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Most records are subject to ratification by the governing body for that record. On the world level, that is World Athletics.Each body has their own procedure for ratifying the records: for example, USA Track & Field (USATF), the governing body for the United States, only ratifies records once a year at their annual meeting at the beginning of December.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) track and field system has been touted as one of the main reasons for the success of the United States on the global stage of athletics. [1] All of the collegiate records come from athletes competing in the NCAA, with the exception of the outdoor women's 1500 metres record (NAIA).
1.1 Track events. 1.2 Field events. 1.3 Road events. 2 European records. 3 See also. ... IAAF Statistics Book 2009 – World record progressions ...
To say 11-year-old Dominic Ferrarese is into track and field statistics is a bit of an understatement. He can rattle off the top five times for the men in the 100 meters from memory, for example ...
For track and combined events, the term "indoor world records" were changed to "short track world records". In some field events, including long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, and shot put, indoor world records were eliminated. These changes came into effect on 1 November 2023.
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 ...
USA Track and Field is considering (2020) adding the 25-29 age bracket for the USA National Masters Outdoor Track and Field Championship. Age 30-34 is already competing at the USA National Masters Outdoor Track and Field Championship. [28] World Masters Athletics Championships began August 1975 in Canada and continue to today. [29]
The list provides links to all lists of meet records for athletics competitions. These are the best performances set during the course of a specific competition. Multi-sport events typically refer to these as games records while single-sport championships refer to them as championship records.