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Alan Webb, the U.S. national and high school record holder. This is a list of American high school students who have run a four-minute mile since the feat was first accomplished in 1964. The first person to run the mile (1,760 yards, or 1,609.344 metres) in under four minutes was Roger Bannister in 1954, in a time of 3:59.4. [1]
FINA World Junior Records in 25m pool are recognised starting on January 1, 2015. Records are recognized for long course (50 m pool) and short course (25 m pool) in the following events: relays: 4×50 free (short course only), 4×100 free, 4×200 free, 4×50 medley (short course only) and 4×100 medley. Also recognized are mixed relay records ...
World U20 records in the sport of athletics are ratified by World Athletics. Athletics records comprise the best performance of an athlete before the year of their 20th birthday. Technically, in all under 20 age divisions, the age is calculated "on December 31 of the year of competition" [1] to avoid age group switching during a competitive ...
Thomas Schlachter, CNN. July 7, 2024 at 1:21 PM. World records have fallen at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Sunday – less than a month before the Olympic Games start in the French ...
The criteria which must be satisfied for ratification of a world record are defined by World Athletics in Part III of the Competition Rules. [1] These criteria also apply to national or other restricted records and also to performances submitted as qualifying marks for eligibility to compete in major events such as the Olympic Games.
World Athletics (formerly IAAF) maintains an official list for such performances, but only in a specific list of outdoor events. [note 1] All other records, including all indoor records, shown on this list are tracked by statisticians not officially sanctioned by the world governing body.
The world record in the mile run is the fastest time set by a runner in the middle-distance track and field event. World Athletics is the official body which oversees the records. Hicham El Guerrouj is the current men's record holder with his time of 3:43.13, [ 1] while Faith Kipyegon has the women's record of 4:07.64. [ 2]
Pole vault. Armand Gustav " Mondo " Duplantis[ 3] (born 10 November 1999) [ 4] is a Swedish-American pole vaulter, the current world outdoor and indoor record holder (6.25 metres or 20 feet 6 inches, and 6.22 metres or 20 feet 5 inches, respectively), two-time Olympic ( 2020 and 2024) champion, two-time World outdoor ( 2022 and 2023) and two ...