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Wayde van Niekerk holds the men's record of 43.03 seconds, breaking world and Olympic records that had been held by Michael Johnson since 1999 and 1996 respectively. Marileidy Paulino is the women's record holder at 48.17 seconds. The men's world record has been broken several times at the Olympics: in 1912, 1932, 1960, 1968, and 2016.
Olympic Games: Barcelona, Spain 2000 m steeplechase: 5:19.86 Mark Rowland: 28 August 1988 London, United Kingdom 3000 m steeplechase: 8:07.96 Mark Rowland: 30 September 1988 Olympic Games: Seoul, South Korea High jump: 2.37 m Steve Smith: 20 September 1992 Seoul, South Korea 22 August 1993 World Championships: Stuttgart, Germany Robbie Grabarz ...
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 ...
PARIS (Reuters) -Quincy Hall produced an incredible late surge to overhaul Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith and take a first Olympic 400 metres gold for the United States since 2008 in another ...
Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed by six consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020 ...
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.
Amber Anning (born 18 November 2000) [1] is a British sprinter. A double Olympic medalist, she holds the British record for 400 metres, 49.29 seconds, which she took finishing fifth in the women's 400 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Olympic Games: Barcelona, Spain 3000 m steeplechase: 8:07.96 Mark Rowland: 30 September 1988 Olympic Games: Seoul, South Korea High jump: 2.37 m Steve Smith: 20 September 1992 1992 World Junior Championships: Seoul, South Korea 22 August 1993 World Championships: Stuttgart, Germany Robbie Grabarz: 23 August 2012 Athletissima: Lausanne ...