World Records

Discipline Perf Wind Competitor DOB Country Venue Date
100 Metres 9.58 +0.9 Usain Bolt 21 AUG 1986 JAM JAM Berlin (Olympiastadion) 16 AUG 2009
200 Metres 19.19 -0.3 Usain Bolt 21 AUG 1986 JAM JAM Berlin (Olympiastadion) 20 AUG 2009
400 Metres 43.03 Wayde van Niekerk 15 JUL 1992 RSA RSA Rio de Janeiro (Estádio Olímpico) 14 AUG 2016
800 Metres 1:40.91 David Lekuta Rudisha 17 DEC 1988 KEN KEN London (Olympic Stadium) 09 AUG 2012
1000 Metres 2:11.96 Noah Ngeny 02 NOV 1978 KEN KEN Rieti 05 SEP 1999
1500 Metres 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj 14 SEP 1974 MAR MAR Roma (Stadio Olimpico) 14 JUL 1998
One Mile 3:43.13 Hicham El Guerrouj 14 SEP 1974 MAR MAR Roma (Stadio Olimpico) 07 JUL 1999
2000 Metres 4:44.79 Hicham El Guerrouj 14 SEP 1974 MAR MAR Berlin (Olympiastadion) 07 SEP 1999
3000 Metres 7:20.67 Daniel Komen 17 MAY 1976 KEN KEN Rieti 01 SEP 1996
5000 Metres 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele 13 JUN 1982 ETH ETH Hengelo (Blankers-Koen Stadion) 31 MAY 2004
10,000 Metres 26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele 13 JUN 1982 ETH ETH Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion) 26 AUG 2005
10 Kilometres 26:44 Leonard Patrick Komon 10 JAN 1988 KEN KEN Utrecht 26 SEP 2010
15 Kilometres 41:13 Leonard Patrick Komon 10 JAN 1988 KEN KEN Nijmegen 21 NOV 2010
20,000 Metres 56:26.0 Haile Gebrselassie 18 APR 1973 ETH ETH Ostrava 27 JUN 2007
20 Kilometres 55:21 Zersenay Tadese 8 FEB 1982 ERI ERI Lisboa 21 MAR 2010
One Hour 21.285 Haile Gebrselassie 18 APR 1973 ETH ETH Ostrava 27 JUN 2007
Half Marathon 58:23 Zersenay Tadese 8 FEB 1982 ERI ERI Lisboa 21 MAR 2010
25,000 Metres 1:12:25.4 Moses Cheruiyot Mosop 07 JUL 1985 KEN KEN Eugene, OR 03 JUN 2011
25 Kilometres 1:11:18 Dennis Kipruto Kimetto 22 JAN 1984 KEN KEN Berlin 06 MAY 2012
30,000 Metres 1:26:47.4 Moses Cheruiyot Mosop 07 JUL 1985 KEN KEN Eugene (Hayward Field), OR 03 JUN 2011
30 Kilometres 1:27:13 Eliud Kipchoge 5 NOV 1984 KEN KEN London 24 APR 2016
30 Kilometres 1:27:13 Stanley Kipleting Biwott 21 APR 1986 KEN KEN London 24 APR 2016
Marathon 2:02:57 Dennis Kipruto Kimetto 22 JAN 1984 KEN KEN Berlin 28 SEP 2014
100 Kilometres 6:13:33 Takahiro Sunada 19 JAN 1973 JPN JPN Tokoro 21 JUN 1998
3000 Metres Steeplechase 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen 15 OCT 1982 QAT QAT Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion) 03 SEP 2004
110 Metres Hurdles 12.80 +0.3 Aries Merritt 24 JUL 1985 USA USA Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion) 07 SEP 2012
400 Metres Hurdles 46.78 Kevin Young 16 SEP 1966 USA USA Barcelona (Estadio Olímpico) 06 AUG 1992
High Jump 2.45 Javier Sotomayor 13 OCT 1967 CUB CUB Salamanca (Helmántico) 27 JUL 1993
