Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of Athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track events, field events, combined events, and road events.

Both men and women have very similar schedules of events. Men will compete in 24 events and women will compete in 23, as their schedule lacks the 50 km race walk. In addition, both the men's 110 m hurdles and decathlon are replaced in the women's schedule by the 100 m hurdles and heptathlon, respectively.

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[edit] Events

[edit] Track Events

The track portion of Athletics will include, as it has in the past, sprints (100 m, 200 m, 400 m), middle-distance (800 m and 1500 m) and long-distance (5000 m and 10,000 m) events. Obstacle events will include hurdling (100 m and 400 m for women, 110 m and 400 m for men), relays (4×100 m and 4×400 m) and the 3000 m steeplechase.

[edit] Field Events

The field portion will include the long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, shot put, javelin throw, and hammer throw for both men and women.

[edit] Combined Events

Combined events will include the decathlon for men and the heptathlon for women. Each competition takes place over two days. The heptathlon combines 100 m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 m, long jump, javelin and 800 m. The decathlon combines 100 m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 m, 110 m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1500 m.

[edit] Road Events

The road portion of Athletics will include a marathon and a 20 km race walk for both men and women. In addition, the men compete in a 50 km race walk.

[edit] Qualifying Criteria

An NOC may enter up to 3 athletes per event if they all have met the A qualifying standard, or 1 athlete per event if he/she has met the B qualifying standard only. An NOC may also enter up to 1 relay team per event. The qualifying standards must be reached during the respective qualifying period at the competitions approved by IAAF.

For individual events, except marathon, the qualifying standards must be obtained in the period of January 1, 2007 to July 23, 2008. For Marathon, the qualifying period starts on September 1, 2006 and ends on July 23, 2008. NOCs without qualified athletes may enter 1 athlete in 1 athletic event with the exception of the 10000 m, 3000 m Steeplechase and combined events. For relay events, a maximum of 16 teams per event will qualify based on the aggregate of the two fastest times achieved at IAAF events in the period of January 1, 2007 to July 16, 2008.

Events Men's A Men's B Women's A Women's B
100 m 00:10.21 00:10.28 00:11.32 00:11.42
200 m 00:20.59 00:20.75 00:23.00 00:23.20
400 m 00:45.55 00:45.95 00:51.55 00:52.35
800 m 01:46.00 01:47.60 02:00.00 02:01.30
1500 m 03:36.60 03:39.00 04:07.00 04:08.00
5000 m 13:21.50 13:28.00 15:09.00 15:24.00
10000 m 27:50.00 28:10.00 31:45.00 32:20.00
100 m hurdles - - 00:12.96 00:13.11
110 m hurdles 00:13.55 00:13.72 - -
400 m hurdles 00:49.20 00:49.50 00:55.60 00:56.50
3,000 m Steeplechase 08:24.60 08:32.00 09:46.00 09:55.00
High Jump 2.30 m 2.27 m 1.95 m 1.91 m
Pole Vault 5.70 m 5.55 m 4.45 m 4.30 m
Long Jump 8.20 m 8.05 m 6.72 m 6.60 m
Triple Jump 17.10 m 16.80 m 14.20 m 14.00 m
Shot Put 20.30 m 19.80 m 18.35 m 17.20 m
Discus Throw 64.50 m 62.50 m 61.00 m 59.00 m
Hammer Throw 78.50 m 74.00 m 69.50 m 67.00 m
Javelin Throw 81.80 m 77.80 m 60.50 m 56.00 m
Heptathlon - - 6,000 pts 5,800 pts
Decathlon 8,000 pts 7,700 pts - -
20 km Race Walk 01:23:00 01:24:30 01:33.30 01:38.00
50 km Race Walk 04:00:00 04:07:00 - -
Marathon 02:15:00 02:18:00 02:37.00 02:42.00

[edit] Competition Schedule

[edit] Friday, August 15, 2008

Session Local Time Event Round
Morning 9:00 Heptathlon 100 m Hurdles
9:05 Shot Put Men Qualification
9:45 100 m Men Heats
10:30 Heptathlon High Jump
10:40 Hammer Throw Men Qualification
11:10 800 m Women Heats
12:10 Hammer Throw Men Qualification
Afternoon 19:00 Heptathlon Shot Put
19:10 1500 m Men Heats
19:45 100 m Men Quarterfinals
19:55 Discus Throw Women Qualification
20:25 3000 m Steeplechase Women Heats
21:00 Shot Put Men Final
21:15 Heptathlon 200 m Women
21:20 Discus Throw Women Qualification
21:40 Triple Jump Women Qualification
21:55 400 m Hurdles Men Heats
22:45 10,000 m Women Final

