Athletic Events – Introduction

Athletics is a collection of sports events like running, throwing, walking and jumping. Athletics is also known as track and field or track and field athletics. Athletics was also the main event in the first Summer Games. From the very first modern Summer Games athletics has made a permanent place in the Olympics program. The less need for expensive equipment and the simplicity of the competitions makes athletics one of the most commonly competed sports in the world.

Athletic Events were an integral part of the sport competitions held in the classical days. Some of the competitions of those days were the Pythian Games, the Nemean Games and the Isthmian Games, which were all the Pan-Hellenic Games. There were also the Roman Games. Athletics is one of the events has been included in the schedule of the modern Summer Games since 1896, held in Athens.

However, in the Roman Games, sports like chariot racing, wrestling and later on the gladiatorial combat commanded a greater fan following as compared to the athletics. The athletics were of course a part of combat training. In Europe, various athletic events became popular from those early days. The sports became popular in Britain during the period between thirteenth and sixteenth century. Now there are many international events, like track events, field events. road events and combined events where the track and field athletics is a major attraction. The field of international track and field athletics is governed by International Association of Athletics Federations or IAAF.



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