List of world records in athletics

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Usain Bolt beating Tyson Gay and setting a 100 m world record at the 2009 World Championships in
Athletics in Berlin

Jürgen Schult beside the indication of his new discus world record, 1986

World records in athletics are ratified by World Athletics. Athletics records comprise

the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking.
Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others.
Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians. The
only non-metric track distance for which official records are kept is the mile run.

Contents

 1Criteria
 2Bonus payments
 3World records
o 3.1Key to tables
o 3.2Men
 o 3.3Women
o 3.4Mixed
 4Indoor world records
o 4.1Men
o 4.2Women
 5Best performances in non-IAAF World Record events
o 5.1Outdoor events
 5.1.1Men
 5.1.2Women
o 5.2Indoor events
 5.2.1Men
 5.2.2Women
 6Notes
o 6.1Javelin specifications
o 6.2Other Notes
 7See also
 8References
 9External links

Criteria[edit]
The Criteria which must be satisfied for ratification also apply to national or other
restricted records and also to performances submitted as qualifying marks for
eligibility to compete in major events such as the Olympic Games.
The criteria include:

 The dimensions of the track and equipment used must conform to standards.
In road events, the course must be accurately measured, by a certified measurer.
 Except in road events (road running and race walking), the performance must
be set in a single-sex race,[1] with the sole exception of the mixed-sex 4 × 400 m
relay, introduced by World Athletics in 2017. [2]
 All team members in a relay race must be of the same nationality.
 Pacemakers are allowed, provided they have not been lapped; lapped
athletes must give way.
 Drug testing immediately after the performance is now required for ratification
of a record. Existing records which predate this requirement are still extant.
Athletes who pass the immediate test but are later found to have been using
banned substances have their performances invalidated.
 In running events up to 200 m in distance and in horizontal jump events, wind
assistance is permitted only up to 2.0 m/s.
In decathlon or heptathlon, average wind assistance of less than 2.0 m/s is
required across all applicable disciplines; and maximum of 4.0 m/s in any one
event.
 In running events up to 800 m in distance, photo finish fully automatic timing is
required.
 There is no restriction on altitude; since the thinner atmosphere of higher
altitude provides less air resistance, locations such as Mexico
City and Sestriere have previously been the sites of records in the sprint and
jump events. See effects of high altitude on humans. Records set at high altitude
 venues are often marked with an "A" though that does not disqualify it as a
record. Under those circumstances, a "sea level" best is also tracked by
statisticians. Long-distance races run at altitude, with less oxygen available to the
athlete, have been shown to be to the athlete's disadvantage.
 In road events, the course is not required to be a circuit, but the overall
decrease in elevation between the start and finish shall not exceed 1:1000, i.e. 1
m/km.
 In road events, the start and finish points of a course, measured along a
theoretical straight line between them, shall not be further apart than 50% of the
race distance.
See also: Marathon world record progression §  Criteria for record eligibility

Bonus payments[edit]
Witnessing a world record brings great pleasure for athletics fans, and
athletes' personal sponsors and promoters of major meetings such as the Diamond
League and its predecessor, the IAAF Golden League have offered bonuses to
athletes breaking a record.
Some middle-distance runners have specialized in acting as pacemakers in longer
races, receiving a fee without even finishing the race, and possibly a bonus if a
record results. This is a useful occupation for athletes who are capable of running
accurately to a specified pace, but not capable of the very fastest times to become
champions in their own right.
In the pole vault record bonuses create an incentive for an athlete capable of
smashing a record to instead break it by the minimum amount (one centimetre),
multiple times, at multiple meetings, in order to accumulate multiple bonuses. This
has been done by Sergey Bubka in the men's pole vault, and Yelena Isinbayeva in
the women's pole vault.[3] Some commentators have complained that neither athlete
ever posted as high a mark as they were capable of. In any other discipline, except
in the high jump, this issue does not arise, since it is practically impossible to
deliberately break a record by a small margin.

World records[edit]
World Athletics (then IAAF) commenced the recognition of world records in 1912,
and indoor world records after 1987. In 2000, IAAF rule 260.18a (formerly 260.6a)
was amended, so that "world records" (as opposed to "indoor world records") can be
set in a facility "with or without roof." This rule was not applied retroactively, [4] and
has, thus far, only affected the men's and women's pole vault, and women's 2,000 m.
The women's vault record has been advanced 9 times indoors by three different
women, each ratified as a world record. The last record to be set indoors was in
2004. Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not
considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into
effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, has been surpassed by
four consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2020
with a 6.18 m mark. Also in 2020, Duplantis surpassed Bubka's outdoor world best
(the old 6.14 m record), with a 6.15 m vault.
A new IAAF-sanctioned event, the women's 50,000 m walk, does not yet have any
recognised world record.
Key to tables[edit]
  Awaiting ratification   not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics
h = hand timing
+ = en route to a longer distance
A = affected by altitude
OT = oversized track
X = annulled due to doping violations
# = not officially ratified by World Athletics
a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28
est = estimate
i = set indoors (overall world record tables only)

Men[edit]
Average
Speed
D
Eve Per Athl Nat Meeti Locati Ctr
W N at R V P
nt f. ete(s) . ng on y.
k e
m
m/
ph
h

+  J 16 World
Usain  G
100 m 9.58 0. 23.35 37.58 Aug Champio Berlin [5]
P
9 Bolt AM ER
2009 nships

−  J 20 World
Usain  G
200 m 19.19 0. 23.31 37.52 Aug Champio Berlin [5]
P
3 Bolt AM ER
2009 nships

Wayde 14
 R Olympic Rio de  B
400 m 43.03 20.79 33.47 van Aug [6]
P
SA Games Janeiro RA
Niekerk 2016

9  G
1:40.9 17.73 28.54 David  K Olympic
800 m Aug London [7]
P
1 4 0 Rudisha EN Games BR
2012

2:11.9 16.95 27.28 Noah  K 5 Sep Rieti  I

1000 m Rieti P
6 2 1 Ngeny EN 1999 Meeting TA

Hicham
14
3:26.0 16.28 26.21 El   Golden  I
1500 m Jul Rome P
0 84 36 Guerrou MAR Gala TA
1998
j

Mile 3:43.1 16.13 25.96 Hicham   7 Jul Golden Rome  I P

3 41 53 El 1999 Gala
Guerrou
 Average
Speed
D
Eve Per Athl Nat Meeti Locati Ctr
W N at R V P
nt f. ete(s) . ng on y.
k e
m
m/
ph
h

j MAR TA

Hicham
4:44.7 15.70 25.28 El   7 Sep  G
2000 m ISTAF Berlin
9 94 18 Guerrou MAR 1999 ER
j

7:20.6 15.22 24.50 Daniel  K 1 Sep Rieti  I

3000 m Rieti P
7 87 81 Komen EN 1996 Meeting TA

Joshua 14
12:35. 14.80 23.82  U  M
5000 m Chepteg Aug Herculis Monaco [8]
P
36 70 96 GA ON
ei 2020

5 Joshua 16
 U Monaco  M
km (roa 12:51 14.51 23.35 Chepteg Feb Monaco [9]
P
GA Run 5 km ON
d) ei 2020

Joshua
10,000 26:11. 14.23 22.91  U 7 Oct  E
Chepteg Valencia [10]
P
m 00 89 53 GA 2020 SP
ei

10 12 10K
Rhonex  K  E
km (roa 26:24 14.12 22.73 Jan Valencia Valencia [11]
P
Kipruto EN SP
d) 2020 Ibercaja

Geoffre
15 Copenha
13.55 21.81 y  K Copenhag  D
58:01 Sep gen Half [12]

8 9 Kamwo EN en EN
2019 Marathon
Half ror
marath P
on
6
13.67 22.00 Kibiwot  K Valencia  E
57:32 Dec Valencia [13]

1 2 t Kandie EN Marathon SP
2020
 Average
Speed
D
Eve Per Athl Nat Meeti Locati Ctr
W N at R V P
nt f. ete(s) . ng on y.
k e
m
m/
ph
h

One 21,330 13.25 21.33 Mo  G 4 Sep Diamond

Brussels  B P
hour (tra m 4 0 Farah 2020 League
[14]

ck) BR EL

Eliud 16
2:01:3 12.93 20.81  K Berlin  G
Kipchog Sep Berlin [15]
P
9 2 1 EN Marathon ER
e 2018

Marath
on[a]
Ineos
Eliud 12
1:59:4 [b
13.13 21.15  K 1:59  A
] Kipchog Oct Vienna [16]

0.2 6 6 EN Challeng UT
e 2019
e

Lake
100 24
6:09:1 10.09 16.24 Nao  J Saroma  J
km (roa Jun Yūbetsu [17]

4 72 99 Kazami PN Ultramar PN
d) 2018
athon

+  U Memorial
110 m Aries 7 Sep  B
12.80 0. 19.22 30.94 Van Brussels [18]
P
hurdles 3 Merritt SA 2012 EL
Damme

 U 6
400 m 19.12 30.78 Kevin Olympic  E
46.78 Aug Barcelona P
hurdles 7 2 Young SA Games SP
1992

Saif  Q Memorial
7:53.6 14.16 22.80 3 Sep  B
Saaeed Van Brussels P
3 89 26 AT 2004 EL
Shaheen Damme
3000 m
steeplec
hase
16
7:53.1 14.18 22.82 Brahim   Weltklass   S
X Aug Zürich
7 27 48 Boulami MAR e Zürich UI
2002

High 2.45 m Javier  C 27 Gran Salamanc  E P

jump Sotoma UB Jul Premio a SP
yor 1993 Diputació
 Average
Speed
D
Eve Per Athl Nat Meeti Locati Ctr
W N at R V P
nt f. ete(s) . ng on y.
k e
m
m/
ph
h

Glasgow
Armand 15  G
Pole  S Indoor
6.18 m i Duplant Feb Glasgow [19]
P
vault WE Grand BR
is 2020
Prix

