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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.
Four venues were used: Pont d'Iéna for race walking, Hôtel de Ville and Les Invalides for the start and end points of the marathon races, and Stade de France for the track and field events. The competition featured an identical number of medal events for men and women, the first instance in Olympic history.
Here's the complete track and field schedule for Friday, Aug. 9. 2024 Paris Olympic Games: Entire schedule with TV, time and streaming for every event How to watch the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
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. The Olympic athletics programme has played a significant role in shaping the
Fisher finished third in the men’s 10,000 on the first day of track and field at the 2024 Olympics, earning the U.S.’s first medal in that event since the 2012 London Games. — Lindsay ...
Sha'Carri Richardson started her 2024 Olympic schedule in Paris Aug. 2 with the women's 100-meter prelims, winning her heat with ease. The semi-final and the final were held on Saturday, Aug. 3 ...
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 sport of athletics at these Games was split into three distinct sets of events: track and field events, remaining in Tokyo, and road running events and racewalking events, moved to Sapporo. A total of 48 events ...
Most track and field events will be held inside Stade de France — which hosted the 1998 FIFA World Cup — and will run through Saturday, Aug. 10, finishing with women's 4 x 400m relay final.