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For a performance to be ratified as a world record by World Athletics, the marathon course on which the performance occurred must be 42.195 km (26.219 mi) long, [34] measured in a defined manner using the calibrated bicycle method [35] (the distance in kilometers being the official distance; the distance in miles is an approximation) and meet other criteria that rule out artificially fast ...
This is a list of world records for Masters age groups in the sport of road running.The world governing body for masters athletics is World Masters Athletics (WMA). WMA conducts various world championships in what are called "non stadia" events, meaning races not held in the confines of a stadium.
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
Women's world record holder Ruth Chepngetich is set to race in the London Marathon on 27 April. The Kenyan, 30, ran the fastest time in history by a female athlete at the Chicago Marathon in ...
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich obliterated the women’s marathon world record in Chicago on Sunday as she completed the course in 2:09:56, becoming the first ever woman to break the 2:10 barrier.
60 metres ; 100 metres ; 200 ... IAAF Statistics Book 2009 – World record progressions (Men's from page 202–222, women's from page 292–309)
Chepng'etich shattered the world record by almost two minutes at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. The 30-year-old Kenyan won the women's marathon in a record time of 2:09:56.
World bests 60 metres 1966–86 Athlete (Nation) Time in s Location Date Ref. Margit Nemesházi (HUN) 7.2 h: Westfalenhalle, West Germany 27 March 1966 Annegret Richter (FRG) 7.2 Rotterdam, Netherlands 11 March 1973 Annegret Richter (FRG) 7.2 [a] Rotterdam, Netherlands 11 March 1973 Petra Kandarr (GDR) 7.2 [a] Rotterdam, Netherlands