Ratationalisation And Modern-day Development Of Track And Field Athletics

Question 1

Factors that led to the growth and development of athletics from the mid-19th century to the current day (3)

Answer 1

• pedestrianism
• involved wagering
• often linked to festival/holidays/muhc wenlock Olympian society

Question 2

Suggest why female athletics was quite slow to embrace equality of opportunity (3)

Answer 2

• men deemed athletics as too strenuous for women
• no women athletes in early olympics
• maintained distinction between male and female events e.g. no events over 400m until 1960

Question 3

Reasons why opportunities for female elite performers are still restricted in many sports when compared with male performers (5)

Answer 3

• stereotypical image of feminine activities
• physical/health concerns about participation
• discrimination/sexism
• limited media coverage
• religious/cultural restrictions