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World Athletics is the official body which oversees the records. Hicham El Guerrouj is the current men's record holder with his time of 3:43.13, [1] while Faith Kipyegon has the women's record of 4:07.64. [2] Since 1976, the mile has been the only non-metric distance recognized by the IAAF for record purposes. However, in international ...
The current mile world record holders are Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco with a time of 3:43.13 and Faith Kipyegon of Kenya with the Women's record of 4:07.64.. Despite being only 109.344 metres longer, the mile is distinctly different from its much more common 1500 metres counterpart.
Diane Susan Leather Charles (7 January 1933 – 5 September 2018) was an English athlete who was the first woman to run a sub-5-minute mile. [1]Inspired to take up running aged 19 after watching the 1952 Olympic Games, within months Leather had become national cross-country champion, a title she would go on to win four times.
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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. Bubka's world record ...
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The 5-foot-tall sixth-grader placed second among all girls and women at the Ventura Marathon in February when she ran the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours 58 minutes, averaging less than 7 minutes per ...
Video 100 y: 9.10+ (−0.4 m/s) Justin Gatlin United States 17 June 2014 Golden Spike Ostrava: Ostrava, Czech Republic [1] 100 m: 9.69 (+2.0 m/s) Tyson Gay United States 20 September 2009 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix: Shanghai, China 150 m (straight) 14.41+ (−0.4 m/s) Tyson Gay United States 16 May 2010 Manchester City Games: Manchester, United ...