+  U 30 World
Long Mike  J
8.95 m 0. Aug Champio Tokyo P
jump 3 Powell SA PN
1991 nships

Jonatha
+  G 7 World
Triple 18.29 n Gothenbu  S
1. Aug Champio [20]
P
jump m 3 Edward BR rg WE
1995 nships
s

Jack in
 U 20  U
Shot 23.12 Randy the Box Westwoo
May [21]
P
put m Barnes SA Invitation d SA
1990
al

Discus 74.08 Jürgen  G 6 Jun Neubrand  G P

throw m Schult DR 1986 enburg DR

 U 30 European
Hamme 86.74 Yuriy  G
Aug Champio Stuttgart P
r throw m Sedykh RS ER
1986 nships

25
Javelin 98.48 [c
Jan  C  G
] May Jena P
throw m Železný ZE ER
1996

16
Decathl 9126 [d
Kevin  F  F
] Sep Décastar Talence [22]
P
on pts Mayer RA RA
2018
 Average
Speed
D
Eve Per Athl Nat Meeti Locati Ctr
W N at R V P
nt f. ete(s) . ng on y.
k e
m
m/
ph
h

20,000 Bernard 7
m 1:17:2 [e
9.630 15.49    N
] o May Bergen
walk (tr 5.6 4 85 MEX OR
Segura 1994
ack)

Asian
20 km 15 Race
1:16:3 9.734 15.66 Yusuke  J  J
walk (ro Mar Walking Nomi [23]
P
6 3 58 Suzuki PN PN
ad) 2015 Champio
nships

Maurizi
2 hours 29,572 9.187 14.78 o 3 Oct
+  I Cuneo  I
walk (tr m 6 60 Damilan 1992
ack) TA TA
o

30,000 Maurizi
m 2:01:4 9.187 14.78 o  I 3 Oct  I
Cuneo
walk (tr 4.1 8 62 Damilan TA 1992 TA
ack) o

50,000 12
m 3:35:2 8.652 13.92 Yohann  F  F
Mar Reims [24]

walk (tr 7.20 2 43 Diniz RA RA

2011
ack)

50 km 15 European
3:32:3 8.770 14.11 Yohann  F   S
walk (ro Aug Champio Zürich [25]
P
3 3 43 Diniz RA UI
ad) 2014 nships

Nesta
Carter
Michael
 J 11  G
4×100 24.28 39.08 Frater Olympic
36.84 Aug London [26]
P
m relay 82 79 Yohan AM Games BR
2012
Blake
Usain
Bolt
 Average
Speed
D
Eve Per Athl Nat Meeti Locati Ctr
W N at R V P
nt f. ete(s) . ng on y.
k e
m
m/
ph
h

Nickel
Ashmea
de
Warren  J 24  B
4×200 1:18.6 22.75 36.62 World
Weir May Nassau [27]
P
m relay 3 92 72 AM Relays AH
Jermain 2014
e Brown
Yohan
Blake

Andrew
Valmon
Quincy
Watts  U 22 World
4×400 2:54.2 20.53 33.04  G  
[f] [
Butch Aug Champio Stuttgart P
m relay 9 54 84 SA ER
28]

Reynold 1993 nships

s
Michael
Johnson

Joseph
Mutua
William
Yiampo
25 Memorial
4×800 7:02.4 16.94 27.27 y  K  B
Aug Van Brussels
m relay 3 53 08 Ismael EN EL
2006 Damme
Kombic
h
Wilfred
Bungei

Kyle
Merber
Brycen
Distanc Spratlin
 U 3  B
e 9:15.5 [g
16.10 25.92 g World
] May Nassau [29]

medley 0 76 26 Brandon SA Relays AH

2015
relay Johnson
Ben
Blanken
ship

[30]
4×1500 14:22. 15.56 25.05 Collins  K 25 World Nassau  B
Cheboi EN May Relays AH
 Average
Speed
D
Eve Per Athl Nat Meeti Locati Ctr
W N at R V P
nt f. ete(s) . ng on y.
k e
m
m/
ph
h

Silas
Kiplagat
James
m relay 22 64 16 Kiplagat 2014
Magut
Asbel
Kiprop

Josephat
Ndambi
ri
Martin
Mathath
i
Road Daniel
23
relay 1:57:0 [h
13.43 21.62 Muchun  K Chiba  J
] Nov Chiba
42.195 6 41 00 u EN Ekiden PN
2005
km Mwangi
Mekubo
Mogusu
Onesmu
s Nyerre
John
Kariuki

Women[edit]
m k D
Eve Per Athle Nat Meeti Locati Ctr
W N p m/ at R V P
nt f. te(s) . ng on y.
h h e

Florence  U 16 US  
0. 21.3 Indianap
100 m 10.49 0
[i]
34.32 Griffith Jul Olympic P
2 SA olis USA
Joyner 1988 Trials

+ Florence  U 29
20.9 Olympic  
200 m 21.34 1. 33.74 Griffith Sep Seoul P
3 7 SA Games KOR
Joyner 1988

6  
18.7 30.25 Marita  G World
400 m 47.60 Oct Canberra P
98 2 Koch DR Cup AUS
1985
 m k D
Eve Per Athle Nat Meeti Locati Ctr
W N p m/ at R V P
nt f. te(s) . ng on y.
h h e

Jarmila 26
1:53.2 15.7 25.42  T  F
800 m Kratoch Jul Munich P
8 98 4 CH RG
vílová 1983

Svetlana 23 Memoria
2:28.9 15.0 24.16  R  
1000 m Masterk Aug l Van Brussels P
8 15 4 US BEL
ova 1996 Damme

 E 17
3:50.0 14.5 23.47 Genzebe Fontvieill  M
1500 m Jul Herculis [33]
P
7 84 1 Dibaba TH e ON
2015

12
4:12.3 14.2 22.96 Sifan  N Fontvieill  M
Mile Jul Herculis [34]
P
3 67 1 Hassan ED e ON
2019

Míting
 E 7 Internaci
5:23.7 13.8 22.23 Genzebe  E
2000 m i Feb onal de Sabadell [35]

5 19 9 Dibaba TH SP
2017 Cataluny
a

13 Chinese
8:06.1 13.8 22.21 Wang  C  
3000 m Sep National Beijing P
1 051 72 Junxia HN CHN
1993 Games

 E 7
14:06. 13.2 21.26 Letesenb  E
5000 m Oct Valencia [10]
P
62 110 10 et Gidey TH SP
2020

17
W 12.6 Sifan  N 5 km  M
14:44 20.36 Feb Monaco [36]
P
o 5 Hassan ED Herculis ON
2019
5
km (roa
d)
Beatrice 14
M 12.6  K 5 km  M
14:43 20.39 Chepkoe Feb Monaco [37]
P
x 7 EN Herculis ON
ch 2021

[38]
10,000 29:17. 12.7 20.48 Almaz  E 12 Olympic Rio de  B P
m 45 28 4 Ayana TH Aug
2016
 m k D
Eve Per Athle Nat Meeti Locati Ctr
W N p m/ at R V P
nt f. te(s) . ng on y.
h h e

Games Janeiro RA

Asmae New  
W 12.2 19.68   8 Jun
30:29 Leghzao York
o 30 3 MAR 2002 USA
ui City
10
km (roa P
d)
Birell
Joyciline 9
M 12.5 20.19  K Prague  
29:43 Jepkosg Sep Prague [39]

x 46 1 EN Grand CZE
ei 2017
Prix

One 4
18,930 11.7 18.93 Sifan  N Diamond  
hour (tr Sep Brussels [14]
P
m 63 0 Hassan ED League BEL
ack) 2020

Ras Al
Ababel  E 21 Khaimah  
1:04:3 M 12.1 19.62 Ras Al
Yeshane Feb Half [40]

1 x 92 1 TH Khaimah UAE
h 2020 Maratho
n

Prague
Peres 5
1:05:3 W 11.9 19.30  K Half  
Jepchirc Sep Prague [41]

4 o 96 6 EN Maratho CZE
hir 2020
n

Half
marath World P
on Half
Peres 17
1:05:1 W 12.0 19.40  K Maratho  P
Jepchirc Oct Gdynia [42]

6 o 55 0 EN n OL
hir 2020
Champio
nships

Newcastl
e upon
8 Great Tyne-  
1:04:2 M 12.2 19.63 Brigid  K Sep North South [43]

8 x a 01 6 Kosgei EN GBR

2019 Run Shields,
United
Kingdom
 m k D
Eve Per Athle Nat Meeti Locati Ctr
W N p m/ at R V P
nt f. te(s) . ng on y.
h h e

13 Chicago  
2:14:0 M 11.7 18.88 Brigid  K Oct Maratho Chicago [44]

4 x 34 4 Kosgei EN USA
2019 n

Marath
P
on[a]
Mary
23 London  
2:17:0 W 11.4 18.47 Jepkosg  K Apr Maratho London [45]

1 o 81 7 ei EN GBR
2017 n
Keitany

Lake
100 25
6:33:1 M 9.48 15.26 Tomoe  J Saroma  J
km (roa Jun Yūbetsu
1 x 22 01 Abe PN Ultramar PN
d) 2000
athon

+  U 22 London  
100 m Kendra
12.20 0. Jul Grand London [46]
P
hurdles 3 Harrison SA GBR
2016 Prix

Dalilah  U 4 World  
400 m
52.16 Muham Oct Champio Doha [47]
P
hurdles SA QAT
mad 2019 nships

3000 m Beatrice 20
8:44.3  K Fontvieill  M
steeple Chepkoe Jul Herculis [48]
P
2 EN e ON
chase ch 2018

Stefka 30 World
High 2.09  B  I
Kostadin Aug Champio Rome P
jump m UL TA
ova 1987 nships

Yelena 28 Weltklas
Pole 5.06  R   S
Isinbaye Aug se Zürich P
vault m US UI
va 2009 Zürich

