It was incredible when Patrik Sjöberg managed to get over 2.42m. Then that damn Sotomayor had to show up. Kind regards, a still bitter Swede. :P But honestly, it was a really excellent time in men's high jump then.
crazy how this video came out only 2 years ago and is already wildly out of date. Just shows you the future is hard to predict- and track and field is awesome!
I'm with you on the 9.58 which I don't see beaten with my eye's but 19.19 & Wades 43.03 will go next 4=5yrs. Jonathan Edwards long jump WR 18m 12cm has stood since 90's will be hard to beat. Flo Jo's 100m WR seems to be just out of reach.. But what will stand with Bolts 9.58 FOREVER is womans 15k WR by Gidey.
Super shady though. With all the doping going on among Kenya's elite runners, and her breaking the record by over FOUR minutes. There's something off about it. She didnt even look that tired at the end....extra red blood cells maybe?
Although it took 23 years to break, it’s still hard to ignore Bob Beamon’s 1968 long jump: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches), which was the first jump past 27, 28, AND 29 feet as well as past 8.50 and 8.75 meters-the 6.2% increase Is the largest change in track and field history.
I agree. I was going to add this one. Thanks. It was unbelievable at the time. I am amazed it was not even mentioned. Records are NEVER broken by this margin. They tried to explain it by altitude, wind, etc. "Beamon's world-record jump was named by Sports Illustrated magazine as one of the five greatest sports moments of the 20th century."
Especially considering some field events have a much higher percent difference such as the mens javelin where Uwe Hohn's WR of 104.80m is 5% further than the number 2 throw
@@slzckboy ----Stefka Kostidinova's high jump world record as well :-( This video was whack and I fel robbed of my 10 minutes 10 seconds of life I wasted with this b*llsh*t.
Bolt slowing down at the end will make him even more legendary status. No matter who beat his records, people can always theorise that if he didn’t slow down, he will still hold the record. It’s a good trade off. 😉
maybe was was too tired to keep up the pace. sprinters seem to slow down about the 3/4 mark of a race. he had the new record and maybe too pooped to try to harder. a terrific runner but there will be more.
@@zan4984 If you knew anything about sprinting you would know that even the elite ones like Bolt cannot keep their peak running speed for an entire 100 meter distance. They take some distance to get out of the blocks and accelerate, then they run at full speed for a short duration/distance and then they slow down at the end of the dash. Bolt could have obviously ran all the way to the finish line with full effort and gotten a better time, but he was definitely gassed at that point.
Flo Jo who here remembers her nails? Omg I loved when they would say "ready, set," and she would adjust her beautiful long nails to fit right along the start line. She was mesmerizing to watch and you couldn't take your eyes off her.
All that superficial stuff - hair, nails, and makeup - doesn't make up for the fact that she was a drug cheat. Just like many of the top track and field athletes who produced records in the 1980s.
@@mayloo2137 she never got busted for any substance. And her death was caused by epilepsy. You trolls are hilarious. So she’s still a legend and you are a hating troll. So with that being said, Wear your crown like the troll you are! You didn’t cheat for it you won it fair and square!
@@richg9448 100m 200m 1987 10.96 21.96 - 1988 10.49 21.34 In 1987, almost 28 years old. Not possible to improve like that. Retiring after the olympics and not cashing in on her insane marked value.. Stricter anti-doping announced to start after Seoul might have forced her hand.
@@pheel.the.fletcher How do you know if she was at her best in pre 1987? In her husbands book he stated the radically changed her stride technique (stretch kick and hop) and her leg kick motion to improve acceleration. He stated that she was aggravated as she did less sprinting but more mechanical movement training doing the move repetitively over and over again around the track until it was second nature. This mixed with the same movements in the pool then the took it to the track. I see this in the evaluation below in the link. You guys kill me like you were there and you injected her. Is it fulfilling to be such detractors, haters? I guess Sha’Cari Richardson is a cheat too with her improvements? Sick. ua-cam.com/video/YgCU6OlyE1g/v-deo.html
@@pstrzel well distance records are still falling today so not that special. Lance Armstrong won the tour de France on just transfusions back in 2000. And he was just as dominant on epo the next year.
Ok. Let's apply the formula used in the video to see how it stacks up using the same criteria. His record is 2.45m. The next highest is 2.43m. 2.45/2.43 = 1.0082 or 0.82% better than the next best. That would rank him it joint 8th based on the criteria in this video. On the plus side he was likely a lot cleaner than most of the athletes on this list so it's a lot more impressive, in my opinion, than obvious dopers like Flo-Jo, Kratochvílová, Marita Koch and Wang Junxia.
Secretariat has held the record time for all three races of the triple crown for 45 years now. His Belmont run set the world record for 1.5 mile on dirt by almost 3 seconds over the previous time. He was going so fast, faster each quarter than the one before, that he unofficially beat the record for 1 5/8 mile while coasting down from the finish line. Millions of horses have had their shot and fallen short, since that time.
Frederic Pitteloud -- The women’s 400 and 800 for sure. East bloc Steroid era. Look at their muscles. IAAF is thinking about removing certain records from the pre-testing era and those two should definitely go.
@@weljenks the east block and the west block. Or do you really think that only in Leipzig there was an open bar for steroids and the likes of Griffith, Jacky Joyner, Lewis or Randy Barnes were all competing on rice and chicken?
@3:32, the announcer states that Ms. Koch's 400m world record (from 1985) is the oldest record on his list. Actually, the oldest record on his list is Ms. Kratochvilova's world record in the 800m from 1983.
I fully agree. Flo Jo's records in both 100m and 200m along with the great Usain Bolt in the same events will probably never be broken in our lifetime. Incredible!
Wayde van Niekerk's 400m record rates as the finest track races of all time, also considering he has done the impossible by doing it from the outside lane.In the process he broke the unbreakable record of the other true great, Michael Johnson.
@@nibsvkh what? Please elaborate, how can the fastest women in the world be a joke? Such a negativity to a legendary sprinter is mind blowing coming from you
Flo jo's 100 m was massively wind aided. Do some research on it. I do not know why it still stands. But she still ran another 10.61 that was wind legal which is the real WR. But her form in the 10.49 one was unbelievable , the turnover was surreal.
@@bklyn11217 as soon as they have permission to exhume the body for testing or her manager husband and trainers decide to come clean and incriminate themselves.
@ARTIIST TV There's a thing called legal wind for it to be eligible a world record. So what if everyone got the same? The wind gauge equipment was faulty for sure.
For me, Bob Beamon's long jump in Mexico in 1968 is the greatest world record to have stood. The pure theatre of when it happened...his reaction, the disbelief of the people doing the measuring. Truly astonishing...and it stood for 23 years.
@@fender1000100 Not really, that was one of the most astounding athletic performances, beat out second place silver winner by a whopping 28 inches and the world's record by 21.7 inches. Try to wrap your head around this.
true. daniels goes over our gender differences in regards to run performance. no need to compare though as it does a disservice to women. comments like these make their eyes roll (:
In 2015/2016 I desperately expected Mutaz Ersa Barshim or Bogdan Bondarenko to beat that WR, but it wouldn't happen. Barshim is the closest : 2.43m; he had attempts to jump at 2.46, but failed.
@@boyjimbo4941 I thought Sergei Bubka's previous WR (6.15m) would stand long, but the French man broke it 5 years ago. So I am not sure the WR will stand longer than the others.
I will always question FloJo's performances as they are clouded by suspected drug use. Her rapid rise, shock retirement coinciding with the introduction of random drug testing and early death due to heart failure all point to a drug assisted career.
she did not die of heart failure. she died of a seizure caused by a congenital vascular malformation in the brain. this means she was born with it and would have died if she never ran track and was working at subway sandwiches. her rise was not rapid, everyone saw her coming from her college days, maybe you were not paying attention. and her retirement is common, many athletes do one Olympics and then stop because it is taxing to continue, especially for a married woman that may want to have a family.
@@40156 or maybe I am not. My favourite athlete of all time is Cathy Freeman a proud Australian Aboriginal woman who gave 2 fingers to the establishment by wrapping herself in the Aboriginal flag at the 2000 Olympics. I grew up amongst black people in northern Australia and ended a relationship with someone with a girl who turned out to be racist. You can call me many things but racist is not one of them. My opinion is still one that permeates the track and field world and has never been fully addressed satisfactorily for me.
