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List of world records in athletics

Index List of world records in athletics

World records in athletics are ratified by World Athletics. [1]

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  1. 701 relations: Aaliyah Brown, Accor Arena, Ade Mafe, Adidas Games, Adizero: Road to Records, Adler Microdistrict, Agnes Jebet Ngetich, Agnes Tirop, Ajeé Wilson, Albi, Albuquerque Convention Center, Aleec Harris, Alexis Holmes, All Star Perche, Allyson Felix, Amber Anning, Amere Lattin, American football, Ames, Iowa, Amsterdam, Andrew Valmon, Anne Cibis, Antonio Pettigrew, Arena Birmingham, Arena Stade Couvert de Liévin, Aries Merritt, Arizona State University, Armand Duplantis, Arnstadt, Asbel Kiprop, Ashford, Kent, Asian Race Walking Championships, Ataköy Athletics Arena, Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 2500 metres steeplechase, Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 4000 metres steeplechase, Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 2590 metres steeplechase, Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres, Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres, Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Athletics at the Summer Olympics, Athletics Integrity Unit, Athletics Weekly, Aubière, Audrey J. Walton Stadium (Columbia, Missouri), Avicii Arena, Ayelech Worku, ... Expand index (651 more) »

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Aaliyah Brown

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

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Accor Arena

Accor Arena (originally known as the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy), also known as Paris-Bercy, is an indoor sports arena and concert hall located in the neighbourhood of Bercy, on the Boulevard de Bercy, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France.

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Ade Mafe

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

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Adidas Games

The Adidas Games, formerly the adidas BOOST Boston Games and today officially known as the adidas Atlanta City Games, is an annual track and field meeting and street meet in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Adizero: Road to Records

Adizero: Road to Records is an annual elite running event hosted at the global headquarters of adidas in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

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Adler Microdistrict

Adler (Адлер) is a resort on the Black Sea coast located in the mouth of the Mzymta River.

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Agnes Jebet Ngetich

Agnes Jebet Ngetich (born January 23, 2001) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

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Agnes Tirop

Agnes Jebet Tirop (23 October 1995 – 13 October 2021) was a Kenyan professional long-distance runner.

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Ajeé Wilson

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

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Albi

Albi (Albi) is a commune in southern France.

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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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Alexis Holmes

Alexis Holmes (born January 28, 2000) is an American track and field athlete who competes over 400 metres.

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All Star Perche

All Star Perche is an annual indoor pole vaulting meeting which is typically held in February at the Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

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Allyson Felix

Allyson Michelle Felix (born November 18, 1985) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters.

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Amber Anning

Amber Anning (born 18 November 2000) is a British sprinter.

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Amere Lattin

Amere Lattin (born July 12, 1997) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the hurdles, mostly 400-meter hurdles.

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American football

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

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Ames, Iowa

Ames is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately north of Des Moines in central Iowa.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city 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 (known for sponsorship reasons as Utilita Arena Birmingham, previously as The Barclaycard Arena, originally as the National Indoor Arena and still commonly called The NIA) is an indoor arena and sporting venue in central Birmingham, England.

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Arena Stade Couvert de Liévin

Arena Stade Couvert de Liévin (formerly Stade Couvert Régional) is an indoor arena in Liévin, France.

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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 (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

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Armand Duplantis

Armand Gustav Duplantis (born 10 November 1999) is a Swedish-American pole vaulter, the current world outdoor and indoor record holder (and), the current Olympic and two time World outdoor (2022 and 2023) and two-time indoor champion, the current European champion, and the current Diamond League champion.

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Arnstadt

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

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Asbel Kiprop

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

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Ashford, Kent

Ashford is a town in the Ashford district, in the county of Kent, England.

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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 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 and 14 August at the Olympic Stadium.

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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 30 July and 3 August 2021 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 Integrity Unit

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) was founded by World Athletics in 2017 to combat doping and address other forms of ethical misconduct in the sport of athletics.

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Athletics Weekly

AW (formerly Athletics Weekly) is a monthly track and field magazine published in the United Kingdom by Athletics Weekly Limited.

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Aubière

Aubière (Auvergnat: Aubèira) is a commune located in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeast France.

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Audrey J. Walton Stadium (Columbia, Missouri)

Audrey J. Walton Stadium on the campus of the University of Missouri is the home of the Missouri Tigers track and field teams and the Missouri Relays track and field meet.

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Avicii Arena

Avicii Arena, originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena and previously as Ericsson Globe, but commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen, is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockholm, Sweden.

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Ayelech Worku

Ayelech Worku (born June 12, 1979) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning two World Championships bronze medals on the 5000 metres.

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Azusa, California

Azusa (Tongva: Asuksa-nga) is a city in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States, at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains and located east of downtown Los Angeles.

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Bad Salzdetfurth

is a town on the banks of the River Lamme in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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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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Balboa Stadium

Balboa Stadium is an outdoor stadium in San Diego, California, located adjacent to San Diego High School.

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Barcelona

Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge (French: Baton Rouge or Bâton-Rouge,; Batonrouj) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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BAUHAUS-galan

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

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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 in the UK and around the world.

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Beatrice Chebet

Beatrice Chebet (born 5 March 2000) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

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Beatrice Chepkoech

Beatrice Chepkoech Sitonik (born 6 July 1991) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

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Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England.

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Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.

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Belfast

Belfast (from Béal Feirste) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.

