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The 500 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field and road running competitions. All-time top 25. i = indoor performance;
Existing records which predate this requirement are still extant. Athletes who pass the immediate test but are later found to have been using banned substances have their performances invalidated. In running events up to 200 m in distance and in horizontal jump events, wind assistance is permitted only up to 2.0 m/s.
The United States Marine Corps requires that all Marines perform a Physical Fitness Test (PFT) and a Combat Fitness Test (CFT) once each calendar year. The PFT is conducted between January 1 and June 30, [1] and the CFT is conducted between July 1 and December 31. [2] The same standards apply for reservists.
Name Result Date Venue Zofia Nehringowa: 1:02.0: 15 February 1931: Warsaw: Liselotte Landbeck: 58.7: 9 January 1932: Davos: Synnøve Lie: 56.0: 20 March 1932: Brandbu
Indoor tracks longer than 200 meters are considered "oversized" and times are not accepted for record purposes. Indoor sprint races (50 to 60 meters) are held on level straight-aways. American athletes are successful on an international stage with many American records being at the same time world records .
The world record of 38.9 seconds was set by Hasse Börjes on 18 January 1970 had been manually timed and thus with a precision of only one tenth of a second. In those days, it was not yet required that a performance be automatically timed (with a precision of one hundredth of a second) in order for it to be recognised as a world record.
The men's 500 metres speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy. The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races, with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races.
Sprint races were part of the original Olympic Games in the 7th century B.C. as well as the first modern Olympic Games which started in the late 19th century (Athens 1896) [5] and featured the 100 meters and 400 meters. Athletes started both races from a crouched start (4-point stance).