Brothers
+ Galina  U 11 Znamens  
Long 7.52 Leningra
1. Chistyak Jun ky [49]
P
jump m 4 RS d URS
ova 1988 Memoria
l
 m k D
Eve Per Athle Nat Meeti Locati Ctr
W N p m/ at R V P
nt f. te(s) . ng on y.
h h e

+ 10 World
Triple 15.50 Inessa  U Gothenbu  S
0. Aug Champio P
jump m 9 Kravets KR rg WE
1995 nships

Brothers
Natalya  U Znamens  
Shot 22.63 7 Jun
Lisovska ky Moscow P
put m RS 1987 URS
ya Memoria
l

Discus 76.80 Gabriele  G 9 Jul Neubrand   P

throw m Reinsch DR 1988 enburg GDR

Skolimo
Hamm Anita 28
82.98  P wska  P
er Włodarc Aug Warsaw [50]
P
m OL Memoria OL
throw zyk 2016
l

Barbora 13 World
Javelin 72.28  C  
[c]
Špotáko Sep Athletics Stuttgart [51]
P
throw m ZE GER
vá 2008 Final

Jackie  U 24
Heptat 7291 Olympic  
[j][c]
Joyner- Sep Seoul [52]
P
hlon pts SA Games KOR
Kersee 1988

[verifi
15  
Decathl 8358 cation
Austra  L
neede Apr Columbia P
on pts Skujytė TU USA
d][k] 2005

Nadezhd
 U 24  
41:56. a Goodwil
Jul Seattle
23 Ryashki RS l Games USA
10,000 1990
na
m
walk (tr
ack)
Gao 7
41:37.  C  
Hongmi Apr Beijing
9 HN CHN
ao 1994
 m k D
Eve Per Athle Nat Meeti Locati Ctr
W N p m/ at R V P
nt f. te(s) . ng on y.
h h e

20,000 Olimpia 6
m 1:26:5  R  
da Sep Brisbane [53]

walk (tr 2.3 US AUS

Ivanova 2001
ack)

Gran
1:24:3 Liu  C 6 Jun  E
Premio A Coruña [54]
P
8 Hong HN 2015 SP
Cantones

Chinese
20 Race
1:23:4 Yang  C Huangsh  
Mar Walking [55]
P
9 Jiayu HN an CHN
2021 Champio
nships

20 km
walk (r Russian
oad)
Elena Race
1:23:3  R 9 Jun Cheboksa  
[l]
Lashma Walking [56]

9 US 2018 ry RUS
nova Champio
nships

Russian
Winter
Elena 18
1:24:3  R Race  
[m]
Lashma Feb Sochi [57]

1 US Walking RUS
nova 2019
Champio
nships

National
50,000 13 Invitatio
m 4:29:4 Katie  U San  
[n]
Jul nal [58]

walk (tr 5.56 Burnett SA Diego USA

2019 Racewal
ack)
ks

50 km Chinese
walk (r 9 Race
oad)
3:59:1 Liu  C Huangsh   [59]
Mar Walk [60] P
5 Hong HN an CHN
2019 Grand
Prix

[o] [61]
3:57:0 Klavdiy  R 15 Russian Cheboksa  
8 a US Jun Race ry RUS
Afanasy 2019 Walking
eva Champio
 m k D
Eve Per Athle Nat Meeti Locati Ctr
W N p m/ at R V P
nt f. te(s) . ng on y.
h h e

nships

Tianna
Madison
Allyson
 U 10  
4×100 Felix Olympic
40.82 Aug London [62]
P
m relay Bianca SA Games GBR
2012
Knight
Carmelit
a Jeter

LaTasha
Jenkins
LaTasha
Colande
r-  U 29  
4×200 1:27.4 Penn Philadelp
Richards Apr
m relay 6 SA Relays hia USA
on 2000
Nanceen
Perry
Marion
Jones

Tatyana
Ledovsk
aya
Olga
Nazarov  U 1
4×400 3:15.1 Olympic  
a Oct Seoul P
m relay 7 RS Games KOR
Mariya 1988
Pinigina
Olga
Bryzgin
a

Irina
Podyalo
vskaya
Nadezhd
a
 U 5  
4×800 7:50.1 Olizaren
Aug Moscow
m relay 7 ko RS URS
1984
Lyubov
Gurina
Lyudmil
a
Borisova
 m k D
Eve Per Athle Nat Meeti Locati Ctr
W N p m/ at R V P
nt f. te(s) . ng on y.
h h e

Treniere
Moser
Sanya
Distanc Richards
 U 2  
e 10:36. -Ross World
[p]
May Nassau [63]

medley 50 Ajee' SA Relays BAH

2015
relay Wilson
Shannon
Rowbur
y

Colleen
Quigley
Elise
Bowerm
Cranny
 U 31 an TC   [
4×1500 16:27. Karissa
Jul Intrasqua Portland [64]
1
m relay 02 Schweiz SA USA
2020 d Meet ]
er
IV
Shelby
Houliha
n

Jiang Bo
Dong
Yanmei
Zhao
28
2:11:4 M Fengting  C  
Feb Beijing [65]

1 x[q] Ma HN CHN
1998
Zaijie
Lan
Lixin
Li Na

Road
relay
42.195 Genet
km Gebregi
ogios
Birhane
Adere
Ayelech  E 13
2:16:0 W Copenha  D
Worku Apr [65]

4 o TH gen EN
Gete 1996
Wami
Getenes
h Urge
Luchia
Yischak

Mixed[edit]
Even Perf Athlete( Locatio
N Nat. Date Meeting Ctry. R V P
t . s) n

Wilbert
London
Allyson
 US 29 World  QA
4×400 Felix
3:09.34 Septembe Championshi Doha [66]
P
m relay Courtney A T
r 2019 ps
Okolo
Michael
Cherry

Indoor world records[edit]

Men[edit]
Perf Athlete( Dat Locatio
Event N Nat. Meeting Ctry. R V P
. s) e n

Ben  CA 31 Jan  CA

5.55 X[r] Ottawa [67]

Johnson N 1987 N

Donovan  CA 9 Feb Bill Cosby  US

50 m 5.56 A Reno
Bailey N 1996 Invitational A

Maurice  US 13 Feb Los  US

5.56 #[s] [68]

Greene A 1999 Angeles A

 US USA  US

Christian 18 Feb Albuquerq
60 m 6.34 A Championshi [69]
P
Coleman A 2018 ue A
ps

Frankie  NA 18 Feb Meeting Pas  FR

200 m 19.92 Liévin
Fredericks M 1996 de Calais A

400 m NCAA
Men's
 US 12  US
Kerron Division I Fayettevill
44.57 Mar
Clement A Indoor e A
2005
Championshi
ps

[70]
44.52 #[s] Michael  US 10 NCAA College  US
A Mar Division I Station A
 Perf Athlete( Dat Locatio
Event N Nat. Meeting Ctry. R V P
. s) e n

Championshi
Norman 2018
ps

World
Wilson 9 Mar  FR
800 m 1:42.67  DEN Championshi Paris
Kipketer 1997 A
ps

Ayanleh 17 Feb Globen  SW

1000 m 2:14.20  DJI Stockholm [71]

Souleiman 2016 Galan E

 ET Birmingham  GB

Samuel 16 Feb Birmingha
1500 m 3:31.04 Indoor Grand [72]

Tefera H 2019 m R
Prix

 ET 3 Bruce  US

Yomif
Mile 3:47.01 March Lehane Boston [73]

Kejelcha H A
2019 Invitational

Daniel  KE 6 Feb  HU

3000 m 7:24.90 Budapest
Komen N 1998 N

12:49.6 Kenenisa  ET 20 Feb Aviva Indoor Birmingha  GB

5000 m
0 Bekele H 2004 Grand Prix m R

50 m Mark  CA 5 Mar

6.25 Kobe  JPN
hurdles McKoy N 1986

Colin  GB 6 Mar Sindelfing  GE

7.30
Jackson R 1994 en R

60 m
hurdles
 US World
Grant 24 Feb  ES
7.29 Athletics Madrid [74]

Holloway A 2021 P
Indoor Tour

 CU World  HU

High Javier 4 Mar
2.43 m Championshi Budapest P
jump Sotomayor B 1989 N
ps
 Perf Athlete( Dat Locatio
Event N Nat. Meeting Ctry. R V P
. s) e n

Glasgow  GB
Pole Armand  SW 15 Feb
6.18 m Indoor Grand Glasgow [19]
P
vault Duplantis E 2020 R
Prix

Long  US 27 Jan Millrose New York  US

8.79 m Carl Lewis
jump A 1984 Games City A

European
17.92 Teddy  FR 6 Mar  FR [75]
[t]
Championshi Paris [76]
m Tamgho A 2011 A
ps
Triple
jump
Hugues
18.07  BU 16 Jan  FR
Fabrice Aubière [77]

m R 2021 A
Zango

22.66 Randy  US 20 Jan Sunkist Los  US

m Barnes A 1989 Invitational Angeles A

Shot put

 US American  US

22.82 Ryan 24 Jan Fayettevill
Track [78]

m Crouser A 2021 e A
League

 US 10 World
Heptathl 6645 Ashton  TU
[u]
Mar Championshi Istanbul [79]

on pts Eaton A R
2012 ps

Mikhail Russian
5000 m 18:07.0  RU 14 Feb  RU
Shchennik Winter Moscow
walk 8 S 1995 S
ov Meeting

Linford
Christie
4×200 m Darren  GB 3 Mar  GB
1:22.11 Glasgow
relay Braithwaite R 1991 R
Ade Mafe
John Regis

[v] [80]
4×400 m 3:01.51 Amere  US 9 Feb Clemson's Clemson  US
relay Lattin A 2019 Tiger Paw A
Obi Invitational
Igbokwe
 Perf Athlete( Dat Locatio
Event N Nat. Meeting Ctry. R V P
. s) e n

