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THROWING EVENTS
YEAR SIGNIFICANT EVENT
1896 DISCUSS THROW
The sport was known in the days of the
Greek poet Homer, who mentions it in
both the Iliad and the Odyssey, and it
was one of five events included in the
pentathlon in the ancient Olympic
Games. Throwing the discus was
introduced as an event in modern
athletics when the Olympic Games
were revived at Athens in 1896.
1896 JAVELINE THROW
1953 Scandinavian athletes dominated the
1908 first 50 years of men’s javelin
1932 competition. Sweden conducted the
first national championship in the event
in 1896, and Swedish and Finnish
athletes held most world records until
1953. The javelin throw has been an
Olympic event since 1908; a women’s
javelin event was added to the Olympic
program in 1932.
15th – 16th century HAMMER THROW
Forms of hammer throwing were
practiced among the ancient Teutonic
tribes at religious festivals honouring
the god Thor, and sledgehammer
throwing was practiced in 15th- and
16th-century Scotland and England.
1896 SHOTPUT
The first to use a shot (cannon ball)
instead of a stone competitively were
British military sports groups. Although
the weight varied in early events from
3.63 to 10.9 kg (8 to 24 pounds), a
standard, regulation-weight 7.26-kg
(16-pound) shot was adopted for men
in the first modern Olympic Games
(1896) and in international competition
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FIELD EVENTS
YEAR SIGNIFICANT EVENT
1935 Long Jump
1960 In 1935 Jesse Owens of the United
1968 States set a record of 8.13 metres
1991 (26.6 feet) that was not broken until
1948 1960. Similarly, American Bob Beamon
held the long jump record of 8.90
metres (29.2 feet) from 1968 until
1991, when it was broken by American
Mike Powell, who leapt 8.95 metres
(29.4 feet). Beginning in 1948, the
women’s long jump has been an
Olympic event.
1896 Triple Jump
1900 The origins of the triple jump are
1904 obscure, but it may be related to the
ancient children’s game hopscotch. It
has been a modern Olympic event
since the first Games in 1896; at those
Games two hops were used, but one
hop was used at the Olympics
thereafter. (The standing triple jump
was contested only in the 1900 and
1904 Olympics.)
1912 High Jump
1896 The standing high jump was last an
1928 event in the 1912 Olympics. The
running high jump, an Olympic event
for men since 1896, was included in
the first women’s Olympic athletics
program in 1928.
1904 Pole Vault
1960 In competition, each vaulter is given
three chances to clear a specified
height. A bar rests on two uprights so
that it will fall easily if touched. It is
raised progressively until a winner
emerges by process of elimination.
Ties are broken by a “count back”
based on fewest failures at the final
height, fewest failures in the whole
contest, or fewest attempts throughout
the contest. The pole may be of any
material: bamboo poles, introduced in
1904, quickly became more popular
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than heavier wooden poles; glass fibre
became the most effective and popular
by the early 1960s.

SPRINT AND HURDLES

YEAR SIGNIFICANT EVENT
1884 Sprints
1930 The course for sprint races is usually
marked off in lanes within which each
runner must remain for the entire race.
Originally sprinters used a standing
start, but after 1884 sprinters started
from a crouched position using a
device called a starting block (legalized
in the 1930s) to brace their feet (see
photograph).
1966 Hurdles
In 1966 the IAAF approved two new
hurdle races for women: 100 metres
over 10 hurdles 84 cm (33.1 inches)
high, to replace the 80-metre event in
the 1972 Olympics; and 200 metres
(supplanted in 1976 by 400 metres)
over 10 hurdles 76.2 cm high.
1920 Steeplechase
2008 A men’s Olympic event since 1920, the
2008 Beijing Games featured the first
Olympic women’s steeplechase race.

V. FLEXercise. Insights about the video History of Olympics.

With the video I watched and the context I read, practicing the
competitions in sports was just celebrated or held to honor the Gods and
Godesses in the old days era, but now it is practiced to make competitions over
country-to-country that serve as just measurement of skills and endurance.
Winning in a certain event is a power to the country of every player represents.
Although it takes a lot of blood, sweat and tears in engaging with the training
preparations, but for every players, I think it will all become worthwhile when they
start to step in the game and do their best . Track and Field and all the sports
build in it, are an enjoyable competitions. Victory is the main goal and hardwork
is the key in making it into succession.