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Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
The criteria which must be satisfied for ratification of a world record are defined by World Athletics in Part III of the Competition Rules. [1] These criteria also apply to national or other restricted records and also to performances submitted as qualifying marks for eligibility to compete in major events such as the Olympic Games.
According to the IOC, at the last Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the sport with the highest injury rate was boxing, with nearly 14% of boxers requiring medical care during the Games, followed by 12.5% ...
The event is similar to the pentathlon held at the ancient Greek Olympics, [3] and also similar to a competition called an "all-around", which was contested at the United States amateur championships in 1884. [4] [5] Another all-around was held at the 1904 Summer Olympics. [6] The modern decathlon first appeared at the 1912 Games. [7]
The endurance athlete, dubbed the ‘Hardest Geezer,’ battled through injury and illness, faced logistical nightmares and overcame getting lost in the jungle to complete his mission, a feat ...
The 10,000 metres at the Summer Olympics is the longest track running event held at the multi-sport event. The men's 10,000 m has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1912 . The women's event was added to the programme over seventy years later, at the 1988 Olympics .
Product, Team, Uniform, Player, Team sport, Championship, Sports, Cheerleading, Competition event, Sport venue, 1964: Japan's Olympic Teams It was hard to miss Japan when they arrived at the 1964 ...
Today the sport of discus is a routine part of modern track-and-field meets at all levels, and retains a particularly iconic place in the Olympic Games. The main poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics The first modern athlete to throw the discus while rotating the whole body was František Janda-Suk from Bohemia (the present Czech Republic ). [ 4 ]