Jermaine
Holt
Kahmari
Montgome
ry

 US
Zach
Shinnick A
Rai  AT NCAA
10  US
[w] [x
  Benjamin G Division I College
3:00.77 Mar [81]
]
Ricky  US Championshi Station A
2018
Morgan Jr. A ps
Michael  US
Norman
A

Ilolo Izu
Robert
NCAA
Grant  US 10  US
#[s] Division I College
3:01.39 Devin Mar [70]
[y]
A Championshi Station A
Dixon 2018
ps
Mylik
Kerley

Kunle
 NG
Fasasi
Grant R
 US NCAA
Holloway 10  US
 
[z] [aa Division I College
3:01.43 Chantz A Mar [70]
]
Championshi Station A
Sawyers  JA 2018
ps
Benjamin M
Lobo
 DEN
Vedel

Joe
McAsey
Kyle  US  US
4×800 m 25 Feb BU Last
7:11.30 [ab]
Merber Boston [82]

relay A 2018 Chance Meet A

Chris
Giesting
Jesse Garn

Women[edit]
 Perf Athlete(s Dat Locatio
Event N Nat. Meeting Ctry. R V P
. ) e n

Irina  RU 9 Feb  ES

50 m 5.96 + Madrid
Privalova S 1995 P

Irina  RU 11 Feb  ES

6.92 Madrid
Privalova S 1993 P

60 m

Irina  RU 9 Feb  ES

6.92 Madrid
Privalova S 1995 P

Merlene  JA 13 Feb Meeting Pas  FR

200 m 21.87 Liévin
Ottey M 1993 de Calais A

Jarmila
 TC 7 Mar  IT
400 m 49.59 Kratochvílo Milan
H 1982 A
vá

 SL European
Jolanda 3 Mar  AU
800 m 1:55.82 Championshi Vienna
Čeplak O 2002 T
ps

Maria  MO 25 Feb  SW

1000 m 2:30.94 GE Galan Stockholm
Mutola Z 1999 E

Genzebe  ET 1 Feb Weltklasse in  GE

3:55.17 Karlsruhe [83]

Dibaba H 2014 Karlsruhe R

1500 m
Meeting
Gudaf  ET 9 Feb Hauts-de-  FR
3:53.09 Liévin [84]

Tsegay H 2021 France Pas- A

de-Calais

Genzebe  ET 17 Feb Globen  SW

Mile 4:13.31 Stockholm [71]

Dibaba H 2016 Galan E

Genzebe  ET 6 Feb  SW

3000 m 8:16.60 XL Galan Stockholm [85]

Dibaba H 2014 E
 Perf Athlete(s Dat Locatio
Event N Nat. Meeting Ctry. R V P
. ) e n

14:18.8 Genzebe  ET 19 Feb  SW

5000 m XL Galan Stockholm [86]

6 Dibaba H 2015 E

50 m Cornelia  GD 20 Feb  GD

6.58 East Berlin
hurdles Oschkenat R 1988 R

Susanna  SW 10 Feb BW-Bank  GE

7.68 Karlsruhe
Kallur E 2008 Meeting R

Lyudmila
X[ac  RU 2 Mar San  ES
7.68 Narozhilenk
]
S 1993 Sebastián P
o

60 m
hurdles
Lyudmila
 RU 4 Mar  ES
7.66 X Narozhilenk Seville
S 1993 P
o

Lyudmila
 RU 4 Mar  ES
7.63 X Narozhilenk Seville
S 1993 P
o

High Kajsa  SW 4 Feb Hochsprung  GE

2.08 m Arnstadt
jump Bergqvist E 2006 mit Musik R

Golden
 US 30 Jan Eagle Multi  US [87]
5.03 m #[ad] Jenn Suhr Brockport [88] P
A 2016 and A
Invitational
Pole
vault

 US USA  US

2 Mar Albuquerq
5.02 m A Jenn Suhr Championshi [89]
P
A 2013 ue A
ps

Long Heike  GD 13 Feb  AU

7.37 m Vienna
jump Drechsler R 1988 T

[90]
Triple 15.43 Yulimar  VE 21 Feb Villa de Madrid  ES
jump m Rojas 2020 Madrid
Indoor
 Perf Athlete(s Dat Locatio
Event N Nat. Meeting Ctry. R V P
. ) e n

N Meeting P

22.50 Helena  TC 19 Feb  TC

Shot put Jablonec
m Fibingerová H 1977 H

World
Pentathlo 5013 Nataliya  UK 9 Mar Indoor  TU
[ae]
Istanbul [91]

n pts Dobrynska R 2012 Championshi R

ps

11:40.3 Claudia  RO 30 Jan  RO

Bucharest
3 Iovan U 1999 U
3000 m
walk
11:35.3 Gillian 15 Feb  GB
#[af]  IRL Belfast
4 O'Sullivan 2003 R

Yekaterina
Kondratyev
a
Irina Aviva  GB
4×200 m  RU 29 Jan
1:32.41 Khabarova International Glasgow
relay S 2005 R
Yuliya Match
Pechonkina
Yuliya
Gushchina

Olesya
Krasnomov
ets
Olga Aviva  GB
4×400 m  RU 28 Jan
3:23.37 Zaytseva International Glasgow
relay S 2006 R
Olga Match
Kotlyarova
Yuliya
Gushchina

Chrishuna
Williams
Raevyn  US  US
4 × 800 3 Feb Millrose New York
8:05.89 Rogers [92]

m relay A 2018 Games City A

Charlene
Lipsey
Ajeé Wilson
Best performances in non-IAAF World Record events [edit]
Events which do not qualify for IAAF-ratified world records are typically referred to as
world bests.
While races over imperial measured distances were very common in the first half of
the 20th century, only the mile remains common today due to its historical
prominence in track and field, as all other imperial measured distance races became
increasingly rare, and the IAAF removed these imperial measured events from the
world record lists in 1976.
Official record status was removed by World Athletics (IAAF) in November 2019 for
several long distance events, including track distances of 20,000 metres, 25,000
metres and 30,000 metres and road distances of 15 km, 20 km, 25 km and 30 km.
Some road racing distances and indoor variations of outdoor events fall outside of
IAAF's lists. Records set in uncommon events usually do not adhere to the strict
criteria found in IAAF-ratifiable events; one example is the 150 metres record, which
was set by Usain Bolt on a specially-made straight track, while previous
performances (such as the Bailey–Johnson 150-metre race) were completed on a
traditional circuit which included a partial bend in the track.
The 40-yard dash, a standard acceleration evaluation for American Football players,
does not fall within the usual criteria of athletics racing events. In most 40-yard
dashes, reaction times are not recorded as timing starts only once the player is in
motion, and the standards for timing a "football 40" are so lax and inconsistent that a
real world record cannot be claimed. Performances are also hand-timed and
calculated to 1/100th of a second, although studies show human beings simply
cannot react consistently or accurately enough for this to be a valid method, and
even those using light beams are timed by the motion of the athlete, still removing
the normal factor of reaction time, while football 40-yard dashes are usually run on a
turf surface, as opposed to an all weather track.
All these factors make track and "football 40" performances essentially
incomparable. The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders, while
the extrapolated best for an Olympic level athlete, including reacting to a starting
gun, is 4.24 by Maurice Greene at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.[93]
[94]
 Under conventional football timing on a turf field in 2017, Christian
Coleman reportedly ran a 4.12.[95]
Outdoor events[edit]
Men[edit]

Perf Athlete Da Locati Ctry

Event W N Nat. Meeting R P
. (s) te on .

+0. + Bruny  C 22 World Seville

50 m 5.40  ES [96]
2 [ag]
Surin Aug Championship
AN P
1999 s

[96][97]
60 m 6.25 +
[ah]
 Perf Athlete Da Locati Ctry
Event W N Nat. Meeting R P
. (s) te on .

 JA 16 World
6.31
+0. + Usain Bolt Aug Championship Berlin  G [98]
9 [ai]
M ER
2009 s

 US 11  US
Ivory Knoxvill
May [99]

Crockett A e A
1974
9.0 h

Houston  US 9 May Winter  US

100 y [99]

McTear A 1975 Park A

 JA 27
−0. Asafa Golden Spike  CZ
9.07 + May Ostrava [100]
5 Powell M Ostrava E
2010

 JA 20 World
−0.  G
150 m 14.44 3
+ Usain Bolt Aug Championship Berlin [101]

M 2009 s ER

 JA 17  G
150 m +1. Manchester Manchest
14.35 Usain Bolt May [102]

straight 1 M City Games er BR

2009

 US 16  G
200 m −0. Manchester Manchest
19.41 Tyson Gay May [103][104]

straight 4 A City Games er BR

2010

+1. Tommie  US 7 May Video on You  US

19.5 h San Jose [105]
9 Smith A 1966 Tube A

220 y
(straight)
 US 16  G
−0. Manchester Manchest
19.54 4
Tyson Gay May [106]

A City Games er BR
2010

Wayde 28
 RS Golden Spike  CZ
300 m 30.81 van Jun Ostrava [107]

A Ostrava E
Niekerk 2017
 Perf Athlete Da Locati Ctry
Event W N Nat. Meeting R P
. (s) te on .

