Athletics

[Competition venue: Olympic Stadium・
Imperial Palace Garden(Race Walk)]
*The venues reflect information as of October 2019

      • Athletics

        Overview
        Athletes compete in 48 events that involve running, walking, jumping, throwing, etc.

        Most Athletics events do not require any specialised equipment, instead testing a range of physical attributes.

        Key Points

        Athletics embodies the Olympic motto “Citius, Altius, Fortius”(faster, higher, stronger), the basics of sporting events.
        Athletics is a collection of many events including field events such as the hammer throw and high jump; and track events including short, middle and long distance running, hurdles and steeplechases. Some events also use public roads such as the marathon and race walking competitions.

        History

        Running was the first event contested in the ancient Olympic Games, which were held before the Common Era. In the stadion, the only event contested at the time, runners sprinted for the length of the stadium (1 stadion = approximately 191 m). Some of the athletic sports have remain unchanged for thousands of years and are still practised today. The women's marathon, a popular event with Japanese fans, was first included as an Olympic sport at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games.

        Japanese athletes first took part in the Olympics during the Stockholm 1912 Games. In the Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games, Mikio Oda won the triple jump and earned Japan's first ever gold medal. During the same Games, Kinue Hitomi won the silver medal in the women's 800 metres.

        Detail

        EventMenWomen
        Sprint 100m
        200m
        400m        		 100m
        200m
        400m
        Middle 800m
        1500m        		 800m
        1500m
        Long 5,000m
        10,000m        		 5,000m
        10,000m
        Hurdles 110m Hurdles
        400m Hurdles
        3,000m Steeplechase        		 100m Hurdles
        400m Hurdles
        3,000m Steeplechase
        Relays 4 x 100m Relay
        4 x 400m Relay        		 4 x 100m Relay
        4 x 400m Relay
        Mixed
        4x400m Mixed Relay
        Jumps High Jump
        Pole Vault
        Long Jump
        Triple Jump        		 High Jump
        Pole Vault
        Long Jump
        Triple Jump
        Throws Shot Put
        Discus Throw
        Hammer Throw
        Javelin Throw        		 Shot Put
        Discus Throw
        Hammer Throw
        Javelin Throw
        Combined Events Decathlon Heptathlon
        Road Running 20km Race Walk
        Marathon
        50km Race Walk        		 20km Race Walk
        Marathon

(Updated on April 10, 2019)