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For a performance to be ratified as a world record by World Athletics, the marathon course on which the performance occurred must be 42.195 km (26.219 mi) long, [34] measured in a defined manner using the calibrated bicycle method [35] (the distance in kilometers being the official distance; the distance in miles is an approximation) and meet other criteria that rule out artificially fast ...
Indoor tracks longer than 200 meters are considered "oversized" and times are not accepted for record purposes. Indoor sprint races (50 to 60 meters) are held on level straight-aways. American athletes are successful on an international stage with many American records being at the same time world records.
World Championships: Tokyo, Japan Triple jump: 18.21 m (+0.2 m/s) Christian Taylor United States 27 August 2015 World Championships: Beijing, China [48] Shot put: 23.56 m Ryan Crouser United States 27 May 2023 USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix Westwood, United States [49] Discus throw: 72.34 m ≠ Ben Plucknett United States 7 July 1981 Stockholm ...
Two hours, 2 minutes and 57 seconds. That's the new world record for the fastest marathon time set by Dennis Kimetto in Berlin over the weekend. The Kenyan native became the first person to run 26 ...
Time Athlete Date Place 1921: 2:47:29.8 ... Masters W80 marathon world record progression; Masters W85 marathon world record progression; References This page was ...
The following tables are an overview of all current national records in the marathon, as compiled by World Athletics [1] and other authoritative sources of road racing statistics. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Background
Emily Sisson, born in Milwaukee and briefly a runner for Wisconsin, was an Olympian last year and now owns the U.S. marathon record.
Since 1990, the Boston Marathon has been ineligible for world records, as the start and finish are too far away from each other, and the race is a net downhill. [13] In 2011, Geoffrey Mutai won the race in 2:03:02, which was the world's fastest time for the marathon, beating the official world record by 57 seconds. [14]