What is the most untouchable outdoor record?

For men's events, I think the 10000 should be relatively safe. It is an event that does not really attract the best talent as specialists. There is also a real lack of racing opportunities.

I don't think it is the "strongest" record, but that is not the same thing as unlikely to be broken.

I am not sure about the field events, I would have to give that some thought and research.

I conclude that it means doping doesn't work for the most elite of the elite. Shobukhova was almost 3 minutes slower than Radcliffe. If you want to argue that doping helped Liliya, than take 2-3 minutes off her time. Meaning Radcliffe would have been 5-6 minutes ahead of her. And that's simply not reasonable.The clear answer is that Radcliffe was clean and Shobukhova wasn't helped by her doping. And even if Radcliffe wasn't clean, it clearly didn't help her either or she would've been even faster.

Roho wrote:

Ratcliff's 2.15 is untouchable, caught East Africans drugged to the gills can not even approach it. Draw your own conclusions.

The answer is 3:43.13 - 1 mile outdoor record.

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Men's long jump.

No one has come with 7 inches of it in 25 years and the 2 who did are both retired.

For men Bolt's will stand for a long time.

you've missed the women records which with the exception of the 1500 and 10000 are virtually all decades old and were probably drug assisted.

OMG, the 800m record is 35 years old and even Caster Semenya (who is more man than woman) can't break it.

They will stand until the IAAF strips them all off the books.

This is the sad story of Women's athletics that needs to be dealt with.

Agreed.

Ha NO foo wrote:

komens 7:20 3k

End of thread...

This.

RvaRunner wrote:

Men's long jump.

No one has come with 7 inches of it in 25 years and the 2 who did are both retired.

I agree this is a very strong record.

We have a strong crop of high jumpers currently competing but that is also a record that has stood for a long time.

The pole vault is the only field event I can think of that has fallen recently (not a field event expert). And Decathlon, which is 1/2 field.

RvaRunner wrote:

Men's long jump.

No one has come with 7 inches of it in 25 years and the 2 who did are both retired.

I agree this is a very strong record.

We have a strong crop of high jumpers currently competing but that is also a record that has stood for a long time.

The pole vault is the only field event I can think of that has fallen recently (not a field event expert). And Decathlon, which is 1/2 field.

Women's discus

Women's shot put

men's long jump

Men's hammer

men's javelin

100m w/m

I believe most distance records can be broken but will athletes make the attempts? Sit and kick has become far too popular.

8 and above will be broken in the next 5 years.

rekrunnner wrote:

And even if Radcliffe wasn't clean, it clearly didn't help her either or she would've been even faster.

Clearly? Why, what? If she doped, she would've been faster because 2:15 is a slow time?

Clearly she was as doped, but a high responder.

Not entirely sure why people have brought up women's "world records" because they are not genuine world records, literally thousands of people have run faster than Radcliffe in a marathon for example.

They are subcategory records.

So as people seem to be allowing subcategory records into this discussion this is the most untouchable record at present:

Yuki Kawauchi's record for a half marathon in a suit. No one is within 18 minutes of that mark at present which is a huge gap for that distance.

Ha NO foo wrote:

komens 7:20 3k

End of thread...

As impressed as I am with the 3k record, the 2k record is even more impressive if you look at gap to 2nd best. It is by far the biggest gap of all the men's distance records.

men's 3k , end of thread

I'd bet my house that Komen's 3k record (7:20) won't be broken for a decade or two, if ever.

I think 12:37 for 5000m is pretty insane.

No one has been under 12:50 in over four years.

Carmelita Jeter already ran 10:64, which is very close.

What? Even Bekele and geb didn't come close with several attempts.