Table of Contents

• Events

1. Field Events

1. Long Jump
2. Triple Jump
3. Javelin
4. Pole Vault
5. High Jump
6. Discus
7. Shot Put
8. Hammer Throw
9. Pentathlon
10. Decathlon
11. Walking
12. Quiz

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

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

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Walking (We put it here because it didn't fit anywhere else)

The walking events are usually held for distances ranging from 1500 to 50,000 m (from 0.9 to 31 mi) and are especially popular at meets in the United States. In race walking, the heel of the forward foot must touch the track before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground. The rule is designed to prevent the contestants from running.

"Track and Field," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 96 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1995 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. (c) Funk & Wagnalls Corporation. All rights reserved.

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