 US 26 USA  US

John [108][109]
440 y 44.5 Jun Championship Eugene [110]
Smith A A
1971 s

10  G
David  KE Great North Newcastl
500 m 57.69 [aj]
Sep [111]

Rudisha N CityGames e BR
2016

 US 24  US
Johnny Santa
600 m 1:12.81 May
Gray A Monica A
1986

Two Daniel  KE 19 Jul Hechtel-  BE

7:58.61 P
miles Komen N 1997 Eksel L

8 Rhonex  KE 12 Jan 10K Valencia  ES

21:11 + Valencia [112]

km (road) Kipruto N 2020 Ibercaja P

18
Joshua  U Zevenheuvelen  N
41:05 Nov Nijmegen [113]

Cheptegei GA loop ED
2018
15
km (road)
15
Geoffrey  KE Copenhagen Copenha  DE
41:05 + Sep [114]

Kamworor N Half Marathon gen N

2019

10 Haile  ET 4 Sep Tilburg Ten  N

miles (roa 44:24 [ak]
Gebrselass Tilburg
H 2005 Miles ED
d) ie

20,000 56:20.0 Bashir  BE 4 Sep Diamond  BE

+ Brussels [14]

m (track) 2 Abdi L 2020 League L

15
20 Geoffrey  KE Copenhagen Copenha  DE
55:00 + Sep [115]

km (road) Kamworor N Half Marathon gen N

2019

[116]
25,000 1:12:25 + Moses  KE 3 Jun Prefontaine Eugene  US
N 2011 Classic A
 Perf Athlete Da Locati Ctry
Event W N Nat. Meeting R P
. (s) te on .

m (track) .4 Mosop

Dennis
25K  KE 6 May  G
1:11:18 Kipruto BIG 25 Berlin [117][118]

run (road) N 2012 ER
Kimetto

30,000 1:26:47 Moses  KE 3 Jun Prefontaine  US

Eugene [116][119]

m (track) .4 Mosop N 2011 Classic A

16
30 Eliud  KE Berlin  G
1:26:45 + Sep Berlin [120]

km (road) Kipchoge N Marathon ER

2018

Dennis 28
35  KE Berlin  G
1:41:47 + Kipruto Sep Berlin [121]

km (road) N Marathon ER
Kimetto 2014

16
40 Eliud  KE Berlin  G
1:55:32 + Sep Berlin [122]

km (road) Kipchoge N Marathon ER

2018

12
50 Thompson  RS Cape  RS
2:43:38 + Apr [123]

km (road) Magawana A Town A

1988

90 Leonid  R Comrades  RS

5:20:49 2007 Durban
km (road) Shvetsov US Marathon A

 G 28  G
100,000 Don
6:10:20 Oct London
m (track) Ritchie BR BR
1978

 A 24  A
24-hour 303,50 Yiannis Sri Chinmoy Kensingt
Oct [124]

run 6m Kouros US 24 Hour Race on US

1997

[125]
2000 m 5:10.68 Mahiedine  FR 30 Alma Athlé Reims  FR
steeplech Mekhissi- A Jun Tour A
ase Benabbad
 Perf Athlete Da Locati Ctry
Event W N Nat. Meeting R P
. (s) te on .

2010

2500 m  C
George 15 Jul Olympic  FR
steeplech 7:34.4 h Paris
Orton AN 1900 Games A
ase

2590 m  US 29  US

James Olympic
steeplech 7:39.6 h Aug St. Louis
Lightbody A Games A
ase 1904

3460 m  US
Volmari  FI 1 Aug Olympic Los
steeplech 10:33.4 h[al]
Iso-Hollo N 1932 Games Angeles A
ase

4000 m  G
John 16 Jul Olympic  FR
steeplech 12:58.4 h Paris
Rimmer BR 1900 Games A
ase

31
200 m Laurent  IT  IT
22.55 May Milan [126]

hurdles Ottoz A A
1995

+1. h[a Don  US 2 Apr Baton  US

21.9 4
[127]
m]
Styron A 1960 Rouge A

200 m  G 15  G
+2. Andy Manchester Manchest
hurdles 22.10 May [128]
0 Turner BR City Games er BR
straight 2011

Louis  G
+1.  RS 9 May Manchester Manchest
22.10 Jacobus [129]
8 A 2015 City Games er BR
van Zyl

220 y  US  US

+1. Don 2 Apr Baton
hurdles 21.9 h [127][130]
4 Styron A 1960 Rouge A
straight

[131]
300 m 33.78 Karsten  NO 11 Impossible Oslo  NO
hurdles Warholm Jun Games
 Perf Athlete Da Locati Ctry
Event W N Nat. Meeting R P
. (s) te on .

R 2020 R

440 y Jim  US 25 Jul  IT

48.7 Turin [132]

hurdles Bolding A 1974 A

Standing  US 23  US

12 ft 3 Byron NFL scouting Indianap
long Feb [133]

in Jones A combine olis A

jump 2015

Standing  US 31
10.95 Tydree
triple Oct
m Lewis A
jump 2011

 US 20  US
Weight 25.41 Lance
Feb Azusa
throw m Deal A A
1993

 US 25 World  US

Icosathlo 14571 Joseph Lynchbur
Sep Championship [134]

n pts Detmer A g A
2010 s

1500 m Antanas 12
 LT  LT
walk (trac 5:12.0 + Grigaliūna May Vilnius [135]

k) s U 1990 U

Mile Tom  G 9 Jul London Grand  G

walk (trac 5:31.08 London [136]

Bosworth BR 2017 Prix BR

k)

3000 m Giovanni 19 San

10:47.1  IT  IT
walk (trac De May Giovanni
1 A A
k) Benedictis 1990 Valdarno

5000 m 18:05.4 Hatem 1 May

 TU Tunis  T
walk (trac 9 Ghoula 1997
k) N UN

[137]
5 km 18:21 Robert  PO 15 Bad  G
walk (road Korzenio L Sep Salzdetfu ER
wski
 Perf Athlete Da Locati Ctry
Event W N Nat. Meeting R P
. (s) te on .

) 1990 rth

Juntendo
10,000 m 14
37:25.2 Eiki  JP University  JP
walk (trac Nov Inzai [138]

1 Takahashi N Long Distance N

k) 2020
meeting

10 km 28
Roman  R  R
walk (road 37:11 May Saransk [139]

Rasskazov US US
) 2000

Australian
30 km  A 27  A
Nathan Race Walking
walk (road 2:05:06 Aug Hobart [137]

Deakes US Championship US
) 2006
s

Russian
35 km 19 Winter Race
Vladimir  R  R
walk (road 2:21:31 Feb Walking Adler [140]

Kanaykin US US
) 2006 Championship
s

50 mile 7:44:47 Shaul New  US

 IS 1972
walk (road .2
[an]

Ladany Jersey
[141]

) R A

Earl
McCullou
ch
NCAA Men's
Fred
17 Division I  US
4×110 y A[a Kuller
38.6 Jun Indoor Provo [142]

relay o]
O.J. A
1967 Championship
Simpson
s
Lennox
Miller (JA
M)

Christophe
r Williams
Usain Bolt  JA
Swedish 25 Jul Stockhol  S
1:46.59 [ap]
Davian DN Galan [143]

relay M 2006 m WE
Clarke
Jermaine
Gonzales
 Perf Athlete Da Locati Ctry
Event W N Nat. Meeting R P
. (s) te on .

Carl Lewis
Ferran
Sprint Tyler
medley  US 6 Apr  US
3:10.76 Benny Tempe
relay (2-2- A 1985 A
Hollis
4-8)
Johnny
Gray

Eamonn
Coghlan
Ray Flynn  IR 17  IR
4 × mile 15:49.0
Frank Aug Dublin [144]

relay 8 L L
O'Mara 1985
Marcus
O'Sullivan

Jason
Richardso
n
4×110m
Aleec  US 25  US
shuttle Des
52.94 [aq]
Harris Apr Drake Relays [145]

hurdles A Moines A
Aries 2015
relay
Merritt
David
Oliver

Women[edit]

Athlet Da
Event Perf. W N Nat. Meeting Location Ctry. R
e(s) te

 US 22 World
−0 Marion  ES
50 m 5.93 .1
+ Aug Championship Seville
Jones A P
1999 s

 US 22 World
−0 Marion  ES
60 m 6.85 .1
+ Aug Championship Seville
Jones A P
1999 s

Veronica  JA 31
+1 Golden Spike  CZ
100 y 9.91 .1
+ Campbell May Ostrava [146]

M Ostrava E
-Brown 2011

150 m 16.10 +1 + Florence  US 29 Olympic Seoul  K

.3 Griffith Sep
 Athlet Da
Event Perf. W N Nat. Meeting Location Ctry. R
e(s) te

Joyner A 1988 Games OR

 JA 27
−1 Merlene  IT [147]
16.46 .5
Sep Trapani [148]
Ottey M A
1989

Shaunae  BA 20  US

150 m - Adidas Boost
16.23 0.7
Miller- May Boston [149]

straight H Boston Games A

Uibo 2018

Shaunae  BA  US

200 m +0 4 Jun Boost Boston
21.76 .5
Miller- Somerville [150]

straight H 2017 Games A

Uibo

Marita  GD 6 Oct  A

34.14 + World Cup Canberra
Koch R 1985 US

300 m
Shaunae  BA 20
Golden Spike  CZ
34.41 Miller- June Ostrava [151]

H Ostrava E
Uibo 2019

Tatana
 TC 2 Aug  TC
500 m 1:05.9 Kocembo Ostrava
H 1984 H
va

27
Caster  RS Augu  GE
600 m 1:21.77 ISTAF Berlin Berlin [152]

Semenya A st R
2017

 ET 14
Meseret Memorial Van  BE
Two miles 8:58.58 Sep Brussels
Defar H Damme L
2007

Joyciline  KE 9 Sep Birell Prague  CZ

5 km (road) 14:32 +[ar] Prague [153]

Jepkosgei N 2017 Grand Prix E

[154]
4 19:14 Viola  KE 13 4 Mile of Groningen  NE
N Oct Groningen D
 Athlet Da
Event Perf. W N Nat. Meeting Location Ctry. R
e(s) te

miles (road) Kibiwot 2013

18  U
Mary  KE RAK Half Ras al-
8 km (road) 24:30 + Feb [155]

Keitany N Marathon Khaimah AE

2011

19 FNB Cape
12 Brillian  KE  RS
38:05 May Town 12 Cape Town [156]

km (road) Kipkoech N A
2019 ONERUN

 ET 17
Letesenbe Zevenheuvele  NE
44:20 Mx Nov Nijmegen [157]

t Gidey H nloop D
2019

15
km (road)
World Road
14
Wo  Lornah  NE Running  IT
46:59 Oct Udine [158]

