Stamp: Hurdles (Ajman 1968)
Hurdles (Ajman 1968)
20 April (Ajman ) within release Summer Olympics 1968, Mexico goes into circulation Stamp Hurdles face value 1 United Arab Emirates riyal
| Stamp Hurdles in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi:AJ 249B |
Stamp is square format.
Also in the issue Summer Olympics 1968, Mexico:
- Stamp - Athlete with Olympic flame face value 1;
- Stamp - Short-distance Running face value 1;
- Stamp - Hurdles face value 1;
- Stamp - Hurdles face value 1;
- Stamp - Pole Vault face value 1;
- Stamp - Football face value 2;
- Stamp - Basketball face value 2;
- Stamp - Cycling face value 2;
- Stamp - Olympic Stadium face value 2;
- Souvenir Sheet - Hurdles; Pole jump face value 2*5;
- Souvenir Sheet - Hurdles face value 5;
- Souvenir Sheet - Pole Vault face value 5;
- Souvenir Sheet - Hurdles; Pole jump face value 5;
- Souvenir Sheet - Pole Vault face value 5;
- Souvenir Sheet - Hurdles face value 5;
Stamp Hurdles it reflects the thematic directions:
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping and throwing. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross-country running, and race walking.
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track and field and marathon runners but excluding e.g. swimmers, footballers or basketball players. However in other contexts (mainly in the United States) it is used to refer to all athletics (physical culture) participants of any sport. For the latter definition, the word sportsperson or its gendered sportsman or sportswoman are also used. A third definition is also sometimes used meaning anyone who is physically fit regardless of whether or not they compete in a spo
