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Ainsley Waugh
Ainsley Waugh (born 17 September 1981) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.
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Al Lawrence (sprinter)
Albert "Al" Lawrence (born 26 April 1961) is a Jamaican former track and field athlete.
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Aleen Bailey
Aleen May Bailey (born 25 November 1980 in Saint Mary) is a track and field sprint specialist, competing internationally for Jamaica.
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Allison Beckford
Allison J. Beckford (born 8 May 1979 in Westmoreland) is a Jamaican.
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Allyson Felix
Allyson Michelle Felix (born November 18, 1985) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters.
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Angella Taylor-Issajenko
Angella Taylor-Issajenko, CM (née Taylor; born September 28, 1958) is a Canadian coach and former sprinter.
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Antigua
Antigua, also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the West Indies.
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Antonio Pettigrew
Antonio Pettigrew (November 3, 1967 – August 10, 2010) was an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters.
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Apartheid
Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.
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Arthur Wint
Arthur Stanley Wint OD MBE (25 May 1920 – 19 October 1992) was the first Jamaican Olympic gold medalist, winning the 400 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
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Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell, CD (born 23 November 1982) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres.
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Asuka Cambridge
is a Japanese track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.
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Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 440 yards relay
The men's 4 × 440 yards relay at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 1 December 1962.
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Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 440 yards
The men's 440 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Monday 26 November and Thursday 29 November 1962.
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Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 880 yards
The men's 880 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 24 November 1962 and Monday 26 November.
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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium.
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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–5 August 2012.
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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The Men's 110 metres hurdles competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.
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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 7–9 August.
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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 10–11 August.
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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–4 August.
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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres
The Women's 200 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.
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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on 9–10 August at the Olympic Stadium.
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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The Women's 4 × 400 metres relay competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 10–11 August.
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Ato Boldon
Ato Jabari Boldon (born 30 December 1973) is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner.
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Auckland
Auckland is a city in New Zealand's North Island.
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Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America.
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Barcelona
Barcelona is a city in Spain.
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Beijing
Beijing, formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's second most populous city proper, and most populous capital city.
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Ben Johnson (sprinter)
Benjamin Sinclair Johnson, (born December 30, 1961) is a Jamaican-born Canadian former sprinter, who won two Olympic bronze medals and an Olympic gold medal, which was later rescinded.
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Berlin
Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany, as well as one of its 16 constituent states.
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Bert Cameron
Bertland "Bert" Cameron (born 16 November 1959) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who mainly competed over 400 metres.
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Beverly McDonald
Beverly McDonald (born 15 February 1970 in Saint Mary, Jamaica) is a Jamaican sprinter.
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Brandon Simpson
Brandon Simpson (born 6 September 1981 in Florida, U.S.) is a sprinter who represents Bahrain, having previously represented Jamaica.
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Brigitte Foster-Hylton
Brigitte Foster-Hylton O.D (born 7 November 1974 in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica) is a Jamaican 100m hurdler.
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Canada at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Canada competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
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Carl Lewis
Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold.
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Catherine Scott
Catherine Scott (born 27 August 1973 in Clarendon Parish) is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.
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Charmaine Crooks
Charmaine Crooks, (born August 8, 1962), is a Canadian athlete, five-time Olympian and Olympic Silver Medalist (LA ’84, 4X400m Relay).
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Christchurch
Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.
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Christine Day
Christine Day (born 23 August 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.
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Christopher Williams (sprinter)
Christopher Williams (born 15 March 1972 in Mandeville) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter.
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Claston Bernard
Claston Bernard (born 22 March 1979 in St. Elizabeth) is a Jamaican decathlete.
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Colin Jackson
Colin Ray Jackson, CBE (born 18 February 1967) is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles.
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Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games are an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, often known as simply the Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire.
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Curriculum
In education, a curriculum (plural: curricula or curriculums) is broadly defined as the totality of student experiences that occur in the educational process.
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Daegu
Daegu (대구, 大邱, literally 'large hill') formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the nation with over 2.5 million residents.
