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List of world records in athletics

Index List of world records in athletics

World records in athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. [1]

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A Coruña

A Coruña (is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second most populated city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country. The city is the provincial capital of the province of the same name, having also served as political capital of the Kingdom of Galicia from the 16th to the 19th centuries, and as a regional administrative centre between 1833 and 1982, before being replaced by Santiago de Compostela. A Coruña is a busy port located on a promontory in the Golfo Ártabro, a large gulf on the Atlantic Ocean. It provides a distribution point for agricultural goods from the region.

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Aaliyah Brown

Aaliyah Brown (born January 6, 1995) is an American sprinter.

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AccorHotels Arena

AccorHotels Arena (originally known as Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy and formerly known as Bercy Arena) is an indoor sports arena and concert hall, that is located on boulevard de Bercy, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France.

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Ade Mafe

Adeoye "Ade" Mafe (born 12 November 1966) is a retired English sprinter who competed in the 200 metres and 400 metres.

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Adidas Boost Boston Games

The Adidas Boost Boston Games (stylized as adidas BOOST Boston Games) is an annual track and field meeting and street meet in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Air Force Academy, Colorado

Air Force Academy is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.

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Ajeé Wilson

Ajeé Wilson (born May 8, 1994) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.

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Albuquerque Convention Center

Albuquerque Convention Center is a multipurpose convention and performing arts center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Aleec Harris

Aleec Harris (born October 31, 1990) is an American track and field hurdler.

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All-Russia Athletic Federation

The All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF; Всероссийская федерация лёгкой атлетики, ВФЛА) was the governing body for the sport of athletics in Russia.

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All-weather running track

An all-weather running track is a rubberized artificial running surface for track and field athletics.

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Allyson Felix

Allyson Michelle Felix (born November 18, 1985) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters.

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American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands.

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Andrew Valmon

Andrew Orlando Valmon (born January 1, 1965) is an American former 400 meters runner.

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Anne Cibis

Anne Cibis (née Möllinger; born 27 September 1985 in Worms) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Germany.

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Antonio Pettigrew

Antonio Pettigrew (November 3, 1967 – August 10, 2010) was an American sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters.

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Arena Birmingham

Arena Birmingham (previously known as The Barclaycard Arena and the National Indoor Arena) is an indoor sporting and entertainment venue in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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Aries Merritt

Aries Merritt (born July 24, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles, and currently holds the world record in that event with a time of 12.80 s set on September 7, 2012.

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Arizona State University

Arizona State University (commonly referred to as ASU or Arizona State) is a public metropolitan research university on five campuses across the Phoenix metropolitan area, and four regional learning centers throughout Arizona.

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Arnstadt

Arnstadt is a town in Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany, on the river Gera about 20 kilometres south of Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia.

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Asbel Kiprop

Asbel Kiprop (born 30 June 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner, who specialises in the 1500 metres.

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Asian Race Walking Championships

The Asian Race Walking Championships is an annual race walking competition for athletes representing countries from Asia, organized by the Asian Athletics Association (AAA).

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Ataköy Athletics Arena

Ataköy Athletics Arena (Ataköy Atletizm Salonu), is an indoor sporting arena for track and field athletics events located in Ataköy, Istanbul, Turkey.

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Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 2500 metres steeplechase

The men's 2500 metres steeplechase was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.

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Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 4000 metres steeplechase

The men's 4000 metres steeplechase was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.

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Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 2590 metres steeplechase

The men's 2590 metres steeplechase was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme.

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Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The Men's 3000 Metres Steeplechase event at the 1932 Summer Olympics was 3460 metres due to an error in lap counting – the runners did an extra lap of the track.

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Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women.

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Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women.

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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 10–11 August.

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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

The Men's 800 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6–9 August.

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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on 9–10 August at the Olympic Stadium.

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Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 12–14 August at the Olympic Stadium.

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Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres

The women's 10,000 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 12 August at the Olympic Stadium.

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Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics.

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Athletics Weekly

Athletics Weekly is a weekly track and field magazine.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

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Autodromo Nazionale Monza

The Autodromo Nazionale Monza is a historic race track located near the city of Monza, north of Milan, in Italy.

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Average

In colloquial language, an average is a middle or typical number of a list of numbers.

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Azusa, California

Azusa is a city in the San Gabriel Valley, at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Łukasz Krawczuk

Łukasz Krawczuk (Polish pronunciation:; born 15 June 1989) is a Polish sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.

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Bailey–Johnson 150-metre race

The Bailey–Johnson 150-metre race was a track and field event that occurred in Toronto, Ontario on Sunday, 1 June 1997.

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana and its second-largest city.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Beijing

Beijing, formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's second most populous city proper, and most populous capital city.

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Beijing National Stadium

Beijing National Stadium, officially the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, is a stadium in Beijing.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Belgorod

Belgorod (p) is a city and the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River north of the border with Ukraine.

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Ben Blankenship

Ben Blankenship (born December 15, 1989 Stillwater, Minnesota) is an American middle distance runner.

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Bergen

Bergen, historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the west coast of Norway.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany, as well as one of its 16 constituent states.

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Berlin Marathon

The Berlin Marathon (branded BMW Berlin Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is a major running and sporting event held annually in Berlin, Germany.

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Bianca Knight

Bianca Knight (born January 2, 1989) is an American former track and field athlete, who competes in the 100 and 200 meters.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix

The Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix, formerly known as Aviva Indoor Grand Prix, is an annual indoor track and field competition which is held in mid-February at the Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England.

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Bislett Games

The Bislett Games is an annual track and field meeting at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway.

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Bislett Stadium

Bislett Stadium (Bislett stadion) is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway.

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Borgholzhausen

Borgholzhausen is a town in the district of Gütersloh in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston University

Boston University (commonly referred to as BU) is a private, non-profit, research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Brandon Johnson (athlete)

Brandon Johnson (born March 2, 1985) is an American middle-distance track athlete, specializing in the 800 metres and formerly the 400 meter hurdles distances.

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Breaking2

Breaking2 was a project by Nike to break the two-hour barrier for the marathon.

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Brenda Martinez

Brenda Martinez (born September 8, 1987) is an American track and field athlete, specializing in middle distance races.

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Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia.

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Brockport, New York

Brockport is a village in the Town of Sweden, with two tiny portions in the Town of Clarkson, in Monroe County, New York, USA.

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Brothers Znamensky Memorial

The Brothers Znamensky Memorial (Мемориал братьев Знаменских) is an annual track and field competition which is held at the Meteor Stadium in Zhukovsky, Russia.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Bucharest

Bucharest (București) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre.

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Budapest

Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and one of the largest cities in the European Union.

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Butch Reynolds

Harry "Butch" Reynolds (born June 8, 1964) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 meter dash.

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Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

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Canberra Stadium

The Canberra Stadium, known also as Bruce Stadium (For sponsorship reasons it is officially known as GIO Stadium Canberra, or simply GIO Stadium) is a facility primarily used for rugby league and rugby union games, located adjacent to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, the capital of Australia.

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Carl Lewis

Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold.

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Carlsbad 5000

The Carlsbad 5000 is an annual road running event over five kilometers (3.1 mi) which is typically held in April in Carlsbad, California, United States.

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Carlsbad, California

Carlsbad is an affluent seaside resort city occupying a stretch of Pacific coastline in northern San Diego County, California.

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Carmelita Jeter

Carmelita Jeter (born November 24, 1979) is an American sprinter, who specializes in the 100 meters.

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Caserta

Caserta is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy.

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Cathleen Tschirch

Cathleen Tschirch (born 23 July 1979, in Dresden) is a German sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres.

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Centimetre

A centimetre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; symbol cm) or centimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of.

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Charlene Lipsey

Charlene Lipsey (born July 16, 1991) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.

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Cheb

Cheb (Eger) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic, with about 33,000 inhabitants.

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Cheboksary

Cheboksary (p; Шупашкар, Šupaškar) is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia and a port on the Volga River.

