Olympic Athletics: 2012

Thursday, 19 January 2012

Olympic Athletics Records – Men’s Steeplechase

Steeplechase events take place on a track combining several different skills into one event, including distance running, hurdling and long jumping.

Steeplechase sport began as a race between towns from one church steeple to another - with natural obstacles along the way. It entered the Olympics as a 3000-meter event in 1920. The steeplechase for women (3,000 meters long, but with lower barriers than for the men) in Olympic appeared for the first time in Beijing 2008.

Women's 3000m Steeplechase in 2008 Beijing Olympic

The Steeplechase 3000-meter event includes 28 hurdle jumps and seven water jumps. The hurdles for men’s events are .914 meters high and .762 meters high for the women’s steeplechase. The jumps begin after the runners pass the finish line for the first time. There are five jumps in each of the final seven laps, with the water jump as the fourth. The hurdles are solid and cannot be knocked over, but the tops are five inches long so hurdlers can step on them, if necessary.

The hurdle at the water jump is 3.66 meters wide while the remaining hurdles are at least 3.94 meters wide, so more than one runner can clear a hurdle at the same time. The jumps are evenly distributed throughout the track. Each runner must go over or through the water pit and must jump each hurdle.

Olympic Steeplechase Players Crossing Water Pool Hurdle

The current Olympic record in men's 3000 meter steeplechase is held by Kenyan athlete Julius Kariuki. His timing in the event in the 1988 Seoul Summer Games was 8:05.51 seconds.

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Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Olympic Athletics Records - Men's hurdle

Athletics is also known as track and field or track and field athletics. This is a collection of sports events like running, throwing and jumping. The very first modern Summer Games were held in Athens and Athletics has been included in the schedule of the modern Summer Games since 1896. From then on, the sport has made a permanent place in the Olympics program.

Olympic Athletics Records - Men's hurdle

The current Olympic record in men's 110 meter hurdles is held by Xiang Liu of China. His timing was 12.91 seconds in the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Kevin Young of the United States is the holder of the current Olympic record in men's 400 meter hurdles. He made the record in the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games with a timing of 46.78 seconds.

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Olympic Athletics Records – Men’s Marathon

Athletics is also known as track and field or track and field athletics. This is a collection of sports events like running, throwing and jumping.

The marathon is one of the most storied races of all time. Originally conceived as a race for the 1896 Olympics in Athens, the marathon immediately captured the imagination and hearts of the running public. Transported to Boston in 1897 by American spectators, the history of the marathon in the new world is almost as long as the history of the marathon itself.

On Feb. 15, 1896, G. Grigorou won the first marathon: the Greek Marathon Trials preceeding the first Olympics. No one was very impressed with his time of 3 hours 45 minutes and the Greeks held two more trials before choosing their team to participate in the Olympic Marathon.

Later in 1896, when Spiridon Louis won the first Olympic Marathon in 2:58:50 (on a 40K course), the Marathon-era began. From that original race to Haile Gebrselassie and Paula Radcliffe's current records.

The current marathon distance (26 mi., 385 yds.) was set for the 1908 London Olympics so that the course could start at Windsor Castle and end in front of the Royal Box. Not until 1921, however, was that distance adopted as the "official" Marathon distance by the IAAF.

Carlos Lopes of Portugal is the holder of the current Olympic record in men's marathon race with a timing of 2:09:21 seconds. The record was made in the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games.

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Olympic Athletics Records – Foot Race or Stade

Athletics is also known as track and field or track and field athletics. This is a collection of sports events like running, throwing and jumping. Athletics was the original event at the first Summer Games which took place in 776 BC. The stadium-length foot race or "stade" was the only event held in that Summer Games. Athletics events have been an integral part of modern Summer Games since its inception in 1896. From then on, the sport has made a permanent place in the Olympics program.

A number of athletics records have been made in various events of sporting disciplines in the long history of Olympics. Some of the famous personalities of world athletics are Carl Lewis, Jesse Owens, Donavan Bailey, Florence Griffith Joyner, Derartu Tulu, Olga Kuzenkova among host of others.

Olympic Athletics Records – Foot Race or Stade

The current Olympic athletics records holders in men's events of foot race or "stade” are as follows:

The current Olympic record in men's 100 meter race is held by Donovan Bailey of Canada. He made the record in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games with a timing of 9.84 seconds.

