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was a 600ft foot race that took place in a stadium
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Amateur Athletic Association of England who in 1880 organized the annual AAA Championship. Even before England, the New York Athletic Club from the United States organized the first USA Outdoor Track and Field Championship back in 1876.
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Took place in Athens Greece, introduction of the Marathon which was not an original Olympic race
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International Amateur Athletic Federation or IAAF was founded and as such it became the international governing body for track and field.
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took place in Amsterdam
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first event for people with disabilities took place in Rome and was meant primarily for people in wheelchairs
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IAAF removed all reference to amateurism and renamed itself, the nternational Association of Athletics Federation, stars like Carl Lewis, Sergey Bubka, Sebastian Coe, Zola Budd and Florence Griffith-Joyner emerge during this time
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10 total medals, 8 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze in his 12 year Olympic career from 1984-1996 9 in sprints and one in Long jump
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Anabolic Steroid use was pervasive in the 1960' s, blood doping pervasive from 1960's to 1990"s (increasing O2 in blood through transfusion) 1976 gold medalist in 5K and 10K Lasse Viren notable US athletes suspended in the 21st century for doping: Marion Jones, Justin Gatlin,
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1million USD in prize money, took place in Athens
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first olympic medal in 2004 at age 18 in 200m (silver), to most recently 2016 in Rio with 2 gold and one silver
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2008-2016 only athlete male or female to win Olympic gold 3 consecutive times in the 100m dash holding both the Olympic record 9.63 and world record 9.58 at that distance, as well as the world record in the 200m dash 19.19
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replaces IAAF Golden league, is a series of fourteen tack meetings held in Europe, Asia, North America and the Middle East—the first ever worldwide annual series of track and field meetings
