Which women's world athletics record, held by a Czech, has stood since 1983?
"1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres These are the official results of the men's 800 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 60 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on 9 August 1983. From the gun, World Junior Record holder and NCAA Champion Joaquim Cruz went out fast to get the lead, with Peter Elliott in lane 1 accelerating when he saw Cruz ahead of him, passing the break point swinging wide to go around Cruz but Cruz would not let him"
"Jarmila Kratochvílová Jarmila Kratochvílová (; born 26 January 1951, in Golčův Jeníkov) is a Czech former track and field athlete. She won the 400 metres and 800 metres at the 1983 World Championships, setting a world record in the 400 m. In 1983, she also set the world record for the 800 metres, which still stands and which is currently the longest-standing individual world record in athletics. Only two athletes, Pamela Jelimo of Kenya, in 2008, and Caster Semenya of South Africa, in 2018, have come within a second of Kratochvílová's mark since it was set. In 1983, Kratochvílová broke"
"Zdeňka Šilhavá Zdeňka Bartoňová-Šilhavá (born 15 June 1954 in Krnov, Czechoslovakia) is a retired female track and field athlete from the Czech Republic, who set the world record in the women's discus throw on 26 August 1984 with a distance of . That mark still is the national record. Šilhavá represented Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, finishing in sixth place () in the women's discus, and in eleventh place in the women's shot put event (). She threw again in the 1996 Summer Olympics at the age of 42. Three years after the Olympics, she"
"the competition, 17 by men and 12 by women. The first world record to be set at the World Championships was by Jarmila Kratochvílová of Czechoslovakia, who ran 47.99 seconds to win the women's 400 m final. A peak of five world records came at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. The most recent world record was in the women's 50 kilometres race walk, which Portugal's Inês Henriques finished in 4:05:56 in 2017. World records have become less common as the history of the event has expanded, with no world records set in the 1997, 2001, 2007 and 2013 editions."
"threw masters W45 world records in both the shot put and discus that still stand. Šilhavá tested positive for anabolic steroids at the European Cup in Moscow in August 1985 and was subsequently banned for life by the European Athletics Federation. The ban was later reduced to 18 months by the IAAF. She is married to discus thrower Josef Šilhavý. Zdeňka Šilhavá Zdeňka Bartoňová-Šilhavá (born 15 June 1954 in Krnov, Czechoslovakia) is a retired female track and field athlete from the Czech Republic, who set the world record in the women's discus throw on 26 August 1984 with a distance"
"minutes, which still stands as the Czech record. Competing individually, Strnadová reached two major outdoor finals in the 800 m, placing seventh at the 1983 World Championships and fifth at the 1986 European Athletics Championships. Her greatest individual achievement was at the 1984 European Athletics Indoor Championships, where she won a gold medal in the 800 m with a championship record time of 1:59.52 minutes. This remained as the record for 18 years before being bettered by Slovenia's Jolanda Ceplak in 2002. She was runner-up to her world record-breaking compatriot Kratochvílová at the 1985 IAAF Grand Prix Final, and won"
"Barbora Špotáková Barbora Špotáková (; born 30 June 1981) is a Czech track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She is a two-time Olympic Champion and three-time World Champion, as well as the current world record holder with a throw of 72.28 m. Špotáková was an All-American during her one season at the University of Minnesota in 2001-02 and won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg. Špotáková improved the Czech national record (previously 66.21 m held by herself since 2006) twice in the final of the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. She took"
"Milena Strnadová Milena Strnadová (née Matejkovicová; born 23 May 1961) is a Czech former track and field athlete who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 400 metres and 800 metres events. She enjoyed international success in her early twenties with silver medal wins behind East German opposition as part of the Czechoslovak women's 4 × 400 metres relay team, first at the 1982 European Athletics Championships (alongside Věra Tylová, Taťána Kocembová and Jarmila Kratochvílová) and then at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics (where Zuzana Moravčíková replaced Tylová). At the latter event the team set a Czechoslovak national record of 3:20.32"
"athletics. Stefka Kostadinova, who still holds the women's high jump world record, jumped 209 centimetres at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome to clinch the coveted title. Yordanka Donkova is still the world record holder in the 100 meters hurdles with 12.21 seconds. The record is placed in Stara Zagora on 21 August 1988 and until today has not improved. Place four times world record in 1986. He also has the record of European championships 12.38 seconds, achieved in the same discipline. , Bulgaria takes pride in its sprinters, especially Ivet Lalova and Tezdzhan Naimova. Chess has achieved"
"Jaroslava Jehličková Jaroslava Jehličková (born 24 March 1942) is a Czech former middle-distance runner for Czechoslovakia. She was the first ever international champion in the women's 1500 metres, winning the gold at the 1969 European Athletics Championships in a world record time of 4:10.77 minutes. She competed twice at the Summer Olympic Games (1968 and 1972). During her career, she set personal bests of 2:04.7 for the 800 metres and 4:08.39 for the 1500 m. Born in Hořice, Jehličková established herself at national level in the mid-1960s in the 800 m, which was then the longest distance regularly by women."
