History of athletics

       tletik was the original event of the first Olympics in 776 BC where the only event is a race or Stade There are several "Games" held during the classic era of Europe:
Panhellenic Games:
The Pythian Games (founded 527 BC) held in Delphi every four years.
The Nemean Games (founded 516 BC) held in Argolid every two years.
The Isthmian Games (founded 523 BC) held at the Isthmus of Corinth every two years.
The Roman Games - Arising from a purely Greek roots, the Roman Games deemphasized running and throwing. Instead of chariot racing and wrestling, as in Greek, Etruscan sports wear galiatoral battle, who were both wearing nuga stage.
  
      Other communities like athletic contests, such as the Celts, Teutons and Goths who also favored the Romans. However, these were often associated with combat training. In medieval times the son of a nobleman will be trained in running, fighting and wrestling, and additional riding, archery and weapons training. Contests between rivals and friends are very common on both official and unofficial.

      In the 19th century the formal organization of the modern events started. This includes regular sports and exercise into school regimes. Royal Military College at Sandhurst has claimed to use it first in 1812 and 1825 but without any supporting evidence. The oldest meeting was held in Shrewsbury, Shropshire in 1840 by the Royal Shrewsbury School Hunt. There are details of the meeting in a series of letters written 60 years later by CT Robinson who was a pupil there from 1838 until 1841. Royal Military Academy at Woolwich held an organized competition in 1849, but the first regular series of meetings was held at Exeter College, Oxford from 1850.

      Modern athletic events are usually organized around a 400m running track in almost all events take place. Field events (jumping and throwing) often take place inside the track. Athletics was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and form the foundations Women were first allowed to participate in track and field events in the Olympics in 1928. An international governing body, the IAAF was founded in 1912. The IAAF established separate outdoor World Championships in 1983. There are some regional games like the European Championships, the Pan-American Games and Commonwealth Games. In addition there is a professional Golden League circuit, cumulating in the IAAF World Athletics Final, and indoor championships such as the World Indoor Championships. The sport has a high profile during major championships, especially the Olympics, but others are less popular.

    AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) is the governing body in the United States until it collapsed under pressure from advancing professionalism in the late 1970s. A new entity called The Athletic Congress (TAC) was formed, and eventually was named USA Track and Field (USATF or USA T & F). An additional, structural organization with a smaller, Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) also exists in the USA to promote road racing. In modern times, athletes can now receive money from the race, ending called "amateurism" that existed before