1.) What is Athletic Sports?

 Athletics events and games are the oldest form of organized sport
and have evolved from the most basic human activities such as
running, walking, jumping, and throwing. They are truly international
sports groups, with almost every country in the world competing in
some way. Games, sports, and exercise require physical fitness,
endurance, and skill. The has evolved from the most basic human
activities (running, walking, jumping, throwing). Athletics has truly
become the most international sport, with almost every country in
the world participating in some form of competition. Most countries
send men's and women's teams to the four-year Olympics and
official World Athletics Championships. Several continental and
intercontinental championships will also be held, including Europe,
Federation, Africa, Pan-American, and Asia.

2.) Discuss the difference between DECATHLON. HEPTATHLON, and

PENTATHLON?

 Decathlon- 10 disciplines competitions for men, including the 110

meters hurdles. Decathlon "competition" means "10 competitions".
The modern decathlon, which began in 1912, consists of the 100-
meter dash, 400-meter dash, 1500-meter dash, 110-meter hurdles,
javelin throw, discus, shot put, pole vault, and long jump. And long
jump. Decathlon and Heptathlon, "competition" means "10
competitions".
 Heptathlon- The heptathlon (women's) consists of three running
competitions, two show jumping competitions, and two pitching
competitions, all held for two days. Heptathlon is a sports competition
consisting of seven fields (athletics). Mainly played by women, which
is an Olympic sport. Heptathlon athletics consists of seven areas. The
name comes from the Greek words Hepta (meaning 7) and Athlon
(meaning competition). The Women's Heptathlon is an Olympic
event.
  Pentathlon- pentathlon, athletics with 5 types of competition. A
sports competition consisting of five different athletics competitions,
where the participant with the highest total points wins. A sporting
event consisting of five athletics, usually racing at two different
distances: the long jump and the discus and javelin throws.

3.)What are the different track events in Athletics? Describe each

events.

 Running
Running events include:

Sprints (100m, 200m, 400m)

Middle distance (800m, 1500m)
Long distance (3000m Steeplechase, 5000m, 10,000m)
Hurdles (110/100m, 400m)
Relays (4x100m, 4x400m, mixed 4x400m)

 List of sprint events:

60m
100m
200m
400m

 List of middle distance events:

800m
1500m
1600m
2000m
3000m
  Long distance: These races are generally of an aerobic nature.
That is to say, it requires the runner to process oxygen in low-
intensity activity over a long period of time. Long distance
runners have strong cardiovascular systems, enabling them to
last through races ranging from 15min to 2 hours.

 List of Long distance events:

10,000m
20,000m
30,000m
42,195m (Marathon)

 List of Relay Events

4 x 100m
4 x 200m
4 x 400m
4 x 800m

 Jumping
Jumping events include:

Long Jump
High Jump
Triple Jump
Pole Vault

 Throwing
Throwing events include:

Discus Shot Put

Javelin Hammer Throw
  Walking Events
 Race walking is a special long-distance race event in which the
participants must walk as fast as they can, while they are
expected to maintain good form. The competitors are
penalized for bending the knee as it passes under the body or
having no foot-to-ground contact.
 The men compete in both 20km and 50km events, women only
in the 20km event.

 Multiple Events
 The Men’s Decathlon and Women’s Heptathlon include a
combination of events, held over two days each. Points are
awarded for each event and the overall winner is the athlete
with the most points.
 The decathlon includes ten events in the following order, for
the first day: 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m. The
second day events are 110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault,
javelin, 1500m.
 The heptathlon includes seven events in the following order, for
the first day: 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put and 200m. The
second day events are long jump, javelin and 800m.

 Marathon
 The marathon is a long-distance running event, taking
place over a course of 42.195km or (26 miles & 385 yds.)
in length.

 The marathon was originally conceived as a race for the

1896 Olympics in Athens, commemorating the run of the
soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield at the site of the
town of Marathon, Greece, to Athens in 490 B.C. Legend
has it that Pheidippides delivered the momentous
message "Niki!" ("victory"), then collapsed and died.
  The unusual distance of the marathon is a result of the
1908 Olympic Games in London where the race distance
was changed to 26 miles to cover the ground from
Windsor Castle to White City Stadium, with 385 yards
added on so the race could finish in front of royal family's
viewing box.

