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For a performance to be ratified as a world record by World Athletics, the marathon course on which the performance occurred must be 42.195 km (26.219 mi) long, [34] measured in a defined manner using the calibrated bicycle method [35] (the distance in kilometers being the official distance; the distance in miles is an approximation) and meet other criteria that rule out artificially fast ...
Marathon year rankings. The following table shows the yearly rankings in the marathon since 1921 (men) and 1970 (women), based on the best performance in the classic distance race of 42.195 km (26 miles 385 yards). The data for the women's marathon from 1970 to 1979 is compiled from the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races. [1]
Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed by six consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020 ...
A total of 18 Guinness World Record titles were broken by those taking part in the London Marathon on Sunday, including the fastest marathon for a male dressed in pyjamas and a female in a toga.
Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012. ^ "Jepchirchir and Chebet power to Kenyan double at Valencia Marathon". Retrieved 6 December 2020. ^ "Kiptum smashes world marathon record with 2:00:35, Hassan runs 2:13:44 in Chicago". World Athletics. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
Bobbi Gibb at the 26.2 Foundation in 2016. Roberta Louise Gibb (born November 2, 1942) is an American former runner who was the first woman to have run the entire Boston Marathon (1966). [1]
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
It's been more than 45 years since "The Brady Bunch" first premiered in 1969, introducing to the public six kids who stole America's heart. Marcia, Jan, Cindy, Greg, Peter and Bobby grew up on ...