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Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. The athletics program traces its earliest roots to events used in the ancient Greek Olympics. The modern program includes track and field events, road running events, and race walking events.
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 20,000 m walk (track) 1:36:09+ Nguyễn Thành Ngưng: 17 September 2019 Vietnamese Championships Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 20 km walk (road) 1:23:29 Nguyễn Thành Ngưng: 20 March 2016 Asian Race Walking Championships: Nomi, Japan [24] 50 km walk (road) 4 × 100 m relay: 39.87 Vietnam Nguyễn Đình Vũ Trịnh ...
The present Vietnam Olympic Committee was formed in 1976 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1979. Vietnam has never competed in the Winter Olympics . Vietnam won its first medal at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney , when Trần Hiếu Ngân took home a silver in Taekwondo in the Women's -57 kg category.
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Decathlon record holder Dmitriy Karpov is a World Championship and Olympic medallist. Asian records in athletics are the best marks set in an event by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Asian Athletics Association. The organisation is responsible for ratification and it analyses each record before approving it.
Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the Games. They were due to be held from 31 July – 9 August 2020, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo , Japan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the games were postponed to 2021, with the track and field events set for 30 July – 8 August. [ 1 ]
The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, was unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveiled the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running. [5]