Search Results for: "World Record"
Historical Events
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1861-07-31 - 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record
1861-12-31 - 22,990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in 1861, world record
1890-03-02 - Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 5 km (9:19)
1891-02-28 - Oscar Grundén skates world record 500m (50.8 sec)
1893-01-11 - Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2:35)
1893-02-05 - Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec)
1893-02-26 - Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500m (48 sec)
1893-05-11 - Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km)
1894-01-21 - Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 500m in 47.8 sec
1894-04-24 - French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18
1895-02-03 - Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)
1895-02-23 - Jaap Eden skates world record 10km (17:56)
1900-02-10 - Peter Ostlund skates world record 500m (45.2 sec)
1906-01-27 - Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 sec
1906-01-29 - Coen de King skates world record time: 32,370 km
1908-07-24 - John Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2:55:18.4 world record)
1909-01-01 - Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4)
1909-02-12 - Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6)
1909-05-08 - Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6)
1909-05-08 - Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31)
1910-10-02 - Henry Wijnmalen flies to 2,800m altitude (world record)
1911-10-24 - Orville Wright remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina setting a new world record that stood for 10 years.
1912-04-01 - The Greek athlete Konstantinos Tsiklitiras breaks the world record -in standing long jump jumping 3.47 meters.
1912-07-06 - Donald Lippincott runs world record 100m (10.6)
1912-07-10 - Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record 5000m (14:36.6)
1912-10-20 - Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2)
1913-05-12 - Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2)
1913-05-31 - Alexis Ahlgren runs world record maraton (2:36:06.6)
1914-01-10 - Oscar Mathisen skates world record 500 m in 43.7 sec in Oslo
1914-06-01 - Oscar Egg bicycles world record time (44,247 km)
1914-06-18 - Oscar Egg bicycles world record time (44,247 km)
1921-04-23 - Charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 secs)
1921-06-22 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:40.2)
1922-06-19 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:28.2)
1922-08-27 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:28.6)
1922-09-04 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000m (5:26.3)
1922-09-12 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:35.4)
1922-09-13 - 136.4°F (58°C), El Aziziyah, Libya in shade (world record)
1923-08-22 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record mile (4:10.4)
1923-08-24 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3 mile (14:11.2)
1923-09-09 - Albin Stenroos runs world record 20 km (1:07:11.2)
1924-06-19 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 1500m (3:52.6)
1924-08-31 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:06.2)
1924-10-01 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 4 mile (19:15.4) & 5 mile (24:06.2)
1925-10-12 - Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8)
1926-05-24 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 m (8:25.4)
1926-07-12 - Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:26.2)
1926-07-13 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:20.4)
1926-07-17 - Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:11.4)
1927-06-18 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000 m: 5:24.6
1928-10-01 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 15m (46:49.6)
1928-10-07 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10 miles (50:15.0)
1928-12-26 - World record 10th wicket stand 307 (Kippax / Hooker) NSW v Vic
1929-01-19 - Clas Thunberg skates world record 500m in 42.8 sec
1930-06-09 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4)
1930-08-09 - Percy Williams runs world record 100m (10.3 sec)
1930-09-13 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 20,000m (1:04:38.4)
1930-10-19 - Jules Ladoumègue runs world record 1 km (2:23.6)
1931-07-24 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2 mile (8:59.6)
1933-08-11 - Temp reaches 136°F (57.8°C) at San Luis Potosi, Mex (world record)
1933-08-26 - Jan van Houten bicycles world record time (44,588 km)
1934-07-12 - Willy de Supervise swims world record 400m (5:16.0)
1935-03-31 - Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49)
1935-04-03 - Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44)
1935-09-08 - Willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2)
1935-11-03 - Kitei Son runs world record marathon (2:26:42)
1936-01-04 - Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 v S Afr
1936-02-27 - Willy den Ouden swims world record 100 m free style (1:04.6)
1937-09-29 - Frans Slaats bicycles world record time (45,563 km)
1937-11-03 - Archambaud bicycles world record time (45,796 km)
1937-11-11 - Messerschmidt ME-109V13 flies world record 610.4 kph
1938-02-05 - Hans Engnestangen skates world record 500m (41.8 sec)
1938-02-26 - Rie Van Veen swims world record 200m free style (2:24.6)
1939-11-29 - Cor Klint swims world record 200 m backstroke (2:38.8)
1939-12-30 - Bradman scores 267 SA v Vic, world record 34th double cricket century
1940-05-29 - Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec)
1941-05-23 - Rudolf Harbig runs world record 1k (2:21.5)
1942-06-21 - Seinheuer throws female world record spear (47.24m)
1942-08-28 - Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2)
1942-11-07 - Bicyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world record (45,848 km)
1943-09-19 - Fanny Whiteers-Koen breaks jumping world record
1944-07-18 - Arne Andersson runs world record 1 mile (4:01.6)
1947-04-19 - Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39)