El Guerrouj 2000m in 4.44 is like doing a mile in 3.44 added by a 60 sec warm down. Record will never be broken. Also Daniel Komen 7.58 in 2 miles. These races are also run very infrequent. Thats why I think they will stand forever
Flo Jo’s record had a suspicious wind aid and no one in the track community believes she did that clean. Her 100m times are orders of magnitude faster then any other woman in over 30 years.
@@marvaeugene2287 How do rumors get started, they're started by the jealous people and They get mad seein' somethin' they had and sombody else is holdin'
I don’t know if this counts but Mike Powell shattered the long jump record in 1991 and it still stands. It was an epic battle between Carl Lewis and Mike Powell.
Mike beat the previous record - but Carl Lewis ALSO did so in that same event, and both didn't exactly "shatter it". Definitely an epic battle though - too bad Carl's best jump had just a hair too much wind assist to count.
Flo Jo's record should have never been allowed. There is ample evidence to show that she had a massive tailwind during the race when the reading was incorrectly measured at 0.00
How does Jonathan Edwards Triple Jump Record 18.29m in 1995, Mike Powell Long Jump Record of 8.9m in 1991 or Javier Sotomayor High Jump Record 2.45m in 1993 stack up? None of these may ever be broken. Thanks, great work!
@@johndewitte Yup. And, as I noted, Beamon's is still the second longest ever. His jump of 8.9M shattered the existing record (8.35M) by 55 CM. FloJo's record was 1.5% better and "will never be beaten"?? Beamon's was 6.58% better and, while it took a very long time, was eventually beaten.
@@billstensrud I speed read your remark and I missed the word "second" in my haste. Sorry about that. You are right, of course. Apart from that, it is my belief that the day will come that the limit of human possibilities will be reached and no more records will be broken.
Bill Stensrud back then it was feet an inches an much moore precise this bull shit metric is design to fool and cof use the people thre is no such thing as point something of an inch nor 4.3 lbs that's bullshit people need to stand up for proper mesuarement
@ 5:02 Loved watching the camera men scampering as fast as they could to keep with Bolt even though he'd slowed down to his casual jog speed after the race. LOL
The most "elite of the elite" in my opinion, is Eliuds Kipchoge's 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 40 seconds. Even though it isnt considered a world record, it is a huge milestone for man.
@@davi8962 sorry but I did track for my whole life nobody drops half a second in 100 m in 1 year please show me another athlete who has done it male or female
It was a windy day... all the heats, SFs and final had wind of +3.5-5... except hers, which was 0.0. It wasn't a legal run, even if she was clean and nearly every competitor ran a pb, just to underline it.
@@madpuppy54 Most evidence in a court of law is circumstantial, and that kind of evidence is overwhelming here. Lots of records should be purged for the good of the sport if the standards of the courts are applied.
Yeah, especially if you look at disciplines like women's discus throw. The world record is 76.80m, the best throw after 1990 is 71.68 (1992), the best throw of the 21st century is 71.46. There is no way that record will be broken
I personally think usain bolts 200 should be on the list and not just an honorable mention because on average his 100m splits would’ve been just a hair off his open 100 so being able to maintain something like that is remarkable
Interesting thing about Koch, she lived in east germany where they were forcing athletes to dope. I don't know about her in particular but judging by the image at 3:28, I'd say she was pretty juiced up as well, in which case that record should get revoked imo.
Her legs could be from a male bodybuilder. I am very surprised that you did not acknowledge the potential role of PEDs in many of these records. I’m sure it was a conscious decision, but I believe it was the wrong one. Your videos are great but this one really missed the mark for me.
It's about percentage, the relative difference vs. the next best world record. Another list (probably more accurate) could be done of the largest world record jumps for when they happened (while only counting currently standing world records).
Given that you made this video so recently, and that there have so many corrections to this list in just the last few weeks, such as Masterkova's mile record being beaten by Sifan Hassan, the list is severely compromised by your inclusion of so many "questionable" women's world records. These include Florence Griffith Joyner's 100m and 200m, Marita Koch's 400m, and Wang Junxia's 3000m. In the context of the title of your video however, you're probably right, these may never be broken, as they were all most likely state-sponsored drug-assisted. I like your methodology but, at the same time, it's a little weak. If you had taken into account era (and thus the quality of the track surface and the technology of running shoes), wind assistance in sprints, aerobic vs. anaerobic distances, and next comparative best performances, perhaps the next ten performances, then the results would be very, very different. In my estimation, number 1, by far, is Usain Bolt's 100m, and number 2 is Daniel Komen's 3000m. Komen's 3000m is so outstanding because it has not been even remotely approached in the last 23 years. In fact, only 23 other athletes have bettered 7:30 since Komen set the record 23 years ago and the nearest anyone has got in the last 7 years is Kejelcha last year, some 7.33 seconds behind. Number 3 is Bolt's 200m, and number 4 is Rudisha's 800m. My view is that the longer the distance, the easier the record is to break. Hence, historically, you'll see long-distance records fall more frequently than sprints.
Agree. Just blithely describing the East German Koch and Chinese Junxia records as "amazing" is lying by omission. These are universally regarded as dirty. The only-good-for-one-season suddenly-muscled FloJo is more of the same.
@@AndyZach You don't suddenly show up for one season, and start besting rivals who used to beat you. Then suddenly retire as soon as random drug testing is announced! She wasn't clean, her body changed dramatically in a short span, and she began to do superhuman things.
You can tell this guy has done his research and has put some work into creating this video. WR's are always interpreted subjectively and he managed to analyze them objectively. Hats off to him.
the no. 1 and 2 of FloJo is an aberration to Athletics because she was a drug cheat. And it is obvious. But he did what he had to do with official material before him but that sullies his vid...indeed he would have been better off talking about Sotomayor and Jonathan Edwards than some cheating witch
I think my favorite world record would be Bob Beamon in '68. Jumped 21 inches over the previous world record, shattered both 28 feet and 29 feet with a 29'2.5. Craziest and best record ever, even if Mike Powell broke it in 1991 during the battle with Carl Lewis (which was also spectacular. Still, the record stood for 23 years).
J. Kratochvilova has oldest world record. Almost 40 years. It's incredible how different was training methods before 40 years and even C. Semenya can't get closer than 1 second :D
I think everyone wonders how much chemistry was involved at that time. 80s were not clean and over the time records were broken but this one and Kratochvilova's biggest rival Koch, survived until today.
Usain Bolt was so incredibly good watching him run used to make me laugh. Not only was he the fastest ever - he looked like a tall NBA player running down the track! LOL
It's incredulous that Usain could run that fast being 6' 5" tall. It's typical for guys taller than 6' 1" to run the 400, not the 100. Usain was amazing. I was blessed to see him run a 200 live here in NYC. Wayde Van Niekerk also ran a 44.24 in that same meet. Then, in 2015 I saw Mike Norman run the HS Boys 100m in 10.36 (he popped out of the starting block like a shot) beating several High School 100m sprinters. That spring Mike ran 45.77 as a 12th grader.
Why? How old are you to really know and understand about true records. Look at Florence, Mike Powell, Jan Zelezny, Sergey Bubka works records. These are true legends of records. Usain is a cartoon.
@@TheConfutatis I dont know those people..but I know Usain, hes a Jamaican and so am i..can't talk bout weh mi noh know...Usain is my legend...😁🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲😘
@@bevenawilliams8491 he doesn't even like what he does. There are much better sprinters than him. He arrogant, ridiculous, show off and not humble. Poor athlete that will be forgotten.
The saddest part is always about FloJo for me. I mean she is more than suspected using A LOT of illegal substances to reach that peak. Her astonishing performances along with her way-too-early death doesn't help these suspicions...
Field Events as of October 23, 2020 Men's High Jump=0.82% Men's Long Jump=0.56% Men's Triple Jump=0.44% Men's Pole Vault=0.65% Men's Shot Put=0.26% Men's Discus=0.27% Men's Hammer=0.81% Men's Javelin=0.74% Women's High Jump=0.48% Women's Long Jump=0.4% Women's Triple Jump=0.58% Women's Pole Vault=1.2% Women's Shot Put=0.8% Women's Discus=3% Women's Hammer=4.48% Women's Javelin=0.81%
400m is in danger right now because of Sydney, for 800m I don't see possibility, Kratochvilvova had better muscularity than most of the men sprinters 🙄
@@n3rvous572 I notice he completely avoided the topic of the women's 800m record (smart man). In my opinion they should let the XY girls make a run at the 400M and 800M records. At least they are doing it off of their natural bodies rather than steroids. It could be some kind of asterisk record.
