Track Events
Track events is one of the three basic forms of athletic sports, involving running and jumping and all other related movements (the other athletic movement is throwing) Track events often involve a field or a running track, of varying measurements.
Track events are typically held in a 400 meter track. These include sprints, middle distance events, long distance events, hurdles, relays, road running and race walking.
Sprints are basically racing events involving distances ranging from 100 meters to 400 meters. Middle distance events on the other hand, range from 800 meters to 3000 meters. The standard distances are in multiples of 8--> 800 meters, 1600 meters and 3200 meters. A variation of the middle distance event is the steeplechase which involves overcoming barriers and water jumps along a 3,000 m track. Long distance events include marathons, or any event covering more than 5,000 meters. The standard distances for long distance sprints are 5000 meters and 10000 meters.
Hurdles are also track events for the simple reason that they done in a track field. Hurdles is an event where participants race to the finish line while leaping over obstacles along the way. The standard distance is 110 meters or 100 meters for women, and 400 meters for men.
Lastly, relays are track events that involve a team of performers, where in teammate A runs to a certain point where teammate B is, who in turn runs to where teammate C is and so on until the last member reaches the finish line. The standard distance and rounds for relays are 4 x 100 (in which 4 is the number of players, and 100 is the number of meters to be run by each player). Two types of relay include the distance medley relay, which is a relay consisting of different distances for each participant in a team . A sprint medley consists of a single 400 m, followed by 2 200 m runs then ending wth an 800m run.
