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The global governing body World Athletics recognises official world records for the distance, and it is also recorded in continental and national record settings. The men's world record is held by Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen , who ran a time of 4:43.13 in 2023, while the women's world record is held by Australia's Jessica Hull , who ran a time ...
World Athletics lists twenty-three progressive world records in the 2000 metres for men. The current world record is held by Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway , with his time of 4:43.13 set in September 2023.
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 7 times indoors by two different men since 2000, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2025 with a 6.27 m mark.
Women's world record holder Ruth Chepngetich is set to race in the London Marathon on 27 April. The Kenyan, 30, ran the fastest time in history by a female athlete at the Chicago Marathon in ...
According to World Athletics, Ingebrigtsen is the first athlete since Australian John Landy in 1954 to set world records for the mile and 1,500m in the same race. His times will become official ...
Tyson Gay currently holds the national record for the 100 m. The following are the national records in track and field in the United States. Some of the records are maintained by USA Track & Field (USATF). Outdoor times for track races between 200 meters to 10,000 meters are set on 400-meter unbanked tracks.
Jacob Kiplimo shattered the half marathon world record with a blistering run on Sunday. The 24-year-old Ugandan was competing in the Barcelona half marathon where he became the first person ever ...
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 ...