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In the United States and elsewhere, athletes previously ran the 220-yard dash (201.168 m) instead of the 200 m (218.723 yards), though the distance is now obsolete. The standard adjustment used for the conversion from times recorded over 220 yards to 200 m times is to subtract 0.1 seconds, [ 1 ] but other conversion methods exist.
This is a list of NCAA Division I outdoor champions in the 200 meters and its imperial equivalent 220 yard dash. For men, the imperial distance was contested until 1975 excepting Olympic years starting in 1932. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were at the metric distance.
19.97 (+1.3 m/s) Issamade Asinga: Montverde Academy: Montverde, Florida: Lubbock, Texas: Corky/Crofoot Shootout 29 April 2023 [9] 220 yards 20.5 Dwayne Evans: South Mountain High School: Phoenix, Arizona: 1976 220 yards straightaway 20.2 (+1.7 m/s) Forrest Beaty: Hoover High School: Glendale, California: Ontario, California: CIF Southern ...
The IAAF maintained separate records for 200 m over a straight track and over a curved track until 1976, when records for the former were discarded. The IAAF ratified the first record for 200 m on a curved track in 1951. "y" denotes times for 220 yards (201.17 m) which were also ratified for the event.
Forrest Orren Beaty (born September 5, 1944) is a retired American track and field athlete memorable for setting the National High School record in the straight 220 yard dash, a race slightly longer than the 200 metres straight. It is the longest standing record on the books, although mostly because that distance is not run anymore.
The men's 110 meter hurdles or its imperial equivalent (the 120 yard hurdles) has been present on the schedule since the first edition in 1921. A men's 220 yard hurdles was also held from 1921 to 1959. The women's 100 meter hurdles has been held since the first women's championships in 1982.
Steve Williams (born November 13, 1953) [5] is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States.He equalled the men's world records for the 100 m and 200 m with hand-timed runs of 9.9 seconds and 19.8 seconds, respectively, and was also a member of a team that set a world record in the 4 × 100 m relay.
The imperial analogue of the 200 m straight is the 220 yards straight – held over 220 yards (201.17 m) – which has been contested at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 38 times from 1887 to 1926.