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Week 2 - Track and Field

Track and field, also known as athletics, involves running, jumping and throwing events. The governing body is the IAAF. Events include sprints from 100m to 400m, middle distance races from 800m to 1500m, long distance races over 5000m, hurdles races over 100m/110m with barriers, relays with baton exchanges, and field events of jumping, throwing and combined multi-event competitions. Field events include high jump, long jump, triple jump, pole vault, discus, hammer, javelin and shot put. The heptathlon and decathlon are combined events for women and men respectively over two days.

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Week 2 - Track and Field

Track and field, also known as athletics, involves running, jumping and throwing events. The governing body is the IAAF. Events include sprints from 100m to 400m, middle distance races from 800m to 1500m, long distance races over 5000m, hurdles races over 100m/110m with barriers, relays with baton exchanges, and field events of jumping, throwing and combined multi-event competitions. Field events include high jump, long jump, triple jump, pole vault, discus, hammer, javelin and shot put. The heptathlon and decathlon are combined events for women and men respectively over two days.

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Track and Field

▪ Athletics, commonly known as Track and Field, is a collection of sports events that involve running,
throwing, and jumping.
▪ The name athletics is derived from the Greek word “athlos” meaning “contest”.
▪ The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) is the governing body for athletics.
▪ The Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA) is the national governing body for
athletics in the Philippines.
Running Events

Track Oval
▪ One lap on the inside lane of a conventional track is 400 meters.
▪ There are 8 lanes in a standard track oval to limit the space for the runner.
Sprints/Dashes
▪ 100 meters

▪ 200 meters

▪ 400 meters
Middle Distance Events - Generally used to describe races between 800m and 3,000m.
▪ 800 meters

▪ 1500 meters

Long Distance Events - Generally used to describe races of at least 5000m.


▪ 5,000-meter run
▪ 10,000-meter run

Relays – races in which four athletes participate as a team, passing a baton in between.
▪ 4 x 100-meter relay

▪ 4 x 400-meter relay

o Leg – a designated portion of a relay race.


o Anchor – the last leg of a relay race, or the person who runs the last leg.
o Baton – the hollow tube that is passed between runners in relay races.
Note:
o The passer holds the baton with the right hand. The receiver gets it with the left hand, then transfers
it to the right hand.
o Teams are disqualified if they hand off the baton outside the exchange zone.
Hurdles – events that require the runner to jump over evenly spaced barriers during the race.
▪ 100-meter (women)
the women’s hurdles are 33 inches high or 2’9’’
▪ 110-meter (men) high hurdles
the men’s 42 inches high or 3’6’’

The official in hurdle events shall disqualify the competitor who:


o Advances or trails a leg or foot below the top horizontal plane;
o Runs around or under the hurdle;
o Runs over a hurdle not in the hurdle’s lane;
o Impedes another hurdler; and
o Knocks down any hurdle by hand.
Field Events
Jumping Events
▪ High jump – a Track and Field event in which the participants attempt to jump over the highest bar.
▪ Long jump – a track and field event where the participant attempts to jump the longest into a sand pit.
▪ Triple jump – a track and field event where the participant attempts to hop, skip and jump the longest
distance.
▪ Pole vault – an athletics event in which a competitor leaps over a bar using a flexible pole made either
of carbon fiber or fiberglass.
Throwing Events
▪ Discus Throw - the athlete will attempt to throw a heavy disc (called a discus) as far as he/she can.
o The men’s discus weighs 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) and has an 8.5-inch diameter. The women’s
discus weighs 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) and has a 7-inch diameter.
o Competitors must throw from within a 2.5m diameter circle and the discus has to land inside a
marked sector. They can throw six times during competition, and the farthest throw counts.
o athletes have to stay within the throwing circle until the discus lands, and the discus must land
within the specified sector.
▪ Hammer Throw - involves participants throwing a metal ball that’s attached to a grip through a steel
wire.
o Athletes make three or four spins inside a 2.135m diameter circle before throwing the ball inside
a 35-degree marked sector.
o Competitors can have six attempts, and the best throw counts.
o The ball must weigh 7.26kg for men and 4kg for women.

▪ Javelin Throw - track and field event involving throwing a spear-like implement as far as possible.
o The javelin must land tip first in a marked 29-degree sector.
o Men must choose a javelin weighing not less than 800g and measuring 2.6-2.7m in length while
it is 600g and 2.2-2.3m respectively for the women.
o Competitors have six attempts to throw, and the farthest throw counts.
▪ Shot Put – is a track and field event in which the athlete will “put” (but more like of throwing) a shot –
a heavy metal ball, the farthest that he can without leaving the circle
o The shot must not drop below the line of the athlete’s shoulders during any of the six attempts
and should land inside a marked 35-degree sector.
Combined Events
▪ Heptathlon - is contested by only women
The heptathlon is a seven-event contest, which awards points for each event to the participants and the
one with the most points wins
o Day 1 - 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put and 200m
o Day 2 - long jump, javelin throw and 800m

▪ Decathlon – only for men, by contrast is a 10-event contest.


o Day 1 - 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400m
o Day 2 - 110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw and 1500m

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