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Chiba, Chiba

, literally "Thousand(s) Leaves", is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

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Chrishuna Williams

Chrishuna Williams (born March 31, 1993) is an American middle distance runner.

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Christian Coleman

Christian Coleman (born March 6, 1996) is a professional American track and field sprinter.

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Christopher Giesting

Christopher Carl "Chris" Giesting (born December 10, 1992) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 400-meter dash.

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Christopher Williams (sprinter)

Christopher Williams (born 15 March 1972 in Mandeville) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter.

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Collins Cheboi

Collins Cheboi Kiprotich (born 25 September 1987) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres.

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Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality that is the largest city by area in Colorado as well as the county seat and the most populous municipality of El Paso County, Colorado, United States.

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Columbia, Missouri

Columbia is a city in Missouri and the county seat of Boone County.

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Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome

The Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, known for sponsorship reasons as the Emirates Arena, is an indoor arena and velodrome in Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Scotland.

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Comrades Marathon

The Comrades Marathon is an ultramarathon of approximately 89 km (approx. 55 miles) which is run annually in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa between the cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg.

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Cuneo

Cuneo (Coni; Coni) is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area.

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Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-marketPeter Wilby, New Statesman, 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust and published in London.

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Daniel Muchunu Mwangi

Daniel Muchunu Mwangi (born 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

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Darren Braithwaite

Darren Braithwaite (born 20 January 1969) is a retired British sprinter.

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Davian Clarke

Davian Clarke (born 30 April 1976) is a Jamaican athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 metres.

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David Oliver (hurdler)

David Oliver (born April 24, 1982), is an American hurdling athlete.

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David Torrence (athlete)

David Torrence (November 26, 1985 – August 28, 2017) was a Peruvian-American middle-distance runner and indoor American record holder in the 1000 meters (active).

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Decathlon

The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events.

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Deion Sanders

Deion Luywnn Sanders Sr. (born August 9, 1967), nicknamed "Primetime", is a former American football and baseball player who works as an analyst for CBS Sports and the NFL Network.

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Discus throw

The discus throw is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors.

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Distance medley relay

The distance medley relay (DMR) is an athletic event in which four athletes compete as part of a relay.

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Domino Day

Domino Day was a world record attempt for the highest number of toppling domino stones, organized from 1998 to 2009 by Endemol Netherlands.

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Dong Yanmei

Dong Yanmei (born 16 February 1977 in Dalian, Liaoning Province) is a Chinese long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres.

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Donn Cabral

Donald "Donn" Cabral (born December 12, 1989) is an American cross country and track runner from Connecticut who went on to star at Princeton University.

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Drake Relays

The Drake Relays (officially the Drake Relays presented by Hy-Vee) is an outdoor track and field event held in Des Moines, Iowa, in Drake Stadium on the campus of Drake University.

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Drake Stadium (Drake University)

Drake Stadium is a stadium on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, United States.

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Drug test

A drug test is a technical analysis of a biological specimen, for example urine, hair, blood, breath, sweat, and/or oral fluid/saliva — to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites.

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Druzhba Arena

Druzhba Arena was an indoor arena in Donetsk, Ukraine.

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Duane Solomon

Duane Solomon (born December 28, 1984) is an American Olympic track athlete, primarily known for racing the 800 meters.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Durban

Durban (eThekwini, from itheku meaning "bay/lagoon") is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third most populous in South Africa after Johannesburg and Cape Town.

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Eamonn Coghlan

Eamonn Christopher Coghlan (born 21 November 1952) is a former track and field athlete who specialised in middle distance track events and the 5,000 metres.

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Earl McCullouch

Earl R. McCullouch (born January 10, 1946) is a retired American football wide receiver.

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East Berlin

East Berlin existed from 1949 to 1990 and consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin established in 1945.

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East Lansing, Michigan

East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan directly east of Lansing, the state capital.

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Effects of high altitude on humans

The effects of high altitude on humans are considerable.

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Ekiden

is a long-distance running relay race, typically held on roads.

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Elena Kotulskaya

Elena Vladimirovna Kotulskaya (formerly Kofanova; Елена Владимировна Кофанова; born August 8, 1988) is a Russian runner who specializes in the 800 metres.

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Elena Lashmanova

Elena Anatolyevna Lashmanova (Елена Анатольевна Лашманова, born April 9, 1992 in Saransk, Mordovia) is a Russian race walker.

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Emma Coburn

Emma Coburn (born October 19, 1990) is an American middle distance runner who specializes in the 3000 meter steeplechase.

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Ericsson Globe

Ericsson Globe (originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena, commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen (The Globe) is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockholm, Sweden. The Ericsson Globe is the largest hemispherical building on Earth and took two and a half years to build. Shaped like a large white ball, it has a diameter of 110 meters (361 feet) and an inner height of 85 meters (279 feet). The volume of the building is 605,000 cubic meters (21,188,800 cubic feet). It has a seating capacity of 16,000 spectators for shows and concerts, and 13,850 for ice hockey. It represents the Sun in the Sweden Solar System, the world's largest scale model of the Solar System.

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Erik Sowinski

Erik Sowinski (born December 21, 1989) is an American middle-distance runner.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys (formerly known as the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc and Estadio de Montjuic) is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos

The Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, formerly the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (João Havelange Olympic Stadium), is a multi-purpose stadium located in the neighbourhood of Engenho de Dentro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Eugene, Oregon

Eugene is a city of the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Europahalle

Europahalle is an indoor sporting arena located in Karlsruhe, Germany.

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European Athletic Association

The European Athletic Association (more commonly known as European Athletics) is the governing body for athletics in Europe.

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Faith Kipyegon

Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner and the current Olympic and World champion in the 1500 m women's having won the Rio Olympics on 16 August 2016.

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Fanny Blankers-Koen Games

The FBK Games is an annual track and field event at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion in Hengelo, Netherlands as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings.

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Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion

Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Hengelo, Netherlands.

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Ford Palmer

Ford Palmer (born October 6, 1990) is a professional middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 meters and the mile.

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Fort Washington Avenue Armory

The Fort Washington Avenue Armory, also known as the Fort Washington Armory and The Armory, is located at 216 Fort Washington Avenue, between West 168th and 169th Streets, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

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Frank O'Mara

Frank O'Mara (born 17 July 1960) is an Irish former runner who competed in the 1500 metres, 3000 metres and 5000 metres.

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Franklin Field

Franklin Field is the home of the Penn Relays, and is the University of Pennsylvania's stadium for football, track and field, lacrosse and formerly for soccer, field hockey and baseball.

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French Athletics Federation

The French Athletics Federation (Fédération française d'athlétisme - FFA), is the governing body for the sport of athletics in France.

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Fully automatic time

Fully automatic time (abbreviated FAT) is a form of race timing in which the clock is automatically activated by the starting device, and the finish time is either automatically recorded, or timed by analysis of a photo finish.

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Genoa

Genoa (Genova,; Zêna; English, historically, and Genua) is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy.

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Ghent

Ghent (Gent; Gand) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium

The Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium is the home of the Texas A&M Aggies men's and women's collegiate indoor track and field teams.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Glasgow International Match

The Sainsbury's International Match, formerly known as the Aviva International Match, was an annual indoor track and field athletics meeting which takes place in late January in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Globen Galan

The Globen Galan is an annual indoor athletics event held in February at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Golden Gala

Golden Gala is an annual track and field event at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy.

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Golden Spike Ostrava

Golden Spike (Zlatá tretra in Czech) is an annual athletics event at the Městský Stadion in Ostrava-Vítkovice, Czech Republic as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings.

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Goodwill Games

The Goodwill Games was an international sports competition created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s.

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Great CityGames

The Great CityGames is a major street athletics event held twice annually in Manchester, Newcastle and Gateshead.

