The first IAAF-recognized world record in the mile was run by John Paul Jones of the United States. No, the record doesn’t go back to the American Revolution. This John Paul Jones performed his feat on May 31, 1913, in Allston, Mass., where he completed the mile in 4:14.4. France...
Romania’s Natalia Marasescu took another chunk out of the record with a time of 4:23.8 in 1977, before lowering her record to 4:22.09 in 1979. Three Records for Mary Slaney As the mile record was being re-written throughout the ‘70s, a future star was rising in the U.S. Mark...
10 Fastest Marathoners on Record-Eligible Course: Women Runner Finish Time Pace/Mile Marathon Ruth Chepngetich(Kenya) 2:09:56 4:57.4 Chicago,2024 Tigist Assefa(Ethiopia) 2:11:53 5:01.8 Berlin,2023 Sifan Hassan(Netherlands) 2:13:44
Berlin Marathon, annual 26.2-mile (42.2-km) footrace through the streets of Berlin that traditionally takes place in late September. The Berlin Marathon is considered to have the fastest course of the world’s six major marathons—a group that also inclu
Manangoi will lead the men's 1,500m field at the Monaco Diamond League. Olympic champion Matt Centrowitz and world indoor record-holder Samuel Tefera will also be present at a meeting recently characterized by fast metric mile times.
From the New York TimesRIETI, Italy — Noureddine Morceli of Algeria set a world record for the Mile today, breaking the mark set in 1985 by almost 2 seconds.Morceli, finishing in 3 minutes, 44.39 seconds at the Rieti Invitational track & field meet, bettered the record of 3:46.32 set...
The record, 8:07.48, may sound easy — until you realize how hard it is to find four 40+ guys, in relative geographic proximity, who can still muster up something close to 2:00 half-mile legs. Then of course they all have to be healthy on the same day. Trust me, it’s harder ...
Objectives: The pacing strategies adopted by world-record breakers during the 1-mile footrace in order to evaluate different models for the biological basis of pacing was determined in this study. Methods: Lap times in 32 world record performances were analysed. Average times for each of the ...
At this writing the world record moose, Boone and Crockett scored 261 5/8 and was taken by John A. Crouse in 1994 near Fourtymile River Alaska. If no-one shoots a world record moose how would we know if it exists? It is not like you can run up to it and take some measurements!
From Times Wire Services ZURICH, Switzerland —Mary Decker Slaney broke the world record for the women’s mile Wednesday with a time of 4 minutes 16.71 seconds. The Weltklasse meet at Letzigrund Stadium was also marked by Said Aouita of Morocco running the second fastest mile in history and ...