In track and field athletics, world records are ratified by the IAAF. The criteria which must be satisfied for ratification also apply to national or other restricted records, and also to performances submitted as qualifying marks for eligibility to compete in major events such as the Olympic Games. Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ... A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event. ... The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics (known in the US as track and field). It was founded in 1912 at its first Congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ...

The criteria include:

• The dimensions of the track and equipment used must conform to standards.
• Performance must be set in a single-sex race. This is especially noteworthy in marathon races.
• All team members in a relay race must be of the same nationality.
• Pacemakers are allowed, provided they have not been lapped; lapped athletes must give way.
• Drug testing immedtiately after the performance is now required for ratification of a record. Existing records which predate this requirement are still extant. Athletes who pass the immediate test but are later found to have been on drugs have their performances invalidated.
• In sprint events up to 200m and in jump events, wind assistance is permitted only up to 2.0 m/s. In decathlon or heptathlon, average wind assistance of less than 2.0 m/s is required across all applicable disciplines; and maximum of 4.0 m/s in any one event.
• In sprint events up to 400m, photo finish electronic timing is required.
• There is no restriction on altitude; since the thinner atmosphere of higher altitude provides less air resistance, locations such as Mexico City and Sestriere are popular in the sprint and jump events.
• In road events (e.g. walks and marathon) the course is not required to be a circuit, but must not have too great a downhill gradient.

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Bonus payments

Witnessing a world record being a great pleasure for athletics fans, athletes' personal sponsors and the promoters of major meetings such as the IAAF Golden League have offered bonuses to athletes breaking a record. Endorsement can refer to: A political endorsement is where a significant individual, group, or business selects, campaigns, or contributes heavily to a political campaign. ... The IAAF Golden League is an annual series of athletics meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. ...

Some middle-distance runners have specialized in acting as pacemakers in longer races, receiving a fee without even finishing the race, and possibly a bonus if a record results. This is a useful occupation for athletes who are capable of running accurately to a specified pace, but not capable of the very fastest times to become champions in their own right.

In the pole vault (and potentially the high jump) record bonuses create an incentive for an athlete capable of smashing a record to instead break it by the minimum amount (one centimetre), multiple times, at multiple meetings, in order to accumulate multiple bonuses. This has been done by Sergei Bubka in the men's pole vault, and Yelena Isinbayeva in the women's pole vault. Some commentators have complained that, because of this moral hazard, neither athlete ever posted as high a mark as they were capable of. In other disciplines this moral hazard does not arise, since it is practically impossible to deliberately break a record by a small margin. Pole vaulting is an athletics event where competitors use a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar, similar to the high jump, but at much greater heights. ... Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Sergei Bubka (Сергій Бубка) (born 4 December 1963 in Voroshilovgrad U.S.S.R., today Luhansk, Ukraine) is an Ukrainian (and former Soviet) athlete. ... Yelena Isinbayeva (Russian: Елена Исинбаева; born June 3, 1982 in Volgograd) is a Russian pole vaulter. ... This section is studied by Argagui monopoli In law and economics, moral hazard is the name given to the risk that one party to a contract can change their behaviour to the detriment of the other party once the contract has been concluded. ...

Men's Records

Note : Two record distances are given for the men's javelin event ; this is because in the 1980s, the men's event was throwing at distances which caused many "flat landings" and judges at the event were having trouble discerning the exact point at which the javelin had landed and whether the throw was legal. In 1985, the specs of the javelin were changed by moving the centre of gravity forward by 4 cm. August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia (Spain). ... 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Women's Records

Note: As with the men's event, the specification of the women's javelin has been changed. On April 1, 1999 the IAAF moved the centre of gravity forward by 3 cm in order to ensure a greater number of legal throws and to allow for more accurate distance measurement. 100 m is the classic sprints race distance. ... Delorez Florence Griffith-Joyner a. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII in Roman) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Official language(s) English Capital Indianapolis Largest city Indianapolis Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 38th 94,321 km² 225 km 435 km 1. ... 200 m is a sprint running event. ... Delorez Florence Griffith-Joyner a. ... 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The two tables above are mainly Outdoor world records. Indoor world records are available at Athletix.org.

See also

• World Record progression 100 m men
• World Record progression 100 m women
• World record progression for the mile run
• World Record progression Pole Vault men
• World Record progression Pole Vault women

World Record Progression 100 m Men (1912-2005) with a logarithmic regression estimating: Time/100m = -0. ... The first World Record in the 100 m for women (athletics) was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1922. ... Accurate times for the mile run (1. ... The first World Record in Pole Vault for men (athletics) was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1912. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

External links

• IAAF site: official world records
• IAAF site: competition rules — PDF file, 829K
• World Record progression in athletics
• Track and Field all-time performances
• Can We Trust Track & Field World Records? — article from Slate