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3trackmind t1_jb4mlqz wrote

You should change the title to say Track & Field. So many more athletic events…

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JPAnalyst t1_jb4tzqv wrote

The term “athletics” with an “s” at the end is synonymous with track and field events. By definition, that term excludes rowing, judo, baseball, basketball, archery, and any other non track and field event. OP used the term properly and accurately.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_Summer_Olympics

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3trackmind t1_jb4x1v3 wrote

Thank you very much. I had no idea on the distinction when the “s” is added.

I’m one of those apes from the U.S. At least Wikipedia gives me a bit of cover:

> In much of North America, athletics is synonymous with sports in general, maintaining the historical usage of the term. The word "athletics" is rarely used to refer to the sport of athletics in this region. Track and field is preferred, and is used in the United States and Canada to refer to athletics events, including race-walking and marathon running (although cross country running is typically considered a separate sport).

Sport of athletics

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Flashy-Mcfoxtrot t1_jb4rhmk wrote

It is all of the current athletics disciplines from the olympic program. Which ones are missing? The only one i can think of is 50km walk, but i expect that to be because it has been scrapped after Tokyo.

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