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Great Manchester Run

The Great Manchester Run (styled as the Simplyhealth Great Manchester Run for sponsorship purposes from 2017) is an annual run through Greater Manchester (namely Manchester, Trafford and Salford).

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Groningen

Groningen (Gronings: Grunnen) is the main municipality as well as the capital city of the eponymous province in the Netherlands.

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Half marathon

A half marathon is a road running event of 21.0975 km (13 mi 192½ yd)—half the distance of a marathon.

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Half marathon world record progression

The world record in the half marathon has been officially recognised since 1 January 2004 by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the international governing body for the sport of athletics.

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Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Hammer throw

The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin.

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Hayward Field

Hayward Field is a historic track and field stadium in Eugene, Oregon, United States.

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Hechtel-Eksel

Hechtel-Eksel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg.

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Hellen Obiri

Hellen Onsando Obiri (born 13 December 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner and the current 5000 metres champion after winning gold in the 2017 World Championships in London.

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Heptathlon

A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events.

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Herculis

The Herculis is an annual track and field meet at Stade Louis II in Fontvieille, Monaco.

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High jump

The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it.

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Hochsprung mit Musik

The Hochsprung mit Musik is an annual indoor high jump meeting which takes place in February in Arnstadt, Germany.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post and sometimes abbreviated HuffPo) is a liberal American news and opinion website and blog that has both localized and international editions.

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Hurdling

Hurdling is the act of running and jumping over an obstacle at speed.

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IAAF Diamond League

The IAAF Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions.

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IAAF Golden League

The IAAF Golden League was an annual series of track and field meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

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IAU 24 Hour World Championship

The IAU 24 Hour World Championship is an annual international 24-hour run competition organised by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU).

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Icosathlon

The icosathlon, also called the double decathlon, is an ultra multi-event of track and field competition consisting of 20 events contested over two days.

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Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County.

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Indoor Flanders Meeting

The Indoor Flanders meeting was an annual indoor track and field meeting which took place at the Flanders Sports Arena in Ghent, Belgium.

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International Association of Athletics Federations

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics.

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International Chiba Ekiden

The International Chiba Ekiden was an annual team road running competition held in Chiba, Japan in late November.

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International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (יד לאיש הספורט היהודי) was opened July 7, 1981 in Netanya, Israel.

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Irene Jelagat

Irene Jelagat (born 10 December 1988) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.

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Irina Khabarova

Irina Sergeyevna Khabarova (Ирина Серге́евна Хабарова; born March 18, 1966) is a Russian sprinter.

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Irina Podyalovskaya

Irina Podyalovskaya (born October 9, 1959) is a retired female middle distance runner who represented the USSR in the 1970s and the early 1980s.

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Irina Privalova

Irina Anatolyevna Privalova (Ирина Анатольевна Привалова; Sergeyeva on 22 November 1968) is a Russian athlete who has won a gold medal at the Olympics.

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Ismael Kombich

Ismael Kipngetich Kombich (born 16 January 1985) is a Kenyan Track and field athlete who specialised in 800 metres events and was a member of the Kenyan team that currently holds the world record in 4 × 800 metres relay since 2006 with Joseph Mutua, William Yiampoy, and Wilfred Bungei.

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ISTAF Berlin

The Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) is an annual track and field athletics meet at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany.

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ISTAF Indoor

The ISTAF Indoor is an indoor track and field meeting which takes place at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany.

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Italian Athletics Federation

The Italian Athletics Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera, FIDAL), is the governing body for athletics in Italy since 1906.

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IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium

IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium is a 12,100-seat soccer and track and field stadium located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

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Jablonec nad Nisou

Jablonec nad Nisou (Gablonz an der Neiße), known locally as Jablonec, is a town in northern Bohemia, the second largest town of the Liberec Region. It is a mountain resort in the Jizera Mountains, and also a local centre for education, and is known for its glass and jewelery production. From 1938 to 1945 it was one of the municipalities in Sudetenland.

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Jack in the Box

Jack in the Box is an American fast-food restaurant chain founded February 21, 1951, by Robert O. Peterson in San Diego, California, where it is headquartered.

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Jakub Krzewina

Jakub Krzewina (Polish pronunciation:; born 10 October 1989) is a Polish track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres.

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James G. Pressly Stadium

The James G. Pressly Stadium at Percy Beard Track is a 4,500-seat dual-purpose stadium located on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida.

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James Kiplagat Magut

James Kiplagat Magut (born 20 July 1990) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres.

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Jason Richardson

Jason Anthoney Richardson (born January 20, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown.

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Jena

Jena is a German university city and the second largest city in Thuringia.

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Jenny Simpson

Jennifer Simpson (née Barringer; born August 23, 1986) is an American middle distance runner and steeplechaser.

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Jermaine Brown (athlete)

Jermaine Brown (born 4 July 1991) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter.

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Jermaine Gonzales

Jermaine Gonzales (born 26 November 1984) is a Jamaican 400 metres runner.

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Jiang Bo (runner)

Jiang Bo (born March 13, 1977 in Wafangdian, Liaoning Province) is a female Chinese middle distance runner.

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John Regis (athlete)

John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE (born 13 October 1966) is an English former sprinter.

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Johnny Gray

John ("Johnny") Lee Gray, Jr. (born June 19, 1960) is a retired American world class 800 meter runner from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s and the holder of the 600m world best.

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Joseph Mutua

Joseph Mwengi Mutua (born 10 December 1978 in Machakos, Eastern Province) is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 800 metres.

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Josephat Ndambiri

Josephat Muchiri Ndambiri (born 12 February 1985) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

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Joyciline Jepkosgei

Joyciline Jepkosgei (born 8 December 1993) is a Kenyan female long-distance runner who competes over distances from 10,000 metres to the half marathon.

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Kajaani

Kajaani (Kajana) is a town and municipality in Finland.

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Kamila Skolimowska

Kamila Skolimowska (4 November 1982 – 18 February 2009) was a Polish hammer thrower.

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Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe (formerly Carlsruhe) is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in southwest Germany, near the French-German border.

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Karol Zalewski

Karol Zalewski (Polish pronunciation:; born 7 August 1993) is a Polish athlete who specialises in the sprinting events.

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Kaunas

Kaunas (also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania and the historical centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life.

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Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena

The Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena was located within the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Kenia Sinclair

Kenia Sinclair (born July 14, 1980) is a Jamaican athlete competing over 800 metres.

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Kimberlyn Duncan

Kimberlyn Duncan (born August 2, 1991) is an American track and field athlete, specializing in the sprints.

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King Baudouin Stadium

The King Baudouin Stadium (Stade Roi Baudouin, Koning Boudewijnstadion) is a sports ground in north-west Brussels, Belgium.

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Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Knox County.

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Kobe

is the sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture.

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Korsholm

Korsholm (Mustasaari) is a municipality of Finland.

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Kristi Castlin

Kristi Castlin (born July 7, 1988) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles.

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Kyle Merber

Kyle Merber (born November 19, 1990) is an American mid-distance runner specializing in the mile and the 1500 metres.

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Lake Saroma Ultramarathon

The Lake Saroma Ultramarathon is an annual 100 km and 50 km Ultramarathon foot road race held in June in the northeastern shore of Hokkaido, Japan since 1987.

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Lan Lixin

Lan Lixin (born 14 February 1979) is a female Chinese middle distance runner.

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LaTasha Colander

LaTasha Colander (born August 23, 1976, in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a retired track and field sprinter who competed internationally for the United States.

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LaTasha Jenkins

LaTasha Jenkins (born December 19, 1977) is an American former track and field sprinter.

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László Papp Budapest Sports Arena

The Papp László Budapest Sportaréna (Papp László Budapest Sportaréna), also known as Budapest Sports Arena or locally just Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Budapest, Hungary.

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Lennox Miller

Lennox Valencia Miller (8 October 1946 in Kingston, Jamaica – 8 November 2004 in Pasadena, California) was a champion runner and father of Inger Miller.

