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Where does the word track and field come from?

Classification: Sports/Sports >> Tracking and archiving; track and filed; athletics

Analysis:

Track and field has different names in different countries. According to the characteristics of walking, running, jumping and throwing, the United States and Britain call it track and field, and China translates it as track and field. However, many countries and organizations follow the concept of "competition" in ancient Greece. For example, the International Amateur Athletics Federation calls it track and field, the Soviet Union calls it light track and field, and Japan calls it land track and field.

Track and field sports are divided into track and field events. Track race refers to the runway, and the race walking and all kinds of competitions held on the runway belong to track race; Field race refers to jumping and throwing in the middle or near the runway in a vast open space, which is collectively called field race.

Track and field events, as the name implies, are the general names of track and field events. They are all named after the site. At the earliest time, there was no standard track and field like this. At that time, some jumping and throwing events were held in an open space, while some running events were held on flat roads, hence the names "field events" and "track events". "Field" refers to the vast open space or Yuan Ye, and field events are the general name of all kinds of jumping and throwing events in a certain area. "Track race" refers to the track or road. Track race is the general name of various forms of race walking races with different distances on the track and field or on the designated road outside the track.