Pole Vault 6.16 (i) Renaud Lavillenie 18 SEP 1986 FRA FRA Donetsk (Sport Palace Druzhba) 15 FEB 2014
Long Jump 8.95 +0.3 Mike Powell 10 NOV 1963 USA USA Tokyo (Olympic Stadium) 30 AUG 1991
Triple Jump 18.29 +1.3 Jonathan Edwards 10 MAY 1966 GBR GBR Göteborg (Ullevi Stadium) 07 AUG 1995
Shot Put 23.12 Randy Barnes 16 JUN 1966 USA USA Los Angeles (Westwood), CA 20 MAY 1990
Discus Throw 74.08 Jürgen Schult 11 MAY 1960 GDR GDR Neubrandenburg (Jahn Sportpark) 06 JUN 1986
Hammer Throw 86.74 Yuriy Sedykh 11 JUN 1955 URS URS Stuttgart (Neckarstadion) 30 AUG 1986
Javelin Throw 98.48 Jan Zelezný 16 JUN 1966 CZE CZE Jena (Abbe Sport Ground) 25 MAY 1996
Decathlon 9045 Ashton Eaton 21 JAN 1988 USA USA Beijing (National Stadium) 29 AUG 2015
20,000 Metres Race Walk 1:17:25.6 Bernardo Segura 11 FEB 1970 MEX MEX Bergen (Fana) 07 MAY 1994
20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:16:36 Yusuke Suzuki 2 JAN 1988 JPN JPN Nomi, JPN 15 MAR 2015
30,000 Metres Race Walk 2:01:44.1 Maurizio Damilano 6 APR 1957 ITA ITA Cuneo 03 OCT 1992
50,000 Metres Race Walk 3:35:27.2 Yohann Diniz 01 JAN 1978 FRA FRA Reims 12 MAR 2011
50 Kilometres Race Walk 3:32:33 Yohann Diniz 01 JAN 1978 FRA FRA Zürich (Letzigrund) 15 AUG 2014
4x100 Metres Relay 36.84 Jamaica JAM JAM London (Olympic Stadium) 11 AUG 2012
4x200 Metres Relay 1:18.63 Jamaica JAM JAM Nassau (T. Robinson Stadium) 24 MAY 2014
4x400 Metres Relay 2:54.29 United States USA USA Stuttgart (Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion) 22 AUG 1993
4x800 Metres Relay 7:02.43 Kenya KEN KEN Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion) 25 AUG 2006
4x1500 Metres Relay 14:22.22 Kenya KEN KEN Nassau (T. Robinson Stadium) 25 MAY 2014
Road Relay 1:57:06 Kenya KEN KEN Chiba 23 NOV 2005
Distance Medley Relay 9:15.50 United States USA USA Nassau (T. Robinson Stadium) 03 MAY 2015
Discipline Perf Competitor DOB Country Venue Date
50 Metres 5.56 Donovan Bailey 16 DEC 1967 CAN CAN Reno, NV 09 FEB 1996
60 Metres 6.39 Maurice Greene 23 JUL 1974 USA USA Madrid (Palacio de los Deportes) 03 FEB 1998
60 Metres 6.39 Maurice Greene 23 JUL 1974 USA USA Atlanta (Georgiadome), GA 03 MAR 2001
200 Metres 19.92 Frank Fredericks 2 OCT 1967 NAM NAM Liévin (Palais des Sports) 18 FEB 1996
400 Metres 44.57 Kerron Clement 31 OCT 1985 USA USA Fayetteville (Randall Tyson TC), AR 12 MAR 2005
800 Metres 1:42.67 Wilson Kipketer 12 DEC 1972 DEN DEN Paris-Bercy (Palais Omnisports) 09 MAR 1997
1000 Metres 2:14.20 Ayanleh Souleiman 03 DEC 1992 DJI DJI Stockholm (Globe Arena) 17 FEB 2016
1500 Metres 3:31.18 Hicham El Guerrouj 14 SEP 1974 MAR MAR Stuttgart (Schleyer Halle) 02 FEB 1997
One Mile 3:48.45 Hicham El Guerrouj 14 SEP 1974 MAR MAR Gent 12 FEB 1997
3000 Metres 7:24.90 Daniel Komen 17 MAY 1976 KEN KEN Budapest 06 FEB 1998
5000 Metres 12:49.60 Kenenisa Bekele 13 JUN 1982 ETH ETH Birmingham (NIA), GBR 20 FEB 2004
