query: who has the world record for the fastest mile

pos: Mile run world record progression Mile run world record progression The world record in the mile run is the best mark set by a male or female runner in the middle-distance track and field event. The IAAF is the official body which oversees the records. Hicham El Guerrouj is the current men's record holder with his time of 3:43.13, while Svetlana Masterkova has the women's record of 4:12.56. Since 1976, the mile has been the only non-metric distance recognized by the IAAF for record purposes. Accurate times for the mile run (1.609344 km) were not recorded until after 1850, when the first precisely measured running

pos: Emsley Carr Mile by eleven Olympic champions, Kip Keino, Steve Ovett, Murray Halberg, John Walker, Sebastian Coe, Saïd Aouita, William Tanui, Vénuste Niyongabo, Haile Gebrselassie, Asbel Kiprop, and Hicham El Guerrouj. It has also been won by seven athletes who have held the world record for the mile: Walker, Ovett, Coe, El Guerrouj, Filbert Bayi, Derek Ibbotson and Jim Ryun. Ken Wood, a former Sheffield athlete, won the Emsley Carr Mile a record four times. The fastest time recorded for the event stands at 3:45.96 by El Guerrouj in 2000. It is the ninth fastest time ever recorded for the mile, and the

pos: Noah Ngeny 1998, improving his 1500 m time to 3:30.34 in Monaco. On 7 July 1999, in Roma, Ngeny was second to Hicham El Guerrouj when the latter set the world record (3:43.13) for the mile run. Ngeny stayed close to El Guerrouj down the stretch to finish at 3:43.40, still the second-fastest mile ever run , and almost a full second inside the old world record (3:44.39) of Noureddine Morceli. On 24 August 1999, Ngeny took the 1500 m silver medal (3:28.73) in the IAAF 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain, behind the reigning world champion El Guerrouj (3:27.65).

pos: Berkane Province orange is at the center of town. It is very close to Saïdia, a popular beach resort town on the Mediterranean, as well as Tafoughalt, a small village in the nearby mountains known for its healthy air and herb markets. Berkane is also famous for being the birthplace of the Olympic athlete Hicham El Guerrouj, who holds the world record for the fastest mile but he has never been a major social player in the development of his native town. Berkane is a sprawling city centered on Avenue Mohammed V, a commercial and business strip, and boulevard Ibn Sina/Rue Dehb

pos: Eamonn Coghlan m and 1 Mile from 1974 to 1987. He set the world record for the indoor mile run with a time of 3.52.6 at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego in 1979. He lowered this to 3:50.6 in 1981 and then bettered it to 3:49.78 in 1983 at New Jersey's Meadowlands Arena indoor arena. His record stood until 1997 when it was broken by Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj in a time of 3:48.45. It is still the third fastest indoor mile of all time and is still, more than 30 years on, a European record. Coghlan's 1983 time

pos: Hicham El Guerrouj Hicham El Guerrouj Hicham El Guerrouj (Moroccan Arabic: , "Hishāmu l-Karrūj"; Berber: Hicam El Gerruj, ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⴻⵍ ⴳⴻⵔⵔⵓⵊ; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder in the 1500 meters, mile and outdoor 2000 meters events. He is also the only man since Paavo Nurmi to take a gold medal in both the 1500 metres and 5000 metres at the same Olympic Games. El Guerrouj holds 7 of the fastest 9 times ever run in the 1500 meters and 7 of the 10 fastest in the mile. Given these achievements,

pos: Berkane of town. It is very close to Saïdia, a popular beach resort town on the Mediterranean, as well as Tafoughalt, a small village in the nearby mountains known for its healthy air and herb markets. Berkane is also famous for being the birthplace of the Olympic athlete Hicham El Guerrouj, who holds the world record for the fastest mile. Berkane is a sprawling city centered on Avenue Mohammed V, a commercial and business strip, and boulevard Ibn Sina/Rue Dehb or Alhob(meaning "The Street of Gold and or street of love"), which is lined with many of the most popular cafes

neg: Popular Alm 27.9, 28.6 and 29.6 he ran in mile 1.53.2. It was the fastest mile in Australia or New Zealand and by an Australian or New Zealand bred pacer anywhere in the world. Popular Alm also broke the world record held by Storm Damage for the fastest mile on a five eighths mile (1000m) track. By breaking the previous Australian mile record by 1.7 seconds, he reduced the record by more than any horse since Walla Walla in 1933. For the season he raced 22 times for 18 wins 1 second and 1 third and was named Australian Harness Horse of

neg: Ford Modular engine and broke the McLaren F1's world record for fastest production car. The accomplishment was recognized by Guinness World Records in 2005, who gave the Koenigsegg CCR the official title of World's Fastest Production Car. The Koenigsegg record was broken several months later by the Bugatti Veyron. This engine is the basis for Koenigsegg's twin-supercharged flexible fuel V8 seen in the CCX. 1/8 Mile On March 11, 2018, MMR (Modular Motorsports Racing) using a modified Coyote engine which produced over set the world record for the fastest Modular & Coyote engine ever in the with 3.83 seconds at beating the previous

neg: Pete Kostelnick Pete Kostelnick Pete Kostelnick (born September 12, 1987) is an American Ultramarathon runner most well known for his world record for fastest coast-to-coast crossing of the United States by foot, in 42 days, six hours and 30 minutes. In addition he is a two time Badwater Ultramarathon champion, current Badwater course record holder, and the 5th fastest North American, all-time, at the 24-hour run, covering 163.5 miles (an average pace of 8:48 per mile). On September 12, 2016, he set out to break the record for the United States coast-to-coast (3,100 mile) run, starting in San Francisco City Hall ending

neg: Ralph Hanover In addition to his 1983 Triple Crown wins, Ralph Hanover won seventeen additional pacing events including the very important Adios and Meadowlands Pace in the United States and the Prix d'Été in Canada at Blue Bonnets Raceway in which Ralph Hanover set a new world record for the fastest mile by a three-year-old on a five-eighths mile track with a time of 1:54 flat. He set a second world record time for three-year-old pacers on a half-mile track when he was clocked in 1:55 3/5. Ralph Hanover set yet another world record for earnings by a Standardbred horse in a

neg: Mike Boit in 1979. In Sebastian Coe's record breaking Summer of 81 Boit could often be seen lurking at Coe's shoulder in 1500 metre and mile races, pushing him all the way to the line as the records tumbled. In 1983 Boit ran a downhill mile in 3:28.36, the then fastest mile in history. This did not count as the world record because of the course's downhill grade. Boit ended his athletic career in 1990 breaking the Masters Division Indoor World Record for the mile in Meadowlands, New Jersey. <br> Mike Boit Michael Kipsubut Boit (born 6 January 1949) is a Kenyan

neg: Bret Hanover the fastest race mile in history but Adios Vic beat Bret Hanover in the second heat in 1.56.3 to force a race-off. Adios Vic then won the race-off inflicting defeat on Bret Hanover who had previously lost a single dash at Springfield but had not lost a race. In September Bret Hanover won the Little Brown Jug setting a world record in the first heat despite rain delaying the start of the race. His time for the two heats was 1.57 and 1.57 2/5 which was also a two heat world record for a race on a half mile track.

