The 500 metres is a rarely run
middle-distance running event in
track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...
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).
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ran a hand-timed 59.7 (at altitude) (1968).
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Pavel Maslák
Pavel Maslák (, born 21 February 1991) is a Czech sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres and 400 metres. He is the only athlete in history who has managed to win the 400 m title at the World Indoor Championships at three consecutive champion ...
also ran 1:00.36 (2014).
* Brycen Spratling also ran also ran 1:00.37 on an oversized indoor track (2013).
Times rejected
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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:
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Anyika Onuora
Anyika Onuora (born 28 October 1984) is a retired British sprint track and field athlete who competed in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres, and also the 4×100 metres relay and 4x400 metres relay.
Specialising in the short sprints a ...
also ran 1:06.94 on a road (2018), and 1:07.04 on a road (2016).
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Lynsey Sharp
Lynsey Sharp (born 11 July 1990) is a Scottish track and field athlete who competes in the 800 metres. She is the 2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres, 2012 European champion and represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summ ...
also ran 1:07.48 on a road (2017), 1:07.73 on a road (2018), and 1:08.05 on a road (2014).
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Olga Kotlyarova also ran 1:07.74 (2007).
References
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