50 Metres Hurdles 6.25 Mark McKoy 10 DEC 1961 CAN CAN Kobe 05 MAR 1986
60 Metres Hurdles 7.30 Colin Jackson 18 FEB 1967 GBR GBR Sindelfingen 06 MAR 1994
High Jump 2.43 Javier Sotomayor 13 OCT 1967 CUB CUB Budapest (Sportcsarnok) 04 MAR 1989
Pole Vault 6.16 Renaud Lavillenie 18 SEP 1986 FRA FRA Donetsk (Sport Palace Druzhba) 15 FEB 2014
Long Jump 8.79 Carl Lewis 1 JUL 1961 USA USA New York (MSG), NY 27 JAN 1984
Triple Jump 17.92 Teddy Tamgho 15 JUN 1989 FRA FRA Paris-Bercy (Palais Omnisports) 06 MAR 2011
Triple Jump 17.92 Teddy Tamgho 15 JUN 1989 FRA FRA Paris-Bercy (Palais Omnisports) 06 MAR 2011
Shot Put 22.66 Randy Barnes 16 JUN 1966 USA USA Los Angeles (LA Sport Arena), CA 20 JAN 1989
Heptathlon 6645 Ashton Eaton 21 JAN 1988 USA USA Istanbul (Ataköy Arena) 10 MAR 2012
5000 Metres Race Walk 18:07.08 Mikhail Shchennikov 24 DEC 1967 RUS RUS Moskva 14 FEB 1995
4x200 Metres Relay 1:22.11 Great Britain & N.I. GBR GBR Glasgow 03 MAR 1991
4x400 Metres Relay 3:02.13 United States USA USA Sopot (Ergo Arena) 09 MAR 2014
4x800 Metres Relay 7:13.11 USA All Stars USA USA Boston (Reggie Lewis), MA 08 FEB 2014
Discipline Perf Wind Competitor DOB Country Venue Date
100 Metres 10.49 0.0 Florence Griffith-Joyner 21 DEC 1959 USA USA Indianapolis (University Stadium), IN 16 JUL 1988
200 Metres 21.34 +1.3 Florence Griffith-Joyner 21 DEC 1959 USA USA Seoul (Olympic Stadium) 29 SEP 1988
400 Metres 47.60 Marita Koch 18 FEB 1957 GDR GDR Canberra (Bruce Stadium) 06 OCT 1985
800 Metres 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová 26 JAN 1951 TCH TCH München (Olympiastadion) 26 JUL 1983
1000 Metres 2:28.98 Svetlana Masterkova 17 JAN 1968 RUS RUS Bruxelles 23 AUG 1996
1500 Metres 3:50.07 Genzebe Dibaba 08 FEB 1991 ETH ETH Monaco (Stade Louis II) 17 JUL 2015
One Mile 4:12.56 Svetlana Masterkova 17 JAN 1968 RUS RUS Zürich 14 AUG 1996
2000 Metres 5:23.75 (i) Genzebe Dibaba 08 FEB 1991 ETH ETH Sabadell (PC Catalunya) 07 FEB 2017
3000 Metres 8:06.11 Junxia Wang 09 JAN 1973 CHN CHN Beijing (NOCAS) 13 SEP 1993
5000 Metres 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba 01 JUN 1985 ETH ETH Oslo (Bislett) 06 JUN 2008
10,000 Metres 29:17.45 Almaz Ayana 21 NOV 1991 ETH ETH Rio de Janeiro (Estádio Olímpico) 12 AUG 2016
10 Kilometres 30:04 Mx Joyciline Jepkosgei 08 DEC 1993 KEN KEN Praha 01 APR 2017
10 Kilometres 30:29 Wo Asmae Leghzaoui 30 AUG 1976 MAR MAR New York, NY 08 JUN 2002
15 Kilometres 45:37 Mx Joyciline Jepkosgei 08 DEC 1993 KEN KEN Praha 01 APR 2017
15 Kilometres 46:59 Wo Lornah Kiplagat 01 MAY 1974 NED NED Udine 14 OCT 2007
20,000 Metres 1:05:26.6 Tegla Loroupe 09 MAY 1973 KEN KEN Borgholzhausen 03 SEP 2000
20 Kilometres 1:01:25 Mx Joyciline Jepkosgei 08 DEC 1993 KEN KEN Praha 01 APR 2017
