100% | HURDLES | 7 | Olympic events run over 100m, 110m and 400m |
51% | HURDLING | 8 | Only Olympic athletics event run over 110m |
42% | HURDLES | 7 | Sprint event, running and jumping over obstacles |
32% | STARTS | 6 | Turns over and runs |
31% | LUGE | 4 | Olympic event with singles, doubles and team relay |
31% | GAG | 3 | Running ___ (joke that's repeated over and over) |
31% | PROM | 4 | Event presided over by a king and queen |
30% | GRANDMA | 7 | A reindeer ran over her in an Elmo and Patsy song |
30% | HIGHJUMP | 8 | Run and go the highest over an horizontal bar |
30% | JESSEOWENS | 10 | 1936 Olympic 100m and 200m gold medallist |
30% | TRIATHLON | 9 | This event combines biking, swimming, and running |
30% | POLEVAULT | 9 | Olympic event for which the world record stands at a little over 20 feet |
30% | OWENS | 5 | Jesse —, 1936 Olympic 100m and 200m gold medallist |
30% | TYUS | 4 | Wyomia —, 1964 and 1968 Olympic 100m gold medallist |
30% | STECHER | 7 | Renate —, 1972 Olympic 100m and 200m gold medallist |
30% | JAVELIN | 7 | Spear for an Olympic track and field event |
29% | DECATHLON | 9 | Olympic event won by Bruce Jenner in 1976 and Ashton Eaton in 2012 and 2016 |
29% | MOSES | 5 | Edwin —, 1976 and 1984 Olympic 400m hurdles gold medallist |
29% | WYOMIATYUS | 10 | 1964 and 1968 Olympic women's 100m gold medallist |
29% | JULIET | 6 | 1992 Olympic women's 100m and 200m silver medallist |
29% | SHOOTING | 8 | Sport that has skeet, running deer and trap events |
29% | HURDLING | 8 | Olympic sport of running over lightweight barriers |
28% | METERS | 6 | Standard units of measurement for Olympic track and field events |
28% | ENDER | 5 | Kornelia —, 1976 Olympic 100m and 200m freestyle swimming gold medallist |
28% | COUGHLIN | 8 | Natalie —, 2004 and 2008 Olympic 100m backstroke swimming gold medallist |
28% | TYUS | 4 | Wyomia —, 1964 and 1968 Olympic women's 100m gold medallist |
28% | DISCUS | 6 | Round object thrown at an Olympic track and field event |
28% | SHOW | 4 | Dog and pony ___, highly promoted, over-the-top event, slangily |
28% | SIFANHASSAN | 11 | Runner who won her 2023 marathon début and her 2024 Olympic-marathon début |
28% | USAINBOLT | 9 | 2008 and 2012 Olympic men's 100m and 200m gold medallist |