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Letzigrund

is a stadium in Zürich, Switzerland, and the home of the athletics club LC Zürich, and the football clubs FC Zürich and Grasshopper Club Zürich.

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Leverkusen

Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine.

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Liévin

Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

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Lindsey Scherf

Lindsey Scherf (born September 18, 1986, in Scarsdale, New York) is an American long-distance runner.

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Linford Christie

Linford Cicero Christie (born 2 April 1960) is a Jamaican-born British former sprinter.

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Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and the largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 552,700, Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2.

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Lisbon Half Marathon

Lisbon Half Marathon is an annual international half marathon competition which is contested every March in Lisbon, Portugal.

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List of Olympic records in athletics

The modern Summer Olympic Games have been held every four years since the first Games in 1896 (except 1916 due to the First World War, and 1940 and 1944 due to the Second World War) and Olympic records are recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in each event.

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Listín Diario

Listín Diario is one of the leading newspapers in the Dominican Republic, and the oldest still being published, thanks to their agreements with the party in power.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Grand Prix

The London Athletics Grand Prix is an annual athletics event held in London, England.

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London Marathon

The London Marathon (currently known through sponsorship as the Virgin Money London Marathon) is a long-distance running event held in London, United Kingdom, part of the World Marathon Majors.

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London Stadium

London Stadium (originally known as the Olympic Stadium) is a stadium within the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at Stratford, London, England, at Marshgate Lane in the Lower Lea Valley.

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Long jump

The long jump (historically called the broad jump in the USA) is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point.

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Long jump world record progression

The following table shows the World Record Progression in the Men's and Women's long jump, officially ratified by the IAAF.

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Long-distance running

Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least eight kilometres (5 miles).

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles Invitational

The Los Angeles Invitational was an elite level indoor track meet, held in the Los Angeles Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California.

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Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena was a multi-purpose arena at Exposition Park, in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 29th most-populous city in the United States.

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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal is a newspaper based in Lubbock, Texas, United States.

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Lucas Oil Stadium

Lucas Oil Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

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Lynchburg, Virginia

Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Lyubov Gurina

Lyubov Mikhailovna Gurina (Любовь Гурина; born August 6, 1957 in Matushkino, Kirov Oblast) is a retired middle-distance runner who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia.

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Lyudmila Borisova

Lyudmila Borisova (Людмила Борисова; born 3 August 1966) is a retired Russian runner who specialized in the 3000 metres.

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Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often called "MSG" or simply "The Garden", is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance race, completed by running, walking, or a run/walk strategy.

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Marathon world record progression

This list is a chronological progression of record times for the marathon.

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Marca (newspaper)

MARCA is a Spanish national daily sport newspaper owned by Unidad Editorial.

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Marcus O'Sullivan

Marcus O'Sullivan (born 22 December 1961) is a retired Irish middle distance runner.

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Marion Jones

Marion Lois Jones (born October 12, 1975), also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track and field athlete and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA.

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Marion Wagner

Marion Wagner (born 1 February 1978 in Mainz) is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.

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Mariya Pinigina

Mariya Dzhumabaevna Pinigina (Мария Джумабаевна Пинигина, née Kulchunova; born 9 February 1958 in Ivanovka, Kyrgyz SSR) is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres, training at Spartak in Kiev.

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Martin Mathathi

Martin Irungu Mathathi (born 25 December 1985 in Nyahururu) is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who competes in track, cross country and road running events.

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Mary Jepkosgei Keitany

Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (born 18 January 1982) is a Kenyan long distance runner.

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Matthew Centrowitz Jr.

Matthew Centrowitz Jr. (born October 18, 1989) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 meters.

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Maurice Greene (athlete)

Maurice Greene (born July 23, 1974) is an American former track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters.

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Meeting de Paris

Meeting de Paris (formerly known as the Meeting Areva and Meeting Gaz de France) is an annual track and field meeting at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France.

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Meeting Pas de Calais

The Meeting Pas de Calais is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in February in Liévin, France.

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Mekubo Mogusu

Mekubo Job Mogusu (born 25 December 1986) is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in road running, particularly the half marathon.

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Memorial Van Damme

Memorial Van Damme is an annual athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium that takes place in late August or early September.

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Men's 100 metres world record progression

The first record in the 100 metres for men (athletics) was recognised by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations, in 1912.

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Men's 110 metres hurdles world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the Men's 110 metres hurdles.

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Men's 20 kilometres walk world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 20 kilometres walk, as recognised by the IAAF.

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Men's 200 metres world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 200 metres, as ratified by the IAAF.

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Men's 3000 metres world record progression

The following tables shows the world record progression in the Men's 3000 metres.

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Men's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression

The first world record in the 4 x 100 metres relay for men (athletics) was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations, in 1912.

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Men's 4 × 200 metres relay world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 4 × 200 metres relay in athletics.

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Men's 4 × 400 metres relay world record progression

The first world record in the 4 x 400 metres for men (athletics) was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations, in 1912.

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Men's 400 metres hurdles world record progression

The first world record in the men's 400 metres hurdles was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.

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Men's 400 metres world record progression

The first world record in the 400 m for men (athletics) was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations, in 1912.

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Men's 50 kilometres walk world record progression

The following table shows the World Record Progression in the Men's 50 km Walk, as recognised by the IAAF.

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Men's 60 metres world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the men's indoor 60 metres, as recognised by the IAAF.

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Men's discus throw world record progression

The first world record in the men's discus was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912, and was set by James Duncan in 1912 (47.58 m).

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Men's hammer throw world record progression

The following table shows progression of the world record in the men's hammer throw, as recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

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Men's high jump indoor world record progression

The Men's high jump indoor world record progression starting in 1881, with additional demonstration and professional records.

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Men's high jump world record progression

The first world record in the men's high jump was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.

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Men's javelin throw world record progression

The first world record in the men's javelin throw was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.

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Men's pole vault indoor world record progression

The Men's pole vault indoor world record progression starting in 1889, with additional demonstration and professional records.

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Men's pole vault world record progression

The first world record in the men's pole vault was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.

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Men's shot put world record progression

The first world record in the men's shot put was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912.

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Mengerskirchen

Mengerskirchen is a community in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany.

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Mercedes-Benz Arena (Berlin)

The Mercedes-Benz Arena, 26 January 2015 is a multipurpose indoor arena in the Friedrichshain neighborhood of Berlin, Germany, which opened in 2008.

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Mercedes-Benz Arena (Stuttgart)

Mercedes-Benz Arena is a stadium located in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and home to German Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.

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Mercy Cherono

Mercy Cherono Koech (born 7 May 1991 in Kericho) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

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Metre per second

Metre per second (American English: meter per second) is an SI derived unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector quantity which specifies both magnitude and a specific direction), defined by distance in metres divided by time in seconds.

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Mexico City

Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Ciudad de México,; abbreviated as CDMX), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America.

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Michael Berry (athlete)

Michael Berry (born December 10, 1991) is an American sprinter, who specializes in the 400 meters.

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Michael Frater

Michael Frater O.D (born 6 October 1982) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres event.

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Michael Johnson (sprinter)

Michael Duane Johnson (born September 13, 1967) is a retired American sprinter.

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Michael Norman (sprinter)

Michael Norman Jr. (born December 3, 1997) is an American Track and Field athlete who competes in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters.

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Michael Saruni

Michael Saruni (born June 18, 1995) is a Kenyan collegiate middle-distance runner.

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Middle-distance running

Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres.

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Milan

Milan (Milano; Milan) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with the city proper having a population of 1,380,873 while its province-level municipality has a population of 3,235,000.

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Mile run

The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race.

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Mile walk

The Mile race walk is a rarely contested racewalking event.

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Millrose Games

The Millrose Games is an annual indoor athletics meet (track and field) held each February in New York City.

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Misterbianco

Misterbianco (Mustarjancu, Medieval Latin: Monasterium Album, meaning White Monastery or White Minster) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about west of Catania.

