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The men's 100 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10 and 11 August. Two national records were set in the preliminary round and Zhang Peimeng tied his own Chinese national record while qualifying in the heats. Zhang improved his record to 10.00 in the semifinal, but failed to advance to the ...
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.
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. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed by five consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020 ...
Men's shot put at the 2013 World Championships Venue Luzhniki Stadium Dates 15 August (qualification) 16 August (final) Competitors 28 from 18 nations Winning distance 21.73 m (71 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Medalists David Storl Germany (GER) Ryan Whiting United States (USA) Dylan Armstrong Canada (CAN) ← 2011 2015 → Events at the 2013 World Championships Track events 100 m men women 200 m men ...
Men's pole vault at the 2013 World Championships Venue Luzhniki Stadium Dates 10 August (qualification) 12 August (final) Competitors 40 from 24 nations Winning height 5.89 m (19 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) Medalists Raphael Holzdeppe Germany (GER) Renaud Lavillenie France (FRA) Björn Otto Germany (GER) ← 2011 2015 → Events at the 2013 World Championships Track events 100 m men women 200 m men ...
The men's triple jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16–18 August.. Qualifying three triple jumpers to the final, including top qualifier Teddy Tamgho, the No. 3 jumper of all time coming back from injury, No. 2 qualifier Yoann Rapinier and Gaëtan Saku Bafuanga Baya who squeaked in on a tie breaker, France looks to be the new triple jump power.
Records 1912–1976. The first manual time of 9.9 seconds was recorded for Bob Hayes in the final of the 100 metres at the 1964 Olympics. Hayes' official time of 10.0 seconds was determined by rounding down the electronic time of 10.06 to the nearest tenth of a second, giving the appearance of a manual time.
Watch on. The world's tallest man, as confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records, is Robert Pershing Wadlow, who was born in 1918 in Alton, Ill. Standing at a colossal 8'11.1″ (2.72 m) and ...