Records
     

Over time the records have changed dramatically because of the advances in technology and techniques.

     
 

Men World Records

  
     
     
  Track Events
100 9.77p Justin Gatlin (US) Doha, Qatar 5/12/06
  9.77 Asafa Powell (Jamaica) Athens, Greece 6/14/05
200 19.32 Michael Johnson (US) Atlanta, Georgia 8/01/96
400 43.18 Michael Johnson (US) Seville, Spain 8/26/99
800 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) Cologne, Germany 8/24/97
1000 2:11.96 Noah Ngeny (Kenya) Rieti, Italy 9/05/99
1500 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) Rome, Italy 7/14/98
Mile 3:43.13 Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) Rome, Italy 7/07/99
2000 4:44.79 Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) Berlin, Germany 9/07/99
Steeplechase 7:53.63 Saďf Shaheen (Qatar) Brussels, Belgium 9/03/04
3000 7:20.67 Daniel Komen (Kenya) Rieti, Italy 9/01/96
5000 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) Hengelo, Netherlands 5/31/04
10,000 26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) Brussels, Belgium 8/26/05
20,000 56:55.6 Arturo Barrios (Mexico) La Flčche, France 3/30/91
Hour 21,101m (13M,193y) Arturo Barrios (Mexico) La Flčche, France 3/30/91
25,000 1:13:55.8 Toshihiko Seko (Japan) Christchurch, New Zealand 3/22/81
30,000 1:29:18.8 Toshihiko Seko (Japan) Christchurch, New Zealand 3/22/81
110 Hurdles 12.91 Colin Jackson (Great Britain) Stuttgart, Germany 8/20/93
  12.91 Xiang Liu (China) Athens, Greece 8/27/04
400 Hurdles 46.78 Kevin Young (US) Barcelona, Spain 8/06/92
    Relay Events
4 x 100 37.40 United States Barcelona, Spain 8/08/92
  (Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis)
  37.40 United States Stuttgart, Germany 8/21/93
  (Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell)
4 x 200 1:18.68 Santa Monica TC Walnut, California 4/17/94
  (Mike Marsh 20.0, Leroy Burrell 19.6, Floyd Heard 19.7, Carl Lewis 19.4)
4 x 400 2:54.20 United States Uniondale, New York 7/22/98
  Jerome Young 44.3, Antonio Pettigrew 43.2, Tyree Washington 43.5, Michael Johnson 43.2
4 x 800 7:03.89 Great Britain London, England 8/30/82
  Peter Elliott 1:49.14, Garry Cook 1:46.20, Steve Cram 1:44.54, Seb Coe 1:44.01
4 x 1500 14:38.8 West Germany Cologne, Germany 8/17/77
  Thomas Wessinghage 3:38.8, Harald Hudak 3:40.2, Michael Lederer 3:42.6, Karl Fleschen 3:37.3
4 x Mile+ 15:49.08 Ireland Dublin, Ireland 8/17/85
  Eamonn Coghlan 4:00.2, Marcus O'Sullivan 3:55.3, Frank O'Mara 3:56.6, Ray Flynn 3:56.98
    Field Events
High Jump 2.45 | 8-0.50 Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) Salamanca, Spain 7/27/93
Pole Vault 6.13 | 20-1.25 Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) Tokyo, Japan 9/19/92
  6.14 | 20-1.75(A) Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) Sestriere, Italy 7/31/94
Long Jump 8.95 | 29-4.50 Mike Powell (US) Tokyo, Japan 8/30/91
Triple Jump 18.29 | 60-0.25 Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain) Göteborg, Sweden 8/07/95
Shot 23.12 | 75-10.25 Randy Barnes (US) Westwood, California 5/20/90
Discus 74.08 | 243-0 Jürgen Schult (East Germany) Neubrandenburg, Germany 6/06/86
Hammer 86.74 | 284-7 Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) Stuttgart, Germany 8/30/86
Javelin 98.48 | 323-1 Jan Zelezny (Czech Republic) Jena, Germany 5/25/96
    Multi Event
Decathlon 9026 Roman Sebrle (Czech Republic) Götzis, Austria 5/26-27/01
  10.64, 8.11 (26-7.25), 15.33 (50-3.5), 2.12 (6-11.5), 47.79 [4675],
13.92, 47.92 (157-3), 4.80 (15-9), 70.16 (230-2), 4:21.98 [4351]
    Road Events
10K 27:02 Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) Doha, Qatar 12/11/02
15K 41:29 Felix Limo (Kenya) Nijmegen, Holland 11/11/01
20K 55:48p Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) Tempe, Arizona 1/15/06
  56:18 Paul Tergat (Kenya) Milan, Italy 4/04/98
Half-Marathon 58:55p Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) Tempe, Arizona 1/15/06
  59:17 Paul Tergat (Kenya) Milan, Italy 4/04/98
25K 1:11:37p Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) Alphen aan den Rijn 3/12/06
  1:12:45 Paul Kosgei (Kenya) Berlin, Germany 5/09/04
30K 1:28:36 Takayuki Matsumiya (Japan) Kumamoto, Japan 2/16/03
Marathon 2:04:55 Paul Tergat (Kenya) Berlin, Germany 9/28/03
100K 6:13:33 Takahiro Sunada (Japan) Lake Saroma, Japan 6/21/98
Ekiden Relay 1:57:06 Kenya Chiba, Japan 11/17/05
  Josephat Ndambiri 13:24, Martin Mathathi 27:12, Daniel Mwangi 13:59, Mekubo Mogusu 27:56, Onesmus Nyerre 14:36, John Kariuki 19:59
    Walk Events
20,000 1:17:25.6 Bernardo Segura (Mexico) Bergen, Norway 5/07/94
20K Road 1:17:22 Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) St.-Denis, France 8/23/03
30,000 2:01:44.1 Maurizio Damilano (Italy) Cuneo, Italy 10/03/92
50,000 3:40:57.9 Thierry Toutain (France) Héricourt, France 9/29/96
50K Road 3:36:03 Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) St.-Denis, France 8/27/03

