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Additionally, high-school competition is conducted under slightly different rules, which have evolved over time. For example, in 1980, high schools converted their running distances from Imperial (yards) to metric, but instead of running conventional international distances like 1500 metres in place of the mile run, a more equitable but non ...
The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to 3 miles 188 yards or 16,404 feet 2 inches.It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 laps of a standard 400 m track, or 25 laps on an indoor 200 m track.
6.35 Greg Foster: World Class AC January 27, 1985 Rosemont, United States 6.35 Greg Foster: World Class AC January 31, 1987 Ottawa, Canada 55 m hurdles: 6.89 Renaldo Nehemiah: University of Maryland January 20, 1979 New York City, United States 60 m hurdles: 7.29 Grant Holloway: Adidas: February 24, 2021 Villa de Madrid Indoor Meeting: Madrid ...
17 years, 22 days 400 m hurdles (84 cm) 49.01 William Wynne: 15 July 2007 World Youth Championships: Ostrava, Czech Republic 17 years, 166 days [8] 400 m hurdles: 49.56 Robert Griffin: 1 August 2007 Knoxville United States 17 years, 170 days High jump: 2.28 m (7 ft 5 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) Dothel Edwards: 9 July 1983 Athens, United States 16 years, 303 ...
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
19 years, 70 days 5000 m: 13:24.26 Nico Young: 23 April 2021 Drake Relays: Des Moines United States 18 years, 270 days [11] 13:18.95 Cole Hocker: 12 June 2021 NCAA Division I Championships: Eugene United States 19 years, 6 days [12] 10,000 m: 28:15.52 Galen Rupp: 7 May 2005 Oregon Twilight Meet Eugene United States 18 years, 364 days Marathon ...
16 years, 177 days 26 Aug 2015 Wisam El-Bekheet (PLE) 14 years, 281 days 9 Aug 2001 Oldest champion Bernard Lagat (USA) 32 years, 264 days 2 Sep 2007 Hellen Obiri (KEN) 29 years, 296 days 5 Oct 2019 Oldest medalist Bernard Lagat (USA) 36 years, 266 days 4 Sep 2011 Edith Masai (KEN) 36 years, 148 days 30 Aug 2003 Oldest finalist
Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American World War II veteran, an Olympic distance runner and a Christian evangelist.He took up running in high school and qualified for the United States in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing 8th while setting a new lap record in the process.