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The 500 metres is a rarely run middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. All-time top 25 *i = indoor performance *OT = oversized track (exceeding 200m in circumference) *A = affected by altitude *h = hand timing Men *Correct as of December 2022. Notes Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:00.71: * Mark English also ran 59.60 on a road (2015). *Colin Campbell ran a hand-timed 59.7 (at altitude) (1968). *Pavel Maslák also ran 1:00.36 (2014). * Brycen Spratling also ran also ran 1:00.37 on an oversized indoor track (2013). Times rejected *Roddie Haley ran 59.82 in Oklahoma City on 15 March 1986, but this time was rejected as a record due to an incorrectly measured track. Haley also ran a 59.90 in Oklahoma City on 14 March 1987, but this time was rejected as a record for the same reason. Women *Correct as of December 2022. Notes Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:08.65: *Anyika Onuora also ran 1:06.94 on a road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark English (athlete)
Mark English (born 18 March 1993) is an Irish Middle-distance running, middle-distance runner. Early life English's home town is Letterkenny in County Donegal. He attended secondary school at St Eunan's College. He only made the switch to athletics during his Transition Year, having previously played Gaelic football for Letterkenny Gaels at under-age level. While a member of Letterkenny Athletic Club in his teens, he tested himself against the Gaelic footballer Caolan Ward. English studied medicine at University College Dublin (UCD), where his classmates included Dublin GAA, Dublin's multiple All-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer Jack McCaffrey—considered that sport's quickest player. English has issued a challenge to McCaffrey to take him on over 100 metres. After qualifying as a doctor in 2019, he initially intended to step aside from medical practice in order to focus on athletics full-time, but when the 2020 Olympics were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he took the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rudisha
David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He is a two-time back-to-back Olympic champion from the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics, a two-time World champion from the 2011 and 2015 World Championships in Athletics, and world record holder at the event with a time of 1:40.91 set at the 2012 London Games on 9 August 2012. Rudisha is the first and only person to ever run 800 metres under 1:41, and he holds the three fastest, six of the eight fastest, and half of the twenty fastest times ever run in this event. Rudisha established his running career at the St. Francis Kimuron High School in Elgeyo-Marakwet County. He won 800 m titles at the 2006 World Junior Championships as well as the 2008 and 2010 African Championships, and earned the 2014 Commonwealth Games silver medal. He also holds the world's best time in the 500 metres and the African best for the 600 metres. He is a two-time Diamond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donato Sabia
Donato Sabia (11 September 1963 – 7 April 2020) was an Italian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. Biography Donato Sabia was born in Potenza and won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions, one of these with national relay team. He participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1984, 1988), reaching, in both cases, the Olympic 800 metres final; he had 17 caps in national team from 1982 to 1988. His personal best time was 1:43.88 minutes, achieved in June 1984 in Florence. In the 400 metres he had 45.73 seconds, achieved in June 1984 in Milan. Donato Sabia died on 7 April 2020, in San Carlo Hospital, in Potenza, from COVID-19, having on 31 March 2020 also lost his father to the same disease. He was 56. Achievements National titles Sabia won six individual national championships. *1 win in the 400 metres (1984) *3 wins in the 800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bershawn Jackson
Bershawn D. Jackson (born May 8, 1983) is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 m hurdles, but also is a 400 m runner. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bershawn "Batman" Jackson won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles. He also has three medals (two gold, one bronze) at the World Championships and one gold medal at the World Indoor Championships. Career Jackson first came to prominence while running for Miami Central High School, where he set the still standing FHSAA (Florida High School) record in the 300 meter hurdles at 36.01 in 2002. He then continued to run at the college level at Saint Augustine's University Saint Augustine's University is a private historically black Christian college in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was founded by Episcopal clergy in 1867 for the education of freed slaves. History Founded in 1867 as Saint Augustine's Normal ... and set a Division II National Championship Record of 48.50 in the 400 m hurdles in 2004. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakub Krzewina
Jakub Krzewina (Polish pronunciation: ; born 10 October 1989) is a Polish track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. A frequent competitor for Poland in the 4×400 metres relay, he has won two medals at the European Athletics Championships and reached the final at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was also a relay silver medallist with Europe at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup. He has a personal best of 45.11 seconds for the distance. His best individual finish is fourth at the European Athletics Championships in 2014. Personal life Krzewina was born on 10 October 1989 in Kruszwica, Poland.Krzewina, Jakub Domtel Sport. Retrieved on 2014-09-15. Career Krzewina appeared on the national junior scene in 2007, placing third at the national junior championships in the 40 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jhon Perlaza