 
     
     
     
     
 

Women World Records

  
     
     
Track Events
100 10.49 Florence Griffith Joyner (US) Indianapolis, Indiana 7/16/88
200 21.34 Florence Griffith Joyner (US) Seoul, South Korea 9/29/88
400 47.60 Marita Koch (East Germany) Canberra, Australia 10/06/85
800 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) Munich, Germany 7/26/83
1000 2:28.98 Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) Brussels, Belgium 8/23/96
1500 3:50.46 Yunxia Qu (China) Beijing, China 9/11/93
Mile 4:12.56 Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) Zürich, Switzerland 8/14/96
2000 5:25.35 Sonia O'Sullivan (Ireland) Edinburgh, Scotland 7/08/94
Steeplechase 9:01.59 Gulnara Samitova (Russia) Tula, Russia 8/10/03
3000 8:06.11 Junxia Wang (China) Beijing, China 9/13/93
5000 14:24.68 Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) Bergen, Norway 6/11/04
10,000 29:31.78 Junxia Wang (China) Beijing, China 9/08/93
20,000 1:05:26.6 Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) Borgholzhausen, Germany 9/03/00
Hour 18,340m (11M,696y) Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) Borgholzhausen, Germany 8/07/98
25,000 1:27:05.9 Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) Mengerskirchen, Germany 9/02/02
30,000 1:45:50.0 Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) Warstein, Germany 6/06/03
100 Hurdles 12.21 Yordanka Donkova (Bulgaria) Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 8/20/88
400 Hurdles 52.34 Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) Tula, Russia 8/08/03
    Relay Events
4 x 100 41.37 East Germany Canberra, Australia 10/06/85
  Silke Möller, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr
4 x 200 1:27.46 United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4/29/00
  LaTasha Jenkins, LaTasha Colander-Richardson, Nanceen Perry, Marion Jones
4 x 400 3:15.17 Soviet Union Seoul, South Korea 10/01/88
  Tatyana Ledovskaya 50.12, Olga Nazarova 47.82, Maria Pinigina 49.43, Olga Bryzgina 47.80
4 x 800 7:50.17 Soviet Union Moscow, Russia 8/05/84
  Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina, Lyudmila Borisova, Irina Podyalovskaya
4 x 1500 17:09.75 Australia London, England 6/25/00
  Natalie Harvey 4:20.0, Georgie Clarke 4:13.6, Kate Richardson 4:23.3, Sarah Jamieson 4:12.9
    Field Events
High Jump 2.09 | 6-10.25 Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) Rome, Italy 8/30/87
Pole Vault 5.01 | 16-5.25 Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) Helsinki, Finland 8/12/05
Long Jump 7.52 | 24-8.25 Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union) St. Petersburg, Russia 6/11/88
Triple Jump 15.50 | 50-10.25 Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) Göteborg, Sweden 8/10/95
Shot 22.63 | 74-3 Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) Moscow, Russia 6/07/87
Discus 76.80 | 252-0 Gabriele Reinsch (East Germany) Neubrandenburg, Germany 7/09/88
Hammer 77.06 | 252-10 Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) Moscow, Russia 7/15/05
Javelin 71.70 | 235-3 Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) Helsinki, Finland 8/14/05
    Multi Event
Heptathlon 7291 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) Seoul, South Korea 9/23-24/88
  12.69, 1.86 (6-1.25), 15.80 (51-10), 22.56 [4264],
7.27 (23-10.25), 45.66 (149-10), 2:08.51 [3027]
    Road Events
10K 30:21 Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) San Juan, Puerto Rico 2/23/03
15K 46:55p Kayoko Fukushi (Japan) Marugame, Japan 2/05/06
  46:57 Elana Meyer (South Africa) Capetown, South Africa 1/02/91
20K 1:03:26 Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) Bristol, England 10/06/01
Half-Marathon 1:06:44 Elana Meyer (South Africa) Tokyo, Japan 1/15/99
25K 1:22:13 Mizuki Noguchi (Japan) Berlin, Germany 9/25/05
30K 1:38:49 Mizuki Noguchi (Japan) Berlin, Germany 9/25/05
Marathon 2:15:25 Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) London, England 4/13/03
100K 6:33:11 Tomoe Abe (Japan) Lake Saroma, Japan 5/25/00
Ekiden Relay 2:11:41 China Beijing, China 2/28/98
  Bo Jiang 15:42, Yanmei Dong 31:36, Fenting Zhao 15:16, Zaijie Ma 31:01, Lixin Lan 15:50, Xa Lin 22:16
    Walk Events
10,000 41:56.23 Nadezhda Ryashkina (SU) Seattle, Washington 7/24/90
10K Road 41:04:00 Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia) Sochi, Russia 4/20/96
20,000 1:26:52.3 Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia) Brisbane, Australia 9/06/01
20K Road 1:25:41 Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia) Helsinki, Finland 8/07/05

 

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

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