As of September, 2008: Outdoor Men -- Hicham El Guerrouj (MOR), 3:26.00, 7/14/1998
in Rome, Italy
Indoor Men -- Hicham El Guerrouj (MOR), 3:31.18, 2/2/1997
in Stuttguart, Germany Outdoor Women -- Yunxia Qu (CHN), 3:50.46, 9/11/1993
in Beijing, China
Indoor Women -- Yelena Soboleva (RUS), 3:58.28, 2/18/2006
in Moscow, Russia
fastest i know is Ian Goodwin age 15, 20:20.00 in July, 2011, Redmond, Oregon. one mile of butterfly.
Hicham El Guerrouj with a time of 3:26.00
Find out more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hicham_El_Guerrouj
Usain Bolt
I believe the record is 19.19 seconds for the 200 meter race and it was set by Usain Bolt in 2009 at the World Championships
Jack Lovelock received the gold medal competing for New Zealand and setting a new world record running the 1500 meter race.
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Kenenisa Bekele 26:17.53 in 2009
not sure what you mean by this, but if you mean the Olympics, they race on a 2000 meter course, the world standard. i know in the u.s. scholastic teams (high schools and some colleges) race on a 1500 meter race course. that's about as short as it gets though
Usain Bolt
Asafa Powell - World Record 9.74 - Grand Prix at Rieti, Italy - September 9 2007
Jesse Owens participated in the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin. He equaled the world record in the 100 meter race. He broke the world record in the 200 meter race and the broad jump. The 400 meter relay he participated in also set a new record.
3:26.00 - Hicham El Guerrouj
Bob Hayes has the world record in the 100 yard dash. This record was set in the year 1963. This is a separate race from the 100 meter dash.
The listed World Record for the now defunct 200 meter hurdle race is Don Styron at 21.9, set April 2, 1960 (in a 220 yard hurdle race). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Styron