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Athletics: TIMETABLE OF THE MAIN EVENTS IN HELSINKI.


SATURDAY 6 AUGUST

6.55pm Men's shot put final

7.15pm Women's 10,000 final

SUNDAY Sunday: see Sabbath; week.  7 AUGUST

4.40pm Men's discus discus /dis·cus/ (dis´kus) pl. dis´ci   [L.] disk.

dis·cus
n. pl. dis·ci
A flat circular surface; a disk.



discus

pl. disci [L.]

1.
 final

5.20pm Men's 100m semi-finals

5.40pm Women's triple jump final

6,20pm Women's heptathlon heptathlon: see under decathlon.
heptathlon

Women's athletics competition. Contestants take part in seven different track-and-field events: 100-m hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, javelin throw, and 200- and 800-m runs.
 800m (final event)

7.35pm Men's 100m final

MONDAY 8 AUGUST

5.10pm Women's high jump final

5.20pm Men's 10,000m final

7.35pm Women's100m final

TUESDAY 9 AUGUST

4.35pm Women's discus final

6.25pm Women's 800m final

7.25pm Men's 400m hurdles final

WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST

4.10pm Women's pole vault pole vault

Track-and-field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a long pole. It became a competitive sport in the mid-19th century and was included in the first modern Olympic Games.
 final

4.35pm Women's long jump final

6.00pm Women's 400m final

6.30pm Men's javelin final

8.10pm Men's 1500m final

THURSDAY 11 AUGUST

4.35pm Men's pole vault final

6.00pm Men's triple jump final

7.20pm Women's 100m hurdles final

8.05pm Men's 200m final

FRIDAY 12 AUGUST

5.30pm Women's 200m final

6.45pm Men's 110m hurdles final

7.35pm Men's 400m final

SATURDAY 13 AUGUST

12.20 Men's marathon

5.05pm Women's 400m hurdles final

5.45pm Men's long jump final

6.10pm Women's 5,000m final

6.40pm Women's 4x100m final

7.40pm Men's 4x100m final

SUNDAY 14 AUGUST

12.20pm Women's marathon

4.45pm Men's high jump final

5.30pm Men's 800m final

5.40pm Women's javelin final

5.55pm Women's 1,500m final

6.20pm Men's 5,00m final

6.55pm Women's 4x400m final

7.20pm Men's 4x400m final
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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Aug 6, 2005
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