London Summer Games Athletics Tickets

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Athletics is a collection of different sporting events including running, jumping, throwing and walking. All the competitions included in athletics don't need expensive equipments and are very simple, that’s why athletics is being considered as most commonly competed sports in the world. All athletics events are the oldest of all other sports. Athletics has been regular part of Summer Olympics since 1896. The Athletics event during Summer Games in London will take place from 3rd August to 12 August 2012 at Olympic Stadium, London. Athletics game will see 2000 athletes contesting for 47 medals. Olympic Athletic Tickets are available on eSeats.com at nominal rates. Read more below ...

Date	Event Description	Event Code
August 3rd	400m hurdles Round 1 3,000 metre steeplechase Round 1 Hammer Qualifying Shot put Qualifying 100 metres Classification heats 400 metres Round 1 Triple jump Qualifying Heptathlon 100m hurdles, high jump	AT001
August 3rd	1,500 metres Round 1 Long jump Qualifying Shot put Final 100 metres Round 1 10,000 metres Final Discus Qualifying Heptathlon Shot put, 200m	AT002
August 4th	100 metres Classification heats, round 1 400 metres Round 1 3,000 metre steeplechase Round 1 Pole vault Qualifying Heptathlon Long jump, javelin	AT003
August 4th	400m hurdles Semi-finals 10,000 metres Final Long jump Final Shot put Victory ceremony 20 km race walk Victory ceremony 100 metres Semi-finals, final 400 metres Semi-finals 10,000 metres Victory ceremony Discus Final, victory ceremony Heptathlon 800m, victory ceremony	AT004
August 5th	100 metres Semi-finals, final 400 metres Semi-finals 1,500 metres Semi-finals 3,000 metre steeplechase Final 10,000 metres Victory ceremony High jump Qualifying Long jump Victory ceremony Hammer Final 100 metres Victory ceremony 400 metres Final, victory ceremony 400 metre hurdles Round 1 Triple jump Final, victory ceremony Marathon Victory ceremony	AT005
August 6th	800 metres Round 1 Discus Qualifying 100 metre hurdles Round 1 1,500 metres Round 1 Shot put Qualifying	AT006
August 6th	100 metres Victory ceremony 400 metres Final 400 metre hurdles Final, victory ceremony 3,000 metre steeplechase Victory ceremony Hammer Victory ceremony 200 metres Round 1 400 metre hurdles Semi-finals 3,000 metre steeplechase Final Pole vault Final Shot put Final, victory ceremony	AT007
August 7th	110 metre hurdles Round 1 200 metres Round 1 Triple jump Qualifying 5,000 metres Round 1 Javelin Qualifying	AT008

More about the London Summer Games Athletics Competition

Athletics is on of the most popular sports that will feature at the London Summer Games is also the biggest: Athletics features 2,000 athletes running, walking, jumping and throwing for gold. The athletics motto 'faster, higher and stronger' is the perfect advert for athletics at the summer games. The competition requires athletes to run faster, throw further, jump higher and leap longer than their rivals. There are four main strands to the Athletics competition: track events, such as the 100m; field events, which include the High Jump and the Shot Put; combined events such as the Decathlon, a mix of track and field elements; and road events, among them the Marathon. Staged in the brand new Olympic Stadium, the 24 track events (12 for men, 12 for women) will be held over distances ranging from 100m to 10,000m. There will be five road events on the Athletics programme at the London 2012 Olympic Games: the men’s and women’s Marathons (12 and 5 August respectively), the men’s and women’s 20km Race Walks (4 and 11 August respectively), and the men’s 50km Race Walk (11 August). The 16 field events fall into two categories: four throwing events for both men and women, namely the Shot Put, Javelin, Discus and Hammer, and four jumping events, also for both men and women. In the High Jump and the Pole Vault, athletes aim to jump higher than their rivals; in the Long Jump and Triple Jump, they try to jump further. Finally, there are the two combined events: Decathlon for men and Heptathlon for women.