Editing Track and field (section)

==Equipment==
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Track and Field athletes wear special shoes with spikes, known as [[track spikes]] or simply spikes.

World Athetics has created an official, full shoe checker list for all racing flats and spikes that are eligible to be worn during track and field competitions.  This is an internationally accepted standard that organizations including the NCAA are in compliance with.  The standard is determined based on stack height and no shoe with a stack height greater than 25mm will be seen on the track.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Full list {{!}} LIST OF APPROVED ATHLETIC SHOES |url=https://certcheck.worldathletics.org/FullList |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=certcheck.worldathletics.org}}</ref>

Men and women have different weights for their throwing implements – men's javelin is 800 grams compared to 600 for women, men's weight throw is 35 pounds compared to 20 for women, men's discus is 2 kilograms to women's 1, men's shot put is 16 pounds compared to 8 pounds for women, and men's hammer throw is also 16 pounds to the women's 8. Additionally, men's high hurdles are at height of 42 inches compared to women's hurdles which are 33 inches. For the intermediate hurdles (400 meter hurdles), the men's hurdle height is 36 inches compared to 30 inches for women.