Olympic athletics

Olympic athletics is the Olympic Games program of track, field, road, and combined events. It includes races, jumps, throws, race walking, and the marathon.

Track and field: A collection of running, jumping, and throwing events contested on a track and in a field arena. Olympic athletics is the sport’s largest championship setting.
100 metres: A sprint race over 100 metres, run on a straight section of an athletics track. It is the shortest standard outdoor track race and a defining Olympic event.
1896 Summer Olympics: The first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens in 1896. Its athletics contests established the sport’s place in the revived Games.
World record: The officially recognized best performance in a defined event under specified conditions. Olympic performances can set world records, though the Games are not the only record-setting meets.
World Athletics Championships: The biennial global championship in athletics organized by World Athletics. It is the sport’s main standalone global championship outside the Olympic Games.
Track running: Foot races contested on an athletics track, from sprints to long-distance events. Track races form the program’s largest event group.
4 × 100 metres relay: A relay race in which four runners each cover 100 metres and pass a baton. Baton exchanges make this Olympic sprint event a test of coordination as well as speed.
Ancient Olympic Games: A series of athletic festivals held at Olympia in ancient Greece in honor of Zeus. They are the historical predecessor invoked by the modern Olympic movement.
Olympic record: The best performance recorded in an event at the Olympic Games. It distinguishes achievement at the Games from the broader world-record standard.
Olympic qualification: The rules and selection procedures determining which athletes may compete at the Olympic Games. Entry limits and qualification standards shape the field beyond athletic performance alone.

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