@@panayotiscanellopoulos8696 what about her 47.91 400m split for USA team in the last relays? I guess she's pretty close, closest anyone have ever been, but this is more than insane to run sub 11.9s each 100m dash.
The mile by El Guerrouj will stand a while. Only one other person broke the previous WR and he was running in the same race El Guerrouj set the record. It's been 21 years already.
The mile is a weird one as it very rarely gets run, same can be said of Komen's 3000. El Guerrouj was phenomenal though and he has 7 of the 9 fastest ever times in the 1500 metres. I think he still holds 4 world records that are over 20 years old, 2 of them indoors. El Guerrouj is also 2nd in the 3000m all time list but even he is over 2 secs behind Komen, nobody else has gotten within 4 secs of Komen.
Field Events as of October 23, 2020 Men's High Jump=0.82% Men's Long Jump=0.56% Men's Triple Jump=0.44% Men's Pole Vault=0.65% Men's Shot Put=0.26% Men's Discus=0.27% Men's Hammer=0.81% Men's Javelin=0.74% Women's High Jump=0.48% Women's Long Jump=0.4% Women's Triple Jump=0.58% Women's Pole Vault=1.2% Women's Shot Put=0.8% Women's Discus=3% Women's Hammer=4.48% Women's Javelin=0.81%
He is getting older tho... I hope he can tho, and I'm really hoping for another breaking 2 project, would be the most beautiful thing to see a sub 2 Marathon
Performance enhancement was written all over these world records, these are all great athletes and no doubt they worked hard at their events over a long period of time, though performance enhancing was evident within all of these world records. Flo Jo suddenly retired early over drug testing issues and passed away early, performance enhancement were factors within her life, like many other athletes there is no denying that at all. Sincerely, Tom.
After Bikele got within 2 seconds of the Marathon record in Berlin, it will be interesting what happens to the world record if he and Kipchoge race on a flat course.
Elaine Thompson just ran a 10.54 ties one of flo jo’s wind aided times and the second fastest time in history. I now see the 100 as an extremely vulnerable world record.
ALL records will be broken at some point, It's only a matter of time where a freak athlete will come along, look at the Heavyweight lifting, shot put and pole vault for just a few examples, those records stood for quite a while then suddenly 3 individuals come along and wipe the old records out over and over again, also remember when the long jump record stood around 8m40?!, it stayed that way for ages then suddenly a freak jump by an athlete by the name of Bob Beamon absolutely destroys it by nearly 2 feet!, we're still waiting for the Discuss, Hammer and the first person to hit 9m a the long jump.
Outside the track: Bob Beamon jumped 8.90 m in Mexico Olympics 1968 and broke the former world record by whopping 55 cm. That is, 6.6% difference. The record stood for almost 23 years. Other record that seems hard to break. - Kostadinova's record in high jump is already 35 years old. - Sotomayor's record in high jump is already 29 years old. - Edward's record in triple jump is already 27 years old.
@BubonicTonic No definitive proof on FLO-JO but her improvement is just insane at her age. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch Koch's achievements, along with the performances of many other East German female athletes, have long been under suspicion that they were achieved with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs.[7] These drugs were and remain illegal, but were not detectable at the time. In 1991, German anti-drug activists Brigitte Berendonk and Werner Franke, were able to save several doctoral theses and other documents written by scientists working for the East German drug research programme. The documents list the dosage and timetables for the administration of anabolic steroids to many athletes of the former DDR, with one of them being Marita Koch. According to the sources, Koch did use the anabolic steroid Oral-Turinabol (4-Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone) from 1981 to 1984 with dosages ranging from 530 to 1460 mg/year.[8]
If anyone is rewatching this in 2021, where do you think the 45,94 from Karsten Warholm stacks? The world record is insanely impressive obviously, and the race as a hole is even better, specially the top 5. 26 years without anyone going below 47, 3 more years and no one has gone under 46,78 except many people have tried many times, and finished very close on numerous times. And then, 2 months after he barely brakes it, he destroys the old record by more than 8 tenths of a second, in a 400 meter race
@@westozzy I don't give a shit what you don't give a shit about, it's a list of records and that isn't one. If it was then his last attempt with the help would be the record in the list wouldn't it. But it's not. Just like wind assisted times or times on spring tracks aren't in this list either.
Doping doesn’t automatically make you better. The still worked their asses off, and even if you doped youd never come near to any of these records. So give up.
Marita Koch and Flo Jo were definitely doping. Flo Jo was related to Joyner Kersey and more drugs. Her performances really took off spectacturaly in her late 20s. Kotch was part of the East German systematic doping programme, as was the Czech 800 metre runner.
Jonathon Edwards Triple jump 1995 - surely worth a mention? It’s a shame that the credibility of the top ten is tarnished by those that are, no more than cheats, and whose records should be removed.
@Yourbackthere Jones I agree, nobody. Now I am thinking about age. Edwards did incredible jumps when he was 29. Carl Lewis did his best long jumps at WC 1991 when he was 30. Mike Powell broke long jump at WC 1991 final when he was 28 and did 8.99m (wind-aided) a year later. It looks like age between 28-30 is the peak for jumpers. Taylor is 29 now, so based on that pattern/history, I still expect one more incredible jump (a new WR) from him this year. WC 2019 is the perfect time for him to do it, like Powell at WC 1991 in long jump and Edward at WC 1995. But it seems that he is declining, so it's unlikely. It means Edwards WR will stand longer.
Flo Jo is still (technically) the best sprinter ever. Her running during the 200-meter final in Soul is close to perfection - and the best sprint ever done by a human.
I totally agree and just made a comment about it. I get that it is not a race that is run very much but nonetheless the performance is incredible and my top pick. Breaking the 4 minutes barrier 2 times in a row without stopping. Good grief that is nuts.
Michael Phelps 400m freestyle record set in 2008. IMO Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt will be 2 athletes whose Olympic and World Championships medal tally records will never be broken in their sports.
I think you mean Phelps’ 400 IM record. Phelps never really swam the 400 free. Anyway, that swim was done in a suit that has since been banned. It could be beaten by Daiya Seto of Japan this summer. The record in swimming that will last the longest is either Zhang Lin’s unreal 800m free record from 2009, or the women’s 200 fly record, also from a Chinese swimmer in 2009. Both were swam in supersuits by swimmers who never came close to those times again outside of those suits.
We all know she was doping, ahe had never ran close to those times b4 and at age 27 she up n start runnning those crazy times n then retired when she heard they were coming with random drug testing smh.
Everyone who isn't delusional knows FloJo was doped to the gills but her 100m WR was also wind aided...Imagine being a technically perfect sprinter on high anabolic steroids with a wind aided time that's legal...Of course it will never be beaten. One of the biggest disgraces in track if u ask me.
I used to think so too (mostly because of her husband) but when I did some further research, I found her autopsy didn't support that conclusion. There's also a short documentary that has analysed her running technique and quantified where and how she made the extra speed. When they ran the numbers, it showed she wouldn't have needed to be doped, - her technique alone made the difference.
@@vincentb1069 , it's "you're", which is a contraction of "you are". Always helpful to spell correctly when attacking a complete stranger's intelligence.
@@TheDwightMamba Well first of all English is my third language and I speak four. Argue with me in French or Spanish and I will use perfect Grammar. And the marathon came from greece athen and they use the metric system so he is in fact stupid. And you are a lil bitch for bringing up grammar
@@vincentb1069, you are a troll. The marathon pre-dates the metric system, by the way. Otherwise, it would have been an even number, smart guy. Calling complete strangers bitches though? For that, I question your intelligence.
Bolt could’ve beaten his own record if he doesn’t jog the remaining 10m or so
True cocky asl🤦♀️🤦♀️
Idiots have a chance to excel but choose to loaf instead.
Actually it happens to many champion athelete as when their is no one close to them and they knew they will win body automatically slows down .