+ Kiplagat D Championship A
2007
s

18  U
Mary  KE RAK Half Ras al-
50:05 + Feb [155]

Keitany N Marathon Khaimah AE

2011

10
miles (road) Newcastle
upon Tyne-
Brigid  KE 8 Sep Great North South  GB
49:21 + a [43]

Kosgei N 2019 Run Shields, R

United
Kingdom

20,000 1:05:26. Tegla  KE 3 Sep Borgholzha  GE

m (track) 6 Loroupe N 2000 usen R

20  ET 21  U
Mx  Ababel RAK Half Ras Al
km (road) 1:01:11 Feb [159]

+ Yeshaneh H Marathon Khaimah AE

2020

[158]
1:02:57 Wo  Lornah  NE 14 World Road Udine  IT
+ Kiplagat D Oct Running A
2007 Championship
 Athlet Da
Event Perf. W N Nat. Meeting Location Ctry. R
e(s) te

21
25,000 1:27:05. Tegla  KE Mengerskir  GE
Sep
m (track) 84 Loroupe N chen R
2002

13  US
Mx  Brigid  KE Chicago
1:19:33 Oct Chicago [160]

+ Kosgei N Marathon A
2019
25K
run (road)
Mary 23  GB
 KE London
1:19:43 + Jepkosgei Apr London [161]

N Marathon R
Keitany 2017

30,000 1:45:50. Tegla  KE 6 Jun  GE

Warstein
m (track) 00 Loroupe N 2003 R

13  US
Mx  Brigid  KE Chicago
1:35:18 Oct Chicago [162]

+ Kosgei N Marathon A
2019
30
km (road)
Mary 23  GB
Wo   KE London
1:36:05 Jepkosgei Apr London [161]

+ N Marathon R
Keitany 2017

13  US
Mx  Brigid  KE Chicago
1:51:14 Oct Chicago [163]

+ Kosgei N Marathon A
2019
35
km (road)
Mary 23  GB
Wo   KE London
1:52:39 Jepkosgei Apr London [161]

+ N Marathon R
Keitany 2017

40 13  US
Mx  Brigid  KE Chicago
km (road) 2:07:11 Oct Chicago [164]

+ Kosgei N Marathon A
2019

[161]
2:09:38 + Mary  KE 23 London London  GB
Jepkosgei N Apr Marathon
Keitany 2017
 Athlet Da
Event Perf. W N Nat. Meeting Location Ctry. R
e(s) te

 GB 50 km World

50 Alyson 1 Sep  RO
3:07:20 Championship Brasov [165]

km (road) Dixon R 2019 M

s

Patrycja IAU 24 Hour  GB

24-hour 258,339  PO 2 Jul
Bereznow World Belfast [166]

run (road) m L 2017 R
ska Championship

2000 m Gesa
 GE 1 Sep  GE
steeplechas 5:52.80 Felicitas ISTAF Berlin [167]

R 2019 R
e Krause

+0 Yadisleid 6 Apr  IT

24.8 .4
h  ITA Caserta [168]

y Pedroso 2013 A

23
−0 Patricia  FR  FR
25.6 h Aug Nantes [169]

200 m
.7 Girard A A
2001
hurdles

AACT
 AU Combined  A
−0 Lauren 21 Jan
25.79 .6
Events Canberra [170]

Wells S 2017 US
Championship
s

200 m  GB 17  GB

+1 Meghan Manchester
hurdles 25.05 May Manchester [171]
.0 Beesley R City Games R
straight 2014

300 m Zuzana  CZ 2 Aug Grand Prix of  CZ

38.16 Cheb [172]

hurdles Hejnová E 2013 Cheb E

Tetradecat 10798 Milla 8 Sep  FI

 FIN Turku [173]

hlon pts Kelo 2002 N

[174]
3000 m 11:48.2 Ileana  ITA 29 Padua  IT
walk (track) 4 Salvador Aug
 Athlet Da
Event Perf. W N Nat. Meeting Location Ctry. R
e(s) te

1993 A

18
5000 m 20:01.8 Eleonora Italian Clubs Misterbianc  IT
 ITA May [175]

walk (track) 0 Giorgi League Meet o A

2014

27
5 km Kjersti  NO Internationaler  GE
19:46 Aug Hildesheim [176]

walk (road) Plätzer R Geher-Cup R

2006

Yelena 20 Russian
10 km  RU  RU
41:04 Nikolayev Apr Championship Sochi [177]

walk (road) S S
a 1996 s

22  US
30 km Paola  EC
2:24:33 Oct Hauppauge [176]

walk (road) Pérez U A
2017

Italian 35 km
35 km Eleonora 26 Jan Race Walking  IT
2:43:43  ITA Grosseto [176]

walk (road) Giorgi 2020 Championship A

s

Destinee
Brown
Sprint Aaliyah
 US 28  US
medley Brown
1:35.20 [as]
Apr Penn Relays Philadelphia [178]

relay (1–1– Kimberly A A
2018
2–4) n Duncan
Raevyn
Rogers

Marina
Zhirova
Yelena
Swedish Mizera  GB
 Rus 5 June
relay (1–2– 2:01.10 [at]
Yelena Portsmouth
sia 1993 R
3–4) Ruzina
Tatyana
Alekseye
va
 Athlet Da
Event Perf. W N Nat. Meeting Location Ctry. R
e(s) te

Sherri-
Ann
Brooks
Sprint Rosemari
medley e Whyte  JA 1 Apr  US
3:34.56 [au]
Penn Relays Philadelphia
relay (2-2- Moya M 2009 A
4-8) Thompso
n
Kenia
Sinclair

Brenda
Bushnell
Leann
Warren  US  US
4 × mile 18:39.5 5 May
Kathy Eugene
relay 8 A 1985 A
Hayes
Claudette
Groenend
aal

Brianna
Rollins
Dawn
4×100 m Harper-  US 24  US
hurdles 50.50 Nelson Apr Drake Relays Des Moines
relay Queen A 2015 A
Harrison
Kristi
Castlin

Indoor events[edit]
Men[edit]

Perf Da Locati
Event N Athlete(s) Nat. Meeting Ctry. R
. te on

14
Churandy  NE Amsterda  NE
30 m 3.81 Nov Domino Day [179]

Martina D m D
2008

Christian  US 2 May  US

40 y 4.12 [av]
Trial Knoxville
Coleman A 2017 A
 Perf Da Locati
Event N Athlete(s) Nat. Meeting Ctry. R
. te on

 US 22 Jan Los  US

5.22 Stanley Floyd
A 1982 Angeles A

 CA 29 Jan  CA

5.15 X[r] Ben Johnson Toronto
N 1988 N

 US 10 Jan  CA

Kirk Clayton Calgary
A 1970 N

Herb  US 2 Feb  CA

Toronto [181]

Washington A 1972 N

50 y
4 Mar  US
Orlando
1972 A
 US
5.0 h Mel Pender
A
18  CA
Mar Hamilton
1972 N

Herb  US 4 Feb  CA

Toronto
Washington A 1973 N

14
Manfred  FR Leverkuse  FR
Mar
Ommer G n G
1975

 US 12  US
Herb East
h Feb [181]

Washington A Lansing A
1972

60 y 5.8

 US 25  US
Salt Lake
hA Mel Pender May
A City A
1973

22  US
Obadele  BA Colorado
55 m 5.99 A Feb [68]

Thompson R Springs A
1997
 Perf Da Locati
Event N Athlete(s) Nat. Meeting Ctry. R
. te on

 US 27  US
Mason-Dixon
Mel Pender Feb Louisville
A Games A
1965

 US 27  US
Craig Mason-Dixon
Feb Louisville
Wallace A Games A
1965

 US 14  US
Larry Mason-Dixon
Feb Louisville
Highbaugh A Games A
1970

 US 14  US
Mason-Dixon
Jim Green Feb Louisville
A Games A
1970
70 y 6.8 h

 US 13  US
Mason-Dixon
Mel Pender Feb Louisville
A Games A
1971

Jean‐Louis  US
 M 1 Jun Mason-Dixon
Ravelomanan Louisville
AD 1973 Games A
tsoa

Warren  US 1 Jun Mason-Dixon  US

Louisville
Edmondson A 1973 Games A

Harrington  US 1 Jun Mason-Dixon  US

Louisville
Jackson A 1973 Games A

 JA 23 Kamila
100 m 9.98 Usain Bolt Aug Skolimowska Me Warsaw  PO [182][183]
[184]
M 2014 morial L

Donovan  CA 1 Jun Bailey–Johnson  CA

150 m 14.99 Toronto [185]

Bailey N 1997 150-metre race N

300 y 29.27 Terron  US 7 Feb Bloomingt  US

A 1981 on A
 Perf Da Locati
Event N Athlete(s) Nat. Meeting Ctry. R
. te on

Wright

 US 4 Mar USA Albuquerq  US

300 m 31.87 Noah Lyles [186]

A 2017 Championships ue A

 US 25  US
Salt Lake
500 y 53.9 hA Larry James May ITA meet [187]

A City A
1973

 QA 17
Abdalelah Stockhol  S
500 m 59.83 [aw]
Feb Globen Galan [188]

Haroun T m WE
2016

15  US
Moitalel  KE
600 y 1:06.93 Feb Lubbock [189]

Mpoke N A
2020

 US 24  US
Donavan USA Indoor Staten
600 m 1:13.77 Feb [190]

Brazier A Championships Island A

2019

 US 23  US
1000 y 2:04.39 Johnny Gray Feb San Diego
A 1986 A

 ET 17  GB
Kenenisa Aviva Indoor Birmingha
2000 m 4:49.99 Feb
Bekele H Grand Prix m R
2007

 GB 21  GB
Two Birmingham Birmingha
8:03.40 Mo Farah Feb [191]

miles R Indoor Grand Prix m R

2015

10
27:50.2  KE Indoor Flanders  BE
10,000 m Mark Bett Feb Ghent [192]

