Fig. 1: Athlet-AH08-Front
- Cloth: Heavyweight tan right twill
- Embroidery: Silk continuous
- Border: Clockwise, round & dense
Fig. 2: Athlet-AH08-Magnified
- Design: Center rib straight with curve at top, 6 ribs in right wing including long center rib, left main rib almost straight, squarish heel, blunt toe, NO opening/break in center of arch of foot
Fig. 3: Athlet-AH08-Reverse
- Back: Brown imprint
Item Name: Athletics 1913 - 1921
Item ID: Athlet-AH08
Collector Rating: 1
Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge
Requirements August 1911 until October 1914
1. Write an acceptable article of not less than five hundred words on how to train for an athletic event.
2. Give the rule for one track and one field event.
3. Make the equipped athletic standard according to his weight, classifications and conditions as stated in chapter eight, outdoor athletic standards.
Outdoor Athletic Standards
The athletic standards given below are those which most boys ought to be able to attain. They are the result of the experience of several physical directors who have made a special study of athletics and physical work among boys.
The rules governing the event are found in the official handbook of the Athletic League of North America. These rules must be strictly ahead to.
Events | Under | Under | Under | Under | Over |
| 90 lbs. | 110 lbs. | 125 lbs. | 140 lbs. | 140 lbs. |
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Running Broad Jump | 12 ft. | 13 ft. | 14 ft. | 15 ft. | 16 ft. |
Running High Jump | 3 ft. 11 in. | 4 ft. 1 in. | 4 ft. 4 in | 4 ft. 7 in. | 4 ft. 10 in. |
Standing Broad Jump | 6 ft. 6 in. | 7 ft. | 7 ft. 6 in. | 8 ft. | 8 ft. 6 in. |
Standing High Jump | 3 ft. 2 in. | 3 ft 4 in. | 3 ft. 6 in. | 3 ft. 8 in. | 3 ft. 10 in. |
Pull-up | 5 times | 7 times | 9 times | 11 times | 13 times |
20 Yard Swim | 20 sec. | 18 sec. | 16 sec. | 14 sec. | 12 sec. |
40 Yard Swim | 40 sec. | 39 sec. | 38 sec. | 37 sec. | 36 sec. |
50 Yard Dash | 7 4/5 sec. | 7 2/5 sec. | 7 sec. | 6 3/5 sec. | 6 1/5 sec. |
Eight Potato Race | 45 sec. | 43 sec. | 41 sec. | 39 sec. | 37 sec. |
8 lb Shot Put | * | 25 ft. | 30 ft. | 35 ft. | 40 ft. |
Push-up from Floor | * | 11 times | 13 times | 15 times | 17 times |
Rope Climb | * | 14 sec. | 12 sec. | 10 sec. | 8 sec. |
100 Yard Dash | * | * | 13 sec. | 12 3/5 sec. | 12 1/5 sec. |
For merit badge a boy under ninety pounds must qualify in seven of the first nine events; a boy under one hundred and ten pounds must qualify in ten of the first twelve events; all others must qualify in their proper class in eleven of the thirteen events.