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The women's vault record has been advanced 9 times indoors by three different women, each ratified as a world record. The last record to be set indoors was in 2004. 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.
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 running of the 44th Marine Corps Marathon took place on October 27, 2019. The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic , with all registrants given the option of transferring their entry to 2021, 2022, or 2023 or obtaining a full refund.
Toggle World records subsection. 1.1 Track events. 1.2 Field events. ... (Men's from page 202–222, women's from page 292–309) Progression of IAAF World Records
Women's 400 metres hurdles: Final Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone United States: 50.37 8 August WR [13] Women's 400 metres: Final Marileidy Paulino Dominican Republic: 48.17 9 August OR [14] Men's marathon: Final Tamirat Tola Ethiopia: 2:06.26 10 August OR [15] Men's 4 × 400 metres relay: Final: Christopher Bailey Vernon Norwood Bryce Deadmon Rai ...
The Marine Corps created the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in 1943, during America's involvement in World War II. [8] Ruth Cheney Streeter was its first director. [ 9 ] Over 20,000 women Marines served in World War II, in over 225 different specialties, filling 85 percent of the enlisted jobs at Headquarters Marine Corps and comprising one-half ...
Since 1949, all female recruits have gone through boot camp at the South Carolina base; the 4th Battalion was created in 1986 as the women's unit. The Marines have inched grudgingly toward ...
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 ...