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20,000 Metres
The 20,000 metres (approximately 12.43 mi or 65,617 ft) is a rarely contested long-distance running event in track and field competitions; most world records in the event have been set during Half marathon, half marathons and One hour run, one-hour races, as a half marathon is roughly 21,000 meters. World Records + = indicates a time was taken at an intermediate distance in a longer race Men *Updated January 2024. Women * Correct as of January 2024. All-time top 25 *+ = wikt:en route, en route to longer performance *h = hand timed Men *Updated September 2022. Notes Below is a list of all other times equal or superior to 57:55.00: *Sondre Nordstad Moen also ran 57:55.0 (2020). Women *Updated September 2022. In popular culture Tegla Loroupe's 20,000 meter world record was mentioned in Chapter 1, problem 64P of ''Chemistry (Seventh Edition)'' by John E. McMurry, Robert Fay, Robert C. Fay, and Jill Kirsten Robinson. References {{Athletics events Event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20K Run
The 20K run (20 kilometres, or approximately 12.4 miles) is a long-distance running, long distance foot race. It is a rarely held race that is not recognized as an Olympic Games, Olympic event. The event held IAAF world championship status in 2006 only, when the existing IAAF World Half Marathon Championships briefly hosted the shorter distance. The world best for men is held by Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea who ran a time of 56:01 at the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. The women's world best is held by Florence Kiplagat of Kenya who ran a time of 1:01:54 at the 2015 Barcelona Half Marathon in Barcelona, Spain. IAAF records require the 20 km distance to be run on a course without a significant drop in elevation between the start and finish points and where the birds-eye distance between the start of finish points is less than ten kilometres. The Association of Road Racing Statisticians has an additional criteria in that it requires records to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia Half Marathon
The Valencia Half Marathon () is an annual half marathon road running event held in Valencia, Spain, since 1988. It is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athletics. The race is organised by the Valencian sports club , which also organises the annual Valencia Marathon. The race attracts top level elite competitors from Kenya, Ethiopia and Morocco, as well as runners from the host country Spain. History The event was initially founded as a race of , called the "20 kilómetros Adidas", with the inaugural race taking place in 1988.E Medio Maratón valenciaciudaddelrunning.com From 1993 to 1995, the race was not contested for reasons beyond the organizer's control. The race was later lengthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Flèche
La Flèche () is a town and commune in the French department of Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire region in the Loire Valley. It is the sub-prefecture of the South-Sarthe, the chief district and the chief city of a canton, and the second most populous city of the department. The city is part of the Community of communes of the Pays La Flèche. The inhabitants of the town are called ''Fléchois''. The Prytanée National Militaire is located in La Flèche. Geography La Flèche is located on the Loir River and is also on the Greenwich Meridian. It is located halfway between Le Mans (45 km) and Angers. City communes * Sainte-Colombe * Saint-Germain-du-Val * Verron Neighboring municipalities * Bazouges Cré sur Loir * Crosmières * Villaines-sous-Malicorne * Bousse * Clermont-Créans * Mareil-sur-Loir * Thorée-les-Pins * Baugé-en-Anjou (Maine-et-Loire) History The origin of the name ''La Flèche'' is uncertain; the word ''flèche'' means "arrow" in French. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionisio Castro
Dionisio, a variant of Dionysius, may refer to: People Given name * Dionisio Lazzari (1617–1689), Italian sculptor and architect * Dionisio Aguado y García (1784–1849), Spanish classical guitarist and composer * Papa Isio (1846–1911), Dionisio Magbuelas, Filipino leader of babaylanes * Dionisio Anzilotti (1867–1950), Italian jurist and judge * Dionisio Jakosalem (1878–1931), Filipino governor * Dionisio Carreras (1890–1949), Spanish long-distance runner * Dionisio Fernández (boxer) (born 1907), Spanish boxer * Dionisio Mejía (1907–1963), Mexican football forward * Dionisio Fernández (sport shooter) (born 1921), Argentine sports shooter * Dionísio Azevedo (1922–1994), Brazilian actor, director, and writer * Dionisio Romero (born 1936), Peruvian banker * Dionisio Gutiérrez (born 1959), Guatemalan businessman * Dionisio D'Aguilar (born 1964), Bahamian politician * Dionisio Cimarelli (born 1965), Italian sculptor * Dionísio (footballer, born 1970), Dioní ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kibiwott Kandie
Kibiwott Kandie (born 20 June 1996) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. In December 2020, he won the Valencia Half Marathon finishing in a new world record time of 57:32, chopping off the previous world record by almost 30 seconds. Kandie won the silver medal in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Kandie is currently suspended from competition pending further investigation for failing to provide a doping sample. Career 2020 In 2020, Kibiwott Kandie won the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon held in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. He also won the Prague 21.1 km event at the Prague Half Marathon held in Prague, Czech Republic. This was an invitation-only half marathon for elite runners. This event was held after the Prague Half Marathon was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2020, at the Valencia Half Marathon, Kandie set a new half marathon world record with a time of 57:32, obliterating the previous record set by Geoffrey Kamw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Fléche
