9Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 3 | Thursday, August 2, 2012

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BYALEXBORDENS |Tribune graphics ANDLIZSPANGLER ANDJENNIFERPRANDATO | Special to theTribune

When track and field events start on Friday,most competitionswill be held at theOlympic Stadium. Record-breaking athletes are returning to the track to compete for gold and

against history. Below is a guide to the bar that has been set andwhat itwill take for this group ofOlympians to best history.

SPEED OF RECORD TIMEIn miles per hour

Individual events listed first in order of distance; hrs:min:sec

100m

110m hurdles

200m

400m

400m hurdles

800m

1,500m

3,000m steeple

5,000m

10,000m

20km race walk

Marathon

50km race walk

400m relay

1,600m relay

3:15.17

41.37

2:15:25

1:25:08

29:31.78

14:11.15

8:58.81

3:50.46

1:53.28

52.34

47.6

21.34

12.21

10.49

Soviet Union (1988)

East Germany (1985)

Paula Radcliffe (2003)

Vera Sokolova (2011)

Junxia Wang (1993)

Tirunesh Dibaba (2008)

Gulnara Galkina (2008)

Yunxia Qu (1993)

Jarmila Kratochvilova (1983)

Yuliya Pechonkina (2003)

Marita Koch (1985)

Florence Griffith Joyner (1988)

Yordanka Donkova (1988)

Florence Griffith Joyner (1988)

GDR

GBR

RUS

CHN

ETH

RUS

CHN

CZE

RUS

GDR

USA

BUL

USA

1,600m relay

400m relay

Marathon

20km race walk

10,000m

5,000m

3,000m steeple

1,500m

800m

400m hurdles

400m

200m

100m hurdles

100m

Record holder (year) Country Record

9.58

12.87

19.19

43.18

46.78

1:41.01

3:26

7:53.63

12:37.35

26:17.53

1:17:16

2:03:38

3:34:14

37.04

2:54.29

Usain Bolt (2009)

Dayron Robles (2008)

Usain Bolt (2009)

Michael Johnson (1999)

Kevin Young (1992)

David Lekuta Rudisha (2010)

Hicham El Guerrouj (1998)

Saif Saaeed Shaheen (2004)

Kenenisa Bekele (2004)

Kenenisa Bekele (2005)

Vladimir Kanaykin (2007)

Patrick Makau Musyoki (2011)

Denis Nizhegorodov (2008)

Jamaica (2011)

United States (1993)

JAM

CUB

JAM

USA

USA

KEN

MAR

QAT

ETH

ETH

RUS

KEN

RUS

Record holder (year) Country Record

A game of speed and distanceSchedule ofmen’s events

EVENT

EVENT

Fri.

3Sat.

4Sun.

5Mon.

6Tues.

7Wed.

8Thu.

9Fri.

10Sat.

11Sun.

12

Schedule ofwomen’s events

Fri.

3Sat.

4Sun.

5Mon.

6Tues.

7Wed.

8Thu.

9Fri.

10Sat.

11Sun.

12

Hurdles

110m

400m

Race walk

20km

50km

Jumping

High jump

Long jump

Pole vault

Triple jump

Decathalon

Throwing

Discus

Hammer

Shot put

Javelin

100m

200m

400m

800m

1,500m

5,000m

10,000m

Marathon

3,000m

steeplechase

Relays

400m

1,600m

20km

100m

400m

Hurdles

Race walk

Discus

Hammer

Javelin

Shot put

Throwing

High jump

Long jump

Pole vault

Triple jump

Jumping

Heptathalon

100m

200m

400m

800m

1,500m

5,000m

10,000m

Marathon

3,000m

steeplechase

Relays

400m

1,600m

Men’s runningworld records

Women’s runningworld records

22

20

18

16

14

12

10

8

6

4

2 MPH

2 MPH

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

24 MPH

24 MPH

SPEED OFRECORD TIMEin miles per hour

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23.35 mph

19.12m

ph

23.31 mph

8.76

mph11.6

1m

ph

24

.16mph

20.5

1m

ph

20.72 mph

19.13m

ph

17.72m

ph

16.2

9m

ph

9.6

5m

ph

12.7

2m

ph

14.1

7m

ph

14.7

7m

ph

141.

14m

ph

8.7

0mph

21.32 mph

18.32m

ph

20.96 mph

18.80m

ph

17.10m

ph15

.80

mp

h

21.63m

ph

18.3

4m

ph

14.5

6m

ph12

.43

mp

h1 3

.14m

ph

12.6

2m

ph

Men’s throwing and jumpingworld records

Women’s throwing and jumpingworld records

Outlook for theU.S. team Layof the land:OlympicStadium

Long jump Triple jump Shot put Discus Hammer Javelin

MikePowell

(1991) USA

8.95m

JonathanEdwards

(1995) GBR

18.29m

RandyBarnes

(1990) USA

23.12m

JurgenSchult

(1986) GER

74.08m

YuriySedykh(1986) UKR

86.74m

JanZelezny(1996) CZE

98.48m

7M

6M

5M

4M

3M

2M

1M

Men’spole vaultSergeyBubka(1994) UKR

6.14m

Men’shigh jump

JavierSotomayor(1993) CUB

2.45m

Women’spole vaultElenaIsinbaeva(2009) RUS

5.06m

Women’shigh jump

StefkaKostadinova(1987) BUL

2.09m

Mixedverticaljumpingworldrecords

Long jump Triple jump Shot put Discus HammerJavelin

GalinaChistyakova(1988) RUS

7.52m

InessaKravets(1995) UKR

15.5m

NatalyaLisovskaya(1987) RUS

22.63m

GabrieleReinsch(1988) GER

76.8m

BettyHeidler(2011) GER

79.42m

BarboraSpotakova(2008) CZE

72.28m

U.S. trialswinnerJustinGatlin (left), back from adoping suspension, andAmerican record holderTysonGay should challenge for gold in the 100.

AmericanWallaceSpearmon should push theJamaicans in the 200.AriesMerrittwas clocked in aworld-leading 12.93 seconds three times in the110-meter hurdles.AshtonEaton, who set a decath-lonworld record at the trials, could be joined on themedal stand byTreyHardee.

For thewomen,world 100-meter championCarmelita Jeter (right)won the final at theU.S. trialsandwas second in the 200.SanyaRichards-Ross isattempting a 200-400 double and is likely to run arelay.

LoloJones is part of a strong 100-meter hurdlescontingentwith Beijing championDawnHarper andKellieWells.

—TribuneOlympic Bureau

Triple jump/long jump

START100m

START110m hurdle

FINISH LINE

START1,500m

START400m, 400mhurdle, 800m, 10,000m

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200m, 3,000m

Steeplechase,

5,000m

Hammer

Discus

High jump

Shot put

Pole vault

Javelin

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