Decathlon
- 1. DECATHLON Antonio Romero de Ávila Ruiz-Poveda 2ºB Physical Education
- 2. What is decathlon? It is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events.
- 3. There are ten modalities in decathlon: - Long jump 100 m Discus throw Pole vault Shot put - High jump 400 m 110 m hurdles Javelin throw 1500 m
- 4. Men’s decathlon The majority of men’s and women’s decathlons are divided into a two-day competition. Day 1 - 100 m - Long jump - Shot put - High jump - 400 m Day 2 - 110 m hurdles - Discus throw - Pole vault - Javelin throw - 1500 m
- 5. Women’s decathlon Day 1 - 100 m - Discus throw - Pole vault - Javelin throw - 400 m Day 2 - 100 m hurdles - Long jump - Shot put - High jump - 1500 m
- 8. Some Records 100 m: WR 9’58 s (Usain Bolt JAM) Shot put: WR 23’12 m (Randy Barnes USA) Long jump: WR 8’95 m (Mike Powell USA) High jump: WR 2’45 m (Javier Sotomayor CUB) 400 m: WR 43’18 s (Michael Johnson USA) Discus throw: WR 74’08 m (Jürgen Schult GER) Pole vault: WR 6’14 m (Sergey Bubka UKR)
- 9. Some videos - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSRk2DgLQXk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVdOB4nA7el - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib7o57ZKNkI
- 10. Sources of information - Wikipedia - Excelencia deportiva pitlane