HISTORY OF ATHLETICS_INDIVIDUAL SPORT.pptx

ATHLETIC EVENTS

1. ATHLETICS Introduction of CHAPTER 1:

2. ATHLETICS TRACK AND FIELD, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping . The name "athletics" is derived from the Greek word "athlos" meaning "contest”

3. Our History The first Olympic Games were held in ancient Olympia, Greece in the year of 776 BC. At that time, the single athletic event was known as the stade (192 meters (210 yards) long ,a foot race which is covered the length of the Athenian Olympic Stadium 776

4. 1876 The New York Athletic Club from the United States organized the first USA Outdoor Track and Field Championship.

5. 1880 The first associations who organized such competitions was Amateur Athletic Association of England who oraganized the anual AAA Championship 1896 One of the biggest milestone for the development of the Athletics came back at the Summer Olympic Games.

6. 19TH CENTURY Track and field as we know it today began developing, when first competiton in track and field took places.Competions primary were organized by educational institutions, sports club and some military organizations

7. 1908 The distance of the modern marathon was standardized as 26 miles and 385 yards or 42.195 kilometers when the Olympic Games were held in London . Distance exact measurement between Windsor Castle, start of the race, and the finish line inside White City Stadium.

8. 1912 The second milestone in the development of the Athletes occured when the International Amateur Athletic Federation or IAAF was founded and such it became the international governing body for track and field. The officials of the IAAF of that time emphasized the importance of the amateurism for the athletics and it became of the basic principle on which IAAF will continue to aspire.

9. 1920 Track and field were only a male sport 1921 Women became part of the athletics only after women’s sport movement organized Women’s World Games

10. 1928 Summer Olympic Games, women for the first time participated in track and field competitions at the Olympic Games

11. 1982 International Amateur Athletic Federation abandoned the notion of Amateurism and it became the organization of professional athletes.

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13. Create a timeline about a brief History of Track and Field Athletics in the Philippines. ACTIVITY 1