1948-05-15 - Australia scores 721 runs in one day v Essex, world record
1949-06-11 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:28.2)
1949-09-01 - Viljo Heino runs world record 10k (29:27.2)
1949-10-22 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:21.2)
1951-09-15 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 20k (1:01:15.8)
1951-09-29 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 20,000 m & 10 mile
1951-10-26 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 30,000m, 25,000m & 15 miles
1952-03-16 - 1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Reunion (world record)
1952-06-14 - Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:20:42.2)
1953-01-25 - Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 sec
1953-06-13 - Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:18:40.2)
1953-10-04 - Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:17:39.4)
1953-11-01 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 10K (29:01.6) & 6 mile (28:08.4)
1954-05-30 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2)
1954-06-21 - John Landy runs world record mile (3:58.0)
1954-07-01 - Test Cricket debut of Khalid Hassan, 16 yrs 352, then world record
1955-08-03 - Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7)
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 61 of 61
1872-04-25 - Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper
1895-07-04 - Walderman Marx, cricketer (S Af, 240 on FC debut (then world record))
1910-08-05 - Nan Gindele, US javelin thrower (World Record 1932-38)
1914-08-14 - Sydney Wooderson, miler (world record 1937)
1919-09-15 - Fausto Coppi, Italian bicylist (world record 45,798 km)
1927-10-10 - Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955)
1931-01-31 - Christopher Chataway, British MP/athlete (world record 5k)
1938-07-03 - Shin Geum Dan, North Korea, 400m/800m runner (1962 world record)
1942-04-03 - Rick Sylvester, parachute ski jumper (world record 3,300')
1948-01-03 - Manfred Kokot, East German runner (world record 50 m indoor)
1950-05-01 - Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler (world record 1986)
1950-07-29 - Maricica Puica, Romania, 2K runner (world record)
1952-02-29 - Raul Gonzalez, Mexican 50K speed walker (world record)
1952-06-28 - Pietro Mennea, Italian runner (200m world record)
1953-02-13 - Suleiman Nyambui, Tanzanian runner (world record 5k indoor)
1953-03-26 - Tatyana Providokhina, Russian 1K runner (world record)
1956-07-15 - Toshihiko Seko, Japanese runner (world record 25/30 km)
1956-12-27 - Doina Melinte, Romanian running star (world record 1500 m/mile indoor)
1957-04-06 - Maurizio Damilano, Italian speed walker (30K World Record)
1957-06-09 - Elly van Holly, running star (3k indoor world record)
1957-12-27 - James Sanford, US runner (world record 50m indoor)
1959-07-30 - Petra Felke, German DR, javelin thrower (world record 1988)
1960-05-11 - Jorgen Schult, German FR, discus thrower (world record 1986)
1960-07-06 - Jozef/Josef Pribilinec, Czech, speed walker (world record 10K)
1960-10-14 - Steve Cram, English runner (world record mile/2 km)
1960-10-28 - Landon Curt Noll, Astronomer, Cryptographer and Mathematician: youngest to hold the world record for the largest known prime 3 times
1961-02-21 - Yobes Ondieki, Kenya, 10K runner (world record)
1961-03-14 - Grigoriy Kornev, Russian speed walker (world record 5 km)
1961-09-28 - Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria, 100 m hurdler (world record)
1961-12-10 - Mark McKoy, Canadian track star (world record 50m indoor)
1962-04-29 - Robert Druppers, runner (world record 1 km indoor)
1962-07-26 - Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper (world record 1988)
1962-08-26 - Roger Kingdom, US 60m hurdler (world record)
1962-12-11 - Kim Linehan, swimmer (1979 1500m World record)
1963-01-11 - Petra Schneider, E German swimming star (world record 400m)
1963-07-20 - Paula Ivan, Romanian runner (world record mile)
1963-09-23 - Gabriele Reinsch, German DR, discus thrower (world record 1988)
1963-11-10 - Michael Anthony Powell, Phila, long jumper (world record 1991)
1964-04-23 - Martin Lopez-Zubero, Spanish backstroke swimmer (world record 200m)
1964-05-05 - Heike Henkel, German FR, world record indoor high jumper (1992)
1964-05-24 - Elizabeth McColgan, British running star (world record 5 km indoor)
1964-08-08 - Harry Lee "Butch" Reynolds, US, 400m runner (world record)
1964-10-06 - Thomas "Tom" Hunter, US 50M FREESTYLE swimmer (world record)
1964-12-16 - Heike Drechsler, Gera German DR, sprinter (1988 world record)
1965-05-20 - Bruno Marie-Rose, French runner (world record 200 m indoor)
1965-05-25 - Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria high jumper (world record 1987)
1965-09-12 - Silke Horner, German DR, swimmer (world record 100m-breast stroke)
1966-03-03 - Dmitri Volkov, Russian swimmer (world record)
1967-01-22 - Nicholas Gillingham, British swimmer (world record 200m freestyle)
1967-04-11 - Stefan Johnstown, Norwegian speed walker (world record 20 km)
1967-10-13 - Javier Sotomayor, Cuban jumper (world record 1989)
1968-03-27 - Irina Belova, Russian pentathelete (world record 1992)
1968-07-02 - Mark Tewsksbury, Canada swimmer (world record backstroke)
1968-11-12 - Irina Privalova, Russian runner (indoor world record 50/60m)
1968-12-01 - Anders Holmertz, Swedish free style swimmer (world record 400m)
1969-01-13 - Andre Cason, US runner (world record 50 indoor)
1969-01-28 - Giorgio Lamberti, Italian free style swimmer (world record 200m)
1969-06-25 - Alina Ivanova, Ukraine, race walker (indoor 3K world record)
1970-04-18 - Heike Friedrich, East Germany swimmer (world record 200m)
1971-09-01 - Moses Kiptanui, Kenyan 3K runner (world record)
1973-08-14 - Kieren Perkins, Australian free-style 1500m swimmer (world record)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 3 of 3
1960-01-02 - Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40
1988-03-10 - Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at 78
1995-10-10 - John Rodolph, wheelchair-race world record holder, hit by truck at 31