@@sanketkumar8040 good observation!
@@Hensley_JbThe man is just overwhelmed by his own performances and hardwork which he stated in an interview.
High jump! Javier Sotomayor 2,45m, an incredible record!
It was incredible when Patrik Sjöberg managed to get over 2.42m. Then that damn Sotomayor had to show up. Kind regards, a still bitter Swede. :P But honestly, it was a really excellent time in men's high jump then.
@@Elora445 Lol
But on cocaine
Hands down that is one of the records that will never be touched. The numbers behind that record are actually insane.
That's the one I was waiting on
crazy how this video came out only 2 years ago and is already wildly out of date. Just shows you the future is hard to predict- and track and field is awesome!
Most of these records still stand and are only getting closer because of technological advances .
Yeah, except for that 9.58 and 19.19 and 43.03...those aren't going anywhere.
@@TheMadcowwww Flo Jo probly Gon see that 200m wr fall from the grave
@@TheMadcowwww Usain bolt's ain't seem to be getting no challenges any time soon
I'm with you on the 9.58 which I don't see beaten with my eye's but 19.19 & Wades 43.03 will go next 4=5yrs. Jonathan Edwards long jump WR 18m 12cm has stood since 90's will be hard to beat. Flo Jo's 100m WR seems to be just out of reach.. But what will stand with Bolts 9.58 FOREVER is womans 15k WR by Gidey.
Radcliffe's record smashed today in Boston Marathon by a Kenyan elite marathoner
254life 254life: Boston is in April. Brigid Kosgei ran 2:14:04 in Chicago.
I was going to post this but you beat me to it. Good on you
Super shady though. With all the doping going on among Kenya's elite runners, and her breaking the record by over FOUR minutes. There's something off about it. She didnt even look that tired at the end....extra red blood cells maybe?
StormCrowYo stfu and give ppl their props.
StormCrowYo until proven guilty, the person is innocent.
Anyone else here come back after Bridget Kosgei’s 2:14:04? On the same weekend as Kipchoge broke 2! No Human Is Limited
Nah. The Vaporflys (flies?) made the Difference and not the runners
Although it took 23 years to break, it’s still hard to ignore Bob Beamon’s 1968 long jump: 8.90 meters (29 feet 2.5 inches), which was the first jump past 27, 28, AND 29 feet as well as past 8.50 and 8.75 meters-the 6.2% increase Is the largest change in track and field history.
I agree. I was going to add this one. Thanks. It was unbelievable at the time. I am amazed it was not even mentioned. Records are NEVER broken by this margin. They tried to explain it by altitude, wind, etc. "Beamon's world-record jump was named by Sports Illustrated magazine as one of the five greatest sports moments of the 20th century."
Well he’s ignoring the field part of track and field
There was a time when Edwin Moses owned everything in hurdling.
it took them 15 minutes to measure it, they didn't have a tape measure long enough.
Mexico Venue was 7,000 ft above sea level , much thinner air.Great jump ,but all the athletes were training at sea level to give them an extra edge
Don’t say track and FIELD if your not going to include the FIELD🤦🏽♂️
I was very disappointed with this video.
Especially considering some field events have a much higher percent difference such as the mens javelin where Uwe Hohn's WR of 104.80m is 5% further than the number 2 throw
@@jamescoleman8173 If Jan Zelzeny throw the old model, it would have traveled 10 meters further and still would have broke Hohn's WR.
Yeah I was waiting for the mens high jump record..
@@slzckboy ----Stefka Kostidinova's high jump world record as well :-( This video was whack and I fel robbed of my 10 minutes 10 seconds of life I wasted with this b*llsh*t.
A 12.34 200m is pretty crazy for a woman or man.
Ye I noticed that too
Woops! Sorry for the typo!
@@TotalRunningProductions it's cool. Thanks for the video.
Or a cheetah
Ikr
Bolt slowing down at the end will make him even more legendary status. No matter who beat his records, people can always theorise that if he didn’t slow down, he will still hold the record. It’s a good trade off. 😉
maybe was was too tired to keep up the pace. sprinters seem to slow down about the 3/4 mark of a race. he had the new record and maybe too pooped to try to harder. a terrific runner but there will be more.
@@MrEsgm 😂 tired after 100meters? He is not an amateur middle school runner haha
@@zan4984 If you knew anything about sprinting you would know that even the elite ones like Bolt cannot keep their peak running speed for an entire 100 meter distance. They take some distance to get out of the blocks and accelerate, then they run at full speed for a short duration/distance and then they slow down at the end of the dash. Bolt could have obviously ran all the way to the finish line with full effort and gotten a better time, but he was definitely gassed at that point.
He ran 100% full out for the 100m & 200m WRs.. watch the videos
But Bolt didn’t slow down when he ran the current world record.
Wade v Niekerk is certainly one of the greatest records broken. The 400m is an elite race.
Michael Johnson breaking the 400m record by 2.028% back in 96 will probably forever be my favorite.
You mean 200m, He broke the 400m in 1999
Erhardt Gerber You’re right, I meant 200.
Micheal Johnson is big phony, got smoked by Donavan Bailey and pulled up lame when his ass was about to be handed to him.
Retired before drug testing kicked in
@@BenDover-jn5el One of my favourite moments in sports. Bailey ate him up in that turn.
Flo Jo who here remembers her nails? Omg I loved when they would say "ready, set," and she would adjust her beautiful long nails to fit right along the start line. She was mesmerizing to watch and you couldn't take your eyes off her.
All that superficial stuff - hair, nails, and makeup - doesn't make up for the fact that she was a drug cheat. Just like many of the top track and field athletes who produced records in the 1980s.
@@mayloo2137 she never got busted for any substance. And her death was caused by epilepsy. You trolls are hilarious. So she’s still a legend and you are a hating troll. So with that being said, Wear your crown like the troll you are! You didn’t cheat for it you won it fair and square!
@@richg9448
100m 200m
1987 10.96 21.96 -
1988 10.49 21.34
In 1987, almost 28 years old. Not possible to improve like that. Retiring after the olympics and not cashing in on her insane marked value..
Stricter anti-doping announced to start after Seoul might have forced her hand.
@@pheel.the.fletcher
How do you know if she was at her best in pre 1987? In her husbands book he stated the radically changed her stride technique (stretch kick and hop) and her leg kick motion to improve acceleration. He stated that she was aggravated as she did less sprinting but more mechanical movement training doing the move repetitively over and over again around the track until it was second nature. This mixed with the same movements in the pool then the took it to the track. I see this in the evaluation below in the link. You guys kill me like you were there and you injected her. Is it fulfilling to be such detractors, haters? I guess Sha’Cari Richardson is a cheat too with her improvements? Sick.
ua-cam.com/video/YgCU6OlyE1g/v-deo.html
Please! She was clearly on something. Not buying how she died either.
For this record, we go back to 1990's when EPO was new and undetectable.
Lol epo is a just an alternative to blood transfusions which have been used in sports since like the 40s🤣
@@abone2pick I guess the 90's were just very special then. Try getting your HCT to 60 with a transfusion. 🙄
@@pstrzel well distance records are still falling today so not that special. Lance Armstrong won the tour de France on just transfusions back in 2000. And he was just as dominant on epo the next year.
theres probably something new and undetectable now
Don't say "Track and Field," when you mean only Track. Sotomayor's 8 foot high jump soars above ALL those.
Not ALL...
Bolt's 9.58 in the 100m is god level
Not really...Barshim's highest of 2.43m was only 2cm off Sotomayors 2.45m record.
Ok. Let's apply the formula used in the video to see how it stacks up using the same criteria. His record is 2.45m. The next highest is 2.43m. 2.45/2.43 = 1.0082 or 0.82% better than the next best. That would rank him it joint 8th based on the criteria in this video.
On the plus side he was likely a lot cleaner than most of the athletes on this list so it's a lot more impressive, in my opinion, than obvious dopers like Flo-Jo, Kratochvílová, Marita Koch and Wang Junxia.
As well as Jonathan Edwards triple jump record
But for high jump there's only so many heights an athlete can jump. Theres no big margins in HJ
Secretariat has held the record time for all three races of the triple crown for 45 years now. His Belmont run set the world record for 1.5 mile on dirt by almost 3 seconds over the previous time. He was going so fast, faster each quarter than the one before, that he unofficially beat the record for 1 5/8 mile while coasting down from the finish line. Millions of horses have had their shot and fallen short, since that time.
