long-track race of 1,00 meters or less.

A straight canoe/kayak race on open, flat water.

A triathlon featuring approximately 750m,20K bike, and a 5K run.

Short race, less than one mile.

A race determined by speed alone. All flatwater races are called sprints, regardless of distance.

a quick run

run very fast, usually for a short distance

a basic race

A long-track event of 500 or 1,000 metres.

An event that combines ski jumping from the large hill and a 7.5km cross-country race.

1) The last 500 meters of a 2,000-meter race. 2) A race substantially shorter than 2,000 meters.

A short race, usually 7 furlongs or less.

A short race at full speed, generally meaning a race of 400 metres or less.

A high-speed acceleration over a short distance. A sprint finish to a race can often be a hazardous affair, so sprinting is usually left to certain team-members who specialise in it.

A short race, seven furlongs or less.

A race run over 5/16 of a mile or shorter distance.

Describes the shorter events (50 and 100 meters or yards). In training, to swim as fast as possible for a short distance.

a race less than a mile long

A sudden burst of speed for the finish of a race involving more than one rider. Also a 1,000-meter event on a bicycle track called a "Velodrome."

A race run over five-sixteenth of a mile or shorter distance.

a race of 1200 metres or less.

A kind of kart racing which utilizes smaller road courses, with turns to the left and right, as compared to speedways. Sprint courses require different setup than the ovals used in speedway racing. Sprint karts are of the situp variety. Races usually last only a few minutes, with a pre-determiend number of laps. See also: enduro racing.

A race of 1400 metres or less

A quick scramble for the finish line or a mid-race king of the mountain or other competition. A professional road race sprint is fast, furious and tactical. Watch for riders to jockey for the second or third spot, or organize leadouts by their teammates.

1. A high-speed race, usually over a short distance. 2. The final high-speed dash for the finish line in race of any distance.

(1) A short race. (2) The last 500 meters or so of a race.

A race distance of less than a mile and a horse which performs best at those distances.

A race of a mile or less.

The shortest cross-country race, usually 1.5 kilometers, in which any style of skiing is allowed.

The sprint is a track cycling event involving a one-on-one match race between opponents who, unlike in the individual pursuit, start next to each other.

Sprints are short running races in athletics. They are roughly classified as events in which top runners will not have to "pace themselves", but can run as fast as possible for the entire distance. These are among the most glamorous events in the Olympic Games.

a two-day or three-day focused development session, in which developers pair off together and focus on building a particular subsystem of Plone

a very focused and intense development period

A sprint is a multi-day session of intense Zope 3 development organized around extreme programming (XP) ideas such as pair programming. (stolen from SprintSchedule which tells a lot more!)