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- 2. 1 Overview Track and fieldevents are those which take place inside an athletics stadium comprised of an oval running track which surrounds a grass field. Track and field events fall under the umbrella of
- 3. 2 Overview athletics. Ancient Greece iswidely held to be the birthplace of track and field competitions. The first Olympic Games were held in 776BC in Olympia, Greece (although on this occasion only a single running
- 4. 3 Overview race was contested).The scope of the games would later expand to accommodate the multitude of events that now take place in modern Olympiads.
- 5. 4 USA Track &Field's top 25 memorable moments -- Johnson's 200m world record named Top Moment of last 25 years -- Joan Benoit's 1984 Olympic women's marathon win named 2nd Top Moment
- 6. 5 USA Track &Field's top 25 memorable moments -- Edwin Moses' 122-race win streak named 3rd Top Moment -- Lewis winning four gold medals named 4th Greatest Moment -- Powell
- 7. 6 USA Track &Field's top 25 memorable moments breaking long jump world record named 5th Greatest Moment -- Johnson's 400m world record named 6th Greatest Moment -- Jones winning five Olympic medals named 7th Greatest Moment
- 8. 7 USA Track &Field's top 25 memorable moments -- Lewis winning fourth consecutive long jump gold named eighth Top Moment -- JJK setting heptathlon world record named 9th top moment -- Flo-Jo
- 9. 8 USA Track &Field's top 25 memorable moments shattering 100m world record named 10th top moment -- Batten & Buford-Bailey both bettering a WR in the same race named 11th top moment -- Deckers
- 10. 9 USA Track &Field's top 25 memorable moments double victory at 83 Worlds named 12th top moment in track & field of last 25 years -- Greene's double sprint gold at 1999 World Outdoors named 13th Top Moment -- Dragila
- 11. 10 USA Track &Field's top 25 memorable moments winning first women's Olympic pole vault named 14th top moment -- Brisco winning three gold medals named 15th top moment -- Carter's
- 12. 11 USA Track &Field's top 25 memorable moments prep shot put record named the 16th top moment in track & field of last 25 years -- Ashford defeating two world record holders at World Cup named 17th top moment -- Devers
- 13. 12 USA Track &Field's top 25 memorable moments second Olympic 100m title named 18th top moment -- Flo-Jos 200m world record named 19th top moment -- Salazars third NYC Marathon title named 20th top moment in track & field of last 25
- 14. 13 USA Track &Field's top 25 memorable moments years -- Jennings' third World XC title named 21st top moment -- Youngs world record named 22nd top moment -- Webb
- 15. 14 USA Track &Field's top 25 memorable moments prep record named 23rd top moment of last 25 years -- Khannouchi world record named 24th top moment of last 25 years -- JJK kicks off USATF Top 25 Moments
- 16. 15 Track & fieldworld records Event Performance Name 100 m 9.58 Usain Bolt
- 17. 16 Track & fieldworld records JAM 200 m 19.19 Usain Bolt JAM 400 m 43.18
- 18. 17 Track & fieldworld records Michael Johnson USA 800 m 1:41.01 David Lekuta Rudisha KEN
- 19. 18 Track & fieldworld records 1:40.91 (p) David Lekuta Rudisha KEN 1,000 m 2:11.96 Noah Ngeny
- 20. 19 Track & fieldworld records KEN 1,500 m 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 1 mi. 3:43.13
- 21. 20 Track & fieldworld records Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 2,000 m 4:44.79 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR
- 22. 21 Track & fieldworld records 3,000 m 7:20.67 Daniel Komen KEN 5,000 m 12:37.35
- 23. 22 Track & fieldworld records Kenenisa Bekele ETH 10,000 m 26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele ETH (23)
- 24. 23 Track & fieldworld records 110 m Hurdles 12.87 Dayron Robles CUB 12.80 (p) Aries Merritt
- 25. 24 Track & fieldworld records USA 400 m Hurdles 46.78 Kevin Young USA 3,000 m Steeplechase
- 26. 25 Track & fieldworld records 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen QAT 20,000 m Race Walk 1:17:25.6 Bernardo Segura
- 27. 26 Track & fieldworld records MEX (24) 4x100 m Relay 37.10 JAM: Nesta Carter Michael Frater
- 28. 27 Track & fieldworld records Usain Bolt Asafa Powell 37.04 (p) JAM: Nesta Carter Michael Frater
