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Section on doping.
===Gender equality===
===Gender equality===
In the mid-twentieth century, [[women]] competed in far fewer events than [[men]]. Gradually, women have been allowed to do more and more, until in the 2008 Olympics in [[Beijing]] the only differences were running 100 m rather than 110 m in the sprint hurdles, and competing in the heptathlon rather than the decathlon (the women's shot, discus, javelin and hammer are also lighter than the men's). Some of the last events to be added were pole vault, hammer and steeplechase.
In the mid-twentieth century, [[women]] competed in far fewer events than [[men]]. Gradually, women have been allowed to do more and more, until in the 2008 Olympics in [[Beijing]] the only differences were running 100 m rather than 110 m in the sprint hurdles, and competing in the heptathlon rather than the decathlon (the women's shot, discus, javelin and hammer are also lighter than the men's). Some of the last events to be added were pole vault, hammer and steeplechase.
== Controversy ==
Like any sport that relies heavily on purely physical attributes such as power and speed, the sport of athletics has to be vigilant for the use of performance-enhancing [[drugs]] ('''doping'''). Because of its high profile, athletics has had some of the most publicised doping scandals of any sport. These include [[Canada|Canadian]] sprinter [[Ben Johnson]]'s positive test for [[steroids]] at the [[Seoul]] Olympics in 1988, and the more recent stripping of [[Marion Jones]]' gold medals after she admitted having used performance enhancers.
== Events ==
== Events ==