ATHLETICS

Introduction
 It is a branch of sports otherwise known as track
and field involving different events in running,
jumping and throwing.

 Running, jumping, and throwing have been

sporting activities since the beginning of the
history.
 Introduction
 Athletics is considered to be mother of all games.

 An Athlete is an all-round sportsperson with

skills for cricket, football, tennis and has
immense control of his body and senses.
 History
 “Athletics” was derived from the Greek word
“Athlon” meaning “contest”.

 Athletics was the original event at the first

Olympics in 776 BC where the only event here
was the stadium-length foot race or “stade”.
 The Athletes

 Athletes trained under the watchful eye of a

professional trainer (Gymnastes) or physical
trainer (Paidotribes).

 The athletes compete naked.

 The Stadion Foot Race
 For the first 12 Olympics, the stadion foot race was
the only event and it remained the most prestigious
event throughout the history of the game.

 The race was ran over one length (A stadion) of the

stadium track, 600 ancient feet or 192 meters.
 Competition Rules and Judges

 The events were supervised by trained judges

from Elis.

 The Hellanodikai (or Agonothetai) who also had

various
 Competition Rules and Judges
 Rules were very rarely broken, penalties imposed
are ranging from exclusion and fines to flogging.

 If an offender did not pay the fine, then the city

he represented had to or else excluded from the
next games.
 Olympic Prizes

 The Hellanodikai also gave out the victory crown

(Kotinos) of wild olive leaves and an olive
branch cut from the sacred tree (Kallistephanos)
to each event winner.
 The First Woman in Athletics
 The first woman to win the crown of victory was
Kynisca in 392 BCE. Although women were not
permitted to compete, they could own horses and it was
the owner who could win the olive crown prize.
 Modern Athletics
 Most modern events are conducted by the member
clubs of the International Association of Athletics
Federations.

 Athletes with a physical disability compete at the

Summer Paralympics and the IPC Athletics World
Championships.
 The Olympic Ring

 The five rings in colored black, blue, yellow,

green, and red represent the five major regions of
the world.
The Standard Competition Lay-out
 Types of Events

 Track Events
 Field Events
 Combined Events
 Track Events
 A variety of running events are held on the track
which fall into three broad distance categories:
sprints, middle-distance, and long-distance track
events.

 Relay races feature teams comprising four runners

each, who must pass a baton to their team-mate
after a specified distance with the aim of being the
first team to finish.
 Field Events

 The field events come in two types – jumping

and throwing competitions.

 In throwing events, athletes are measured by how

far they hurl an implement.
 Field Events
 The long jump and triple jump are contests
measuring the horizontal distance an athlete can
jump.
 Field Events

 The high jump and pole vault are decided on

the height achieved.
 Combined Events or Multi-Events

 Combined track and field events are competitions

in which athletes participate in a number of track
and field events, earning points for their
performance in each event, which adds to a total
points score.
 Prepare and create an info graphic containing the similarities
and differences of the 3 types of athletic events.

 Your info graphic must have the following: clear and precise
information; presented with utmost creativity and should be
properly compared and contrast with one other.

 You can draw your diagram on a bond paper and take a

picture of it or you can also do your diagram here:  
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outputs in PDF, Word or Power point presentation will not
be accepted unless it is a screenshot of your work from the
mentioned Microsoft applications.