Jhon Alejandro Perlaza Zapata (born 26 August 1994 in Cali) is a Colombian sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 .... References External links * * * 1994 births Living people Colombian male sprinters Olympic athletes of Colombia Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Cali South American Games bronze medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Giesting
Christopher Carl "Chris" Giesting (born December 10, 1992) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 400-meter dash. He was a gold medalist in the 4 × 400-meter relay at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He ran collegiately for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and won one NCAA indoor title. Career Born in Indianapolis to Terry Giesting and Suzanne Westerfeld, Giesting grew up in Batesville, Indiana and attended Batesville High School, where he was part of the school's basketball, track, and cross country running teams. After graduating in 2011, he attended college in-state at the University of Notre Dame, becoming part of their Notre Dame Fighting Irish track team along with fellow sprinter Oye Eyeguokan who rounded out the stellar recruiting class of 2011. In his first year at the institution, he won his first national title at the NCAA Indoor Championships, taking the college's first ever distance medley relay title alongside Johnathan Shawel, Rand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Prosin
Vladimir Prosin ( Cyrillic: Владимир Просин; born 15 August 1959) is a retired Russian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres who competed for the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, .... He took part at the 1987 World Championships and the 1991 World Indoor Championships. His personal bests in the event is 45.47 outdoors (Kiev 1984) and 46.95 seconds indoors (Volgograd 1988). International competitions 1Did not finish in the final References 1959 births Living people Russian male sprinters Soviet male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Franks (athlete)
Michael "Mike" Franks (born September 23, 1963) is a former American track and field athlete who competed in the 400-meter dash. He was the silver medalist in the event at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Athletics.Franks Michael IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-05. He was given the Harrison Dillard Award in 1984 for his achievements. While attending , he took the 400 m title at the 1985 |
John Patterson (athlete)
John Patterson may refer to: Military * John Patterson (Medal of Honor) (1838–1922), Medal of Honor recipient *John Henry Patterson (Medal of Honor) (1843–1920), Medal of Honor recipient * John Henry Patterson (author) (1867–1947), Anglo-Irish soldier and writer Politics *John Patterson (Ohio congressman) (1771–1848), U.S. congressman from Ohio * John Patterson (Ohio state representative) (born 1956) * John J. Patterson (1830–1912), U.S. senator from South Carolina, 1873–1879 * John M. Patterson (1921–2021), U.S. politician from Alabama *John Paterson (New York politician) (often spelled Patterson, 1744–1808), New York congressman *John Patterson (Southern Maori politician) (1821–1899), New Zealand Māori member of Parliament * John Patterson (Auckland politician) (1855–1923), Auckland city councillor, 1900–1903 and 1908–1911 Sports * John W. Patterson (1872–1940), nicknamed Pat, African American baseball player and team manager 1893–1907 * John Patter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Berry (athlete)
Michael Berry may refer to: * Michael Berry (athlete) (born 1991), American sprinter * Michael Berry (physicist) (born 1941), British mathematical physicist * Michael Berry (radio host) (born 1970), American talk show host * Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell (1911–2001), newspaper proprietor and journalist * Michael Berry Jr. (born 1964), British actor * Mike Berry (singer) (born 1942), English singer and actor * Mike "Cannonball" Berry (born 1911), American Negro league baseball player See also * Mike O'Berry Preston Michael O'Berry (born April 20, 1954) is an American former professional baseball player and minor league manager. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1979 to 1985. Major league career O'Berry was drafted at the age o ... (born 1954), former catcher in Major League Baseball * Michael Barry (other) {{hndis, Berry, Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheb
Cheb (; german: Eger) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 30,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Ohře. Before the 1945 Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, expulsion of the German-speaking population, the town was the centre of the German-speaking region known as Egerland, part of the Northern Austro-Bavarian dialect area. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reservation. Administrative parts Cheb is divided into the following parts: * Bříza * Cetnov * Cheb * Chvoječná * Dolní Dvory * Dřenice * Háje * Horní Dvory * Hradiště * Hrozňatov * Jindřichov * Klest * Loužek * Pelhřimov * Podhoří * Podhrad * Skalka * Střížov * Tršnice Name and etymology The name of the town was in 1061 recorded as ''Egire''; in 1179 it was known as ''Egra''; from 1322 as ''Eger'' and the surrounding territory as ''Regio Egere'' and ''Provin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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