20 Kilometres 1:02:57 Wo Lornah Kiplagat 01 MAY 1974 NED NED Udine 14 OCT 2007
One Hour 18.517 Dire Tune 19 JUN 1985 ETH ETH Ostrava 12 JUN 2008
Half Marathon 1:04:52 Mx Joyciline Jepkosgei 08 DEC 1993 KEN KEN Praha 01 APR 2017
Half Marathon 1:06:25 Wo Lornah Kiplagat 01 MAY 1974 NED NED Udine 14 OCT 2007
25,000 Metres 1:27:05.9 Tegla Loroupe 09 MAY 1973 KEN KEN Mengerskirchen 21 SEP 2002
25 Kilometres 1:19:53 Mx Mary Jepkosgei Keitany 18 JAN 1982 KEN KEN Berlin 09 MAY 2010
25 Kilometres 1:22:47 Wo Paula Radcliffe 17 DEC 1973 GBR GBR Helsinki 14 AUG 2005
30,000 Metres 1:45:50.0 Tegla Loroupe 09 MAY 1973 KEN KEN Warstein 06 JUN 2003
30 Kilometres 1:36:05 Wo Mary Jepkosgei Keitany 18 JAN 1982 KEN KEN London 23 APR 2017
30 Kilometres 1:38:19* Mx Valary Jemeli Aiyabei 08 JUN 1991 KEN KEN Praha 07 MAY 2017
30 Kilometres 1:38:42* Mx Aberu Kebede 12 SEP 1986 ETH ETH Berlin 25 SEP 2016
30 Kilometres 1:38:49 Mx Mizuki Noguchi 3 JUL 1978 JPN JPN Berlin 25 SEP 2005
Marathon 2:15:25 Mx Paula Radcliffe 17 DEC 1973 GBR GBR London 13 APR 2003
Marathon 2:17:01 Wo Mary Jepkosgei Keitany 18 JAN 1982 KEN KEN London 23 APR 2017
100 Kilometres 6:33:11 Tomoe Abe 13 AUG 1971 JPN JPN Yubetsu 25 JUN 2000
3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:52.78 Ruth Jebet 17 NOV 1996 BRN BRN Paris Saint-Denis (Stade de France) 27 AUG 2016
100 Metres Hurdles 12.20 +0.3 Kendra Harrison 18 SEP 1992 USA USA London (Olympic Stadium) 22 JUL 2016
400 Metres Hurdles 52.34 Yuliya Pechenkina 21 APR 1978 RUS RUS Tula (Arsenal Stadium) 08 AUG 2003
High Jump 2.09 Stefka Kostadinova 25 MAR 1965 BUL BUL Roma (Stadio Olimpico) 30 AUG 1987
Pole Vault 5.06 Elena Isinbaeva 3 JUN 1982 RUS RUS Zürich (Letzigrund) 28 AUG 2009
Long Jump 7.52 +1.4 Galina Chistyakova 26 JUL 1962 URS URS Leningrad (Kirov Stadium) 11 JUN 1988
Triple Jump 15.50 +0.9 Inessa Kravets 05 OCT 1966 UKR UKR Göteborg (Ullevi Stadium) 10 AUG 1995
Shot Put 22.63 Natalya Lisovskaya 16 JUL 1962 URS URS Moskva (Lenin Stadium) 07 JUN 1987
Discus Throw 76.80 Gabriele Reinsch 23 SEP 1963 GDR GDR Neubrandenburg (Jahn Sportpark) 09 JUL 1988
Hammer Throw 82.98 Anita Włodarczyk 08 AUG 1985 POL POL Warszawa (Stadion Narodowy) 28 AUG 2016
Javelin Throw 72.28 Barbora Špotáková 30 JUN 1981 CZE CZE Stuttgart (Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion) 13 SEP 2008
Heptathlon 7291 Jackie Joyner-Kersee 3 MAR 1962 USA USA Seoul (Olympic Stadium) 24 SEP 1988
Decathlon 8358 Austra Skujyte 12 AUG 1979 LTU LTU Columbia, MO 15 APR 2005
10,000 Metres Race Walk 41:56.23 Nadezhda Ryashkina 22 JAN 1967 URS URS Seattle, WA 24 JUL 1990
20,000 Metres Race Walk 1:26:52.3 Olimpiada Ivanova 26 AUG 1970 RUS RUS Brisbane 06 SEP 2001
20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:24:38 Hong Liu 12 MAY 1987 CHN CHN La Coruña 06 JUN 2015
