Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 3 | Thursday, August 2, 2012
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LONDON OLYMPICS
A game of speed and distance
BY ALEX BORDENS | Tribune graphics
AND LIZ SPANGLER AND JENNIFER PRANDATO | Special to the Tribune
When track and field events start on Friday, most competitions will be held at the Olympic Stadium. Record-breaking athletes are returning to the track to compete for gold and
against history. Below is a guide to the bar that has been set and what it will take for this group of Olympians to best history.
Men’s running world records
Individual events listed first in order of distance; hrs:min:sec
SPEED OF RECORD TIME
In miles per hour
Record holder (year)
2 MPH
4
6
8
0
ph
m
.1
6
9
16. 2
m
9.58
110m hurdles
Dayron Robles (2008)
CUB
12.87
200m
Usain Bolt (2009)
JAM
19.19
400m
Michael Johnson (1999)
USA
43.18
400m hurdles
Kevin Young (1992)
USA
46.78
800m
800m
David Lekuta Rudisha (2010)
KEN
1:41.01
1,500m
1,500m
Hicham El Guerrouj (1998)
MAR
3:26
5,000m
3,000m steeple
Saif Saaeed Shaheen (2004)
QAT
7:53.63
5,000m
Kenenisa Bekele (2004)
ETH
12:37.35
10,000m
10,000m
Kenenisa Bekele (2005)
ETH
26:17.53
20km race walk
Vladimir Kanaykin (2007)
RUS
1:17:16
Marathon
Patrick Makau Musyoki (2011)
KEN
2:03:38
50km race walk
Denis Nizhegorodov (2008)
RUS
3:34:14
Relays
400m relay
Jamaica (2011)
37.04
400m
2:54.29
1,600m
United States (1993)
24 MPH
ph
21.
m
ph
h
mp
1.
1
ph
61
1,600m relay
200m
400m
3,000m
steeplechase
Marathon
16
Hammer
Javelin
Shot put
14
Jumping
High jump
Long jump
12
Pole vault
Triple jump
Decathalon
GDR
41.37
Paula Radcliffe (2003)
GBR
2:15:25
Marathon
Vera Sokolova (2011)
RUS
1:25:08
20km race walk
Junxia Wang (1993)
CHN
29:31.78
10,000m
Tirunesh Dibaba (2008)
ETH
14:11.15
5,000m
Gulnara Galkina (2008)
RUS
8:58.81
3,000m steeple
Yunxia Qu (1993)
CHN
3:50.46
1,500m
200m
Jarmila Kratochvilova (1983)
CZE
1:53.28
800m
400m
Yuliya Pechonkina (2003)
RUS
52.34
Marita Koch (1985)
GDR
47.6
400m
Florence Griffith Joyner (1988)
USA
21.34
200m
Yordanka Donkova (1988)
BUL
12.21
100m hurdles
Florence Griffith Joyner (1988)
USA
10.49
100m
8.
m
East Germany (1985)
400m relay
76
10
Fri.
400m hurdles
Discus
Jurgen
Schult
(1986) GER
74.08m
SPEED OF
RECORD TIME
in miles per hour
4
Mixed vertical
jumping world
records
Hammer
Yuriy
Sedykh
(1986) UKR
86.74m
Javelin
Jan
Zelezny
(1996) CZE
98.48m
Men’s
pole vault
Sergey
Bubka
(1994) UKR
6.14m
Women’s
pole vault
Elena
Isinbaeva
(2009) RUS
5.06m
Men’s
high jump
Javier
Sotomayor
(1993) CUB
2.45m
Triple jump
Inessa
Kravets
(1995) UKR
15.5m
Shot put
Natalya
Lisovskaya
(1987) RUS
22.63m
Javelin
Barbora
Spotakova
(2008) CZE
72.28m
Discus
Gabriele
Reinsch
(1988) GER
76.8m
Hammer
Betty
Heidler
(2011) GER
79.42m
Women’s
high jump
Stefka
Kostadinova
(1987) BUL
2.09m
Outlook for the U.S. team
Justin
Gatlin
SOURCE: London
Lond 2012
U.S. trials winner Justin Gatlin (left), back from a
doping
do
suspension, and American record holder
Tyson
Ty
Gay should challenge for gold in the 100.
American Wallace Spearmon should push the
Ja
Jamaicans
in the 200. Aries Merritt was clocked in a
wo
world-leading 12.93 seconds three times in the
11
110-meter hurdles. Ashton Eaton, who set a decathlo
lon world record at the trials, could be joined on the
me
medal stand by Trey Hardee.
For the women, world 100-meter champion
Ca
ls
Carmelita Jeter (right) won the final at the U.S. trials
an
and was second in the 200. Sanya Richards-Ross is
at
attempting a 200-400 double and is likely to run a
re
relay.
Lolo Jones is part of a strong 100-meter hurdles
co
contingent with Beijing champion Dawn Harper and
d
Ke
Kellie Wells.
— Tribune Olympic Bureau
au
GETTY
TY PHOTOS
5
6
7
8
Sat. Sun.
9 10 11 12
1,500m
Women’s throwing and jumping world records
Long jump
Galina
Chistyakova
(1988) RUS
7.52m
4
800m
6
7M
Shot put
Randy
Barnes
(1990) USA
23.12m
Sat. Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thu. Fri.
100m
8
Men’s throwing and jumping world records
Triple jump
Jonathan
Edwards
(1995) GBR
18.29m
Schedule of women’s events
EVENT 3
2 MPH
Long jump
Mike
Powell
(1991) USA
8.95m
Sat. Sun.
9 10 11 12
Throwing
Discus
12.43 mp
h
13.14 mph
12.62 m
ph
3:15.17
Soviet Union (1988)
ph
m
Record
.34 mph
18
Country
3
Women’s running world records
Record holder (year)
21
.6
24 MPH
8
50km
18
23. 3
5 mph
22
7
Race walk
20km
18
ph
m
20
6
400m
20
.96
m
ph
23.
31 m
ph
5
100m
20
32
mp
h
2
.3
18
18
m
ph
4
110m
h
mp
mph
ph
80
m 17.10
15.
6 mph
14. 5
.1
19
2
m
ph
20
.7
2
Sat. Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thu. Fri.
Hurdles
22
0
.8
3
16
Fri.
EVENT 3
JAM
h
ph .1
m
mp
19
72
17.
14
Record
Usain Bolt (2009)
1,600m relay
ph
24
m
141.14 ph
ph
m
14.77
14.17 mph
9.
6
12.72 m 5 m
ph
8.
7
ph
Country
100m
.51 m
20
10
12
Schedule of men’s events
6M
5,000m
10,000m
3,000m
steeplechase
Marathon
Relays
400m
1,600m
Hurdles
100m
400m
Race walk
5M
4M
20km
Throwing
Discus
Hammer
3M
Javelin
Shot put
Jumping
2M
High jump
Long jump
1M
Pole vault
Triple jump
Heptathalon
Lay of the land: Olympic Stadium
Additional
competition
areas
Triple jump/long jump
START
200m, 3,000m
Steeplechase,
5,000m
Pole vault
START
1,500m
Hammer
Discus
High jump
Javelin
Shot put
Carmelita
ita
Jeter
START
110m hurdle
START
100m
FINISH LINE
START400m, 400m
hurdle, 800m, 10,000m