Athletics -Track & Field


Discus, Hammer, High Jump, Hurdling, Javelin, Long Jump, Pole Vault, Relay, Shot Put, Steeple Chase and Triple Jump

Known in Great Britain and the Commenwealth as athletics in the USA as Track and Field Athletics. If you're not sure about the different aspects of athletics read on.

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A group of sports comprising running, jumping and throwing contests, cross country running, decathlon, discus, hammer, high jump, hurdling, javelin, long distance running, long jump, marathon, middle distance running, pentathlon, pole vault, race walking, relay running, road running shot put sprinting steeplechase triple jump nearly all these events are contested by men and women.

With an history going back to Ancient Times athletics has always been a keen betting sport with so many events to choose from it’s sometimes seems difficult to decide who and when to bet on someone. So remember this golden rule: athletics is no different than any other sport class will out and top athletes can last quite a few years and with the middle and long distance runners they can dominate events for quite a few season’s.

Indoors as well as Outdoors

Track and field events are held indoors in the winter months and outdoors during the spring and summer period. However limited space means some outdoor events can't be staged indoors, these are usually the Javelin, Hammer and discus. The other major difference is the 100m sprint is changed to the 60m sprint.

The Arena: a full sized track measures 400m in circumference, it has six or eight lanes and encircles a sports pitch that contains specific areas for each field sport. The track is made of synthetic rubber or polyurethane which enables all year round use. Indoor tracks are usually 200m in circumference have four or six lanes and steep banked turns to accomodate bends that are far tighter than on an outdoor track. Athletes always run anti clockwise. The order of track and field events are determined by a random draw at each meeting.

Olympic Combined Events

Event Gender
Decathlon Male
Heptathlon Female

Olympic Field Events

Event Gender
Discus Male & Female
Javelin Male & Female
Hammer Throw Male & Female
Shot Put Male & Female
Pole Vault Male & Female
High Jump Male & Female
Long Jump Male & Female
Triple Jump Male & Female

Olympic Track Events

Events Gender
100m Male & Female
200m Male & Female
400m Male & Female
100m Hurdles Female
110m Hurdles Male
400m Hurdles Male & Female
4 x 100m Relay Male & Female
4 x 400m Relay Male & Female
800m Male & Female
1500m Male & Female
3000m Steeplechase Male & Female
5000m Male & Female
10000m Male & Female
Marathon Male & Female
20km Walk Male & Female
50km Walk Male

 

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