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Dahlia Duhaney
Dahlia Duhaney (born 20 July 1970) is a retired female sprinter from Jamaica, who competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
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Dalton Grant
Dalton Grant (born 8 April 1966) is a British high jumper, who has won a total number of four national titles for Great Britain (AAA Championships) in the men's high jump event.
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Daniel Bailey
Daniel Everton Bailey (born 9 September 1986) is a male sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specialises in the 100 metres.
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Danielle Browning
Danielle Browning (born 29 August 1981) is a retired female track and field sprinter from Jamaica, who specialized in the 200 metres.
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Danny McFarlane
The Jamaica 4x400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
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Davian Clarke
Davian Clarke (born 30 April 1976) is a Jamaican athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 metres.
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Davita Prendergast
Davita Prendergast (born 6 December 1984 in Westmoreland) is a Jamaican sprinter, who specializes in the 400 meters.
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Debbie Parris-Thymes
Debbie-Ann Parris-Thymes (born 24 March 1973 in Trelawny Parish) is a Jamaican athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres hurdles event.
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Delhi
Delhi (Dilli), officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), is a city and a union territory of India.
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Delloreen Ennis-London
Delloreen Ennis-London (born 5 March 1975) is a Jamaican hurdling athlete who won the silver medal in the 100 metre hurdles at the 2005 World Championships.
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Denise Lewis
Denise Lewis OBE (born 27 August 1972, in West Bromwich) is a retired British track and field athlete, who specialised in the heptathlon.
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Deon Hemmings
Deon Hemmings (born 9 October 1968 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a former female 400 metres hurdler.
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Derrick Atkins
Derrick Atkins (born 5 January 1984) is a Jamaican born Bahamian sprinter.
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Devon Morris
Devon Morris (born 1961-01-22) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who mainly competed in the 400 metres.
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Dexter Lee
Dexter Lee (born 18 January 1991) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.
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Dinsdale Morgan
Dinsdale Morgan (born November 19, 1972) is a Jamaican athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles.
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Discus throw
The discus throw is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors.
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Don Quarrie
Donald O'Riley Quarrie CD (born 25 February 1951) is a Jamaican former track and field athlete, one of the world's top sprinters during the 1970s.
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Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey, O.Ont (born December 16, 1967) is a retired Jamaican-Canadian sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres.
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Dorian Scott
Dorian Armand Scott (born 1 February 1982 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States) is a Jamaican shot putter.
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Elaine Thompson
Elaine Thompson (born 28 June 1992) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter.
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Eugene, Oregon
Eugene is a city of the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. state of Oregon.
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Falmouth, Jamaica
Falmouth is the chief town and capital of the parish of Trelawny in Jamaica.
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Fiona May
Fiona May Iapichino (born 12 December 1969 in Slough, England) is a retired British-born Italian track and field athlete who competed in the long jump.
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G. C. Foster
Gerald Claude Eugene Foster (30 November 1885 – 25 February 1966), best known as G. C. Foster, was a Jamaican sportsman who excelled at sprinting, cricket, and tennis, and later became a well-known athletics coach and cricket umpire.
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Gail Devers
Yolanda Gail Devers (born November 19, 1966) is an American retired track and field athlete.
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George Kerr (runner)
George Ezekiel Kerr (16 October 1937 – 15 June 2012) was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 400 and 800 metres.
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George Rhoden
George Vincent Rhoden (born 13 December 1926) is a former Jamaican athlete, winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1952.
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Germaine Mason
Germaine Mason (20 January 1983 – 20 April 2017) was a Jamaican-born track and field athlete competing in high jump.
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Gillian Russell
Gillian Russell-Love (born 28 September 1973 in St. Andrews) is a Jamaican athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles.
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Gleaner Company
The Gleaner Company Ltd. is a newspaper publishing enterprise in Jamaica.
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Glen Mills
Glen Mills OD (*14 August 1949) is a sprinting athletics coach from Jamaica.
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Grace Jackson
Grace Jackson-Small (born 14 June 1961) is a Jamaican former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres.
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Great Britain
Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.
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Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
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Greg Haughton
Gregory "Greg" Haughton (born 10 November 1973) is a Jamaican 400 metres runner.