Yeah !
i watch this channel every time before a race. way underrated. love these vids more than anything
That's awesome! Best of luck with your running!
Some records here are unfortunately suspicious.
Namely?
@@patrickdowney2523 Wang's 3000, for one
Frederic Pitteloud -- The women’s 400 and 800 for sure. East bloc Steroid era. Look at their muscles. IAAF is thinking about removing certain records from the pre-testing era and those two should definitely go.
@@weljenks the east block and the west block. Or do you really think that only in Leipzig there was an open bar for steroids and the likes of Griffith, Jacky Joyner, Lewis or Randy Barnes were all competing on rice and chicken?
flo jo was packed with drugs
This video should be redone !!!Kipchoge !
Look at the intro ples
3:40 genius
@Peter Falconer How 😂
@Hammer 001 THE woman's 800m world record WASN'T set at the world championships...1983 yes...but not the world CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!!!!
True. It should be redone
well, so you know, Eliud Kipchoge just did wonders yesterday on 2019/10/12, and Bridgit, today 2019/10/13, all from beautiful Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪
Are they doing drugs?
@@danp6303 not that am aware of
@3:32, the announcer states that Ms. Koch's 400m world record (from 1985) is the oldest record on his list. Actually, the oldest record on his list is Ms. Kratochvilova's world record in the 800m from 1983.
I fully agree. Flo Jo's records in both 100m and 200m along with the great Usain Bolt in the same events will probably never be broken in our lifetime. Incredible!
Flo Jo's should be annulled, very very likely doped
Flo jo used ped thats the diference usain was clean
@@chesterbelle Flo Jo never tested positive for this so you are spreading rumors and lies.
Flo Jo's records has been beaten hundreds and hundreds of times by men, Usain Bolt records don't, that the definition of unbreakable.
@@skyh2394 wtf??? 🤔😔
Wayde van Niekerk's 400m record rates as the finest track races of all time, also considering he has done the impossible by doing it from the outside lane.In the process he broke the unbreakable record of the other true great, Michael Johnson.
that is what I was about to say
He is also one of the only athletes that are 10 20 44
Lol the women’s mile got broken like a week ago
🤣🤣🤣
Bitch
@@john-carlosrodriguez4254 tf 🤣
I thing I like about flo jo 100m is that she ran all the way through it, she didn't slow down for the finish
bolt ran it a second faster that's what i like about him idgaf if he pulls off at the end or not
Flo-roid was a joke…everyone knows it!!
@@nibsvkh what? Please elaborate, how can the fastest women in the world be a joke? Such a negativity to a legendary sprinter is mind blowing coming from you
@@-Iconic- no it actually wasn’t a second faster 9.58/10.49 =0.91 difference
And steroids also helped
Some of these old records are suspect due to poor drug testing regimes back then.
100% percent sure that flo jo and koch were on drugs along with jarmila kratochilova 800 meter time
@@pantethine66 FloJo died over twenty years ago. Wouldn't someone in the know say something by now? Oh wait...are you that someone?😲
Flo jo's 100 m was massively wind aided. Do some research on it. I do not know why it still stands. But she still ran another 10.61 that was wind legal which is the real WR.
But her form in the 10.49 one was unbelievable , the turnover was surreal.
@@bklyn11217 as soon as they have permission to exhume the body for testing or her manager husband and trainers decide to come clean and incriminate themselves.
@ARTIIST TV There's a thing called legal wind for it to be eligible a world record. So what if everyone got the same? The wind gauge equipment was faulty for sure.
Video: 400m record may never be broken
Michael Norman in 2020: Hold my spikes
I say 2019
42.98
I think Norman will get it this year. Especially if Van Niekirk & Kerley are healthy and they push each other.
He ran a 43.45 first meet of the season. I'll be disappointed if he doesn't.
I don't think so... n I'm not saying dis js B cz im SOUTH AFRICAN 😂😂😂
For me, Bob Beamon's long jump in Mexico in 1968 is the greatest world record to have stood. The pure theatre of when it happened...his reaction, the disbelief of the people doing the measuring. Truly astonishing...and it stood for 23 years.
It was done at high altitude, that took away from the achievement.
@@fender1000100
Not really, that was one of the most astounding athletic performances, beat out second place silver winner by a whopping 28 inches and the world's record by 21.7 inches. Try to wrap your head around this.
@@fender1000100 then shouldn’t the others be jumping that far?
Yeah and just think, if it wasn't for that 1 jump by Powel, Bob's record will now be 55 years old!
When Eluid kipchoge does his marathon pace faster then women’s 10000 smh
Ben Wells I cant wait for project ineos
To break 2hours he has to run as fast as the women's 5000m world record pace very roughly 1:59:41
true. daniels goes over our gender differences in regards to run performance. no need to compare though as it does a disservice to women. comments like these make their eyes roll (:
@@dontqq29 no ones going to date you
Who really thinks he is clean is just dump
What about Javier Sotomayor 8ft 1/4in high jump world record? Set in 1993. Should have been honorable mention.
In 2015/2016 I desperately expected Mutaz Ersa Barshim or Bogdan Bondarenko to beat that WR, but it wouldn't happen. Barshim is the closest : 2.43m; he had attempts to jump at 2.46, but failed.
Good one
What about renaud lavilline on the pole vault? Over 6 meters...
@@boyjimbo4941 I thought Sergei Bubka's previous WR (6.15m) would stand long, but the French man broke it 5 years ago. So I am not sure the WR will stand longer than the others.
@@lexsoft3969 true but still he didnt put in many important events
I will always question FloJo's performances as they are clouded by suspected drug use. Her rapid rise, shock retirement coinciding with the introduction of random drug testing and early death due to heart failure all point to a drug assisted career.
Agree, very suspicious
she did not die of heart failure. she died of a seizure caused by a congenital vascular malformation in the brain. this means she was born with it and would have died if she never ran track and was working at subway sandwiches. her rise was not rapid, everyone saw her coming from her college days, maybe you were not paying attention. and her retirement is common, many athletes do one Olympics and then stop because it is taxing to continue, especially for a married woman that may want to have a family.
Or maybe you are racist
The real wonder woman.
@@40156 or maybe I am not. My favourite athlete of all time is Cathy Freeman a proud Australian Aboriginal woman who gave 2 fingers to the establishment by wrapping herself in the Aboriginal flag at the 2000 Olympics. I grew up amongst black people in northern Australia and ended a relationship with someone with a girl who turned out to be racist. You can call me many things but racist is not one of them. My opinion is still one that permeates the track and field world and has never been fully addressed satisfactorily for me.
El Guerrouj 2000m in 4.44 is like doing a mile in 3.44 added by a 60 sec warm down. Record will never be broken. Also Daniel Komen 7.58 in 2 miles. These races are also run very infrequent. Thats why I think they will stand forever
Erhardt Gerber No record stands forever. Not a one.
2k record broken 4:43:13
Flo Jo’s record had a suspicious wind aid and no one in the track community believes she did that clean. Her 100m times are orders of magnitude faster then any other woman in over 30 years.
Envy is a hell of a drug.
Lots of people got feelings. SMH
We all know Flo Jo was on steroids. Come on she even sounded like a man after a while.
Elaine Thompson just ran 10.54 in the classic her record is coming to an end soon.
@@marvaeugene2287 How do rumors get started, they're started by the jealous people and
They get mad seein' somethin' they had and sombody else is holdin'
I don’t know if this counts but Mike Powell shattered the long jump record in 1991 and it still stands. It was an epic battle between Carl Lewis and Mike Powell.
This video seems to only show track/running records cuz the women’s throwing records are probably the most impossible to break
Mike beat the previous record - but Carl Lewis ALSO did so in that same event, and both didn't exactly "shatter it".
Definitely an epic battle though - too bad Carl's best jump had just a hair too much wind assist to count.
Flo Jo's record should have never been allowed. There is ample evidence to show that she had a massive tailwind during the race when the reading was incorrectly measured at 0.00
#9 has already been broken. Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) just ran the women's 1 mile in 4:12.33 on July 12, 2019 in Monaco
There is no 33 July but Hassan did break the record
Read that again.