4.)List down and describe at least five (5) persons who has a big
contribution in field of Athletic Sports?

 Babe Ruth
 Babe Ruth was and probably always will be the most popular athlete in the
history of professional sports. Babe Ruth was so popular that his
accomplishments and legacy will forever be etched in the minds of those
who only wish they could have seen him play.
 Ruth is arguably the only athlete of all-time who can be described as
mythical. He was more than the ultimate sports celebrity. He was the
ultimate celebrity. During the 1920's, a time when sports were the
considered the Golden Age of the Century, Ruth transcended sports onto
the front pages of newspapers. Babe Ruth single-handedly made baseball
the national pastime.
 Ruth's unbelievable popularity was so widespread that even his enemies
knew of him. In World War II, Japanese troops would charge American
troops and sometimes yell, “To hell with Babe Ruth.” Not “to hell with
FDR,” but “to hell with Babe Ruth.” What bigger compliment could an
athlete receive?
 His accomplishments can only be described as “Ruthian”. Has any other
athlete had his last name changed into an adjective? He single-handedly
changed the game of baseball from a pitcher's game into a hitter's game.
He introduced the world to the home run—now the most exciting play in
sports. He promised home runs to sick kids in the hospital. He pointed over
the outfield fence in the World Series to announce where he was going to
hit the next pitch—and then he did.
 When pointed out that his salary of $80,000 in 1930 was more than
President Hoover, he responded, “I had a better year than him.”
 He was the best player on the best team in history. Babe Ruth and the
Yankees are synonymous with each other. Yankee Stadium will always be
remembered as the “House That Ruth Built.” Babe Ruth will always be
known as the face of the franchise, the greatest franchise in the history of
professional sports.
 His story has become famous. He was wild in the streets as a kid, and
placed in St. Mary's Industrial School. From there, he was introduced to
baseball. More appropriately, baseball was introduced to Babe Ruth.
 No athlete ever had more fun playing a game than Babe Ruth—not Michael
Jordan, not Tiger Woods, not even Brett Favre. He was a big, goofy,
loveable kid. He appealed to adults and kids at the same time.
 The intensity for which fans loved Babe Ruth will never again be equaled,
not for any athlete in any sport. He could have ran for President during the
Depression—and probably won. His name is often the first athlete's name a
child can recollect learning. Every five-year-old in the world has heard of
Babe Ruth.
 Michael Jordan may have had Space Jam, but Ruth had The Sandlot. And as
he tells Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, “Heroes get remembered. But legends
never die.”

 Michael Jordan
 Michael Jordan is the most popular athlete in the history of the world since
Babe Ruth. He also might be one of the five most famous celebrities of the
20th century.
 His success on the basketball court is unmatched by any player before or
since. NBA.com states: “By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest
basketball player of all time.” He was voted the greatest North American
athlete of the 20th century.
 He won five regular-season MVP awards and six more in the NBA Finals. He
led the United States to two gold medals in the Olympics. He was the face
of the “Dream Team.” He scored more points per game than any player
 ever, and is the epitome of “clutch.” He was the greatest offensive and
defensive player of his generation, if not in the history of basketball.

 His performance in a 1986 playoff game was described by Larry Bird as

“God disguised as Michael Jordan.” His return to the NBA following his first
retirement brought the highest TV rating for a regular-season game in 20
years. Television ratings have dramatically decreased since his retirement
from the NBA.

 Jordan appeared on the front cover of Sports Illustrated a record 49 times,

12 more times than runner-up Muhammad Ali. His play in the NBA,
specifically his high-flying leaping ability, has greatly influenced future
generations. Commentators have taken to dubbing the latest great
basketball player “the next Michael Jordan,” but we may never again see
his equal.

