Track and Marathon stat before the start of IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015

   

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Tomorrow 22 August will see the kickoff of  IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 when the opening event, the men’s marathon final gets started at 7:35am at Yondingmen Gate, Beijing which decides the first gold medal of the 15th edition of this competition.

The worlds' meet (became biennial after the 3^rd edition) is the main event of the IAAF World Athletics Series and will take place from the 22 to 30 August at the Beijing National Stadium (Bird’s Nest), which will be the venue of the largest sporting event since Beijing 2008 Olympics. 

"This will be the largest sporting event on the planet in 2015" as quoted by IAAF

The women’s marathon final is scheduled on the morning of Day 9, the last day of competitions, which together with  the men’s race are part of the 2015 World Marathon Majors (WMM)  series alongside marathons of Tokyo, London, Boston, Berlin, Chicago and New York.

A glance at the list of IAAF track and marathon World Leading (WL) times in comparison with the Championships Records (CR) and World Records (WR) on the eve of Beijing 2015 worlds.
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Men ……. WL ……………..........……. CR …..……………….................… WR

100m - 9.74 Gatlin (USA) ------ [9.58 Bolt (JAM) 2009] ------------ [9.58 Bolt (JAM) 2009]

200m - 19.57 Gatlin (USA) ----- [19.19 Bolt (JAM) 2009] ---------- [19.19 Bolt (JAM) 2009]

400m - 43.72 Makwala (BOT) - [43.18 Johnson (USA) 1999] ------ [43.18 Johnson (USA) 1999]

800m - 1:42.51 Tuka (BIH) ----- [1:43.06 Konchella (KEN) 1987] -- [1:40.91 Rudisha (KEN) 2012]

1500m - 3:26.69 Kiprop (KEN) - [3:27.65 Guerrouj (MAR) 1999] - [3:26.00 Guerrouj 1998]

5000m - 12:58.39 Kejelcha (ETH) - [12:52.79 Kipchoge (KEN) 2003] - [12:37.35 Bekele 2004]

10,000m - 26:50.97 Farah (GBR) - [26:46.31 Bekele (ETH) 2009] -- [26:17.53 Bekele 2005]

3000m S - 7:58.83 Birech (KEN) - [8:00.43 Kemboi (KEN) 2009] - [7:53.63 Shaheen (QAT) 2004]

110m H - 12.94 Ortega (CUB) -- [12.91 Jackson (USA) 1993] ----- [12.80 Merritt (USA) 2012]

400m H - 48.09 Jackson (USA) - [47.18 Young (USA) 1993] ------- [46.78 Young (USA) 1992]

4x100m - 37.38 (USA) ----------- [37.04 (JAM) 2011] -------------- [36.84 (JAM) 2012]

4x400m - 2:58.43 (USA) --------- [2:54.29 (USA) 1993] ----------- [2:54.29 (USA) 1993]

Marathon - 2:04:42 Kipchoge*(KEN) - [2:06:54 Kirui (KEN) 2009] - [2:02:57 Kimetto (KEN) 2014]

 * not competing

Women … WL ……………...........…...…. CR ……………......….......…....… WR

100m -10.74 Fraser-Pryce (JAM) - [10.70 Jones (USA) 1999] ------ [10.49 Griffith-Joyner (USA) 1988]

200m -21.98 Felix (USA) - [21.74 Gladisch-Moller (GDR) 1987] ----- [21.34 Griffith-Joyner (USA) 1988]

400m - 49.83 Mccorory (USA) - [47.99 Kratochvilova (TCH) 1983] - [47.60 Koch (GDR) 1985]

800m -1:56.99 Sum (KEN) - [1:54.68 Kratochvilova (TCH) 1983] --- [1:53.28 Kratochilova (TCH) 1983]

1500m -3:50.07 G Dibaba (ETH) - [3:58.52 Tomashova (RUS) 2003] - [3:50.07 G Dibaba (ETH) 2015]

5000m -14:14.32 Ayana (ETH) - [14:38.59 T Dibaba (ETH) 2005] - [14:11.15 T Dibaba (ETH) 2008]

10,000m -30:49.68 Burka (ETH) - [ 30:04.18 Adere (ETH) 2003] - [29:31.78 Wang (CHN) 1993]

3000m S -9:11.28 Ghribi (TUN) - [9:06.57 Volkova (RUS) 2007] --- [8:58.81 Galkina (RUS) 2008]

100m H -12.34 Nelvis (USA) - [12.28 Pearson (AUS) 2011] --------- [12.21 Donkova (BUL) 1988]

400m H -53.74 Little (USA) - [52.42 Walker (JAM) 2009] ----------- [52.34 Pechenkina (RUS) 2003]

4x100m - 41.96 USA -------- [41.29 JAM 2013] ----------------------- [40.82 USA 2012]

4x400m -3:19.39 USA ------- [3:16.71 USA 1993] -------------------- [3:15.17 USSR 1988]

Marathon -2:19:52 M Dibaba (ETH) - [2:20:57 Radcliffe (GBR) 2005] - [2:15:25 Radcliffe (GBR) 2003]