"1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres These are the official results of the Women's 3,000 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final held on Wednesday 1983-08-10. The final was led from start to finish by Mary Decker-Slaney, a common tactic for her in the USA, but untested at the world level. Marking her every move throughout the race was the Soviet pair of 1500 metres world record holder Tatyana Kazankina and 3000 metres world record holder Svetlana"
"Hejnová's 52.83 is the Czech national record and makes her the number 12 performer of all time (Demus already number 3). Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals. Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final. The final was started at 20:45. 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–15"
"in the intervening years. She remains the only Slovak woman to have equalled a world record in athletics. The 1972 Summer Olympics was the last major outing for her and she reached the final, although an injury sustained in the semi-final meant she finished last in the event final and subsequently retired at age 29. Over the course of her career she had broken the Czechoslovak record on 57 occasions: eight times in the 60 metres, five times in the 100-yard dash, 21 times in the 100 m, seven times in the 200 m and 16 times in the 4"
"Taťána Kocembová Taťána Netoličková (née Kocembová (, divorced Slaninova; born 2 May 1962) is a retired 400 metres runner who represented Czechoslovakia. Her greatest achievement was winning the silver medal behind teammate Jarmila Kratochvílová at the 1983 World Championships in a personal best time of 48.59s. A time that still ranks her fifth on the world all-time list. She won a second silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. In 1984, she won the 400m at the European Indoor Championships. She also holds the world best for the unofficial distance of 500 metres. Born in Ostrava, she is"
"by Lída Merlínová is based on his early life and career. Zdeněk Koubek Zdeněk Koubek (born Zdena ""Zdeňka"" Koubková, 8 December 1913 – 12 June 1986) was a track athlete from Czechoslovakia. He won two medals at the 1934 Women's World Games and several national titles in the 100–800 m running, long jump and high jump, and set a few world records in running events. In 1936, he underwent female to male gender reassignment surgery and retired from athletics. Koubek was born in Paskov, in a family of eight siblings. Soon after his birth, the family moved to Brno, where"
"event and also a men's pentathlon (which lasted for three games). The first women's event came in 1964 in the form of the women's pentathlon. This was amended to include two more events, becoming the heptathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics, reflecting the development of women's sport. The Olympic record in the decathlon is 8893 points, set by Czech athlete Roman Šebrle in 2004. Jackie Joyner-Kersee's score of 7291 points to win in 1988 is both the current Olympic and world record for the heptathlon – this remains the only occasion that record has been broken at the Olympics. The"
"national runner Matějkovičová. She was a three-time national champion in the 800 m, winning the outdoor title in 1980 and indoor titles in 1982 and 1985. She held personal bests of 52.39 seconds for the 400 metres and 1:56.96 minutes for the 800 metres, both set in 1983. Zuzana Moravčíková (runner) Zuzana Moravčíková (born 30 December 1956) is a female Slovak former track and field athlete who competed in sprint and middle-distance events. She was a silver medallist at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1983 and won a global silver in national record time (3:20.32 minutes) with Czechoslovakia's women's"
"at the European Championships one year later. In 1988 she managed to win an Olympic bronze medal in Seoul as well as jumping 7.52 metres, the current world record for women. More gold medals at Indoor Championships followed, and in 1990 she even won the first triple jump event held at the European Indoor Championships. Later that year she underwent a knee operation but never returned to her old form. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union she became a Russian citizen. At the end of her career she received Slovak citizenship and represented Slovakia. She used to hold the"
"<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats and the final held on Wednesday 10 August 1983. Jarmila Kratochvílová in lane 3 spent much of the race chasing Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina to her outside, while Taťána Kocembová quickly made up the stagger on Rosalyn Bryant between the two Czech teammates. Kratochvílová finally made up the stagger on Pinigina in the middle"
