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23-1155: Over the course of its history, two world records have been set at the Barcelona Half Marathon. In 2014, Kenya's Florence Kiplagat broke the world record for the women's half marathon in a time of 1:05:12. She beat by 38 seconds the previous mark of compatriot Mary Jepkosgei Keitany , set at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in 2011. A year later, Kiplagat lowered her world record with a time of 1:05.09. STARTING LINE: Pg. Pujades → P. Picasso → Av. Marqués Argentera → P. Isabel II → P. Colon → Josep Carné → Pl. Drassanes → Paral.lel → Entença → Gran Via → Bailén → Ronda Sant Pere → P. Sant Joan → P. Lluís Companys → B. Muñoz → Pallars → Llacuna → Perú → Josep Pla → Gran Via → Rambla Prim → Diagonal towards Llobregat → Espronceda → Diagonal towards Besós → Plaça llevant → P. Taulat → Selva de Mar → P. Garcia Faria → P. Calvell → Av. Litoral → Port Olímpic → Arquitecte Sert → Salvador Espriu → Marina → Pujades. FINISH LINE: Pg. Pujades This article about marathons or long-distance running

46-471: A 6.15 m vault and continued to improve the world record thereafter, most recently in 2024 with a 6.26 m mark. As new events are advanced to world record status, World Athletics might delay declaring initial performances as the official world record until sufficient athletes have had the opportunity to perform.     Awaiting ratification     not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics h = hand timing + = en route to

69-633: A MVR. Bubka has been linked to business conducted in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied territories. On 5 March 2022, Bubka professed his love for his homeland after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , and declared: "Ukraine will win". Sergey Bubka started competing on the international athletics scene in 1981 when he participated in the European Junior Championship finishing seventh. But the 1983 World Championship held in Helsinki

92-832: A longer distance A = affected by altitude OT = oversized track X = annulled due to doping violations # = not officially ratified by World Athletics a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28 est = estimate i = set indoors (overall world record tables only) (21.156) mph ( km/h ) (25.424) (24.164) (23.577) (23.395) (22.071) (22.217) (21.423) (21.10) (21.10) (20.677) (20.760) (20.86) (19.99) (20.39) (20.41) (18.930) (20.135) (19.400) (19.197) (18.580) (16.68) (16.62) (15.260) (29.703) (28.430) (20.598) (14.307) (14.412) (13.814) (14.317) (14.346) Sergey Bubka Sergey Nazarovych Bubka ( Ukrainian : Сергій Назарович Бубка ; Serhiy Nazarovych Bubka ; born 4 December 1963)

115-400: A mark as they were capable of. Since 2020, Armand Duplantis has been emulating the practice. In most other disciplines, this issue does not arise, since it is practically impossible to deliberately break a record by a small margin. World Athletics (then IAAF) commenced the recognition of world records in 1912, and indoor world records after 1987. In 2000, IAAF rule 260.18a (formerly 260.6a)

138-699: Is Senior Vice President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), serving since 2007, and served as President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine from 2005 to November 2022. He is also an Honorary Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), having been involved since 1996. His older brother, Vasiliy Bubka , was also a medal-winning pole vaulter. Born in Luhansk , Sergey Nazarovych Bubka

161-585: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of world records in athletics World records in athletics are ratified by World Athletics . Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field , road running and racewalking . Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians. The only non- metric track distance for which official records are kept

184-503: Is a Ukrainian former pole vaulter . He represented the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991. Bubka was twice named Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News , and in 2012 was one of 24 athletes inducted as inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame. Bubka won six consecutive IAAF World Championships, an Olympic gold medal, and broke

207-689: Is the mile run . The criteria which must be satisfied for ratification of a world record are defined by World Athletics in Part III of the Competition Rules. These criteria 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 . The criteria include: Witnessing a world record brings great pleasure for athletics fans, and athletes' personal sponsors and promoters of major meetings such as

230-537: The Diamond League and its predecessor, the IAAF Golden League have offered bonuses to athletes breaking a record. 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

253-676: The Seoul Olympics and won his only Olympic gold medal clearing 5.90 meters. In 1992 he failed to clear in his first three attempts (5.70, 5.70, 5.75 meters) and was out of the Barcelona Olympics . At the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, a heel injury caused him to withdraw from the competition without any attempts. In 2000 at the Sydney Olympics , he was eliminated from the final after three unsuccessful attempts at 5.70 meters. Bubka won