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Greg Meghoo
Gregory "Greg" Meghoo (born 11 August 1965 in Ewarton, Saint Catherine) is a former Jamaican athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.
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Hanover Parish
Hanover is a parish located on the northwestern tip of the island of Jamaica.
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Hansle Parchment
Hansle Parchment (born 17 June 1990) is a Jamaican track and field athlete, competing in the 110 metres hurdles.
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Herb McKenley
The Hon. Herbert Henry "Herb" McKenley OM (July 10, 1922 – November 26, 2007) was a Jamaican sprint runner.
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High jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it.
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Howard Davis (sprinter)
Howard Davis (born 27 April 1967) was a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
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IAAF Diamond League
The IAAF Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions.
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IAAF World Championships in Athletics
The IAAF World Championships, commonly referred to as the World Championships in Athletics, is a biennial athletics event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
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Inez Turner
Inez Turner (born January 3, 1972 in Trelawny Parish) is a retired female sprinter and middle-distance runner from Jamaica.
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Inger Miller
Inger Miller (born June 12, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States.
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International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité International Olympique, CIO) is a Swiss private non-governmental organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is the authority responsible for the modern Olympic Games.
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Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea.
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Jamaica at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Jamaica was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
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Jamaica at the Olympics
Jamaica first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then.
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Jamaican Sportsperson of the Year
The Jamaican Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year is an annual election, organised by the RJR Sports Foundation, which honours outstanding achievement(s) in sport by Jamaican athletes during the previous year.
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James Beckford (athlete)
James Beckford (born 9 January 1975 in Saint Mary, Jamaica) is a Jamaican track and field athlete competing in the long jump.
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Japan at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Japan competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
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Jessica Ennis-Hill
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill (born 28 January 1986) is a retired British track and field athlete from England, specialising in multi-eventing disciplines and 100 metres hurdles.
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Jim Hines
James Ray Hines (born September 10, 1946) is a retired American track and field athlete, who held the 100 m world record for 15 years.
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Jim Wedderburn
James Wedderburn (born 23 June 1938) was a Barbadian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
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Juliet Campbell (athlete)
Juliet Jean Campbell (born 17 March 1970 in Kingston) is a retired Jamaican sprinter, who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres.
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Juliet Cuthbert
Juliet Cuthbert (born 9 April 1964, in Saint Thomas, Jamaica) is a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the sprints (100 and 200 metres).
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Keith Gardner
Keith Alvin Saint Hope Gardner (6 September 192925 May 2012) was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 110 metre hurdles, 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres.
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Kelly Holmes
Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete.
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Kemar Bailey-Cole
Kemar Bailey-Cole (born 10 January 1992) is a male track and field athlete from Jamaica, who mainly competes in the 100m.
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Kerron Stewart
Kerron Stewart (born 16 April 1984) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.
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Kevin Young (hurdler)
Kevin C. Young (born in September 16, 1966) is a former American athlete.
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Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island.
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Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur), or commonly known as KL, is the national capital of Malaysia as well as its largest city in the country.
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Lacena Golding-Clarke
Lacena Golding-Clarke (born March 20, 1975 in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a retired female hurdling athlete from Jamaica.
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Lansford Spence
Lansford Spence (born 15 December 1982) is a Jamaican sprinter.
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Lashinda Demus
Lashinda Demus (born March 10, 1983 in Inglewood, California) is an American hurdler who specializes in the 400 meter hurdles, an event in which she was the 2011 world champion and 2012 Olympic silver medalist.
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Laurie Khan
Laurie Khan (born 14 June 1943) is a Jamaican sprinter.
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Lausanne
Lausanne (Lausanne Losanna, Losanna) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and the capital and biggest city of the canton of Vaud.
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Lennox Miller
Lennox Valencia Miller (8 October 1946 in Kingston, Jamaica – 8 November 2004 in Pasadena, California) was a champion runner and father of Inger Miller.
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Lerone Clarke
Lerone Ephraime Clarke (born 7 July 1981) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres and the 60 metres.
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Leslie Laing
Competitor for Jamaica Leslie Alphonso Laing (born 19 February 1925) is a former Jamaican athlete and a winner of gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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Linford Christie
Linford Cicero Christie (born 2 April 1960) is a Jamaican-born British former sprinter.