"and 1987. Dana Vavřačová Dana Vavřačová (born 25 June 1954 in Jablonec nad Nisou) is a retired Czech race walker. In the 3000 metres walk she finished fourth at the 1985 World Indoor Games, the 1987 World Indoor Championships and the 1987 European Indoor Championships. She then won the silver medal at the 1988 European Indoor Championships, finished ninth at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and fourth again at the 1990 European Indoor Championships. In the 10 kilometres distance she finished tenth at the 1987 World Championships and thirteenth at the 1986 European Championships. She became Czechoslovakian champion in 1984,"
"tables for a women's decathlon; the current world record holder is Austra Skujytė of Lithuania, with 8,366. Women's disciplines differ from men's in the same way as for standalone events: the shot, discus and javelin weigh less, and the sprint hurdles uses lower hurdles over 100 m rather than 110 m. The points tables used are the same as for the heptathlon in the shared events. The schedule of events differs from the men's decathlon, with the field events switched between day one and day two; this is to avoid scheduling conflicts when men's and women's decathlon competitions take place"
"married to Jaroslav Netolička, with whom she has a son. She was previously married to her coach Jan Slanina. Their daughter, Jana Slaninová (born 1990) is also a sprinter, with a 400m best of 53.74 secs (2013). Taťána Kocembová Taťána Netoličková (née Kocembová (, divorced Slaninova; born 2 May 1962) is a retired 400 metres runner who represented Czechoslovakia. Her greatest achievement was winning the silver medal behind teammate Jarmila Kratochvílová at the 1983 World Championships in a personal best time of 48.59s. A time that still ranks her fifth on the world all-time list. She won a second silver"
"Zdeněk Koubek Zdeněk Koubek (born Zdena ""Zdeňka"" Koubková, 8 December 1913 – 12 June 1986) was a track athlete from Czechoslovakia. He won two medals at the 1934 Women's World Games and several national titles in the 100–800 m running, long jump and high jump, and set a few world records in running events. In 1936, he underwent female to male gender reassignment surgery and retired from athletics. Koubek was born in Paskov, in a family of eight siblings. Soon after his birth, the family moved to Brno, where he finished school and started training in athletics. Koubková continued his"
"the 800 m world record with a time of 1:53.28. At the World Championships shortly afterwards, she won the 800 m and set a world record of 47.99 seconds to win the 400 m. Kratochvílová's 1983 400-metre world record of 47.99 seconds stood for only two years until it was broken by her great rival Marita Koch in 1985. Koch's 400-metre world record of 47.60 seconds still stands as of 2018. Koch and Kratochvílová are the only women who have broken the 48 second barrier in a 400-metre laned race. Her 800-metre world record is the longest standing track record"
"Zuzana Moravčíková (runner) Zuzana Moravčíková (born 30 December 1956) is a female Slovak former track and field athlete who competed in sprint and middle-distance events. She was a silver medallist at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1983 and won a global silver in national record time (3:20.32 minutes) with Czechoslovakia's women's 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics, alongside Tatána Kocembová, Milena Matějkovičová and Jarmila Kratochvílová. She was a double silver medallist at the 1984 Friendship Games, at which Olympic-boycotting nations competed. Born in Nitra, Moravčíková trained under coach Milanu Burešovi, alongside fellow"
"Slovak triple jump record with 14.41 metres, achieved in July 1996 in London. This mark was bettered by Dana Velďáková. Married to retired triple jumper Aleksander Beskrovnyi, the couple now lives in Slovakia. Galina Chistyakova Galina Valentinovna Chistyakova (, ; born 26 July 1962) is a retired athlete who represented the Soviet Union and later Slovakia. She is the current world record holder in the long jump, jumping 7.52 metres on 11 June 1988. She is the 1988 Olympic bronze medallist and the 1989 World Indoor champion. She is also a former world record holder (pre IAAF) in the triple"
"Anita Włodarczyk Anita Włodarczyk ( ; born 8 August 1985) is a Polish hammer thrower. She is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion and the first woman in history to throw the hammer over 80 m; she currently holds the women's world record of 82.98 m. She is considered the greatest women’s hammer thrower of all time. Włodarczyk won her first national U23 championships in 2007, and went on to compete in the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships, although she did not progress beyond the qualifying round. She finished sixth in the hammer throw competition at the 2008 Olympic Games."
"Championships in Athletics. While Emma George had a bad day competitively, Stacy took not only the gold medal but George's world record, which George would never get back. With the new rule allowing indoor marks to be counted as world records, Stacy continued to improve the world record and held it continuously for almost four years, save a 6-day period when Svetlana Feofanova took the record in the 2001 indoor season. Yelena Isinbayeva finally took the record in 2003 and is still the current world record holder. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she won the first gold medal in women's"
"placing 33rd in the all-around event, also took part in the all-around team event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Bártová is married to flatwater canoer Jan Břečka. Daniela Bártová Daniela Bártová-Břečková () (born 6 May 1974) is a retired Czech athlete. She was born in Ostrava. Originally a gymnast, her coach persuaded her to be a pole vaulter. She set nine world records in the mid-1990s, but she lost it on 4 November 1995 to Sun Caiyun and was unable to recapture it. Her personal best is 4.51 m (Bratislava, Slovakia, 9 June 1998). Despite her success she only won"
"committee for the 2009 championships. On 2 July 2003, Neumannová became a mother, giving birth to a girl named Lucie. Kateřina Neumannová Kateřina Neumannová () (born 15 February 1973) is a retired Czech cross-country skier. She won an Olympic Gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics, in the 30 km freestyle event. She is one of five cross country skiers to ever compete at six Olympics. She was also the first Czech woman to appear in both a Summer and Winter Olympics, having participated in the mountain biking event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Neumannová retired after the 2006-07 World"
"Christine Wachtel of East Germany. She was the first Czechoslovak woman to win a medal at the competition – only Ivana Kubešová joined her in that feat before the country's dissolution. Sedláková's European junior record lasted almost twenty-seven years before being improved by Iceland's Aníta Hinriksdóttir in 2014. Going into the 1987 outdoor season, Sedláková won her first outdoor title at the Czechoslovak Athletics Championships. Her winning time of 2:00.42 minutes was another new best and the third-fastest ever winning time at the competition (only Jozefína Čerchlanová and Jarmila Kratochvílová had run faster). One week before the 1987 World Championships"
"Olympics, where she finished seventh with a disappointing 59.02 m. The javelin specifications were changed in 1999 and the records were restarted, thus Meier's record became eternal. As of 2017, Barbora Špotáková is the new world record holder with a throw of 72.28 m. Petra Felke Petra Meier ( Felke; born 30 July 1959) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. Representing East Germany, she became the Olympic Champion in 1988 and broke the world record four times between 1985 and 1988. She is the only woman to throw a javelin 80 metres"
"in the sport of women's gymnastics. At the 15 World and Olympic competitions held, from 1934 to 1970, they won team medals at all but 2 of those competitions. Vlasta Děkanová Vlasta Děkanová (September 5, 1909 – October 16, 1974), a Czechoslovak/Czech artistic gymnast, was the first ever World All-Around Champion in the sport of Women's Artistic Gymnastics. At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, she helped her team to the silver medal. The next two succeeding Summer Olympics were cancelled due to World War II. But twelve years later at the 1948 London Olympics, the Czechoslovakian women's team brought home the"