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Belgrade Arena

The Belgrade Arena (Београдска арена) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Ben Blankenship

Ben Blankenship (born December 15, 1988) is an American middle distance runner.

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Benjamin Lobo Vedel

Benjamin Lobo Vedel (born 23 September 1997) is a professional track and field sprinter specialising in the 400 metres and competes for Denmark.

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Bergen

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

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Berhane Adere

Berhane Adere Debala (Ge'ez: ብርሀኔ አደሬ born 21 July 1973) is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialised in the 10,000 metres and half marathon.

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Berlin

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

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Bianca Knight

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

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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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Bloomington, Indiana

Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, Indiana, United States.

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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, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston University

Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Boston University Track and Tennis Center

15:14.76WoodThe Boston University Track and Tennis Center houses a banked, 6 lane, 200m indoor track.

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Brașov

Brașov (Kronstadt, also Brasau; Brassó; Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: Kruhnen) is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County.

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Brașov Running Festival

The Brașov Running Festival is an annual road-based 10K run hosted by Brașov, Romania, since 2021.

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Brandon Johnson (athlete)

Brandon Johnson (born March 2, 1985) is an American former professional middle-distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres and previously the 400 meter hurdles until 2012.

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Brandon Miller (runner)

Brandon Miller (born January 30, 2002) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.

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Brannon Kidder

Brannon Kidder (born November 18, 1993) is an American middle-distance runner.

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Brianna Rollins-McNeal

Brianna Rollins-McNeal (born August 18, 1991) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles.

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Brisbane

Brisbane (Meanjin) is the capital of the state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million.

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Britton Wilson

Britton Wilson (born 13 November 2000) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the 400 meters hurdles and 400 meters.

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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, United States.

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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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Bruce, Australian Capital Territory

Bruce is a suburb of the Belconnen district of Canberra, that is located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

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Bucharest

Bucharest (București) is the capital and largest city of Romania.

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Budapest Sportcsarnok

Budapest Sportcsarnok was an indoor arena in Budapest, Hungary.

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Butch Reynolds

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

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Cadet Field House

The Cadet Field House is an indoor sports complex in the western United States, located at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, near Colorado Springs.

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Calgary

Calgary is the largest 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

Canberra Stadium, commercially known as GIO Stadium Canberra, 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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Cape Town

Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa.

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Carl Lewis

Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is a former American 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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Carmelita Jeter

Carmelita Jeter (born November 24, 1979) is a retired American sprinter, who competed in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. For over a decade, between 2009 and 2021, Jeter was called the "Fastest woman alive" after running a 100 m personal best of 10.64 seconds at the 2009 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix.

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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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CBC News

CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca.

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Cedar Falls, Iowa

Cedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States.

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Centimetre

Different lengths as in respect to the electromagnetic spectrum, measured by the metre and its derived scales. The microwave is in-between 1 meter to 1 millimeter. A centimetre (International spelling) or centimeter (American spelling), with SI symbol cm, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) 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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Charlie Hunter (runner)

Charlie Hunter (born 20 July 1996) is an Australian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.

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Cheboksary

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

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Chiba (city)

is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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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 an American professional track and field sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. The 2019 world champion in the 100 meters, he also won gold as part of men's 4 × 100-meter relay.

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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 Morales Williams

Christopher Morales Williams (born 5 August 2004) is a Canadian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.

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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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CJ Albertson

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Clemson, South Carolina

Clemson is a city in Pickens and Anderson counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 147,284 (2020).

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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Cole Hocker

Cole Hocker (born June 6, 2001) is an American middle- and long-distance runner.

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Colleen Quigley

Colleen Quigley (born November 20, 1992) is an American middle-distance runner, steeplechase specialist and an Olympian from St. Louis, Missouri.

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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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Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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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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Cooper Teare

Cooper Teare (born August 18, 1999) is an American middle- and long-distance runner.

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Copenhagen

Copenhagen (København) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the urban area.

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Cuneo

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

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.

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Daniel Haugh

Daniel Haugh (born May 3, 1995) is an American track and field athlete competing in the hammer throw.

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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 former athlete, who mainly competed in the 400 metres.

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David Oliver (hurdler)

David Oliver (born April 24, 1982), is the Director of Track & Field at Howard University and a retired American hurdling athlete.

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Dawn Harper-Nelson

Dawn Harper-Nelson (born May 13, 1984) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 100-meter hurdles.

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Décastar

Décastar (stylised DECASTAR) is an annual athletics competition that takes place in Talence, in the department of the Gironde in France.

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Decathlon

The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events.

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Deion Sanders

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Devynne Charlton

Devynne Ashtyn Charlton (born 26 November 1995) is a Bahamian athlete specialising in the 100 metres hurdles.

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Diamond League

The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fifteen of the best invitational athletics meetings.

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Dina Asher-Smith

Geraldina "Dina" Rachel Asher-Smith, (born 4 December 1995) is a British sprinter internationally active since 2011.

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Diribe Welteji

Diribe Welteji Kejelcha (born 13 May 2002) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner.

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Discus throw

The discus throw, also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight — called a discus — in an attempt to mark a farther distance than other 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. 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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Domino Day

Domino Day is 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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Dorena Reservoir

Dorena Reservoir (also Dorena Lake) is a reservoir on the Row River in Lane County, Oregon, United States.

