Track and field athletes have not slowed down in December – even world records have been broken during the darkest month

Due to the weather conditions, the best outdoor track & field results have naturally been achieved in southern countries. Most of these records were made in the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1998 and during the summer’s competitive seasons in Australia.

Throughout history, 11 world records have been broken in December. The latest of these is the world record of half marathon by Kibiwott Kandie in 2020. Haile Gebrselassie also took to the streets in Doha in December 2002, and broke the world record of 10 km road running with a time of 27.02.

The first world record made in December went to Jack Metcalfe for triple jump in 1935. Emma George from Australia is the only one to set a world record on an indoor track in December. George set the world record in pole jumping first outdoors in 1995 (428), and then, year later, she set a new record of 440 in a sports hall.

World Records made in December

The best track and field results of both men and women come from some of the best athletes. For example, the master hammer thrower Koji Murofushi emerged from winter hibernation by throwing a nice result of 78.57 in the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1998. Ibrahim Jeilan and Ayanleh Souleiman have been familiar sights in world championship arenas of long-distance running in recent years, and they achieved good times on 1 500 and 5 000 metres.

In women’s sports, the Russian ladies Anna Chicherova and Maria Lasitskene have made mockery of the two-metre bar in high jump. The top shot putter Valerie Adams from New Zealand visited her home country and putted Christmas greetings of 19.44 metres. In hundred metre run, Sally Pearson, better known as a hurdler, set the Christmas season’s record of 11.17 seconds.

Best Results in December

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