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Track and field athletics officials or track and field athletics technical officials are referees responsible for judging the various events within track and field.They can be sub-divided into four main groups: field judges, track judges, timekeepers, and starters.
A track-side judge monitoring technique at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Racewalking is a form of competitive walking that usually takes place on open-air roads, although running tracks are also occasionally used. Racewalking is the only sport in athletics in which judges monitor athletes on their technique.
World Athletics is the global governing body for track and field, and athletics as a whole. The governance of track and field at continental and national level is also done by athletics bodies. Some national federations are named after the sport, including USA Track & Field and the Philippine Amateur Track & Field Association, but these ...
Today, there are several other athletics championships organized at global and continental levels. Athletics also serves as the main focus of many multi-sport events such as the World University Games, Mediterranean Games, and Pan American Games. The following is a list of prominent athletics competitions.
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running.
Pages in category "Athletics (track and field) officials" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Portal:Sport of athletics/Selected article/5 . Former U.S. Olympic coach Payton Jordan. Masters Athletics managed by World Masters Athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of 35 years of age and over organized by World Masters Athletics. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running. Competitors ...
IAAF changes the full form of its name from International Amateur Athletic Federation to International Association of Athletics Federations to reflect the sport moving away from amateurism to professionalism. [24] The name will last until 2019 when it will rename again to World Athletics.