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Christian Coleman breaking the 60 m world record. In 2023, World Athletics decided to introduce the new term 'short track' to replace the previous term 'indoor' to describe events and performances that are set on a 200m track. [170] For track and combined events, the term "indoor world records" were changed to "short track world records".
The world record in the mile run is the fastest time set by a runner in the middle-distance track and field event. World Athletics is the official body which oversees the records. Hicham El Guerrouj is the current men's record holder with his time of 3:43.13, [1] while Faith Kipyegon has the women's record of 4:07.64. [2]
1 World records. Toggle World records subsection. ... One mile ; 3000 metres ... Long jump ; Triple jump ...
1.28 m Record mark: 1.52 m Michaela Daamen Germany 16 June 2001 Assen, Netherlands T45 1.45 m Giselle Cole Canada 24 June 1984 New York City, United States [202] T46/47 1.67 m Catherine Bader-Bille Germany 17 June 2000 Weinstadt, Germany [202] T61 vacant [202] T62 vacant: T63 vacant: T64 1.52 m Michaela Daamen Germany 16 June 2001 Assen ...
Races have been walked at distances as short as 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and as long as 100 km (62.1 mi). The men's world record for the 50-mile race walk is held by Israeli Shaul Ladany, whose time of 7:23:50 in 1972 beat the world record that had stood since 1935. [9]
The road mile became an official world record event on 1 September 2023 which is why most performances prior to this date were not previously considered records. The winning times from the 2023 U.S. Road Mile Championships, on 25 April, were ratified by World Athletics as the inaugural road mile world records. [61] Correct as of September 2024.
The Mile race walk is a rarely contested racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race. The event is competed as a track race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it.
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...