Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics in athletics for the first time. Bulgaria, Egypt, Malta, Panama, Rhodesia, and Uruguay were the only six nations not to compete in athletics. Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 27 athletics events were contested. The competition was held on a 400-meter track and would become the standard for athletics tracks in the future. For the first time, women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program. There was a total of 706 participants from 40 countries competing. During the 1928 Summer Olympic Games 9 new world records were set in the
Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru are scheduled to be held between July 28th and August 11th, 2019 at the Athletics Stadium in the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna cluster. A total of 48 events will be contested, equally divided among men and women. The women's 50 km walk was added for this edition, marking the first time men and women will compete in an equal number of events. A total of 740 athletes will qualify to compete. Each nation may enter a maximum of two athletes in each