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The first record officially recognised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF) was set on 6 July 1974 by Lyudmila Bragina from the Soviet Union. As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified nine world records in the outdoor event. [1]
The women's vault record has been advanced 9 times indoors by three different women, each ratified as a world record. The last record to be set indoors was in 2004. 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.
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 ...
In women's athletics, 3000 metres was a standard event in the Olympic Games (1984 to 1992) [2] and World Championships (1980 to 1993). [3] The event was discontinued at World Championship and Olympic level after the 1993 World Championships in Athletics , with Qu Yunxia being the final gold medal winner at the event.
In less than a month, she went on to win the 3000 m and 10,000 m in the Chinese National Games with three world records in three races. On 8 September 1993, she won the 10,000 m final in a world record of 29:31.78, which bettered the former record by 42 seconds and was also the first-ever sub-30 minute performance in this event.
That same day, the 50K Racewalk trials were held adjacent to the stadium. The results of the event determined qualification for the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics held two and a half months later in Seoul, South Korea. [1] [2] This meet is memorable as the site of Florence Griffith Joyner's world record 10.49 in the 100 metres. The ...
Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics World Record Tegla Loroupe (KEN) 2:20:43: 26 September 1999: Berlin, Germany Olympic Record Joan Benoit (USA) 2:24:52: 5 August 1984: Los Angeles, United States Season Best Naoko Takahashi (JPN) 2:22:19: 12 March 2000: Nagoya, Japan: Broken records at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic Record
USA Track and Field announced their Olympic roster based on these guidelines on July 6, 2021. [8] The trials for the men's and women's marathon were held on February 29, 2020 in Atlanta [9] and the trials for the men's 50 km race walk were held on January 25, 2020 at San Diego Christian College and the Santee Town Center station in Santee ...