50 Kilometres Race Walk 4:08:26 Inês Henriques 01 MAY 1980 POR POR Porto de Mós 15 JAN 2017
4x100 Metres Relay 40.82 United States USA USA London (Olympic Stadium) 10 AUG 2012
4x200 Metres Relay 1:27.46 United States "Blue" USA USA Philadelphia (Franklin Field), PA 29 APR 2000
4x400 Metres Relay 3:15.17 USSR URS URS Seoul (Olympic Stadium) 01 OCT 1988
4x800 Metres Relay 7:50.17 USSR URS URS Moskva (Luzhniki) 05 AUG 1984
4x1500 Metres Relay 16:33.58 Kenya KEN KEN Nassau (T. Robinson Stadium) 24 MAY 2014
Road Relay 2:11:41 PR of China CHN CHN Beijing 28 FEB 1998
Distance Medley Relay 10:36.50 United States USA USA Nassau (T. Robinson Stadium) 02 MAY 2015
Discipline Perf Competitor DOB Country Venue Date
50 Metres 5.96 Irina Privalova 22 NOV 1968 RUS RUS Madrid 09 FEB 1995
60 Metres 6.92 Irina Privalova 22 NOV 1968 RUS RUS Madrid 11 FEB 1993
60 Metres 6.92 Irina Privalova 22 NOV 1968 RUS RUS Madrid 09 FEB 1995
200 Metres 21.87 Merlene Ottey 10 MAY 1960 JAM JAM Liévin 13 FEB 1993
400 Metres 49.59 Jarmila Kratochvílová 26 JAN 1951 TCH TCH Milano 07 MAR 1982
800 Metres 1:55.82 Jolanda Batagelj 12 SEP 1976 SLO SLO Wien (Dusika-Halle) 03 MAR 2002
1000 Metres 2:30.94 Maria de Lurdes Mutola 27 OCT 1972 MOZ MOZ Stockholm 25 FEB 1999
1500 Metres 3:55.17 Genzebe Dibaba 08 FEB 1991 ETH ETH Karlsruhe (Europahalle) 01 FEB 2014
One Mile 4:13.31* Genzebe Dibaba 08 FEB 1991 ETH ETH Stockholm (Globe Arena) 17 FEB 2016
One Mile 4:17.14 Doina Melinte 27 DEC 1956 ROU ROU East Rutherford, NJ 09 FEB 1990
3000 Metres 8:16.60 Genzebe Dibaba 08 FEB 1991 ETH ETH Stockholm (Globe Arena) 06 FEB 2014
5000 Metres 14:18.86 Genzebe Dibaba 08 FEB 1991 ETH ETH Stockholm (Globe Arena) 19 FEB 2015
50 Metres Hurdles 6.58 Cornelia Oschkenat 29 OCT 1961 GDR GDR Berlin (DH) 20 FEB 1988
60 Metres Hurdles 7.68 Susanna Kallur 16 FEB 1981 SWE SWE Karlsruhe 10 FEB 2008
High Jump 2.08 Kajsa Bergqvist 12 OCT 1976 SWE SWE Arnstadt (Sporthalle) 04 FEB 2006
Pole Vault 5.02 Jennifer Suhr 05 FEB 1982 USA USA Albuquerque, NM 02 MAR 2013
Long Jump 7.37 Heike Drechsler 16 DEC 1964 GDR GDR Wien 13 FEB 1988
Triple Jump 15.36 Tatyana Lebedeva 21 JUL 1976 RUS RUS Budapest (Sportaréna) 06 MAR 2004
Shot Put 22.50 Helena Fibingerová 13 JUL 1949 TCH TCH Jablonec nad Nisou 19 FEB 1977
Pentathlon 5013 Natallia Dobrynska 29 MAY 1982 UKR UKR Istanbul (Ataköy Arena) 09 MAR 2012
3000 Metres Race Walk 11:40.33 Claudia Stef 25 FEB 1978 ROU ROU Bucuresti 30 JAN 1999
4x200 Metres Relay 1:32.41 Russia RUS RUS Glasgow (Kelvin Hall) 29 JAN 2005
4x400 Metres Relay 3:23.37 Russia RUS RUS Glasgow (Kelvin Hall) 28 JAN 2006
4x800 Metres Relay 8:06.24 Moskva RUS RUS Moskva 18 FEB 2011

Legend

* Pending ratification. Mx: mixed gender race. Wo: women only race. (i): set indoor.
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