Track and field events 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 athletics. Ancient Greece is widely 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 race was contested). The scope of the games would later expand to accommodate the multitude of events that now take place in modern Olympiads.

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2. 1
Overview
Track and field events 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 is widely 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Track & field world records
Event
Performance
Name
100 m
9.58
Usain Bolt

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Track & field world records
JAM
200 m
19.19
Usain Bolt
JAM
400 m
43.18

18. 17
Track & field world records
Michael Johnson
USA
800 m
1:41.01
David Lekuta Rudisha
KEN

19. 18
Track & field world records
1:40.91 (p)
David Lekuta Rudisha
KEN
1,000 m
2:11.96
Noah Ngeny

20. 19
Track & field world records
KEN
1,500 m
3:26.00
Hicham El Guerrouj
MAR
1 mi.
3:43.13

21. 20
Track & field world records
Hicham El Guerrouj
MAR
2,000 m
4:44.79
Hicham El Guerrouj
MAR

22. 21
Track & field world records
3,000 m
7:20.67
Daniel Komen
KEN
5,000 m
12:37.35

23. 22
Track & field world records
Kenenisa Bekele
ETH
10,000 m
26:17.53
Kenenisa Bekele
ETH (23)

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Track & field world records
110 m Hurdles
12.87
Dayron Robles
CUB
12.80 (p)
Aries Merritt

25. 24
Track & field world records
USA
400 m Hurdles
46.78
Kevin Young
USA
3,000 m Steeplechase

26. 25
Track & field world records
7:53.63
Saif Saaeed Shaheen
QAT
20,000 m Race Walk
1:17:25.6
Bernardo Segura

27. 26
Track & field world records
MEX (24)
4x100 m Relay
37.10
JAM:
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater

28. 27
Track & field world records
Usain Bolt
Asafa Powell
37.04 (p)
JAM:
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater

29. 28
Track & field world records
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt
36.84 (p)
JAM:
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater

30. 29
Track & field world records
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt
4x400 m Relay
2:54.29
USA:
Andrew Valmon

31. 30
Track & field world records
Quincy Watts
Butch Reynolds
Michael Johnson
4x800 m Relay
7:02.43
KEN:

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Track & field world records
Joseph Mutua
William Yiampoy
Ismael Kombich
Wilfred Bungei
4x1,500 m Relay
14:36.23

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Track & field world records
KEN:
William Biwott Tanui
Gideon Gathimba
Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono
Augustine Kiprono Choge
High Jump

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Track & field world records
2.45 m
(8'0½")
Javier Sotomayor
CUB
Pole Vault
6.14 m

35. 34
Track & field world records
(20'1¾")
Sergey Bubka
UKR
Long Jump
8.95 m
(29'4½")

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Track & field world records
Mike Powell
USA
Triple Jump
18.29 m
(60'0¼")
Jonathan Edwards

37. 36
Track & field world records
GBR
Shot Put
23.12 m
(75'10¼")
Randy Barnes
USA

38. 37
Track & field world records
Discus Throw
74.08 m
(243'0")
Jürgen Schult
GDR (former East Germany)
Hammer Throw

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Track & field world records
86.74 m
(284'7")
Yuriy Syedikh
URS
Javelin Throw
98.48 m

40. 39
Track & field world records
(323'1")
Jan Zelezný
CZE
Decathlon
9026 pts.
Roman Sebrle

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Track & field world records
CZE
9,039 pts. (p)
Ashton Eaton
Oregon TC Elite
Women
Event

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Track & field world records
Performance
Name
100 m
10.49
Florence Griffith-Joyner
USA

43. 42
Track & field world records
200 m
21.34
Florence Griffith-Joyner
USA
400 m
47.60

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Track & field world records
Marita Koch
GDR (former East Germany)
800 m
1:53.28
Jarmila Kratochvílová
CZE

45. 44
Track & field world records
1,000 m
2:28.98
Svetlana Masterkova
RUS
1,500 m
3:50.46

46. 45
Track & field world records
Yunxia Qu
CHN
1 mi.
4:12.56
Svetlana Masterkova
RUS

47. 46
Track & field world records
2,000 m
5:25.36
Sonia O'Sullivan
IRL
3,000 m
8:06.11

48. 47
Track & field world records
Junxia Wang
CHN
5,000 m
14:11.15
Tirunesh Dibaba
ETH

49. 48
Track & field world records
10,000 m
29:31.78
Junxia Wang
CHN
100 m Hurdles
12.21

50. 49
Track & field world records
Yordanka Donkova
BUL
400 m Hurdles
52.34
Yuliya Pechonkina
RUS

51. 50
Track & field world records
3,000 m Steeplechase
8:58.81
Gulnara Samitova-Galkina
RUS
10,000 m Race Walk
41:56.23

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Track & field world records
Nadezhda Ryashkina
URS (23)
20,000 m Race Walk
1:26:52.3
Olimpiada Ivanova
RUS (31)

53. 52
Track & field world records
4x100 m Relay
41.37
GDR (former East Germany):
Silke Msller
Sabine Rieger
Ingrid Auerswald

54. 53
Track & field world records
Marlies Gshr
40.82 (p)
USA:
Tianna Madison
Allyson Felix
Bianca Knight

55. 54
Track & field world records
Carmelita Jeter
4x200 m Relay
1:27.46
United States "Blue":
LaTasha Jenkins
LaTasha Colander-Richardson

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Track & field world records
Nanceen Perry
Marion Jones
4x400 m Relay
3:15.17
USSR:
Tatyana Ledovskaya

57. 56
Track & field world records
Olga Nazarova
Maria Pinigina
Olga Bryzgina
4x800 m Relay
7:50.17
USSR:

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Track & field world records
Nadezhda Olizarenko
Lyubov Gurina
Lyudmila Borisova
Irina Podyalovskaya
High Jump
2.09 m

59. 58
Track & field world records
(6'10¼")
Stefka Kostadinova
BUL
Pole Vault
5.06 m
(16'7¼")

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Track & field world records
Yelena Isinbayeva
RUS
Long Jump
7.52 m
(24'8¼")
Galina Chistyakova

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Track & field world records
URS
Triple Jump
15.50 m
(50'10¼")
Inessa Kravets
UKR

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Track & field world records
Shot Put
22.63 m
(74'3")
Natalya Lisovskaya
URS
Discus Throw

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Track & field world records
76.80 m
(251'11")
Gabriele Reinsch
GDR (former East Germany)
Hammer Throw
79.42 m

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Track & field world records
(260'6")
Bette Heidler
GER
Javelin Throw
72.28 m
(237'1")

65. 64
Track & field world records
Barbora Spotáková
CZE (24)
Heptathlon
7291 pts.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
USA

66. 65
Track & field world records
Decathlon
8358 pts.
Austra Skujyte
LTU