neg: Marshall Taylor the one-mile and two-mile distances at Montreal and the LAW Championship, which he won on points, Taylor's victories in 1899 included twenty-two first-place finishes in major championship races around the U.S. Taylor's record-setting times were impossible to dismiss. No other rider had matched the "range and variety" of his winning performances, which made him an international celebrity. In 1899, Taylor made several unsuccessful attempts to recapture his world record for a one-mile paced distance in two "strenuous record-breaking campaigns," before he finally achieved the new world record of 1:19 in November to regain the title of "the fastest man in

neg: Krissy Moehl Krissy Moehl Kristin "Krissy" Moehl (born October 27, 1977) is an American ultramarathon athlete who specializes in trail running. In 2005, Moehl became the youngest woman to complete the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning, which included a gold medal at the Vermont 100 Mile Endurance Run. Moehl set the women's record for the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run in 2007. She holds the women's record for the fastest known run of the 170-mile Tahoe Rim Trail, completing the course in 47 hours 27 minutes. Moehl has raced in more than 100 ultramarathons and has won several, including the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc

neg: Meadowlands Racetrack With its sweeping curves and wide stretches, the "Big M" has been known for exceptional times for harness racing. Opening night at the track featured the fastest harness mile run in New Jersey to that time, 1:55 by Rambling Willie. The world record for a mile by a standardbred, 1:46 by Holborn Hanover, in rein to George Brennan, was established at the track on August 5, 2006 in a division of the U.S. Pacing Championship (it has since been lowered at The Red Mile in Lexington, KY to 1:46 by Always B Miki in 2016). The Meadowlands Racetrack has been

neg: Windsurfing in the heats and the overall event winner is the sailor with the best point score (again not necessarily the fastest sailor). Likewise points are given for places in the events and at the last event a World Speedsurfing Champion is crowned. On record attempts controlled by the World Speed Sailing Record Council (WSSRC) competitors complete timed runs on a 500m or 1 nautical mile (1,852m) course. The current 500m record (for Windsurfers) is held by French windsurfer Antoine Albeau. The women's 500m Record is held By Zara Davis, from England, also in Luderitz. The Men's nautical mile record is

neg: Miracle Mile Pace of 1:50.3 (Smoken Up has subsequently lowered that record to 1:48.5 in the Len Smith Mile, also at Menangle). The fastest ‘miles’ at Harold Park were 1:55.6 by Westburn Grant in 1990, 1:56.1 by Master Mood and 1:56.2 by Chokin. When the race distance became 1760 metres the fastest mile rates were 1:54.2 by Iraklis and 1:54.4 by Christian Cullen. The Miracle Mile proved elusive to legendary reinsman Brian Hancock who trained one winner in Our Sir Vancelot but due to suspension was unable to drive the three-times Inter Dominion champion on the night of his win in 1997. As

neg: Easy Goer winner of the Kelso Handicap and Saranac Handicap. He ran within one to two lengths of the leaders throughout the race, who were running a very rapid pace of 44 1/5 and 1:08 3/5, before running past them and widening away. He won handily and his winning time of 1:32 2/5 for the mile set a new track record, a second faster than Secretariat's stakes record, the fastest mile on a dirt surface by any three-year-old Thoroughbred in history, and a fifth of a second off Dr. Fager's world record. Easy Goer's unofficial gallop-out time of 1:45 4/5 for 1

neg: Bisi Ezerioha American Honda and Hyundai Motor America, Ezerioha's range of supporting sponsors include, but are not limited to: 2016: One event win 2015: Three event wins, World's quickest n/a FWD Unibody 1/8th mile time at 5.87 seconds 2014: One event win; World's fastest Hyundai run at 178 mph; World’s fastest 1976 Porsche 930 at 156pmh 2013: Two event wins, Unibody FWD naturally aspirated world record with 9.20 at 152 mph 2011: Two event wins 2010: One event win 2009: Five event wins; Set the world record of the first naturally aspirated FWD to run 150 mph in a quarter mile; Broke

neg: Michal Kapral joggling run without a drop at the Longboat Toronto Island Run in September 2006. In 2014, Kapral set the world record for fastest joggling half-marathon at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, with a time of 1:20:40, dropping just one ball. At the 2015 New York City Marathon, organizers prevented Kapral from joggling by deeming beanbags a prohibited item for security reasons. In August 2016, Kapral ran a beer mile (drinking four beers while running a mile) while also juggling, completing the task in eight minutes and 49 seconds. The world record for running the beer mile (without juggling) is held by

neg: Shadow Play (horse) Coors Delvin Miller Adios. With leading Grand Circuit driver David Miller in control, Shadow Play eased off the gate before making his move. Clearing just before the half, he opened up by 2 lengths on the field and maintained that advantage as he powered home in a world record for 3-year-old colt & gelding pacers on a 5/8-mile track, 1:48-2/5. This mile was 2/5-seconds from the all-aged world record and tied the 2nd-fastest mile on a 5/8th-mile track ever. He returned 8 days later to capture the $350,000 final of the Adios with a time of 1:50-4/5. On 9 September

neg: Josh Cox American Record by three and a half minutes, running the second fastest time in history, and missing the world record by 7 seconds. In 2009 and 2011, Cox’s 50k time was the fastest in the world. Cox set a course record at the 1997 Mountain Masochist 50-mile trail run in Virginia at the age of 22; at 23, he ran his first marathon (2:19), making him the youngest qualifier for the 2000 Olympic Marathon Trials. In his 4th Olympic Marathon Trials in 2012 Cox finished in 14th place with a time of 2:13:50, a new personal best by one second.

