track and field sprints
Post on 22-Feb-2016
68 Views
Preview:
DESCRIPTION
TRANSCRIPT
Track and FieldSprints
Zach Kurzejeski
• the first 100-meter dash was held at the summer Olympics in 1896. Athens Greece
• 14 nations participated• Each runner had their own stances • Dirt tracks.• Lanes separated by ropes.
Games of the 1 Olympiad
• 1948 was when the first starting blocks were used in the Olympics, in London.
• American Harrison Dillard won the 100 meter dash.
Performance enhancers• Ancient Greeks eat lizard meat.• Drug testing first began in 1968.• Notables…
Ben Johnson (1980’s)
Marion Jones (90’s-2000’s)
Famous sprinters
Carl Lewis
-10 Olympic gold medals
-Best events were the 100 meter and long jump
-Won 4 gold medals in 1984 in L.A.
Michael Johnson-Best events were 200m and 400m-1996 broke 400m and 200m records
-400m= 43.49-200m= 19.32
-12 olympic gold medals (career)
-3 Olympic gold medals - 20 other gold medals-100m= 9.58 WR (Berlin 2009)-200m= 19.19 WR (Berlin 2009)
top related