Field events quiz

Note: Schedules for Sky Sport channels were not available at the time of going to print because of the Covid-19 outbreak causing major disruptions to live sport around the world.

1. How many Olympic golds has shotputter Valerie Adams won?

2. Bob Beamon held a world record in which event for a remarkable 23 years?

3. Dick Fosbury’s name is synonymous with a style used in which event?

4. This Olympic event was originally a way of crossing marshes, canals and drains without getting wet. What is it?

5. Snatch, and clean and jerk are events in which field event?

6. Who won a bronze for New Zealand in pole vaulting at the 2016 Olympics?

7. The world record javelin throw is: a) 96.48m, b) 98.48m, c) 100.48m?

8. ‘During the second phase, the athlete must land on the opposing foot and initiate the third phase’ is a rule of which event?

9. Which long jumper was New Zealand’s first Olympic gold-medal winner in a field event?

10. Men’s and women’s javelins are the same length. True or false?

11. Uwe Hohn has the longest javelin throw on record of: a) 94.8m, b) 98.8m, c) 104.8m?

12. 2.45m is a world record in which field event?

13. What colour medal did New Zealand shotputter Tom Walsh win at the 2016 Olympics?

14. And what colour medal, if any, did Valerie Adams win at those same Games in 2016?

15. A race in a suit of armour was once an Olympic event. True or false.

ANSWERS:

1. Two golds. 2. The long jump. 3. The high jump, as in the Fosbury flop. 4. The pole vault. 5. Weightlifting. 6. Eliza McCartney. 7. b) 96.48m. 8. Triple jump. 9. Yvette Willims (later Corlett). 10. False. Roughly 260cm v 220cm. 11. c) 104.8m. It isn’t a world record because a different javelin is now used. 12. The high jump. 13. Bronze. 14. She won silver. 15. True, but it was in the ancient Greek Olympics.