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Drake Relays

The Drake Relays (officially the Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered by Mediacom) 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 (also often toxicology screen or tox screen) is a technical analysis of a biological specimen, for example urine, hair, blood, breath, sweat, or oral fluid/saliva—to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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Eamonn Coghlan

Eamonn Christopher Coghlan (born 21 November 1952) is an Irish 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 (Ost-Berlin) was the partially recognised capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990.

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East Lansing, Michigan

East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Effects of high altitude on humans

The effects of high altitude on humans are mostly the consequences of reduced partial pressure of oxygen in the atmosphere.

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Ekiden

is a long-distance running multi-stage relay race, mostly held on roads.

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Elaine Thompson-Herah

Elaine Thompson-Herah (born 28 June 1992) is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres.

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Elise Cranny

Elise Cranny (born May 9, 1996) is an American middle and long-distance runner.

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Elle Purrier St. Pierre

Elinor Purrier St.

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ESPN

ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.

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Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos

Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos 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 in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States.

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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- and long-distance runner.

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Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion

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

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Ferry-Dusika-Hallenstadion

The Ferry-Dusika-Hallenstadion was an indoor arena in Vienna, Austria.

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Fort Washington Avenue Armory

The Fort Washington Avenue Armory, also known as the Fort Washington Armory, The Armory, and the 22nd Regiment Armory, is a historic 5,000-seat arena and armory building 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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Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.

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Frank O'Mara

Frank O’Mara (born 1960 in Limerick) is a former Irish runner.

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Franklin Field

Franklin Field is a sports stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the eastern edge of the University of Pennsylvania's campus.

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Freedom Hall

Freedom Hall is a multi-purpose arena in Louisville, Kentucky, on the grounds of the Kentucky Exposition Center, which is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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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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Gainesville, Florida

Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, United States, and the most populous city in North Central Florida, with a population of 145,212 in 2022.

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Gdynia

Gdynia (Gdiniô; Gdingen, Gotenhafen) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast.

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Genoa

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

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Gete Wami

Getenesh "Gete" Wami Degife (Amharic: ጌጤነሽ 'ጌጤ' ዋሚ ደግፌ born January 28th 1974 in Debre Berhan) is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner who competed in cross country, track, and road events.

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Getenesh Urge

Getenesh Urge (ጌጤነሽ ኡርጌ; born 30 August 1970) is a retired Ethiopian middle distance runner who competed in the 1980s through to 2000.

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Ghent

Ghent (Gent; Gand; historically known as Gaunt in English) 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 was the home of the Texas A&M Aggies men's and women's collegiate indoor track and field teams.

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Gillian O'Sullivan

Gillian O'Sullivan (born 21 August 1976 in Killarney) is an Irish race walker.

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Glasgow

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.

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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 normally held at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy.

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Golden Spike Ostrava

Golden Spike (Zlatá tretra) 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 were 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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Gqeberha

Gqeberha, formerly known as Port Elizabeth, and colloquially referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Grant Holloway

Stanley Grant Holloway (born November 19, 1997) is an American professional hurdler and sprinter.

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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 is an annual run through Greater Manchester (namely Manchester, Trafford and Salford).

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Great North Run

The Great North Run (branded the AJ Bell Great North Run for sponsorship purposes) is the largest half marathon in the world, taking place annually in North East England each September.

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Groningen

Groningen (Grunn or Grunnen) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands.

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Half marathon

A half marathon is a road running event of —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 recognized 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 outdoor track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin.

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Hanžeković Memorial

Hanžeković Memorial (Hanžekovićev memorijal), known also as Zagreb Meeting and Hanžek (hypocorism of the surname Hanžeković), is an annual three-day athletics event held first weekend of September at three different locations in Zagreb, Croatia as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings.

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Hauppauge, New York

Hauppauge is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Islip and Smithtown in Suffolk County, New York on Long Island.

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Hayward Field

Hayward Field is a track and field stadium in the Northwestern United States, located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.

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Heather MacLean (runner)

Heather MacLean (born August 31, 1995) is an American middle distance runner.

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Henry Wynne (runner)

Henry Wynne (born 18 April 1995) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 m and mile.

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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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Herzogenaurach

Herzogenaurach (Herziaura) is a town in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt, in Bavaria, Germany.

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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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Hildesheim

Hildesheim (Hilmessen or Hilmssen; Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany with 101,693 inhabitants.

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Hobart

Hobart ((palawa kani: nipaluna) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly half of Tasmania's population, Hobart is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smallest by population and area after Darwin if territories are taken into account.

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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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Huangshan

Huangshan,Bernstein, pp.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.

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Hugues Fabrice Zango

Hugues Fabrice Zango (born 25 June 1993) is a Burkinabé athlete who specialises in the triple jump and the long jump.

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Hurdling

Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint.

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Husky Stadium

Husky Stadium (officially Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium for sponsorship purposes) is an outdoor football stadium in the northwest United States, located on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.

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IAAF Golden League

The IAAF Golden League was an annual series of outdoor 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 international 24-hour run competition organised by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU).

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Icosathlon

The icosathlon, also called double decathlon, is an ultra combined events of track and field competition consisting of 20 events.

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Ilolo Izu

Ilolo Izu (born May 28, 1997) is an American sprinter, specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres.

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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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Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe

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

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Ineos 1:59 Challenge

The Ineos 1:59 Challenge, held on 12 October 2019, was an attempt by Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge to break the two-hour mark for running the marathon distance, which he achieved in a time of 1:59:40.2.

