Track and Field Researched via: wikipedia

1. Track and FieldResearched via: http://wikipedia.org Student Name: Nyanka Joseph Date: 5/24/10

2. History: • first recorded examples of organized track and field events at a sports festival are the Ancient Olympic Games. • first Games were in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece • Eventually the scope of the games expanded from just a footrace to many other events including pentathlon. • The pentathlon included it comprised a five-event competition of the long jump, javelin throw, discus throw, the stadion foot race, and wrestling. • Track and field events were also present at the Panhellenic Games in Greece around this period and they spread to Rome in Italy around 200 BC. • Discrete modern track and field competitions, separate from general sporting festivals, were first recorded in the late 1800s.

3. Events • There are many events in track &field they are: Track • Sprints:60m,100m,200m,400m • Middle Distance:800m,1500m,3000m • Long distance:5000m,10,000m • Hurdles:60 m hurdles,100 m hurdles,110 m hurdles,400 m hurdles,3000 m steeplechase • Relays:4×100 m relay,4×400 m relay Field Events • Jumps:Long jump,Triple jump,High jump,Pole vault • Throws:Shot put,Discus throw,Hammer throw,Javelin throw Combined Events • Pentathlon • Heptathlon • Decathlon

4. Olympics and World Championships • The major global track and field competitions are both held under the scope of athletics. • Track and field contests make up the majority of events on the Olympic athletics program which occurs every four years. • The other two major international competition for track and field are organised by the IAAF. The IAAF had selected the Olympic competition as its world championship event in 1913, but a separate world championships for athletics alone was first held in 1983-the IAAF World Championships in Athletics.

5. Famous people/role model: • Usain bolt • Micheal Johnson • Bernard Lagat