100m Dash
What is the distance of the 100m in meters?
What is 100 meters.
This is the number of meters in half a lap around a standard outdoor track, and is the distance of this popular sprint event.
What is 200m?
This is the number of laps a runner completes in the 400m dash on a standard outdoor track.
What is one lap.
This is the number of laps runners complete on a standard 400-meter outdoor track in an 800m race.
What is two laps
How many hurdles must an athlete clear in the men's 110m hurdles race?
What is 10 hurdles.
What is the name of the legendary Jamaican Sprinter who holds the world record in the 100m dash?
What is Usain bolt.
This sprint event requires runners to start in "staggered" positions on the curve to ensure everyone runs the same distance.
What is the 200m dash?
In the 400m dash, runners must stay in these for the entire race.
What are lanes?
In the 800m race, runners start in these but can break toward the inside lane after the first bend.
What are lanes
What is the distance between each hurdle in the men's 110m hurdles event?
9.14 meters (30 feet)
What is the name of the system used to determine the winner of a 100m dash, and is implemented in most official sprint events?
What is the photo-finish system
This legendary Jamaican sprinter holds the men's world record in the 200m dash, set in 2009 with a time of 19.19 seconds.
Who is Usain Bolt.
This is the name of the starting equipment used by sprinters in the 400m dash to help them launch quickly at the sound of the gun.
What are starting blocks?
This Kenyan athlete set the current men's world record in the 800m at the 2012 London Olympics with a time of 1:40.91.
Who is David Rudisha.
Who holds the current men's 110m hurdles world record, and what is the record time?
Aries Merritt holds the record with a time of 12.80 seconds
What is the name of the starting technique used in the 100m dash, where sprinters hold their feet against the starting blocks?
What is the Crouch Starting position.
For a 200m dash world record to count, the wind assistance must not exceed this speed, measured in meters per second.
What is +2.0 meters per second?
This South African athlete holds the men’s world and Olympic record in the 400m dash, running 43.03 seconds in 2016.
Who is Wayde van Niekerk?
In the 800m, runners often use this strategy of running the first lap at about 90-93% of their best 400m time before sprinting the second lap.
What is pacing or running a controlled first lap?
In what year was the first officially recognized 110m hurdles world record set, and by whom?
In 1908 by Forrest Smithson of the United States, with a time of 15.0 seconds
What is the term for the period of time where the sprint is halted because of the starting pistol or gun?
In the 200m dash, if an athlete's reaction time to the starting gun is faster than this many seconds, it is considered a false start and results in disqualification.
What is 0.100 seconds?
Before the 400m dash became standard, this slightly longer race-also known as the "quarter-mile"-was commonly run and measured in yards.
What is the 440-yard dash?
This is the term for runners who set a fast early pace in an 800m race to help competitors achieve better times before dropping out.
What are pacemakers or rabbits.
What are the exact distances from the start line to the first hurdle and from the last hurdle to the finish line in the 110m hurdles?
The first hurdle is 13.72 meters (45 feet) from the start line, and the distance from the last hurdle to the finish line is 14.02 meters (46 feet)