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Jeongseon-eup, South Korea [2] 200 m: 20.40 (+0.3 m/s) Park Tae-geon: 28 June 2018 South Korean Championships Jeongseon-eup, South Korea 300 m: 33.01 Mo Il-hwan: 22 April 2018 Izumo Meet Izumo, Japan [3] 400 m: 45.37 Shon Ju-il: 17 June 1994 Seoul, South Korea 800 m: 1:44.14 Lee Jin-il: 17 June 1994 South Korean Championships Seoul, South Korea ...
National records in athletics are the marks achieved by a nation's best athlete or athletes in a particular athletics event. These records are ratified by the respective national athletics governing body. A national record may also be the respective continental record (also called "area record" (AR)), or even the world record (WR) in that event.
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]
1:13:55.8+ Toshihiko Seko Japan 22 March 1981 Christchurch, New Zealand 25 km (road) 1:13:14+ Takayuki Matsumiya Japan 27 February 2005 Kumamoto, Japan 30,000 m (track) 1:29:18.8 Toshihiko Seko Japan 22 March 1981 Christchurch, New Zealand 30 km (road) 1:28:00 Takayuki Matsumiya Japan 27 February 2005 Kumamoto, Japan Marathon: 2:04:43
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.
The ICBM was in the air for 86 minutes, beating its previous record by 13 minutes. It was launched from near North Korea's capital Pyongyang and traveled for about 620 miles before crashing into ...
Tour operator Simon Cockerell on his first trip to North Korea in 2002. Pictured with a North Korean tour guide in front of a statue of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang.
Kenyan runner Sylvester Teimet beat the men's record in 2010 with his win in 2:06:49 hours. [6] Three Kenyans went under this time in 2012, with Wilson Loyanae's time of 2:05:37 hours knocking more than a minute off the record. [12] The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all runners receiving a full refund.