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The one hour run is an athletics event in which competitors try to cover as much distance as possible within one hour. While officially recognized by World Athletics as a track event, it is rarely contested apart from occasional world record attempts. The event has a long history, with first recorded races dating back to the late 17th century. [1]
1 World records. Toggle World records subsection. 1.1 Track events. 1.2 Field events. 1.3 Road events. 2 European records. 3 See also. ... Long jump ; Triple jump ...
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 ...
The first world record in the men's 1000 metres was recognised by the IAAF in 1913. 27 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. Time Athlete
In June 1979, just days after equalling her own 100 metres hurdles world record of 12.48 seconds, [11] Grażyna Rabsztyn ran the distance in 12.39 seconds in Bremen with a 2.8 m/s tail wind. [12] The next year Rabsztyn became the first woman to legally run under 12.40 when she improved the world record to 12.36 seconds. [11]
1:15.0 James Clegg United Kingdom: Sheffield, England: July 7, 1873 [1] 1:14.6 Frederick Elborough United Kingdom: London, England: April 28, 1877 1:14.5 Lon Myers United States: West New Brighton, New York, United States: May 29, 1880 1:11.4 Lon Myers [2] United States: New York, New York, United States: July 1, 1882 William Downs United States
60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.65 seconds (Devynne Charlton) and 7.27 seconds (Grant Holloway), respectively.
3200 meters is an uncommon long middle-distance, or short long-distance, track and field running event that is 200 m longer than the much more common 3,000 metre run, and slightly shorter than the two mile run.