Introduction to Athletics

SPORT NAME: Sport of Athletics
SPORT TYPE: | jumping | throwing | hurdles | running | walking |

Organizations:

ENTITY: World Athletics
FORMERLY KNOWN AS: International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS: International Amateur Athletic Federation
ESTABLISHED: 1912
DESCRIPTION: International governing body for the athletics sports
WEB SITE URL: worldathletics.org | Link |
ARTICLE: wikipedia.org

Disciplines

Jumps:
- Long Jump | worldathletics.org |
- Triple Jump | worldathletics.org |
- High Jump | worldathletics.org |
- Pole Vault | worldathletics.org |

Throws:
- Shot Put | worldathletics.org |
- Discus Throw | worldathletics.org |
- Hammer Throw | worldathletics.org |
- Javelin Throw | worldathletics.org |

Hurdles:
- 100 meters | worldathletics.org |
- 110 meters | worldathletics.org |
- 400 meters | worldathletics.org |

Middle Distance
- 800 meters | worldathletics.org |
- 1,500 meters | worldathletics.org |

Long Distance
- 5,000 meters | worldathletics.org |
- 10,000 meters | worldathletics.org |
- 30,000 meter Steeplechase | worldathletics.org |

Sprints
- 100 meters | worldathletics.org |
- 200 meters | worldathletics.org |
- 400 meters | worldathletics.org |

Road Running:
- Marathon | worldathletics.org |
- Half Marathon | worldathletics.org |

Relays:
- 4 x 100 | worldathletics.org |
- 4 x 400 | worldathletics.org |

Other Running Disciplines
- Cross Country Running | worldathletics.org |
- Mountain Running | worldathletics.org |
- Trail Running | worldathletics.org |
- Ultra Running | worldathletics.org |

Race Walks:
- 20 kilometers | worldathletics.org |
- 35 kilometers | worldathletics.org |

Combined Events:
- Heptathlon | worldathletics.org |
- Decathlon | worldathletics.org |

References:

- askaboutsports.com - athletics - archive
- wikipedia.org - sport of athletics - article
- wikipedia.org - sport of athletics category - category
- wikipedia.org - sport of athletics related lists - category
- commons.wikimedia.org - athletics - images category