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List of countries and dependencies by population
This is a list of countries and dependent territories by population.
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Long jump
The long jump (historically called the broad jump in the USA) is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point.
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Lorraine Fenton
Lorraine Fenton (born Lorraine Graham on 8 September 1973 in Manchester) is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres.
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Malcolm Spence (Jamaican athlete)
Malcolm A. E. "Mal" Spence (2 January 1936 – 30 October 2017) was a Jamaican athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.
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Manchester Parish
The Parish of Manchester is an administrative civil parish located in west-central Jamaica, in the county of Middlesex.
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Mandeville, Jamaica
Mandeville is the capital and largest town in the parish of Manchester in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica.
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Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
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Marilyn Neufville
Marilyn Fay Neufville (born 16 November 1952) is a retired sprint runner who was active between 1967 and 1971.
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Marion Jones
Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track and field athlete and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.
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Marvin Anderson
Marvin Anderson (born 12 May 1982) is a Jamaican sprint athlete.
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Maurice Smith (decathlete)
Maurice Smith (born 28 September 1980 in St. Catherine, Jamaica) is a decathlete from Jamaica.
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Maurice Wignall
Maurice Wignall (born April 17, 1976) is a Jamaican hurdling athlete.
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Mel Spence
Melville "Mel" Spence (2 January 1936 – 28 October 2012) was a Jamaican sprinter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Melaine Walker
Melaine Walker O.D (born 1 March 1983, Kingston) is a Jamaican 400 metres hurdler.
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Melbourne
Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.
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Merlene Frazer
Merlene Frazer (born 27 December 1973 in Trelawny) is a retired female track and field sprinter from Jamaica who specialized in the 200 metres.
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Merlene Ottey
Merlene Joyce Ottey OD (born 10 May 1960) is a Jamaican former track and field sprinter.
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Michael Blackwood
Michael Blackwood (born 29 August 1976 in Clarendon) is a Jamaican male track and field athlete, who specialized in the 400 meters, his personal best being 44.60 set during his win at the 2002 IAAF World Cup.
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Michael Frater
Michael Frater O.D (born 6 October 1982) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres event.
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Michael Johnson (sprinter)
Michael Duane Johnson (born September 13, 1967) is a retired American sprinter.
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Michael McDonald (runner)
Michael L. McDonald (born 17 March 1975 in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica) was a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
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Michelle Burgher
Michelle Burgher (born 12 March 1977 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica.
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Michelle Freeman
Michelle Freeman (born 5 May 1969) is a former Jamaican track & field athlete who was an Olympic bronze medalist.
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Milan
Milan (Milano; Milan) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with the city proper having a population of 1,380,873 while its province-level municipality has a population of 3,235,000.
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Morgan State University
Morgan State University (commonly referred to as MSU, Morgan State, or Morgan) is a Maryland's designated public urban research university and the largest Maryland's American historically black college and university (HBCU) located in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Munich
Munich (München; Minga) is the capital and the most populated city in the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps.
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Nadia Davy
Nadia Davy (born 24 December 1980) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica.
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Nesta Carter
Nesta Carter OD (born October 11, 1985) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres event.
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Nikole Mitchell
Nikole Alangia Mitchell (also spelled Nicole; born 5 June 1974) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.
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Novlene Williams-Mills
Novlene Hilaire Williams-Mills (born 26 April 1982), née Novlene Hilaire Williams, is a Jamaican track and field athlete.
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Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.
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Olympic medal
An Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games.
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Omar Brown (sprinter)
Commonwealth Games Omar Brown (born 21 June 1982 in Trelawny) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres.
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Patrick O'Connor (athlete)
Patrick Earl O'Connor (born 17 September 1966 in St. Catherine) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
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Penn Relays
The Penn Relays (also Penn Relays Carnival) is the oldest and largest track and field competition in the United States, hosted annually since April 21, 1895 by the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.
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Peta-Gaye Dowdie
Peta-Gaye Dowdie (born 18 January 1977) is a Jamaican sprinter.
