Glossary of Track and Field Terms

A

Lactate threshold
All-weather running track
Anchor leg
Athletics abbreviations

B
Baton
Blind Exchange

C
Cadence (gait)
Cage
Crescendo Clap

D
Dead heat
Diamond League
Discus
Distance

E
Eastern cut-off
Exchange Zone

F
False start
Footspeed
Fosbury Flop
Fully automatic time

G
Glide

H
Hammer Throw
High Jump
Horizontal Jump
Hurdle Crew
Hurdling

I
IAAF
Impact area
Interval training

J
Javelin
Jones Counter
Junior

L
Long-Distance
Long Jump

M
Mass start
Masters
Metric mile
Mid-Distance
Mid-Sprint

O
Open class

P
Pace (speed)
Paceband
Pacemaker (running)
Panhandle track
Para-athletics classification
Photo finish
Pole Vault

Q
Qualifying standards

R
Racing flat
Relay
Repechage
Rotational
Running economy
Running energetics

S
Scissors jump
Second wind
Sector
Short course prevention factor
Shot Put
Spikes
Sprint (running)
Stagger
Starting blocks
Steeple Chase
Straddle technique
Stutter step

T
Tartan track
Throwing Circle
Toe-board
TrackTown USA
Triple Jump

V
Vertical jump
Volzing

W
Water Barrier
Western roll
Wind assistance

Y
Youth