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Milkha Singh (20 November 1929 – 18 June 2021), [a] [2] also known as "The Flying Sikh", was an Indian track and field sprinter who was introduced to the sport while serving in the Indian Army. He is the only athlete to win gold at 400 metres at the Asian Games as well as the Commonwealth Games. He has won gold medals in the 1958 and 1962 ...
In the final, the fifth- and sixth-place finishers (Manfred Kinder and Earl Young matched the old record—but still finished a full second behind the leaders, as Otis and Kaufmann broke the world record with 44.9 second finishes to take gold and silver. Singh's 45.6 seconds in the final set a national record that stood for 44 years.
The first world record in the 400 m for men was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics, in 1912.The IAAF ratified Charles Reidpath's 48.2 s performance set at that year's Stockholm Olympics as a world record, but it also recognized the superior mark over 440 yards (402.336 metres) run by Maxie Long in 1900 as a world record.
Milkha Singh, known as 'The Flying Sikh,' was a three-time Olympic track star from India. His inspiring life story was made into a movie.
It is shown that Ranbir Singh (Milkha's coach) mentions world record as 45.9 seconds after 1952 Olympics; while Milkha eventually bested that time in the 1956 Olympics with a personal record of 45.73 seconds, the newest world record was 45.2 seconds set by Lou Jones of the United States, the first-place winner in the same race. [75]
By the time Bol got the baton for the last leg it looked a foregone conclusion as the 400 hurdles specialist and indoor 400m world record holder has been in stunning form in recent weeks.
Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref. Men Cross country running: 36:49 (12.2 km) Vijay Kumar Mishra: 25 March 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships: Aix-les-Bains, France 39:22 (12.33 km) Bhairav Singh: 23 March 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships: Turin, Italy 42:12 (12.53 km) Madan Singh: 21 March 1992 IAAF World Cross Country ...
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in the women's 400m hurdles final at Stade de France. - Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Anna Cockrell from the US took silver running a big personal best of 51.87.