This document provides an overview of track and field athletics events. It describes the different types of races including short distance, middle distance, long distance, and road events. It also outlines the field events of jumping and throwing. Jumping events include high jump, long jump, triple jump, and pole vault which involve a running start, take-off, flight, and landing. Throwing events are hammer, discus, javelin, and shot put which require power, strength, and accuracy to throw implements. The document concludes with a brief mention of combined track and field events like the heptathlon and decathlon.