Athletics and Track Records

Sports · 10 questions

Faster, higher, farther: the numbers behind human performance.

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1. What is the standard length of a marathon?

   1. 40 km
   2. 42.195 km
   3. 45 km
   4. 50 km
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   B) 42.195 km

2. Which event combines 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m, hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500m?

   1. Heptathlon
   2. Pentathlon
   3. Decathlon
   4. Triathlon
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   C) Decathlon

3. Which Kenyan runner ran a marathon in under two hours in 2019 (unofficially)?

   1. Eliud Kipchoge
   2. Kenenisa Bekele
   3. Haile Gebrselassie
   4. Mo Farah
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   A) Eliud Kipchoge

4. Which athlete is known for the Fosbury Flop technique in high jump?

   1. Javier Sotomayor
   2. Sergey Bubka
   3. Carl Lewis
   4. Dick Fosbury
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   D) Dick Fosbury

5. In which sport is the Diamond League a major circuit?

   1. Swimming
   2. Cycling
   3. Athletics
   4. Rowing
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   C) Athletics

6. How many hurdles are in the women's 100m hurdles race?

   1. 10
   2. 8
   3. 12
   4. 15
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   A) 10

7. Which British runner won 4 Olympic golds and is known as Sir Mo?

   1. Seb Coe
   2. Mo Farah
   3. Steve Ovett
   4. Kelly Holmes
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   B) Mo Farah

8. Which distance is known as the 'metric mile'?

   1. 800 metres
   2. 3000 metres
   3. 5000 metres
   4. 1500 metres
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   D) 1500 metres

9. The first modern marathon was held at the 1896 Athens Olympics.

   1. True
   2. False
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   A) True

10. Usain Bolt is from Kenya.

    1. True
    2. False
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    B) False