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Here is the full athletics schedule for the 2024 Paris Olympics – and click here for a day-by-day guide to the Games. Saturday, August 3 09:05 Men’s decathlon 110m hurdles
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.
The competition featured an identical number of medal events for men and women, the first instance in Olympic history. The marathon race walk mixed relay through a marathon course was contested for the first time at these Games, replacing the men's 50 kilometres race walk in the quest for gender equality. [2]
The Olympic athletics programme has played a significant role in shaping the most common events in the sport. The World Athletics Championships is the foremost World Championship event, holding the vast majority of World Championship-level events within the competition.
The Olympic Games returns to Paris this summer for a third edition in the French capital, with a packed schedule featuring 329 events across 19 days Paris 2024 Olympics schedule, dates and day-by ...
Welcome to the 2024 Paris Olympics, the biggest stage in sports. For the first time in a century, the Summer Games have returned to the "City of Light." It is the third time in its history that ...
From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year. Since 1994, summer and winter Games have been held in staggered even years. Through 2024, there have been 30 Summer Olympic Games, held in 23 cities, and 24 Winter Olympic Games, held in 21 cities.
Track and field takes over center stage at the Olympics the second half of the two-week Paris Games get going. Prelims in the men's and women's 100 meters, then the 10,000 finals are highlights on ...