Race track is a permanent facility or building. This track is an alternate term for a horse racing track, found in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates. Velodromes is a track built for cycles. Similarly Circuit is a common abbreviation for racetrack, given the usual circuitous configuration of most race tracks, allowing races to occur over several laps. According to its real definition in motorsports, A racetrack is a permanent building or a race track is a facility for racing of animals like horse racing or greyhound racing, automobiles, motorcycles or athletes. A racing track may also feature grandstands or concourses. Some motorsport tracks are called speedways.

To some extinct, a race course is a term for non-permanent tracks for sports, particularly road running, water sports, road racing or rallying. Many sports around the globe usually held on racetracks can also occur on temporary but purpose built tracks, such as the Monaco Grand Prix in Formula One. For horse racing track, racecourse is an alternative track. Usually found in the countries like UK and UAE. These Tracks are usually of an oval shape, often banked, which allows almost universal spectator views or high speed racing. Some tracks are variations on an oval shape, for practical reasons or to introduce varying difficulties, but are often criticized for lack of excitement. Racetracks may differ with each other like many racetracks have meandering circuits with many curves, chicanes and changes in height, to allow for a challenge in skill to the competitors, notably motocross and touring car racing.

Variety of racetracks is multi-purposed, allowing different types of sport on the same track, or incorporating many tracks in one venue. Commonly running tracks are incorporated within general use or soccer stadiums, either permanently visible or covered by stands/pitches. Some racetracks may offer little in the way of permanent infrastructure bar the actual track; others incorporate spectator facilities such as grandstands, hospitality or facilities for competitors, such as pit lanes and garages, paddocks and stables. Some racetracks are too small to be contained indoors, for sports such as motocross, cycling and athletics. But several racetracks are incorporated into larger venues or complexes, incorporating golf courses, museums, hotels and conference centers.

First race took place at the first Olympic festival in Rome in 776 B.C. All the track and field sports started with Olympics which takes place once in 4 years. Over the centuries new track competitions started taking place. In the beginning when Olympic festival was started it just had four track and field events like boxing, wrestling and foot races of varying length. It is heard that before eighteenth century track and field competitions occurred only in Olympics. After eighteenth century many schools and universities incorporated these events as daily exercise. Apart from Olympics the first track and field competition was held in oxford and Cambridge universities in 1864.

From early 1900′s various leagues and associations were formed. International and domestic leagues began and held the athletes amateur status so that they could compete in the Olympics. The first NCAA Championships was held in 1921. One of the most important events of track and field the marathon race was started from the Olympic stadium which was in Athens, Greece. Track and field sports events had various problems but only in 1970 it were given a professional stature where in athletes could compete annually in events and also get paid.

Two types of relays are 4×100 meter relay and the 4×400 meter relay. 4×100 meters relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 meters each. The 4×400 meters relay comprises of four runners in a lane where in each runner complete 400 meters or one lap. Shot put means putting a heavy metal ball as far as possible. Competitors take their throw from inside a circle 2.135 m in diameter, with a stop board which is approximately 4 inches high at the front of the circle. The distance is usually measured from the inside of the circumference of the circle to the nearest mark made by the falling shot in the soil.

Discus throw means an athlete throws a heavy disc – named as discus at a farther distance than his competitors. Men’s competition takes place every year since the first Olympiad in 1896. Women’s competition was added to the Olympic program in the 1928 games. This is a throwing event where the object to be thrown is javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. This event is for both men and women. According to IAAF rules there are certain rules that have to be followed by both men and women when they play this game. Men can throw a javelin between 2.6 and 2.7 meters in length and 800 grams in weight and women throw a javelin between 2.2 and 2.3 meters in length and at least 600 grams in weight.