Kouros Breaks Own World Record

2 March 1997

Yiannis Kouros has again broken his world 24-hour record by covering 295.030 kilometres (183 miles, 568 yards) kilometres in a Sri Chinmoy 24-Hour Race in Canberra this weekend.

The 41 year old runner had hoped to break the 300-kilometre barrier - one of his lifelong goals - and said he could have done so if it had not rained. The weather was hot (36C) for much of the race, with thunderstorms in the last two hours. Kouros' previous record was 294.103 kilometres (182 miles, 1316 yards). Kouros, who now holds Australian and well as Greek citizenship, has approximately 70 standard and non standard records.

Following were his splits:
Hour 1: 13.600Km
Hour 2: 27.600Km
Hour 3: 41.200Km
Marathon: 3:04:00
50Km: 3:38:39
Hour 4: 54.800Km
Hour 5: 68.400Km
50 Miles: 5:53:43
Hour 6: 81.600Km
Hour 7: 94.800Km
100Km: 7:23:54
Hour 8: 107.600Km
Hour 9: 120.800Km
Hour 10: 133.600Km
Hour 11: 146.400Km
150Km: 11:18:30
Hour 12: 158.400Km
(Australian record)
Hour 13: 170.800Km
Hour 14: 183.200Km
Hour 15: 194.800Km
200Km: 15:29:07
(World record)
Hour 16: 206.000Km
Hour 17: 216.800Km
Hour 18: 228.800Km
Hour 19: 240.000KM
150 Miles: 19:15:42
(World record)
Hour 20: 249.600Km
250Km: 20:00:38
(World record)
Hour 21: 261.200Km
Hour 22: 272.800Km
Hour 23: 284.400Km
Hour 24: 295.030KM
(World record)

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