- 29. 28 Track & fieldworld records Yohan Blake Usain Bolt 36.84 (p) JAM: Nesta Carter Michael Frater
- 30. 29 Track & fieldworld records Yohan Blake Usain Bolt 4x400 m Relay 2:54.29 USA: Andrew Valmon
- 31. 30 Track & fieldworld records Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson 4x800 m Relay 7:02.43 KEN:
- 32. 31 Track & fieldworld records Joseph Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kombich Wilfred Bungei 4x1,500 m Relay 14:36.23
- 33. 32 Track & fieldworld records KEN: William Biwott Tanui Gideon Gathimba Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono Augustine Kiprono Choge High Jump
- 34. 33 Track & fieldworld records 2.45 m (8'0½") Javier Sotomayor CUB Pole Vault 6.14 m
- 35. 34 Track & fieldworld records (20'1¾") Sergey Bubka UKR Long Jump 8.95 m (29'4½")
- 36. 35 Track & fieldworld records Mike Powell USA Triple Jump 18.29 m (60'0¼") Jonathan Edwards
- 37. 36 Track & fieldworld records GBR Shot Put 23.12 m (75'10¼") Randy Barnes USA
- 38. 37 Track & fieldworld records Discus Throw 74.08 m (243'0") Jürgen Schult GDR (former East Germany) Hammer Throw
- 39. 38 Track & fieldworld records 86.74 m (284'7") Yuriy Syedikh URS Javelin Throw 98.48 m
- 40. 39 Track & fieldworld records (323'1") Jan Zelezný CZE Decathlon 9026 pts. Roman Sebrle
- 41. 40 Track & fieldworld records CZE 9,039 pts. (p) Ashton Eaton Oregon TC Elite Women Event
- 42. 41 Track & fieldworld records Performance Name 100 m 10.49 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA
- 43. 42 Track & fieldworld records 200 m 21.34 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA 400 m 47.60
- 44. 43 Track & fieldworld records Marita Koch GDR (former East Germany) 800 m 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová CZE
- 45. 44 Track & fieldworld records 1,000 m 2:28.98 Svetlana Masterkova RUS 1,500 m 3:50.46
- 46. 45 Track & fieldworld records Yunxia Qu CHN 1 mi. 4:12.56 Svetlana Masterkova RUS
- 47. 46 Track & fieldworld records 2,000 m 5:25.36 Sonia O'Sullivan IRL 3,000 m 8:06.11
- 48. 47 Track & fieldworld records Junxia Wang CHN 5,000 m 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH
- 49. 48 Track & fieldworld records 10,000 m 29:31.78 Junxia Wang CHN 100 m Hurdles 12.21
- 50. 49 Track & fieldworld records Yordanka Donkova BUL 400 m Hurdles 52.34 Yuliya Pechonkina RUS
- 51. 50 Track & fieldworld records 3,000 m Steeplechase 8:58.81 Gulnara Samitova-Galkina RUS 10,000 m Race Walk 41:56.23
- 52. 51 Track & fieldworld records Nadezhda Ryashkina URS (23) 20,000 m Race Walk 1:26:52.3 Olimpiada Ivanova RUS (31)
- 53. 52 Track & fieldworld records 4x100 m Relay 41.37 GDR (former East Germany): Silke Msller Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald
- 54. 53 Track & fieldworld records Marlies Gshr 40.82 (p) USA: Tianna Madison Allyson Felix Bianca Knight
- 55. 54 Track & fieldworld records Carmelita Jeter 4x200 m Relay 1:27.46 United States "Blue": LaTasha Jenkins LaTasha Colander-Richardson
- 56. 55 Track & fieldworld records Nanceen Perry Marion Jones 4x400 m Relay 3:15.17 USSR: Tatyana Ledovskaya
- 57. 56 Track & fieldworld records Olga Nazarova Maria Pinigina Olga Bryzgina 4x800 m Relay 7:50.17 USSR:
- 58. 57 Track & fieldworld records Nadezhda Olizarenko Lyubov Gurina Lyudmila Borisova Irina Podyalovskaya High Jump 2.09 m
- 59. 58 Track & fieldworld records (6'10¼") Stefka Kostadinova BUL Pole Vault 5.06 m (16'7¼")
- 60. 59 Track & fieldworld records Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Long Jump 7.52 m (24'8¼") Galina Chistyakova
- 61. 60 Track & fieldworld records URS Triple Jump 15.50 m (50'10¼") Inessa Kravets UKR
- 62. 61 Track & fieldworld records Shot Put 22.63 m (74'3") Natalya Lisovskaya URS Discus Throw
- 63. 62 Track & fieldworld records 76.80 m (251'11") Gabriele Reinsch GDR (former East Germany) Hammer Throw 79.42 m
- 64. 63 Track & fieldworld records (260'6") Bette Heidler GER Javelin Throw 72.28 m (237'1")
- 65. 64 Track & fieldworld records Barbora Spotáková CZE (24) Heptathlon 7291 pts. Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA
- 66. 65 Track & fieldworld records Decathlon 8358 pts. Austra Skujyte LTU