People love playing all kinds of Sports in Afghanistan and it is an essential feature of the Culture of Afghanistan. Athletics, Afghanistan is an integral part of the sports in the country. Bordered by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west and China in the far northeast, Afghanistan is a popular destination for the vacationers. Athletics, Afghanistan is one of the Popular Sports in Afghanistan.
Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sports events that include running, throwing and jumping. The name is derived from the Greek word ‘athlon’ which means ‘contest’.
Some of the Events of Afghanistan are:
Track events
- Sprints
- Middle distance
- Steeplechase
- Long distance
- Hurdling
- Relays
- Road running
Field events
- Throwing events
- Shot put
- Hammer throw
- Javelin throw
- Discus throw
Jumping events
- High jump
- Pole vault
- Long jump
- Triple jump
- Highly uncommon are the
- Standing high jump
- Standing long jump
- Standing triple jump
Combined or Multi events
- Pentathlon
- Heptathlon
- Decathlon
History of Athletics, Afghanistan
- 1936
Afghanistan competed at the Summer Olympic Games held in Berlin for the first time.
- 1948
Afghanistan competed at the Summer Olympics in London.
- 1956
Afghanistan competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
- 1960
Afghanistan competed at the Summer Olympics in Rome.
- 1964
Afghanistan competed at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
- 1968
Afghanistan competed at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
- 1972
Afghanistan competed at the Summer Olympics in Munich.
- 1980
Afghanistan competed in the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
- 1984
Afghanistan boycotted the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
- 1985
Afghanistan National Gymnastic Federation was established.
- 1988
Afghanistan competed at the Summer Olympics in Seoul.
- 1996
Afghanistan competed at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
- 2002
Afghanistan was reinstated and allowed to once again compete in Olympic competition.
- 2004
Afghanistan returned to the Olympic Games at the Summer Olympics in Athens.
- 2006
Afghanistan participated in the Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar.
Apart from Athletics, Afghanistan, some other Popular Sports in Afghanistan are:
- Archery
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Bicycle racing
- Kite Fighting
- Martial Arts
- Running
- Shooting
- Tent-pegging
- Topay-danda
- Wrestling
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