| DECATHLON | Athletic event consisting of 10 track-and-field disciplines including 100 metres and shot put (9) |
| POLEVAULT | One of the 10 track-and-field events contested in a decathlon (4,5) |
| DECATHLETE | Term for an athlete who participates in an event consisting of 10 disciplines (10) |
| TRIATHLON | Endurance athletic event consisting of swimming, cycling and running (9) |
| PENTATHLON | Women's athletic contest comprising seven track-and-field disciplines (10) |
| GYMNASTICS | Sport with many disciplines including rhythmic and tumbling (10) |
| ERIKDEBRUIN | Dutch discus and shot put thrower who married Irish swimmer Michelle Smith in 1996 |
| SCALES | Deals including 100 pieces of fish |
| SCULPTRESSES | Highlights, including 100 Universal recording artists (12) |
| USAINBOLT | Jamaican sprinter who won Olympic gold in the 100 metres and 200 metres in 2008, 2012 and 2016 (5,4) |
| DICKINSON | Emily ---, 19th Century American poet known for her unconventional use of metre and capitalisation (9) |
| DECAPOLIS | Territory consisting of ten cities in ancient Palestine (9) |
| DECASTYLE | In classical architecture, a portico consisting of ten columns (9) |
| FREESTYLE | At the 1996 Atlanta Games, swimmers Alexander Popov and Gary Hall, Jr. faced off in these 50-metre and 100-metre swimming events (8) |
| HURDLING | Class of events where a runner races over a series of obstacles, which are set a fixed distance apart. The standard race distances for men are 110, 200, and 400 metres and 100 metres and 200 metres fo |
| SPRINT | A footrace over a short distance with an all-out or nearly all-out burst of speed, the chief distances being 100, 200, and 400 metres and 100, 220, and 440 yards. Also called a dash. (6) |
| REGATTA | A sporting event consisting of a series of boat or yacht races (7) |
| BIATHLON | Sports event consisting of rifle shooting and cross-country skiing (8) |
| RAELENEBOYLE | Which Australian athlete won silver medals in the 100 metre and 200 metre sprints at the 1972 Olympi |
| BOLT | This sprinter won gold medals in the 100-metre and 200-metre races in an unprecedented three straight Olympic Games |