@@kingk39 read it again lol
@@kingk39 read it again lol
wan jau: It counts, and it will be broken again soon.
How does Jonathan Edwards Triple Jump Record 18.29m in 1995, Mike Powell Long Jump Record of 8.9m in 1991 or Javier Sotomayor High Jump Record 2.45m in 1993 stack up? None of these may ever be broken.
Thanks, great work!
8.95m
Flojo race looks like the hulk is in first place! Thought I was watching avengers 😂
It is the aspect ratio of the recording. They all look chunkier than they were.
Many récords with dopinng, its the true!
Mike powells 8.95m will stand a long time still. 30 years and counting.
We have here track records only
@@nikolahrcic1091 he never said it should be in the list he's just making a statement related to the topic.
Also Jonathan Edwards in triple jump
PAULA RADCLIFF's record was broken 2 days ago by Kenya's BRIGID KOSGEI by more than 1 minute and 30 SECONDS ....
Paula never finished another marathon.... drugs
@@danp6303 what nonsense is this?
Bob Beamon broke the long jump record by 6.58%. Still the second longest jump.
WR long jump is 8,95 m by Mike Powell ( aug. 30th 1991)
@@johndewitte Yup. And, as I noted, Beamon's is still the second longest ever. His jump of 8.9M shattered the existing record (8.35M) by 55 CM. FloJo's record was 1.5% better and "will never be beaten"?? Beamon's was 6.58% better and, while it took a very long time, was eventually beaten.
@@billstensrud I speed read your remark and I missed the word "second" in my haste. Sorry about that. You are right, of course. Apart from that, it is my belief that the day will come that the limit of human possibilities will be reached and no more records will be broken.
Yes both Mike Powel and Bob beamon is the best performance of all time. still standing since 1991. plus current atletes cannot even jump 8:50
Bill Stensrud back then it was feet an inches an much moore precise this bull shit metric is design to fool and cof use the people thre is no such thing as point something of an inch nor 4.3 lbs that's bullshit people need to stand up for proper mesuarement
@ 5:02 Loved watching the camera men scampering as fast as they could to keep with Bolt even though he'd slowed down to his casual jog speed after the race. LOL
The most "elite of the elite" in my opinion, is Eliuds Kipchoge's 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 40 seconds. Even though it isnt considered a world record, it is a huge milestone for man.
He would never make it in an official race
Mike Powell , bolt, and Hicham el gerouj ( mile ) those records I would say they are unachievable
@@nourdaniel2437 kipchoge is only 1 minute away from sub 2. He might do it if he pushes it.
Joyner went from 10.94 to 10.49 and from 21.9 to 21.3 in one year. Drugs were so powerful back then!
you don’t even kno wether she used them or not so hush
@@davi8962 sorry but I did track for my whole life nobody drops half a second in 100 m in 1 year please show me another athlete who has done it male or female
@@davi8962 Nobody improves that much at the age of 28. Nobody ever has.
@@davi8962just don’t want to,admit the truth sadly
It was a windy day... all the heats, SFs and final had wind of +3.5-5... except hers, which was 0.0. It wasn't a legal run, even if she was clean and nearly every competitor ran a pb, just to underline it.
And the real question is how many of these world records - especially the ones from the 80s and 90s - are really _clean_
Of course not
ZERO
who proved they are not? You might make a bad juror without evidence pointing to a crime
@@madpuppy54 Most evidence in a court of law is circumstantial, and that kind of evidence is overwhelming here. Lots of records should be purged for the good of the sport if the standards of the courts are applied.
Yeah, especially if you look at disciplines like women's discus throw. The world record is 76.80m, the best throw after 1990 is 71.68 (1992), the best throw of the 21st century is 71.46. There is no way that record will be broken
I personally think usain bolts 200 should be on the list and not just an honorable mention because on average his 100m splits would’ve been just a hair off his open 100 so being able to maintain something like that is remarkable
it is more impressive than the 100 m record
It beat the wr by .1 of a second. If we're talking percentages, which they specifically said they are it was the smallest wr improvement in history
Interesting thing about Koch, she lived in east germany where they were forcing athletes to dope. I don't know about her in particular but judging by the image at 3:28, I'd say she was pretty juiced up as well, in which case that record should get revoked imo.
ok
the 400m and 800m wr for women should both be revoked.
If it's natural it's the Semenya type of 1985
Her legs could be from a male bodybuilder. I am very surprised that you did not acknowledge the potential role of PEDs in many of these records. I’m sure it was a conscious decision, but I believe it was the wrong one. Your videos are great but this one really missed the mark for me.
Kjell de Groot that’s not the point here. Semenya’s a hermaphrodite who’s advantage is out of her control
FloJo is my favorite All-Time athlete! EVER! I ran track because of her in 1979-82.
Me too, not just for the times but by the way she ran away from the opposition. Usain Bolt did the same.
Kratochvilova??? She has an incredible world record at 800m that still remains!! From 1983!!
It's about percentage, the relative difference vs. the next best world record. Another list (probably more accurate) could be done of the largest world record jumps for when they happened (while only counting currently standing world records).
Mr. Kratalovuch
Given that you made this video so recently, and that there have so many corrections to this list in just the last few weeks, such as Masterkova's mile record being beaten by Sifan Hassan, the list is severely compromised by your inclusion of so many "questionable" women's world records. These include Florence Griffith Joyner's 100m and 200m, Marita Koch's 400m, and Wang Junxia's 3000m. In the context of the title of your video however, you're probably right, these may never be broken, as they were all most likely state-sponsored drug-assisted. I like your methodology but, at the same time, it's a little weak. If you had taken into account era (and thus the quality of the track surface and the technology of running shoes), wind assistance in sprints, aerobic vs. anaerobic distances, and next comparative best performances, perhaps the next ten performances, then the results would be very, very different. In my estimation, number 1, by far, is Usain Bolt's 100m, and number 2 is Daniel Komen's 3000m. Komen's 3000m is so outstanding because it has not been even remotely approached in the last 23 years. In fact, only 23 other athletes have bettered 7:30 since Komen set the record 23 years ago and the nearest anyone has got in the last 7 years is Kejelcha last year, some 7.33 seconds behind. Number 3 is Bolt's 200m, and number 4 is Rudisha's 800m. My view is that the longer the distance, the easier the record is to break. Hence, historically, you'll see long-distance records fall more frequently than sprints.
Our principle in the US is innocent until proven guilty. Neither Flo Jo, nor Marita were found to use drugs.
Agree. Just blithely describing the East German Koch and Chinese Junxia records as "amazing" is lying by omission. These are universally regarded as dirty. The only-good-for-one-season suddenly-muscled FloJo is more of the same.
@@AndyZach You don't suddenly show up for one season, and start besting rivals who used to beat you. Then suddenly retire as soon as random drug testing is announced! She wasn't clean, her body changed dramatically in a short span, and she began to do superhuman things.
You can tell this guy has done his research and has put some work into creating this video. WR's are always interpreted subjectively and he managed to analyze them objectively. Hats off to him.
the no. 1 and 2 of FloJo is an aberration to Athletics because she was a drug cheat. And it is obvious. But he did what he had to do with official material before him but that sullies his vid...indeed he would have been better off talking about Sotomayor and Jonathan Edwards than some cheating witch
True words - "Some records here are unfortunately suspicious."
I think my favorite world record would be Bob Beamon in '68. Jumped 21 inches over the previous world record, shattered both 28 feet and 29 feet with a 29'2.5. Craziest and best record ever, even if Mike Powell broke it in 1991 during the battle with Carl Lewis (which was also spectacular. Still, the record stood for 23 years).
J. Kratochvilova has oldest world record. Almost 40 years. It's incredible how different was training methods before 40 years and even C. Semenya can't get closer than 1 second :D
I think everyone wonders how much chemistry was involved at that time. 80s were not clean and over the time records were broken but this one and Kratochvilova's biggest rival Koch, survived until today.
