500_metres

500 metres

500 metres

Track running event

The 500 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field and road running competitions.

Quick Facts Athletics, World records ...

All-time top 25

  • i = indoor performance
  • OT = oversized track (exceeding 200m in circumference)
  • A = affected by altitude
  • h = hand timing

Men

  • Correct as of December 2022.[1][2]
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Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:00.71:

  • Mark English also ran 59.60 on a road (2015).
  • Colin Campbell ran a hand-timed 59.7 (at altitude) (1968).[17]
  • Pavel Maslák also ran 1:00.36 i (2014).
  • Brycen Spratling also ran also ran 1:00.37 on an oversized indoor track (2013).

Times rejected

  • Roddie Haley ran 59.82 i in Oklahoma City on 15 March 1986, but this time was rejected as a record due to an incorrectly measured track. Haley also ran a 59.90 i in Oklahoma City on 14 March 1987, but this time was rejected as a record for the same reason.

Women

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Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:08.6:

  • Anyika Onuora also ran 1:06.94 on a road (2018), and 1:07.04 on a road (2016).
  • Lynsey Sharp also ran 1:07.48 on a road (2017), 1:07.73 on a road (2018), and 1:08.05 on a road (2014).
  • Olga Kotlyarova also ran 1:07.74 i (2007).

References

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