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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 (translit) was opened July 7, 1981, in Netanya, Israel.

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Inzai

Inzai City Hall is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

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

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Isaiah Harris (athlete)

Isaiah Harris (born October 18, 1996) is an American middle-distance runner.

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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 meeting at the Olympic Stadium 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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Izaic Yorks

Izaic Yorks (born April 17, 1994) is an American middle-distance and long-distance runner. Yorks won 1500 m at 2018 NACAC Championships. As a member of the Washington Huskies, Izaic Yorks is an eight-time NCAA Division I All-American cross country and track and field runner.

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Jablonec nad Nisou

Jablonec nad Nisou (Gablonz an der Neiße) is a city in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic.

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Jacob Kiplimo

Jacob Kiplimo (born 14 November 2000) is a Ugandan long-distance runner.

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James Kiplagat Magut

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

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James Trapp

James Trapp (born December 28, 1969) is a former American sprinter and American football player and currently a co-owner and Facility Coordinator for D1 Sports Training in Greenville, SC.

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Japan National Stadium

The Japan National Stadium, officially the, alternatively, and a.k.a. formerly is a multi-purpose stadium used mostly for association football in Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

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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 as far as possible.

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Jearl Miles Clark

Jearl Atawa Miles Clark (née Miles; born September 4, 1966, in Gainesville, Florida) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 and 800 meters.

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Jena

Jena is a city in Germany and the second largest city in Thuringia.

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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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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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Jiang Bo (runner)

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

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Joetta Clark Diggs

Joetta Clark Diggs (born August 1, 1962, in East Orange, New Jersey) is a retired American track and field champion, specializing in middle distance running.

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John Kariuki

John Kariuki (born 10 November 1986) is a Kenyan former long-distance runner.

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John Regis (athlete)

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

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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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Jonathan Jones (runner)

Jonathan Jones (born 6 February 1999) is a sprinter from Barbados.

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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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Joshua Cheptegei

Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei (born 12 September 1996) is an Ugandan long-distance runner.

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Julien Alfred

Julien Alfred (born 10 June 2001) is a Saint Lucian sprinter.

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Justin Robinson (sprinter)

Justin Robinson (born March 30, 2002) is an American sprinter specializing in the 400 meters.

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Kahmari Montgomery

Kahmari Montgomery (born August 16, 1997) is an American track and field sprinter specializing in the 400 m for Nike.

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Kajaani

Kajaani, historically known as Cajanaburg (Kajana), is a town in Finland and the regional capital of Kainuu.

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Kamila Skolimowska

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

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Kamila Skolimowska Memorial

The Kamila Skolimowska Memorial (or Kamila Skolimowska Throwing Festival) is an annual track and field meeting held at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, Poland in summer, organized by the Kamila Skolimowska Foundation.

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Karissa Schweizer

Karissa Schweizer (born May 4, 1996) is an American middle- and long-distance runner, Olympian and World Record holder in the women's 4x1500 meters relay.

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Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe (South Franconian: Kallsruh) is the third-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants.

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Kaunas

Kaunas (previously known in English as Kovno, also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life.

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Kazimierz Górski National Stadium

The Kazimierz Górski National Stadium (Stadion Narodowy im.), known for sponsorship reasons as the PGE Narodowy since 2015 (with patron being added in 2021), is a retractable roof football stadium located in Warsaw, Poland.

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Kōsa, Kumamoto

is a town located in Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.

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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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Kendall Ellis

Kendall Ellis (born March 8, 1996) is an American sprinter.

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Kenia Sinclair

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

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Kevin Little

Kevin Little (born April 3, 1968) is a former American athlete, who specialized in sprints.

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Kim Batten

Kim Batten (born March 29, 1969, in McRae, Georgia) is an American former 400 meter hurdles champion.

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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 Brussels, Belgium.

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Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, United States.

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Kobe

Kobe (Kōbe), officially, is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

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Korsholm

Korsholm (Mustasaari) is a municipality in Finland, located on the west coast of the country.

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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 a former American mid-distance runner who specialized 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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Lamecha Girma

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

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Lan Lixin

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

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Lanae-Tava Thomas

Lanae-Tava Thomas (born 28 January 2001) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.

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Laredo, Spain

Laredo is a town in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain.

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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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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

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

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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 (Lévin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

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Lille

Lille (Rijsel; Lile; Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders.

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Linford Christie

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

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Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.

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Lisbon Half Marathon

EDP 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, 1940 and 1944 due to the Second World War, and 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and Olympic records are recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in each event.

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Listín Diario

Listín Diario (Lit. Small Daily List) is one of the leading newspapers in the Dominican Republic, and the oldest still being published.

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London Athletics Meet

The London Athletics Meet, formerly known as the London Grand Prix and subsequently as the Anniversary Games and London Diamond League, is an annual athletics event held in London, England.

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London Marathon

The London Marathon (also known as the TCS London Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon held in London, England.

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London Stadium

The London Stadium (formerly and also known as the Olympic Stadium and the Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park) is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford district of London.

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Long jump

The long jump 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 takeoff point.

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Long-distance running

Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least.

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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

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

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Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County.

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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 6 August 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 Soviet and Russian runner who specialized in the 3000 metres.

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Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of, usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes.

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Marathon world record progression

World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics.

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María Pérez (racewalker)

María Pérez García (born 29 April 1996) is a Spanish race walker.

