There are a lot of sports that have been played in this world. All the sports have their own vocabulary and terms. Like them the sports Athletics also have some terms. The terms are listed below:

1) Meters: The very term `Meters` is used to determine the distance. It is used in all the events of Athletics including Running, Jumping, Throwing and Racing. In the Running department, the events are named by their distance like 100 meters, 110 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 1000 meters, 5000 meters, 10000 meters etc. In Jumping, the winner is determined by the distance that he/she jumps in length and height. This distance is measured by meters. In throwing also, the distance that an athlete throws the javelin or hammer or shot put makes the winner. Here also the distance is calculated through meters.

2) High Jump: This is a term that means one of the Jumping events in Athletics. In this event, the athlete has to jump high in the air and cross a bar set on a certain height. The athlete who achieves the longest distance is announced as the winner.

3) Pole Vault: Pole Vault is another event where the athlete needs to jump high above a bar. The difference between the high jump and pole vault is that here the athlete takes the help of a long, flexible pole to elevate him to jump to the highest distance.

4) Long Jump: This is another Jumping event in Athlete where the athlete jumps a distance in length. The winner is determined by the highest distance achieved by an athlete.

5) Triple Jump: The Triple Jump is almost like the Long Jump, but the difference is that; here the athlete jumps three times on the same effort. In Long Jump, the athlete jumps only once. It is comprised of 4 phases named as approach phase; hop phase, step phase and the jump phase.

6) Discuss Throw: This is a throwing event of Athletics. Here the athlete has to throw a lens-shaped heavy disc to such a distance where nobody else can throw. The discus is usually made of rubber, plastic, wood or metal with a metal rim and a metal core to attain the weight.

7) Hammer Throw: In the Hammer Throw event of Athletics, the thrower has to throw a heavy steel ball that is attached with a wire to a handle. There is a circle in this event and the thrower has to throw the ball staying within the circle.

8) Javelin Throw: This is one of most popular events of Athletics. This is also a throwing event and here the thrower throws a javelin instead of discuss or hammer.

9) Shot Put: Shot Put is an Athletic event that needs a lot of energy. Here, an athlete tries to throw a very heavy metal ball as far as possible to become the winner. In this event also, the athlete needs to stay within a circle.

10) Steeple Chase: The steeplechase is a form of horse racing that is also included in Athletics. Here, the athlete needs to jump over fences and trenches and also a lot of other types of obstacles.

11) Hurdles: This is a Running event in Athletics where the runners run through some obstacles. This is a little harder than the simple running as the athlete needs to do a bit jumping along with running in this case.

12) Relay: Relay is another running event where more than one athlete runs one by one for the same goal and the winner is determined as a team. There is a small stick in the play that the players have to rotate within themselves when their next runner`s term comes. Relays can be of various categories like 4x100 meters, 4x200 meters etc.

13) Heptathlon: Heptathlon is one of the most ancient events in Athletic. The word is a diversion of two Greek words. `Hepta` means seven and `Athlos` means contest. The event is a combination of seven different games. There are two versions of the event for the men and women. The women`s heptathlon has seven games like the 100 m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 m, long jump, javelin throw and 800 m. The men`s heptathlon is consists of 60 m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60 m hurdles, pole vault and 1000 m. The winner here is determined according to the total points that an athlete gathered in all the seven games.

14) Decathlon: Decathlon is a little extended version of the Heptathlon and this also as ancient as the Heptathlon. Here the athletes have to compete in ten different events and the winner is determined according to the total points achieved by him, just like the Heptathlon.

15) Half-Marathon: A half marathon is road-running event where a number of athletes take part and they have to run the distance of 13 miles. As the name suggests, it is half the distance of a marathon. It is long enough to be a serious challenge but does not require the level of training of a full marathon.

16) Walk: This is a very common Athletic event in almost every part of the world. Here a large number of people walk together to a certain distance and whoever touches the finish line first, announced as a winner. The distance varies in different countries.

17) Marathon: Marathon is a long-distance running event where the athletes run a distance of 26 miles. Here also, a large number of people take part and run together. These were the terms that are used to identify the Athletic events. However, there are some other terms as well that are used to fulfill some other purposes. The terms are:
1) Attempt: This very term is used almost with its literary meaning in Athletics. It is mostly used in the jumping and throwing events where an athlete has to jump or throw for three or more times. Each of their jump or throw is called an `Attempt`.
2) Qualification: Qualification means to qualify for any Athletic event. It refers to the certain criteria set up by the organisers of a championship for an event. All the athletes must fulfill that criterion to get a chance to compete in the final championship.
3) Heat: Heat does not mean something hot, but in Athletics, it does mean to participate in a preliminary competition in order to get a chance to the finals. The organisers normally arrange the heats in order to reduce the number of athletes to a certain number who will appear in the final stage.
4) Quarter-Final: Like all other competitions, in Athletics also, the term `Quarter-final` means the same. This is another stage to make sure that the best athletes are going to take part in the finals.
5) Semi-Final: This is the next stage of the quarter-finals and in this stage the athletes try more hardly to get a chance in the final.
6) Final: Final is the ultimate stage where people find the actual winner of the event. All the athletes try their level best to perform very well in the final and to be announced as the winner.
7) World Record (WR): This very term is very much common in all the sports of the world. This term proclaims the best of any particular event. In running events, it is stated in timings and in the jumping and throwing events, it is stated in distances.
8) European Record (ER): This term is also used in the same way as the World Record is used, but this is only used to state the best timings and distances achieved in the European championships.
9) National Record (NR): This term proclaims the best performance done by any athlete of a country inside his country.
10) Personal Best (PB): This term declares the best performance of an individual athlete throughout his career. This is normally stated when the athlete wins a gold or shows some extraordinary performance.
11) Disqualified (DSQ): If any athlete in any event starts ahead of the starting line consecutively for three times then the starter of the event may announce him as `Disqualified`. This announcement is stated in the board by putting the DSQ sign beside the athlete`s name.
12) Did Not Finish (DNF): If any athlete fails to complete running the total event, then the athlete is announced as DNF.
13) Did Not Start (DNS): This term is used to fulfill almost the same purpose as the DNF, but here the announcement that it states is that, the athlete failed to start the event for some reason.
14) Outdoor: The term `Outdoor` is used to identify the events that are played in outdoors. Such events are the half-marathon, marathon, walk etc.
15) Indoor: This term is also used for the same purpose to indicate the indoor events.
Though the discussed terms are mostly used in Athletics, there are some colloquial terms of Athletics as well that are used in various parts of the world.