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Primary school
A primary school (or elementary school in American English and often in Canadian English) is a school in which children receive primary or elementary education from the age of about seven to twelve, coming after preschool, infant school and before secondary school.
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Ray Stewart (sprinter)
Raymond ("Ray") Douglas Stewart (born 18 March 1965 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former Jamaican athlete who specialised in the 100 metres event.
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Rieti
Rieti (Reate, Sabino: Riete) is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700.
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Rome
Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).
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Ronetta Smith
Ronetta Smith (born 2 May 1980) is a Jamaican sprinter.
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Rosemarie Whyte
Rosemarie Whyte (born 9 August 1986) is the 2008 Jamaican national 400m champion.
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Roxbert Martin
Roxbert Martin (born 5 November 1969 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a former Jamaican 400 metres runner, who was selected for the Jamaican 4x400 metres relay team at the 1996 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal.
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Sabina Park
Sabina Park is a cricket ground and the home of the Kingston Cricket Club, and is the only Test cricket ground in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
Saint Andrew is a parish, situated in the southeast of Jamaica in the county of Surrey.
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Saint Catherine Parish
St Catherine (capital Spanish Town) is a parish in the south east of Jamaica.
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Samantha Henry-Robinson
Samantha Henry-Robinson (born 25 September 1988) is a Jamaican sprinter.
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Sandie Richards
Alexandra ("Sandie") Richards (born 6 November 1968 in Clarendon Park) is a Jamaican track and field athlete.
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Sanjay Ayre
Sanjay Claude Ayre (born 19 June 1980 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a world-class Jamaican sprinter specializing in the 400 meters.
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Sanya Richards-Ross
Sanya Richards-Ross (born February 26, 1985) is a Jamaican-American former track and field athlete who competed internationally for the United States.
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Schillonie Calvert
Schillonie Calvert (born 27 July 1988) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.
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Seoul
Seoul (like soul; 서울), officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the capital, Constitutional Court of Korea and largest metropolis of South Korea.
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Seymour Fagan
Seymour Fagan (born 30 December 1967 in Old Harbour Bay) is a retired male track and field sprinter from Jamaica who specializes in the 400 metres.
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, OD (née Fraser on 27 December 1986).
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Shereefa Lloyd
Shereefa Lloyd (born 2 September 1982 in Clarendon Park, Jamaica) is a Jamaican sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres.
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Sheri-Ann Brooks
Sheri-Ann Brooks (born 11 February 1983 in Kingston) is a Jamaican sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres.
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Shericka Williams
Shericka Williams (born 17 September 1985 in Black River, St. Elizabeth) is a former Jamaican sprinter and former student of St. Elizabeth Technical High School.
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Sherone Simpson
Sherone Simpson (born 12 August 1984) is a Jamaican track and field sprint athlete.
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Simone Facey
Simone Facey (born 7 May 1985) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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Steve Mullings
Steve Mullings (born 28 November 1982) is a Jamaican former sprint athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres events and in 2011 was given a lifetime ban for doping.
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Tayna Lawrence
Tayna Lawrence (born 17 September 1975 in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a Track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica.
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Tessa Sanderson
Theresa Ione "Tessa" Sanderson, (born 14 March 1956) is an English former javelin thrower and heptathlete.
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Trecia-Kaye Smith
Trecia-Kaye Smith (born 5 November 1975 in Westmoreland, Jamaica) is a Jamaican athlete competing mainly in triple jump.
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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island sovereign state that is the southernmost nation of the West Indies in the Caribbean.
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Triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump.
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Tyson Gay
Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 and 200 meters dash.
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University of California
The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the US state of California.
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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
The University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (also known as U of I, Illinois, or colloquially as the University of Illinois or UIUC) is a public research university in the U.S. state of Illinois and the flagship institution of the University of Illinois System.
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Usain Bolt
Usain St Leo Bolt (born 21 August 1986) is a retired Jamaican sprinter and world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay.
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Veronica Campbell-Brown
Veronica Campbell Brown C.D (born 15 May 1982) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter, who specializes in the 100 and 200 meters.
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Warren Weir
Warren Weir (born October 1989) is a Jamaican sprinter, who specialized in the 200 metres.
