Men - 32:10.4
Women - 37:12.23
The world's record is about 9.6 seconds.
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As of 2/07/10:The present world record for 100 meters is 9.58 seconds, set 8/16/09 at Berlin by Usain Bolt.
When Johnson broke the world record for the 200 meter dash at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996, he ran the first 100 meters in 10.12 seconds. As incredible as it may sound, he ran the second 100 meters in 9.19 seconds which, as of October 15, 2007, is .55 seconds below the world record in the 100 meter dash. Historians have compared that run with the long jump of Bob Beamon in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he broke the existing world record by 21 3/4 inches or .55 meters. He had a running start for the second 100.
6 thousand is 6 thousand - anywhere in the world.
No. Click on the "Men's 1500 meters World Record Progression" link below to see all world record holders for the men's 1500 meters.
A world record was not set in this event that year.
As of 2011, Javier Sotomayor holds the mens world record at 2.45 meters. Stefka Kostadinova holds the womens world record at 2.09 meters.
James ollgy from south America made a world record record of 2.45 meters
The current world record for the men's javelin throw is 98.48 meters, set by Jan Železný of the Czech Republic in 1996. The women's world record is 72.28 meters, achieved by Barbora Špotáková, also from the Czech Republic, in 2008.
Iolanda Balas of Romania set a world record on September 21, 1959 of 1.84 meters. Balas held the world record for almost 13 years, first setting the record on June 7, 1958 at 1.74 meters and breaking it many times. Her best jump, and final world record, was 1.91 meters in July of 1961. That world record lasted for 10 years. The current women's world record is 2.09 meters set in 1987 by Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria.
The men's world record for running 800 meters was set in 2010 by David Rudisha of Kenya in a time of 1:41.01. The women's world record for running 800 meters was set in 1983 by Jarmila Kratochvílová of the Czech Republic in a time of 1:53.28.
The gold medalists for the 2008 high jump competition at the Beijing Olympics were: * (Men) Andrey Silnov - Russia - 2.36 meters * (Women) Tia Hellebaut - 2.05 meters For men, the world record is 2.45 meters and the Olympic record is 2.39 meters (Charles Austin of the US, 1996). For women, the world record is 2.09 meters and the Olympic record is 2.06 meters.
Galina Chistyakova and her record is 7.52 meters
Javier Sotomayor
8.95 meters.
The record is held by Stefka Kostadinova, with 2.09 meters.