neg: Tom O'Hara Tom O'Hara Tom O'Hara (born 27 May 1942) is a former middle distance runner from the United States. He was the first native of the state of Illinois to break the four-minute barrier for the mile run when he ran 3:59.4 in 1963. He also held the world record for fastest mile in indoor track, which was set when he ran 3:56.6 on February 13, 1964. He beat that record on March 6 of the same year with a time of 3:56.4, a world record that stood for fourteen years. At St. Ignatius College Prep High School, in Chicago, Illinois,

neg: Ford Modular engine Motorsports Racing) set the world record for the fastest 1/4 mile Modular & Coyote engine ever with a 5.80 second pass at using its Coyote based engine which featured Factory cylinder head castings, valves, lifters and Followers sitting atop a Billet reproduction of the factory architecture Coyote cylinder block. Making this feat more impressive was its lack of Turbo intercooler.The elapsed time and mph record was recorded and backed up at Las Vegas Motorsports Speedway Dragstrip during qualifying at a PSCA Sanctioned event giving it the official title of Fastest Ford "Door Slammer" in the world. On November 22, 2015,

neg: Peter Snell Commonwealth Games in Perth in 1962, and won gold for the mile at those same games. In all, Snell set five individual world records and joined with fellow New Zealand athletes to set a new four by one mile relay record as well. Snell's former world records of 1 minute 44.3 seconds for 800 m, set on 3 February 1962, and 2 minutes 16.6 seconds for 1000 m set on 12 November 1964, remain the New Zealand national records for these distances. His 800 m record remains the fastest ever run over that distance on a grass track, and is

neg: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres all heats. The fastest four runners in each of the two semifinals and the fastest remaining runner qualified for the final. World and Olympic record holder, Herb Elliott was not back to defend his title, having retired from the sport at 24 years of age. 1960 800 metre champion Peter Snell entered the Olympics with the intent of duplicating his feat, doubling over similar distances at the previous 1962 Commonwealth Games. He had already lowered Elliott's mile world record by a tick two years earlier. Snell had already successfully defended his 800 metre title. As had been his typical strategy,

neg: 1990 Indianapolis 500 Fittipaldi was disappointed about not repeating his victory after dominating the race. "“I’m very disappointed,”" Fittipaldi said. "“It was a shame. Everything was under control. The car, she was flying. It’s the third time I’ve been leading and something happened. It seems that for my wins here, I have to be striving and then I can win.”" The record average speed of marked the fastest 500 in Indy history, and the fastest 500-mile Indy car race to date. The 500-mile speed record would later be broken at the 1990 Michigan 500. The record for fastest Indy 500 would stand until

neg: Pan-American Highway Bolivian Special. In 2003, Kevin Sanders, a long-distance rider, broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest traversal of the highway by motorcycle in 34 days. In 2018, a British cyclist named Dean Stott who had planned on riding the length of the Americas in 110 days to set a new Guinness World Record ended up completing the 14,000-mile journey in just under 100 days after learning that he and his wife had been invited to the royal wedding, revealing that he would have missed the event had he stuck to his original schedule. YouTuber Ben Jamin (and later with

neg: Drew Brads Drew Brads Drew Brads (born August 12, 1999) is an American Rubik's cube speedsolver who has set six of the last eight world records for fastest average of five Pyraminx solves (excluding fastest and slowest). Brads formerly held the world record single Pyraminx solve with his 1.32 second solve on 24 October 2015 at Lexington Fall 2015. Both the single and average record are now held by Tymon Kolasiński of Poland. Brads also held the North American record 3x3x3 solve, 4.76 seconds, set on 4 March 2017 at Bluegrass Spring 2017. This places him 0.54 seconds behind the world record

neg: Barry Magee medals over 5000 m and 800 m within one hour. Magee's bronze in the marathon confirmed Lydiard's training methods. He went on to win many major international races, including the 1960 Fukuoka Marathon. But Magee was much more than a marathon runner; he also ran the world's third fastest time over 3 miles and fifth fastest 5000 m at that time. He also recorded the world's fastest 10,000 m and 2nd fastest 5000 m for 1961 and was part of New Zealand's 4 × 1 mile world record breaking relay team in 1961. Magee always attributed his success to Lydiard,

neg: Kenelm Lee Guinness invented the first hydro-pulsator for the treatment of gums by water-jet massage. After the First World War, Louis Coatalen built the Sunbeam 350HP, which was powered by a V12 Manitou engine. On 17 May 1922, Guinness used the car to set new Land Speed Records at Brooklands: the Brooklands lap record at 121.54 mph, then the flying-start land speed records over a half-mile, kilometre, mile and two miles. The fastest record being 136.05 mph for the half-mile. These were the last land speed records to be set on a racetrack rather than a beach or salt flat. The car was

neg: Frank Clement (athlete) also won the 1973 World Student Games (Universiade) 1500m in a time of 3:42.32 defeating the top American runner Tony Waldrop. Clement was a UK 1,500 metres and mile record holder in the 1970s and won the Emsley Carr Mile in 1973 and again in 1974. Clement also won the AAA 1,500 metres title in 1972. Clement improved the British record for 1,500 metres in 1974 to 3:37.4. He set British mile records of 3:54.95 in 1975 and 3:54.2 in 1978. Clement recorded his fastest time for 1,500 of 3:35.66 in 1978. His other personal bests included: 800 metres –

neg: Stu Mittleman Stu Mittleman Stu Mittleman is an ultradistance running champion, as well as a fitness/running coach and author. Mittleman set three consecutive American 100-Mile Road Race records in the US National Championships 1980–1982. His fastest 100-Mile Run was 12 hours 56 min . In 1986, he won the 1,000 Mile World Championship and set a new world record by running the distance (1 609.344 kilometers) in 11 days, 20 hours, 36 min. 50 sec. Mittleman set three consecutive American Records in the 6 Day Race, the final one being set in 1985 at the University of Colorado Field House. One record,

neg: Scott Anderson (athlete) minutes as a non-professional Ivy League athlete. He ran his fastest college-competition mile for Princeton in a time of 3:59.80 (min:sec) on July 14, 1998. On January 9, 1999, Anderson ran the indoor mile at the 1999 New Balance Games at New York. On December 31, 1999, he ran the Millennium Mile road race in a course-record time of 3:51. He ran his fastest track mile on August 8, 2000 at a time of 3:59.76. On January 20, 2001, Anderson helped push current American Record holder in the mile, Alan Webb, to the first ever North American High School sub-4

neg: Adam Goucher He finished only 8 seconds behind the winner, world-renowned Ethiopian champion Kenenisa Bekele, the 5k and 10k world record holder. At the 2006 Prefontaine Classic, Goucher finished third in the 2 mile with a time of 8:12.7, the third fastest 2 mile ever run by an American. Goucher's performance at the World Cross Country meet and his 2 mile at the Prefontaine Classic were the highlights of a year that also saw him dipping under 28 minutes for the 10,000 meters with a 27:59.41 at the Van Damme Memorial Meet in Brussels, Belgium. In 2008, he attended the US Olympic

neg: Niatross two-year-old record for either the Standardbred or Thoroughbred breed. In 1980, Niatross won The Meadowlands Pace, which was the first million dollar race in either standardbred or thoroughbred racing history. He also won the Triple Crown. In a time trial at The Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky he beat the world record by three seconds, setting a mark of 1:49.1. In addition to his time trial he paced the fastest race miles on one mile (1.52.1) and half mile (1.54.4) tracks. The 1980 season brought Niatross 24 wins from 26 starts. Early in the 1980 season Niatross won the Cane

neg: Ohio State University Women's Glee Club was honored to sing for the Ohio Choral Directors Association annual conference in June 2010. Ohio State's "Buckeye Bullet" electric car broke the world record for the fastest speed by an electric vehicle on October 3, 2004, with a speed of 271.737 mph (437.3 km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The vehicle also holds the U.S. record for fastest electric vehicle with a speed of 314.958 mph (506.9 km/h), and peak timed mile speed of 321.834 mph (517.9 km/h). A team of engineering students from the university's "Center for Automotive Research-Intelligent Transportation" (CAR-IT) designed, built

