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The History of Track and Field Track and Field events, also known as athletics, have advanced a bunch since the birth in Olympus, around the ninth century B. ... More athletes and more nationalities compete in Track and Field than in any other Olympic sport. ... Track and Field events have come a long way since the Ancient Greek Olympic games. ... The Olympic motto, “ Citius, Altius, Fortius” is describing the Track and Field events in Latin. ... It is believed that the length of the stadium track was about 200 yards long and about 30 yards wide. ... Another type of footrace, called the hoplite, was introduced rather late in the history of the Ancient Olympics. ... Another predecessor of a modern Track and Field event is the long jump. ... The modern record for the running long jump is near 30 feet and it seems to many track and field experts that it would be quite impossible for anyone to jump 55 feet, even with the help of an impetus. Some history experts’ claim that the Greeks used a system of measurement in which the feet were smaller than the modern foot, which could indicate that the distances were more realistic when translated into modern feet and inches.
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