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The women's vault record has been advanced 9 times indoors by three different women, each ratified as a world record. The last record to be set indoors was in 2004. Sergey Bubka 's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect.
The world records of this women's event have been recognised by World Athletics (called the International Association of Athletics Federations until 2019) since 1974. Every world record is fully automatically timed and undergoes a ratification process that includes doping control. The first world record of 56.51 seconds was set by Krystyna ...
A plaque on Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria, commemorating Stefka Kostadinova's high jump world record of 2.08 m set on 31 May 1986. The first world record in the women's high jump was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922.
Website. guinnessworldrecords .com. Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
Retrieved 31 July 2023. ^ a b "PAK-W vs AUS-W, Hero Honda Women's World Cup 1997/98, 13th Match at Hyderabad, December 14, 1997 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2023. ^ a b "NZ-W vs IND-W, Hansells Vita Fresh Women's World Cup 1981/82, 6th Match at Auckland, January 14, 1982 - Full Scorecard".
The last hand-timed world record of 12.3 seconds was set by Annelie Ehrhardt of East Germany in 1973. In 1977, the first recognised fully automatically timed world record became the time of 12.59 seconds set by Ehrhardt in 1972. The longest-standing world record of 12.21 seconds was set by Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria in 1988 and stood for ...
Record Date Women Record Date 100 metres: Usain Bolt: 9.58 16 August 2009: Florence Griffith Joyner: 10.49 16 July 1988 200 metres: Usain Bolt: 19.19 20 August 2009: Florence Griffith Joyner: 21.34 29 September 1988 400 metres: Wayde van Niekerk : 43.03 14 August 2016: Marita Koch: 47.60 6 October 1985 800 metres: David Rudisha: 1:40.91 9 ...
The world records in swimming are ratified by World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA), the international governing body of swimming. Records can be set in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools. World Aquatics recognizes world records in the following events for both men and women, except for the mixed relays, where ...