Thursday, March 17, 2016

A Change of Pace...

...and I mean that in more ways than one!  It has been very depressing recently, with all the tragic deaths in the British music industry, so it's time for something a little more cheerful.  In addition, everything here has been achieved at record pace!
This is a list of officially recognised individual British records in outdoors track athletics!  Not EVERY one, just the more common and notable ones.

100m M : 9.87 - Linford Christie (1993)
100m W : 10.99 - Dina Asher-Smith (2015)

200m M : 19.94 - John Regis (1993)
200m W : 22.07 - Dina Asher-Smith (2015)

400m M : 44.36 - Iwan Thomas (1997)
400m W : 49.41 - Christine Ohuruogo (2013)

800m M : 1:41.73 - Sebastian Coe (1981)
800m W : 1:56.21 - Kelly Holmes (1995)

1500m M : 3:28.81 - Mo Farah (2013)
1500m W : 3:57.90 - Kelly Holmes (2004)

Mile M : 3:46.32 - Steve Cram (1985)
Mile W : 4:17.57 - Zola Budd (1985)

5000m M : 12:53.11 - Mo Farah (2011)
5000m W : 14:29.11 - Paula Radcliffe (2004)

10000m M : 26:46.57 - Mo Farah (2011)
10000m W: 30:01.09 - Paula Radcliffe (2002)

Marathon M : 2:07.13 - Steve Jones (1985)
Marathon W : 2:15.24 - Paula Radcliffe (2003)

*110m Hurdles M : 12.91 - Colin Jackson (1993)
*100m Hurdles W : 12.51 - Tiffany Porter (2014)

400m Hurdles M : 47.82 - Kriss Akabusi (1992)
400m Hurdles W : 52.74 - Sally Gunnell (1993)

3000m Steeplechase M : 8:07.96 - Mark Rowland (1988)
3000m Steeplechase W : 9:24.24 - Barbara Parker (2012)

*The sprint hurdles events are held over different distances between man and women.

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