Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to two miles (3,218.688 metres). The standard middle distances...
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Middle distance may refer to: Middle-distance running, the act of running over a distance of between 800 and 3000 metres Middle-distance swimming, the...
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Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least 3 km (1.9 mi). Physiologically, it is largely aerobic...
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Track and field (redirect from Track running)
based on context. The foot racing events, which include sprints, middle- and long-distance events, racewalking, and hurdling, are won by the athlete who...
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premier middle distance running event in international track and field. The term 'metric mile' (0.93 statute miles) was applied to this distance because...
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The total distance run is 4000 meters, or nearly 2.5 miles. Aside from the 400 meter segment, which is a sprint, all legs are a middle distance run. Prior...
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The running boom of the 1970s occurred in high- and middle-income countries. It was particularly pronounced in the United States and occurred in other...
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Fit. Retrieved 22 May 2023. Mackenzie B (2001). "Middle Distance Running". Middle Distance Running. BrianMac Sports Coach. "Training: Physical Fitness...
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Bailey went head-to-head over the distance in 1997, and Usain Bolt improved Mennea's record in 2009. Middle-distance running events are track races longer...
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3200 meters (category Middle-distance running disciplines)
3200 meters is an uncommon long middle-distance, or short long-distance, track and field running event that is 200 m longer than the much more common 3...
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1000 metres (category Middle-distance running disciplines)
The 1000 metres, 1 kilometer run, or 1K run is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. It consists of two and a half...
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Rin Kubo (category Japanese female middle-distance runners)
20 January 2008) is a Japanese athlete who specialises in the middle-distance running. Her personal best in the 800 metres event is 1:59.93 set in Kashihara...
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Fell running, also sometimes known as hill running, is the sport of running and racing, off-road, over upland country where the gradient climbed is a significant...
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500 metres (category Middle-distance running disciplines)
The 500 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field and road running competitions. i = indoor performance OT = oversized track...
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Two miles (category Middle-distance running disciplines)
520 yards, 10,560 feet, or exactly 3,218.688 metres) is a historic running distance. Like the mile run, it is still contested at some invitational meets...
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calendar 1000 BC, a year of the Before Christ era 1000 metres, a middle-distance running event 1000°, a German electronic dance music magazine Thousand...
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Shieri Doruri (category Japanese female middle-distance runners)
2007) is a Japanese track and field athlete who specializes in middle-distance running. Representing Japan at the 2024 Asian U20 Athletics Championships...
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Matthews Temane (category South African male middle-distance runners)
is a South African runner, who excelled over both middle distance running and long distance running, winning some 17 national athletics titles from 1982...
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Dilek Koçak (category Turkish female middle-distance runners)
Dilek Koçak (born 15 August 2005) is a Turkish middle-distance running athlete, who competes over distances 800 m and 1500 m. She is the European U20 champion...
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60 m 100 m 110 m 200 m 300 m 400 m Middle distance running 500 m 600 m 800 m 1500 m 3000 m Steeplechase Long-distance track events 5000 m 10,000 m One hour...
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2000 metres (category Middle-distance running disciplines)
is a track running event where five laps are completed around an outdoor 400 m track, or ten laps around a 200 m indoor track - the distance is 11.68 meters...
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José Fernández Serrano (born 1 February 1933) is a Spanish middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1960 Summer...
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Yuma Yamamoto (category Japanese female middle-distance runners)
1 May 2000) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the Middle-distance and Long-distance running. She represented her country at the 2023 Asian Athletics...
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Andrew Coscoran (category Irish male middle-distance runners)
Coscoran (born 18 June 1996) is an Irish athlete who specializes in middle distance running. In 2022, he became the Irish national record holder over the 1500...
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Francis Knott (category English male middle-distance runners)
Francis Arthur Knott (11 August 1882 – 24 March 1958) was a British middle-distance running athlete. He competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Knott...
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3000 metres (category Middle-distance running disciplines)
Archived 31 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine 3200 meters 2 miles Middle-distance running. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved on 2014-06-02. Women's 3000...
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Isaac Nader (category Portuguese male middle-distance runners)
and dedication to his sport, making him a significant figure in middle-distance running on both the national and international stages. Nader was born in...
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1600 meters (category Middle-distance running disciplines)
1600 meters is a middle distance track and field running event that is slightly shorter than the more common mile run, and 100 meters longer than the...
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Ranjit Singh (runner) (redirect from Ranjit Singh (middle distance runner))
Singh Personal information National team India Born c. 1911-1933 British India Sport Sport Track and field Event Middle distance running Medal record...
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Christopher Sydney Carter (born 25 December 1942) is a British middle-distance runner who competed at two Olympic Games. Carter competed in the 800 metres...
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