I wondered why Kratochvilova didn't get a mention but she only beat Olizarenko's time by 0.15 sec which I presume is a very small percentage.
full of drugs. she had shoulders like Usain Bolt if I recall
El Guerrouj 1500m 3:26 and mile 3:43 along with Bolt 100m 9:58 and 200m 19.19 are the most difficult to break
Thanks for this comprehensive list! It seems like you put alot of time and effort into the making of this video! Great job!😃👍🏽❤🏃🏿♂️🏃🏽♀️
Usain Bolt was so incredibly good watching him run used to make me laugh. Not only was he the fastest ever - he looked like a tall NBA player running down the track! LOL
I watched this video not realizing it was made by Total Running Productions that's how good it is even if he didn't make it. Now double points 👊🏻
I teared up when he spoke of Usain Bolt..he is most definitely a true legend
It's incredulous that Usain could run that fast being 6' 5" tall. It's typical for guys taller than 6' 1" to run the 400, not the 100. Usain was amazing. I was blessed to see him run a 200 live here in NYC. Wayde Van Niekerk also ran a 44.24 in that same meet. Then, in 2015 I saw Mike Norman run the HS Boys 100m in 10.36 (he popped out of the starting block like a shot) beating several High School 100m sprinters. That spring Mike ran 45.77 as a 12th grader.
Why? How old are you to really know and understand about true records.
Look at Florence, Mike Powell, Jan Zelezny, Sergey Bubka works records. These are true legends of records.
Usain is a cartoon.
@@TheConfutatis I dont know those people..but I know Usain, hes a Jamaican and so am i..can't talk bout weh mi noh know...Usain is my legend...😁🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲😘
@@TheConfutatis FloJo was a drug cheat. The 80s were dirty. I'd suspect any track and field record coming out of that decade.
@@bevenawilliams8491 he doesn't even like what he does. There are much better sprinters than him. He arrogant, ridiculous, show off and not humble. Poor athlete that will be forgotten.
Man... This was a beautiful video. Thanks a bunch.
The saddest part is always about FloJo for me. I mean she is more than suspected using A LOT of illegal substances to reach that peak. Her astonishing performances along with her way-too-early death doesn't help these suspicions...
@Brian Carter Death
Why dont you mention the doping rumours around some of these athletes??
Why make the video at all??? Think of something else, geez.
Because rumours aren't facts. This video looked at the records as a percentage above everyone else. Those are the facts.
And if they doped, there is a Big list of doping athletes coming after them that just cant CUT It.
No Flo Jo, she had severe epilepsy and wouldn't take drugs because of that. She had excellent trainers.
Also the suspicion over Flo-Jo's 100m wind reading.
No love for the King and Queen of high jump?
- Javier Sotomayor (WR: 2.45m, 1993)
- Stefka Kostadinova (WR: 2.09m, 1987).
Anyone watching this after Masterkova’s record got broken?
Yup. Most of these records will fall eventually.
@@monica012077 thats right, its just a matter of time , they will all get beaten sooner or later
@That One funny isnt it
@@monica012077 if you are allowing trans girls then definitely will be records set.
Her record is not that good. Genzebe Dibaba came quite near with the indoor world record.
Track and field includes jumps and throws....you chose to focus on track alone!
Uzo Egbeogu it does say track world records, not track and field
No..... it definitely says track and field in the video.
Ok now read the title....crazy huh?
Field Events as of October 23, 2020
Men's High Jump=0.82%
Men's Long Jump=0.56%
Men's Triple Jump=0.44%
Men's Pole Vault=0.65%
Men's Shot Put=0.26%
Men's Discus=0.27%
Men's Hammer=0.81%
Men's Javelin=0.74%
Women's High Jump=0.48%
Women's Long Jump=0.4%
Women's Triple Jump=0.58%
Women's Pole Vault=1.2%
Women's Shot Put=0.8%
Women's Discus=3%
Women's Hammer=4.48%
Women's Javelin=0.81%
Exactly. This is what makes this video ridiculous. Mike Powell long jump at 8.95m. Javelin by Jan Zelezny at 98.48m.
Marita Koch 400m record (47.60) in 1985
Jarmila Kratochvílova 800m (1:53.28) record in 1983
...are records which won't be broken
400m is in danger right now because of Sydney, for 800m I don't see possibility, Kratochvilvova had better muscularity than most of the men sprinters 🙄
@@n3rvous572 I notice he completely avoided the topic of the women's 800m record (smart man). In my opinion they should let the XY girls make a run at the 400M and 800M records. At least they are doing it off of their natural bodies rather than steroids. It could be some kind of asterisk record.
@@n3rvous572 Sydney is about 48,8 to 49,2.....too far from Maritas record.... yet...
@@panayotiscanellopoulos8696 what about her 47.91 400m split for USA team in the last relays? I guess she's pretty close, closest anyone have ever been, but this is more than insane to run sub 11.9s each 100m dash.
@@n3rvous572 with start point, this equals to the times i mentioned... :)
The mile by El Guerrouj will stand a while. Only one other person broke the previous WR and he was running in the same race El Guerrouj set the record. It's been 21 years already.
The mile is a weird one as it very rarely gets run, same can be said of Komen's 3000. El Guerrouj was phenomenal though and he has 7 of the 9 fastest ever times in the 1500 metres. I think he still holds 4 world records that are over 20 years old, 2 of them indoors. El Guerrouj is also 2nd in the 3000m all time list but even he is over 2 secs behind Komen, nobody else has gotten within 4 secs of Komen.
Nice video. You should make one about field events now
Field Events as of October 23, 2020
Men's High Jump=0.82%
Men's Long Jump=0.56%
Men's Triple Jump=0.44%
Men's Pole Vault=0.65%
Men's Shot Put=0.26%
Men's Discus=0.27%
Men's Hammer=0.81%
Men's Javelin=0.74%
Women's High Jump=0.48%
Women's Long Jump=0.4%
Women's Triple Jump=0.58%
Women's Pole Vault=1.2%
Women's Shot Put=0.8%
Women's Discus=3%
Women's Hammer=4.48%
Women's Javelin=0.81%
Great job on your content bud.will be watching.
should have just said track not track & field, no mention of field events at all
Eluid Kipchoge will definitely break his marathon record within the next 5 years
He is getting older tho... I hope he can tho, and I'm really hoping for another breaking 2 project, would be the most beautiful thing to see a sub 2 Marathon
Anyone can run fast with springs in their shoes.
Performance enhancement was written all over these world records, these are all great athletes and no doubt they worked hard at their events over a long period of time, though performance enhancing was evident within all of these world records. Flo Jo suddenly retired early over drug testing issues and passed away early, performance enhancement were factors within her life, like many other athletes there is no denying that at all. Sincerely, Tom.
Who else holding these world records outlined in this video is believed to have utilized performance enhancing drugs during their respective records?
After Bikele got within 2 seconds of the Marathon record in Berlin, it will be interesting what happens to the world record if he and Kipchoge race on a flat course.
The greatest ever
Elaine Thompson just ran a 10.54 ties one of flo jo’s wind aided times and the second fastest time in history. I now see the 100 as an extremely vulnerable world record.
"Wind aided"🤣 I guess the wind was also wrong in her 200 wr that Elaine Thompson hasn't even approached yet.
ALL records will be broken at some point, It's only a matter of time where a freak athlete will come along, look at the Heavyweight lifting, shot put and pole vault for just a few examples, those records stood for quite a while then suddenly 3 individuals come along and wipe the old records out over and over again, also remember when the long jump record stood around 8m40?!, it stayed that way for ages then suddenly a freak jump by an athlete by the name of Bob Beamon absolutely destroys it by nearly 2 feet!, we're still waiting for the Discuss, Hammer and the first person to hit 9m a the long jump.
This is just track, what about Jonathan Edwards triple jump eh
Amazing how this video avoids doping suspicions, especially for the American 1 & 2 spots.
You can suspect anyone. Proof please.
It literally killed her…proof enough
@@wnsomjons698 she died from seizures that she had since birth
@@bigghoww yeah, k
Every world record in athletics is doped up my guy stop hating on the Americans like only they have access to that shit
Outside the track:
Bob Beamon jumped 8.90 m in Mexico Olympics 1968 and broke the former world record by whopping 55 cm.
That is, 6.6% difference. The record stood for almost 23 years.
Other record that seems hard to break.
- Kostadinova's record in high jump is already 35 years old.
- Sotomayor's record in high jump is already 29 years old.
- Edward's record in triple jump is already 27 years old.
I think FloJo and Koch were doped, but who knows?
Women mile record got broken recently I think.
