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Middle-distance running

Index Middle-distance running

Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to two miles (3218.688 metres). [1]

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  1. 63 relations: Aerobic conditioning, Anaerobic exercise, Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres, Athletics at the Summer Olympics, Australia, Berlin, Blue Riband (disambiguation), Brussels, Caster Semenya, Czechoslovakia, Daniel Komen, David Rudisha, Distance medley relay, Endurance, Ethiopia, Faith Kipyegon, Flying Finn, Footspeed, Four-minute mile, Gulnara Samitova-Galkina, Heptathlon, Hicham El Guerrouj, High school (North America), Imperial units, International System of Units, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Jarmila Kratochvílová, Jessica Hull, Johnny Gray, Kenya, Lamecha Girma, Lon Myers, Long-distance running, Martin McGrady, Mary Decker, Meseret Defar, Mile run, Millrose Games, Morocco, Munich, National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Federation of State High School Associations, Noah Ngeny, Norway, Oxford, Paris, Race track, Rieti, Roger Bannister, Santa Monica, California, ... Expand index (13 more) »

  2. Athletics by type
  3. Running by type

Aerobic conditioning

Aerobic conditioning is the use of continuous, rhythmic movement of large muscle groups to strengthen the heart and lungs (cardiovascular system).

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Anaerobic exercise

Anaerobic exercise is a type of exercise that breaks down glucose in the body without using oxygen; anaerobic means "without oxygen".

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Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 3000 metres event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

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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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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Blue Riband (disambiguation)

The Blue Riband is an accolade given to the passenger ship that held the fastest record for transatlantic crossing.

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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 capital of Belgium.

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Caster Semenya

Mokgadi Caster Semenya OIB (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and winner of two Olympic gold medals and three World Championships in the women's 800 metres.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko) was a landlocked state in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.

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Daniel Komen

Daniel Kipngetich Komen (born 17 May 1976) Komen is rumoured to be three years older than officially recognised.

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David Rudisha

David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a retired Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.

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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. With its inclusion in the IAAF World Relays program, the IAAF announced on May 1, 2015 that the event would be an official world record event. Unlike most track relays, each member of the team runs a different distance.

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Endurance

Endurance (also related to sufferance, forbearance, resilience, constitution, fortitude, persistence, tenacity, steadfastness, perseverance, stamina, and hardiness) is the ability of an organism to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from and have immunity to trauma, wounds, or fatigue.

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Ethiopia

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa.

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Faith Kipyegon

Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner.

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Flying Finn

"The Flying Finn" (Lentävä suomalainen, Flygande finländaren) is a nickname given to several Finnish athletes who were noted for their speed.

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Footspeed

Sprinting is a sport that requires development of footspeed. Footspeed, or sprint speed, is the maximum speed at which a human can run.

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Four-minute mile

A four-minute mile is the completion of a mile run (1.6 km) in four minutes or less.

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Gulnara Samitova-Galkina

Gulnara Iskanderovna Samitova-Galkina (Гульнара Искандеровна Самитова-Галкина, Гөлнара Искәндәр кызы Самитова-Галкина) (born 9 July 1978 in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan) is a Russian distance runner.

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Heptathlon

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

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Hicham El Guerrouj

Hicham El Guerrouj (هشامالݣروج; Hisham El Gerruj; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner.

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High school (North America)

High schools in North America are schools for secondary education, which may also involve intermediate education.

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Imperial units

The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act 1824 and continued to be developed through a series of Weights and Measures Acts and amendments.

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International System of Units

The International System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from French Système international d'unités), is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement.

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Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Jakob Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner, who is the current world record holder for the indoor 1500 metres and the 2000 metres, and holds the world best time over the two mile distance.

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Jarmila Kratochvílová

Jarmila Kratochvílová (born 26 January 1951 in Golčův Jeníkov) is a Czechoslovak former track and field athlete.

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Jessica Hull

Jessica Jolliffe (née Hull born 22 October 1996) is an Australian middle and long distance runner who is the current world record holder in the 2000 metres, set on 12 July 2024 with a time of 5:19.70.

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Johnny Gray

John 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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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.

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Lamecha Girma

Lamecha Girma (born 26 November 2000) is an Ethiopian athlete who specialises in the 3,000 metres steeplechase.

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Lon Myers

Laurence Eugene "Lon" Myers (February 16, 1858 – February 16, 1899) was an American sprinter and middle distance runner.

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Long-distance running

Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least. Middle-distance running and Long-distance running are athletics by type and running by type.

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Martin McGrady

Martin McGrady (April 20, 1946, in Akron, Ohio – April 29, 2006) was an American track and field athlete known primarily for running the now obsolete indoor 600 yard dash.

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Mary Decker

Mary Teresa Slaney (formerly Tabb, née Decker, born August 4, 1958) is an American retired middle-distance and long-distance runner.

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Meseret Defar

Meseret Defar Tola (Amharic: መሠረት ደፋር; born 19 November 1983) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes chiefly in the 3,000 metres and 5,000 metres events.

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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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Millrose Games

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

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Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Munich

Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and one in Canada.

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National Federation of State High School Associations

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) is the body that writes the rules of competition for most high school sports and activities in the United States.

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Noah Ngeny

Noah Kiprono Ngeny (born 2 November 1978) is a Kenyan former athlete, Olympic gold medalist at 1500 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and world record holder in the 1000 m. He also ran the second-fastest mile ever.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Race track

A race track (racetrack, racing track or racing circuit) is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animals (e.g. horse racing or greyhound racing).

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Rieti

Rieti (Reate, Sabino: Riete) is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700.

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Roger Bannister

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was an English neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile.

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Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica (Saint Monica; Spanish: Santa Mónica) is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast.

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Sprint (running)

Sprinting is running over a short distance at the top-most speed of the body in a limited period of time. Middle-distance running and Sprint (running) are athletics by type and running by type.

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Svetlana Masterkova

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Masterkova (Светлана Александровна Мастеркова; born 17 January 1968) is a Russian former middle-distance runner and former women's world record holder for the mile and the current 1000 metres world record.

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Wanamaker Mile

The Wanamaker Mile is a prestigious indoor mile race for elite middle distance runners held annually at the Millrose Games in New York City.

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Wang Junxia

Wang Junxia (born 19 January 1973) is a Chinese former long-distance runner who is the current world record holder at 3,000 meters.

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World Athletics

World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running.

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World Athletics Championships

The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations).

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World Athletics Indoor Championships

The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport.

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World record

A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity.

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Zola Budd

Zola Budd (also known as Zola Pieterse; born 26 May 1966) is a South African middle-distance and long-distance runner.

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1000 metres world record progression

The following tables show the world record progression in the men's and women's 1000 metres as ratified by the World Athletics.

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1500 metres

The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics.

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3000 metres

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

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800 metres

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

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See also

Athletics by type

Running by type

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-distance_running

Also known as 600 y, 600 yards, 600-yard run, 700 metres, 900 metres, Athletics middle distances, Medium-distance running, Middle Distance Running, Middle distance runner, Middle distance track event, Middle-distance runner, Middle-distance track event.

, Sprint (running), Svetlana Masterkova, Wanamaker Mile, Wang Junxia, World Athletics, World Athletics Championships, World Athletics Indoor Championships, World record, Zola Budd, 1000 metres world record progression, 1500 metres, 3000 metres, 800 metres.