86 Track And Field Athletics Trivia Questions with Answers
86 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
How many hurdles and water jumps are used in an Olympic 3,000-metre steeplechase?
Answer
28 hurdles and 7 water jumps
How wide is the take-off board in the Olympic long jump?
Answer
20 centimetres
Who ran the first officially ratified four-minute mile in athletics?
Answer
Roger Bannister
What is the regulation weight of an Olympic men's discus?
Answer
2 kilograms
Which athlete became the first to break the 90-metre barrier in the men's javelin?
Answer
Steve Backley
Who set the women's 800 metres world record of 1:53.28 in 1983?
Answer
Jarmila Kratochvílová
Who won the first Olympic women's pole-vault title at Sydney 2000?
Answer
Stacy Dragila
What is the length of one lap on a standard outdoor athletics track?
Answer
400 metres
Which country won the first Olympic men's 4 × 400 metres relay at Stockholm 1912?
Answer
United States
What implement is thrown in Olympic hammer throw competition?
Answer
A metal ball on a wire
Who won the first Olympic women's 100 metres final at the 1928 Amsterdam Games?
Answer
Betty Robinson
Who won the first Olympic women's 400-metre hurdles title at the 1984 Los Angeles Games?
Answer
Nawal El Moutawakel
What is the official distance of the Olympic marathon in track and field?
Answer
42.195 kilometres
Which athlete set the women’s 100 metres world record of 10.49 seconds in 1988?
Answer
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Which athlete became the first to clear six metres in the men's pole vault?
Answer
Sergey Bubka
What is the maximum allowable tailwind for an athletics 100-metre performance to count as a world record?
Answer
2.0 metres per second
What is the diameter of the senior women's shot used in Olympic shot put competition?
Answer
95 to 110 millimetres
Which athlete set the men's 400 metres world record of 43.03 seconds at the 2016 Olympic Games?
Answer
Wayde van Niekerk
In what order are the three phases of the triple jump performed?
Answer
Hop, step, jump
Who won the first Olympic men's 100-metre final at the 1896 Athens Games?
Answer
Thomas Burke
Which high-jump technique did Dick Fosbury use to win the 1968 Olympic title?
Answer
Fosbury Flop