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Athletics - event information
Sunday, January 1, 2012

Start date: Friday, August 3
End date: Sunday, August 12
Medals contested: 47
Venue: Olympic Stadium — Track, field and combined events – Olympic Park; road events – The Mall
Total athletes: 2000
Aussie athletes: Hoping for a full track and field contingent

Nowhere is the Olympics' motto 'Citius, Altius, Fortiu' ('Faster, Higher, Stronger') on show more than athletics as the world's best track and field competitors push their bodies to the very limit.

While Australia will pin their gold medal hopes on pole vaulter Steve Hooker and hurdler Sally Pearson, it will be the traditional shootout in the men's 100 metre sprint that will captivate billions around the world. Can Jamaican sensation Usain Bolt, already the world record holder, go even faster in 2012?

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Opening Ceremony
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Boxing
BMX
Cycling
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing/Canoe/Kayak
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Synchro
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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AUSSIES TO WATCH
Steve Hooker (Getty)Steve Hooker

Age 29

Pole Vault

As the defending Olympic champion, Commonwealth and Continental Cup titleholder, Hooker can lay claim to being one of Australia's big-event performers in track and field, despite an injury hiccup at the last world championships. A second straight Olympic title would lift him to the rank of Australia's five-ringed immortals. Sally Pearson (Getty)Sally Pearson

Age 25

Hurdles

World champion and the first Australian to be crowned the IAAF's female athlete of the year, Pearson is ruthlessly dominating the 100m hurdles. The ultra-competitive Queenslander is short-priced favourite to surpass her silver from the 2008 Beijing Games and will leave no stone unturned in her bid to go one better. Jared Tallent (Getty)Jared Tallent

Age 27

Walk - 20km & 50km

Tallent made a massive breakthrough in Beijing with silver in the 50km walk and bronze in the 20km and should again be in contention in both events in London. This time around he has more the big-time experience to go even better.