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Sprint

Sprint is an athletics running event over short distances such as 100 m, 200 m or 400 m. The fastest valid finish time is scored.

LevelVariant FamilyAthletics CategoryAthletics

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Classification

Category Athletics

Family Athletics

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Athletics events are measured by time, distance, height or combined-event points; rules and venue depend on the concrete event.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like measurable progress, clear rules, technique training and individual competition.

Cost 30-180 EUR for shoes, clothing and optional club/venue access; technical events need equipment and coaching. 0-60 EUR per month depending on track, club, events or training. 5-40 EUR per month in an athletics club, varying by region. Running events are cheaper; throws, jumps and combined events need venue, safety and coaching.

First progress Running basics after a few weeks; technical events need repeated coaching.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

sports shoes
suitable track or facility
coach for technical events
event-specific implement
warm-up and load management

First steps

learn basic technique
plan short controlled sessions
start with club or coach
read event rules

Athletics club, running group, school sport, university sport or public track with classes.

Use throwing and jumping areas only with clear supervision; build load gradually.

Weitere Angaben

Tags individual, einzeln, sprint, athletics, leichtathletik, sprint-athletics

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Run the announced sprint distance fastest and legally.

Teilnehmer

Individual start; team scoring may apply by event.

Teamgröße

Individual or relay/team sizes depending on competition.

Spielfeld

Track with lanes, starting blocks and finish.

Dauer

Events range from sprint seconds to marathons and multi-day combined events.

Wertung

Fastest valid finish time; false-start rules apply.

Gewinnbedingung

Fastest valid time.

Ausrüstung

Spikes/running shoes, starting blocks, track and timing.

Wichtige Regelpunkte

False start
lane violation
foul line breach
invalid attempt

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

World Athletics (WA)

Britannica Britannica · encyclopedia · high
Britannica Britannica · encyclopedia · high
Wikipedia DE Wikipedia DE · reference · medium
World Athletics Book of Rules World Athletics · rulebook · high
WA World Athletics · official · high