neg: Victory Song (horse) was elected to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame. Victory Song (horse) Victory Song (1944–1963) was a trotting horse who was bought as a yearling by Castleton Farm of Lexington, Kentucky. In 1947, he became the first Standardbred to be elected United States Harness Horse of the Year. In that year he ran the fastest mile in either standardbred gait setting a new race record of 1:57.3 for trotting the mile. Retired to stud, Victory Song was an immediate success siring two world champions from his first crop of foals in 1950. Victory Song died in 1963. He was buried

neg: Victory Song (horse) Victory Song (horse) Victory Song (1944–1963) was a trotting horse who was bought as a yearling by Castleton Farm of Lexington, Kentucky. In 1947, he became the first Standardbred to be elected United States Harness Horse of the Year. In that year he ran the fastest mile in either standardbred gait setting a new race record of 1:57.3 for trotting the mile. Retired to stud, Victory Song was an immediate success siring two world champions from his first crop of foals in 1950. Victory Song died in 1963. He was buried at the Castleton Farm horse cemetery. In 1966 he

neg: Sebastian Coe British 4 × 400 m relay team with the fastest split of the quartet, 45.5. He remained undefeated at all distances that year, was voted "athlete of the year" by "Athletics Weekly" and "Track and Field News" and was ranked number one in the world at 800m and 1500m: no other athlete since has ranked number one at these distances in the same year. In 1980 Coe broke Rick Wohlhuter's world record for 1,000-metres with a time of 2:13.40 and held all four middle distance world records simultaneously, the 800m, 1000m, 1500m and the mile, for one hour until Ovett

neg: Ford Modular engine mile record and also making it the first in the 3.8 second zone and first to break the 200mph mark in the 1/8 mile. Making this feat more impressive was its lack of Turbo intercooler. The elapsed time and mph record was recorded at Bradenton Motorsports Park, Bradenton FL during an NMCA Sanctioned Event. The accomplishment was recognized by sanctioning bodies such as the NMCA (National Muscle car Association) and NMRA (National Mustang Racers Association) giving it the official title of the Fastest Mile Modular / Coyote Powered vehicle in the World. 1/4 Mile On November 18, 2017, MMR (Modular

neg: Camille Herron National Championship Record. On September 12, 2015, she won the IAU World Championship 100k in Winschoten, setting a personal record of 7:08:35, the fourth-fastest time ever recorded at that distance by a woman. Facing a strong headwind and rain, she bested the 50 Mile World Best held by Ann Trason (5:40:18), by winning the Fall 50/US 50 Mile Road Championship in a time of 5:38:41. She finished off 2015 by winning her second World title at the 1st IAU 50K World Championship in Doha, Qatar- running in the heat and wind, she ran 3:20:58 to capture the gold by over

neg: Pete Kostelnick Pete wore two GPS watches—in case one failed—and his team gathered witness signatures, took videos and photos, and assembled media reports daily. Pete Kostelnick Pete Kostelnick (born September 12, 1987) is an American Ultramarathon runner most well known for his world record for fastest coast-to-coast crossing of the United States by foot, in 42 days, six hours and 30 minutes. In addition he is a two time Badwater Ultramarathon champion, current Badwater course record holder, and the 5th fastest North American, all-time, at the 24-hour run, covering 163.5 miles (an average pace of 8:48 per mile). On September 12, 2016,

neg: Nihilator won the second heat and was scratched from the race-off. Nihilator had bettered his Meadowlands Pace winning time when he won a race in 1:49 3/5 at The Meadowlands setting world record for the fastest race ever with quarter mile splits of 26 2/5, 53 4/5 and 1:21 2/5 before attempting to break the world record of 1:49 1/5 set by his sire Niatross in a time trial in 1980. In his time trial at Springfield he slowed running into a head wind in the last quarter mile running a time of 1:50 4/5. Nihilator started in the 1985 Little

neg: Speed sailing kitesurfing was originally set in Walvis Bay, Namibia in 2005 by Dirk Hanel (GER) at 35.44 kn, and broken again in 2006 by Rob Munro (GB) at Walvis Bay, 35.65 kn. Munro remains the current world speedsailing record holder for kitesurfing over the nautical mile. Aurelia Herpin (FRA) holds the women's record of 29.83 kn. The records for the longest distance sailed within 24 hours are also recorded by the WSSRC. There are different categories: The class VO70 has proven itself to be the fastest distance monohull sailboat class ever built. Today all major distance monohull records are established by

neg: Édouard Chambon before he broke the World Record for the fastest solve at the Belgian Open in 2007. Chambon broke the world record in the first round with a 10.36 seconds solve. However, he was then beaten by Thibaut Jacquinot in the final. In 2008, he regained his world record with a time of 9.18 seconds. His record was broken again by Yu Nakajima, who set an average of 11.28 seconds and a best time of 8.72 on May 4, 2008 at Kawashi Open 2008. Édouard Chambon Édouard Chambon (Valence), is a French software engineer who was world record holder for fastest

neg: Thomas Conneff His amateur mile record would stand until 1911. Thomas Conneff Thomas Conneff (ca. 1866–1910) was an amateur Irish runner who held the amateur record for the fastest mile (4:15) from 1895 to 1911. Thomas "Tommy" Conneff was born in Kilmurray, Clane Co. Kildare on the 10th of December 1867 to James and Marcella (nee Rourke) Conneff. He emigrated to the United States in 1888 and generally specialized in longer distances, winning the national 10-mile championship four years in a row starting in 1888. He also ran the mile and won national titles in 1888 and 1891, but did not truly

neg: Harness racing in Australia champion and the $50,162 he earned that season was a new Australian record for a horse of his age. Popular Alm (1976-2000) was one of the fastest pacers Australia has produced, running exceptional times over many distances. Popular Alm set a world record for a mile time trial at Moonee Valley on 13 May 1983, running 1:53.2. He raced 62 times over seven seasons for 49 wins, seven seconds and three thirds for stake earnings of $710,883 Gammalite won 16 Group one races and became the first Australian bred Standardbred horse to win a million dollars in 1983. He was

neg: Eliud Kipchoge or 4:38/mile. The second half of the race in 60:34 is faster than all but three American half-marathon times (the last 10k was covered in 28:33.). It was the most evenly paced marathon ever run, with the fastest 5k Intervall covered in 14:18 and the slowest in 14:37, a difference of 19 seconds. His split times during his world record were as follows: Eliud Kipchoge Eliud Kipchoge (born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes the marathon and formerly 5000 metres race. He won the Olympic marathon in 2016 and is the current marathon world record holder

