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Start (green) and end (red) points of a 200 metre race, marked on a running track The 200 metres , or 200-meter dash , is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight , so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race.
The proper length of the first lane of a competitive running track is 400 m (1,312.3 ft). Some tracks are not built to this specification, instead being a legacy to imperial distances such as 440 yd (402.336 m), equivalent to a quarter of a mile.
This is a list of NCAA Division I outdoor champions in the 200 meters and its imperial equivalent 220 yard dash. For men, the imperial distance was contested until 1975 excepting Olympic years starting in 1932. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were at the metric distance.
The 106,000-square-foot (9,800 m 2) building houses a 200-meter oval with banked turns. The track surface is Red and Grey Mondo Super X. There is a 60-meter straight in the center of the oval. Inside the oval there are shot put areas, high jump areas, and elevated horizontal jumping and pole vault runways.
After narrowly becoming "the fastest man in the world" with his gold medal win in the 100-meter run at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Lyles finished short of another win, earning a bronze medal in the ...
The dimensions of the track and equipment used must conform to standards. In road events, the course must be accurately measured, by a certified measurer. Except in road events ( road running and race walking ), the performance must be set in a single-sex race, [ 2 ] with the sole exception of the mixed-sex 4 × 400 m relay, introduced by World ...
The 200 metres straight is a track and field outdoor event of 200 metres on a straight track. In the 1960s, the straight 200 metres was a separate world record event for men until IAAF deleted this variation from its list of official records. [1] The race was more common during the early to mid 20th century, when panhandle tracks, with 200 ...
Hogan, who trains women for the heptathlon—concluding on Friday and consisting of 100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 meter run, long jump, javelin throw, and the 800 meter run—and men ...