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Events
1
100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 5000m, 10000m
Women and Men
2
HURDLES: 110m, 400m
Women and Men
3
3000m steeplechase
Men and Women
4
RELAY: 4x100m, 4x400m
Women and Men
5
JUMP: HIGH JUMP, LONG JUMP, TRIPLE JUMP AND POLE VAULT
Women and Men
6
THROW: SHOT PUT, DISCUS THROW, JAVELIN THROW, HAMMER THROW
Women and Men
7
RACE WALK: 20km y 50km
Women and Men
8
MARATHON
Women and Men
9
DECATHLON
Men
10
HEPTATHLON
Women

testATHLETICS

OVERVIEW

Track or field, racing, jumps, throws, combined events and race walking keep the one of the oldest sport young.

HISTORY

This sport dates back to the Greek Olympic Games of 776 BC, when athletes first started to make people’s jaws drop and beat records. Now we jump higher and further, and can throw objects close to 100 meters.