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World-record holder Lon Meyers (1858–1899) was the first person to run the 440 in under 50 seconds. [1] [2] In 1947, Herb McKenley of Jamaica set a world record in the event with a time of 46.3 seconds, which he lowered the following year to a new world record of 46.0 seconds. [3]
The mile record has since been lowered by 16.27 seconds. As of June 2022, the "four-minute barrier" has been broken by 1,755 athletes. [3] The record for the fastest time stands at 3:43.13, achieved by the Moroccan athlete Hicham El Guerrouj, at age 24, in 1999. [4] [5]
On his way to a still-standing track record of 1:59 2 ⁄ 5, [63] Secretariat ran each quarter-mile segment faster than the one before it. The successive quarter-mile times were :25 1 ⁄ 5, :24, :23 4 ⁄ 5, :23 2 ⁄ 5, and :23. [32] This means he was still accelerating as of the final quarter-mile of the race. [21]
The women's vault record has been advanced 9 times indoors by three different women, each ratified as a world record. The last record to be set indoors was in 2004. Sergey Bubka 's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect.
Jay Leno made history Wednesday on Jay Leno’s Garage, when he set a new world record in a Tesla Model S Plaid.The comedian broke the Bugatti Chiron Sport’s production car quarter-mile speed ...
A Suzuki GSX-R1000 at a drag strip – a 2006 model once recorded a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.35 seconds. This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and 1 ⁄ 4-mile times of under 12 seconds.
Jenny Barringer set collegiate records in six events representing the Colorado Buffaloes, though none of them still stand Elijah Hall posing with the clock after setting a collegiate record of 20.02 seconds in the indoor 200 m, a mark that also stands as the American record and the No. 2 performance of all time
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]