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Marca (newspaper)

(), stylised as, is Spain's national daily tabloid sport newspaper owned by Unidad Editorial.

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Marcus O'Sullivan

Marcus O'Sullivan (born in Cork, Ireland on 22 December 1961) is an Irish retired middle-distance runner.

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Marina Zhirova

Marina Zhirova (Марина Жирова) (born 6 June 1963 Yegoryevsk) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres, training at Trudovye Rezervy in Moscow Oblast.

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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 former professional basketball player.

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Marion Wagner

Marion Wagner (born 1 February 1978, in Mainz) is a retired German sprinter who specialized 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 former Olympic athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres, training at Spartak in Kyiv.

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Mark Everett (runner)

David Mark Everett (born September 2, 1968) is an American retired middle-distance runner who won the bronze medal in the 800-meter event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo.

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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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Matthew Boling

Matthew Boling (born June 20, 2000) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the sprints and long jump.

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Maurice Greene (sprinter)

Maurice Greene (born July 23, 1974) is an American former track and field sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters.

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Městský stadion (Ostrava)

Městský stadion v Ostravě-Vítkovicích is a multi-purpose stadium in Ostrava-Vítkovice, Czech Republic.

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Media in San Diego

San Diego is one of the major cities in California.

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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 Sébastien Charléty in Paris, France.

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Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais

The Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais (formerly Meeting Pas de Calais) also called Meeting International de Liévin (International Meeting of Liévin) is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in February at Arena Stade Couvert 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

The 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 World Athletics, 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 World Athletics, 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 World Athletics, 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 Amateur Athletics (IAAF), now known as World Athletics, 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 recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) 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 long jump world record progression

The men's long jump world record progression lists records ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) starting in 1912.

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Men's pole vault world record progression

The first world record in the men's pole vault was recognized 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 municipality in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany.

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Metre per second

The metre per second is the unit of both speed (a scalar quantity) and velocity (a vector quantity, which has direction and magnitude) in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the speed of a body covering a distance of one metre in a time of one second.

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Metric system

The metric system is a decimal-based system of measurement.

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Mexico City

Mexico City (Ciudad de México,; abbr.: CDMX; Central Nahuatl:,; Otomi) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America.

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MHPArena

Neckarstadion, officially known as MHPArena for sponsorship reasons, is a stadium located in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and home to Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.

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Michael Frater

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

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Michael Johnson (sprinter)

Michael Duane Johnson (born September 13, 1967) is an American retired sprinter who won four Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships gold medals in the span of his career.

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Michael Norman (sprinter)

Michael Arthur Norman Jr. (born December 3, 1997) is an American sprinter.

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Michaela Rose (athlete)

Michaela Rose (born 13 June 2003) is an American track and field athlete.

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Middle-distance running

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

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Mike A. Myers Stadium

Mike A. Myers Stadium is the home of The University of Texas Longhorn track and field and soccer teams and also home to the USATF Elite Running Circuit Austin Track Club.

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Milan

Milan (Milano) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome.

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

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Missouri Tigers

The Missouri Tigers intercollegiate athletics programs represent the University of Missouri, located in Columbia.

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Misterbianco

Misterbianco (Mustariancu; lit) 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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Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay

The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay is a mixed-sex 4 × 400 metres relay in which teams field two men and two women.

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Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay.

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Mogilev

Mogilev, also transliterated as Mahilyow (Mahilioŭ,; Mogilyov,; Mogilev), is a city in eastern Belarus.

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Moitalel Naadokila

Moitalel Mpoke Naadokila (born 8 February 2001) is a Kenyan athlete who competes in the 400m hurdles.

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Moscow

Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.

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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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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 Loire-Atlantique of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast.

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National Athletics Centre (Budapest)

The National Athletics Centre is a track and field stadium in Budapest, Hungary.

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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 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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Nationality

Nationality is the legal status of belonging to a particular nation, defined as a group of people organized in one country, under one legal jurisdiction, or as a group of people who are united on the basis of culture.

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NBC Sports

NBC Sports is an American programming division of the broadcast network NBC, owned and operated by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal and subsidiary of Comcast.

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NCAA Division I Men's 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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NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships

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

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Nesta Carter

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

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Neubrandenburg

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

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (RP), is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England.

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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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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: italics) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole.

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Nomi, Ishikawa

is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

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O. J. Simpson

Orenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024) was an American football player, actor, and media personality who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills.

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Obi Igbokwe

Obi Igbokwe (born January 28, 1997) is an American athlete.

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Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous 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 12 April 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 track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

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Olga Zaytseva

Olga Igorevna Zaytseva (Ольга Игоревна Зайцева; born November 10, 1984, in Kaliningrad) 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)

The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium at Olympiapark Berlin in Berlin, Germany.

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Omega SA

Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.

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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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Onesmus Nyerere

Onesmus Nyerere (born 10 November 1983) is a Kenyan former long-distance runner.

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Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States.

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Osaka

is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan, and one of the three major cities of Japan (Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya).

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Ostrava

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

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Ottawa

Ottawa (Canadian French) 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 high speed and to avoid excessive tactical racing.

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Padua

Padua (Padova; Pàdova, Pàdoa or Pàoa) is a city and comune (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua.

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PDF

Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

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Penn Relays

The Penn Relays (officially the The Penn Relay 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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Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020.