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson *''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 *The La's, an English rock band *L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer *Yung L.A., a rapper *Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 *"La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River *''La'', a Les Gordon album Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings *La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) *''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel *LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Barrios
Arturo Barrios Flores (born December 12, 1962, in Mexico City) is a Mexican and American long-distance runner who set the 10,000 m world record in 1989, the one hour world record in 1991, and the 20,000 m world record en route to the one hour run world record. Career Barrios finished in fifth place in the 10,000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is a former world record holder at the 10,000 m (27:08.23, set on August 18, 1989, at the Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) in Berlin, Germany). Barrios' record was not broken until 1993 when Richard Chelimo ran 27:07.91 in Stockholm. This mark stood as the North American record until May 1, 2010, and still stands as the national record of Mexico. On March 30, 1991, Barrios set world records at one hour (21.101 km) and 20,000 m (56:55.6). These records stood until June 2007, when they were broken by Haile Gebrselassie. Barrios' 1991 performance makes him the first man ever to run a half-marathon distance in less tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiansand
Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation of the municipalities of Søgne and Songdalen into the greater Kristiansand municipality. In addition to the city itself, Statistics Norway count four other densely populated areas in the municipality: Skålevik in Flekkerøy with a population of 3,526 in the Vågsbygd borough, Strai with a population of 1,636 in the Grim borough, Justvik with a population of 1,803 in the Lund borough, and Tveit with a population of 1,396 () in the Oddernes borough. Kristiansand is divided into five boroughs; -Grim, Vest-Agder, Grim, which is located northwest in Kristiansand with a population of 15,000; Kvadraturen (Kristiansand), Kvadraturen, which is the centre and downtown Kristiansand with a population of 5,200; Lund, Kristiansand, Lund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sondre Nordstad Moen
Sondre Nordstad Moen (born 12 January 1991) is a Norwegian long-distance runner. He set a European record in marathon in 2017 when winning the Fukuoka Marathon, a record he held for ten months. He has also held European records in 25,000 metres, and in one hour run. Personal life Nordstad Moen was born in Trondheim on 12 January 1991. Career Moen qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he finished 19th in the marathon with a time of 2:14:17. After the Olympic Games in Rio, he asked the Italian Coach Renato Canova to follow his training, and the collaboration produced big improvement: European Marathon Record in Fukuoka (2:05:48 in 2017), Nordic Records in 10000m (27:24.79 in Kristiansand in 2019) and in Half Marathon (59:47 in 2017). His achievements include victory at the Nordic Cross Country Championships in 2010, and a gold medal in 10,000 metres at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships. Moen holds multiple Norwegian records, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostrava
Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opava, Ostravice (river), Ostravice and Lučina (river), Lučina. Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic in terms of both population and area, the second largest city in the region of Moravia, and the largest city in the historical land of Czech Silesia. It straddles the border of the two historic provinces of Moravia and Silesia. The wider conurbation – which also includes the towns of Bohumín, Havířov, Karviná, Orlová, Petřvald (Karviná District), Petřvald and Rychvald – is home to about 500,000 people, making it the largest urban area in the Czech Republic apart from the capital Prague. Ostrava grew in importance due to its position at the heart of a major coalfield, becoming an important industrial engine of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haile Gebrselassie
Haile Gebrselassie (; born 18 April 1973) is an Ethiopian former Long-distance running, long-distance track running, track, road running athlete, and businessman. He won two Olympic gold medals and four World Athletics Championships, World Championship titles over the 10,000 metres. Haile triumphed in the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon. He also earned four World Athletics Indoor Championships, world titles indoors and was the 2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, 2001 World Half Marathon Champion. He is considered one of the greatest runners and by many the greatest long distance runner of all tim Haile had major competition wins at distances between 1500 metres, 1,500 metres and the marathon, moving from outdoor, indoor and cross country running to road running in the latter part of his career. He broke 61 List of Ethiopian records in athletics, Ethiopian national records, ranging from 800 metres to the mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabastian Sawe
Sabastian Kimaru Sawe (born 16 March 1996) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He finished seventh in the senior men's race at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships. In September 2022, Sawe set a Kenyan national record in the one hour run at the Memorial Van Damme with a distance of 21,250 metres, narrowly missing the world record. In March 2022, he set a course record at the Rome-Ostia Half Marathon in a time of 58:02 (a non-record eligible course). He set a then half marathon best of 58:58 from his win at the 2022 Bahrain Royal Night Half Marathon. In December 2023, he won the 15 kilometres road race Montferland Run held in 's-Heerenberg with a time of 42:35. In September 2024, he won the Copenhagen Half Marathon in a new personal best of 58:05. On 1 December 2024, he won the Valencia Marathon in a world-leading time of 2:02:05. On 27 April 2025 he won the London Marathon in a leading time of 2:02:27. Achievements * London Marathon (2025) - 2:02:27 Personal bests * 10, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
