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Christian Coleman breaking the 60 m world record. In 2023, World Athletics decided to introduce the new term 'short track' to replace the previous term 'indoor' to describe events and performances that are set on a 200m track. [172] For track and combined events, the term "indoor world records" were changed to "short track world records".
View history; Tools. Tools. move to ... Athletics records progressions outline the lineage and improvement of the best ... "Progression of IAAF World Records" (PDF).
World records (current olympic events only) as of 13 October 2024 Bolded, italicized records with two asterisks (**) are pending ratification by World Athletics . Event
Double record holder Michael Johnson has held the 400 metres world record with his run in Seville for over 20 years. Key to tables: not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics. Note: World records in bold are current world records, those in bold italics are former world records; Statistics are correct as of August 2023
• IAAF holds its first World Championships, although the 1976 edition is for one event only, men's 50 kilometres race walk, which was dropped from that year's Olympic Games. [13] This will later evolve into the World Championships proper which will have the exact same athletics programme as the Olympics starting in 1983.
The first world record in the 400 m for men was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics, in 1912.The IAAF ratified Charles Reidpath's 48.2 s performance set at that year's Stockholm Olympics as a world record, but it also recognized the superior mark over 440 yards (402.336 metres) run by Maxie Long in 1900 as a world record.
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.
The first world record in the mile for women was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (later known as the International Association of Athletics Federations and currently known as World Athletics), in 1967. To June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 13 world records in the event.