Regarded as the cornerstone of any Games, athletics has featured at every event since the Commonwealth Games began back in 1930.
Nothing matches Track and Field for the scale and variety of events on display at the Commonwealth Games.
Sprinters, endurance runners, relay teams, hurdlers, vaulters, jumpers, and throwers will pit their skills against each other in the quest for a personal best or a medal.
On the track there is the rush of the 100m sprint. Other distances include the 200m, 400m, 800m, the Mile, 3000m steeplechase, 5000m and the 10,000m and relay races.
Women will take on the 100m and 400m hurdles while the men will race over 110m and 400m.
On the field, competitors in the Javelin, Hammer, Discus, and Shot Put will compete for supremacy, while others will leap for top spot in the Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump and Pole Vault.
In the Decathlon, men will test themselves at 100m, Long Jump, Shot Put, High Jump and 40 on day 1. On day 2 they will tackle the 110m Hurdle, Discus, Pole Vault, Javelin and 1500m.
In the Heptathlon, women will challenge themselves at 100m Hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put, 200m on day one. On day two they will round it out with the Long Jump, Javelin and 800m.
Athletics Fast Facts
- Athletics has featured at every event since the Commonwealth Games began back in 1930.
- 46 nations have won track and field medals at the Commonwealth Games.
- Events range in time from 10 seconds to two days.
- In the men’s 3000m steeplechase, Kenyan athletes have won gold in 12 of the past 13 races. Kenyans won all three medals in the race six times from 1998 to 2018.