Donovan Bailey 100m Olympic Race Record Holder

The current Olympic records in men's 200 meter race and 400 meter race were made by Michael Johnson of USA in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games. He finished in a record time of 19.32 seconds in the 200 meter event. The time taken in 400 meter event was 43.49 seconds.

Michael Johnson Olympics Record Holder in Men's 200 and 400 Meter Race

Vebjorn Rodal of Norway is the holder of the current athletics records in men's 800 meter race with a timing of 1:42.58 seconds. The record was made in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games.

Vebjorn Rodal Olympic Record Holder in Men's 800 Meter Race

The current Olympic record in men's 1500 meter race is held by Noah Ngeny of Kenya. The record was made by him in the 2000 Sydney Summer Games with a timing of 3:32.07 seconds.

Noah Ngeny Current Olympic Record Holder in men's 1500 meter race

Said Aouita of Marocco holds the current Olympic record in men's 5000 meter race. He made the record with a timing of 13:05.59 seconds in the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games.

Said Aouita Current Olympic Record in Men's 5000 meter race

The current Olympic record in men's 10000 meter race is held by Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia. His timing in the event was 27:05.10 seconds in the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Kenenisa Bekele Current Olympic Record in Men's 10000 meter race

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Olympic Athletics Records

Athletics is also known as track and field or track and field athletics. This is a collection of sports events like running, throwing and jumping.

Athletics was the original event at the first Summer Games which took place in 776 BC. The stadium-length foot race or "stade" was the only event held in that Summer Games. Athletics events have been an integral part of modern Summer Games since its inception in 1896.

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Monday, 9 January 2012

Olympic Athletics – Track Events Record Holders

A large number of Athletics players from all over the world have participated in the Summer Olympic Games and put in their best efforts to win the race with their speed and strength. The athletes who have made it to the list of the winners have not only made their country proud but have also enhanced the influence of the Summer Games among the lovers of sports.

Marita Koch

Track Events Record Holders

A number of athletes from all over the world have created Olympic records in the sporting disciplines of track and field athletics.

Donovan Bailey

Some athletes who hold Olympic records in various track events are Donovan Bailey, Michael Johnson, Vebjorn Rodal, Noah Ngeny, Said Aouita, Kenenisa Bekele, Xiang Liu, Kevin Young, Julius Kariuki, Florence Griffith Joyner, Marie-Jose Perec, Nadezhda Olizarenko, Paula Ivan, Gabriela Szabo, Derartu Tulu, Joanna Hayes, Fani Halkia, Asafa Powell, Wilson Kipketer, Hicham El Guerrouj, Daniel Komen, Carl Lewis, Marita Koch, Jarmila Kratpchvilova, Svetlana Masterkova, Qu Yunxia, Wang Junxia, Tegla Loroupe, Yordanka Donkova and Yuliya Pechonkina.

Michael Johnson

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Olympic Athletics – Field Events Record Holders

Galina Zybina

Record holders in Field Events

A number of athletes from all over the world have created Olympic records in the sporting disciplines of track and field athletics.

Charles Austin

The Olympic record holders in the field events Athletics are Charles Austin, Bob Beamon, Tim Mack, Kenny Harrison, Ulf Timmermann, Virgilijus Alekna, Sergey Litvinov, Jan Zelezny, Roman Sebrle, Yelana Slesarenko, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, , Inessa Kravets, Ilona Slupianek, Martina Hellmann, Olga Kuzenkova, Osleidys Menendez, Javier Sotomayor, Sergei Bubka, Mike Powell, Jonathan Edwards, Randy Barnes, Jurgen Schult, Galina Chistyakova, Stefka Kostadinova, Inessa Kravets, Natalya Lisovskaya, Gabriele Reinsch and Heike Drechsler.

Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva

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Olympic Athletics – Road Events and Combined Events Record Holders

Dan O'Brien

A number of athletes from all over the world have created Olympic records in the sporting disciplines of road events and combined events athletics. The Olympic record holders in the combined events are Jackie Joyner, Austra Skujyte, Irina Belova, Roman Sebrle and Dan O'Brien.

Jackie Joyner

The Olympic record holders in the road events, which include the marathon and long distance walking events, are Carlos Lopes, Naoko Takahashi, Haile Gebrselassie, Robert Korzeniowski, Vyacheslav Ivanenko, Liping Wang, Jefferson Pérez, Maurizio Damilano, Thierry Toutain, Robert Korzeniowski, Tegla Loroupe, Paula Radcliffe, Olimpiada Ivanova and Tatyana Lebedeva.

Tatyana Lebedeva

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