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West Indies Federation
The West Indies Federation, also known as the West Indies, the Federation of the West Indies or the West Indian Federation, was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962.
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Winthrop Graham
Winthrop Graham (born 17 November 1965 in Westmoreland, Jamaica) is a retired athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres hurdles.
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World Anti-Doping Agency
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA; Agence mondiale antidopage, AMA) is a foundation initiated by the International Olympic Committee based in Canada to promote, coordinate and monitor the fight against drugs in sports.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Yohan Blake
Yohan Blake (born 26 December 1989), is a Jamaican sprinter of the 100-metre and 200-metre sprint races.
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100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions.
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100 metres hurdles
The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles).
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110 metres hurdles
The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-meter hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men.
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1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, United Kingdom from 27 April to 31 October 1908.
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1930 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 2nd Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Havana in Cuba from March 15 to April 5, 1930.
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1934 British Empire Games
The 1934 British Empire Games were the second of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, held in England, from 4–11 August 1934.
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1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in London, United Kingdom.
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1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (Kesäolympialaiset 1952; Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland, in 1952.
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1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
The 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 30 July to 7 August 1954.
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1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in November–December 1956, apart from the equestrian events, which were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden.
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1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18–26 July 1958.
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1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad (Italian: Giochi della XVII Olimpiade), was an international multi-sport event that was held from August 25 to September 11, 1960, in Rome, Italy.
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1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Western Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962.
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1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966.
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1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico, in October 1968.
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1970 British Commonwealth Games
The 1970 British Commonwealth Games (Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis Bhreatainn 1970) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 July to 25 July 1970.
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1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1972), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972.
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1974 British Commonwealth Games
The 1974 British Commonwealth Games were held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January to 2 February 1974.
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1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially called the Games of the XXI Olympiad (French: Les XXIes olympiques d'été), was an international multi-sport event in Montreal, Quebec, in 1976, and the first Olympic Games held in Canada.
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1978 Commonwealth Games
The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from 3 to 12 August 1978, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec.
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1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (r), was an international multi-sport event held in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russia.
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1982 Commonwealth Games
The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 30 September to 9 October 1982.
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1983 World Championships in Athletics
The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983.
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1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles (LA), California, United States.
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1986 Commonwealth Games
The 1986 Commonwealth Games (Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis 1986) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986.
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1987 World Championships in Athletics
The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.
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1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad (Korean), were an international multi-sport event celebrated from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.
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1990 Commonwealth Games
The 1990 Commonwealth Games were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January – 3 February 1990.
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1991 World Championships in Athletics
The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1 and athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.
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1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992; Catalan: Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992.
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1993 World Championships in Athletics
The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22 with the participation of 187 nations.
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1994 Commonwealth Games
The 1994 Commonwealth Games were held in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada, from 18 to 28 August 1994.
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1995 World Championships in Athletics
The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden on 5–13 August 1995.
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1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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1997 World Championships in Athletics
The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997.
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1998 Commonwealth Games
The 1998 Commonwealth Games (Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16), was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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1999 World Championships in Athletics
The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29.
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200 metres
The 200 metres (also spelled 200 meters) is a sprint running event.
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2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and commonly known as Sydney 2000 or the Millennium Olympic Games/Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event which was held between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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2001 World Championships in Athletics
The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America.
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2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August 2002.
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2003 World Championships in Athletics
The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
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2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games (Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004), officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad and commonly known as Athens 2004, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team officials from 201 countries.
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2005 World Championships in Athletics
The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (6 August 2005 – 14 August 2005), the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983.
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2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 and 26 March 2006.
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2007 World Championships in Athletics
The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007.
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2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and commonly known as Beijing 2008, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 8 to 24 August 2008 in Beijing, China.
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2009 World Championships in Athletics
The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (12.) were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009.
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2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010.
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2011 World Championships in Athletics
The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea.
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2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, formally the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, United Kingdom.
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2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and commonly known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.
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4 × 100 metres relay
The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each.
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4 × 400 metres relay
The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap.
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400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a sprinting event in track and field competitions.
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400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event.
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800 metres
The 800 metres, or 800 meters (US spelling), is a common track running event.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_in_Jamaica