9 N Meeting L
2002

[193]
Marathon 2:19:01 Malcolm  US 17 The Armory New York  US
Richards Mar Indoor Marathon City
 Perf Da Locati
Event N Athlete(s) Nat. Meeting Ctry. R
. te on

A 2018 A

2000 m 13
Paul Kipsiele  KE Indoor Flanders  BE
steeplech 5:13.77 Feb Ghent [194][195]

Koech N Meeting L
ase 2011

3000 m  UR 21  UR

Aleksandr
steeplech 8:17.46 Feb Moscow [192]

Zagoruyko S S
ase 1982

50 y  US 17 Jan Los  US

5.88 Greg Foster
hurdles A 1986 Angeles A

60 y Renaldo  US 30 Jan  US

6.82 Dallas
hurdles Nehemiah A 1982 A

55 m Renaldo  US 20 Jan New York  US

6.89 [ax]

hurdles Nehemiah A 1979 City A

 US 14
110 m Allen  RU
13.34 Feb Moscow [192]

hurdles Johnson A S
1995

Llewellyn  RS 9 Feb  FI

Pirkkahall Tampere [196][197]

Herbert A 1999 N

300 m O
34.92
hurdles T
11
Karsten  NO  FI
Feb Norden Kampen Tampere [198]

Warholm R N
2017

18
400 m  DO Meeting National Val-de-  FR
48.78 Felix Sanchez Feb [199][200]

hurdles M Val-de-Reuil Reuil A

2012

22
Discus 69.51  ES World Record  S
Gerd Kanter Mar Växjö [201]

throw m T Indoor Challenge WE

2009
 Perf Da Locati
Event N Athlete(s) Nat. Meeting Ctry. R
. te on

Weight 25.86  US 4 Mar  US

Lance Deal Atlanta [192]

throw m A 1995 A

Javelin 85.78  FI 3 Mar  FI

Matti Närhi Kajaani [202]

throw m N 1996 N

 GB 25  GB
3000 m 10:30.2 Tom Glasgow Grand
Feb Glasgow [203]

walk 8 Bosworth R Prix R

2018

Two  UR 24  UR

11:54.5 Valdas
miles Feb Kaunas [192]

0 Kazlauskas S S
walk 1990

10,000 m 38:23.7  CH 8 Feb  IT

Wang Zhen Genoa
walk 3 N 2015 A

15,000 m 1:00:03 Valdas  UR 24 Jan  UR

Kaunas [192]

walk .9 Kazlauskas S 1987 S

20,000 m 1:20:40 O Ronald  GD 27 Jan Senftenbe  G

walk .0 T Weigel R 1980 rg DR

Mark Everett
Sprint James Trapp  US 14  CA
World Indoor
medley 3:15.10 [ay]
Kevin Little Mar Toronto [204]

A Championships N
relay Butch 1993
Reynolds

 US
A
Cole Hocker
 DO
Distance Luis Peralta  US
M 29 Jan Razorback Fayettevill
medley 9:19.42 [az]
Charlie [205]

 AU 2021 Invitational e A

relay Hunter
Cooper Teare S
 US
A

[ba] [206]
4 × mile 16:03.6 David  US 26 Jan Dr. Sander New York  US
 Perf Da Locati
Event N Athlete(s) Nat. Meeting Ctry. R
. te on

Ribich (4:08.
2)
Henry
Wynne (4:01.
4)
Columbia
relay 8 Brannon A 2019 City A
Challenge
Kidder (3:56.
8)
Izaic
Yorks (3:57.2
)

T.G. Parker
4×60y
Joe Kahiapo  US 21  US
shuttle A[b Colorado
27.6 Ahart Powers Feb [207]

hurdles b]
A Springs A
Dick 1975
relay
McIntosh

Women[edit]

Perf Athlete(s Dat

Event N Nat. Meeting Location Ctry. R
. ) e

Evelyn  US 18 Feb  US

50 y 5.74 [bc]
San Diego [208]

Ashford A 1983 A

USA Indoor
 US Track and  US
Evelyn 7 Feb New York
Field
Ashford A 1982 City A
Championshi
ps
60 y 6.54

Jeanette  US 21 Feb  US

Los Angeles
Bolden A 1986 A

 US 14  US
Gwen Oklahoma
55 m 6.56 Mar NCAA [209]

Torrence A City A
1987

Heike  GD 8 Feb  GD

100 y 10.15 Senftenberg [210]

Drechsler R 1987 R
 Perf Athlete(s Dat
Event N Nat. Meeting Location Ctry. R
. ) e

 GD 12 Jan  GD

100 m 11.15 Marita Koch East Berlin
R 1980 R

 JA 13  US
Merlene
300 y 32.63 Mar Cedar Falls
Ottey M A
1982

Irina  RU 17 Jan  RU

Moscow
Privalova S 1993 S

300 m 35.45

Shaunae  BA 3 Feb Millrose New York  US [92]

Miller-Uibo H 2018 Games City A

Jearl Miles-  US 19 Feb  US

500 y 1:00.61 A Pocatello
Clark A 2000 A

Olesya
 RU 7 Jan Yekaterinbu  RU
500 m 1:06.31 Krasnomove
S 2006 rg S
ts

 US 13  US
Delisa
600 y 1:17.38 Mar Cedar Falls
Walton A A
1982

Russian
Olga  RU 1 Feb  RU
600 m 1:23.44 Winter Moscow
Kotlyarova S 2004 S
Meeting

 US 9 Mar  US

1000 y 2:23.5 Joetta Clark Gainesville
A 1986 A

 ET Míting
Genzebe 7 Feb  ES
2000 m 5:23.75 Internacional Sabadell [35]

Dibaba H 2017 P
de Catalunya

Genzebe  ET 15 Feb Aviva Indoor  GB

Two miles 9:00.48 Birmingham [211]

Dibaba H 2014 Grand Prix R

 Perf Athlete(s Dat
Event N Nat. Meeting Location Ctry. R
. ) e

32:44.9 Olga  RU 23 Dec Saint  RU

10,000 m
7 Michurina S 1995 Petersburg S

 US 17 The Armory  US

Lindsey New York
Marathon 2:40:55 Mar Indoor [193]

Scherf A City A
2018 Marathon

55 m A, [b Tiffany  US 22 Feb Colorado  US

7.30
hurdles d]
Lott-Hogan A 1997 Springs A

100 m Ludmila  SW 10 Feb

12.64 Tampere  FIN
hurdles Engquist E 1997

Finland-
300 m  NO 5 Feb Sweden-
40.09 OT Stine Tomb Tampere  FIN [212][213]

hurdles R 2011 Norway

Indoor Match

400 m Sheena  US 12 Feb Meeting Val-de-  FR [214][215]

56.41 [216]
hurdles Tosta A 2011 National Reuil A

Meeting
2000 m  SL
Maruša 19 Feb Hauts de  FR
steeplecha 5:47.79 Liévin [217]

Mišmaš O 2020 France Pas A

se
de Calais

Tatyana  RU 17 Feb  RU

9:07.00 Moscow
Petrova S 2006 S
3000 m
steeplecha
se
Marcela  CZ 11 Feb Botnia
9:54.2 [be]
Korsholm  FIN [218][219]

Lustigova E 2010 Games

Discus 64.03 Shanice  GE 14 Feb ISTAF  GE

Mx Berlin [220]

throw m Craft R 2020 Indoor R

[186]
Weight 25.60 A Gwen Berry  US 4 Mar USA Albuquerqu  US
throw m A 2017 Championshi e A
 Perf Athlete(s Dat
Event N Nat. Meeting Location Ctry. R
. ) e

ps

10
57.75 Anna  SW World Indoor  SW
[bf]
Mar Växjö [221]

m Wessman E Throwing E
2012
Javelin
throw

61.29 28 Feb
[bg]
Taina Uppa  FIN Korsholm  FIN [222]

m 1999

Sada  UR 24 Feb  UR

Mile walk 6:16.72 Kaunas [223]

Eidikytė S 1990 S

Two miles 13:11.8 Ileana 14 Feb

 ITA Genoa  ITA
[223]

walk 8 Salvador 1990

Mordovian
5000 m Vera  RU 30 Dec Indoor  RU
20:10.3 Saransk [224]

walk Sokolova S 2010 Championshi S

ps

 BL Belarusian  BL

10,000 m 43:54.6 Yelena 22 Feb
Championshi Mogilev
walk 3 Ginko R 2008 R
ps

Anne-
Kathrin
Elbe
Anne
4×100 m  GE 31 Jan BW-Bank  GE
44.39 Möllinger Karlsruhe [225]

relay R 2010 Meeting R

Cathleen
Tschirch
Marion
Wagner

Joetta
Clark-Diggs
Sprint Wendy  US 14 World Indoor  CA
medley 3:45.90 [bh]
Vereen Mar Championshi Toronto [226]

relay Kim Batten A 1993 ps N

Jearl Miles
Clark
 Perf Athlete(s Dat
Event N Nat. Meeting Location Ctry. R
. ) e

Emma
Coburn
Sydney
Distance  US New Balance  US
10:40.3 McLaughlin 28 Jan
medley [bi]
Indoor Grand Boston [227]

1 Brenda A 2017 A
relay Prix
Martinez
Jenny
Simpson

Notes[edit]
Javelin specifications[edit]
See also: Javelin redesign
The men's javelin specification was changed with effect from 1986, and the women's
from 2000. The purpose was to reduce the number of illegal flat landings, but a side-
effect was to reduce the distance travelled. The prior world records in individual
men's and women's javelin were invalidated, but the prior records in decathlon and
heptathlon were not.[228]
The old specification records for men's and women's javelin were as follows:

Recor Locatio
Event Athlete Nat. Date Meeting Ctry. Ref(s)
d n

 GD 20 Jul
Men's 104.80 m Uwe Hohn East Berlin  GDR
R 1984

Women'  GD
80.00 m Petra Felke 9 Sep 1988 Potsdam  GDR
s R

The current decathlon world record was set with the current javelin specification. The
best performance in heptathlon using the new specification javelin is:

