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All of these factors make track and "football 40" performances essentially impossible to compare. The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders, while the extrapolated best for an Olympic-level athlete (including reacting to a starting gun) is 4.24 by Maurice Greene at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.
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.
(Top) 1 World records. Toggle World records subsection. 1.1 Track events. ... IAAF Statistics Book 2009 – World record progressions (Men's from page 202–222, ...
The top three athletes in each event win gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. A one-off edition of the championships was held in 1976 for the men's 50 kilometres race walk only, as the International Olympic Committee excluded that event for the Olympic athletics programme that year.
All Star Perche Clermont-Ferrand, France 18 years, 107 days [104] Long jump: 8.34 m Mattia Furlani Italy 17 February 2024 Italian Championships: Ancona, Italy 19 years, 10 days [105] Triple jump: 17.54 m A: Jaydon Hibbert Jamaica 11 March 2023 NCAA Division I Championships: Albuquerque, United States 18 years, 53 days [106] [107] Shot put (6 kg ...
As of 23 June 2012, 36 men's world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. [1] The current world record holder is French national Kevin Mayer with 9126 points. Over the years, athletes have become bigger, stronger and faster, leading some to score more points.
All-Africa Games: Nairobi, Kenya 4 × 800 m relay: 8:04.28 Kenya Agatha Jeruto Kimaswai Sylvia Chematui Chesebe Janeth Jepkosgei Eunice Jepkoech Sum: 25 May 2014 IAAF World Relays: Nassau, Bahamas [105] Distance medley relay: 10:43.35 Kenya Selah Jepleting Busienei (1200 m) Joy Nakhumicha Sakari (400 m) Sylivia Chematui Chesebe (800 m)
The IAAF considers marks set at high altitude as acceptable for record consideration. However, high altitude can significantly assist sprint performances. [ 13 ] One estimate suggests times in the 200 m sprint can be assisted by between 0.09s and 0.14s with the maximum allowable tailing wind of 2.0 m/s, and gain 0.3s at altitudes over 2000m. [ 14 ]