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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 ...
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.
[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 ...
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.
Video 100 m: 10.49 (±0.0 m/s) Florence Griffith Joyner: WCAC July 16, 1988 US Olympic Trials: Indianapolis, United States 200 m: 21.34 (+1.3 m/s) Florence Griffith Joyner United States September 29, 1988 Olympic Games: Seoul, South Korea 400 m: 48.70 Sanya Richards: Nike September 17, 2006 World Cup: Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece 800 m: 1:54.97
Video 4 × 400 m relay: 3:19.54 Keshun Reed Lynna Irby Norman Grimes Samantha Watson United States 19 July 2015 World Youth Championships: Cali, Colombia 17 years, 124 days 16 years, 225 days 17 years, 194 days 15 years, 251 days [66]