Track and field
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Track and field is a sport that includes many different kinds of athletic contests that are based on running, jumping, and throwing. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport take
Part of a track and field stadium
An ancient Greece vase from 600 BC depicting a running contest
An early model of hurdling at the Detroit Athletic Club in 1888
Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, one of the first modern track and field stadiums
Hammer throw
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The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin.
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…jumping events include the long jump, triple jump, high jump, and pole vault, while the most common throwing events are shot put, javelin, discus, and hammer. There are also "combined events" or "multi events", such as the pentathlon consisting of five events, heptathlon consisting of seven events, and…
A hammer thrower in full rotation, spinning the hammer in a circular path
The traditional Highland games version of the event
Thrower inside a hammer cage, with the markings for the throwing circle and the throwing sector visible on the ground
Scottish hammer throw illustration from Frank R. Stockton's book Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy