Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running and racewalking. In British English the term "Athletics" is synonymous with American "Track and Field" and includes all jumping events.
There are a variety of articles listing sportspeople of a particular sport.
This article contains an overview of the year 1984 in the sport of athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1985 in the sport of athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1986 in the sport of athletics.
This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2002.
This page shows the main events during the 1999 year in the sport of athletics throughout the world.
This article contains an overview of the year 1983 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1987 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1988 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1993 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1982 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1981 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2007.
This article contains an overview of the year 2009 in athletics.
Yelena or Jelena is a feminine given name. It is the Russian form of Helen, written Елена in Russian.
In 2010 there was no obvious, primary athletics championship, as neither the Summer Olympics nor the World Championships in Athletics occurred in the year. The foremost championships to be held in 2010 included: the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2010 European Athletics Championships, 2010 African Championships in Athletics, and Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from 12 to 21 August 2016, at the Olympic Stadium. The sport of athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics was made into three distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.
The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held between 27 September and 6 October 2019 in Doha, Qatar, at the renovated multi-purpose Khalifa International Stadium, but reduced to 21,000 available seats. 1,772 athletes from 206 teams competed in 49 athletics events over the ten-day competition, comprising 24 events each for men and women, plus a mixed relay. There were 43 track and field events, 4 racewalking events, and 2 marathon road running events. The racewalking and marathon events were held in Doha Corniche.
The athletics competition at the 2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held from 20 to 24 July. The events took place at the Tampere Stadium in Tampere, Finland. Boys and girls born 1992 or 1993 or later participated 36 track and field events, divided evenly between the sexes.
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