pwb, your avatar is working! :applaud:
swimnews.com/.../9587
Back in 2009, USA Swimming shelved a campaign to replace the 800m with 1500m out of respect for Adlington and the 2012 hosts after the swimmer made it clear that she would want the chance to defend her 800m crown at home. But as the clock stops on August 3, Americans will press the IOC to call time on "gender inequality" in the pool in favour of bringing the race schedule for men and women in line for the first time since the fairer sex made its swimming debut at Stockholm in 1912.
Do the women/men do the same distances in olympic running??
Almost. They run 100m hurdles instead of 110m. That might just be a recognition that generally men are taller, so their hurdles are spaced slightly farther apart. Women also do a heptathlon instead of a decathlon, and don't do the 50km race walk, just the 20km distance. (Men do both distances.) The USATF's list of qualifying standards shows all the events.
Do the women/men do the same distances in olympic running??
Almost. They run 100m hurdles instead of 110m. That might just be a recognition that generally men are taller, so their hurdles are spaced slightly farther apart. Women also do a heptathlon instead of a decathlon, and don't do the 50km race walk, just the 20km distance. (Men do both distances.) The USATF's list of qualifying standards shows all the events.
