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)