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Athletics, encompassing track and field events, road running, and more, is an ancient sport rooted in natural human competitive urges. Its modern development began in 19th century England, leading to the establishment of organized competitions and the formation of governing bodies like the IAAF. Today, athletics enjoys international popularity, with significant participation from both men and women, and is governed by various national and international organizations.

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Lesson 1 - Introduction - History - Development-1

Athletics, encompassing track and field events, road running, and more, is an ancient sport rooted in natural human competitive urges. Its modern development began in 19th century England, leading to the establishment of organized competitions and the formation of governing bodies like the IAAF. Today, athletics enjoys international popularity, with significant participation from both men and women, and is governed by various national and international organizations.

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TRACK & FIELD

INTRODUCTION
• Athletics is the new term of track and field. It is one of the most
exciting, breathtaking and unique type of sports.
• It consists of the track and field events, road running, road
walking, cross-country running and mountain running.
• Athletics is an ancient sport in which primitive big-muscle activities
such as running, jumping, and throwing are involved.
• In some events, speed is the primary factor; in others,
cardiorespiratory endurance; and in some field events power is
foremost. Coordination, timing and a competitive attitude are
important in all track and field events.
• Performance in this sport is measured and
judged chiefly by means of stopwatch and
tape measure; thus, the track and field
performer competes individually against
his own bets performance as much as
against other competitors.
• Success or failure depends on the
competitor himself more than on the
performance of teammates.
Lesson 1:
HISTORY AND
DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT

• Unlike most sports, the origin of track (and field) arose from man’s
natural competitive urges; running races is as old as man himself.
• Even during the primitive period man has to walk, run, jump and
throw for him hunt, to look for food, to fight and to survive.
• The ancient Greeks, Persians, and Romans used running as part of
their military training. Originally, natural competitive urges let to
contests of who could run the forest, and jump or throw the
farthest.
• Athletic contests were often held in conjunction with religious
festivals, as with the Olympic Games of ancient Greece.
• For 11 centuries, starting in 776
B.C., these affairs for men only
were enormously popular and
prestigious events.
• The Romans continued the
Olympic tradition until the time
of the Emperor Theodosius I, a
Christian, who banned the
Games in A.D. 394. During the
Middle Ages, except for a short-
lived revival in 12th-century
England, organized track and field
all but disappeared.
HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT
• The true development of track and field as a modern sport started in
England during the 19th century.
• English public school and university students gave the sport impetus
through their interclass meets, or meetings as they are still called in
Britain, and in 1849 the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst held the first
organized track and field meet of modern times.
• Not until the 1860s, however, did the sport flourish. In 1866 the first
English championships were held by the newly formed Amateur Athletic
Club, which opened the competition to all "gentlemen amateurs"
specifically, athletes who received no financial compensation for their
efforts. This code has lasted to the present day and is the basis of the
rules governing the sport.
• The Amateur Athletic Club gave way to the
Amateur Athletic Association in 1880, which has
conducted the annual national championships
since that date.
• Although meets were held on the North
American continent as early as 1839, track and
field first gained popularity in the late 1860s,
after the formation of the New York Athletic Club
in 1868.
• The Amateur Athletic Union of the United States
(AAU), an association of track and field clubs, was
formed in 1887 and has governed the sport in the
United States since then.
HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT

• In 1896 the first modern Olympic Games were staged. Although


initially of limited appeal, the Olympics captured the imagination
of athletes and grew steadily, making track and field an
international sport for the first time.
• In 1913 the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) was
formed by representatives from 16 countries.
• The IAAF was charged with establishing standard rules for the
sport, approving world records, and ensuring that the amateur
code was adhered to; it continues to carry out these duties today.
• Even the IAAF's name has changed,
in 2001 becoming the 'International
Association of Athletics Federations' to reflect
the growth of a professional sporting world
which did not exist in 1912, and then again in
2019 to 'World Athletics'.
HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT

• The participation of women in


track and field is a relatively
recent development. In 1921
representatives from six countries
formed an athletic federation for
women, which merged with the
IAAF in 1936.

• Participation by women has grown rapidly in many countries in


recent years, particularly in the United States, where many schools
have added women's track and field to their athletic programs.
• Current athletics champions reflect the international
popularity of the sport.
• The biggest names in men’s athletics in the 1980’s
included hurdler Edwin Moses and sprinter Carl Lewis
of the United States, and currently Usain Bolt of
Jamaica the record holder for the 100 and 200 meter
dash, distance runners Said Aouita of Morocco and
Sebastian Coe of Great Britain, pole vaulter Sergey
Bubka of the Soviet Union, and Decathlon Athlete
Daley Thompson of Great Britain.
• In women’s event sprinter Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser
Pryce, Merlene Ottey, Veronica Cambell-Brown and
Kerron Stewart of Jamaica were major figures in 2009
to 2012.
HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT

• Likewise, Asia’s Fastest Woman for almost a decade is the pride of


the Philippines, having Lydia de Vega-Mercado, as one of the
fastest athletes after the sensational Mona Sulayman, Elma Muros
Posadas in long jump and hurdles who had laid laurels for the
Philippines.

Lydia de Elma
Vega-Mercado Muros-Posadas
HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT

• Philippine Athletics Track and


Field Association (PATAFA),
formerly the Philippine Amateur
Track and Field Association, is the
national governing body for
athletics sports such as track and
field, road running, cross country
running, and race walking in the
Philippines.
• Philip Ella Juico was elected president of
PATAFA in November 2014 but the Philippine
Olympic Committee withdrew recognition
due to the absence of an observer from the
committee to overlook the election.
• Another election was held in March 25,
2015, now with POC Vice President Joey
Romasanta as observer and Juico was
recognized as president by the Olympic
body. Juico will serve a three-year term.
HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT

• Upon the legitimization of his post as president, Juico


announced a plan to rename the Athletics body and drop the
word "amateur" because the body also accommodates
professional and semi-pro athletes and not only collegiate
players.
• The sporting body was renamed Philippine Athletics Track and
Field Association in March 25 at the POC General Assembly
where the athletics body was also granted recognition by the
Olympic Body.
• The Simplicity of the Track and field competitions, and
lack of a need for expensive equipment, make athletics
one of the most commonly competed sports in the
world today.

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