Introduction Types of competitions World records Most important competitions Some questions

the oldest competition in the world consisted of 200 feet of Heracles and this name was ``stadion´´.

the first Olympic Games held in Greece in 1896 and it held every four years, it have been suspended only three times in the history because of the world wars.

athletics has four disciplines: Running races Releases Jumps Combined

There are two disciplines: Only run: it can be speed races and

resistence races. Also there are Racewalking

100m,200m,400m,800m,1500m,5000m,1000m, 21km, 42km and 20km , 50km for raceralking. Obstacles races: the athlete has to jump

hurdles .110m,200m,400m and 3000m obstacles.

There are 4 diferent releases: shot put: the ball weighs 7,260 kg for mens

and 4kg for woman. hammer throw: the ball has a string. the

athlete catches the ball on the string. Javelin throw: the javelin measure 260-

270cm for mens and 220-230cm in womes. Discus throw: the discus are 221cm of

diametre and 2kg for mens and 180cm of diametre and1kg for womens.

There are two disciplines:

high jump and pole vault

Long jump and triple jump

That is a competition of two days where the ahtlete has to do that test:

Day one: 100m, long jump, shot put, hight jump and 400m

Day two: 110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw and 1500m

100m 9,58 usain bolt in berlin 200m 19,19 usain bolt in berlin 400m 43,18 michael johnson in sevilla 800m 1:41,01 David Rudisha in reiti

(ITA) 1.500m 3:26,00 Hicham El Guerrouj in

roma 5000m 12:37,35 Kenenisa Bekele in

hengelo 10000m 26:17,53 Kenenisa Bekele in

Brussels

42km 2h 3:59 Haile Gebrselassie in berlin

110m hurdles 12,87 Dayron Robles in ostrava.

400m hurdles 46,78 Kevin Young in barcelona.

3000m obstacles 7:53,63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen in brussels

Olimpics games European and American championships Diamond League Latin American championship Spain Championship

Who has the world record of 100 meters? a) taison gay b) usain bolt c) asafa Powel who throws 4kg in the shot put? a) men b) woman

Who has the world record of 110 meters hurdles?

a) Xiang Liu b) dayron robles c) jackson quiñónes

Thanks!