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Melchiah Shimei C. Cañal

PE 3
Assignment No.3
1.History of Athletics?
Athletics originated in Ancient Greece, first emerging as a sport around the 9th and
10th centuries B.C. The first recorded winner of an athletics event was Korobios, who won the
stadium race at the first ever Ancient Olympic Games in 776 B.C. Egyptian and Asian civilizations
are known to have encouraged athletics many centuries before the Christian era. Perhaps as
early as 1829 BC, Ireland was the scene of the Lugnasad festivals Tailteann Games, involving
various forms of track-and-field activity. These ancient Olympics were strictly male affairs, as to
both participants and spectators. Greek women were reputed to have formed their own Heraea
Games, which, like the Olympics, were held every four years. Athletics as practiced today was
born and grew to maturity in England. The first mention of the sport in England was recorded in
1154, when practice fields were first established in London. The sport was banned by King
Edward III in the 1300s but revived a century later by Henry VIII, reputed to be an accomplished
hammer thrower.

2. What type of Sports is Athletics?

Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping,
throwing, and walking.[1] The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field,
road running, cross country running, and racewalking.

3.what are the 5 events of Athletics?

1. Running
2. Jumping
3. Throwing
4. Multiple Events
5. Walking Events

4.write the categories of every event.( Example: Running: 100m )

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)
Jumping events include:
 Long Jump
 High Jump
 Triple Jump
 Pole Vault
Throwing events include:
 Discus
 Shot Put
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 Javelin
 Hammer Throw
Multiple Events:
 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.
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.
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.