History of Athletics

Before Christ Era

10th- 9th Century BC  Origin of Athletics
 First Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece
776 BC
 Koroibos, First Olympic Winner
200 BC  Panhellenic Games
Christ Era
1849  First organized modern meet for track and field
1876  First USA Outdoor Track and Field Championship
 Amateur Athletic Association organized annual
1880
AAA Championship
1886  First Championship in Athletics
 Development of the Athletics at the Summer
1896 Olympic Games in Athens
 First Modern Olympic Games
 Establishment of International Amateur Athletic
1912
Federation (IAAF)
1913  Modern rules approved
 Women became part of the Athletics at the
1921 Women’s World Games
 First NCAA National Championships
 Women for the first time participated at the
1928
Olympic Games
 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) sent its
1952 First Olympic Team to the Summer Games
 Rivalry of US and USSR
 Establishment of the Philippine Amateur Track and
1962
Field Association
1970  Professionalism within Athletics developed
1979  The Athletic Congress became operational
 IAAF became the organization of professional
1982
athletes
1992  Establishment of USA Track and Field (USATF)
History of Badminton

16th Century  Related game to badminton called “Hanetsuki” was played

in Japan.
18th Century  The game badminton was once called “Poona” in India.
1860s  British army offices took the game and introduce much
competitive version in England wherein it was played at
country houses.
 Isaac Spratt, published a booklet entitled “Badminton
Battledore- a new game”
1873  The new sport was launched at the Badminton House,
Gloucestershire officially marked as “The Game of
Badminton” and officially called the sport “Badminton.”
1887  The sport was played in England under the rules that
prevailed in India. The basic regulations were drawn up in
the same year.
1893  The Badminton Association of England published the first set
of rules according to these regulations, similar to today's
rules, and officially launched badminton in a house called
"Dunbar" at 6 Waverley Grove, Portsmouth, England
1899  England Open Badminton Championships, the first
badminton competition in the world was held.
1934  The International Badminton Federation (IBF) (now known
as Badminton World Federation) was established with
Canada, Denmark, England, France, the Netherlands,
Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, and Wales as its founding
members.
1936  Year wherein India joined the affiliate. The BWF governed
international badminton and develops the sport globally.
1992  badminton has been an Olympic sport with five events:
men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles,
and mixed doubles, in which each pair is a man and a
woman.