The quarter-finals saw great controversy when American Jon Drummond refused to leave the track after being disqualified for a false start. Sprints are races in athletics. ... Kim Collins (born April 5, 1976) is a sprinter from Saint Kitts and Nevis. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis. ... Darrel Brown (born October 11, 1984) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago. ... Darren Campbell (born September 12, 1973) is an English sprint athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Maurice Greene (born July 23, 1974) is an American sprinter in athletics, who holds several world records and Olympic medals. ... Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers (born 5 April 1978 in London) is a former English sprinter, turned American football player, currently contracted to NFL Europa with the Hamburg Sea Devils. ... Jonathan A. Jon Drummond (born September 9, 1968) is an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics. ...

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record Sprints are races in athletics. ... John Capel (born November 27, 1978) in Brooksville, Florida, United States of America is a sprint athlete. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Darvis Patton (born: December 4, 1977) in Dallas, Texas, United States of America is a sprint athlete. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Shingo Suetsugu (born June 2, 1980) is a Japanese athlete specializing in short-distance events, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... City Chicago, Illinois Other nicknames Da Bears, The Monsters of the Midway Team colors Navy Blue, Orange and White Head Coach Lovie Smith Owner Virginia Halas McCaskey Chairman Michael McCaskey General manager Jerry Angelo Fight song Bear Down, Chicago Bears Mascot Staley Da Bear League/Conference affiliations Independent (1919) National... City Kansas City, Missouri Team colors Red, White, and Gold Head Coach Herman Edwards Owner The Hunt Family (Clark Hunt, chairman)[1] General manager Carl Peterson Mascot K.C. Wolf (1989-present) Warpaint (1963-1988) League/Conference affiliations American Football League (1960-1969) Western Division (1960-1969) National Football League... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Jerome Young (born: August 14, 1976) in Clarendon, Jamaica, attended high school in Hartford, Connecticut at Prince Technical, is a sprint athlete. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Tyree Washington (born: August 28, 1974) in Riverside, California, United States of America is an African American athlete. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Marc Raquil (born April 2, 1977 in Créteil) is a French runner who mainly competes in the 400 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Djabir Saïd-Guerni (born March 29, 1977 in Algiers) is an Algerian athlete competing in the 800 m. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria_(bordered). ... Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Борзаковский) (born 12 April, 1981 in Kratovo, Russia) is a Russian athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (born September 8, 1980) is a South African middle distance runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الكروج) (born September 14, 1974, Berkane, Morocco) is a retired Moroccan middle distance runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Mehdi Baala (born August 17, 1978 in Strasbourg) is a French middle-distance athlete competing mainly in the 800 m and 1500 m tracks, but his main distance is 1500 m. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Ivan Heshko is a Ukrainian athlete specializing in the 1500 meters. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... Eliud Kipchoge (born November 5th 1984 in Kapsisiywa, near Kapsabet) is a Kenyan 5000 metres runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الكروج) (born September 14, 1974, Berkane, Morocco) is a retired Moroccan middle distance runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Kenenisa Bekele (ቀነኒሳ በቀለ) (born June 13, 1982 in Bekoji/Arsi Province Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian distance runner who took the gold medal in the 10,000 m at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics and the bronze at the 5,000 m. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... Kenenisa Bekele (ቀነኒሳ በቀለ) (born June 13, 1982 in Bekoji/Arsi Province Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian distance runner who took the gold medal in the 10,000 m at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics and the bronze at the 5,000 m. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ... Haile Gebrselassie (Geez haylÄ“ gebre silassÄ“; born April 18, 1973) is a long distance track and road running athlete born as one of ten children in Asella, Arsi Province, Ethiopia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ... Sileshi Sihine (born January 29, 1983 in Sheno) is an Ethiopian long-distance athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ... Modern day marathon runners The word marathon refers to a long-distance road running event of 42. ... Jaouad Gharib (born May 22, 1972 in Khenifra) is a Moroccan long-distance athlete competing mainly in the marathon. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Julio Rey (born 13 January 1972) is a Spanish long-distance runner who mostly concentrates on the marathon race. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Stefano Baldini breaking the winning tape in the mens marathon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Hurdling is running over obstacles. ... Allen K. Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is a hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Terrence R. Trammell (born November 23, 1978 to Julie and Roger Trammell in Atlanta, Georgia, USA) is a hurdling athlete, who won the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles at both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is 劉 (Liu) Liu Xiang (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) (born July 13, 1983) is a Chinese hurdling athlete and Olympic gold medalist who holds the current world record in the 110 metres hurdles at 12. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Hurdling is running over obstacles. ... Sánchez celebrates after winning the 400m hurdles in August 28, 2004 at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic. ... Joey Woody (b. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Periklís Iakovákis (Greek: , born 24 March 1979 in Patras) is a Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... Llewellyn Herbert (born July 21, 1977 in Bethal) is a South African athlete competing over 400 metres hurdles. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... Saif Saaeed Shaheen (Arabic: سيف سعيد شاهين) formerly Stephen Cherono (born October 15, 1982 in Keiyo, Kenya) is a long distance track athlete now representing Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar_(bordered). ... Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi (born May 25, 1982) is a Kenyan athlete, winner of 3000 m steeplechase at the 2004 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Eliseo Martín (born 5 November 1973) is a Spanish long-distance runner who specializes in 3000 metres steeplechase. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Mens 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. ... Jefferson Pérez (born 1974) is an Ecuadorian track and field athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... Francisco Fernández may refer to: Francisco Javier Fernández (born March 6, 1977 in Guadix) a Spanish race walker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Roman Rasskazov (born April 28, 1979) is a Russian race walker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, United States. ... Mens 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. ... Robert Korzeniowski (born July 30, 1968 in Lubaczow, Poland) is a Polish racewalker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland_(bordered). ... German Skurygin (born September 15, 1963 in Vutno) is a Russian race walker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Andreas Erm (born 12 March 1976 in Berlin) is a German race walker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... John Capel (born November 27, 1978) in Brooksville, Florida, United States of America is a sprint athlete. ... Bernard Arthur Owen Williams (September 21, 1929 – June 10, 2003) was a British philosopher, widely cited as the most important British moral philosopher of his time. ... Darvis Patton (born: December 4, 1977) in Dallas, Texas, United States of America is a sprint athlete. ... Joshua J. Johnson (born 10 May 1976) is an American sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Vicente de Lima (also Vicente Lima) (born June 4, 1977) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and the 4x100 metres relay. ... Édson Luciano Ribeiro (born December 8, 1972) is a Brazilian sprinter competing mostly in 100 metres. ... André Domingos da Silva (born 26 November 1972 in Santo André, São Paulo) is a Brazilian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres. ... Cláudio Roberto Souza (born 14 October 1973) is a Brazilian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Timothy Beck (born January 2, 1977) is a Dutch sprinter. ... Troy Douglas (born November 30, 1962 in Bermuda) is a Dutch sprinter. ... Patrick van Balkom (born September 14, 1974) is a Dutch sprinter. ... Caimin Douglas (born May 11, 1977) is a Dutch sprinter. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Christian Sean Malcolm (born June 3, 1979) is a British athlete, specialising in the 200m. ... Darren Campbell (born September 12, 1973) is an English sprint athlete. ... Marlon Devonish (born June 1, 1976 in Coventry, England) is an English sprint athlete. ... Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers (born 5 April 1978 in London) is a former English sprinter, turned American football player, currently contracted to NFL Europa with the Hamburg Sea Devils. ... The Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) is a controversial sports nutrition center in Burlingame, California, USA. The company achieved fame due to a long investigation in accusations that the lab provided anabolic steroids and other banned performance enhancing drugs to athletes, many famous. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... Leslie Djhone (born March 18, 1981 in Abidjan, Côte dIvoire) is a French athlete. ... Naman Keita (born April 9, 1978 in Paris, France) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for France. ... Stéphane Diagana (born July 23, 1969 in Saint-Affrique) is a former French athlete who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens over 400 metres hurdles. ... Marc Raquil (born April 2, 1977 in Créteil) is a French runner who mainly competes in the 400 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Brandon Simpson (born September 6, 1981 in Florida, USA) is a Jamaican sprinter. ... Danny McFarlane (born February 14, 1972) is a Jamaican hurdler, who has won numerous international medals in individual and relay contests. ... Davian Clarke (born April 30, 1976) is a Jamaican athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. ... Michael Blackwood (born August 29, 1976) is a Jamaican athlete who specializes in 400 Metres, his personal best being 44. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Avard Moncur (born November 2, 1978 in Nassau) is a Bahamian athlete competing in the 400 metres. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Nathaniel McKinney (born January 19, 1982) is a Bahamian athlete competing mainly in the 4x400 m relay. ... A monkey inside Huntingdon Life Sciences in the United States [1] Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) is an international animal-rights campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), Europes largest contract animal-testing laboratory, which is based in Huntingdon and Occold, England, and New Jersey in the United States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Bahamas. ... Calvin Harrison was a 2000 Olympic Gold medalist in the Mens 4x400 meter relay for the United States. ... Tyree Washington (born: August 28, 1974) in Riverside, California, United States of America is an African American athlete. ... Derrick Brew (born December 28, 1977) is a 2004 Olympic Gold medalist in the Mens 4x400 meter relay for the United States. ... Jerome Young (born: August 14, 1976) in Clarendon, Jamaica, attended high school in Hartford, Connecticut at Prince Technical, is a sprint athlete. ... Modafinil is a eugeroic drug generally prescribed to treat narcolepsy, made by the pharmaceutical company Cephalon Inc. ...