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276-508: The world record for men's pole vault 35 times. He was the first pole vaulter to clear 6.0 meters and 6.10 meters. He held the indoor world record of 6.15 meters, set on 21 February 1993 in Donetsk , Ukraine for almost 21 years until France's Renaud Lavillenie cleared 6.16 meters on February 15, 2014, at the same meet in the same arena . He held the outdoor world record at 6.14 meters between July 31, 1994, and September 17, 2020. Bubka

299-557: The Golden Gala international track meet in Rome , Bubka subsequently reclaimed the record on his next attempt on the same runway minutes later. Bubka gripped the pole higher than most vaulters to get extra leverage, though Bubka himself played down the effect of grip alone. His development of the Petrov /Bubka technical model is also considered a key to his success. The Petrov/Bubka model allows

322-609: The Soviet system, and signed a contract with Nike . that rewarded each world record performance with special bonuses of $ 40,000. His son, Sergei Bubka (tennis) is a former professional tennis player. From 2002 to 2006, Bubka was a member of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada with the Party of Regions group and until 2014 an advisor to Viktor Yanukovych . He was on the youth policy, physical culture, sport and tourism committee while

345-502: The fastest times to become champions in their own right. In the pole vault record bonuses create an incentive for an athlete capable of beating a record by a large margin to instead break it by the minimum amount (one centimetre ), multiple times, at multiple meetings, in order to accumulate multiple bonuses. This was done by Sergey Bubka and Yelena Isinbayeva in the men's and women's pole vault respectively, and some commentators have complained that neither athlete ever posted as high

368-537: The first time on 13 July 1985 in Paris . Bubka improved his own record over the next 10 years until he reached his career best and the then world record of 6.14 m (20 feet 1 3 ⁄ 4 inches) in 1994. He vaulted on UCS Spirit poles throughout his later career. He became the first athlete ever to jump over 6.10 meters, in San Sebastián , Spain in 1991. Bubka increased the world record by 21 centimeters (8 inches) in

391-460: The period from 1984 to 1994. He cleared 6.00 meters or better on 45 occasions. Bubka officially retired from pole vault in 2001 during a ceremony at his Pole Vault Stars meeting in Donetsk . The first Olympics after Bubka's introduction to the international athletics was held in 1984 and was boycotted by the USSR along with the majority of other Eastern Bloc countries. In 1988 Bubka competed in

414-465: The pole vault event in six consecutive IAAF World Championships in Athletics in the period from 1983 to 1997: Bubka broke the world record for men's pole vault 35 times during his career. He broke the outdoor world record 17 times and the indoor world record 18 times. Bubka lost his outdoor world record only once in his career. After Thierry Vigneron , of France, broke his record on August 31, 1984 at

437-449: The vaulter to continuously put energy into the pole while rising towards the bar. Most conventional models focus on creating maximum bend in the pole before leaving the ground, by planting the pole heavily in the pole vault box. The Petrov/Bubka model follows the technique used by Kjell Isaksson , which concentrates on driving the pole up, rather than bending it while planting it on the landing pad, combined with high running speed. While

460-402: Was a track-and-field athlete in the 100-meter dash and the long jump, but became a world-class champion only when he turned to the pole vault. In 1983, he won the world championship in Helsinki , Finland, and the following year set his first world record, clearing 5.85m (19 ft 2 in). Until the dissolution of the USSR in late 1991, Bubka competed for Soviet teams. By 1992, he was no longer bound to

483-430: Was amended, so that "world records" (as opposed to "indoor world records") can be set in a facility "with or without roof". This rule was not applied retroactively, and has, thus far, only affected the men's and women's pole vault , women's 2,000 m and women's triple jump . 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

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506-457: Was his actual entry point to the world athletics, where a relatively unknown Bubka snatched the gold, clearing 5.70 meters (18 feet 8 inches). The years that followed witnessed the unparalleled dominance of Bubka, with him setting new records and standards in pole vaulting. He set his first world record of 5.85m on 26 May 1984 which he improved to 5.88m a week later, and then to 5.90m a month later. He cleared 6.00 meters (19 feet 8 inches) for

529-431: 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. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed by six consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020, Duplantis surpassed Bubka's outdoor world best (the old 6.14 m record), with

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