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The world's top Athletics athletes will gather at the Paris 2024 Olympics (Jul 26-Aug 11, 2024). Get the latest Olympic Athletics updates here.
- Tokyo 2020 Athletics - Olympic Results by Discipline
Official Athletics results from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics....
- What is athletics? Know all the track and field events - Olympics.com
Athletics is one of the most-watched sporting events at...
- Tokyo 2020 Athletics - Olympic Results by Discipline
Find out the gold, silver and bronze medalists in each athletics event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Browse the results by discipline, such as sprints, distance, throws, jumps and race walks.
Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. The athletics program traces its earliest roots to events used in the ancient Greek Olympics.
- Race Walks
- Marathon
- Jumps
While it sounds simple on paper, athletic race walkingis actually a specialised event with walkers having to follow strict rules and techniques. In the 20km race walk, walkers take part in a road course and have to keep one foot in contact with the ground at all times while walking. The advancing leg must also straighten from the point of contact w...
The marathon is the longest running race at the Olympics, with marathoners completing a distance of 26 miles and 385 yards or 42.195km on a road course.
From the track and road races, we now go to the field events; starting with the four jumps. The high jumpinvolves participants taking a run-up and jumping as high as they can over a four-metre-long bar. Each competitor has three attempts per height that they choose to set and can also choose to move to a greater height without clearing the current ...
Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the Games. They were due to be held from 31 July – 9 August 2020, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games were postponed to 2021, with the track and field events set for 30 July – 8 August. [ 1 ]
Jul 30, 2021 · The XXXII Olympic Games (Athletics) Olympic Stadium, Tokyo JPN 30 JUL 2021 - 08 AUG 2021 The XXXI Olympic Games: Rio de Janeiro (Estádio Olímpico) BRA 05 AUG 2016 - 21 AUG 2016 The XXX Olympic Games
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