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Mogilev

Mogilev (or Mahilyow; Магілёў,; Łacinka: Mahiloŭ; Могилёв,; מאָליעוו, Molyev) is a city in eastern Belarus, about from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from the border with Russia's Bryansk Oblast.

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Monza

Monza (Mùnscia; Modoetia) is a city and comune on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan.

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Moscow

Moscow (a) is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limits and 17.1 million within the urban area.

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Munich

Munich (München; Minga) is the capital and the most populated city in the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps.

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Nadezhda Olizarenko

Nadezhda Fyodorovna Olizarenko (Russian: Надежда Фёдоровна Олизаренко, Ukrainian: Надія Федорівна Олізаренко; née Mushta; 28 November 1953 – 18 February 2017) was a Soviet middle-distance runner.

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Nanceen Perry

Nanceen Lavern Perry (born April 19, 1977 in Fairfield, Texas) is a former sprinter from the United States.

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Nantes

Nantes (Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt) is a city in western France on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast.

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a non-profit organization which regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions and conferences.

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National Games of China

The National Games of the People's Republic of China, sometimes known as the All China Games (though not to be confused with the All-China Games), is the premier sports event in China at national level.

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National Stadium (Tokyo)

was a multi-purpose stadium in Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

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National Stadium, Warsaw

The PGE Narodowy (official name since 2015) or National Stadium (Stadion Narodowy) is a retractable roof football stadium located in Warsaw, Poland.

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Nationality

Nationality is a legal relationship between an individual person and a state.

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NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships

The NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championship is an annual collegiate indoor track and field competition for men organised by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

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Nesta Carter

Nesta Carter OD (born October 11, 1985) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres event.

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Netsanet Gudeta

Netsanet Gudeta Kebede (born 12 February 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running and cross country running events.

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Neubrandenburg

Neubrandenburg (lit. New Brandenburg) is a city in the southeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

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New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, formerly known as the Boston Indoor Games, is an annual indoor track and field meet which is held in late January or early February at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, from the North Sea.

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NFL Scouting Combine

The NFL Scouting Combine is a week-long showcase occurring every February at Lucas Oil Stadium (and formerly at the RCA Dome until 2008) in Indianapolis, where college football players perform physical and mental tests in front of National Football League coaches, general managers, and scouts.

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Nia Ali

Nia Ali (born October 23, 1988) is an American track and field athlete, who specializes in the 100 m hurdles, heptathlon, and other events.

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Nickel Ashmeade

Nickel Ashmeade (born 7 April 1990) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 meters.

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Nijmegen

Nijmegen (Nijmeegs: Nimwegen), historically anglicized as Nimeguen, is a municipality and a city in the Dutch province of Gelderland.

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Nomi, Ishikawa

is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

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O. J. Simpson

Orenthal James "O.

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Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Olesya Forsheva

Olesya Aleksandrovna Forsheva (Олеся Александровна Форшева (Красномовец), née Krasnomovets on 8 July 1979) is a retired Russian sprint runner who specialized in the 400 m and 4×400 m relay.

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Olga Kotlyarova

Olga Kotlyarova (born April 12, 1976 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian runner.

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Olga Nazarova

Olga Vladimirovna Nazarova (Ольга Владимировна Назарова), born 1 June 1965) is a Russian former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She represented the Soviet Union. She won two Olympic gold medals in the 4 x 400 metres relay, in 1988 and 1992. Her 1988 split time of 47.8, remains one of the fastest relay splits of all-time. She also won World Championship gold (1991) and silver (1987) in the relay, and a 1988 Olympic bronze medal in the 400 metres.

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Olga Zaytseva

Olga Igorevna Zaytseva (Ольга Игоревна Зайцева; born November 10, 1984) is a Russian sprint athlete.

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Olha Bryzhina

Olha Bryzhina (Ольга Бризгіна, maiden name Olga Arkad'evna Vladykina; Ольга Аркадьевна Владыкина; born June 30, 1963 in Krasnokamsk, Perm Oblast) is a retired athlete who represented Soviet Union (until 1991) and later Ukraine.

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Olympiastadion (Berlin)

Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany.

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One hour run

The one hour run is an athletics event in which competitors try to cover as much distance as possible within one hour.

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OregonLive.com

OregonLive.com is a website covering local news in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

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Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Orange County.

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Osaka

() is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Ostrava

Ostrava (Ostrawa, Ostrau or Mährisch Ostrau) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and is the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region.

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Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.

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Pacemaker (running)

A pacemaker or pacesetter, sometimes informally called a rabbit, is a runner who leads a middle- or long distance running event for the first section to ensure a fast time and avoid excessive tactical racing.

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Padua

Padua (Padova; Pàdova) is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Penn Relays

The Penn Relays (also Penn Relays Carnival) is the oldest and largest track and field competition in the United States, hosted annually since April 21, 1895 by the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

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Photo finish

A photo finish occurs in a sporting race when multiple competitors cross the finishing line at nearly the same time.

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Pole vault

Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long flexible pole (which today is usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to jump over a bar.

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Pole Vault Stars

Pole Vault Stars is an annual indoor pole vaulting competition which is typically held in February at the Druzhba Palace of Sports in Donetsk, Ukraine.

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Potsdam

Potsdam is the capital and largest city of the German federal state of Brandenburg.

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Prague

Prague (Praha, Prag) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, the 14th largest city in the European Union and also the historical capital of Bohemia.

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Prague Half Marathon

The Prague Half Marathon is an annual half marathon road running event which takes place in Spring on the city streets of Prague, Czech Republic.

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Prefontaine Classic

The Prefontaine Classic, an Oregon Track Club event, is one of the premier track and field meets in the United States, held in Eugene, Oregon.

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Provo, Utah

Provo is the third-largest city in Utah, United States.

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Queen Harrison

Queen Quedith Harrison (born September 10, 1988) is an American hurdler and sprinter who competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Quincy Watts

Quincy D. Watts (born June 19, 1970) is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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Racewalking

Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics.

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Raevyn Rogers

Raevyn Rogers (born September 7, 1996) is a student-athlete on the University of Oregon Ducks women's track and field team in Eugene, Oregon.

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Rafał Omelko

Rafał Omelko (Polish pronunciation:; born 16 January 1989) is a Polish athlete specialising in the 400 metres.

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Randal Tyson Track Center

The Randal Tyson Track Center is a 5,500-seat indoor track in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon

Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon is an annual half marathon held in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.

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Ras al-Khaimah

Ras al-Khaimah (رأس الخيمة), historically known as Julfar, is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Its name could be taken to mean "headland of the small huts", which can be attributed to the indigenous buildings that existed along the coast.

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Ray Flynn (athlete)

Raymond P. Flynn (born 22 January 1957) is a retired middle-distance runner who works as a sports agent.

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Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center

The Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center (RLTAC) is an indoor track and indoor basketball stadium in Roxbury, Massachusetts, partially funded by the state of Massachusetts.

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Reims

Reims (also spelled Rheims), a city in the Grand Est region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris.

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Relay race

A relay race is a racing competition where members of a team take turns completing parts of racecourse or performing a certain action.

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Renaud Lavillenie

Renaud Lavillenie (or; born 18 September 1986) is a French pole vaulter.

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Reno, Nevada

Reno is a city in the U.S. state of Nevada, located in the western part of the state, approximately from Lake Tahoe.

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Richard Jones (athlete)

Richard Jones (born 10 December 1973) is a Guyanese sprinter.

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Rieti Meeting

The Rieti Meeting is an annual athletics event at the Stadio Raul Guidobaldi in Rieti, Italy that takes place in late August or early September.

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Road running

Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road (as opposed to track and field and cross country running).

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Rosemarie Whyte

Rosemarie Whyte (born 9 August 1986) is the 2008 Jamaican national 400m champion.

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Russian Winter Meeting

The Russian Winter Meeting (Русская Зима) is an annual indoor track and field competition which is held at the Kutz Arena within the CSKA Universal Sports Hall in Moscow, Russia, every February.

