If by officials, meaning, coaches, judges, and gymnasts, here are a few:
> Coaches
Bela Karolyi
Marta Karolyi
Valeri Liukin
Kevin Maezeika
>Judges
> Gymnasts
(Women)
Nastia Liukin - 2008 Olympian
Shawn Johnson - 2008 Olympian
Alicia Sacramone - 2008 Olympian
Bridget Sloan - 2008 Olympian
Jana Bieger - 2008 Olympian
Chellsie Memmel - 2008 Olympian
Samantha Peszek - 2008 Olympian
Ivana Hong - 2008 Alternate Olympian
Shayla Worley
(Men)
Jonathan Horton - 2008 Olympian
Joseph Hagerty - 2008 Olympian
Justin Spring - 2008 Olympian
Raj Bhavsar - 2008 Olympian
Paul Hamm - 2004 Olympian
Morgan Hamm
Sean Golden
Sean Townsend
Their job is to make sure the event goes smoothly and without any cheating.
Marksman, starter, timekeeper, track judge, field judge.
Officiating officials in track and field are called timers. They use stopwatches and whistles to start and time events. Other officiating officials in track and field are measurers. They make sure measurements, like in the long jump, are recorded properly.
track and field track and field
Track and Field
29
29
track and field
36
No, chess is not a track and field game.
There is 1 referee and 6 other officials on the field at one time.
track and field got its name because when you run you on a track. the field part is because you compete in the other competions on a field a grassy area.
Stop watches to measure time, tape measures to measure distance, and an anemometer to measure wind speed for track and field events.