• Guinness World Records and other world records organizations collates and publishes notable records of many. One of them is the Official World Record (O.W...
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    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...
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    World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics [citation needed]. The late...
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  • The world record in the mile run is the fastest time set by a runner in the middle-distance track and field event. World Athletics is the official body...
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    World records in athletics are ratified by World Athletics. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running...
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    The first record in the 100 metres for men (athletics) was recognised by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics...
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    The world record in the half marathon has been officially recognized since 1 January 2004 by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)...
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  • Gudaf Tsegay with 14:00.21 for women. The first world record in the men's 5000 m was recognized by World Athletics (formerly called the International Association...
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    The official world records in the 10,000 metres are held by Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei with 26:11 minutes for men and Kenyan Beatrice Chebet with 28:54...
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    The world records in swimming are ratified by World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA), the international governing body of swimming. Records can be set...
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