(School of Physical Education,Southwest University,Chongqing 400715,China) Abstract: By utilizing model GM(1,1) in the grey theory, the author analyzed the development of modern Olympic track and field events, made a prediction, and revealed the following findings: in track events, long distance events were developed faster than short distance events; men’s marathon and 50km walking race as well as women’s 10,000m run were developed the fastest; in field events, throwing events were developed better than jumping events; men’s discus throw, weight throw, pole vault, decathlon and javelin as well as women’s javelin, high jump, heptathlon and shot put showed a trend of developing; in general, men’s track and field events were developed bet-ter than women’s track and field events. Based on these findings, the author gave out a confidence interval of 95% for best performances in future Olympic Games. Key words: sports competition;track and field;Olympic Games;grey theory;GM(1,1) |