Track Events
How long is an outdoor track?
400 meters
Which field event do athletes try to jump as far as they can into a pit filled with sand?
Long Jump
What piece of equipment do athletes use to start a race as quickly as possible?
Starting Blocks
Which country has won the most Track and Field medals, overall, in Olympic history?
The United States
What is the competition called in Track and Field?
A Track MEET
What is the shortest race run on an outdoor track?
100 meter
Which field event do athletes jump over a horizontal bar, taking off of one foot, without knocking it down?
High Jump
What distance running event is considered the longest sprint?
400 meter
What year were women allowed to do Track and Field in the Olympics?
1928
In which race would you have to break the record in order to be given the title, “Fastest Man on Earth?”
100 meter dash
What is the longest race run on the track?
10,000 meter
In which field event do athletes use a long, bendy pole to jump over a high bar?
Pole Vault
What are on the bottom of the shoes sprinters wear?
Spikes
In which country were the first ever Olympics held?
Greece
Who currently is considered the “Fastest Man on Earth?”
Usain Bolt
Which track event requires participants to leap over metal obstacles that are set up in their lanes?
Hurdles
In which field event do athletes try to push a heavy ball as far as they can?
Shot Put
What is the name for the piece of equipment relay teams pass from person to person?
Baton
What Track and Field event holds the oldest Olympic record?
Long Jump - it's been held since 1968!
How many jumping events are at a track meet?
4 - high jump, pole vault, long jump and triple jump
Which track events require teams of 4 to compete together?
Relay Races
Which field event involves throwing a heavy, flat disc as far as you can?
Discus
The 100 meter dash is measured down to which smallest time measurement?
One-hundredth of a second
Which event, though not technically a Track event but a running event, is always the final event of the Summer Olympics?
The Marathon
How many events does one person compete in if they are doing the decathlon?
10