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Track and Field

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Overview

Track and field events are those which take

place inside an athletics stadium comprised of an oval running track which

surrounds a grass field. Track and field events fall under the umbrella of

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Overview

athletics.

Ancient Greece is widely held to be the

birthplace of track and field competitions. The first Olympic Games were held

in 776BC in Olympia, Greece (although on this occasion only a single running

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Overview

race was contested). The scope of the games would later expand to accommodate the

multitude of events that now take place in modern Olympiads.

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USA Track & Field's top 25 memorable moments

-- Johnson's

200m world record named Top Moment of last 25 years

-- Joan

Benoit's 1984 Olympic women's marathon win named 2nd Top Moment

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USA Track & Field's top 25 memorable moments

-- Edwin

Moses' 122-race win streak named 3rd Top Moment

-- Lewis

winning four gold medals named 4th Greatest Moment

-- Powell

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USA Track & Field's top 25 memorable moments

breaking long jump world record named 5th Greatest Moment

-- Johnson's

400m world record named 6th Greatest Moment

-- Jones

winning five Olympic medals named 7th Greatest Moment

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USA Track & Field's top 25 memorable moments

-- Lewis

winning fourth consecutive long jump gold named eighth Top Moment

-- JJK

setting heptathlon world record named 9th top moment

-- Flo-Jo

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USA Track & Field's top 25 memorable moments

shattering 100m world record named 10th top moment

-- Batten

& Buford-Bailey both bettering a WR in the same race named 11th top moment

-- Deckers

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USA Track & Field's top 25 memorable moments

double victory at 83 Worlds named 12th top moment in track & field of last

25 years

-- Greene's

double sprint gold at 1999 World Outdoors named 13th Top Moment

-- Dragila

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USA Track & Field's top 25 memorable moments

winning first women's Olympic pole vault named 14th top moment

-- Brisco

winning three gold medals named 15th top moment

-- Carter's

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USA Track & Field's top 25 memorable moments

prep shot put record named the 16th top moment in track & field of last 25

years

-- Ashford

defeating two world record holders at World Cup named 17th top moment

-- Devers

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USA Track & Field's top 25 memorable moments

second Olympic 100m title named 18th top moment

-- Flo-Jos

200m world record named 19th top moment

-- Salazars

third NYC Marathon title named 20th top moment in track & field of last 25

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USA Track & Field's top 25 memorable moments

years

-- Jennings'

third World XC title named 21st top moment

-- Youngs

world record named 22nd top moment

-- Webb

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USA Track & Field's top 25 memorable moments

prep record named 23rd top moment of last 25 years

-- Khannouchi

world record named 24th top moment of last 25 years

-- JJK

kicks off USATF Top 25 Moments

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Track & field world records

Event

Performance

Name

100 m

9.58

Usain Bolt

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Track & field world records

JAM

200 m

19.19

Usain Bolt

JAM

400 m

43.18

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Track & field world records

Michael Johnson

USA

800 m

1:41.01

David Lekuta Rudisha

KEN

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Track & field world records

1:40.91 (p)

David Lekuta Rudisha

KEN

1,000 m

2:11.96

Noah Ngeny

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Track & field world records

KEN

1,500 m

3:26.00

Hicham El Guerrouj

MAR

1 mi.

3:43.13

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Track & field world records

Hicham El Guerrouj

MAR

2,000 m

4:44.79

Hicham El Guerrouj

MAR

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Track & field world records

3,000 m

7:20.67

Daniel Komen

KEN

5,000 m

12:37.35

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Track & field world records

Kenenisa Bekele

ETH

10,000 m

26:17.53

Kenenisa Bekele

ETH (23)

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Track & field world records

110 m Hurdles

12.87

Dayron Robles

CUB

12.80 (p)

Aries Merritt

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Track & field world records

USA

400 m Hurdles

46.78

Kevin Young

USA

3,000 m Steeplechase

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Track & field world records

7:53.63

Saif Saaeed Shaheen

QAT

20,000 m Race Walk

1:17:25.6

Bernardo Segura

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Track & field world records

MEX (24)

4x100 m Relay

37.10

JAM:

Nesta Carter

Michael Frater

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Track & field world records

Usain Bolt

Asafa Powell

37.04 (p)

JAM:

Nesta Carter

Michael Frater

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Track & field world records

Yohan Blake

Usain Bolt

36.84 (p)

JAM:

Nesta Carter

Michael Frater

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Track & field world records

Yohan Blake

Usain Bolt

4x400 m Relay

2:54.29

USA:

