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A fact from Track and field appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 June 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that 1912 Olympic champion Jim Thorpe was stripped of his track and field medals after it was discovered he had played baseball professionally?

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Here is the basic draft I've been working on for track and field. Certainly, there are plenty of improvements to be made and many red links to create articles for. Anyone looking to add information about road running and cross country events should add that information to either the specific articles or to the parent Athletics (sport) article. Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits)^{Join WikiProject Athletics!} 11:33, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For ease of discussion, let us use Talk:Athletics (sport) to discuss whether we should have both a track and field and an athletics article, or whether would should have just one combined article. This talk page should be used to discuss improvements to the track and field article. Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits)^{Join WikiProject Athletics!} 11:40, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed; I've moved the earlier discussion from here to there accordingly. jnestorius^(talk) 13:18, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Details

Many of the descriptions of the events, particularly under Stadia are extremely detailed. They might follow the ideal stadium layout of the IAAF's diagram, but in reality, most facilities have some exceptions. For example, here in the United States, with the advent of Artificial turf, many throwing events have been relegated to adjacent fields, many jumping events sent to the end zones. Even without those limitations, architects frequently take liberties so the IAAF diagram is just a dream. Thusly, the article has been so overly generous with the details that it is misleading. I'll probably be editing out those details. The first detail that is particularly bothersome is the statement that a cage "removes" the danger. Sorry, you can see from my bio I am a track official. We've had spectators, competitors and fellow officials hurt or killed by flying implements. It is always dangerous to have flying heavy and sharp projectiles. I am sensitive to this. Its irresponsible of us to mislead the public to think they are safe behind a cage. You must always pay attention. Trackinfo (talk) 05:41, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

high school 300 meter hurdles

If I am not mistaken, high schools are running 300 meter hurdles in lieu of the 400 meter hurdles.Plantedpotroast (talk) 20:51, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct, that is an American High School modification. Lots of other divisions also make modifications. This article is written from the perspective of International competition, the top level of the sport. We could spend a lot of space trying to explain all those various modifications, or make separate articles to describe those divisions, but that level of detail doesn't seem practical for the main article. Trackinfo (talk) 04:38, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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	If I am not mistaken, high schools are running 300 meter hurdles in lieu of the 400 meter hurdles.[[User:Plantedpotroast\|Plantedpotroast]] ([[User talk:Plantedpotroast\|talk]]) 20:51, 30 October 2010 (UTC)		If I am not mistaken, high schools are running 300 meter hurdles in lieu of the 400 meter hurdles.[[User:Plantedpotroast\|Plantedpotroast]] ([[User talk:Plantedpotroast\|talk]]) 20:51, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
			:You are correct, that is an American High School modification. Lots of other divisions also make modifications. This article is written from the perspective of International competition, the top level of the sport. We could spend a lot of space trying to explain all those various modifications, or make separate articles to describe those divisions, but that level of detail doesn't seem practical for the main article. [[User:Trackinfo\|Trackinfo]] ([[User talk:Trackinfo\|talk]]) 04:38, 31 October 2010 (UTC)