The 1000m is a popular track and field event. This is an average distance size that is not used in any world class championship. The 1 km race is more often used as a competitive stage at a variety of commercial events.
Conditions for running
The race itself can be held on different types of grounds: outdoor stadiums usually have a circumference of 400 m and the race there is held in 2.5 circles, closed sports grounds are standardly rated for 200m laps and usually require a 5 lap run. The size of the circle affects: small circles require special development of balance, because if the athlete runs long enough in a straight line, then a 200-meter circle requires constant readiness to turn.
They depend on the age of the athlete, his main occupation and the goals for which the race is made. Minimum conditions for MSMK: 2.18 min for men and 2.36 min for women. World commercial records go beyond these figures and represent even faster mileage.
Results in running for a distance of 1 km are achieved only through hard training. The athlete must prepare physically, technically and psychologically for a long time and hard. A distance of 1 km is the basic distance that many development programs in athletics. In fact, for athletes, such races are one of the stages of a larger and more serious training program. 1000 m - this, which checks the current ones, but is not used in the European Championships, World Championships and the Olympic Games.
World records in the 1000m
Svetlana Masterkova
Kenya Noah Ngeni
Yusuf Saad Kamel
John Walker
Joaquim Cruz
Rick Volhüter
Significantly exceeded all available standards, the American Rick Wohlhuter: in 1974 he firmly established record North America , which has not been beaten so far, having run 1000 m in 2.13 minutes. The South American record, although it did not exceed Wolhuter's achievement, was practically equal to it: in 1984, Joaquim Cruz in 2.14 minutes in Nice.
The Australians don't bother too much about meeting world standards: their result is by far the slowest. In 1980, Australian John Walker covered the distance in 2.16 minutes at competitions in Oslo. The Asian record is the best updated, having been last set by Bahraini Yusuf Saad Kamel in 2008. He ran the distance in 2.14 minutes.
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As you know, the main Olympic motto- "faster, higher, stronger!". First uttered by the French priest Henri Didon and taken up by the founder of modern Olympic movement Pierre de Coubertin, he became a reflection of the main goal of all athletes in the world.
Probably, these three words are the best applicable to athletics. Judge for yourself: faster - about running, higher - about jumping, stronger - about throwing (and pushing). And there is a category of people in this sport that corresponded to this motto as much as possible. We are talking about world record holders. And although the IAAF may deprive some of them of such status (), their names are forever inscribed in history.
On the eve of the World Championships in London, XSPORT decided to recall the most famous world records in athletics. Since it is not possible to tell about everyone because of the huge number of disciplines in the “queen of sports”, we decided to single out record records, so we created several nominations. The only note is that our competition program included achievements only in those events that are included in the program of the Olympic Games and World Cups (in London, for the first time in the history of the world championships, women's 50 km walking competitions will be held, so we are also considering this record).
YOUNGEST RECORD
Anita Wlodarczyk Here our prize goes to the Polish hammer thrower Anita Wlodarczyk. In total, she beat the world record 6 times, and her last achievement dates back to August 28, 2016. A week after the closing of the Olympic Games in Rio, at which the athlete, by the way, also Wlodarczyk in Native Warsaw at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial. Polka remains the only girl who managed to cross the 80-meter mark. And what is most interesting, at the same Games in Rio, her result was 4 meters further than that of Dilshod Nazarov - Olympic champion among men.
The youngest also had every chance of becoming a record Ruth Jebet. On August 27, at the Diamond League stage in Paris, an athlete from Bahrain surpassed the achievement of Gulnara Galkina in the steeplechase,. However, two days later, Wlodarczyk set her next record. At the World Championships in London, Jebet has a chance to get even with Anita, as her final will be 4 days later.
OLDEST RECORD
Yarmila Kratokhvilova (in the first position) Yarmila Kratokhvilova reached the peak of her career only at the age of 32. An athlete from the now defunct country of Czechoslovakia has long remained in the shadow of her rivals from the GDR in her favorite distance of 400 meters. In 1983, she came to the tournament in Munich, where she entered the 800-meter race. Yarmila ran two laps around the stadium in a record 1:53:28.
