Olympics Track and Field

The richest athlete alive as of 2014 is Michael Jordan who is worth one billion dollars. The second richest is Michael Schumacher.

Track and Field * 100 meters * 200 meters * 4x100 meter relay * Long Jump

There was only on running event played in the Ancient Olympics, the short sprint from one side of the stadium to the other.

An olympic sized pool is 50 metres.

If it is a 4x100 Relay one swimmer will swim 2 laps.

If each swimmer does two laps and there is 4 of them, 8 laps will have been swum.

.she was one of the best performers in track and field history and because of the pivotal role she played in helping to legitimize women's sports and influence young girls to become athletes as they grew up

It depends on the country. Most Olympians are paid by their government. US Athlete's are not, in fact, US athletes are volunteers. They make money through sponsorships, endorsements, and in some sports prize money. Unfortunately that can add up to be a boatload of cash or not much at all depending on the sport and the individual athlete.

For the men, Usain Bolt with a time of 9.58 seconds at the Berlin World Championships 2009.

In the Ancient Olympics, women were not allowed to play at all, and the only way to "compete" in a sense, was to enter horses in an equestrian competition. Women participated first in 1900 Paris Games and could play lawn tennis and golf. Athletics and gymnastics were available to women in 1928. In 2012, this year, women boxing was allowed, so now there are no sports that don't allow women.

A sufferer of exercise-induced asthma, Joyner-Kersee officially retired from track and field in 2001 at age 38.

The men's world record is held by Javier Sotomayor of Cuba with 2.45m

Wilma Rudolph was 4 years of age when she go Polio

The gold medal in the Women's Uneven Bars event at the Rio 2016 Olympics was awarded to Aliya Mustafina.

The first gold medalist in track and field at the Modern Olympics was James Connolly of the United States in the triple jump in the 1896 Games in Athens.

The pitch is normally (NRL REGS) 100 meters in length goal line to goal line its is marked across the centre line (50m) each half is then lined off (fron the centre line ) 10 metres. Then from the goal line it is marked 10 meters and at 20 meters. The goal line to dead ball line is must be 6m minimum to 11 m max in depth.

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Donovan Bailey he was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m. Particularly noted for his top speed, Bailey ran 27.07 mph (12.10 m/s) in his 1996 Olympic title run, the fastest ever recorded at the time.

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1) using potato-chip bags to carry sand for a makeshift long-jump pit

2) beating her older brother, Al, in a race

3) winning two gold medals in the Seoul Olympics

4) winning the bronze medal with her final Olympic long jump

5)creating the Jackie Joyner-Kersee youth foundation

The women's Olympic 1500 meter record is 3:53.96 held by Paula Ivan of Romania set at the 1988 Games in Seoul. The men's Olympic 1500 meter record is 3:32:07 held by Noah Ngeny of Kenya set at the 2000 Games in Sydney.

Make your national olympic cut times. Usually starting with making the national team. That itself takes many years of practice. You have to make a very fast Olympic Trial Cut, which only about 100 swimmers make in each event. Then to make the olympic team you have to place in the top two in the event.

Carl Lewis' first Olympics were the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won 4 gold medals, in the following order:

1st - 100 Meter Dash (August 4th, 1984)

2nd - Long Jump (August 6th, 1984)

3rd - 200 Meter Dash (August 8th, 1984)(Olympic Record)

4th - 4x100 Meter Relay (August 11th, 1984)(Olympic and World Record)

Carl Lewis' best long jump was 8.91 meters (29 feet, 2 3/4 inches) at the 1991 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Later in the competition, Mike Powell jumped 8.95 meters (29 feet, 4 1/2 inches) to surpass Lewis and win the gold medal.

