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The "Wind" column in the table below indicates the wind assistance in metres per second. 2.0 m/s is the current maximum allowable, and a negative value indicates that the mark was set against a headwind. the "Auto" column indicates a fully automatic time that was also recorded in the event when hand-timed marks were used for official records, or which was the basis for the official mark ...
The first world record in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1922. [1] 45 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 4 × 100 metre relay, as ratified by the IAAF. "y" denotes time for 4 ...
Women's 100 metres World Championships record progression [8] Time Athlete Nation Year Round Date 11.26: Olga Antonova Soviet Union (URS) 1983: Heats: 1983-08-07 11.24: Marita Koch East Germany (GDR) 1983: Heats: 1983-08-07 11.23: Diane Williams United States (USA) 1983: Heats: 1983-08-07 11.15: Evelyn Ashford United States (USA) 1983: Heats ...
By the time she handed the relay over to Huske, even with cautious exchanges at the wall, the U.S. was ahead of Australia by a whopping 4.07 seconds. Walsh was an hour removed from a "tough" four ...
High-speed modern video analysis shows his time to be a more realistic 8.95-9.0 seconds in the final, a much more consistent time relative to his Fully Automatic Timing 10.06s 100m world record and more in line with the usual +0.25s-0.3s hand time to FAT conversion. [6] The women's world record stands at 40.82 seconds, set by the United States ...
Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, seeking a remarkable sixth world 100m title at the age of 36 after an injury-hit season, had to settle for bronze in 10.77, her best of the year.
The men's world record has been broken or equalled at the competition on four occasions. [4] The women's world record has never been broken or equalled at the competition. The United States is the most successful nation in the discipline, with nine men's gold medals and nine women's gold medals. The next most successful nation is Jamaica, which ...
On July 25, 2013 FINA Technical Swimming Congress voted to allow world records in the long course mixed 400 free relay and mixed 400 medley relay, as well as in six events in short course meters: the mixed 200 medley and 200 free relays, as well as the men's and women's 200 free relays and the men's and women's 200 medley relays. [2]