Out of the six sports that featured in the events of the first Commonwealth Games, athletics was one of them. Athletics is an important sport and has remained a part of Commonwealth Games from the time of the inception of this grand sporting event. While in the first Commonwealth Games that was held in the year 1930 in Hamilton, 10 countries had participated in this sport, the 2006 Commonwealth Games saw the participation 61 countries.

Athletics is also known as 'track and field athletics' and involve a set of sports like running, jumping, and throwing. The athletics program of the Commonwealth Games includes mainly Walks, Track and Field and Marathon. Both men and women representing different Commonwealth members fight for the three positions in the athletics section. Till now England has won the maximum number of gold medals in Commonwealth Games, which is followed by Australia.

The three main categories of athletics are further divided into various sub categories. Running, throwing and jumping are the three main sub categories of Track and Field.

In the Walking section of athletics, race walking is the most important one. Athletes taking part in long-distance event of race have to walk 50 km to win 3 gold medals that include 1 for men and 2 for men.

While running includes sprints of 100m, 200m and 400m, middle distance covers 500m and 1500 m and long distance of 3000 m, 5000 m and 10,000 m. In addition, this section of running also includes relays and hurdles races. The final category of Track and Field, jumping, High Jump, Triple Jump, Long Jump Pole Vault is included. In the category of throwing, various events that include Shot Put, Discus, Hammer Throw and Javelin form the major sub categories.

The 'long-distance running' or Marathon is held where the participants have to compete for two gold medals.

Commonwealth Games has the unique inclusion of Elite Athletes with a Disability also known as EAD; this is an important part of this sporting event. This includes events like 100 m, 200 m as well as 800 m running of short distance. Other events like discus throw and shot put are also included.

In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which was held in Delhi, all events of athletics were conducted at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The participants competed for 69 medals. 44 events of 46 events were scheduled to be held from 6th to 12th October. The individual athletics consisted of 3 athletes for each event. The events for men and women included the following:

1.Track

100 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m Steeplechase
5000 m
10000 m
110 m H
400 m H
4x100 m Relay
4x400 m Relay

2.Throws

Shot Put
Discus Throw
Hammer Throw
Javelin Throw

3.Jumps

Long Jump
High Jump
Triple Jump
Pole Vault

4.Combined

Decathlon

5.Road

Marathon
20 km Walk

Below is a list of the result of Athletics 2010 Commonwealth Games

Event	Men	Position	Country
10000m	Moses Kipsiro	1 - Gold	Uganda
100m	Lerone Ephraime Clarke	1 - Gold	Jamaica
Tea100m Para Sport T46 m	Simon Patmore	1 - Gold	Australia
110m Hurdles	Andrew Turner	1 - Gold	Kenya
1500m	Silas Kiplagat	1 - Gold	Australia
1500m Para Sport Wheelchair	Kurt Fearnley	1 - Gold	Australia
200m	Leon Baptiste	1 - Gold	England
20km Walk	Jarrad Tallent	1 - Gold	Australia
3000m Steeplechase	Richard Mateelong	1 - Gold	Kenya
4 x 100m Relay		1 - Gold	England
4 x 400m Relay		1 - Gold	Australia
400m	Mark Kiprotich Muttai	1 - Gold	Kenya
400m Hurdles	David Greene	1 - Gold	Wales
5000m - Men	Moses Kipsiro	1 - Gold	Uganda
Decathlon	Jamie Adjetey-Nelson	1 - Gold	Canada
Discus Throw	Benn Harradine	1 - Gold	Australia
Hammer Throw	Christiaan Harmse	1 - Gold	South Africa
High Jump	Donald Thomas	1 - Gold	Bahamas
Javelin Throw	Jarrod Bannister	1 - Gold	Australia
Long Jump	Fabrice Lapierre	1 - Gold	Australia
Marathon	John Ekiru Kelai	1 - Gold	Kenya
Pole Vault	Steve Hooker	1 - Gold	Australia
Shot Put	Dylan Armstrong	1 - Gold	Canada
Shot Put Para Sport	Kyle Pettey	1 - Gold	Canada
Triple Jump	Tosin Oke	1 - Gold	Nigeria

Event	Women	Position	Country
10000m	Doris Chepkwemo Changeywo	1 - Gold	Kenya
100m	Natasha Mayers	1 - Gold	Jamaica
Tea100m Para Sport T37 m	Katrina Hart	1 - Gold	England
110m Hurdles	Sally McLellan	1 - Gold	Australia
1500m	Nancy Jebet Lan'gat	1 - Gold	Kenya
1500m Para Sport Wheelchair	Diane Roy	1 - Gold	Canada
200m	Cydonie Mothersille	1 - Gold	Cayman Islands
20km Walk	Johanna Jackson	1 - Gold	England
3000m Steeplechase	Milcah Chemos Cheywa	1 - Gold	Kenya
4 x 100m Relay		1 - Gold	England
4 x 400m Relay		1 - Gold	India
400m	Amantle Montsho	1 - Gold	Botswana Kenya
400m Hurdles	Muizat Ajoke Odumosu	1 - Gold	Nigeria
5000m	Vivian J. Cheruiyot	1 - Gold	Kenya
Discus Throw	Krishna Poonia	1 - Gold	India
Hammer Throw	Sultana Frizell	1 - Gold	Canada
Javelin Throw	Sunette Stella Viljoen	1 - Gold	South Africa
Long Jump	Rhonda Watkins	1 - Gold	Trinidad & Tobago
Marathon	Irene Jerotich Kosgei	1 - Gold	Kenya
Pole Vault	Alana Boyd	1 - Gold	Australia
Shot Put	Valerie Vili	1 - Gold	New Zealand
Shot Put Para Sport	Louise Ellery	1 - Gold	Australia
Triple Jump	Trecia Smith	1 - Gold	Jamaica

Last Updated on : 25 October 2010

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