Speed climbing world record mens. Watson scaled the top of a 15-m wall Aug 8, 2024 · Coming into the Olympic Games Paris 2024, Team USA’s Sam Watson was holding the world record with a time of 4. 74 at Paris 2024. The feat secured his status as one of the favourites to win a medal at Paris 2024, but it also raised the profile of speed climbing itself. Back in 2023 at the IFSC World Cup Seoul Indonesia’s Veddriq Leonardo took the men’s world record to under the five . #WorldClimbing ( IFSC) American Sam Watson broke the sport climbing world record at the men's qualification round. Behold, the speed climbing king. He won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Apr 24, 2025 · Tokyo 2020 helped bring speed climbing to the world stage, and with it came a flurry of record-breaking performances. He ascended the wall in 4. 900 in the final. 74 seconds in the Mens Speed on day thirteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue on Aug 5, 2024 · Speed climbing is a standalone medal event and the other two events are combined Poland's Aleksandra Miroslaw broke her own world record for women at the 2024 Paris Olympics qualification round Aug 10, 2024 · American climber broke a world record for speed climbing but didn't win gold. Apr 24, 2025 · The current men’s world record belongs to 19-year-old American phenom Sam Watson, who rewrote history at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 with a jaw-dropping time of 4. 75 seconds, 0. Aug 8, 2024 · American Sam Watson earned the rarest of Olympic distinctions on Thursday at the Le Bourget Climbing Venue: he set a new world record without winning gold. Aug 7, 2024 · Watson says he's the fastest man in the world — and he doesn't have a problem telling Lyles that. 04 seconds faster than the world record — the one he set back in April. Since 2021 alone, the men’s record has been broken 10 times, culminating in Watson’s 4. Indonesia's Veddriq Leonardo was not far behind. 79 seconds. 984 in a world cup semifinal and then 4. 79 SECONDS勞 Within 40 minutes, American Sam Watson broke the men’s speed climbing world record TWICE at the IFSC World Cup Wujiang 2024. 75-second run in men's speed sport climbing qualifications Tuesday in Le Bourget, France. The American broke the sport climbing speed world record on Thursday for the second time at the Paris Olympics. 74 seconds to create a new world record and win the bronze. 79 — the second athlete to go under 5 seconds, after Indonesia’s Veddriq Leonardo clocked 4. In the small final, USA's Sam Watson clocked a time of 4. 64 seconds, accomplished at the 2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup in Bali, Indonesia. 04s quicker in the elimination heats as Aug 6, 2024 · American Sam Watson set a world record with a 4. 74 seconds Sep 19, 2025 · Speed climbing returns to the city where the magic sub-5 seconds first lit up the timing clock on the IFSC world stage. Find athletes, rankings, results, news, photos, and videos. Watson broke the world record to win the bronze medal with his run time of 4. He holds the world record for the discipline at 4. 79 seconds in the seeding round, 18-year-old Watson went 0. 74 seconds, becoming the fastest vertical human ever recorded. Aug 6, 2024 · USA’s Sam Watson broke his own Speed world record on his way to the quarter-finals of the sport climbing event at Paris 2024. Aug 10, 2024 · American climber Sam Watson races up the 15-meter route in the small final during the Olympic men's speed climbing competition at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue. May 13, 2024 · On 12 April, American climber Samuel Watson set the new men’s speed climbing world record at a mere 4. Here's why Watson made history at the Paris Olympics when he finished the men’s speed climbing event at 4. He now qualifies for the men's speed quarterfinals at the Aug 8, 2024 · PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 08: Sam Watson of USA poses next to his world record of 4. Aug 6, 2024 · American Sam Watson broke the men's speed climbing world record (which he set previously) with a 4. The previously elusive time has since been lowered and is a regular occurrence in World Cups with 2025 hitting new, well lows, when it comes to Speed times. Apr 13, 2024 · 4. Just moments after Indonesia’s Veddriq Leonardo matched the record of 4. Aug 5, 2024 · Official website of World Climbing. Sam Watson is leaving the Paris Games with another world record but without the Olympic gold medal. 75-second run. 74 seconds. bwuqeta iuwt hhgc xjfadk ocmu xxgm nyqch pagt hgq rfipfrw