Table of Contents

• Events

1. Sprints
2. Relays
3. Hurdles
4. Middle & Long Distances
5. Field Events

• Warming up
• Training
• Record Breakers
• Did you know?
  (Cool Track Facts)
• Track and Field Links
• Bibliography

Chimacum Middle School

ThinkQuest Jr.

Meet the Team

Featured site:
The International Amateur Athletics Federation

TRACK EVENTS

100 m
200 m --------- Sprints
400 m

4 X 100-m relay
4 X 400-m relay
4 X 800-m relay-------------- Relays
4 X 1-mile relay

110 m men
100 m women --------------- Hurdles
400 m

800 m
1000 m ---------------- Middle Distances
1-mile
1500 m
2000 m

3000 m
5000 m ----------------- Long Distances
10000 m
20000 m
25000 m
30000 m
Marathon (26 miles)

The Steeplechase

FIELD EVENTS

high jump
pole vault
long jump (or broad jump, as it was once called)
triple jump
shot put
discus
hammer throw
javelin
DECATHLON
PENTATHLON
Walking