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Game On! All About Track and Field
Game On! All About Track and Field
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1
How high are the hurdles in the men's 110 meter?
36 inches
39 inches
42 inches
45 inches
2
Which one of these is a field event that involves running a short distance?
fencing
javelin throw
discus
shot put
3
Which event is
not
one of the 10 in the decathlon?
Triple Jump
Long Jump
1500m
High Jump
4
Which of the following is an Olympic field event that involves hurling a steel ball attached to a wire?
Shot Put
Ratchet Hurl
Javelin
Hammer Throw
5
Who is the only female in the 20th century to run under 22 sec in the indoor 200 meters?
Irina Privolova
Merlene Ottey
Marion Jones
Flo Jo
6
Which decathlete was the youngest to win a gold medal in the Olympics?
Daley Thompson
Rafer Johnson
Caitlyn Jenner
Bob Mathias
7
Which event involves throwing a spherical weight from the shoulder?
discus throw
hammer throw
shot put
javelin throw
8
Which 3 U.S. cities have the summer Olympic Games been held?
Los Angeles, Atlanta, St. Louis
Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York
Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago
Los Angeles, Atlanta, San Diego,
9
What is the shortest race (outdoor standard track) which is sometimes *
not
* entirely run in lanes?
800m
Mile
1500m
400m
10
Who won the men's 400 meter in the 1995 U.S. Track and Field Championship?
Steve Scott
Kerron Clement
Donovan Bailey
Michael Johnson
11
Which of these is an event in the track and field decathlon?
800m run
400m run
hammer throw
triple jump
12
Who currently holds the world record for long jump?
Jesse Owens
Peter O'Connell
Bob Beamon
Mike Powell
13
What is the world's oldest foot race?
London Marathon
Transpacific Race
Boston Marathon
Rome Marathon
14
Who was the first athlete to run the mile in less than four minutes?
Roger Bannister
Paavo Nurmi
Jack Lovelock
Sebastian Coe
15
Which American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin?
Jim Brown
Edwin Moses
Joe Louis
Jesse Owens
16
What is the standard distance for Olympic marathons?
26 miles
22 miles
25 miles
30 miles
17
What event involves women competing in seven different track-and-field events in two days?
pentathlon
heptathlon
biathlon
Decathlon
18
The track and field sport include which skills?
Jumping
Throwing
Running
All of the above
19
Which event is
not
one of the 7 in the heptathlon?
100mH
200m
1500m
800m
20
Who is considered to be one of the greatest sprinters of all time?
Usain Bolt
Michael Phelps
Oscar Pistorius
Carl Lewis
21
Who was the first pole vaulter to clear 20 feet?
Bob Richards
Don Bragg
Cornelius Warmerdam
Sergey Bubka
22
How many members make up a relay team in a track and field relay race?
3
4
5
6
23
True or False: There is a one second time penalty for knocking over a hurdles in all hurdling events.
False
True
24
How many hurdles are in a standard hurdles race?
10
9
7
8
25
Which of the following is
not
a field event?
Shot Put
Pole Vault
Discus Throw
400m Hurdles
26
What are the poles that hold up and measure how high the bar is in the high jump event called?
Standards
Bars
Measures
Poles
27
How long is one lap around an indoor standard track?
750m
800m
200m
600m
28
Which of these is usually named the
unofficial
"
World's Fastest Man
"?
200m Olympic Champion
200m World Champion
100m Olympic Champion
100m World Champion
29
What is the name of the object handed off from runner to runner in relay races?
trucheon
cudgel
baton
cosh