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... Jacques Freitag (born June 11, 1982 in Warrenton, Northern Cape Province) a South African high jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Stefan Holm. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Mark Boswell (born July 28, 1977 in Mandeville, Jamaica) is a Canadian high jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Long jumper at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ... Phillips in Helsinki at the GE Money Grand Prix in July 2005, celebrating after his first jump (8. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... James Beckford (born January 9, 1975 in St. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Yago Lamela (born July 24, 1977 in Avilés) is a Spanish athlete competing in the long jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler (born December 17, 1972 in La Habana) is a Cuban athlete specializing in long jump. ... Savante Stringfellow is a U.S. born longjumper. ... Pole vaulting is an athletics event where a person uses a long, flexible pole (usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to leap over a bar. ... Giuseppe Gibilisco (born January 5, 1979 in Siracusa) is an Italian pole vaulter who won the 2003 World Championships with a personal best of 5. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Okkert Brits (born August 22, 1973 in Uitenhage) is a South African athlete competing in the pole vault. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Patrik Kristiansson is an athlete competing in pole vault. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Aleksandr Averbukh (born October 1, 1974 in Irkutsk, Russia) is an Israeli athlete competing in the pole vault. ... Romain Mesnil (born 13 July 1977 in Plessis-Bouchard) is a French pole vaulter. ... The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, step and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes. ... Christian Olsson (born January 25, 1980 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is an athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Yoandri Betanzos (born February 15, 1982) is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Leevan Sands (born August 16, 1981) is a Bahamian athlete competing in the triple jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Bahamas. ... Jonathan David Edwards CBE (born May 10, 1966 in London, England) is a former British triple jumper and widely regarded as the finest triple jumper of all time. ... Location of Gothenburg in northern Europe Coordinates: Country Sweden County Västra Götaland County Province Västergötland Charter 1621 Government  - Mayor Göran Johansson Area  - City 450 km²  (174 sq mi)  - Water 14. ... Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball (called the shot) as far as possible. ... Andrei Mikhnevich (born July 12, 1976) is a Belarusian shot putter. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Adam Nelson is an elite American shotputter. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Yuriy Bilonoh (also romanized as Yuriy Bilonog, born March 9, 1974 in Bilopillya, Sumy) is a Ukrainian shot putter, who won the gold medal in his event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... John Godina (born May 31, 1972 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma) is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals. ... Statue of discus thrower in Botanic Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark The Discus throw is an athletic throwing event in track and field competition. ... Virgilijus Alekna is a famous Lithuanian athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ... Robert Fazekas (born 18 August, 1975 in Szombathely) is a Hungarian discus thrower, who won gold in the 2002 European Championships and silver in the 2003 World Championship. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... Vasiliy Kaptyukh (born June 27, 1967 in Molodechno) is a Belarusian discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 1996. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Lars Riedel (born June 28, 1967 in Zwickau) is a successful German discus thrower. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Andrus Värnik (born September 27, 1977 in Antsla) is an Estonian javelin thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Estonia_(bordered). ... Boris Henry (December 14, 1973 in Völklingen) is a German track and field athlete competing in the javelin throw. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum 4 ft (1. ... Ivan Tikhon (Belarusian Іван Ціхан / Ivan Cichan; Russian Іван Тихон) (born July 24, 1976) - Belarusian athlete, hammer thrower, two times world champion, silver olympic medalist (Athens 2004). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Adrián Annus (born June 28, 1973, Szeged, Hungary) is a hammer thrower from Hungary. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... Koji Alexander Murofushi (Jpn. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ... // The Decathlon Day 1: 100 m long jump shot put High Jump 400 m Day 2: 110m hurdles discus throw pole vault javelin throw 1500 m Decathlon sprouted from the ancient game pentathlon. ... Tom Pappas (born September 6, 1976 in Azalea, Oregon) is an American track & field decathlete. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Roman Å ebrle IPA: (born 26 November 1974 in LanÅ¡kroun) is an athlete from the Czech Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic_(bordered). ... Dmitriy Karpov (born July 23, 1981 in Karaganda) is an athlete from Kazakhstan who competes in decathlon and heptathlon (the latter during the winter season). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kazakhstan. ...