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The first recorded examples of organized track and field events are the Ancient Olympic include further running competitions, but the introduction of the Ancient Olympic pentathlon marked a step towards track and field as it is recognized today—it comprised a five-event competition of the long jump, javelin throw, discus throw, stadion ...
Octathlon, combined track and field event featured at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics; Throws pentathlon, a championship combined track and field event at the World Masters Athletics Championships; Fierljeppen, Frisian sport of pole vaulting for distance; Softball throw, athletics event throwing for distance using a softball
The 1940 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and served as the national championships in outdoor track and field for the United States. The men's edition was held at Ratcliffe Stadium in Fresno, California, and it took place 28–29 June.
Track and field events have become the most prominent part of major athletics championships and many famous athletes within the sport of athletics come from this discipline. Discrete track and field competitions are found at national championships-level and also at annual, invitational track and field meets.
This is a category for the specific disciplines (e.g. shot put) within track and field For athletics competitions, see Category:Athletics (track and field) competitions.
For track and combined events, the term "indoor world records" were changed to "short track world records". In some field events, including long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, and shot put, indoor world records were eliminated. These changes came into effect on 1 November 2023.
Combined events at the Summer Olympics have been contested in several formats at the multi-sport event.There are two combined track and field events in the current Olympic athletics programme: a men's decathlon (100 metres, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 metres, 110 metres hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw, and 1500 metres) and a women's heptathlon (100 metres hurdles, high ...
Track and field is a group of events within the umbrella sport of athletics, alongside cross country running, racewalking and road running. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.