| 100% | HURDLES | 7 | Sprint event, running and jumping over obstacles |
| 53% | HURDLERS | 8 | Track-and-field athletes who jump over obstacles when running |
| 49% | HURDLES | 7 | Olympic events run over 100m, 110m and 400m |
| 48% | HURDLE | 6 | Obstacle jumped over in a track event |
| 41% | POGOS | 5 | Jumps over and over |
| 41% | HURDLERS | 8 | Athletes who jump over obstacles while racing |
| 38% | HIGHJUMP | 8 | Run and go the highest over an horizontal bar |
| 38% | HURDLING | 8 | Only Olympic athletics event run over 110m |
| 38% | TRACKMEET | 9 | Event with sprints and relays |
| 38% | TRACKMEETS | 10 | Events with sprints and relays |
| 37% | HURDLERS | 8 | Athletes who jump over frames on running tracks |
| 37% | BROAD | 5 | ___ jump (track and field event) |
| 37% | STARTS | 6 | Turns over and runs |
| 36% | PARKOUR | 7 | Freestyle running over complicated obstacles |
| 36% | GAG | 3 | Running ___ (joke that's repeated over and over) |
| 36% | PROM | 4 | Event presided over by a king and queen |
| 36% | PARKOUR | 7 | Run, jump and climb through an urban area |
| 35% | TRIATHLON | 9 | This event combines biking, swimming, and running |
| 34% | HENRY | 5 | Winkler who jumped over a shark on Happy Days and Arrested Development |
| 34% | ANAEROBIC | 9 | Like forms of exercise including sprinting and uphill running |
| 34% | TIMELOOP | 8 | This makes space events happen over and over again |
| 34% | SHOOTING | 8 | Sport that has skeet, running deer and trap events |
| 33% | HURDLE | 6 | Athletics obstacle to jump over |
| 33% | SHOW | 4 | Dog and pony ___, highly promoted, over-the-top event, slangily |
| 32% | MARATHON | 8 | A running event a little over 26 miles or 42 km |
| 32% | HURDLES | 7 | Barriers or obstacles used in a track and field racing event |
| 32% | BAR | 3 | Metal rod used in a high jump track and field event |
| 32% | GRANDMA | 7 | A reindeer ran over her in an Elmo and Patsy song |
| 32% | TRACKANDFIELD | 13 | Sport with events like shot put and high jump: 3 wds. |
| 31% | SAND | 4 | Makeup of the pit used in a long jump track and field event |