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The one hour run is an athletics event in which competitors try to cover as much distance as possible within one hour. While officially recognized by World Athletics as a track event, it is rarely contested apart from occasional world record attempts. The event has a long history, with first recorded races dating back to the late 17th century. [1]
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. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed by six consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020 ...
January 15, 2022 [109] 1:00.49 Andrew Salvodon: Bayside High School: Virginia Beach, Virginia: Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Virginia Showcase January 17, 2025 [110] 600 m: 1:15.58 Will Sumner: Woodstock High School: Woodstock, Georgia: Chicago, Illinois: CYUP Misfits Invitational January 22, 2022 [111] 800 m: 1:47.67 Josh Hoey: Bishop Shanahan ...
In the United States, the form World's Record was formerly more common. The term The World's Best was also briefly in use. The latter term is still used in athletics events, including track and field and road running to describe good and bad performances that are not recognized as an official world record: either because it is not an event where World Athletics tracks the record (e.g. the 150 ...
1:15.0 James Clegg United Kingdom: Sheffield, England: July 7, 1873 [1] 1:14.6 Frederick Elborough United Kingdom: London, England: April 28, 1877 1:14.5 Lon Myers United States: West New Brighton, New York, United States: May 29, 1880 1:11.4 Lon Myers [2] United States: New York, New York, United States: July 1, 1882 William Downs United States
3200 meters is an uncommon long middle-distance, or short long-distance, track and field running event that is 200 m longer than the much more common 3,000 metre run, and slightly shorter than the two mile run.
The world record for the 60 metres hurdles is recognised by World Athletics, the governing body for the sport of athletics, for both men and women. The event is recognised in indoor settings only. The current men's record is 7.27 A seconds, set by the USA's Grant Holloway on 24 February 2021 in Madrid, Spain.