List of world records in athletics







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 the International Association of Athletics Federations. 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






  • 1 Criteria


  • 2 Bonus payments


  • 3 World records


    • 3.1 Key to tables


    • 3.2 Men


    • 3.3 Women




  • 4 Indoor world records


    • 4.1 Men


    • 4.2 Women




  • 5 Best performances in non-IAAF World Record events


    • 5.1 Outdoor events


      • 5.1.1 Men


      • 5.1.2 Women




    • 5.2 Indoor events


      • 5.2.1 Men


      • 5.2.2 Women






  • 6 Notes


    • 6.1 Javelin specifications


    • 6.2 Other Notes




  • 7 See also


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





Criteria


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 4x400m relay, introduced by the IAAF in 2017.[2] However, the IAAF has yet to recognise a world record in this particular event.

  • 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 on drugs 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.



Bonus payments


Witnessing a world record brings great pleasure for athletics fans, and athletes' personal sponsors and promoters of major meetings such as the IAAF 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


The 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. The women's 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. In February 2014, Bubka's record was surpassed indoors by Renaud Lavillenie jumping 6.16 m which qualifies as both the Indoor world record and the world record.


One current IAAF-sanctioned event, the mixed-sex 4x400 m relay, does not have any recognised world record.



Key to tables


  Awaiting ratification
  will not be ratified by IAAF


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 IAAF

a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28

est = estimate

i = set indoors (overall world record tables only)



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Event

Perf.

W

N
Athlete(s)

Nat.
Date
Meeting
Location

Ctry.

R

V

P

100 m

9.58

+0.9


Usain Bolt

 JAM

16 Aug 2009

World Championships

Berlin

 GER
[5]


P


200 m

19.19

−0.3


Usain Bolt

 JAM

20 Aug 2009

World Championships

Berlin

 GER
[5]


P


400 m

43.03



Wayde van Niekerk

 RSA

14 Aug 2016

Olympic Games

Rio de Janeiro

 BRA
[6]


P


800 m

1:40.91



David Rudisha

 KEN

9 Aug 2012

Olympic Games

London

 GBR
[7]


P


1000 m

2:11.96



Noah Ngeny

 KEN

5 Sep 1999

Rieti Meeting

Rieti

 ITA




P


1500 m

3:26.00



Hicham El Guerrouj

 MAR

14 Jul 1998

Golden Gala

Rome

 ITA




P


Mile

3:43.13



Hicham El Guerrouj

 MAR

7 Jul 1999

Golden Gala

Rome

 ITA




P


2000 m

4:44.79



Hicham El Guerrouj

 MAR

7 Sep 1999

ISTAF

Berlin

 GER





3000 m

7:20.67



Daniel Komen

 KEN

1 Sep 1996

Rieti Meeting

Rieti

 ITA




P


5000 m

12:37.35



Kenenisa Bekele

 ETH

31 May 2004

Fanny Blankers-Koen Games

Hengelo

 NED




P


10,000 m (track)

26:17.53



Kenenisa Bekele

 ETH

26 Aug 2005

Memorial Van Damme

Brussels

 BEL




P


10 km (road)

26:44.00



Leonard Patrick Komon

 KEN

26 Sep 2010

Singelloop

Utrecht

 NED
[8]


15 km (road)

41:13.00



Leonard Patrick Komon

 KEN

21 Nov 2010

Zevenheuvelenloop

Nijmegen

 NED
[9]


41:05.00



Joshua Cheptegei

 UGA

18 Nov 2018

Zevenheuvelenloop

Nijmegen

 NED
[10]


20,000 m (track)

56:25.98


+

Haile Gebrselassie

 ETH

27 Jun 2007

Golden Spike Ostrava

Ostrava

 CZE
[11]


20 km (road)

55:21.00


+

Zersenay Tadese

 ERI

21 Mar 2010

Lisbon Half Marathon

Lisbon

 POR
[12]