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Sabadell

Sabadell (Latin: Sabatellum) is the second largest city in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg (p) is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015).

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Salamanca

Salamanca is a city in northwestern Spain that is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the community of Castile and León.

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San Giovanni Valdarno

San Giovanni Valdarno is a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, central Italy, located in the valley of the Arno River.

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San Jose, California

San Jose (Spanish for 'Saint Joseph'), officially the City of San José, is an economic, cultural, and political center of Silicon Valley and the largest city in Northern California.

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San Sebastián

San Sebastián or Donostia is a coastal city and municipality located in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain.

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Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife (commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz is a global city (with Sufficiency status) and capital (jointly with Las Palmas) of the Canary Islands, the capital of Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and of the island of Tenerife. Santa Cruz has a population of 206,593 (2013) within its administrative limits. The urban zone of Santa Cruz extends beyond the city limits with a population of 507,306 and 538,000 within urban area. It is the second largest city in the Canary Islands and the main city on the island of Tenerife, with nearly half the island population living in or around it. Santa Cruz is located in northeast quadrant of Tenerife, about off the northwestern coast of Africa within the Atlantic Ocean. The distance to the nearest point of mainland Spain is about. Between the 1833 territorial division of Spain and 1927 Santa Cruz de Tenerife was the sole capital of the Canary Islands, until 1927 when a decree ordered that the capital of the Canary Islands be shared, as it remains at present. on wikisource at the official website of the Canary Islands Government The port is of great importance and is the communications hub between Europe, Africa and Americas, with cruise ships arriving from many nations. The city is the focus for domestic and inter-island communications in the Canary Islands. The city is home to the Parliament of the Canary Islands, the Canarian Ministry of the Presidency (shared on a four-year cycle with Las Palmas), one half of the Ministries and Boards of the Canarian Government, (the other half being located in Gran Canaria), the Tenerife Provincial Courts and two courts of the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands. There are several faculties of the La Laguna University in Santa Cruz, including the Fine Arts School and the Naval Sciences Faculty. Its harbour is one of Spain's busiest; it comprises three sectors. It is important for commercial and passenger traffic, as well as for being a major stopover for cruisers en route from Europe to the Caribbean. The city also has one of the world's largest carnivals. The Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife now aspires to become a World Heritage Site, and is the most important of Spain and the second largest in the world. The main landmarks of the city include the Auditorio de Tenerife (Auditorium of Tenerife), the Santa Cruz Towers (Torres de Santa Cruz) and the Iglesia de la Concepción. Santa Cruz de Tenerife hosts the first headquarters of the Center UNESCO in the Canary Islands. In recent years the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has seen the construction of a significant number of modern structures and the city's skyline is the sixth in height across the country, only behind Madrid, Benidorm, Barcelona, Valencia and Bilbao. In 2012, the British newspaper The Guardian included Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the list of the five best places in the world to live. The 82% of the municipal territory of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is considered a natural area, this is due in large part to the presence of the Anaga Rural Park. This fact makes Santa Cruz the third largest municipality in Spain with the highest percentage of natural territory, after Cuenca (87%) and Cáceres (83%).

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Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Sanya Richards-Ross

Sanya Richards-Ross (born February 26, 1985) is a Jamaican-American former track and field athlete who competed internationally for the United States.

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Saransk

Saransk (p; Саранош; Саран ош) is the capital city of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, as well as its financial and economic centre.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.

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Senftenberg

Senftenberg (Zły Komorow) is a town in southern Brandenburg, Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district.

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Seoul

Seoul (like soul; 서울), officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the capital, Constitutional Court of Korea and largest metropolis of South Korea.

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Seoul Olympic Stadium

The Seoul Olympic Stadium (서울올림픽주경기장) also known as Jamsil Olympic Stadium (formerly romanised as Chamshil), is a multi-purpose stadium in Seoul, South Korea.

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Sergey Bubka

Serhii Nazarovych Bubka (Сергій Назарович Бубка; Сергей Назарович Бубка, Sergey Nazarovich Bubka; born 4 December 1963) is a Ukrainian former pole vaulter.

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Sestriere

Sestriere (Sestrieras, Ël Sestrier, Sestrières) is an alpine village in Italy, a comune (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Turin.

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Seville

Seville (Sevilla) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville, Spain.

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Shannon Rowbury

Shannon Rowbury (born September 19, 1984) is an American middle-distance runner from San Francisco, California.

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Shaunae Miller-Uibo

Shaunae Miller-Uibo (born 15 April 1994) is a Bahamian track and field sprinter who competes in the 400 metres and 200 metres.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England.

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Sheri-Ann Brooks

Sheri-Ann Brooks (born 11 February 1983 in Kingston) is a Jamaican sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres.

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Shot put

The shot put (pronounced) is a track and field event involving "throwing"/"putting" (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy spherical object—the shot—as far as possible.

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Silas Kiplagat

Silas Kiplagat (born 20 August 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres.

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Sindelfingen

Sindelfingen is a German town near Stuttgart at the headwaters of the Schwippe (a tributary of the river Würm), which is home to a Mercedes-Benz assembly plant.

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Singelloop Utrecht

The Singelloop Utrecht is an annual road running event over which takes place on the streets of city of Utrecht in the Netherlands.

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Sochi

Sochi (a) is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Black Sea coast near the border between Georgia/Abkhazia and Russia.

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Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Sparkassen Cup (athletics)

The Sparkassen Cup is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in February in Stuttgart, Germany.

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Sponsor (commercial)

Sponsoring something (or someone) is the act of supporting an event, activity, person, or organization financially or through the provision of products or services.

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Sport of athletics

Athletics is a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.

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Sportforum Hohenschönhausen

Sportforum Hohenschönhausen is a multi-purpose sports complex in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen, Germany, that includes facilities for speed skating, athletics, cycling, and other sports.

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Sporting News

Sporting News is a digital sports media owned by Perform Group, a global sports content and media company.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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Sprint (running)

Sprinting is running over a short distance in a limited period of time.

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Sprint medley relay

The sprint medley relay (SMR) is a track and field event in which teams of four athletes compete over sprinting distances as part of a relay race.

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St. Louis

St.

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Stade Couvert Régional

Stade Couvert Régional is an indoor arena in Liévin, France.

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Stade de France

The Stade de France is the national stadium of France, located just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis.

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Stade Louis II

The Stade Louis II is a stadium located in the Fontvieille district of Monaco.

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Stadio Olimpico

The Stadio Olimpico is the main and largest sports facility of Rome, Italy.

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Stadio Raul Guidobaldi

Stadio Raul Guidobaldi is an athletics stadium located in Rieti, Italy.

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Standing long jump

The standing long jump, also known as the standing broad jump, is an athletics event.

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Standing triple jump

Standing triple jump is an athletics event based on the conventional triple jump with three jumping phases, but without an approach run-up.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries; 952,058 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.5 million in the urban area, and 2.3 million in the metropolitan area.

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Stockholm Bauhaus Athletics

Stockholm Bauhaus Athletics, formerly known as DN-Galan is an annual, international athletics meeting that takes place at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm.

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Stockholm Olympic Stadium

Stockholm Olympic Stadium (Stockholms Olympiastadion), most often called Stockholms stadion or (especially locally) simply Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Stuttgart

Stuttgart (Swabian: italics,; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

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Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'été) or the Games of the Olympiad, first held in 1896, is an international multi-sport event that is hosted by a different city every four years.

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Swedish relay

Swedish relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners.

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Sydney McLaughlin

Sydney McLaughlin (born August 7, 1999) is an American hurdler and sprinter who competes for the University of Kentucky.

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Taicang

Taicang is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, Jiangsu province.

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Tampere

Tampere (Swedish: Tammerfors) is a city in Pirkanmaa, southern Finland.

