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SPOR TS
Track and field FIELD EVENT
EQUIPMENT

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THE SPORTS that make up track and field are divided into two wire Metal rim
main groups: track events—which include sprinting, middle- and
long-distance running, relay running, hurdling, and walking—and Head
field events that require jumping and throwing skills. Contests Body Center
designed to test the speed, strength, agility, and stamina of weight
athletes were held by the ancient Greeks over 4,000 years ago. Swivel
However, the abolition of the Olympic Games in 393 ad meant Hammer
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that track and field events were neglected until the revival of DISCUS
large-scale competitions in the mid-nineteenth century. Modern MEN: 4 LB 7 OZ (2 KG)
WOMEN: 2 LB 3 OZ (1 KG)
stadia offer areas reserved for the long jump, triple jump, and HAMMER
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pole vault usually situated outside the running track. The 16 LB (7 KG) coating Shot-pellet
javelin, shot, hammer, and discus are thrown within the track area. filling
Most athletes specialize in one or two events but, in the heptathlon,
women compete in seven events, held over two days: 200 m and 800 m 5 in
races, 100 m hurdles, javelin, shot put, high jump, and long jump. In (12.7 cm) 4 in
(10 cm)
the decathlon, men compete in 10 events over two days: 100 m, 400 m,
and 1,500 m races, 110 m hurdles, javelin, discus, shot put, pole vault,
high jump, and long jump. MEN’S SHOT WOMEN’S SHOT
16 LB (7 KG) 8 LB 12 OZ (4 KG)
JAVELIN Cord grip Shaft
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Men: 8 ft 6 in (2.6 m)
Women: 7 ft 6 in (2.3 m)
Finishing post Pole-vault mat Pole-vault runway 100 m
TRACK AND FIELD starting
line
Hammer
Finishing line circle
Javelin fan Discus
circle
Steeplechase
water jump
Javelin
runway

One lap
Lane is 400 m

Shot-
put fan High-
jump fan
Shot-put
circle High-jump
mat

Discus fan Hammer fan
Triple-jump Triple-jump Indicator Triple-jump Long-jump Landing area
takeoff board takeoff line board runway takeoff board

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