5. Organized athletics are traced back
to the Ancient Olympic Games from
776 BC, and most modern events are
conducted by the member clubs of
the International Association of
Athletics Federations.
6. The athletics meeting forms the backbone of
the modern Summer Olympics, and other
leading international meetings include the
IAAF World Championships and World Indoor
Championships, and athletes with a physical
disability compete at the Summer
Paralympics and the IPC Athletics World
Championships.
10. This event come in two types -
Jumping and Throwing
competitions.
11. In throwing events, athletes are
measured by how far they hurl an
implement, with the common events
being the discus, shot put, javelin,
and hammer throw.
12. In Jumping competitions, there are four
common events: the long jump and triple
jump are contests measuring the
horizontal distance an athlete can jump,
while the high jump and pole vault are
decided on the height achieved.
14. DISCUS THROW
•is a track and field event in which an
athlete throws a heavy disc—called a
discus—in an attempt to mark a farther
distance than his or her competitors. It is
an ancient sport, as demonstrated by the
fifth-century-BC Myron statue, Discobolus.
15. Although not part of the modern
pentathlon, it was one of the events of
the ancient Greek pentathlon, which
can be dated back to at least to 708 BC,
and is part of the modern decathlon.
17. The sport of throwing the discus traces
back to it being an event in the original
Olympic Games of Ancient Greece. The
discus as a sport was resurrected
in Magdeburg, Germany, by Christian
Georg Kohlrausch and his students in the
1870s.
18. Organized Men's competition was
resumed in the late 19th century, and has
been a part of the modern Summer
Olympic Games since the first modern
competition, the 1896 Summer Olympics.
19. Images of discus throwers figured
prominently in advertising for early
modern Games, such as fundraising
stamps for the 1896 games, the main
posters for the 1920 and 1948 Summer
Olympics.
20. Today the sport of discus is a routine part
of modern track-and-field meets at all
levels, and retains a particularly iconic
place in the Olympic Games.
21. Discus Weight
•The men's discus is a heavy lenticular
disc with a weight of 2 kilograms (4.4 lb)
and diameter of 22 centimetres (8.7 in),
the women's discus has a weight of 1
kilogram (2.2 lb) and diameter of 18
centimetres (7.1 in).
27. Swift
•IAAF certified discus
designed for workout
session. Comes with
galvanized steel rim of
80% of the total weight
and side plates made
from Polycarbonate
material.
33. •Measuring tape − It is used for
measuring length of the throw of the
discus.
•Marking Flags − They are used to mark
several throws made by a single player.
•Recording Sheets − They are required by
the trainers or officials to record the
scores and other details of the players.
36. Rules Regarding Cage
•The construction and the strength of the
cage should be such that it can arrest a
disc of around 2Kg coming at a speed of
25m/sec.
•There should be no threat of rebounding
of the disc from the cage.
37. •The cage should have at least one side open.
Therefore it is often recommended to
construct it in a “U” shape.
•At the lowest pint the height of the netting
point should be 4m.
•Synthetic and natural fiber is the idle
material for the construction of the net.
However, high tensile strength steel wire can
also be used.
38. Rules Regarding Throw
•The discus can only be thrown by an athlete
when he or she will stand inside a circle
which has a diameter of 2.5m.
•During the course of throw, the athletes are
prohibited from touching the top of the rim.
However, they can touch the inner part of
the rim.
39. •An athlete cannot touch the ground beyond
the circle.
•If the athlete leaves the circle before the
landing of the disc on the ground, then it will
be considered as a foul throw.
•In the Olympic matches, each athlete is given
8 chances to showcase their talents.
40. •There is particular boundary of
landing of the disc. If the disc lands
outside that zone then that throw is
considered invalid.
•Discus Throw Sector
42. HIGH JUMP
• is a track and field event in which
competitors must jump unaided over a
horizontal bar placed at measured heights
without dislodging it. In its modern most
practised format, a bar is placed between
two standards with a crash mat for landing.
44. •The first recorded high jump event took
place in Scotland in the 19th century.
•Early jumpers used either an elaborate
straight-on approach or a scissors
technique.
•Another American, George Horine,
developed an even more efficient
technique, the Western roll.
52. •Jumpers must takeoff on one foot.
•A successful jump is one in which the
crossbar remains in place once the jumper
has left the landing area.
•At their own discretion, competitors may
begin jumping at the height announced by the
chief judge or may pass.
•Three consecutive missed jumps, at any
height or combination of heights, will
eliminate a jumper from the competition.
57. LONG JUMP
•The long jump (historically called the
broad jump in the USA) is a track and
field event in which athletes combine
speed, strength and agility in an attempt
to leap as far as possible from a take off
point.
59. • The long jump is the only known jumping event of
Ancient Greece's original Olympics' pentathlon events
• The long jump, as we know it today, has been part of
the Olympics since the first Games in 1896.
• Jesse Owens jumped 8.13m in 1935, a distance that
was not exceeded until 1960, and Bob Beamon flew
out to 8.90m in the rarefied air of Mexico City at the
1968 Olympic Games.
61. •Power sprint or
bounding
•Action in the air
and landing
•Sail
•Hang
•Hitch kick
•Landing
•The approach.
•The last two
strides.
•Takeoff
•Kick
•Double-arm
•Sprint
63. • No part of the athlete's foot should cross the front
edge of the foul line. If, at the point of take-off, any part
of his foot (even the toe edge of his shoe) crosses the
front edge of the foul line, then the jump is termed to
be illegal or a 'foul jump', and does not count.
• Typically, in International track and field events, a
long jumper has three attempts to register his or her
best legal jump. A foul jump accounts for an attempt,
but the time isn't registered. Only the farthest legal
jump counts.
64. • The distance, or the 'jump' is measured from the front
edge of the foul line to the first landing point of the
athlete. To better understand this, consider an athlete
taking off legally from the foul line and landing on his
feet 15 ft from the foul line. However, if, while landing,
his hands touch the ground before his legs and a foot
behind his farthest landing point, he would be
awarded a jump of 14 ft, since the hands are nearer to
the foul line than the feet and are the first point of
contact.
65. •Similarly, even if the athlete takes off from
behind the foul line, the starting point is still
considered to be the front edge of the foul line,
rather than the athlete's actual point of take off.
•Somersaults are not permitted during the jump.
•The maximum allowed thickness for a long
jumper's shoe sole is 13 mm.
66. •Records made with the assistance of a
tailwind of more than 2 m/s are not
considered. However, the time is
registered in the ongoing competition,
since all the athletes benefit from the
same wind conditions.
