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50 metres, or 50-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a relatively uncommon non-championship event for indoor track and field, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor athletics competitions it is used in the Special Olympics and a rare distance, at least for senior athletes.
The 40-yard dash, a standard acceleration evaluation for American football players, does not fall within the usual criteria of athletics racing events. In most 40-yard dashes, reaction times are not recorded as timing starts only once the player is in motion, and the standards for timing a "football 40" are so lax and inconsistent that a real ...
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 ...
The first world record in the men's 50 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognized by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1976.In short course (25 metres) swimming events the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991.
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[45] Video on YouTube: Brayden Williams, Caden Durham, Ayson Theus, Dakorien Moore 4 × 400 m relay: 3:07.40 Hawthorne High School: Hawthorne, California: Austin, Texas: Texas Relays: April 6, 1985 Michael Graham 48.1, Mike Marsh 47.7, Sean Kelly 47.1, Henry Thomas 44.5 4×440 y relay 3:10.37 Centennial High School: Compton, California ...
Video 100 m: 9.69 (+2.0 m/s) Tyson Gay: Adidas: September 20, 2009 Golden Grand Prix: Shanghai, China 200 m: 19.31 (+0.4 m/s) Noah Lyles United States July 21, 2022 World Championships: Eugene, United States [1] 400 m: 43.18 Michael Johnson: Nike: August 26, 1999 World Championships: Seville, Spain 800 m: 1:42.34 Donavan Brazier: Nike Oregon ...
The modern sprinting events have their roots in races of imperial measurements which were later altered to metric: the 100 m evolved from the 100-yard dash, [7] the 200 m distance came from the furlong (or 1 ⁄ 8 mile), [8] and the 400 m was the successor to the 440-yard dash or quarter-mile race.