 He is one of the most marketed figures in sports history. He has been a

major spokesman for Coca-Cola, Nike, Gatorade, McDonalds, Wheaties, and
Hanes. Nike created a signature shoe for him, called the “Air Jordan.” The
demand for this shoe became so great that several wearers found
themselves involved in “shoe-jackings,” where people were robbed of their
sneakers at gunpoint. Michael Jordan will forever be associated with the
classic animated basketball movie Space Jam, where he single-handedly
defeats a group of five aliens with the talent of superstar basketball players.
In an era where the popularity of sports is at an all-time high, Jordan was
truly the best of the best. His popularity may never again be surpassed by
any athlete in any sport.
 Muhammad Ali
 Muhammad Ali transformed the sport of boxing as no athlete has before or
since. The most popular athlete in the sixty years between Babe Ruth and
Michael Jordan, Ali's name was as recognizable as President John F.
Kennedy's.
 Ali's arrogance and desire to win was never more evident than the
occasions in which he would predict which round he would knock out his
opponent, often following through on his word.
 Ali became the first boxer to rely on foot speed and quickness to avoid
punches by keeping his hands low. He described his fighting style as “float
like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” He perfected the “Rope-a-Dope,” a
method effectively used to tire out his opponent. Ali remains the only man
to have won the heavyweight championship three times. He defeated
Sonny Liston in the first round. He knocked out George Foreman in the
“Rumble in the Jungle.” He almost killed Joe Frazier in the “Thrilla in
Manilla.”
 He successfully defended his title nine times, defeating every other
heavyweight in his era—the golden age of heavyweight boxing. He was
crowned the Sportsman of the Century in 1999.
 Pound for pound, Ali may have been the strongest fighter in history. His
psychological tactics before, during, and after fights became legendary. His
pure athleticism may be unsurpassed by anyone in the history of the sport.
 He had the honor of lighting the flame at the Olympics in 1996. He won the
Arthur Ashe Courage Award in 1997, and received the Presidential Medal of
Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, in 2005. Ali's work
as a civil rights activist surpassed any of his performances in the boxing ring.
Ali is one of the three most recognizable African-American men in the
history of the planet.
 Tiger Woods
 Who would have thought that one man could take the sport of golf and
turn it into a sport more popular than hockey or soccer in the United
States? Tiger Woods became a legend almost instantly after his arrival into
the pros. He is arguably the most prolific golfer in history, winning 14 major
golf championships. He was named PGA Player of the Year nine times and
earned four Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year awards. He achieved
the career Grand Slam by age 24. He won the U.S. Open in 2008 after
playing through a painfully torn ligament in his left knee, as well as a double
stress fracture in his left tibia.
 Tiger was the epitome of a child prodigy—playing golf by age two and
appearing on The Mike Douglas Show. He appeared in Golf Digest by age
five. Tiger has been called the world's most marketable athlete. He has
been a major spokesman for Nike, Gatorade, American Express, Gillette
Champions, General Mills, and General Motors. He even has his own type
of Gatorade, the “Gatorade Tiger”, which originated in March of 2008.
 He has endorsed his own series of video games, the Tiger Woods PGA Tour,
since 1999. He is credited with being one of the first extremely successful
multi-racial athletes in history. Woods is one-quarter Chinese, one-quarter
Thai, one-quarter African American, one-eighth Native American, and one-
eighth Dutch. Woods projects to become the first athlete to pass $1 billion
in earnings in 2010. At his current rate, $1 trillion might be possible.

 Jackie Robinson
 His name will forever be synonymous with 'first'—the first black baseball
player in the 20th century. Jackie Robinson broke baseball's unofficial color
barrier on April 15th, 1947. He helped to end the belief that blacks and
white should be kept segregated in professional sports.
 Jackie dominated the game of baseball, winning the Rookie of the Year and
the league MVP within his first three seasons. He led the Dodgers to six
pennants and their first world championship (1955). Robinson was possibly
the greatest all-around athlete in history. Well known for his baseball
ability, Robinson was a standout running back at UCLA. He started on the
varsity basketball team. He also excelled at tennis and track, and possessed
world-class speed.
 Robinson, not Rosa Parks, was the first known black citizen to refuse to
move to the back of the bus when commanded to by the bus driver. Jackie
was arrested and received an honorable discharge. Major League Baseball
retired Jackie Robinson's #42 after the 1997 season, meaning no player may
ever again wear this number. In 1999, Jackie was elected to baseball's All-
Century team as the starting second baseman. Robinson was awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal for his
contributions to the civil rights movement.