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Tatyana Ledovskaya

Tatyana Mikhailovna Ledovskaya (Тацяна Міхайлаўна Ледаўская, Татьяна Михайловна Ледовская; born 21 May 1966 in Shchyokino, Tula Oblast) is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres hurdles.

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Tetradecathlon

The tetradecathlon is a 14-event form of athletics.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The First Post

The First Post was a British daily online news magazine based in London.

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The Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pennsylvania)

The Intelligencer is a daily (except Saturday) morning broadsheet newspaper published in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The San Diego Union-Tribune

The San Diego Union-Tribune is an American metropolitan daily newspaper, published in San Diego, California. Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time, The San Diego Union and the San Diego Evening Tribune. The name changed to U-T San Diego in 2012 but was changed again to The San Diego Union-Tribune in 2015. In 2015, it was acquired by Tribune Publishing, later renamed tronc. In February 2018 it was announced to be sold, along with the Los Angeles Times, to Patrick Soon-Shiong's investment firm Nant Capital LLC for $500 million plus $90m in pension liabilities. The sale closed on June 18, 2018.

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Thomas Robinson Stadium

Thomas Robinson Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nassau, Bahamas.

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Tianna Bartoletta

Tianna Bartoletta (née Madison; born August 30, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the long jump and short sprinting events.

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Tilburg

Tilburg is a city in the Netherlands, in the southern province of North Brabant.

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Tilburg Ten Miles

Tilburg Ten Miles is an annual road running competition held in Tilburg, Netherlands since 1988.

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Tom Bosworth

Thomas Stewart "Tom" Bosworth (born 17 January 1990) is a British race walker who holds the World Record for the 1Mile race walk.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Track & Field News

Track & Field News is an American monthly sports magazine founded in 1948 by brothers Bert Nelson and Cordner Nelson, focused on the world of track and field.

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Track and field

Track and field is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing.

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Trapani

Trapani (Tràpani; Drepanon, Δρέπανον) is a city and comune on the west coast of Sicily in Italy.

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Treniere Moser

Treniere Moser (born Treniere Clement October 27, 1981 in Stow, Ohio is an American track and field athlete specializing in middle distance races. She is a five-time outdoor champion (2005, 2006, 2007 and 2013) at 1500 metres, along with a 2006 indoor championship. As national champion, she represented the USA at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships, neither time making the final. At the 2006 IAAF World Cup, she finished eighth and the 2006 World Indoor Championships she finished seventh.

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Triple jump

The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump.

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Tula, Russia

Tula (p) is an industrial city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia, located south of Moscow, on the Upa River.

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Tunis

Tunis (تونس) is the capital and the largest city of Tunisia.

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Turin

Turin (Torino; Turin) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy.

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Turku

Turku (Åbo) is a city on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Southwest Finland.

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Two miles

The 2 mile (10,560 feet or exactly 3,218.688 metres) is a historic running distance.

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Ullevi

Ullevi, sometimes known as Nya Ullevi (New Ullevi), is a multi-purpose stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Ultramarathon

An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of.

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United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

The United States Olympic Trials for the sport of track and field is the quadrennial meet to select the United States representatives at the Olympic Games.

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University of Southern California

The University of Southern California (USC or SC) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California.

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University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee (also referred to as The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, UT Knoxville, UTK, or UT) is a public sun- and land-grant university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.

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USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The USA Indoor Track and Field Championships is an annual indoor track and field competition organized by USA Track & Field, which serves as the American national championships for the sport.

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USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

The USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships is an annual track and field competition organized by USA Track & Field, which serves as the American national championships for the sport.

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USA Today

USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily, middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company.

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USA Track & Field

USA Track & Field (USATF) is the United States national governing body for the sports of track and field, cross country running, road running and racewalking (known as the sport of athletics outside the US).

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Usain Bolt

Usain St Leo Bolt (born 21 August 1986) is a retired Jamaican sprinter and world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay.

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Utrecht

Utrecht is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht.

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Val-de-Reuil

Val-de-Reuil is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in north-western France.

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Valencia

Valencia, officially València, on the east coast of Spain, is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona, with around 800,000 inhabitants in the administrative centre.

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Valencia Half Marathon

The Valencia Half Marathon (Medio Maratón de Valencia) is an annual road running event over the half marathon distance (21.1 km or 13.1 miles) that takes place in the city of Valencia, Spain.

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Växjö

Växjö is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden.

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Vienna

Vienna (Wien) is the federal capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria.

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Vilnius

Vilnius (see also other names) is the capital of Lithuania and its largest city, with a population of 574,221.

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Warren Weir

Warren Weir (born October 1989) is a Jamaican sprinter, who specialized in the 200 metres.

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Warsaw

Warsaw (Warszawa; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Poland.

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Warstein

Warstein is a town in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Weight throw

Two sports have events that fall under the name of weight throw.

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Weltklasse in Karlsruhe

Weltklasse in Karlsruhe, formerly known as BW-Bank Meeting, is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in January or February in Karlsruhe, Germany.

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Weltklasse Zürich

Weltklasse Zürich (World Class Zurich) is an annual, invitation-only, world-class track and field meeting at the Letzigrund in Zürich, Switzerland, generally held at the end of August.

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Westwood, Los Angeles

Westwood is a commercial and residential neighborhood in the northern central portion of the Westside region of Los Angeles, California.

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Wilfred Bungei

Wilfred Kipkemboi Bungei (born 24 July 1980) is a Kenyan retired Middle-distance runner, who won the 800 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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William Yiampoy

William Oloonkishu Yiampoy (born 17 May 1974 in Emarti) is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 800 metres.

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Wind assistance

In track and field, wind assistance is the benefit that an athlete receives during a race or event as registered by a wind gauge.

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Winter Park, Florida

Winter Park is a suburban city in Orange County, Florida, United States.

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Women's 100 metres hurdles world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 100 metres hurdles.

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Women's 100 metres world record progression

The first world record in the 100 metres sprint for women was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922.

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Women's 20 kilometres walk world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 20 kilometres walk, as recognised by the IAAF.

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Women's 200 metres world record progression

The first World Record in the 200 m for women (athletics) was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922.

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Women's 3000 metres world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the Women's 3,000 metres.

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Women's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression

The first world record in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1922.

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Women's 4 × 400 metres relay world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay.

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Women's 400 metres hurdles world record progression

The first world record in the women's 400 metres hurdles was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1974.

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Women's 400 metres world record progression

The first world record in the 400 m for women (athletics) was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations, in 1957.

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Women's 50 kilometres walk world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 50 kilometres walk, as recognised by the IAAF.

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Women's discus throw world record progression

The first world record in the women's discus throw was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1923.

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Women's hammer throw world record progression

The first World Record in the hammer throw for women (athletics) was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1994.

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Women's heptathlon world record progression

The following table shows the women's heptathlon world record progression starting in 1978 and ratified by the IAAF from June 1981.

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Women's high jump world record progression

The first world record in the women's high jump was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922.

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Women's javelin throw world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the women's javelin throw.

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Women's pentathlon

The pentathlon or women's pentathlon is a combined track and field event in which each woman competes in five separate events over one day (formerly two days).

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Women's pole vault indoor world record progression

Pole vault, women Pole vault, women World record women world record Category:Indoor track and field.

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Women's pole vault world record progression

The first world record in the women's pole vault was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1994.

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Women's shot put world record progression

The first world record in the women's shot put was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1924.

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World record

A world record is usually the best global performance ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill or sport.

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Yūbetsu, Hokkaido

is a town located in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Yekaterina Kondratyeva

Yekaterina Kondratyeva (Екатери́на Кондра́тьева; born 8 April 1982) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.

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Yekaterina Sharmina

Yekaterina Mikhaylovna Sharmina (née Martynova; Екатерина Михайловна Мартынова; born August 6, 1986 in Bryansk) is a Russian runner who specializes in the middle distance events.