neg: Hicham El Guerrouj 3:43.40. This was the first time in over 40 years that two men had bettered the mile world record in the same race. Later that season he set a new world record over 2000 m in Berlin at 4:44.79, bettering the previous mark set by Morceli by more than three seconds. He also ran the second fastest 3000 m ever in Brussels. At the Sydney Olympics, El Guerrouj was favourite to take gold but finished second in the 1500 metres, behind Noah Ngeny, a talented Kenyan runner at the peak of his career who had run as El Guerrouj's pacemaker

neg: Drew Brads graduated from Legacy Christian Academy in 2018, a private Academy in Xenia, Ohio. Drew Brads Drew Brads (born August 12, 1999) is an American Rubik's cube speedsolver who has set six of the last eight world records for fastest average of five Pyraminx solves (excluding fastest and slowest). Brads formerly held the world record single Pyraminx solve with his 1.32 second solve on 24 October 2015 at Lexington Fall 2015. Both the single and average record are now held by Tymon Kolasiński of Poland. Brads also held the North American record 3x3x3 solve, 4.76 seconds, set on 4 March 2017

neg: Steve Cram 51.2 & 51.7. He broke three world records (1500 m, Mile, 2000 m) within a 19-day span, and recorded a British All Comers Record over the 1000 m, running 2:12.88 in windy conditions at Gateshead (the second fastest 1000 m in history at the time behind Coe's 2:12.18). He was the first man to run under 3:30.00 for the 1500 m, just beating Saïd Aouita in Nice (running 3:29.67 to Aouita's 3:29.71). His mile time of 3:46.32, recorded at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo, stood for eight years and, , is still the European record. This run was notable for

neg: Altra Running rate. The sensors in the shoe are powered by button cell batteries which can be replaced after an estimated 80 – 100 hours of use. Altra Footwear is the official footwear sponsor of the Western States Endurance Run, held each year in Squaw Valley, California and the Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run. which starts and ends in Silverton, Colorado. In December 2016, Altra sponsored an event to break the world record for the fastest on a treadmill. Jacob Puzey beat the previous record by more than an hour, running the fifty mile distance in four hours, fifty-seven minutes, and forty-five

neg: Ford Modular engine John Mihovetz and Accufab Racing set the record for a 4.6L Engine with a 5.88 second pass at (3.91 seconds at mile) . This elapsed time and speed record was recorded during qualifying at Las Vegas Motorsports Speedway Dragstrip. The accomplishment was recognized by sanctioning body PSCA (Pacific Street Car Association) and backed up on its previous attempt as outlined by NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) guidelines giving it the official title of Fastest 4.6 modular in the world. On November 22, 2015, MMR (Modular Motorsports Racing) set the World record for a 5.8L Modular Engine with a time of

neg: Tirunesh Dibaba BUPA Great North Run, a Gold Label Road Race in northern England. She had one of the fastest ever half marathon debuts while winning in a time of 1:07:35. She defeated the marathon gold medalists from the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2011 World Championships, Tiki Gelana and Edna Kiplagat, respectively, even though both ran personal bests. Dibaba closed her year on 18 November with a win at the ABN-AMRO Zevenheuvelenloop in Nijmegen, Netherlands, setting the fastest time that season for the 15 kilometre distance. In February, Dibaba hoped to break the indoor 2 mile world record at the New

neg: Stu Mittleman which still stands: 577.75 miles in 6 days. In December 2008, Mittleman became the sixth American – the third American male – to be inducted into the American Ultrarunning Hall of Fame. Stu Mittleman Stu Mittleman is an ultradistance running champion, as well as a fitness/running coach and author. Mittleman set three consecutive American 100-Mile Road Race records in the US National Championships 1980–1982. His fastest 100-Mile Run was 12 hours 56 min . In 1986, he won the 1,000 Mile World Championship and set a new world record by running the distance (1 609.344 kilometers) in 11 days, 20

neg: Charlie Grice In 2012 he broke Steve Ovett's British junior mile record, running 3:57.90 at the London Grand Prix in Crystal Palace as part of the Diamond League. In doing this at the age of 18, he became one of less than 75 athletes who had achieved a sub-four minute mile clocking by the age of 18. Also that year, he was knocked out in the heats of the 1500 metres at the World Junior Championships after finishing one place outside the automatic qualification places in a slow race, preventing him from securing a 'fastest loser' place. He made his international breakthrough

neg: Elitloppet world record time of 1:10.4 in the elimination and then bested that mark by winning the final in 1:10.2 – the fastest mile ever trotted around three turns. The fastest winning time in a final is 1:09.0, run by the French Timoko in 2017. Elitloppet is part of the European Grand Circuit. The first Elitloppet was run in 1952 under the name of "Solvallas Jubileumslopp" (approximately "Solvalla's Jubilee Race"). Winner the opening year was the German horse Permit. The following year, the event changed name to Elitloppet. In Elitloppet 2006, French star trotter Jag de Bellouet won in a record

neg: Mossman, Queensland the Mossman Sharks rugby league club, Coral Coast Judo Club, Douglas United Dragons Football (Soccer) Club, A Basketball League run out of the high school Indoor Sport Centre, and the Port Douglas Crocs AFL club, Mossman Gymnastics, Port Douglas and Mossman Rugby Union club, Lady Dragons Indigenous Rugby League Football Club and much, much more. A young 9 year old Jermaine Ryan broke the world record for the fastest 9 year old 100m track and field in 2016. Jove Thompson an 11-year who has broken the world record for catching the worlds biggest jungle perch and also the fastest time

neg: Jack Halpern (linguist) Japanese, Korean, Arabic, and other languages. With CJKI, Halpern has published various lexicographical tools for language learners including the Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary and the New Japanese-English Character Dictionary. CJKI has also produced a large number of technical dictionaries covering such topics as mechanical engineering, economics, and medicine. Aside from dictionary compilation, CJKI maintains and licenses large-scale lexical databases covering a total of approximately 24 million entries in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Arabic. Halpern is an avid unicyclist. In addition to being a former Guinness world record holder for fastest 100 mile run on a unicycle, he has played a

neg: The Texas Mile Texas Mile record is held by M2K Motorsports' 2006 Ford GT, driven by Patrick O'Gorman, clocking in at 293.6 MPH. The record-setting speed was achieved during the March 2017 Texas Mile event. An important milestone for electric vehicles was reached at the Texas Mile when Mitch Medford drove his 800 horsepower 1968 Mustang fastback, the Zombie 222, to an electric vehicle speed record of 178 mph in March of 2015. As of October 2016, the Zombie 222 also holds the record as the world's fastest-accelerating (modified) road car with a 0-60 mph time of 1.79 seconds. The Texas Mile The