Two weeks later, Kratokhvilova performed at the first ever World Championships in Athletics, which was hosted by Helsinki. In Finland, the Czech, despite an incredibly tight schedule, won gold in both the 400m and 800m. And in the first form, she again broke the world record, becoming the first athlete to run out of 48 seconds (47.99). And although two years later Marita Koch surpassed that achievement (47.60 seconds), no one can surpass the 800-meter record for 34 years, making it the longest-lived.
FASTEST RECORD
Usain Bolt At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin Usain Bolt ran a hundred meters in 9.58 seconds. The very next day, experts published data on the speed that the Lightning had developed. He covered the section of 60-80 meters in 1.61 seconds, accelerating in this segment to 44.72 km / h. No one has ever run faster.
SLOWEST RECORD
Ines Henriquez (foreground) As we have already said, women's 50 km walking will make its debut at the world championships. This view will be the longest in London. Judge for yourself - the world record for a distance that roughly corresponds to the length of Kyiv from north to south is 4 hours 08 minutes 26 seconds. Its author is Ines Henriquez from Portugal. She established her achievement in the village of Porto de Mos in her homeland. Her average speed at the same time it was 12 km / h.
THE HIGHEST RECORD
Sergey Bubka and Renault Lavillenie Since we have agreed to consider only Olympic disciplines, then the championship in this nomination goes to our Sergey Bubka. Exactly 23 years ago, in the Italian highlands, the Ukrainian set his last world record in pole vault - 6 m 14 cm. A year earlier, in Donetsk, the Olympic champion of Seoul conquered the bar at a height of 6 m 15 cm. , has always been held at the Druzhba Sports Palace, that is, indoors, and at the Games and World Championships they compete in the open.
Bubka's Donetsk record was broken in 2014 Renault Lavillenie. At the same Stars of the Pole tournament and in front of Sergei Nazarovich himself, the Frenchman conquered 6.16 m. But once again we make a reservation, it was indoors. But Lavillenie's personal record in stadiums is only 6.05 m.
Well, the last thing about this nomination. In 1991 Bubka won last gold world championship as part of the USSR national team (three more times the athlete won the mundials for Ukraine). In Tokyo, he won with a modest result of 5.95 m. But thanks to computers, it was possible to establish that in his winning attempt he jumped with such a margin that he would have conquered the bar at a height of 6.37 m.
LONGEST RECORD
Uwe Hohn and Jan Zelezny Here you need to tell the backstory. In the mid-1980s, the IAAF had to redesign the men's javelin. The center of gravity was shifted forward, due to which the projectile began to descend earlier than the old version with a center of gravity in the middle. The cause of these changes was Uwe Hohn. In 1984, an athlete from the GDR threw a javelin at 104.80 m, just two meters from the edge of the field. Such distant attempts endangered the safety of other athletes who were on the treadmill.
The projectile was changed, but several years passed, and the IAAF again began to think about the safety of this discipline. On May 25, 1996, at competitions in the German city of Jena, an outstanding Czech Jan Zelezny threw a javelin at 98.48 m. It is this achievement that is listed as the official world record, however, marked "according to the new rules." Uwe Hohn's attempt at 104.80 meters remains the furthest.
MOST SENSATIONAL RECORD
This is, of course, the most subjective nomination in our rating. And the championship here gets a record set at the Olympic Games in Rio. The men's 400-meter final did not have a clear favorite. Before the start kierani James, LaShawn Merritt and Weide van Niekerk in equally viewed as contenders for gold. However, what the latter did was a real sensation. The South African gave a phenomenal run and that lasted 17 years. Moreover, van Niekerk took off 15 hundredths from the result of the famous American. And in general, he almost ran out of 43 seconds - the chronometers recorded the result of 43.03 seconds.
Vaide is generally a unique athlete. He is the only track and field athlete in history to run out of 10 seconds in the 100m (9.98 seconds), 20 seconds in the 200m (19.84 seconds) and 44 seconds in the 400m. It's funny that the athlete himself does not really like the last distance. Once he stated that.
