Events
The events held have remained more or less the same since they originated with the main alterations coming in the earlier years.
The 4 x 400 m relay race for both men and women was added to the full schedule in 1991 as was the women's triple jump, but only as an exhibition event before gaining full status at the following championships.
1993 saw the last of the racewalking events included and a 1600 m medley relay was tried but dropped for future games. This same year a men's heptathlon and women's pentathlon were successfully introduced as non-championship events and have remained in place since.
In 1997 the women's pole vault entered the fray – two years before it made an appearance at the games' outdoor counterpart.
The 200 m has been absent since the 2006 championships in Moscow, as it was deemed unfair. Its results had become too predictable. Because of the tight bends involved, athletes not drawn in one of the outside lanes had next to no chance of winning.
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—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
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