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Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg (p), alternatively romanized Ekaterinburg, is the fourth-largest city in Russia and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast, located on the Iset River east of the Ural Mountains, in the middle of the Eurasian continent, at the boundary between Asia and Europe.

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Yelena Isinbayeva

Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva (p; born 3 June 1982) is a Russian former pole vaulter.

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Yohan Blake

Yohan Blake (born 26 December 1989), is a Jamaican sprinter of the 100-metre and 200-metre sprint races.

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Yuliya Gushchina

Yuliya Aleksandrovna Gushchina (Ю́лия Александровна Гу́щина, born 4 March 1983 in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.

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Yuliya Pechonkina

Yuliya Sergeyevna Pechonkina, née Nosova (Юлия Серге́евна Печёнкина, born 21 April 1978 in Krasnoyarsk) is a Russian former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and 4 x 400 metres relay.

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Yvette Lewis

Yvette Lewis (born March 16, 1985) is an American-born track and field athlete who competes for Panama in the 100 meter hurdles and the triple jump.

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Zürich

Zürich or Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich.

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Zevenheuvelenloop

Zevenheuvelenloop (Seven Hills Run in English) is an annual 15 kilometres road running race held in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

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10 kilometres race walk

The 10 kilometres race walk, or 10-kilometer racewalk, is a racewalking event.

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10,000 metres

The 10,000 metres or 10,000-meter run is a common long-distance track running event.

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10,000 metres race walk

The 10,000 metres race walk is a racewalking event.

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10,000 metres world record progression

The official world records in the 10,000 metres are held by Kenenisa Bekele with 26:17.53 minutes for men and Almaz Ayana from Ethiopia with 29:17.45 minutes for women.

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100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions.

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100 metres hurdles

The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles).

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100-yard dash

The 100-yard dash is a track and field event of 100 yards or 91.44 metres.

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1000 metres

The 1000 metres is an uncommon Middle-distance running event in track and field competitions.

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10K run

The 10K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of.

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110 metres hurdles

The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-meter hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men.

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150 metres

150 metres is a sprint event in track and field.

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1500 metres

The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics.

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15K run

The 15K run (15 kilometers, or approximately 9.32 miles) is a long distance foot race.

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1985 IAAF World Cup

The 4th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on October 4–6, 1985, at the Bruce Stadium in Canberra, Australia.

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1986 European Athletics Championships

The 14th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 to 31 August 1986 at the Neckarstadion, now known as Mercedes-Benz Arena, in Stuttgart, a city in West Germany.

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1987 World Championships in Athletics

The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.

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1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 2nd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest, Hungary from March 3 to March 5, 1989.

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1991 World Championships in Athletics

The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1 and athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.

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1993 World Championships in Athletics

The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22 with the participation of 187 nations.

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1995 World Championships in Athletics

The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden on 5–13 August 1995.

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1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997.

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1999 World Championships in Athletics

The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29.

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20 kilometres race walk

The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women.

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20,000 metres race walk

The 20,000 metres race walk is a racewalking event.

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200 metres

The 200 metres (also spelled 200 meters) is a sprint running event.

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200 metres hurdles

The 200 metres hurdles is a rarely run uncommon hurdling event in track and field competitions.

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200 metres straight

The 200 metres straight is a track and field outdoor event of 200 metres on a straight track.

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2000 metres steeplechase

The 2000 metres steeplechase or 2000-meter steeplechase is a standard youth athletics event for the steeplechase in track and field.

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2001 World Championships in Athletics

The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America.

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2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 27th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from Friday, 1 March to Sunday, 3 March 2002 in Vienna, the capital city of Austria.

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2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004.

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2007 World Championships in Athletics

The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007.

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2008 IAAF World Athletics Final

The 6th IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart, Germany on September 13 and September 14, 2008.

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2009 World Championships in Athletics

The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (12.) were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009.

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2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany on August 18 and August 20.

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2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump

The Men's triple jump event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 4–6, 2011 with the final being held on March 6 at 16:25 local time.

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2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the 14th edition of the global-level indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.

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2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon

The men's heptathlon at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

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2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland on 15 August.

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2014 IAAF World Relays

The 2014 IAAF World Relays were held in May 2014 in Nassau, Bahamas.

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2014 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 1500 metres relay

The men's 4 × 1500 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 25 May.

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2014 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 1500 metres relay

The women's 4 × 1500 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 24 May.

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2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's distance medley relay

The men's Distance medley relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 3 May.

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2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's distance medley relay

The women's distance medley relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2 May.

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2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 28 and 29 August.

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2016 London Marathon

The 2016 London Marathon was held on 24 April 2016.

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2016 Summer Olympics

The 2016 Summer Olympics (Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and commonly known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.

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2017 London Marathon

The 2017 London Marathon was held on 23 April 2017.

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2017 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 2017 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was held at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships took place on 24 March 2018 in Valencia, Spain.

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2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 and 4 March 2018.

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2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships

The 2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships was the 28th edition of the global team racewalking competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

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2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships was the 54th NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and the 37th NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium in College Station, Texas near the campus of the host school, the Texas A&M University.

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2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was held at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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24-hour run

A 24-hour run is a form of ultramarathon, in which a competitor runs as far as they can in 24 hours.

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300 metres

The 300 metres is a rarely run uncommon sprinting event in track and field competitions.

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300 metres hurdles

The 300 metres hurdles (also spelled 300 meters hurdles in American English) is an athletics or track and field event.

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3000 metres

The 3000 metres or 3000-meter run is a track running event, also commonly known as the 3K or 3K run, where 7.5 laps are completed around an outdoor 400 m track or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.

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3000 metres race walk

The 3000 metres race walk is a racewalking event.

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3000 metres steeplechase

The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field.

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3000 metres steeplechase world record progression

The official world records in the 3000 metres steeplechase are held by Saif Saaeed Shaheen of Qatar at 7:53.63 minutes for men and Ruth Jebet of Bahrain at 8:52.78 for women.

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4 × 100 metres relay

The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each.

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4 × 1500 metres relay

The 4 x 1500 meters relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 1500 meters or 3.75 laps on a standard 400 meter track.

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4 × 200 metres relay

The 4 × 200 metres relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 200 metres or half a lap on a standard 400 metre track.

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4 × 400 metres relay

The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap.

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4 × 800 metres relay

The 4 × 800 meters relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 800 meters or 2 laps on a standard 400 meter track.

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40-yard dash

The 40-yard dash is a sprint covering.

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400 metres

The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a sprinting event in track and field competitions.

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400 metres hurdles

The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event.

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440-yard dash

The 440-yard dash, or quarter-mile race, is a sprint race in track and field competitions.

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50 kilometres race walk

The 50 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event.

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50 metres

50 metres is a sprint event in track and field.

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50 metres hurdles

50 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling, usually only run in indoor competitions.

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50 miles race walk

The 50-mile race walk is a racewalking event.

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500 metres

The 500 metres is a rarely run middle-distance running event in track and field competitions.

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5000 metres

The 5000 metres or 5000-meter run (approximately 3.1 mi or 16,404 ft) is a common long-distance running event in track and field.

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5000 metres race walk

The 5000 metres race walk is a racewalking event.

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5000 metres world record progression

The official world records in the 5000 metres are held by Kenenisa Bekele with 12:37.35 minutes for men and Tirunesh Dibaba with 14:11.15 minutes for women.

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55 metres

55 metres is a sprint event in track and field.

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55 metres hurdles

55 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling, usually only run in indoor competitions.

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5K run

The 5K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of five kilometres (3.107 miles).

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60 metres

60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field.

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60 metres hurdles

60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions.

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60-yard dash

The 60-yard dash is a sprint covering 60 yards (54.86 m).

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600 metres

The 600 metres is a rarely run Middle-distance running event in track and field competitions.

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800 metres

The 800 metres, or 800 meters (US spelling), is a common track running event.

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800 metres world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the men's and women's 800 metres, officially ratified by the IAAF.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics

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