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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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Pilditch Stadium

Pilditch Stadium is a multi-use stadium in the show grounds complex of Pretoria city, situated at the Northern part of the Gauteng province in South Africa.

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Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello is the county seat and largest city of Bannock County, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, containing the city's airport.

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Poděbrady

Poděbrady (Podiebrad) is a spa town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Pole vault

Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.

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Potsdam

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

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Prefontaine Classic

The Prefontaine Classic is a track and field meet held at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, United States.

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Provo, Utah

Provo is a city in and the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States.

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Queen Claye

Queen Quedith Claye née 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 an American former athlete, and two time gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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Racewalking

Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics.

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Raevyn Rogers

Raevyn Rogers (born September 7, 1996) is an American middle-distance athlete.

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Rai Benjamin

Rai Benjamin (born July 27, 1997) is an American professional hurdler and sprinter specializing in the 400 m and 400 m hurdles.

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Ramona, Oklahoma

Ramona is a town in Washington County, Oklahoma, United States.

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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

Ras Al Khaimah (رَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة), often referred to its initials RAK and historically known as Julfar, is the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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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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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 in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France.

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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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Reno, Nevada

Reno is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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Rhasidat Adeleke

Rhasidat Adeleke (born 29 August 2002) is an Irish 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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Riga

Riga is the capital, the primate, and the largest city of Latvia, as well as one of the most populous cities in the Baltic States.

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Road running

Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road.

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Robert Grant (athlete)

Robert Grant (born 31 January 1996) is an American-born Italian sprinter, specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres.

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Roisin Willis

Roisin Willis (born August 6, 2004) is an American middle-distance runner.

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Rosemarie Whyte

Rosemarie Whyte (born 8 September 1986) is the 2008 Jamaican national 400m champion.

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Rosey Effiong

Rosey Effiong (born 8 May 2001) is an American track and field athlete.

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Running track

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

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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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Ryan Crouser

Ryan Crouser (born December 18, 1992) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and discus.

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Sabadell

Sabadell is a city and municipality in Catalonia, Spain.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Salamanca

Salamanca is a municipality and city in Spain, capital of the province of the same name, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León.

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Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah.

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San Diego

San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.

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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, officially the paren), is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2022 population of 971,233, it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland Combined Statistical Area—which in 2022 had a population of 7.5 million and 9.0 million respectively—the third-most populous city in California after Los Angeles and San Diego, and the 13th-most populous in the United States.

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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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Sanya Richards-Ross

Sanya Richards-Ross (née Richards; born February 26, 1985) is a retired Jamaican born American track and field athlete, who competed internationally for the United States in the 400-meter sprint.

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Saransk

Saransk (p; Saransk oš; Saran oš) is the capital city of Mordovia, Russia, as well as its financial and economic centre.

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Senftenberg

Senftenberg (German) or italics (Lower Sorbian) is a town in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, in eastern Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district.

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Seoul Olympic Stadium

The Seoul Olympic Stadium, a.k.a “Jamsil Olympic Stadium" (formerly romanised as Chamshil), is a multi-purpose stadium in Seoul, South Korea.

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Sergey Bubka

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

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Sergey Shirobokov

Sergey Vladimirovich Shirobokov (Серге́й Влади́мирович Широбо́ков; born 11 February 1999) is a Russian male racewalker. His personal best for 20 km walk is 1:17:25, achieved in June 2018 in Sochi. He competed at the 2017 World Championships as a neutral athlete winning a silver medal.

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Sestriere

Sestriere (Sestrieras, Ël Sestrier, Sestrières) is a ski resort in Piedmont, 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 Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville.

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Shannon Rowbury

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

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Shelby Houlihan

Shelby Houlihan (born February 8, 1993) is an American middle distance runner, Olympian and World Record holder in the 4x1500m relay who is currently serving a doping ban.

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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 is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the shot—as far as possible.

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Shuttle hurdle relay

Shuttle hurdle relay (SHR) is a type of a relay race in track and field in which participants jump (sprint) over hurdles.

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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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Sochi

Sochi (a, from Шъуача – seaside) is the largest resort city in Russia.

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Somerville, Massachusetts

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

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South Shields

South Shields is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne.

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Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States.

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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 group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.

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Sportforum Hohenschönhausen

Sportforum Hohenschönhausen, officially named Sportforum Berlin, is a multi-purpose sports complex in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg in Berlin.

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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.

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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 Louis II

The Stade Louis II, or simply Louis II is a stadium located in the Fontvieille district of Monaco, near the border with Cap-d'Ail commune of France.

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Stade Sébastien Charléty

Stade Sébastien-Charléty, also known as Stade Charléty or Charléty, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France.

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Stadio Olimpico

Stadio Olimpico (Olympic Stadium), colloquially known as l'Olimpico (The Olympic), is an Italian multi-purpose sports venue located in Rome.

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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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Staten Island

Staten Island is the southernmost borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.

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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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Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once 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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Talence

Talence (Talança,; Talença) is a commune in the department of Gironde, administrative region of New Aquitaine, France.

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Tampere

Tampere (Tammerfors) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa.

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Tatyana Alekseyeva

Tatyana Petrovna Alekseyeva (Татьяна Петровна Алексеева; born 7 October 1963) is a former 400 metres sprinter from Novosibirsk, Russia.

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Tatyana Ledovskaya

Tatyana Mikhailovna Ledovskaya (Таццяна 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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Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo (translit,; translit), usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.