[edit] Saturday, August 16, 2008

Session Local Time Event Round
Morning 9:00 20 km Race Walk Men
9:10 Shot Put Women Qualification
9:20 3000 m Steeplechase Men Heats
9:50 Heptathlon Long Jump
10:10 Pole Vault Women Qualification
10:40 Discus Throw Men Qualification
10:50 100 m Women Heats
12:05 Discus Throw Men Qualification
12:10 400 m Women Heats
Afternoon 19:00 Heptathlon Javelin Throw
19:30 800 m Women Semifinals
20:00 Long Jump Men Qualification
20:05 100 m Men Semifinals
20:10 Heptathlon Javelin Throw
20:35 100 m Women Quarterfinals
21:10 Shot Put Women Final
21:15 400 m Hurdles Men Semifinals
21:45 Heptathlon 800 m
22:30 100 m Men Final

[edit] Sunday, August 17, 2008

Session Local Time Event Round
Morning 7:30 Marathon Women
Afternoon 19:00 100 m Hurdles Women Heats
19:10 Hammer Throw Men Final
19:45 100 m Women Semifinals
20:10 400 m Hurdles Women Heats
20:20 High Jump Men Qualification
21:00 400 m Women Semifinals
21:30 3000 m Steeplechase Women Final
21:35 Triple Jump Women Final
21:55 1500 m Men Semifinals
22:25 100 m Women Final
22:45 10,000 m Men Final

[edit] Monday, August 18, 2008

Session Local Time Event Round
Morning 9:00 400 m Men Heats
9:10 Hammer Throw Women Qualification
10:00 Triple Jump Men Qualification
10:05 200 m Men Heats
10:40 Hammer Throw Women Qualification
11:10 110 m Hurdles Men Heats
Afternoon 19:00 Discus Throw Women Final
19:20 Pole Vault Women Final
19:40 100 m Hurdles Women Semifinals
20:05 200 m Men Quarterfinals
20:10 Long Jump Men Final
20:45 400 m Hurdles Women Semifinals
21:10 3000 m Steeplechase Men Final
21:35 800 m Women Final
22:00 400 m Hurdles Men Final

[edit] Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Session Local Time Event Round
Morning 9:00 Javelin Throw Women Qualification
9:40 Long Jump Women Qualification
10:00 1500 m Women Heats
10:30 Javelin Throw Women Qualification
10:40 200 m Women Heats
Afternoon 19:00 200 m Women Quarterfinals
19:10 High Jump Men Final
19:35 5000 m Women Heats
20:45 110 m Hurdles Men Quartefinals
21:00 Discus Throw Men Final
21:25 200 m Men Semifinals
21:45 400 m Men Semifinals
22:10 400 m Women Final
22:30 100 m Hurdles Women Final
22:50 1500 m Men Final

[edit] Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Session Local Time Event Round
Afternoon 19:00 800 m Men Heats
19:20 Hammer Throw Women Final
20:15 5000 m Men Heats
20:40 Pole Vault Men Qualification
21:30 110 m Hurdles Men Semifinals
21:55 200 m Women Semifinals
22:20 200 m Men Final
22:35 400 m Hurdles Women Final

[edit] Thursday, August 21, 2008

Session Local Time Event Round
Morning 9:10 20 km Race Walk Women
9:10 Javelin Throw Men Qualification
9:20 Decathlon 100 m
9:50 High Jump Women Qualification
10:30 Decathlon Long Jump
10:40 Javelin Throw Men Qualification
12:20 Decathlon Shot Put
Afternoon 19:00 1500 m Women Semifinals
19:10 Decathlon High Jump
19:20 Javelin Throw Women Final
19:30 200 m Women Final
19:50 800 m Men Semifinals
20:20 Triple Jump Men Final
20:20 4×100 m Relay Men Heats
20:55 4×100 m Relay Women Heats
21:20 400 m Men Final
21:45 110 m Hurdles Men Final
22:00 Decathlon 400 m

[edit] Friday, August 22, 2008

Session Local Time Event Round
Morning 7:30 50 km Race Walk Men
9:00 Decathlon 110 m Hurdles
10:05 Decathlon Discus Throw
12:55 Decathlon Pole Vault
Afternoon 19:00 Decathlon Javelin Throw
19:20 Long Jump Women Final
19:40 4×400 m Relay Women Heats
19:55 Pole Vault Men Final
20:10 4×400 m Relay Men Heats
20:15 Decathlon Javelin Throw
20:40 5000 m Women Final
21:15 4×100 m Relay Women Final
21:40 Decathlon 1500 m
22:10 4×100 m Relay Men Final

[edit] Saturday, August 23, 2008

Session Local Time Event Round
Afternoon 19:10 Javelin Throw Men Final
19:20 High Jump Women Final
19:30 800 m Men Final
19:50 1500 m Women Final
20:10 5000 m Men Final
20:40 4×400 m Relay Women Final
21:05 4×400 m Relay Men Final

[edit] Sunday, August 24, 2008

Session Local Time Event
Morning 7:30 Marathon Men

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