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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.
The World Athletics Championships is a biennial event which began in 1983. Organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the World Championships are a competition comprising track and field athletics events available to male and female athletes from any of the IAAF's 213 member federations.
World records (current olympic events only) as of 13 October 2024 Bolded, italicized records with two asterisks (**) are pending ratification by World Athletics . Event
Athletics records progressions outline the lineage and ... IAAF Statistics Book 2009 – World record progressions (Men's from page 202–222, women's from page 292 ...
The World Athletics record is the best mark set in a World Athletics-recognised event either outdoors or indoors. For historical world record holders use Category:World record setters in athletics (track and field)
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 ...
The first world record to be set at the World Championships was by Jarmila Kratochvílová of Czechoslovakia, who ran 47.99 seconds to win the 1983 women's 400 m final. A peak of five world records came at the 1993 Championships. The most recent world record was in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in 2023, when the US team set a time of 3:08.80 ...
This category is for the sport of athletics, comprising track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.It is not to be used for competitors in other sports or to categorize anyone who is physically fit, two other meanings associated with the word athletics.