4:12:33, Sifan Hassan 12th of July 2019
@@StopTheRot How can a woman run under 48 seconds in the 400 meters? Majority of the top woman sprinters run barely under 50 seconds.
Koch was defo juiced that time back in the 80's eastern europe doping at it's best
@BubonicTonic It's been proven half of these people doped.
@BubonicTonic No definitive proof on FLO-JO but her improvement is just insane at her age. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marita_Koch
Koch's achievements, along with the performances of many other East German female athletes, have long been under suspicion that they were achieved with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs.[7] These drugs were and remain illegal, but were not detectable at the time. In 1991, German anti-drug activists Brigitte Berendonk and Werner Franke, were able to save several doctoral theses and other documents written by scientists working for the East German drug research programme. The documents list the dosage and timetables for the administration of anabolic steroids to many athletes of the former DDR, with one of them being Marita Koch. According to the sources, Koch did use the anabolic steroid Oral-Turinabol (4-Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone) from 1981 to 1984 with dosages ranging from 530 to 1460 mg/year.[8]
RIP, "Hurdle events and steeplechase not included" Those are my favorite events
Aries record hurdle run was shown here
If anyone is rewatching this in 2021, where do you think the 45,94 from Karsten Warholm stacks? The world record is insanely impressive obviously, and the race as a hole is even better, specially the top 5. 26 years without anyone going below 47, 3 more years and no one has gone under 46,78 except many people have tried many times, and finished very close on numerous times. And then, 2 months after he barely brakes it, he destroys the old record by more than 8 tenths of a second, in a 400 meter race
Love how the marathon was almost beaten just a few weeks after that video :D
But I am not sure if it is official. I think the one in the video is still considered the official world record
@@alialammar7080 he's taking about Kenenisa 2019
Kipchoge 2019 beats his own record
Doubt it, is he going to do any more this year?
@@DoddyIshamel he broke 2hrs
@@westozzy Not in a marathon though. This is track and field records not assisted records or half of them would be different.
@@DoddyIshamel i dont really give a shit about how he managed to set that time - staged or not - race or not, he still had to run the distance
@@westozzy I don't give a shit what you don't give a shit about, it's a list of records and that isn't one. If it was then his last attempt with the help would be the record in the list wouldn't it. But it's not. Just like wind assisted times or times on spring tracks aren't in this list either.
Cool vid. Just wondering about the field events too. Hasn't the high jump record been stagnant for awhile?
No because half of these people were doping
half of these people...ha..ha...
Doping doesn’t automatically make you better. The still worked their asses off, and even if you doped youd never come near to any of these records. So give up.
FromRussiaWithLove my sister was top 8 in the world in the 90’s she wasn’t on it sorry for the disappointment
Marita Koch and Flo Jo were definitely doping. Flo Jo was related to Joyner Kersey and more drugs. Her performances really took off spectacturaly in her late 20s. Kotch was part of the East German systematic doping programme, as was the Czech 800 metre runner.
@@nwordpenis4125 At that level it makes the difference.
Mike Powell’s long jump record has to be on this list.
Track events only😢 we need a different video on field events
Great video coverage with facts!
Jonathon Edwards Triple jump 1995 - surely worth a mention? It’s a shame that the credibility of the top ten is tarnished by those that are, no more than cheats, and whose records should be removed.
Christian Taylor was actually capable to break the WR. But I don't know his progress nowadays.
@Yourbackthere Jones This Edward's jump was wind-aided ?
@Yourbackthere Jones I agree, nobody. Now I am thinking about age. Edwards did incredible jumps when he was 29. Carl Lewis did his best long jumps at WC 1991 when he was 30. Mike Powell broke long jump at WC 1991 final when he was 28 and did 8.99m (wind-aided) a year later.
It looks like age between 28-30 is the peak for jumpers. Taylor is 29 now, so based on that pattern/history, I still expect one more incredible jump (a new WR) from him this year. WC 2019 is the perfect time for him to do it, like Powell at WC 1991 in long jump and Edward at WC 1995. But it seems that he is declining, so it's unlikely. It means Edwards WR will stand longer.
@@lexsoft3969 Did edwards set the record at 35.
LazerDaz Name Change He was born in 1966. He set the record at WC 1995 in Gothenborg.
Great video! Can you also give us some records for field events, not just track events please?
Flo Jo is still (technically) the best sprinter ever. Her running during the 200-meter final in Soul is close to perfection - and the best sprint ever done by a human.
Putting Koch on this list is a bit stupid as she was most likely using performance-enhancing drugs, Flo Jo was also under suspicion of using drugs
Suspicion?
I think she was actually using
@@uzoegbeogu9617 no doubt.
Bingo...men's physical characteristics!
@@johnrogan9420 i remember the change in her body from 1987 to 1988. All vitamins lol
@@Nickyg1968 she died prematurely too...her complexion seemed odd to me...like a cadaver...
Fully surprised that Daniel komen’s 2 mile record isn’t on there. Wow
Tide Pods Right?? Nobody else has gone 7:58 in a 2 mile but him
@@samanimations2002t's hardly ever run so although a great performance, wouldn't really count it as one of the greatest records
I totally agree and just made a comment about it. I get that it is not a race that is run very much but nonetheless the performance is incredible and my top pick. Breaking the 4 minutes barrier 2 times in a row without stopping. Good grief that is nuts.
My thoughts?
Well I have just given them! Beggars belief you would produce this programme in the manner you have. Your credulity is staggering!
Michael Phelps 400m freestyle record set in 2008. IMO Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt will be 2 athletes whose Olympic and World Championships medal tally records will never be broken in their sports.
I think you mean Phelps’ 400 IM record. Phelps never really swam the 400 free. Anyway, that swim was done in a suit that has since been banned. It could be beaten by Daiya Seto of Japan this summer. The record in swimming that will last the longest is either Zhang Lin’s unreal 800m free record from 2009, or the women’s 200 fly record, also from a Chinese swimmer in 2009. Both were swam in supersuits by swimmers who never came close to those times again outside of those suits.
@@aquajosh I never knew about the supersuits. Thanks.
I think it's very suspicious that FloJo retired at the top of the sport at such a young age just months after setting both world records.
Damion Copeland she was doping and retired to avoid being tested
@@c_waitz2855 ...and then she died in her 30's of heart failure, just like so many dopers before and after her...
Clearly. Especially after the Ben Johnson scandal.
We all know she was doping, ahe had never ran close to those times b4 and at age 27 she up n start runnning those crazy times n then retired when she heard they were coming with random drug testing smh.
@@Walk_on_Part_In_a_War she choked from a seizure developed from pregnancy so get your facts right.
Very good. An updated version is due at this time though. Would love to see it.
Everyone who isn't delusional knows FloJo was doped to the gills but her 100m WR was also wind aided...Imagine being a technically perfect sprinter on high anabolic steroids with a wind aided time that's legal...Of course it will never be beaten. One of the biggest disgraces in track if u ask me.
I used to think so too (mostly because of her husband) but when I did some further research, I found her autopsy didn't support that conclusion. There's also a short documentary that has analysed her running technique and quantified where and how she made the extra speed. When they ran the numbers, it showed she wouldn't have needed to be doped, - her technique alone made the difference.
What’s the point of telling us how fast they ran per mile when all the records are in m or km
No Marathons are miles 26.so many yards.
Marathons are not km. And I am not American.
@@tkralva.6668 yOu aRe stupid lol
@@vincentb1069 , it's "you're", which is a contraction of "you are".
Always helpful to spell correctly when attacking a complete stranger's intelligence.
@@TheDwightMamba Well first of all English is my third language and I speak four. Argue with me in French or Spanish and I will use perfect Grammar. And the marathon came from greece athen and they use the metric system so he is in fact stupid. And you are a lil bitch for bringing up grammar
@@vincentb1069, you are a troll.
The marathon pre-dates the metric system, by the way. Otherwise, it would have been an even number, smart guy.
Calling complete strangers bitches though? For that, I question your intelligence.
Some of the world records are no longer standing....but it's good to know...
I want to live and see Kenenisa's 10K and 5k records broken. Mo Farrah couldn't come any where close, and so many others.
Both are absolutely unbelievable - but I think his 5000 m is more vulnerable than the 10000 m.
5K is gone already wait for 10k it's going down in October
Hope you are still alive cheptegei has broken them