neg: Highland Fling (horse) 1 ½ mile race but he was unplaced in the final won by Emulous. In 1948-49 Highland Fling won the New Zealand Trotting Cup for a second time passing Gloaming as the leading stakeswinner in New Zealand for either the thoroughbred or Standardbred breed. His winning time in the Cup of 4:10 3/5 was the fastest two mile time in the world and he overcame a 60 yards handicap to win. He then raced two separate miles against the clock at Addington. In the first he paced the mile in 1:59 2/5 equalling the Australasian record of Lawn Derby set

neg: Mary Etta Boitano Marathon world record progression for women at that time, had she run that time only three years earlier, it would have been the world record. From ages 6 to 13 she logged in well over 40 marathons with the 3:01:15 being her personal best. She was on the cover of "Runners World" April 1974. At the age of 11 she began a string of three straight victories in the famous Bay to Breakers race. She is the youngest winner in the history of the race. She also set the fastest women's finishing time at 43:22 for the 7.86 mile course,

neg: 800 metres at the Olympics 800 meters is one of four individual events documented exclusively by Olympic documentary filmmaker Bud Greenspan. The Olympic records are held by David Rudisha, who ran a world record of 1:40.91 minutes in 2012, and Nadezhda Olizarenko, who ran a former world record of 1:53.43 minutes in 1980. Olizarenko's mark is the joint longest-standing women's Olympic record (technically set three days after Ilona Slupianek's shot put record) and the joint second-longest after the men's long jump record by Bob Beamon. Her time remains the second fastest ever for the event. The 800 metres world record has been broken or tied

neg: Henry Rono the collegiate record. His 10,000 meters world record remained the fastest 10,000 meters time ever run by an NCAA athlete until Sam Chelanga ran 27:08 in 2010 at the Payton Jordan invitational. After turning 55 in February 2007, it was reported that Rono would attempt to break the world masters mile record for the 55–59 age group. 2007 was also the year Rono's autobiography, "Olympic Dream", was published. Rono currently coaches high school athletics in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is pursuing a graduate degree in special education. He is also co-owner of Turbo Health Care Services Inc and Rhinow Corp.

neg: PangaeaPanga PangaeaPanga Alex Tan (born 1995), better known under the screen name PangaeaPanga and formerly Penangbenny, is an American ROM hacker and tool-assisted speedrunner. He created what are known as the most difficult "Super Mario" fan levels, various ROM hacks such as "Item Abuse 3" and "Super Dram World", and has also played through "Super Mario World" blindfolded. Tan is from Rocky Hill, Connecticut, and is a graduate of Rocky Hill High School, where he holds the school record for the 800-meter and 1,000-meter run. His fastest mile run is 4:23.13. He is a student at the University of Connecticut School

neg: Banks Sidewinder First 50 Years" temporary exhibit. Banks Sidewinder The Banks Sidewinder is a land speed record vehicle that was built by Gale Banks Engineering in 2001. Based on a Dodge Dakota pickup truck, the Banks Sidewinder became the fastest pickup ever when it set a speed record of at Bonneville in October 2001. One of the fastest roadgoing vehicles, the Gale Banks Built Dodge Dakota has broken many speed and quarter mile records and is used as the shop truck for Gale Banks own company. In 2002, a 5.9 L Cummins diesel-powered pickup, modified by Gale Banks and his company Gale

neg: Ashrita Furman cue balancing), Stonehenge (standing on a Swiss ball), the Eiffel Tower (most sit ups in an hour), the Great Wall of China (hopping on a kangaroo ball), Borobudur (Fastest time to run a mile while balancing a milk bottle on the head) and Angkor Wat (jumping rope on a pogo stick). While in China, Furman broke the record for running 8 km (4.97 mi) on stilts in the fastest time (39 min. 56 sec.), a record which had stood since 1982. Furman has also been a pioneer in setting records in several new activities including landrowing. Using a converted indoor

neg: Niatross Jug Niatross recorded wins in straight heats of 1.55 and 1.54.4 setting six world records before a record Jug crowd of 45,621. He then won the Messenger Stakes to complete the Triple Crown. A December appearance at Pompano Park, his last career race, brought a crowd of more than 23,000. Until 1980 the fastest mile recorded in harness racing was 1.52.0 by Steady Star. On October 1, 1980 Niatross time trialled at The Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky with a previous best of 1.52.4 recorded at Syracuse earlier in the year. At The Red Mile Niatross reached the quarter mile

neg: Bolt The Duer Triple Crown run that year at Yonkers Raceway. Driven by former Canadian driving champion Mark MacDonald, Bolt The Duer's winning time of 1:51 2/5 for the mile was the fastest time for the Messenger Stakes when held at that racetrack. On July 28, 2012 at The Meadows Racetrack three-year-old Bolt The Duer won the Adios Pace with Mark MacDonald driving. His winning time of 1:47 4/5 was a new world record for one mile on a 5/8 mile oval. At age four, in the Ben Franklin Consolation at Pocono Downs, Bolt The Duer posted another win in 1:47 4/5 to

neg: Kevin Munro South Australia, Munro became known as the fastest man in a wheelchair after he defeated defending champion Paralympian Bruno Moretti in the A Grade 50 yard (metre) dash, and the A Grade 110 yard (metre) Championships, with a time of 23 seconds. At the Australian Paraplegic Games, held in Perth in 1968, he set a new world record for the half-mile wheelchair race with a time of 3 minutes 59 seconds. At eighteen years of age, he won a gold medal and set a world record for the 100 metre wheelchair sprint (21.7 seconds), at the 1968 Tel Aviv Games.

neg: Eamonn Coghlan was the fastest mile ever run in the United States until 10 June 2007, when Daniel Kipchirchir Komen ran 3:48.28 outdoors in Eugene, Oregon. It remains one of only four sub-3:50 miles run on American soil. By and large, Coghlan was more successful at indoor running notwithstanding a later world title in 1983 over 5,000 meters. Coghlan also set the record for the indoor 2,000 meter run at 4:54.07 in 1987, which stood until Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia ran 4:52.86 in 1998 (which was broken in 2007 when Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia ran 4:49.99). Coghlan won the world-famous Wanamaker Mile

neg: Jenny Simpson On September 3, Simpson placed 1st in a time of 4:18.3 at the New York Road Runners Fifth Avenue Mile in New York City. Simpson ran a 4:19.98 mile, finishing 5th at the London Anniversary Games on July 9, 2017, behind Hellen Obiri and Laura Muir, Winny Chebet and Angelika Cichocka, setting a personal record, and second fastest time ever for an American woman. She won her second silver medal in the World Championships 1500m event on August 7, 2017, at the 2017 World Championships, finishing in 4:02.76, less than 0.2 seconds behind Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon. Simpson capped her 2017

neg: Nissan GT-R their official Facebook page. In June 2013, Omega set multiple world records at the WannaGoFast 1/2 Mile Shootout at Built Field Airport in Monee, Illinois which included: 214.04 mph in a standing 1/2 mile; 60–130 mph in 3 seconds; 0–100 mph in 4.4 seconds; 0–200 mph in 11.87 seconds. In July 2013, AMS regained their world record (previously held by John Shepherd's AMS/Switzer GT-R for a brief time) when Omega ran 8.259 at 185.18 mph. A few days later, OMEGA broke into the 7s when it ran a 7.98 at 186.14 mph, currently making it the quickest and fastest GT-R

