, Soviet sprinter and long jumper
- Brahim Lahlafi, Moroccan distance runner
- Tiina Lillak, Finnish javelin thrower
- Lars Arvid Nilsen, Norwegian shot putter
- Josia Thugwane, South African distance runner
16 April:
- Lars Börgeling, German pole vaulter
- Gordon Dunn, American discus thrower
- John Norton, American hurdler
- Yelena Prokhorova, Russian heptathlete
- Jiří Skobla, Czechoslovakian shot putter
- Kerron Stewart, Jamaican sprinter
17 April:
- Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete and coach
- Li Meisu, Chinese shot putter
- Jenny Meadows, British middle-distance runner
- Vladimir Polyakov, Soviet pole vaulter
- Morgan Taylor, American hurdler
- Chris Thompson, British distance runner
- Pekka Vasala, Finnish middle-distance runner
18 April:
- Ian Campbell, Australian triple jumper
- Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian distance runner
- Trine Hattestad, Norwegian javelin thrower
- Tatyana Shchelkanova, Soviet long jumper and pentathlete
- Staffan Strand, Swedish high jumper
- Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova, Soviet distance runner
- Robert Změlík, Czech decathlete
19 April:
- Anju Bobby George, Indian long jumper
- Ken Carpenter, American discus thrower
- Kelly Holmes, British middle-distance runner
- Arthur Robertson, British distance runner
- Sara Simeoni, Italian high jumper
20 April:
- Brahim Boulami, Moroccan steeplechase runner
- Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter
- Nelson Évora, Portuguese triple jumper
- Debbie Flintoff-King, Australian hurdler
- Manfred Kinder, German sprinter
- Tatyana Polnova, Russian pole vaulter
- Naftali Temu, Kenyan distance runner
- Roman Virastyuk, Ukrainian shot putter
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World records
Event | Men | Record | Women | Record |
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100 m | Usain Bolt | 9.58 | Florence Griffith Joyner | 10.49 |
200 m | Usain Bolt | 19.19 | Florence Griffith Joyner | 21.34 |
400 m | Wayde van Niekerk | 43.03 | Marita Koch | 47.60 |
800 m | David Rudisha | 1:40.91 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | 1:53.28 |
1500 m | Hicham El Guerrouj | 3:26.00 | Faith Kipyegon | 3:49.11 |
5000 m | Joshua Cheptegei | 12:35.36 | Gudaf Tsegay | 14:00.21 |
10,000 m | Joshua Cheptegei | 26:11.00 | Letesenbet Gidey | 29:01.03 |
Marathon | Kelvin Kiptum | 2:00:35 | Brigid Kosgei | 2:14:04 |
3000 m steeplechase | Lamecha Girma | 7:52.11 | Beatrice Chepkoech | 8:44.32 |
110 / 100 m hurdles | Aries Merritt | 12.80 | Tobi Amusan | 12.12 |
400 m hurdles | Karsten Warholm | 45.94 | Sydney McLaughlin |
50.68 |
High jump | Javier Sotomayor | 2.45 m | Stefka Kostadinova | 2.09 m |
Pole vault | Armand Duplantis | 6.23 m | Yelena Isinbayeva | 5.06 m |
Long jump | Mike Powell | 8.95 m | Galina Chistyakova | 7.52 m |
Triple jump | Jonathan Edwards | 18.29 m | Yulimar Rojas | 15.74 m |
Shot put | Ryan Crouser | 23.56 m | Natalya Lisovskaya | 22.63 m |
Discus throw | Jürgen Schult | 74.08 m | Gabriele Reinsch | 76.80 m |
Hammer throw | Yuriy Sedykh | 86.74 m | Anita Włodarczyk | 82.98 m |
Javelin throw | Jan Železný | 98.48 m | Barbora Špotáková | 72.28 m |
Decathlon/Heptathlon | Kevin Mayer | 9126 pts. | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | 7291 pts. |
20 km racewalk | Yusuke Suzuki | 1:16:36 | Yang Jiayu | 1:23:49 |
4×100 m relay | Jamaica | 36.84 | United States | 40.82 |
4×400 m relay | United States | 2:54.29 | Soviet Union | 3:15.17 |
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Athletics events
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Athletics competitions
It's from the first edition (
Event | 1st edition | Kind of competition | Can participate |
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Olympic Games | 1896 | World games | Worldwide |
World Championships |
1983 | World championships | |
World Indoor Championships |
1985 | ||
European Championships | 1934 | Continental championships | Europe |
European Indoor Championships | 1966 | ||
South American Championships | 1919 | South America | |
Asian Championships | 1973 | Asia | |
African Championships | 1979 | Africa | |
Ocenian Championships |
1990 | Oceania |
Federations
- Internationals
- International Association of Athletics Federations(IAAF)
- European Athletics Association(EAA)
- Confederation of African Athletics (CAA)
- Asian Athletics Association (AAA)
- North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association
- CONSUDATLE
- Oceania Athletics Association (OAA)
- Nationals
- Australia: Athletics Australia (AA)
- Brazil: Brazilian Athletics Confederation (CBAt)
- Canada: Athletics Canada (AC)
- Czech: Czech Athletics Federation (ČAS)
- France: Fédération française d'athlétisme(FFA)
- Germany: German Athletics Association (DLV)
- Italy: Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL)
- Jamaica: Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA)
- Japan: Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF)
- Kenya: Athletics Kenya (AK)
- China: Chinese Athletic Association
- Norway: Norwegian Athletics Association
- Romania: Romanian Athletics Federation
- Spain: Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA)
- Great Britain: UK Athletics (UKA)
- United States: USA Track & Field (USATF)
- Others
- Wales: Welsh Athletics (WA)
- England: Amateur Athletic Association of England (AAA)
- Scotland: Scottishathletics
- Athletic Association of Small States of Europe (AASSE)
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