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
Shot put
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The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy spherical ball—the shot—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, a
Track and field
…distance or height. Regular 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…
Polish double Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski
Czechoslovak shot putter Plíhal at the 1957 East German Indoor Athletics Championships
Shot putter at the University of Nebraska (1942), showing the circle and stop board
Czechoslovak shot putter Jiří Skobla showing the correct technique for keeping the shot near the neck