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Dublin, Ireland Hammer throw: 73.21 m Eileen O'Keeffe: 21 July 2007 National T&F Championships, Santry Dublin, Ireland Javelin throw: 54.92 m Anita Fitzgibbon: 27 July 2013 National T&F Championships, Santry Dublin, Ireland [51] Heptathlon: 6297 pts Kate O'Connor: 24–25 April 2021 Multistars: Lana, Italy [52]
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 ...
In July 2023, Fay broke the Irish 5000m record, running 13:01.40 at the Night of Athletics meeting in Heusden, Belgium. This was two seconds faster than the previous record, held by Alistair Cragg since September 2011. [10] Fay finished second in the race, won by Kenya’s Cornelius Kemboi.
National records in athletics are the marks achieved by a nation's best athlete or athletes in a particular athletics event. These records are ratified by the respective national athletics governing body. A national record may also be the respective continental record (also called "area record" (AR)), or even the world record (WR) in that event.
He was selected for the Irish team for the 2024 European Athletics Championships. [12] He set an Irish record time of 1:00:51 at the Copenhagen half marathon in September 2024. [13] In January 2025, he set a new Irish national record time of 27:43 at the 10K Valencia road race, improving the previous best set by John Treacy in 1985. [14]
European records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the European Athletic Association. Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians. Records are kept for events in track and field, road running, and racewalking.
At the European Athletics Championships in Rome on 7 June, Adeleke ran the second leg of the mixed 4 × 400 m relay, helping Ireland to win a gold medal, ahead of Italy and the Netherlands. The Irish team of Chris O'Donnell, Adeleke, Thomas Barr, and Sharlene Mawdsley ran a new Irish record of 3.09.92, with Adeleke running a split time of 49.53 ...
Athletics Ireland, officially the Athletic Association of Ireland or AAI, is the governing body for athletics in Ireland, with athletics defined as including track and field athletics, road running, race walking, cross country running, mountain running and ultra distance running.