PRELIM Flashcards
Who helped organize the first modern Olympics?
Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Other term for Olympic Games
Olympiad Games
The modern Olympic is held every how many years?
4 years
Motto of modern Olympic?
Swifter, Higher, Stronger
Sporting events become so popular that the athletic contest was started in what year?
776 BC
The greatest athletes from Greece i 776 BC come to this place to compete.
Olympia
In what year did the Rome conquered Greece that the sport became more less of a sport and more liked a organized combat.
146 BC
Who ordered to halt the Olympic Games in 394 A.D.?
Roman Emperor Theodosius I
How many years of absence does the Olympics before it begun again?
1,500 years
When did the Olympics start again after years of absence?
April 1896
Where did the Olympics takes place after of years of absence?
Athens, Greece
It is oval shaped made up of two long straight sections connected together by two curved sections.
track stadium
How many lanes are there in a track?
8 lanes
measurement of track
400 meters
Length of each lanes in a track
1.22 meters
It has four six sharp metal spikes on its sole. The spikes grip the track’s surface to give the runner better traction.
track shoes
Firearm used by a judge to signal the start of a race by firing blanks into the air
starting pistol
are a device used in the sport of track and field by sprint athletes to brace their feet against at the start of a race so they do not slip as they stride forward.
starting blocks
is a small stick that is passed from one runner to the next during a relay race
baton
is a smooth, hollow, one-piece tube made of wood, metal or another rigid material. It measures between 28 and 30 centimeters long and between 12 and 13 centimeters in circumference. It must weigh at least 50 grams.
baton
Barrier used as an obstacle in certain track events; it is placed at regular intervals on the circuit and its height varies depending on the event.
hurdles
A barrier used in steeple chase with a length if 6.96 meters and height of 0.914 meters in men and 0.762 in women.
steeple chase hurdle
The fiberglass equipment used to propel the vaulter up and over the bar.
pole
is a light spear made of alloy
javelin
is composed of a ball (competition balls are made of turned or stainless steel), a rotating (ball-bearing) swivel, a hammer wire and a handle, normally aluminum, which can be straight or curved according to the thrower’s preferences.
hammer
A circular disk usually wooden with a metal rim and thicker in the center than at the edge, for throwing for distance in athletic competition.
discus
A solid ball of smooth metal used in shot put.
shot
Events in athletics, Run
sprint race, middle distance race, long distance race, hurdles, relays