Weide van Niekerk in front of his achievement THE MOST OFFENSIVE RECORD
Kendra Harrison failed to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 100m hurdles. At the national qualifying tournament in the United States, the American showed only the fourth result. There were only three trips to Brazil. For the athlete, this was a real blow. She was able to vent all her anger at the Diamond League stage in London, which took place a month before the 2016 Games. Harrison not only got ahead of her teammates, but also. Kendra covered the distance in 12.20 seconds. But I still didn't go to Brazil.
MOST TRAGIC RECORD
It's not often that world records are set at small local tournaments. But the achievement of the American Florence Griffith-Joyner is just one of those. On one of the July days of 1988, at the qualifying competitions for the Olympic Games, held in Indianapolis, she ran 100 meters in 10.49 seconds and broke the world record. And she did it at the stage of 1/4 finals. On the same day, but a little earlier, Florence covered the same distance in 10.60 seconds. But that time, which at that time was the fastest in history, was not counted as a record due to a strong tailwind. Interestingly, already in the quarter-finals, Griffith-Joyner ran with almost still air.
At the 1988 Games in Seoul, for which the athlete was successfully selected, she won three gold medals - in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 4x100-meter relay. Moreover, she overcame 200 meters with a world record, which also holds to this day (21.34 seconds).
Tragic all the achievements of Griffith-Joyner made her further fate. Already in 1989, the athlete at the peak of her fame left professional sports. Even before this event, many colleagues and experts said that Florence was doping, and after the sudden end of her career, these conversations became more frequent. In 1990, the athlete began to have health problems, heart attacks appeared. The sudden death of Griffith-Joyner at the age of 38 only added to the suspicion. However, her name is still on the list of world record holders. And in those types that are considered elite in athletics.
Florence Griffith-Joyner after success at the Seoul Olympics RECORDSMAN ON RECORDS
Another nomination, in which the palm receives Sergey Bubka. The Ukrainian pole vaulter became the first to reach the 6-meter bar. In total, the current NOC president has broken world records 35 times. And of course, you can complain about the fact that each time he added one centimeter to the previous accomplishment. But just think about this number. For comparison, Yelena Isinbaeva, who also vaulted with a pole, stopped at around 20 world records.
OUR RECORDS
Sergei Bubka, Inessa Kravets, Yuri Sedykh Another nomination for Sergei Bubka. But here he has to share the prize with two more colleagues. We talked a lot about achieving a pole vaulter above, but about Inessa Kravets until they spoke. The athlete, who was born in Dnipro, specialized in the triple jump, the kind that brought our country three Olympic awards(1 gold and 2 bronze). Kravets set her world record at the World Championships in Gothenburg in 1995. In the third attempt of the final, she landed at around 15.50 meters with a tailwind of 0.9 m/s. A year later, Inessa became the first woman to win Olympic gold in the triple jump.
Partly ours can be considered Yuri Sedykh. A native of the city of Novocherkassk, Rostov Region, is a pupil Kyiv school hammer throw. In 1986, at the European Championship, he sent a projectile to the mark of 86.74 m, and since then no one has surpassed the achievement of the two-time world champion.
BONUS RECORD
Here we just want to tell beautiful story associated with the name Bob Beamon. His long jump record ceased to be relevant back in 1991. However, at the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968, he shocked the whole world. The American completed the run and landed at around 8.90 meters (the current highest achievement of Mike Powell is only 5 cm further). He broke the previous world record by as much as 55 cm. Lynn Davis, who defended the Olympic title, approached Beamon and said: "You destroyed this discipline."
Bob Beamon at the Mexico City Olympics When the stadium announcer announced the figures, the culprit himself fell to his knees, covered his face with his hands and could not get up without outside help. Interestingly, the automatic range meters that existed at that time were not designed for such a result, and the distance had to be measured manually. After that event in English language a new adjective beamonesque appeared, which means some unthinkable feat.
