Athletics – Summer Games 2024

Athletics is the single sport with the most disciplines and participants in the Games due to the sheer number and diversity of its 48 events. From sprints to middle distance races, from jumping and throwing events to a combination of them all, the athletics events light up the stands in the stadium. Historically, in 2024, there will be an identical number of men’s and women’s events.

Schedule

 

Session Code

Date

Type

Section Description

ATH01

02/8

Qual

M/W - Preliminary round, Round 1, Qualifications, Decathlon

ATH02

02/8

Medal

M/W/Mixed - Round 1, Qualifications, Decathlon, Final

ATH03

03/8

Qual

M/W - Preliminary round, Qualifications, Repechages, decathlon

ATH04

03/8

Medal

M/W/Mixed - Round 1, Repechages, Semi-finals, Decathlon, Finals : W-100m, M-Shot Put, mixed relays 4x400m)

ATH05

04/8

Qual

M/W - Round 1, Qualifications

ATH06

04/8

Medal

M/W - Round 1, Semi-finals, Finals : W - High jump, M - 100m, M - Hammer through

ATH07

05/8

Qual

M/W - Round 1, Qualifications, Repechages

ATH08

05/8

Medal

M/W - Round 1, Semi-finals, Finals : W - 800m, W - 5 000m, W - Discus throw, M - Pole vault

ATH09

06/8

Qual

M/W - Round 1, Qualifications, Repechages

ATH10

06/8

Medal

M/W - Semi-finals, Finals :
W - 200m,
W - 3000m steeplechase,
W - Hammer throw, M - 1 500m, M - Long jump)

ATH11

07/8

Qual

M/W - Round 1, Qualifications, Repechages

ATH12

07/8

Medal

M/W - Qualifications, Semi-finals, Finals
 W - Pole vault, M - 400m, M - 3 000m steeplechase, M - Discus throw

ATH13

08/8

Qual

M/W - Round 1, qualifications, repechages, heptathlon

ATH14

08/8

Medal

M/W - Semi-finals, Heptathlon, Finals : F - 400m hurdles,
W - Long jump, M - 200m,
M - 110m hurdles,

M - Javelin throw

ATH15

09/8

Qual

M/W - Round 1, Semi-finals, heptathlon

ATH16

09/8

Medal

M/W - Heptathlon & Finals : W - 400m, W - 10,000m,
W - 4x100m, W - Shot put, M - 400m hurdles, M - 4x100m, M - Triple jump

ATH17

10/8

Medal

M/W - Finals :
W - 1500m, W - 100m hurdles, M/W - Relays 4x400m,
W - Javelin throw, M - 800m, M - 5000m, M - High jump

 

Records

Men's 100m:

Record: Usain Bolt (Jamaica) set the record for the men's 100m with a time of 9.63 seconds at the 2012 London Games.

Men's 200m:

Record: Usain Bolt (Jamaica) set the record for the men's 200m with a time of 19.30 seconds at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Men's 400m:

Record: Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) set the record for the men's 400m with a time of 43.03 seconds at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

Men's Marathon:

Record: Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) set the record for the men's marathon with a time of 2:08:38 at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

Women's 100m:

Record: Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) set the record for the women's 100m with a time of 10.62 seconds at the 1988 Seoul Games:
Women's 200m:

Record: Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) set the record for the women's 200m with a time of 21.34 seconds at the 1988 Seoul Games.

Women's 400m:

Record: Marie-José Pérec (France) set the record for the women's 400m with a time of 48.25 seconds at the 1996 Atlanta Games.

Women's Marathon:

Record: Tiki Gelana (Ethiopia) set the record for the women's marathon with a time of 2:23:07 at the 2012 London Games.

Did you know? 

  • Athletics, or track and field, is often considered the oldest recorded sport in the world. Events like running and jumping have roots dating back to ancient civilizations.

  • The world record for the highest high jump is held by Cuban athlete Javier Sotomayor. He cleared a height of 2.45 meters (8 feet 0.46 inches) in 1993, and this record still stands.

  • The marathon race has a historical origin dating back to the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. According to legend, a Greek messenger named Pheidippides ran approximately 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to deliver the news of the Greek victory over the Persians.

  • The decathlon, consisting of ten events, is a true test of all-around athletic ability. American athlete Jim Thorpe won the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Games, despite not having specialized training in all the events.

  • The 100 meters is the only standard running race in athletics that is run entirely in lanes and has no curves. All other sprint races involve curves, but the 100 meters is a straight sprint.