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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.
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.
50 m hurdles (99/100 cm) 6.62 Johnny Dutch: Clayton High School: Clayton, North Carolina: March 11, 2007 50 m hurdles (107/100 cm) 6.76 Rod Wilson: Bartram High School: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada: February 17, 1979 55 m hurdles (99/100 cm) 6.88 Trey Cunningham: Winfield High School Winfield, Alabama: Fort Washington ...
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.
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.
Eddy Ottoz won the gold medal in the 50 m hurdles at the age of 23 at the 1967 European Indoor Games. [1]50 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling, usually only run in indoor competitions.
Mixed 4 × 50m medley relay SC Sarah Sjöström (2023) Sweden 50m freestyle LC 100m freestyle LC 50m butterfly LC Rūta Meilutytė (2023) Lithuania 50m breaststroke LC 50m breaststroke SC 100m breaststroke SC Shayna Jack (2023) Australia 4 × 100m freestyle relay LC 4 × 200m freestyle relay LC Mixed 4 × 100m freestyle relay LC 2 Kaylee McKeown
62.50 m Sam Mattis: Garage Strength December 21, 2019 No Safe Throws Clinic and Competition Youngstown, United States [171] Weight throw: 84 ft 410 1 ⁄ 4 in / 25.86 m Lance Deal: New York AC March 4, 1995 USA Championships: Atlanta, United States 26.35 m A: Daniel Haugh: New York AC 16 February 2024 USA Championships: Albuquerque, United ...