World records in Track events (last updated 8/24/96)
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Men:
event         name          country   record   place       date
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100m       Donovan Bailey     CAN     9.84s   Atlanta    7/27/96
200m       Michael Johnson    USA    19.32s   Atlanta     8/1/96
400m       Butch Reynolds     USA    43.29s   Zurich     8/17/88
800m       Sebastian Coe      GBR   1m41.73s  Firenza    6/16/81
1000m      Sebastian Coe      GBR   2m12.18s  Oslo       7/11/81
1500m      Noureddine Morceli ALG   3m27.37s  Nice       7/12/95
Mile       Noureddine Morceli ALG   3m44.39s  Rieti       9/5/93
5000m      Haile Gebrselassie ETH  12m44.39s  Zurich     8/16/95
10000m     Salah Hissou       MOR  26m38.08s  VanDamme   8/23/96

Marathon   Belayneh Densamo   ETH  2h 6m 50s  Rotterdam  4/17/88
3000m-     Moses Kiptanui     KEN   7m59.18s  Zurich     8/16/95
 Steeplechase


Women:
event         name          country   record   place         date
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100m       Florence           USA     10.49s  Indianapolis 7/16/88
             Griffith-Joyner
200m       Florence           USA     21.34s  Soeul        9/29/88
             Griffith-Joyner
400m       Marita Koch        GDR     47.60s  Canberra     10/6/85
800m       Jarmila            TCH    1m53.28s Munchen      7/26/83
             Kratochvilova
1000m      SvetlanaMasterkova RUS    2m28.98s VanDamme     8/23/96
1500m      Qu Yunxia          CHN    3m50.46s Beijing      9/13/93
Mile       SvetlanaMasterkova RUS    4m12.56s Zurich       8/14/96
5000m      Fernanda Riberro   POR   14m36.45s Hechtel      7/22/95
10000m     Wang Junxia        CHN   29m31.78s Beijing      9/8/93
Marathon   Ingrid Kristianson NOR   2h 21m 6s London       4/21/85