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Marita Koch currently holds the women's world record in the 400 meter dash at 47.60 seconds set in 1985. She set the world record seven times and broke her own world record five times. Marita Koch's world record times: 1) 49.19 seconds - broke the existing world record of Irena Szewinska (49.28 seconds) on July 2, 1978.
2) 49.03 seconds - broke her own world record on August 19, 1978.
3) 48.94 seconds - broke her own world record on August 31, 1978.
4) 48.89 seconds - broke her own world record on August 4, 1979.
5) 48.60 seconds - broke her own world record on August 29, 1979.
6) 48.16 seconds - broke her own world record on September 8, 1982.
7) 47.60 seconds - broke the existing world record of Jarmila Kratochvilova (47.99 seconds) on October 6, 1985.
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Who has beat Wilma Rudolph's record for fastest woman in the world?
Wilma Rudolph's automatic timed world record in the 100 meter dash, 11.41 seconds set at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, was bettered by Wyomia Tyus at 11.23 seconds at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. She had run faster times but those races were not automatically timed. Her best 100 meter dash time was a hand timed 11.2 set at a meet in Stuttgart in 1961. Wilma's automatic timed world record in the 200 meter dash, 22.30 seconds set at the 1960 Olympics, was bettered by Edith McGuire at 22.05 seconds set at the 1964 Olympics.
When was the first record for the mens 100 meter sprint set?
The first world record in the 100 meter dash was held by Don Lippincott of the United States who was manually timed by the International Association of Athetics Federation (IAAF) at 10.6 seconds at a meet in Stockholm, Sweden in July of 1912.
What was the record time for the 100 meter in 1946?
Men: A hand timed 10.2 seconds by several runners including Jesse Owens and Harold Davis. Women: A hand timed 11.5 seconds by Lulu Mae Hymes, Rowena Harrison, and Fanny Blankers-Koen.
Who holds the 400 meter world record?
As of April, 2009: Usain Bolt holds the men's world record in the 200 meter dash with a time of 19.30 seconds set at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Florence Griffith-Joyner holds the women's world record in the 200 meter dash with a time of 21.34 seconds set at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
What is the Australian 100 meter record time for a 14 year old?
Eddie Redmond had just turned 14 when he clocked 11.01 seconds in 1998 at the ACT high school finals at the AIS track in Canberra. It was a calm day and timed electronically.
How fast did Ted Ginn run the 100 meter dash in?
10.5 in high school and unofficially timed at 10.02
What was the longest timed urination in recorded history?
36 mins 24 secs.
What are marjorie jacksons records achieved?
Two time Olympic gold medalist (100 meter dash and 200 meter dash at the 1952 Games in Helsinki) Marjorie Jackson of Australia set world records in the 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash at the 1952 Games. She broke the 100 meter dash world record in winning the gold medal in an electronically timed 11.65 seconds. She broke the 200 meter dash world record with an electronically timed 23.59 seconds. She also won 7 Commonwealth Games gold medals, winning the 100 yard and 220 yard dashes and being a member of the 110x220x110 yard relay and 220x110x220x110 yard relay teams at the 1950 Games in Auckland. At the 1954 Games in Vancouver, she again won the 100 yard and 220 yard dashes and was a member of the winning 4x110 yard relay team.
What is every thing you will be tested in navy seal training?
Some of the test that are done in the Navy Seal training include a timed four-mile, timed 1,000-meter swim and two sets of physical readiness tests.
What year did Wilma Rudolph the win gold medal in the 100 meter run?
Wilma Rudolph's best time in the 100 was an 11.0 timed in the 100 meter finals at the 1960 Rome Olympics. However, since there was a tail wind of 2.75 meters per second, higher than the limit of 2.0 meters per second, the time was not recognized as a new world record. Her best 'official' 100 meter dash time was a hand timed 11.2 set at a meet in Stuttgart in 1961.
How to break a record?
Find a record you could break. Contact the officials in charge of record keeping and inform them of when and where you intend to attempt it. Make your attempt and get it measured/timed/checked/whatever is necessary. If you don't quite get it, try again.
Who is the fastest male 800 meter runner?
Bolt Bolt is wrong, bolt runs the 100 (9.58) 200 (19.19) and the 4x100 (37.90) The actual answer is Hicham El Guerrouj. He holds the world record for the 1600 meter run with a time of 3:43.13. Furthermore, the 3:43.13 was timed for a mile, which is 9.35 meters further than 1600 (which he had passed about a second and a half earlier).
