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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held during the last 10 days of the games starting August 15. The events will take place at Beijing National Stadium, which is currently under construction for the games. The Olympic sport of Athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track events, field events, combined events, and road events. Image File history File links Athletics_2008. ...
A womens 400m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ...
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were awarded to Beijing, China after an exhaustive ballot of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on July 13, 2001. ...
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The Beijing National Stadium, also known as the birds nest, will be the main track and field stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics and will be host to the Opening and Closing ceremonies. ...
Both men and women have very similar schedules of events. Men will compete in 24 events and women will compete in 23, as their schedule lacks the 50 km race walk. In addition, both the men's 110 m hurdles and decathlon are replaced in the women's schedule by the 100 m hurdles and heptathlon, respectively. Mens 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. ...
Hurdling is running over obstacles. ...
// 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. ...
A heptathlon is a sportive contest made up of seven events (from the Greek hepta (seven) and athlon (contest)). More specifically, the term heptathlon refers to an athletic (track and field) event consisting of seven events. ...
Track events
The track portion of Athletics will include, as it has in the past, sprints (100 m, 200 m, 400 m), middle-distance running (800 m and 1500 m) and long-distance running (5000 m and 10,000 m). Obstacled events will include hurdling (100 m and 400 m for women, 110 m and 400 m for men), relays (4 x 100 m and 4 x 400 m) and the 3000 m steeplechase. The steeplechase is an obstacle race in athletics (track and field), which derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing. ...
Field events The field portion of gayness will include the long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, shot put, javelin, and hammer throw for both men and women. Long jumper at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ...
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. ...
Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ...
Pole vaulting is an athletic 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. ...
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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. ...
Look up Javelin on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Javelin can refer to several things: For the spear-like object,used as a thrown weapon in ancient times see Javelin Ancient For the modern athletic discipline see Javelin throw. ...
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. ...
Combined events Combined events will include the decathlon for men and the heptathlon for women. Each competition takes place over two days. The heptathlon combines 100 m hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump, javelin, 200 m, and 800 m. The decathlon combines 100 m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 m, 110 m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1500 m.
Road events The road portion of Athletics will include a marathon and a 20 km race walk for both men and women. In addition, the men compete in a 50 km race walk. Modern-day marathon runners Runners in ancient Greece. ...
Qualifying Criteria An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes per event if they all have met the A qualifying standard, or 1 athlete per event if he/she has met the B qualifying standard only. An NOC may also enter up to 1 relay team per event. The qualifying standards must be reached during the respective qualifying period at the competitions approved by IAAF.
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| Events | Men's A | Men's B | Women's A | Women's B | | 100 m Dash | 00:10.21 | 00:10.28 | 00:11.32 | 00:11.42 | | 200 m Dash | 00:20.59 | 00:20.75 | 00:23.00 | 00:23.20 | | 400 m Dash | 00:45.55 | 00:45.95 | 00:51.55 | 00:52.35 | | 800 m Run | 01:46.00 | 01:47.60 | 02:00.00 | 02:01.30 | | 1,500 m Run | 03:36.60 | 03:39.00 | 04:07.00 | 04:08.00 | | 5,000 m Run | 13:21.50 | 13:28.00 | 15:09.00 | 15:24.00 | | 10,000 m Run | 27:50.00 | 28:10.00 | 31:45.00 | 32:20.00 | | 100 m Hurdles | - | - | 00:12.96 | 00:13.11 | | 110 m Hurdles | 00:13.55 | 00:13.72 | - | - | | 400 m Hurdles | 00:49.20 | 00:49.50 | 00:55.60 | 00:56.50 | | 3,000 m Steeplechase | 08:24.60 | 08:32.00 | 09:46.00 | 09:55.00 | | High Jump | 2.30 m | 2.27 m | 1.95 m | 1.91 m | | Pole Vault | 5.70 m | 5.55 m | 4.45 m | 4.30 m | | Long Jump | 8.20 m | 8.05 m | 6.72 m | 6.60 m | | Triple Jump | 17.10 m | 16.80 m | 14.20 m | 14.00 m | | Shot Put | 20.30 m | 19.80 m | 18.35 m | 17.20 m | | Discus Throw | 64.50 m | 62.50 m | 61.00 m | 59.00 m | | Hammer Throw | 78.50 m | 74.00 m | 69.50 m | 67.00 m | | Javelin Throw | 81.80 m | 77.80 m | 60.50 m | 56.00 m | | Heptathlon | - | - | 6,000 pts | 5,800 pts | | Decathlon | 8,000 pts | 7,700 pts | - | - | | 20 km Race Walk | 01:23:00 | 01:24:30 | 01:33.30 | 01:38.00 | | 50 km Race Walk | 04:00:00 | 04:07:00 | - | - | | Marathon | 02:15:00 | 02:18:00 | 02:37.00 | 02:42.00 |
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