world.record.mile {RbyExample}

World Record Mile Data

Description

Mile run world record progression as recorded by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF). The dataset includes 32 world records for men ratified by the IAAF, and 29 world records for women both in the pre-IAAF and IAAF eras.

Usage

world.record.mile

Format

276 obs. of 3 variables:

Gender

chr: female or male

Time

chr: time as "mm:ss"

mm

num: The whole minutes "mm" part of Time

ss

num: The seconds "ss" part of Time

seconds

num: time expressed in seconds

Athlete

chr: Name

Nationality

chr: nationality

Date

chr: date

Year

num: year

Source

Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_run_world_record_progression