Scientists have found explanations for Beamon's record. Firstly, the competitions were held at a considerable height above sea level, which, due to the characteristics of the air, contributed to long jumps. After that, the elite level tournaments were not held so high. Secondly, a strong tailwind helped Bob, and his strength was the maximum of the permissible ones - about 2 m / s. Well, after the jump of the American, a heavy downpour began, which created not the most favorable conditions for the rest of the participants. However, all these factors do not make that Binom record less legendary.
In recent years, breaking world records has become commonplace. For example, in 2016 this was done five times. Often the highest achievements are celebrated at major tournaments. At the Olympic Games of different years, nine current world records were set, and eight at the World Championships. Therefore, at the upcoming World Cup in London, we may well see the WR mark in front of some result. Moreover, 13 world record holders will perform in London.
Current record holders who will compete at the 2017 World Cup:
- Usain Bolt, Jamaica (100m - 9.58s, 200m - 19.19s),
- Weide van Niekerk, South Africa (400 m - 43.03),
- Aris Merritt, USA (110m S/W – 12.80),
- Yoann Dini, France (50 km walk - 3:32.33),
- Kendra Harrison, USA (100 m s/b – 12.20 s),
- Genzebe Dibaba, Ethiopia (1500 m - 3:50.07),
- Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia (5000 m - 14:11.15),
- Ayana Diamond, Ethiopia (10,000 m - 29:17.45),
- Ruth Zhebet, Bahrain (3000m steeplechase - 8:52.78),
- Liu Hong, China (walking 20 km - 1:24.38),
- Ines Henriques, Portugal (walking 50 km - 4:08.26),
- Anita Wlodarczyk, Poland (hammer throw - 82.98 m),
- Barbora Shpotakova, Czech Republic (javelin throw - 72.28 m).
The 3 kilometers (3000 meters) race is not an Olympic distance among men, until 1993 it was part of the women's competitive program at major championships. Running at a distance of 3000 meters is occasionally included in the program of commercial competitions and is used as a test run in preparation for serious championships.
World record in the 3 km race belongs to the Kenyan athlete Daniel Komen, he managed to overcome this distance in 7 minutes 20.67 seconds. The competition was held on September 1, 1996 in Rieti. Among women, the best result was set on September 13, 1993 in Beijing by the Chinese athlete Wang Junxia - 8 minutes 6.11 seconds.
Features of running for a distance of 3 kilometers: Running 3000 meters is the average distance in athletics. To show good results, you must adhere to the rules, have a well-developed tactical thinking and developed speed capabilities. Competently decomposing their forces, athletes manage to show good time. Those athletes who are engaged professionally strive to evenly expend their strength, both in the first part of the 3-kilometer race and in the second. Who is just a fan of this sport, the more difficult, but "the desire and work will grind everything." If you are not confident in your speed endurance, then start running at low speeds, stick to the previously thought-out tactics developed in preparation for the competition. Watch the pace, if it does not suit you, then it might be worth adding. The decisive stage of the 3-kilometer race, as well as other distances, which are the average discipline in athletics, is the acceleration before the finish line. Experts say that when running for 3 kilometers, you should accelerate no more than 400 meters before the finish line.
The leadership of the English athletics federation put forward the idea to reset world records due to the large number and scale of doping scandals in 2015. The initiative found understanding with President Sebastian Coe.
He proposed to cancel the "suspicious" top results that could be achieved with the use of illegal drugs. Such records still seem unattainable today.
Story
The first professional athletes appeared in the middle of the 19th century in England. At the same time, for the first time, the registration of the best results in various types athletics competitions. The first world records in athletics were recorded in the 1 mile run. With the organization in 1914 of the international governing bodies, the IAAF, rules were developed for the registration of high achievements and a list of disciplines in which they were recorded.
Gradually, the methods for measuring results and the conditions for holding competitions were regulated so that the value of records was not questioned. In 1968, in Mexico City, at the Olympic Games, the most automated time measurement system was used for the first time in running disciplines. The result was recorded with an accuracy of hundredths of a second. World records in athletics in throwing and jumping began to be recorded using the most modern measuring instruments and electronic systems.
