Track and Field Trivia
Lace up your sneakers and show your track smarts—from Bolt’s lightning to gravity-defying jumps, this trivia is for true field fans.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
As a child in rural Ethiopia, Haile Gebrselassie ran roughly 10 km to school each day—famously without what?
Shoes
Who became the second pole vaulter, after Sergey Bubka, to win three straight outdoor World Championships (2022, 2023, 2025)?
Armand Duplantis
In 100m sprints, a +2.0 m/s reading is the max legal aid—what type of wind is that?
Tailwind
Which running event closes out the women’s heptathlon on Day 2, after the long jump and javelin?
800 meters
Which high jump technique, debuted at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, sends athletes backward over the bar with an arched back?
Fosbury Flop