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Tetradecathlon

The tetradecathlon, also called double heptathlon, is an ultra combined events of track and field competition consisting of 14 events.

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Texas Relays

The Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays is an annual track and field competition held at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in 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 Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Oregonian

The Oregonian is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, United States, owned by Advance Publications.

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The San Diego Union-Tribune

The San Diego Union-Tribune is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, that has run since 1868.

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The Sporting News

The Sporting News is a website and former magazine publication owned by Sporting News Holdings, which is a U.S.-based sports media company formed in December 2020 by a private investor consortium.

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The Track at New Balance

The TRACK at New Balance is a 455,000 square foot facility housing a track and field stadium located near Boston Landing station in Boston, Massachusetts.

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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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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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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

Athletics (or track and field in the United States) is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills.

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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.

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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 long jump.

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Tunis

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

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Turin

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

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Turku

Turku (Åbo) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland.

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Two miles

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

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Uber Arena

Uber Arena (previously under several other names, including Mercedes-Benz Arena) is a multipurpose indoor arena in the Friedrichshain neighborhood of Berlin, Germany, which opened in 2008.

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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 a 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 California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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University of Southern California

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

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University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (or The University of Tennessee; UT; UT Knoxville; or colloquially UTK or Tennessee) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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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 Track & Field Outdoor 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 (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.

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USA Track & Field

USA Track & Field (USATF) is a 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.

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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 in Valencian: València) is the capital of the province and autonomous community of the same name in Spain.

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Valencia Half Marathon

The Valencia Half Marathon (Medio Maratón de Valencia) is an annual half marathon road running event held in Valencia, Spain, since 1988.

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Växjö

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

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Verona

Verona (Verona or Veròna) is a city on the River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants.

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Vienna

Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria.

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Vienna, Illinois

Vienna is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Illinois, United States, and it is the site of two well-known state penitentiaries.

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Vilnius

Vilnius, previously known in English as Vilna, is the capital of and largest city in Lithuania and the second-most-populous city in the Baltic states.

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Vladimir Kanaykin

Vladimir Alekseevich Kanaykin (Владимир Алексеевич Канайкин; born 21 March 1985) is a Russian race walker.

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Warren Weir

Warren Weir (born October 31, 1989) is a retired Jamaican sprinter, who specialized in the 200 metres.

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Warsaw

Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland.

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Warstein

Warstein is a municipality with town status 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 (caitheamh cuideam) one being the track and field event and the other being the Scottish highland games events.

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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 or beginning of September.

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Wendy Vereen

Wenda "Wendy" Vereen (born April 24, 1966) is an American former track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200-meter dashes.

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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 city in Orange County, Florida, United States.

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Women's 100 metres hurdles world record progression

The women's 100 metres hurdles is an outdoor track event over a distance of 100 metres with ten hurdles at the height of 83.8 cm (33 inches).

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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 women's 400 metres hurdles is an outdoor track event over a distance of 400 metres with ten hurdles at the height of 76.2 cm (30 inches).

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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 World Athletics, 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 long jump world record progression

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

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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 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 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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Xiamen

Xiamen is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait.

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Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl (Ярославль) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow.

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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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Yelena Isinbayeva

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

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Yelena Ruzina

Yelena Ivanovna Ruzina (Елена Ивановна Рузина) (born 3 April 1964 in Voronezh) is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

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Yohan Blake

Yohan Blake (born 26 December 1989) is a Jamaican sprinter specialising in 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 × 400 metres relay.

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Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and largest city of Croatia.

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Zevenheuvelenloop

The Zevenheuvelenloop (English: Seven Hills Run) is an annual road race of 15 kilometres held in and around Nijmegen, Netherlands.

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Zurich

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

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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 the 10,000-metre 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 Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei with 26:11 minutes for men and Kenyan Beatrice Chebet with 28:54.14 for women.

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10-mile run

The 10-mile run is a long-distance running event over a distance of ten miles (16.1 kilometres).

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100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-meter 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 sprint event of.

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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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100K run world record progression

The following tables show the List of world records in athletics progression in the 100K run, as recognised by World Athletics.

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10K run

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

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10K run world record progression

The following tables show the progression of world bests and world records in the 10K run, as recognised by the IAAF.

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110 metres hurdles

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

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12-hour run

A 12-hour run is a form of ultramarathon in which each competitor tries to run as far as possible in 12 hours.

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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 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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1600 meters

1600 meters is a middle distance track and field running event that is slightly shorter than the more common mile run, and 100 meters longer than the much more common 1500m run.

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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 MHPArena, 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.

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1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Skydome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from March 12 to March 14, 1993.

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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 Neckarstadium, Stuttgart, Germany between 13 and 22 August 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, a World Athletic Championships event held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico de Sevila, 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

The 20,000 metres (approximately 12.43 mi or 65,617 ft) is a rarely contested long-distance running event in track and field competitions; most world records in the event have been set during half marathons and one-hour races, as a half marathon is roughly 21,000 meters.

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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, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event.

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200 metres hurdles

The 200 metres hurdles is a rarely run 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

The 2000 metres or 2000-metre run is a track running event where five laps are completed around an outdoor 400 m track, or ten laps around a 200 m indoor track - the distance is 11.68 meters short of 1¼ miles.