Usain Bolt of Jamaica is the greatest "short" sprinter of all time after shattering the world records in the 100m and 200m dashes. He has broken the 100m record 3 times. 9.72 in May of 2008, 9.69 in August of 2008 and 9.58 in August of 2009. He has broken the 200m record twice 19.30 in August of 2008 and 19.19 in August of 2009. He is the only man to win Olympic gold while setting world records in both sprints at the same Olympics. He's the first man to run under 9.70 and 9.60 in the 100m dash, and the only person to break 19.30 in the 200m dash with his world record performance of 19.19. Usain Bolt is the World Junior Record holder in the 200m dash with a time of 19.97. Bolt is the modern version of Tommie Smith, a combination of abnormal stride length at 6'5 and the stride frequency of a much shorter world class sprinter. Bolt is able to accelerate faster than his competition and his top end speed is unmatched, thus causing him to be the most dominant sprinter of all time. His nearest rival, Tyson Gay is arguable the 2nd greatest sprinter of all time with personal records of 9.69 for 100m and 19.41 a world record for the straight 200m, and a natural 200m personal best of 19.58. Gay has lost to Bolt in the 2009 World Championship 100m final when Bolt set the current world record of 9.58, Gay was a distant 2nd in 9.70, the 3rd fastest time of all time and just .01 off the previous world record set by Bolt in 2008 in the Summer Olympics in Bejing, China.

Michael Johnson is the greatest long sprinter ever, during his career he held the 200m and 400m world record, while also holding the seldom ran 300m world record. Using a non-traditional running style Michael was a unique blend of world class speed and world class speed endurance. He frequently ran under 20 seconds in 200m dashes while his competition found it difficult to break 20 seconds. Michael was known in the 200 for running an extremely aggressive turn and because of his 400m speed endurance, he decelerated at a much slower rate than his competitors, which made him very difficult to beat for 200m. In 1996 Michael broke the 200m world record twice, first in the Olympic Trials 200m final, Michael ran 19.66 to best Pietro Minnea's former world record of 19.72. In the semi finals of the Olympic Trials, Michael ran 19.70 but it was over the allowable 2.0 mps wind for record purposes. Later in 1996 in the Olympic Games 200m final, Michael ran a 200m dash for the ages in which he split 10.12 oin his first 100m and 9.20 in his second for a world record time of 19.32, breaking his previous world record by .34 seconds, the largest drop in the 200m dash world record since its been recorded. Michael won 2 world championship gold medals, 1991 and 1995, 1 Olympic Gold medal 1996.The 400m was Michael's best event. H's run under 44 seconds more often than any other man before or after him. He won 2 Olympic Gold medals in 1996 and 2000, he's won 4 world championships 1993, 1995,1997 and 1999. He is the current world record holder in the 400m dash in 43.18. He was the most dominant 400 meter runner ever, frequently championship finals by nearly a second ahead of his competition. His greatest achievements on the track are in 1995 and in 1996 in which he won both the 200m and 400m world titles and Olympic titles, no one in the history of track and field can claim to have placed in both events in a major championship let alone won them both in the sports major championship meets. Michael Johnson will forever be known as the standard bearer for long sprinting.

In 2008, in Beijing, China: Usain Bolt won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Men's 100m Dash. Bolt completed the race in 9.69 seconds, and consequently set a new world record. Shelly-Ann Fraser won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Women's 100m Dash. Fraser completed the race in 10.78 seconds. The world record time for the Women's 100m Dash is 10.54, held by the late Florence Griffith-Joyner AKA "Flo-Jo". Flo-Jo set the record in 1988, in Seoul, South Korea, and it has yet to be broken. Both Bolt and Fraser are from Jamaica.

Usain eats about 5,000 before his race for breakfast for energy, consisting of bananas, cakes and of corse his chicken nuggets if needs be.

1. Olympic men: 16 pounds (7.25 kilograms)
2. High School boys: 12 pounds (5.44 kilograms)
3. Olympic and High School girls, Middle School boys: 8.8 pounds (4 kilograms)
4. Middle School girls: 6 pounds (2.7 kilograms)