Sport of athletics by type

athletic discipline

running over a short distance at the top-most speed of the body in a limited period of time

thumb|Leon Okafor of Austria runs a hurdle at a 2018 event in Linz.|alt=A man with a goatee and tightly cropped hair wearing a blue tank top and white shorts faces the camera with mouth open at medium range. He has his right leg, sole of the shoe visible, extended over a narrow strip of wood painted in regular black and white stripes supported by circular metal bars at the bottom of the frame while his left leg, behind the wood, can be seen to the knee. On his chest is a piece of paper with "OKAFOR" printed on it.

sport in which competitors race by running a long-distance course on natural terrain

athletic event

sports involving various running, jumping and throwing disciplines

track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres

obstacle race in athletics

thumb|Logo of World Para Athletics thumb|280px| Kenny van Weeghel in his racing chair at the [[2006 IPC Athletics World Championships]] thumb|Annette Roozen competing in the [[long jump with her prosthetic leg.]] thumb|Athletes with an intellectual disability after racing at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

racing of wheelchairs in track and road races

distance running sport on roads

combination of different athletics disciplines within a competition