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Athletics At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's Decathlon
The men's decathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 2 and 3 August 2024. Background The men's decathlon has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1912. This was the 26th appearance of the event in the Olympic Games. Qualification For the men's decathlon event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. Sean McAlister,How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", '' Olympics.com'', 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024. Schedule All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2 UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00. As standard time (year-round) Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...) The men's decathlon took place over two consecutive days, with 5 events each day.
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Stade De France
Stade de France (, ) is the national stadium of France, located just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis. Its seating capacity of 80,698 makes it the List of football stadiums in France, largest stadium in France. The architecture of the Stade de France is inspired by the Worldport (Pan Am), Worldport of the American airline Pan Am, Pan American at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The stadium is used by the France national football team, French national football and France national rugby union team, rugby union teams for international competitions. It is the largest in Europe for sport of athletics, athletics events, seating 77,083 in that configuration. During other events, the stadium's running track is mostly hidden under the grandstands. Initially built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the Bids for the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics failed bid the stadium's name was recommended by Michel Platini, head of ...
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World Athletics
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international sports governing body, governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, racewalking, race walking, mountain running, and ultramarathon, ultra running. Included in its charge is the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management of list of world records in athletics, world records, and the organisation and sanctioning of athletics competitions, including the World Athletics Championships. The organisation's president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom, who was elected to the four-year position in 2015 and re-elected in 2019 for a second four-year term, and then again in 2023 for a third four-year term. History The process to found World Athletics began in S ...
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North America, Central America And Caribbean Athletic Association
The North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean. NACAC is one of six area associations of World Athletics (WA), previously named the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). NACAC was founded on December 10, 1988, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Presidents Amadeo Francis of Puerto Rico was elected as the first president of the association. He was re-elected in 1999 and 2003. In 2007 Neville "Teddy" McCook (Jamaica) was elected as new president and was re-elected in 2011. After McCook died on February 11, 2013, Alain Jean-Pierre from Haiti, treasurer of NACAC and president of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC), acted as interim president. On August 7, 2013, Víctor López from Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officiall ...
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List Of European Records In Athletics
European records in the sport of athletics (sport), athletics are ratified by the European Athletic Association. Records are kept for all events contested at the Athletics at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Games and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians. Records are kept for events in track and field, road running, and racewalking. Key to tables Key: # = not recognised by European Athletics or/and World Athletics a = aided road course according to World Athletics rule 31.21.3 (separation between start and finish points more than 50% of race distance or the decrease in elevation greater than one in a thousand) est = estimate WB = world best Outdoor Men Women Mixed Indoor Men Women Mixed European best (outdoor) for non-standard events Men Women European best (indoor) for non-standard events Men Women See also * Notes References ;GeneralEuropean Records''18 May 2025 updated'' ;Sp ...
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European Athletic Association
The European Athletic Association (EAA, more commonly known as European Athletics) is the governing body for athletics in Europe. It is one of the six Area Associations of the world's athletics governing body World Athletics. European Athletics has 51 members and is headquartered in Lausanne. Originally created in 1932 as a European Committee, it was made into an independent body during the Bucharest conference of 1969. The first European Athletics congress took place in Paris on 6–8 October 1970, with Dutchman Adriaan Paulen elected as its first president. From a volunteer-led organization based in the acting Secretary's home country, European Athletics has developed into a professional organization with a permanent base in Switzerland. European Athletics runs and regulates several championships and meetings across Europe – both indoor and outdoor. History After the foundation of the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) in 1912, it was clear there nee ...
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EJ Obiena
Ernest John Uy Obiena (born November 17, 1995) is a Filipino pole vaulter. He is ranked world No. 4 in men's pole vault by the World Athletics Rankings as of February 11, 2025. Obiena currently holds the Asian record with his clearance of 6.00 meters at the 2023 World Athletics Championships where he won the silver medal. He also holds the Philippine national record with a clearance of 5.93 meters at the Golden Rooftop Challenge in Innsbruck, Austria on September 11, 2021. Obiena is the current champion and record holder (5.90 m) of the Asian Games. He is also the two-time defending champion and current record holder (5.91 m) in the Asian Athletics Championships and three-time defending champion and current record holder (5.65 m) in the SEA Games. He also won the gold medal in the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy and has competed in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. Obiena is the first Filipino to receive a scholarship from the International Athletic Assoc ...
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List Of Asian Records In Athletics
Asian records in athletics are the best marks set in an event by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Asian Athletics Association. The organisation is responsible for ratification and it analyses each record before approving it. Records may be set in any continent and at any competition, providing that the correct measures are in place (such as wind-gauges) to allow for a verifiable and legal mark. Outdoor Key to tables: a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28 # = not recognised by association ! = timing by photo-electric cell Men Women Mixed Indoor Men Women Notes References ;GeneralAsian Records & Best Performances''31 December 2024 updated'' ;Specific External linksAAA websiteAAA Records subpage
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Asian Athletics Association
The Asian Athletics Association is the continental governing body for the sport of athletics (sport), athletics in Asia. It is headquartered in Thailand. It organises the Asian Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions. The current president Qatari Dahlan Jumaan al-Hamad, who was elected to the position in 2013. Suresh Kalmadi of India was the president from 2000 to 2013.IAAF Newsletter Edition 108
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Competitions

*Asian Athletics Championships *Asian U20 Athletics Championships *Asian U18 Athletics Championships *Asian Indoor Athletics Championships *Asian Cross Country Championships *Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series *Asian Marathon Championships *Asian Race Walking Championships *Asian All ...
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Okkert Brits
Okkert Brits (born 22 August 1973, in Uitenhage) is a former South African track and field athlete who specialised in the pole vault. He was the silver medallist at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003. He was a four-time champion at the African Championships in Athletics and twice champion at the All-Africa Games. He was a gold medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and took bronze at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships. His personal best of 6.03 m, set in 1995, is the African record. This made him the first African in the 6 metres club of vaulters. He competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games finishing seventh in 2000. He ranked number one in the world for the 1995 season. He has been married to Jane Gillespie since 2003; they are the parents of Sarah Jane Brits (born in 2005) and David Okkert Brits (born in 2006). In 2009, Brits took part in the 3rd season of Survivor: South Africa, placing eighth. In January 2003, Brits tested positive for a ban ...
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List Of African Records In Athletics
African records in sport of athletics, athletics are the best marks set in track and field and road running events by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). The organisation is responsible for ratification and analyses each record before approving it. Records may be set in any continent and at any competition, providing the correct measures (such as wind-gauges) to allow for a verifiable and legal mark. Outdoor Key to tables: Men Women Mixed Indoor Men Women See also Notes References ;General *CAAAfrican Outdoor Records''31 December 2023 updated'' *CAAAfrican Indoor Records''8 March 2022 updated'' ;Specific External linksCAA web siteCAA African Records subpage
*World Athletics

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Confederation Of African Athletics
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA; French: ''Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme'') is the continental association for the sport of athletics in Africa. It is headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. It organises the African Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions. The body's current president is Hamad Kalkaba Malboum of Cameroon. The organization was founded on 17 January 1973. Before 1992, the organization was known as the Confederation of African Amateur Athletics and sometimes as the African Amateur Athletics Federation. Member federations References See also * List of African records in athletics African records in sport of athletics, athletics are the best marks set in track and field and road running events by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). The organisation is responsible for r ... External links CAA official website Athletics organizations Ath * {{Athletics-o ...
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Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the Americas, sixth-most-populous city in the Americas. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese people, Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a List of states of the Portuguese Empire, state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil, Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent John VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algar ...
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