Depicts a running athlete and the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics logo, the country name above.

Athletics encompasses competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking events. The main types include track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking.

Organized athletics date back to the Ancient Olympic Games of 776 BC. The modern rules and formats were developed in Western Europe and North America in the 19th and early 20th centuries and later adopted worldwide.

The term "athletics" comes from the Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētēs), meaning "combatant in public games," derived from ἆθλον (athlon, "prize") or ἆθλος (athlos, "competition").

Numerical denomination and date surrounded by geometric patterns and Southern Cross.

Crux is a constellation located in the southern sky in a bright portion of the Milky Way, and is the smallest but one of the most distinctive of the 88 modern constellations. Its name is Latin for cross, and it is dominated by a cross-shaped or kite-like asterism that is commonly known as the Southern Cross.