History of Athletics PDF
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Ms. Aljun B. Pablo
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This document provides a history of athletics, covering various aspects of the sport. It explains the different types of events, focusing on track and field, relay races, and hurdles. It also delves into jumping events, including long jump, triple jump, high jump, and pole vault. The document is intended for educational purposes, likely to be used in a physical education class.
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Athlectics is composed of sports involving running, walking, jumping, and throwing. It is a group of sports divided mainly in what is popularly known as track and field and it has been played centuries ago in a sports competition. In 776 B.C, Greeks started to promote track and field and it opene...
Athlectics is composed of sports involving running, walking, jumping, and throwing. It is a group of sports divided mainly in what is popularly known as track and field and it has been played centuries ago in a sports competition. In 776 B.C, Greeks started to promote track and field and it opened the Olympic Games. Since then, it has been staged every four years until 394 A.D. Athens revived the Olympic Games in 1896. After that, the Olympic Games is stage every four years. In the early stage, the Greeks’ participation in athletics was intended to show the strong body and skills of the soldiers. The beauty of the games caught the attention and interest of more than 5000 people. Olympic Games became very competitive and in 1923 women were included in the event. The competition was under the support of the Amateur Athletics Union. Track and field event was introduced to the Filipinos by the Americans. It was warmly accepted as one of the events for competition. Athletics, as part of the local competition, was governed by the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association. It followed the rules of International Amateur Athletic Federation as a world governing body for track and field athletics. Because of its worth and value, it was included as a subject in Physical Education. is the name given to a group of sports that includes includes track and field events. TRACK EVENTS involve all forms of running and walking FIELD EVENTS are the throwing and jumping events. RUNNING EVENTS 100-meter dash 4x100-meter relay 200-meter dash 4x100-meter relay 400-meter dash 110-meter high hurdles 800-meter run 100-meter hurdles 1500-meter run 400-meter low hurdles 300-meter run 3000-meter Steeple Chase 5000-meter run Marathon and Walkathon JUMPING EVENTS Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump Pole Vault By: Ms. Aljun B. Pablo
