Olympics Track and Field

A race at a distance of 3,200 meters has been run once in Modern Olympic history. That was the 3,200 meter steeplechase that was run at the 1908 Games in London and won by Arthur Russell of Great Britain in a time of 10:47.8 which was the fastest time in the heats and finals for the event.

Usually, there should be 8 lanes on a running track.

In open competitions the men's shot weighs 7.260 kilograms (16.01 lb), and the women's shot weighs 4 kilograms (8.8 lb). Junior, school, and masters competitions often use different weights of shots, typically below the weights of those used in open competitions; the individual rules for each competition should be consulted in order to determine the correct weights to be used.

World Record: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.45m

Olympic Record: Charles Austin (USA) 2.39m

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There is no age limit for Track and Field. But, there is an age limit for other sports in the Olympics. For example, you must be 16 to compete in gymnastics, and you must be 18 to compete in equestrian. But there is no age limit for track and field. It is very rare you will find someone under the age of 14 or 15 in the Olympics though.

It all depends on the athlete. Each one has their own amount of steps that they need to take before jumping

Carl Lewis was born in Birmingham, Alabama on July 1, 1961.

I saw funny results on web about average men and women 100m times. Beside that, average 100m time for a healthy untrained male is around 13-14 seconds. Those in outstanding body condition (untrained) might run 12-13 seconds. Trained healthy male should run under 12 seconds - or at worst, low 12 seconds.

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Olympic men: 16 pounds (7.25 kilograms)

High School boys: 12 pounds (5.44 kilograms)

Olympic and High School girls, Middle School boys: 8.8 pounds (4 kilograms)

Middle School girls: 6 pounds (2.7 kilograms)

Olympic Runners get 4 million pounds a year and every month they get 900,000 Pounds. Now that's a lot!

100 meter dash, 200 meter dash also called Sprints

Where ever they winner wishes to take them.

At the 2008 Games in Beijing, that was Anastasiya Svechnikova of Uzbekistan who was 15 years, 334 days old when she competed in women's javelin throw.

The youngest athlete whose age can be documented that ever competed in athletics at the Olympics is Céléstine N'Drin of Ivory Coast who was 13 years, 3 days old when she competed in women's 800 meter run at the 1976 Games in Montreal.

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee is often regarded as the best all-around female athlete in the world. She has won three gold, one silver and one bronze Olympic medals. At 23 feet nine inches, she holds the American record for the long jump. With her score of 7,161, she was the first woman to earn more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon, and has held the heptathlon world record since 1986. A strong-willed competitor, Joyner-Kersee comes from a family of talented athletes.

Track itself only has discrete roots back to the early 1800's in various countries in Europe, eventually making its way into America. Track events however, started back before there were even countries that one could classify. The Greek started holding Olympic Games including events such as the Standion Race (Running Race), the Long Jump, the Javelin Throw, the Discus throw, and wrestling. All of these (with the exception of Wrestling) are modern day track meet events. So to directly address your question:

Track and field began nearly 2700 years ago in the Greek Empire.

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Asafa Powell is a sprinter from Jamaica who has the 3rd best 100 meter performance with a time of 9.72. He has 2 bronze in the World Championship in 100 meters. He also has a gold in the Olympics in 4x100 meters (alongside Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt).