MarathonYear Time1984 Joan Benoit, USA 2:24:521988 Rosa Mota, POR 2:25:401992 Valentina Yegorova, UT 2:32:411996Fatuma Roba, ETH2:26:052000Naoko Takahashi, JPN2:23:142004 Mizuki Noguchi,…
(Encyclopedia) Highet, Gilbert ArthurHighet, Gilbert Arthurhīˈət [key], 1906–78, American classicist, b. Glasgow, Scotland. In 1951 Highet became a citizen of the United States. He was a professor of…
(Encyclopedia) Orestes, in Greek mythology, the only son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon and brother of Electra and Iphigenia. After the slaying of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, Orestes,…
(Encyclopedia) Stewart, Martha, 1941–, American entrepeneur and tastemaker, b. Jersey City, N.J., as Martha Helen Kostyra, grad. Barnard College (1963). Moving to Westport, Conn., she started (1976)…
(Encyclopedia) Wiesenthal, SimonWiesenthal, Simonvēˈsĕntäl [key], 1908–2005, Austrian-Jewish Nazi hunter, b. Butschatsch, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Buchach, Ukraine). He received (1932) an…
World indoor records set or equaled between Oct. 1, 1996 and Sept. 20, 1997.Men Event Record Old Mark Former Holder800 metersWilson Kipketer, DEN1:43.961:44.84Paul Ereng, KEN (1989)800…
World indoor records set or equaled between Oct. 1, 1997 and Sept. 1, 1998.Men Event RecordOld MarkFormer Holder60 metersMaurice Greene, USA6.41*6.41Andre Cason, USA (1992)60 metersMaurice…
