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In the 400 meters, the strategy proven to be the most effective is starting off at a 70-75% pace and working up to 100%, or known as the threshold pace strategy. Examples of this race plan are Michael Johnson’s former World Record of 43.18 in 1999 and Cathy Freeman’s Olympic Gold Medal in 2000, [ 15 ] both 400 meters runners who benefited ...
Note: The Road Mile became an official world record event after September 1, 2023, on World Athletics Certified Courses only (i.e: elevation gradient must not exceed one meter per kilometer, start and finish line must not be more than half a mile apart). The winning times from the 2023 U.S. Road Mile Championships, on 25 April, were ratified by ...
In total, 220 men qualified via a marathon time, while only 7 gained entry with a half marathon time. For women, 158 achieved the marathon standard and only 15 hit the half marathon mark. The total number of female qualifiers dropped from 512 in the 2020 United States Olympic Trials (marathon) to 173 in 2024, due mainly to the marathon entry ...
In road events, the course is not required to be a circuit, but the overall decrease in elevation between the start and finish shall not exceed 1:1000, i.e. 1 m/km. In road events, the start and finish points of a course, measured along a theoretical straight line between them, shall not be further apart than 50% of the race distance.
Pacemakers were instructed to and passed through the halfway mark in 1:01:00, faster than the world record pace following splits of 13:48 and 28:19 through 5 kilometres and 10 kilometres, respectively. In the 24th mile, Kipchoge left Ethiopian Shura Kitata to win in a time of 2:04:17. [14]
Peter Riegel (January 30, 1935 – May 28, 2018) was an American research engineer who developed a mathematical formula for predicting race times for runners and other athletes given a certain performance at another distance.
The 20 km walk course consisted of multiple laps of a shorter 1 mile (1.6 km) course. [3] In the marathon events, the qualification times were 2:11:30 for the men's race, and 2:29:30 for the women's event. [3] [6] In the 20 km walk event, the men's qualification time was 1:21:00 and for women it was 1:31:00. [6]
1:05.75 Jenoah McKiver University of Florida: January 18, 2025 Corky Classic Lubbock, United States [145] 600 m: 1:13.77 Donavan Brazier: Nike Oregon Project February 24, 2019 USA Championships: Staten Island, United States [146] 800 m: 1:44.21 Donavan Brazier: Nike February 13, 2021 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix: Staten Island, United States ...