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The actions of Mutola and Kipketer alone rank Mozambique at the top of the women's rankings and Denmark second in the men's medal table. Cuba—the second most successful nation among women—has won three women's gold medals. South Africa is the only nation besides Kenya to have provided both a men's and women's winner.
The 800 metres, or 800 meters (US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the first modern games in 1896.
Auto times to the hundredth of a second were accepted by the IAAF for events up to and including 10,000 m from 1981. [5] Hence, Nadezhda Olizarenko's record at 1:53.5 was rendered as 1:53.43 from that year.
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 ...
Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date World record David Rudisha (KEN) 1:40.91: London, Great Britain: 9 August 2012 Championship record Donavan Brazier (USA) 1:42.34: Doha, Qatar
Country Time Athlete Date Place Ref. Denmark 1:42.67: Wilson Kipketer: 9 March 1997: Paris [214] Great Britain 1:43.63: Elliot Giles: 17 February 2021: ToruĊ [214] Kenya 1:43.98: Michael Saruni
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.
Hand, Auto Athlete Nationality Birthdate Age Location Date Ref 1:57.98 Brian Tullis United States 27 September 1973 50 years, 325 days Gothenburg: 17 August 2024