Tag:sport=athletics
 sport = athletics
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A collection of sports which combines various athletic contests based on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing. 
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Track and field, otherwise known as athletics, is a collection of sports which combine various athletic contests based on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing. The name is derived from the sport's typical venue: a stadium with an oval running track enclosing a grass field where the throwing and jumping events take place.
Track and field is often categorised under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running, and race walking.
Useful combination
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Specific disciplines
As different disciplines in athletics can be performed on the same pitch/track the disciplines can be sub-tagged on the venue, pitch or track as follows:
Track events
| Event | Tagging | Common Tag Combinations | Specific Use Cases |
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| Running | athletics=running | leisure=track, surface=*, surface=tartan
lanes=* colour=* |
A running track useable for different distances.
Can accommodate relay and hurdle events Usually a 400m oval |
| Sprints | athletics=sprint | leisure=track, surface=*, surface=tartan
lanes=* colour=* |
When a special sprint track exists.
Simply a straightaway with no corners |
| Steeplechase | athletics=steeplechase | leisure=track, surface=*, surface=tartan
colour=* natural=water for the pit (as well as the above tags) barrier=yes for the fixed barrier |
The steeplechase lane on a track.
Can be located on either the inside or the outside. Usually has a run up and run out portion of track. |
| Race walking | athletics=race_walking | leisure=track, surface=*, surface=tartan
lanes=* colour=* |
A special race walking course? |
Field events
| Event | Tagging | Common Tag Combinations |
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| Long jump | athletics=long_jump | leisure=track for the runway
oneway=yes if the runway only has one pit athletics=long_jump;triple_jump if runway is long enough for the triple jump |
| Triple jump | athletics=triple_jump | leisure=track for the runway
oneway=yes if the runway only has one pit athletics=triple_jump;long_jump if the runway is shared with long jump |
| High jump | athletics=high_jump | leisure=pitch |
| Pole vault | athletics=pole_vault | leisure=track for the runway |
| Shot put | athletics=shot_put | leisure=pitch |
| Discus throw | athletics=discus_throw | leisure=pitch
athletics=discus_throw;hammer_throw if the cage is shared with the hammer throw |
| Javelin throw | athletics=javelin_throw | leisure=track for the runway |
| Hammer throw | athletics=hammer_throw | leisure=pitch
athletics=hammer_throw;discus_throw if the cage is shared with the discus throw |
See also
Photo examples
Daichi Sawano in action during the Men's pole vault final in the 92nd Japan Athletics Championships at Todoroki Stadium on June 28, 2008 in Kanagawa, Japan.
Silke Spiegelburg beim Stabhochsprung
Alan Webb at the 2006 Pre Classic
Womens Indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.
Mens Indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.
Mens Indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.
Track and field CIF San Diego Championship 2007 boys 400m-A finals
Swiss track and field athlete Amaru Schenkel - Stade de Pontaise - 5 May 2012 - 100 meters
Beijing Olympic Stadium