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2000 metres steeplechase

The 2000 meter steeplechase is a rarely run senior athletics and 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 2002 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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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 (Leichtathletik-Weltmeisterschaften 2009) were held in Berlin, Germany from 15 to 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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2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon

The men's heptathlon at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place 9-10 March 2012 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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2015 CARIFTA Games

The 2015 CARIFTA Games took place between 3 and 6 April 2015.

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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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2016 IAAF World U20 Championships

The 2016 World U20 Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1997) which was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland on 19–24 July 2016.

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2016 Summer Olympics

The 2016 Summer Olympics (Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event 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 the 37th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 23 April.

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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 were held at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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2019 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 2019 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were held at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, New York.

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2020 Summer Olympics

The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July 2021.

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2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships

The 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, originally scheduled for 29 March 2020 in Gdynia, Poland, was postponed until 17 October 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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2021 Diamond League

The 2021 Diamond League, also known as the 2021 Wanda Diamond League for sponsorship reasons, was the twelfth season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by World Athletics.

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2022 Berlin Marathon

The 2022 Berlin Marathon was the 48th edition of the annual marathon race in Berlin, which took place on Sunday,.

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2022 Chicago Marathon

The 2022 Chicago Marathon was the 44th edition of the annual marathon race in Chicago, held on Sunday,.

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2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 23 and 24 July 2022.

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2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump

The women's triple jump at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on 20 March 2022.

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2023 Berlin Marathon

pacemakers (in striped gear) and alongside Derseh Kindie (center midground), who did not finish the race km into their debut marathon, alongside eighth-place finisher Philemon Kiplimo (right midground, in black) and in front of fourteenth-place finisher Tadu Abate (left) The 2023 Berlin Marathon was the 49th edition of the annual marathon race in Berlin, held on Sunday,.

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2023 Chicago Marathon

The 2023 Chicago Marathon was the 45th edition of the annual marathon race in Chicago, held on Sunday,.

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2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon

The women's pentathlon event at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 3 March 2023.

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2023 European Race Walking Team Championships

The 2023 European Race Walking Team Championships took place on 21 May 2023.

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2023 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 2023 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships were the 58th NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships and the 41st NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the indoor track.

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2023 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

The 2023 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix was the 28th edition of the annual indoor track and field meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.

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2023 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 2023 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were held at Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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2023 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay

The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 19 August 2023.

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2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships

The 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships took place in Riga, Latvia, on.

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2024 10K Valencia Ibercaja

The 2024 10K Valencia Ibercaja was an Elite Label 10K run race held in Valencia, Spain on January 14, 2024.

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2024 Herculis

The 2024 Herculis was the 38th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Monaco.

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2024 London Marathon

The 2024 London Marathon was the 44th running of the London Marathon; it took place on 21 April 2024.

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2024 Meeting de Paris

The 2024 Meeting de Paris was the 29th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Paris, France.

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2024 Millrose Games

The 2024 Millrose Games was the 116th edition of the annual indoor track and field meeting in New York City.

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2024 Prefontaine Classic

The 2024 Prefontaine Classic was the 49th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Eugene, Oregon, United States.

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2024 United States Olympic trials (track and field)

The 2024 United States Olympic trials for track and field were held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

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2024 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 2024 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds from January 27-28, and the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico from February 16–17.

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2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place in three rounds at the Commonwealth Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, on 1 and 2 March 2024.

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2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles

The women's 60 metres hurdles at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2024.

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2024 Xiamen Diamond League

The 2024 Xiamen Diamond League was an outdoor track and field meeting in Xiamen, China.

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20K run

The 20K run (20 kilometres, or approximately 12.4 miles) is a long distance foot race.

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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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25K run

The 25K run (25 kilometers, approximately 15.52 miles) is a long distance running footrace that is between the distance of a half marathon and a marathon.

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300 metres

The 300 metres is an uncommon (meaning not on an Olympic or World Championship program) sprinting event in track and field competitions.

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300 metres hurdles

The 300 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event.

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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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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 (usually abbreviated as) 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 Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia at 7:52.11 minutes for men and Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya at 8:44.32 for women.

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3200 metres

3200 metres is an uncommon long middle-distance, or short long-distance, track and field running event that is 200m longer than the much more common 3,000 metre run, and slightly shorter than the two mile run.

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35 kilometres race walk

The 35 kilometres race walk is a road racewalking event which became a standard championship discipline in 2022, with world records being recognised after 1 January 2023.

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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 metres relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 1500 metres or 3.75 laps on a standard 400 metre 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 metres relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 800 metres or 2 laps on a standard 400 metre track.

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4 × mile relay

The 4 × mile relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete one mile (1,609.344 metres) or slightly more than 4 laps on a standard 400 metre 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-meter dash, is a sprint 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 was an Olympic athletics event that first appeared in 1932 and made its final Olympic appearance in 2021.

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50 metres

50 metres, or 50-meter dash, 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 an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field and road running competitions.

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5000 metres

The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or.

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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, or 5000-metre run, are held by Joshua Cheptegei with 12:35.36 for men and Gudaf Tsegay with 14:00.21 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.

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5K run world record progression

The following table shows the progression of world bests and world records in the 5K run, as recognised by the IAAF.

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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 metres hurdles world record progression

The world record for the 60 metres hurdles is recognised by World Athletics, the governing body for the sport of athletics, for both men and women.

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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 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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See also

Sport of athletics records

Sports world records

World records in athletics

References

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

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