Rashtriya Raksha University Officiating and Coaching Submitted by- Smriti Gupta (210081103611014) Krunalsinhji Rana (210081103611014) BPES 3rd SEM Date- 15 Dec 2022 Submitted to- Mr.Utsav Chaware Assistant Professor SPES Development Of Track and Field What we'll discuss Development at International level Development at National level International level Track and field athletics are the oldest forms of organized sports , having developed out of the most basic human activities-running,walking,jumping,and throwing. The first recorded example of organized events are the Ancient Olympic Games In 776 BC olympia greece the first Olympic game was held in which stadium footrace was the only event Ancient Olympic Pentathlon marked a step toward track and field which was a five event competition of long jump, javelin throw , discus throw, the stadium foot race and wrestling. In parts of Northern Europe new track and field events began developing during middle ages Modern shot put and Hammer throw were inspired by stone put and weight throw which were popular in Ireland and Scotland Modern era Track and field didn't gain great popularity until 1860s. In 1866 England held its first championships for men amateurs. The Governing body of the sport - Amateur Athletic Union was founded in the U.S. in 1887. Track and field is one of the sports in the Modern Olympic Games started in 1896. Current status There are 44 events in the Track & Field competition of an Olympic Games making the sport, by far, the most contested of all Olympic sports. The Track Events Sprints: 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters Middle Distance: 800 meters, 1500 meters Distance: 3,000 meter Steeplechase, 5,000 meters (5K), 10,000 meters (10K), Marathon (26.2 miles) Hurdles: 100 meter hurdles (women), 110 meter hurdles (men), 400 meter hurdles Relays: 4 x 100 meters relay, 4 x 400 meters relay Walks: 20 kilometer race walk, 50 kilometer race walk The Field Events Horizontal Jumps: Long Jump, Triple Jump Vertical Jumps: High Jump, Pole Vault Throws: Discus Throw, Javelin Throw, Hammer Throw, Shot Put The Multi Events Decathlon Heptathlon “I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO, SO I NEVER DOUBT MYSELF" _ Usain Bolt Various Evolutions Track Previously - earth track Current - synthetic tack Events Only few events were the part But now a total of 44 events come under track and field. Shoes Athletes used to race Bare feet Now aerodynamic spandex or hi-tech spikes are used. Measurement Earlier no set measurement was made. Today each event has standerdised measurements. National level Dating back to the Vedic period, the history of Indian athletics was moulded into shape by the principles of the Atharva Veda. During the Vedic period, sports like chariot racing, equestrian, archery, military tactics, wrestling, weight lifting, swimming and hunting were in vogue. In INDIA, the sport of athletics was introduced during the period of the British Raj THANK YOU…..

1. Rashtriya Raksha University
Submitted by-
Smriti Gupta (210081103611014)
Krunalsinhji Rana (210081103611014)
BPES
3rd SEM
Date- 15 Dec 2022
Officiating and Coaching
Submitted to-
Mr.Utsav Chaware
Assistant Professor
SPES

2. Development
Of Track and Field

3. What we'll discuss
Development at International
level
Development at National level

4. International level
Track and field athletics are the oldest forms of
organized sports , having developed out of the most
basic human activities-running,walking,jumping,and
throwing.
The first recorded example of organized events are
the Ancient Olympic Games

5. In 776 BC olympia greece the first Olympic game was held in which
stadium footrace was the only event
Ancient Olympic Pentathlon marked a step toward track and field which
was a five event competition of long jump, javelin throw , discus throw, the
stadium foot race and wrestling.
In parts of Northern Europe new track and field events began developing
during middle ages
Modern shot put and Hammer throw were inspired by stone put and
weight throw which were popular in Ireland and Scotland

6. Modern era
Track and field didn't gain great popularity until 1860s.
In 1866 England held its first championships for men
amateurs.
The Governing body of the sport - Amateur Athletic
Union was founded in the U.S. in 1887.
Track and field is one of the sports in the Modern
Olympic Games started in 1896.

7. Current status
There are 44 events in the Track & Field competition of
an Olympic Games making the sport, by far, the most
contested of all Olympic sports.
Sprints: 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters
Middle Distance: 800 meters, 1500 meters
The Track Events

8. Distance: 3,000 meter Steeplechase, 5,000 meters (5K), 10,000
meters (10K), Marathon (26.2 miles)
Hurdles: 100 meter hurdles (women), 110 meter hurdles (men),
400 meter hurdles
Relays: 4 x 100 meters relay, 4 x 400 meters relay
Walks: 20 kilometer race walk, 50 kilometer race walk

9. Horizontal Jumps: Long Jump, Triple Jump
Vertical Jumps: High Jump, Pole Vault
Throws: Discus Throw, Javelin Throw, Hammer Throw,
Shot Put
The Field Events
The Multi Events
Decathlon
Heptathlon

10. “I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO,
SO I NEVER DOUBT
MYSELF"
_ Usain Bolt

11. Shoes
Various Evolutions
Track
Previously - earth track
Current - synthetic tack
Events
Only few events were the
part
But now a total of 44 events
come under track and field.
Measurement
Earlier no set measurement
was made.
Today each event has
standerdised measurements.
Athletes used to race Bare
feet
Now aerodynamic spandex
or hi-tech spikes are used.

12. National level
Dating back to the Vedic period, the history of Indian
athletics was moulded into shape by the principles of
the Atharva Veda.
During the Vedic period, sports like chariot racing,
equestrian, archery, military tactics, wrestling,
weight lifting, swimming and hunting were in vogue.
In INDIA, the sport of athletics was introduced during
the period of the British Raj

13. During the 20th century, when the country was still under the rule of the British
Empire, India participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics and Norman Pritchard, an
Anglo Indian won silver medals in the 200 meters hurdles.
In the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, sprinter Purma Bannerjee,
and distance runners Phadeppa Chaugule and Sadashir
Datar were the first indigenous Indians to compete at the
games.
At the 1952 Helsinki Games, history was made when
Nilima Ghose and Mary D'Souza Sequeira became
India’s first female Olympians.

14. Phadeppa Chaugule Nilima Ghose Mary D'Souza

15. In 1946, the Amateur Athletics Federation of India (AAFI) was established
for the management of Indian athletics.
The nation hosted the Western Asiatic Games
in 1951, India also hosted the Asian Games.
Milkha Singh ‘The Flying Sikh’ won the 200 m/
400 m double at the 1958 Asian Games

16. Modern era
By the beginning of the 21st century the country began to host
major athletics events.
Like the 2004 Asian Cross Country Championships, 2003 Afro-
Asian Games, 2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships,
2007 Military World Games, 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games
and 2010 Commonwealth Games, all representing the first time
that India had hosted those competitions.

17. At the 2018 IAAF World U20
Championships, Hima Das became
India's first athlete to win a medal in a
track event at an IAAF competition with
her 400 metres gold medal.
India's Dhing Express

18. Some of the notable Indian Athletes
P T Usha - Sprinter
Anju Bobby George- Long jump
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar - Middle distance runner
Saraswati Saha - Sprinter
Soma Biswas- Heptathlon
Abhinav Bhindra - Shooting

19. Neeraj Chopra is the reigning
Olympic champion.
In his debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Neeraj won the
gold medal in Men's Javelin throw.

20. "Don't be afraid of moving
slowly. Be afraid of standing
still."
_ Milkha Singh