User:Jnestorius/Athletics world records history

Rules of athletics world records


 * 19th century professionals exceeded amateurs
 * 1912 IAAF founded
 * IAAF ratification; 1977 shot put; apartheid boycott.
 * doping controls
 * how long is the lead-in before a new record is officially recognised? e.g. women's triple jump.
 * 400 m hurdles knocked down Bob Tisdall 1932 no record.
 * FAT 400m .01s 1977
 * removal of yards 1977
 * multination team not applicable 1967 4x100m; was added 1978 when the USC Trojans set a 1978 men's 4 × 200 m record in a race won by the multinational Tobias Striders team.
 * heptathlon not invalidated by javelin change
 * indoor change not retrospective
 * "world best" vs "world record" for road race. A 2011 decision to extend the single-sex provision to road races was reversed after objections.