neg: John Keston US championship, and was more than a minute faster the previous indoor record set by American Henry Sypniewski, who ran the mile in 7:51:9 at age 81 in June 2000, it was not ratified as an American record (see American records). The M80 world mile record has subsequently been improved by the Spanish runner Manuel Alonso Domingo, who ran 6:22.69 in 2017 (see List of world records in masters athletics). On 14 May 2005, Keston ran the mile in 6:48:2 in the Fountain of Youth Masters Mile at Canby High School, Canby, Oregon, but this was also not ratified as

neg: José Luis González (runner) José Luis González (runner) José Luis González Sánchez (born 8 December 1957 in Villaluenga de la Sagra, Toledo) was one of the world's fastest 1500 metres runners of the 1980s. In a legendary race in Nice 1985, Gonzalez came third behind Steve Cram and Saïd Aouita, who became the first man to run the distance below 3.30 minutes. Gonzalez set a Spanish record of 3:30.92 minutes and a few weeks later also ran a new record over one mile in 3:47.79 min. In 1987, Gonzalez won a silver medal at the World Championships in Rome when he finished behind Abdi

neg: José Luis González (runner) Bile. He won World Indoor Championships silver medals in 1985 and 1988. José Luis González (runner) José Luis González Sánchez (born 8 December 1957 in Villaluenga de la Sagra, Toledo) was one of the world's fastest 1500 metres runners of the 1980s. In a legendary race in Nice 1985, Gonzalez came third behind Steve Cram and Saïd Aouita, who became the first man to run the distance below 3.30 minutes. Gonzalez set a Spanish record of 3:30.92 minutes and a few weeks later also ran a new record over one mile in 3:47.79 min. In 1987, Gonzalez won a silver

neg: Joaquim Cruz for the second year in a row. He also ran the world's 3rd fastest 1,000 meter time for 1985, a 2:15.11. In the following two years he struggled with injuries and raced little, though he did manage to win the gold medal in the 1,500 meters at the 1987 Pan American Games, defeating both Jim Spivey (who within the next month would win a bronze medal at the World Championships) and American mile record holder Steve Scott. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, Cruz appeared to be on his way to retain his Olympic 800 m title when he was passed

neg: Artsplace Report, among many others. He was the leading sire in North America six times. Many of Artsplace's sons and daughters have gone on to sire champions themselves, including most recently Art Major, who sired 2008 Meadowlands Pace champion Art Official, winner of the 2008 Pace in 1:47 which was, at the time, a world record time for 3 year old pacers and the second fastest race mile in harness racing history. Artsplace was euthanized at the age of 18 in 2006 due to complications of laminitis, which he had been suffering with for some time. Artsplace Artsplace (1988–2006) was a

neg: Card throwing has turned a harmless playing card into a deadly projectile. The current world record for farthest card thrown is held by Rick Smith, Jr. who threw a card 65.96 meters (216 feet, 4 inches) on December 2, 2002. This is also the current record for the fastest throw, clocked at 148 kilometers per hour (91.96 mph). Previous world record holders are Ricky Jay and Jim Karol. The current record for the highest throw is held by Rick Smith Jr., who, on March 14, 2015, threw a single playing card to a height of 21.41 meters (70 feet, 3 inches) at

neg: Pemba Dorje valid. Pemba Dorje's Everest record has now been rejected by the Nepal Supreme Court, the Nepal Ministry of Tourism, and the Guinness Book of World Records. Pemba Dorje Pemba Dorje is a Sherpa from beding, Rolwaling Valley, Dolkha, Nepal. He made the fastest ever ascent of Mount Everest on 21 May 2004, taking eight hours and ten minutes. The record was confirmed by Nepal's tourism ministry. Pemba Dorje previously set a record for the fastest summit of 12 hours and 45 minutes in 2003, only to see it broken by Lakpa Gelu Sherpa three days later who set a new

neg: Nick Rose Nick Rose Nicholas ("Nick") Henry Rose (born 30 December 1951) is a former British international track and field athlete. He competed in a variety of middle distance and long-distance running events. He is the current European record holder in the 10K run (road), and British record holder in the 4×1 mile relay event. He set the world record in the half-marathon in 1979. His personal best in the half-marathon is 1:01:03, the second fastest British time after Steve Jones. He also held the British record in the indoor2 miles event with 8:18.4—a record which stood for 24 years exactly. Rose's

neg: Jasmin Paris 16:13. This was not only a new women’s record, but an overall fastest known time for the route. The next month, Paris took third place in the Buff Epic Trail 105K which was the 2016 Skyrunning World Championships race for the ultra category. In August, she finished sixth at the UTMB, her first 100-mile race. In September, Paris was crowned champion in the Extreme series of the 2016 Skyrunner World Series, having won both the Tromsø Skyrace and the Glen Coe Skyline. In October, she set a new women's record for the Paddy Buckley Round with a time of 18:33.

neg: Ruf CTR speed. The CTR was also a highly competent track vehicle, and for several years it held the unofficial lap record at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife track. Test results by "Autocar": Test results by other magazines: The Ruf CTR had its first appearance in April 1987 at the "World's Fastest Cars" contest held by American car magazine "Road & Track" where it was designated "The Fastest Production Car in the World". It accelerated from in 4.0 seconds, in 7.3 seconds, in 10.5 seconds, mile (402 m) in 11.7 seconds at and reached a top speed of , beating the competition by . Editor

neg: Paul Stender the 12,000 HP Dodge Truck was the fastest in the world, Paul ran an unbelievable 397 MPH pass at an airshow in Texas on a three mile long runway, setting the record for "World's Fastest Jet Pickup". Next up were Jet ATV's, a Monster Harley Davidson Motorcycle, Monster Trucks, Jet Semi's and others but nothing compared to his next build, a Jet Outhouse. One day while at an airshow in the deep southwest he saw the wind blow a portable outhouse across the tarmac at high speed. After seeing that he came up with the idea of a jet-powered outhouse.

