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Equalled professional 100-yard world record Harry Jerome: 1962 9.2 Record made Jerome the only athlete to own both the 100-yard and 100 meter world record simultaneously. Frank Budd: 1962 9.2 Official world record Bob Hayes: 1962 9.35 Charles Greene: 1967 9.21 Bob Hayes: 1964 9.1 Hand-timed John Carlos: 1969 9.1 Hand-timed, equalled Hayes's ...
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
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 1974, he ran the fastest 100-yard dash with manual timing of 9.0 seconds, a record he still holds. [3] This was deemed at the time by the Los Angeles Times as "Immortality in 9 Seconds Flat", [4] and he was quickly tagged with the title the world's fastest man by Track and Field News [5] who put him on their June 1974 cover. [6]
Ida Keeling is 100 years old. And despite reaching the triple-digits, she makes sure to stay active. This week, all her hard work paid off. Ida Keeling is 100 years old. And despite reaching the ...
He set world records in the 100-yard dash and 100 meters event and Olympic records in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He was the first non-Euro-American to receive the title of the "world's fastest human" after winning gold medals in the 100 and 200 meters events at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
The first world record in the 100 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) ... The 1904 Olympics freestyle race was the only one ever measured at 100 yards, ...
Carlos had his greatest year in track and field in 1969, equaling the world 100-yard record of 9.1, winning the AAU 220-yard run, and leading San Jose State to its first NCAA championship with victories in the 100 and 220 and as a member of the 4×110-yard relay.