Basic Rules for Ratifying World Records
In order to put athletes on an equal footing, the strict rules set by the IAAF must be followed in order for a record to be valid. So, finishing equipment, marking - everything must comply with approved standards. World records are not recorded - the best results in athletics - in competitions where athletes of different sexes participate, or if athletes with different nationalities run in the relay team. When conducting sprint races up to 200 m and horizontal jumps, the tailwind should not exceed 2 m/s. For all-around competitions, wind gusts up to 4 m/s are allowed.
The most important condition for successful registration, which must pass in the international sports bodies of world records in athletics, is the implementation of strict anti-doping control measures. Any violations of the rules for taking samples and conducting their research make the highest achievements illegitimate. It is around these questions that doubts revolve about the patterns of especially extraordinary world achievements.
Varieties of world achievements
The most prestigious in the track and field athletics world are the records set by men and women in Olympic sports athletics, in competitions held on outdoors. After the Olympics, the second most important athletics competition is the summer world championship. World Championship records in athletics are an honorable achievement for any runner, thrower or all-rounder. Winter championships held in indoor sports arenas have their own specifics and their own table of the highest achievements.
Any significant athletics competition has its own history, and therefore, its own table of achievements. The records of the Olympic Games, continental championships, the largest stages of the athletics Grand Prix are a significant incentive for any athlete. The largest athletic facilities also maintain their record of the best results, which can be constantly updated.
Records at different ages
In the history of sports, there are many stars who showed record results at different stages of their sports career. In the table where the world records in athletics among juniors are listed, there are the names of those who later achieved the highest results in adulthood. The fastest sprinter on the planet, Usain Bolt, holds the world record in the 200m and the junior - 19.93 s and the adult - 19.19 s.
After finishing his career in big sport a real athlete does not stop active training. Holding competitions between veterans contributes to the popularity of sports, and world records in athletics among veterans are an excellent incentive not to reduce competitive activity in adulthood. Athletes compete in their age groups and strive to break records set by peers.
Leap into the next millennium
Specialists are often asked how often they will be updated and to what level the highest results in different athletics disciplines can be brought. Records remained in history that seemed unshakable, but surpassed by athletes of future generations. One of the clearest examples is the achievement of long jumper Bob Beamon.
In the final of the Olympics in Mexico City, he succeeded in jumping 8.90 m. The previous world record was exceeded by a fantastic 55 cm. On the day of the final, it was raining, the wind was within the normal range. They said that he, like all athletes, was helped by the highlands. The judges could not correctly measure Beamon's "flight" for a long time, and when the record numbers appeared, no one could believe in their correctness for a long time. This record was considered eternal, but 23 years passed, and the American jumper exceeded it at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo by 5 cm. Beamon's achievement remains an Olympic record.
oldest record
If a decision is made to reset the table of world records, achievements that may well turn half a century old will also fall. The oldest world records in athletics were set at a time when the use of stimulants was not subject to such severe bans as it is today. Therefore, many express the illegitimacy of their being on the list of the highest achievements, although they are shown not as "caliphs for an hour", but by athletes who have gone a long and difficult path to the top.
On July 26, 1983, the Czechoslovak runner Yarmila Kratokhvilova ran 2 laps around the stadium - 800 m - in 1 minute 53.28 seconds. She was already an experienced athlete and had sprinted before running middle distances. Her result seems unreal for today's runners.
The oldest world record related to the disciplines included in the track and field athletics program is the indoor shot put record, also set by the Czechoslovak athlete, Helena Fibingerova. On February 19, 1977, she sent a projectile at 20 m 50 cm. The best result for the open arena is also an old-timer, he is only 9 years younger and 13 cm older. He belongs to Soviet athlete Natalya Lisovskaya.
