Athletics

Birdseye view photograph of runner collapsed on stage after finishing a race.Spotlight of athletes waiting for start of race as the Olympic logo is projected onto the track.Female Italian Paralympic althetes piled on the track at the finish line.Black & White photograph of female athletes waiting behind the scenes at the 2015 World Athletics Championships.Birdseye view photograph of athletes mid jump over hurdles on blue running track.Fisheye photograph of triple jump athlete leaping mid air during jump.Paralympic runner, Richard Whitehead, wins race as fellow competitor falls head first to the ground as his body is flung in the air.Usain Bolt taking a celebratory selfie with crowd after win.Birdseye view photograph of runner collapsed on stage after finishing a race.Spotlight of athletes waiting for start of race as the Olympic logo is projected onto the track.Female Italian Paralympic althetes piled on the track at the finish line.Black & White photograph of female athletes waiting behind the scenes at the 2015 World Athletics Championships.Birdseye view photograph of athletes mid jump over hurdles on blue running track.
Birdseye view photograph of runner collapsed on stage after finishing a race.Spotlight of athletes waiting for start of race as the Olympic logo is projected onto the track.Female Italian Paralympic althetes piled on the track at the finish line.Black & White photograph of female athletes waiting behind the scenes at the 2015 World Athletics Championships.Birdseye view photograph of athletes mid jump over hurdles on blue running track.Fisheye photograph of triple jump athlete leaping mid air during jump.Paralympic runner, Richard Whitehead, wins race as fellow competitor falls head first to the ground as his body is flung in the air.Usain Bolt taking a celebratory selfie with crowd after win.Birdseye view photograph of runner collapsed on stage after finishing a race.Spotlight of athletes waiting for start of race as the Olympic logo is projected onto the track.Female Italian Paralympic althetes piled on the track at the finish line.Black & White photograph of female athletes waiting behind the scenes at the 2015 World Athletics Championships.Birdseye view photograph of athletes mid jump over hurdles on blue running track.Fisheye photograph of triple jump athlete leaping mid air during jump.Paralympic runner, Richard Whitehead, wins race as fellow competitor falls head first to the ground as his body is flung in the air.Usain Bolt taking a celebratory selfie with crowd after win.

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The oldest of sporting endeavours and part of human representation throughout history, capturing athletics requires a keen eye and precision timing. Whilst capturing emotion and conveying the energy it's equally important to capture the intensity of the moment.  

Athletics photography is a specialised form of sports photography focused on capturing the excitement and action of athletic events. It requires a photographer
to be able to capture the movements of athletes in a creative way and the great athletics photographers capture moments that no one else can see, and immortalise them in a single image.

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The sprint

by Tetsu Lee

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Air Time

by Shaun Brooks

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Falling Femke

by Sam Barnes

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I'm Not Back. I'm Better

by Annice Lyn

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Hungry for Medals

by Axel Kohring

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Cool down

by Fabrizio Bensch

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Let's win

by Fabrizio Bensch

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Heroes' Square Shadows

by Martin Rickett

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Running in the light

by Mattia Ozbot

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Triple Jump

by Mattia Ozbot

2023 Winners

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 B of the bang

by Phil Noble

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2022 Winners

Female Italian Paralympic althetes piled on the track at the finish line.

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Uno Due Tre

by Samuel Barnes

Spotlight of athletes waiting for start of race as the Olympic logo is projected onto the track.

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Showtime

by Brendan Moran

Birdseye view image of athletes collapsed on track in exhaustion at the end of a race.

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Untitled

by Richard Heathcote

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Male high jumper upside down as he jumps over the high bar.

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Bend

by Patrick Smith

Five female Heptathletes practising their shot put positioning on the side of the field.

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Tokyo Heptathlon

by Geoffrey Lowe

Paralympic long jumper landing face first into the sand pit.

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Untitled

by Naomi Baker

Birdseye view photograph of male athletes in their starting positions before the gun.

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False Start

by Richard Heathcote

Male Paralympic long jumper flying through the air as the stadium lights shine behind him.

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Untitled

by Naomi Baker

Photograph from the stands as tired athletes lie collapsed on the floor after race, whilst some celebrate.

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Exhaustion

by Patrick Smith

Close up of Czech Republic athlete dripping with water after being splashed by a bottle.

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Tokyo Heat

by Ryan Pierse

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Usain Bolt smugly smiles as he looks bad a slower athletes during race.

GOLD

The Smile

by Cameron Spencer

Paralympic runner, Richard Whitehead, wins race as fellow competitor falls head first to the ground as his body is flung in the air.

SILVER

Great Britain's Richard Whitehead wins

by Steven Paston

Usain Bolt taking a celebratory selfie with crowd after win.

BRONZE

Bolt

by Ryan Pierse

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Fisheye photograph of the fireworks display during the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.

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Closing Ceremony London 2012

by Steve Paston

Birdseye view photograph of athletes mid jump over hurdles on blue running track.

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Moscow Hurdles

by Julian Finney

Black & White photograph of female athletes waiting behind the scenes at the 2015 World Athletics Championships.

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Behind The Scenes

by Aleksandra Szmigiel

Mo Farah celebrating winning his 2nd gold medal race of the London 2012 Olympics.

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Mo Farah's 2nd gold of 2012

by Tom Jenkins

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