Performanc
Athlete Nat. Date Meeting Location Ctry. Ref(s)
e

7032 Carolina 26 Aug World

 SWE Osaka  JPN
[229]

Klüft 2007 Championships

13.15 (+0.1 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.95 m (high jump), 14.81 m (shot put), 23.38
(+0.3 m/s) (200 m) /
Performanc
Athlete Nat. Date Meeting Location Ctry. Ref(s)
e

6.85 m (+1.0 m/s) (long jump), 47.98 m[bj] (javelin), 2:12.56 (800 m)

Other Notes[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:a b Up until 2004, the fastest time in the marathon was officially known as "world's
best time" rather than "world record time", owing to the non-uniform nature of marathon courses.
This older terminology is still sometimes encountered.
2. ^ Non-ratifiable as the athlete was the sole competitor, ran behind a car, received drinks
from a bike, and was paced by rotating pacemakers
3. ^ Jump up to:a b c See javelin specifications below.
4. ^ 100m: 10.55 (+0.3m/s), LJ: 7.80m (+1.2m/s), SP: 16.00m, HJ: 2.05m, 400m: 48.42,
110mH: 13.75 (−1.1m/s), DT: 50.54m, PV: 5.45m, JT: 71.90m, 1500m: 4:36.11
5. ^ Actually 1:17:25.5 but ratified as 1:17:25.6.
6. ^ A time of 2:54.20 set by the United States at Uniondale on 22 July 1998 was rescinded
by the IAAF on 12 August 2008 after relay team member Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using
human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
7. ^ Leg 1 (1200m) Kyle Merber 2:53.56
Leg 2 (400m) Brycen Spratling 45.95
Leg 3 (800 m) Brandon Johnson 1:44.75
Leg 4 (1600 m) Ben Blankenship 3:51.24
8. ^ Leg 1 (5km) Josephat Ndambiri 13:24
Leg 2 (10km) Martin Mathathi 27:12
Leg 3 (5km) Daniel Muchunu Mwangi 13:59
Leg 4 (10km) Mekubo Mogusu 27:56
Leg 5 (5km) Onesmus Nyerre 14:36
Leg 6 (7.195km) John Kariuki 19:59
9. ^ It is widely believed that the anemometer was faulty for the race in which Florence
Griffith Joyner set the official world record for the women's 100 m of 10.49 s. [31] A 1995 report
commissioned by the IAAF estimated the true wind speed was between +5.0 m/s and +7.0 m/s,
rather than the 0.0 recorded.[31] If this time, recorded in the quarter-final of the 1988 U.S. Olympic
trials, were excluded, the world record would be 10.61 s, recorded the next day at the same venue
by the same athlete in the final.[31][32]
10. ^ 100mH: 12.69 (+0.8m/s), HJ: 1.86m, SP: 15.80m, 200m: 22.56 (+1.6m/s),
LJ: 7.27m(+0.7m/s), JT: 45.66m, 800m: 2:08.51
11. ^ 100m: 12.49, LJ: 6.12m, SP: 16.42m, HJ: 1.78m, 400m: 57.19, 100mH: 14.22,
DT: 46.19m, PV: 3.10m, JT: 48.78m, 1500m: 5:15.86
12. ^ Not ratified by World Athletics due to lack of international judges.
13. ^ Not ratified by World Athletics due to lack of international judges.
14. ^ A minimum standard of 4:20:00 has been recommended for the first record. The record
will be vacant until such a performance is achieved.
15. ^ Not ratified by World Athletics due to lack of international judges.
16. ^ Leg 1 (1200m) Treniere Moser 3:18.38
Leg 2 (400m) Sanya Richards-Ross 50.12
Leg 3 (800m) Ajee' Wilson 2:00.08
Leg 4 (1600m) Shannon Rowbury 4:27.92
17. ^ Leg1 (5km) Jiang Bo 15:42
Leg 2 (10km) Dong Yanmei 31:36
Leg 3 (5km) Zhao Fengting 15:16
Leg 4 (10km) Ma Zaijie 31:01
 Leg 5 (5km) Lan Lixin 15:50
Leg 6 (7.195km) Li Na 22:16
18. ^ Jump up to:a b This time was rescinded after Johnson admitted using steroids between 1981
and 1988.
19. ^ Jump up to:a b c Insufficient or no doping control.
20. ^ 2nd and 4th jumps in series.
21. ^ 60m: 6.79, LJ: 8.16m, SP: 14.56m, HJ: 2.03m, 60mH: 7.68, PV: 5.20m, 1000m: 2:32.77
22. ^ University of Houston team:
Leg 1 Amere Lattin (46.33)
Leg 2 Obi Igbowke (44.93)
Leg 3 Jermaine Holt (45.80)
Leg 4 Kahmari Montgomery (44.45)
23. ^ University of Southern California team:
Leg 1 Zach Shinnick (46.24)
Leg 2 Rai Benjamin (44.35)
Leg 3 Ricky Morgan Jr. (45.67)
Leg 4 Michael Norman (44.52)
24. ^ Time rejected as a record as Benjamin was representing Antigua & Barbuda
internationally at the time (silver medal at the 2015 CARIFTA Games), while Norman had
represented the United States internationally (2 gold medals at the 2016 IAAF World U20
Championships)
25. ^ Texas A&M University team:
Leg 1 Ilolo Izu (46.57)
Leg 2 Robert Grant (44.83)
Leg 3 Devin Dixon (45.48)
Leg 4 Mylik Kerley (44.51)
26. ^ Time rejected as a record as the team members are not of the same nationality
27. ^ University of Florida team
28. ^ Hoka One One New Jersey*New York Track Club team:
Leg 1 Joe McAsey (1:48.78)
Leg 2 Kyle Merber (1:47.84)
Leg 3 Chris Giesting (1:47.35)
Leg 4 Jesse Garn (1:47.14)
29. ^ Athlete failed a doping test.
30. ^ Insufficient or no doping control.
31. ^ 60mH: 8.38, HJ: 1.84m, SP: 16.51m, LJ: 6.57m, 800m: 2:11.15
32. ^ No international judges.
33. ^ Calculated.
34. ^ Calculated./ 6.38 by other sources
35. ^ Calculated.
36. ^ Road race.
37. ^ The Association of Road Racing Statisticians regard Gebrselassie's time to be 44:23
based on initially reported stopped times of 44:22.8, 44:23.0 and 44:23.1. The race organisers do
not confirm these times and officially regard the time to be 44:24
38. ^ The race was intended to be a 3000 metres steeplechase, but due to an error in lap
counting the runners ran an extra lap in the final.
39. ^ actual race distance was 220 yards
40. ^ 7:23:50 by other sources
41. ^ Team University of Southern California
42. ^ Team Puma Reggae
Leg 1 (100m) Christopher Williams
Leg 2 (200m) Usain Bolt
Leg 3 (300m) Davian Clarke
Leg 4: (400m) Jermaine Gonzales
43. ^ Team USA Blue
 44. ^ To be superseded by new world record on 1 January 2019 [65]
45. ^ Leg 1 (100m) Destinee Brown
Leg 2 (100m) Aaliyah Brown
Leg 3 (200m) Kimberlyn Duncan
Leg 4 (400m) Raevyn Rogers 50.48
46. ^ Leg 1 (100m) Marina Zhirova
Leg 2 (200m) Yelena Mizera
Leg 3 (300m) Yelena Ruzina
Leg 4 (400m) Tatyana Alekseyeva
47. ^ Leg 1 (200m) Sherri-Ann Brooks
Leg 2 (200m) Rosemarie Whyte
Leg 3 (400m) Moya Thompson 51.7
Leg 4 (800m)Kenia Sinclair 1:57.43
48. ^ This performance was in a test comparable to ones commonly used in American
football. Coleman's hands are clearly off the ground at a time of 0.04 and so if conducted under
"athletics" rules it would have been a false start [180]
49. ^ Roddie Haley ran 59.82 at Oklahoma City on 15 Mar 1986 but the track was
subsequently found to have been measured incorrectly
50. ^ Originally reported as 6.88 and subsequently corrected to 6.89
51. ^ Leg 1 Mark Everett 1:48.4
Leg 2 James Trapp 20.20
Leg 3 Kevin Little 20.7
Leg 4 Butch Reynolds 45.8
52. ^ Leg 1 Cole Hocker 2:49.89
Leg 2 Luis Peralta 47.29
Leg 3 Charlie Hunter 1:47.65
Leg 4 Cooper Teare 3:54.61
53. ^ Team Brooks
54. ^ US Air Force
55. ^ Angela Issajenko equalled the time of 5.74 on 29 Jan 1988 in Toronto but the mark was
rescinded following her subsequent admission of long-term drug use
56. ^ Mark was set during pentathlon competition.
57. ^ This is the fastest indoor steeplechase with a water-jump.
58. ^ Cite
error: The named reference  JavelinCurrent  was invoked but
never defined (see the help page).
59. ^ Cite error: The named reference  JavelinOld  was invoked but
never defined (see the help page).
60. ^ Leg 1 (800m) Joetta Clark-Diggs 2:08.7
Leg 2 (200m) Wendy Vereen 22.6
Leg 3 (200m) Kim Batten 23.3 
Leg 4 (400m) Jearl Miles Clark 51.3
61. ^ Leg 1 (1200m) Emma Coburn 3:18.40
Leg 2 (400m) Sydney McLaughlin 52.32
Leg 3 (800m) Brenda Martinez 2:01.92 
Leg 4 (1600m) Jenny Simpson 4:27.66
62. ^ This is 2.32 m farther than the distance thrown by Jackie Joyner-Kersee during her
world record-setting heptathlon performance of 23–24 September 1988, despite Klüft using the
new specification javelin.

See also[edit]
 List of Olympic records in athletics
 Ultramarathon records
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