neg: Phil O'Shea (cyclist) the intervention of World War I. O'Shea again set the fastest time in 1923. Phil O’Shea was an active cyclist and was racing from 1909 to 1932; a remarkably long time. In that period he raced an estimated 1420 times both on the road and on the track. He won numerous events. On the track he held at various times the New Zealand record for all distances from a quarter of a mile up to five miles. Apart from the Australian road races mentioned above, he won or gained fastest time in several Timaru to Christchurch races, (about 100 miles)

neg: Stanley Motor Carriage Company set at , with the burner set to automatically cut back when pressure reached . The twin-cylinder steam engines were at that time 10 horsepower, with bore and stroke, and with bore and stroke, and made extensive use of ball bearings. In order to improve range, condensers were added from 1915. A Stanley Steamer set the world record for the fastest mile in an automobile (28.2 seconds) in 1906. This record () was not broken by any automobile until 1911, although Glen Curtiss beat the record in 1907 with a V-8-powered motorcycle at . The record for steam-powered automobiles was

neg: 2014 London Marathon with spectators standing 10 to 15 people deep, turned out to cheer on the competitors in warm weather. The race began in Greenwich in South East London, passing by many of London's most famous landmarks, before finishing on The Mall. The men's elite race featured a particularly strong field, including marathon world-record holder Wilson Kipsang, reigning Olympic and world marathon champion Stephen Kiprotich, 2013 London Marathon champion Tsegaye Kebede, and London course-record holder Emmanuel Mutai. Other notable competitors included Geoffrey Mutai, who unofficially ran the fastest marathon ever; Ayele Abshero, who has the fastest marathon debut; Xiamen and Dublin marathon

neg: Rideau Carleton Raceway featuring several of the fastest pacers of the time, Lis Mara set a Canadian record on a -mile track of 1:49.3. The record was broken in the 2011 renewal by Lis Mara's brother Lisagain, who paced the mile in 1:49.2. Although this is no longer the Canadian record, it still stands as the Rideau Carleton track record. Rideau Carleton Raceway Rideau Carleton Raceway is a Canadian horse racing and gambling complex located at 4837 Albion Road in Ottawa, Ontario. The facility began operation in 1962 and specialises in Standardbred harness racing. In 2000, the venue introduced slot machines, under the

neg: Longacres Mile Handicap 2008, Jennifer Whitaker became the first female jockey to win the Longacres Mile. In 2003, Sky Jack set the record for both the fastest time and widest margin of victory at 1:33.00 and lengths. In 2016, Point Piper set the fastest time yet at 1:32.90. Most wins by a horse: Most wins by a jockey: Most wins by a trainer: 2018 Emerald Downs Media Guide Longacres Mile Handicap The Longacres Mile Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in August at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington. The race is open to horses three years of age and older

neg: Banks Sidewinder Banks Sidewinder The Banks Sidewinder is a land speed record vehicle that was built by Gale Banks Engineering in 2001. Based on a Dodge Dakota pickup truck, the Banks Sidewinder became the fastest pickup ever when it set a speed record of at Bonneville in October 2001. One of the fastest roadgoing vehicles, the Gale Banks Built Dodge Dakota has broken many speed and quarter mile records and is used as the shop truck for Gale Banks own company. In 2002, a 5.9 L Cummins diesel-powered pickup, modified by Gale Banks and his company Gale Banks Engineering set an FIA-certified

neg: Charlton Monypenny and Mary Elizabeth Lane. He was educated at Fettes College before matriculating to Jesus College, Cambridge in October 1889. Monypenny threw himself into sporting life at Cambridge and received three sporting 'Blues' for athletics between 1890 and 1892 in the 100 and 440 yards, taking the 440 yards title and setting a Varsity record in the 1892 meet. While at Cambridge he achieved two running records, the World Record for the 150-yard dash (14.8 secs) and the Cambridge quarter of a mile track record (49.5 secs) which stood until 1931. In 1891 Monypenny was recognised as the seconded fastest man

neg: Kara Goucher her 10k time ranked her as the 2nd fastest American woman of all-time. At the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan she won the bronze medal in the women's 10,000 m event. In September 2007, she won the Great North Run in 1:06:57, the fastest woman's half-marathon time of the year, setting a new American best time at the distance and beating marathon world record-holder Paula Radcliffe, on the latter's comeback from pregnancy and injury. The half-marathon was Goucher's first competitive race longer than 10k. Goucher kicked off 2008 with a win in the prestigious Millrose Games mile with

neg: Geoffrey Mutai Geoffrey Mutai Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai (born 7 October 1981) is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in road running competitions. On 18 April 2011 at the Boston Marathon, Mutai ran the fastest marathon ever at the time in a time of 2 hours 3 minutes 2 seconds (4:41 per mile pace / 2:54 per kilometer pace), though the time was not recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations as a world record since the Boston course does not meet the criteria to be eligible for the mark. His other significant victories include the Monaco Marathon. He is also

neg: Moni Maker mile rate and race record), Breeders Crown (world record 1:52.3) and Nat Ray. Her winning ways continued in 1999 with 14 wins in 21 starts, earning $1,494,972. She was the richest trotter of the season and richest Standardbred in the history of harness racing. Moni Maker won the 15/8-mile Prix d'Amerique, the Prix de France (first American trotter to win both), Trotting Classic Series and American-National. At seven, Moni Maker won seven of 14 starts and $1,173,273. Her career best of 1:52.1 in the Nat Ray put her earnings over $5 million. She recorded the fastest time ever in Europe

neg: Easy Goer Florida by winning the Swale Stakes in the fastest seven furlongs of the Gulfstream Park meeting in a time of 1:22 1/5 while carrying ten pounds more than the runner up. He "exploded" around the far turn to an almost nine length win defeating Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes and Nassau County Stakes winner Tricky Creek. He then won the one mile Grade II Gotham Stakes by thirteen lengths in stakes and track record time while conceding nine pounds and five pounds to the second and third-place finishers respectively, including future world record holder (on turf at one mile) Expensive Decision,

neg: Emelia Gorecka in the 1500m for the U15 age group, in what was the third fastest ever time for someone her age. By the time she was 16 years old she had won a total of 20 national and seven international races and taken part in three World Championship events. Górecka holds the British record time for the mile race as an U15 Girl, 4:46.87, which beat the previous record by four seconds. She also holds the record for 3000m in the U15/U17 age groups. On 8 December 2013, Górecka came 1st at the European Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia with

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George Hodgson the front crawl and sidestroke. It was for the 1500 meter Olympic championship and Hodgson broke world and Olympic records for 1000 yards and meters, and 1 mile in addition to the prescribed 1500 meter race distance. His Olympic record at 400 meters stood until 1924 when Johnny Weissmuller broke it at Amsterdam. He was Canada's lone swimmer in 1912. Fastest freestyle mile in the 1911 Festival of Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games)

 Appointed Probationer Flight Sub-Lieutenant, RNAS, Ottawa, 18 January 1916. 18 January 1916 at Chingford, then Felixstowe on 16 June 1916, where he carried out

neg: Howard Helmer Howard Helmer Howard Helmer is a chef who is an advocate of cooking eggs. Raised in Chicago, he now lives in New York City where he promotes eggs to the culinary press. Helmer currently holds the Guinness world record for the fastest omelette cooker, having made 427 omelets in :30 minutes. This feat was accomplished in Atlanta, Georgia in 1990. He also holds the world records for fastest omelet flipper. Helmer has made appearances on the Food Network and Oprah and television programs around the world. He was also a spokesperson for the American Egg Board and, prior to his