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