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date: 21 March 2025

Track and Field in the United Stateslocked

One of the oldest sports in the world, track and field, or athletics as it is called in many countries, consists of more than two dozen events that usually include running, jumping, walking, and throwing.

Track and Field in the United Stateslocked

One of the oldest sports in the world, track and field, or athletics as it is called in many countries, consists of more than two dozen events that usually include running, jumping, walking, and throwing.
  • Alonford James Robinson

A version of this article originally appeared in Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience.

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