Track and Field

Guinness World Records do not pay any money to those who break or set records.

However, they do award an official certificate of the achievement free of charge.

The current world record in the men's 100 meter dash is 9.58 seconds set by Usain Bolt of Jamaica in 2009 at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin. Bolt is widely regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time.

Men - Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19s Women - Florence Griffiths Joyner (USA) 21.34s

The current men's 200m world record holder is Usain Bolt of Jamaica, who set the record with a time of 19.19 seconds on August 20, 2009 at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany. Bolt is considered one of the greatest sprinters in history.

Maurice Greene (USA) holds the mens record of 6.39sec.

Irina Privalova (Russia) holds the womens record of 6.92sec.

There is a new 60 meter world record run by Tyson Gay on August, 17, 2010

This happened on the show shaq vs when Tyson ran against shaq in a 60 meter race while shaq only ran 30 meters. Tyson's time was 6.08 sec.

Athletes do not receive a monetary prize for breaking a world record at the Olympics. They may receive bonuses from their team, sponsorships, or endorsements, but these are typically not directly tied to breaking records. The focus at the Olympics is on achieving the best performance rather than financial rewards for records.

The oldest Olympic Record (not necessarily the oldest World record) still standing is the 44 year old Long Jump of Bob Beamon .

In Mexico City he sailed to 29 ft 2 .1/2 inches that was about 33 inches further than the previous world record.

The current world record times for track events are as follows: 50m - Not an official world record event, 100m - 9.58 seconds by Usain Bolt in 2009, 200m - 19.19 seconds by Usain Bolt in 2009, and 1600m (mile) - 3:43.13 by Hicham El Guerrouj in 1999.

There is a record for 2 miles which you could convert to 3200m.

1 7:58.61 Daniel Komen KEN

There is an all time list with world records on it found here: http://www.alltime-athletics.com/index.html

Shelly-Ann Frazer- 10.73 (2009 IAAF World Championships, Berlin)

Merlene Ottey - 10.74 seconds in 1996.

There are no official records for the 1.5 mile distance, but considering that the 2 mile "world best" is less than 8 minutes, if there was a record it would be less than 6 minutes.

Combining the times for 1000m and 1500m gives a minimum estimate for 2500m (1.55 mi) of between 5 minutes, 38 seconds and 5 minutes 48 seconds.

Hicham El Guerrouj set the record for the fastest mile with a record of 3:43.13 in July 1999 while racing in Rome. He was trying to beat Noureddine Morceli's record at 3:44.39. While he was racing the second place runner Noah Ngeny also beat Morceli's record with 3:43.40. Because they beat the former record the officials rewarded them with $50,000.

wow man, you must be so amazing. I'm sure you broke the world record.

Zola Budd broke the world record for the 5000 metres on two occasions. The first time, in 1984 when she was 18, was not recognized because the race was in the country of South Africa, her home country, and the race was not recognized due to political reasons. She applied for and was granted British citizenship later in 1984. She broke the record again in August of 1985 and this time the record was recognized. She was 19 years old.

The current world record is 3:43.12 ran by Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) in Rome, 1999.

The fastest manual wheelchair on flat ground are the times set in the paraolympics. The fastest downhill manual wheelchair speed is still pending. I have exceeded, and almost crashed at 45 plus MPH. This was back in 1979 using a modified Stainless Medical "Stainless Racer" wheelchair. Going down Pepper Hill Dr in San Diego County California

Due to the latitude and altitude.Many long-distance athletes train in Ethiopia as well

400 meters.

61 inches is the world record but usually people can only jump around 45-50 inches

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400 metres once around the whole thing

The first woman sprinter was Betty Robinson. Betsy ran the 100 meter race in 1928. Betsy's time did not create a world record.

In order to become a track star, no college education is required. High school track stars have gone on to become professionals, but competing on a collegiate level can help in getting discovered.