Sports of the highest achievements
The world record is not only a reference point for everyone involved in sports on high level. In the modern world, where sport is also a developed branch of mass spectacles, material incentives are also important. Bonuses and payments, which are intended for world record-breaking athletes, are expressed in significant numbers. It is no coincidence that the pole vault - a form in which the final height is assigned by the athlete and coach - has the largest number of successful attempts to set a new world record. The legendary Sergey Bubka is the author of 35 world records, and Elena Isimbaeva raised the bar at a record level 28 times.
athletics- "Queen of Sports" This is one of the first sports to be included in the program of the Olympic Games. This is the most versatile and one of the most difficult sports, including a lot of disciplines, including running, jumping, all-around. At the same time, each of the types of sports disciplines is divided into separate competitions. For example, running: sprint, marathon, middle distance, hurdles, etc. Jumping: normal jump, running jump, pole vault, triple jump, etc. We propose to consider the most striking records in athletics, which confirm that a person has no limit in development.
10 most striking records in athletics
Usain Bolt
- 100 meters - 9.58 sec. (16.08.2009)
The current world record was registered in Germany. At the World Championships in 2009, he was put by a six-time champion Olympic Games Usain Bolt. The German-born sprinter broke his own record by one tenth with a tailwind of 2 meters per second. Jamaican three times set a record at a distance of 100 meters. At the same time, in last time he traditionally slowed down at the finish line. Probably thus, an outstanding athlete decided to leave room for future achievement. Not at all, he could no longer sparkle on the treadmill. However, he still performs. It is worth adding that each world record in athletics significantly replenishes the “treasury” of athletes!
Yelena Isinbayeva
- Elena Isinbayeva - 5.06 m. (08.28.2009)
13 world records! If you look at the chronology, then in recent years, Elena Isinbayeva had only one rival - Elena Isinbayeva! The girl had her own records 13 times in a row. The last is 5.06 meters, which the athlete set in Germany. Many experts are sure that the record set by Elena in Zurich will be difficult for girls to beat for many more years. The pride of Russia never said goodbye to their fans, leaving their careers. Recently, on the Paris Hilton show, Ivan Urgant gave her such an opportunity ...
Sergey Bubka
- Sergey Bubka - 6.14 m. (07/31/1994)
For 21 years, no one can beat Sergey Bubka's record. Experts are sure that for several decades in the history of athletics, his merit will not be shifted to second place. The mark of 6 meters 15 centimeters is the pride of Ukraine, where the talented athlete comes from. Today in Donetsk light school athletics is one of the best in all of Europe. Rumor has it that the French athlete was able to unofficially break Sergey's record by jumping 3 cm higher. But this is unreliable information, the confirmation of which is not.
David Rudisha
- David Rudisha - 1:40.91 (9.08.2012)
In London, a Kenyan record was registered in the 800 meters. 1:40.91 seconds - the official record in athletics, set by the "average" in 2012. For the past 4 years, no one has been able to even get close to his result. However, David continues to impress with his swing run, overcoming turns better than sprinters. His technique is the subject of study by many coaches. The secret lies in big step and the swing, which significantly saves energy on one of the most difficult distances in athletics.
Dennis Kimetto
- Dennis Kimetto - 2:02.57 (28.09.2014)
42 kilometers and 195 meters is a distance, the name of which is a marathon. Many mistakenly mean by this concept any long mark. But, no, and Dennis Kimetto knows this firsthand. The world record holder is from Kenya. In 2014, in Germany, he covered the specified distance in 2 hours 2 minutes and 57 seconds. Just imagine 40 kilometers in 2 hours. It turns out that in an hour he runs twenty kilometers. 1 kilometer in 3 minutes at a distance of 40 km. Tritium professional discharge in the 1000 meters run for more than 3 minutes. He ran 40 at such a pace!
Mike Powell
- Mike Powell - 8.95 m (08/30/1991)
1991, Japan. Mike Powell - the legendary athlete from America takes the acceleration ...
At that time, the world championships did not know empty seats on the podium. The whole audience looks with delight at the jumper, who soars in the air. 8.95 meters is an unthinkable result. Only rubber, spikes and amazing technology bring the American treasured victory and a world record that has held since 91 to this day. The current jumpers do not even get close to 7 meters. He jumped almost 9. A noticeable difference, isn't it?