Timed and Competitive Running

By jakemehrhoff
  • 9999 BCE

    2.6 Million Years Ago - Humans Developed Ability to Run

    2.6 Million Years Ago - Humans Developed Ability to Run
    It is assumed that the ancestors of humankind developed the ability to run for long distances about 2.6 million years ago, probably in order to hunt animals
  • 5500 BCE

    Areni-1 Shoe

    Areni-1 Shoe
    Areni-1 shoe is a 5,500-year-old leather shoe. Discovered 2008 in Areni-1 cave located in the Vayots Dzor province of Armenia.
  • 1829 BCE

    Earliest Known Competitive Running

    Tailteann Games in Ireland in 1829 BCE as a ceremony for the dead.
  • 776 BCE

    First Olympic Games

    First Olympic Games
    Olympic Games took place in 776 BCE. Running has been described as the world's most accessible sport.

  • First <4 minute mile

    First <4 minute mile
    Englishman Roger Bannister became the first person to achieve the feat in May 1954. Record lasted just 46 days.

  • Fastest Woman of All Time - Florence Griffith Joyner "Flo-Jo"

    Fastest Woman of All Time - Florence Griffith Joyner "Flo-Jo"
    1988 World Records: 100 Meters - 10.49. 200 Meters - 21.34. Birth Name: Florence Delorez Griffith. US born and missed 1984 Olympics due to US Boycott.

  • Fastest Female Mile Run - Svetlana Masterkova

    Fastest Female Mile Run - Svetlana Masterkova
    Fastest Female Mile Run - 4:12:56. From Russia

  • Current Fastest Mile Ran

    Current Fastest Mile Ran
    3:43:13 Current World Record Mile Run Time

  • Fastest Marathon Time - Female

    Fastest Marathon Time - Female
    Female - Paula Radcliffe during the London Marathon

  • Fastest Man Ever - Usain St Leo Bolt

    Fastest Man Ever - Usain St Leo Bolt
    world record 9.58-second 100 metres in Berlin. He was clocked at 44.64kph or 27.8mph.

  • Fastest Marathon Time - Male

    Fastest Marathon Time - Male
    Male - Eliud Kipchoge set a new world record for men of 2:01:39, at the 2018 Berlin Marathon.