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2. Track and field - Wikipedia

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   Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. [1] The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events.

3. List of world records in athletics - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Athletics at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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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.

5. List of athletics events - Wikipedia

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   The sport of athletics is defined by the many events which make up its competition programmes. All events within the sport are forms of running, walking, jumping or throwing. These events are divided into the sub-sports of track and field, road running, racewalking and cross country running.

6. List of Olympic records in athletics - Wikipedia

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   The athletics events, which take place at each Games, are divided into four groups: track events (including sprints, middle- and long-distance running, hurdling and relays), field events (including javelin, discus, hammer, pole vault, long and triple jumps), road events (such as walks and the marathon) and combined events (the heptathlon and ...

7. USA Track & Field - Wikipedia

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   USA Track & Field is a Founding Sports Partner of the Sports Museum of America, joining more than 50 other single-sport Halls of Fame, National Governing Bodies, Museums and other organizations across North America to richly celebrate the history, grandeur and significance of sports in American culture.