Track And Field Records

Track and field is a competitive athletic event where athletes all compete at different events. Whether it's high school, college or the Olympics, there is one thing they all have in common. They have two goals in mind. One goal is to win the event they are competing in and the other goal is to set a record for the best performance ever in that event. There have been many track and field records set through the years since the first track and field event. There are even middle school track and field records, which prove that great athletes get their start early in life.

Some of the track and field records in races have been very impressive as well as difficult to beat. In 1996, Donovan Bailey, from Canada, set the record in the 50 m race with 5:56 in Reno, Nevada. In 1997, Hicham El Guerrouj, from MOR, set Olympic track and field records in the 1,500 m race and the 1 mi. race with 3:31.18 and 3:48.45 respectively.

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Randy Barnes, of the USA, set the shot put record in 1989 with 22.66 m (74'4 ¼ ") in Los Angeles, Ca. Some Olympic track & field records are hard to beat such as the Heptathlon record set by Dan O'Brien, of USA, with 6,476 points in 1993.

Irina Privalova, of Russia, set three track & field records from 1993-1995. In 1993, she set the 60 m run in 6.92 and in 1995, she set it again with the same time plus the 50 m with 5.96.

Chris Solinsky, of Stevens Point, set the Wisconsin high school track and field records in 2002 in the 1,600 m run with 4.09.82. Stu Voight set high school track field records in 1966 in the shot put event with 64-9. This has been the record set for many years. Shauna Smith set Wyoming high school track and field records, in the 400-meter hurdle in Sacramento, California with a time of 54.32. Malone College track & field records were recently broke by two athletes at Kent State. Chad Armstrong won the 35 lb. weight throw with a distance of 52'11". Kim Malone broke the indoor record in the 600-meter dash with 1:30.17.

Many excellent athletes set PIAA Track and field records each year. Allyn Laughlin won the shot put event with 50' 10 ¾ inches, while Lindsay Dolan was making records with the 100-meter hurdles.

There are still some current track & field world records such as the ones by
Said Aquita of Morocca, who holds the current world records in the 1,500, 2,000, 3,000, 5,000 and two-mile runs. In addition, he is a two-time Olympic medalist, winning an gold and a bronze.