Andrew Valmon

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Track & field world records

Quincy Watts

Butch Reynolds

Michael Johnson

4x800 m Relay

7:02.43

KEN:

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Track & field world records

Joseph Mutua

William Yiampoy

Ismael Kombich

Wilfred Bungei

4x1,500 m Relay

14:36.23

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Track & field world records

KEN:

William Biwott Tanui

Gideon Gathimba

Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono

Augustine Kiprono Choge

High Jump

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Track & field world records

2.45 m

(8'0½")

Javier Sotomayor

CUB

Pole Vault

6.14 m

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Track & field world records

(20'1¾")

Sergey Bubka

UKR

Long Jump

8.95 m

(29'4½")

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Track & field world records

Mike Powell

USA

Triple Jump

18.29 m

(60'0¼")

Jonathan Edwards

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Track & field world records

GBR

Shot Put

23.12 m

(75'10¼")

Randy Barnes

USA

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Track & field world records

Discus Throw

74.08 m

(243'0")

Jürgen Schult

GDR (former East Germany)

Hammer Throw

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Track & field world records

86.74 m

(284'7")

Yuriy Syedikh

URS

Javelin Throw

98.48 m

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Track & field world records

(323'1")

Jan Zelezný

CZE

Decathlon

9026 pts.

Roman Sebrle

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Track & field world records

CZE

9,039 pts. (p)

Ashton Eaton

Oregon TC Elite

Women

Event

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Track & field world records

Performance

Name

100 m

10.49

Florence Griffith-Joyner

USA

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Track & field world records

200 m

21.34

Florence Griffith-Joyner

USA

400 m

47.60

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Track & field world records

Marita Koch

GDR (former East Germany)

800 m

1:53.28

Jarmila Kratochvílová

CZE

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Track & field world records

1,000 m

2:28.98

Svetlana Masterkova

RUS

1,500 m

3:50.46

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Track & field world records

Yunxia Qu

CHN

1 mi.

4:12.56

Svetlana Masterkova

RUS

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Track & field world records

2,000 m

5:25.36

Sonia O'Sullivan

IRL

3,000 m

8:06.11

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Track & field world records

Junxia Wang

CHN

5,000 m

14:11.15

Tirunesh Dibaba

ETH

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Track & field world records

10,000 m

29:31.78

Junxia Wang

CHN

100 m Hurdles

12.21

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Track & field world records

Yordanka Donkova

BUL

400 m Hurdles

52.34

Yuliya Pechonkina

RUS

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Track & field world records

3,000 m Steeplechase

8:58.81

Gulnara Samitova-Galkina

RUS

10,000 m Race Walk

41:56.23

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Track & field world records

Nadezhda Ryashkina

URS (23)

20,000 m Race Walk

1:26:52.3

Olimpiada Ivanova

RUS (31)

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Track & field world records

4x100 m Relay

41.37

GDR (former East Germany):

Silke Msller

Sabine Rieger

Ingrid Auerswald

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Track & field world records

Marlies Gshr

40.82 (p)

USA:

Tianna Madison

Allyson Felix

Bianca Knight

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Track & field world records

Carmelita Jeter

4x200 m Relay

1:27.46

United States "Blue":

LaTasha Jenkins

LaTasha Colander-Richardson

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Track & field world records

Nanceen Perry

Marion Jones

4x400 m Relay

3:15.17

USSR:

Tatyana Ledovskaya

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Track & field world records

Olga Nazarova

Maria Pinigina

Olga Bryzgina

4x800 m Relay

7:50.17

USSR:

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Track & field world records

Nadezhda Olizarenko

Lyubov Gurina

Lyudmila Borisova

Irina Podyalovskaya

High Jump

2.09 m

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Track & field world records

(6'10¼")

Stefka Kostadinova

BUL

Pole Vault

5.06 m

(16'7¼")

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Track & field world records

Yelena Isinbayeva

RUS

Long Jump

7.52 m

(24'8¼")

Galina Chistyakova

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Track & field world records

URS

Triple Jump

15.50 m

(50'10¼")

Inessa Kravets

UKR

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Track & field world records

Shot Put

22.63 m

(74'3")

Natalya Lisovskaya

URS

Discus Throw

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Track & field world records

76.80 m

(251'11")

Gabriele Reinsch

GDR (former East Germany)

Hammer Throw

79.42 m

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Track & field world records

(260'6")

Bette Heidler

GER

Javelin Throw

72.28 m

(237'1")

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Track & field world records

Barbora Spotáková

CZE (24)

Heptathlon

7291 pts.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

USA

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Track & field world records

Decathlon

8358 pts.

Austra Skujyte

LTU