Athletics what does wb stand for

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Bakersfield at San Diego, 10 p. I only caught this during yesterday's Olympic broadcast. For the men's decathlon, for the m event, it showed in the upper left of the screen:. I'm wondering what does OB and WB stand for? What's the difference? Mrs G Winkworth. World records are rare in the heptathlon.

The athletes are all-rounders, but not necessarily the world's finest in each discipline. So the "world best" score or time means the best in that event during a heptathlon. Ditto "Olympics best". It is the same in the decathlon. For many sports, there are official records kept for the best performances by the sport's governing body.

As an example, the world record for m dash is ratified by World Athletics. When they exist, they will be indicated with OR for olympic record and WR for world record. There are some cases where no such records are kept. The question refers to the decathlon. While there are official records for best decathlon score, there are not official records for the individual events within as a decathlon participant.

Another example are the rowing events. Because individual races are strongly influenced by the weather, official record times are not recognized by FISA.