Half marathon

58:23.00



Zersenay Tadese

 ERI

21 Mar 2010

Lisbon Half Marathon

Lisbon

 POR
[12]

P


58:18.00



Abraham Kiptum

 KEN

28 Oct 2018

Valencia Half Marathon

Valencia

 ESP
[13]


One hour (track)

21,285 m



Haile Gebrselassie

 ETH

27 Jun 2007

Golden Spike Ostrava

Ostrava

 CZE
[14]

P


25,000 m (track)

1:12:25.40


+

Moses Mosop

 KEN

3 Jun 2011

Prefontaine Classic

Eugene

 USA
[15]


25 km (road)

1:11:18.00



Dennis Kipruto Kimetto

 KEN

6 May 2012
BIG 25

Berlin

 GER

[16][17]



30,000 m (track)

1:26:47.40



Moses Mosop

 KEN

3 Jun 2011

Prefontaine Classic

Eugene

 USA

[15][18]



30 km (road)

1:27:13.00


+

Stanley Biwott

 KEN

24 Apr 2016

London Marathon

London

 GBR
[19]


1:27:13.00


+

Eliud Kipchoge

 KEN

24 Apr 2016

London Marathon

London

 GBR
[19]


1:26:45



+

Eliud Kipchoge

 KEN

16 Sep 2018

Berlin Marathon

Berlin

 GER
[20]


Marathon[a]

2:01:39




Eliud Kipchoge

 KEN

16 Sep 2018

Berlin Marathon

Berlin

 GER
[21]

P


2:00:25


[b]
Eliud Kipchoge

 KEN

6 May 2017

Autodromo Nazionale Monza

Monza

 ITA
[22]
[1]


100 km (road)

6:09:14



Nao Kazami

 JPN

24 Jun 2018

Lake Saroma Ultramarathon

Yūbetsu

 JPN
[23]


110 m hurdles

12.80

+0.3


Aries Merritt

 USA

7 Sep 2012

Memorial Van Damme

Brussels

 BEL
[24]


P


400 m hurdles

46.78



Kevin Young

 USA

6 Aug 1992

Olympic Games

Barcelona

 ESP




P


3000 m steeplechase

7:53.63



Saif Saaeed Shaheen

 QAT

3 Sep 2004

Memorial Van Damme

Brussels

 BEL




P


7:53.17


X

Brahim Boulami

 MAR

16 Aug 2002

Weltklasse Zürich

Zürich

  SUI




High jump

2.45 m



Javier Sotomayor

 CUB

27 Jul 1993
Gran Premio Diputación

Salamanca

 ESP




P


Pole vault

6.16 m


i

Renaud Lavillenie

 FRA

15 Feb 2014

Pole Vault Stars

Donetsk

 UKR
[25]


P


Long jump

8.95 m

+0.3


Mike Powell

 USA

30 Aug 1991

World Championships

Tokyo

 JPN




P


Triple jump

18.29 m

+1.3


Jonathan Edwards

 GBR

7 Aug 1995

World Championships

Gothenburg

 SWE
[26]


P


Shot put

23.12 m



Randy Barnes

 USA

20 May 1990

Jack in the Box Invitational

Westwood

 USA
[27]

P


Discus throw

74.08 m



Jürgen Schult

 GDR

6 Jun 1986


Neubrandenburg

 GDR



P


Hammer throw

86.74 m



Yuriy Sedykh

 URS

30 Aug 1986

European Championships

Stuttgart

 GER



P


Javelin throw

98.48 m

[c]
Jan Železný

 CZE

25 May 1996


Jena

 GER



P


Decathlon

9126 pts

[d]
Kevin Mayer

 FRA

16 Sep 2018

Décastar

Talence

 FRA
[28]

P


10,000 m walk (track)

37:53.09



Paquillo Fernández

 ESP

27 Jul 2008
Spanish Championships

Santa Cruz

 ESP




10 km walk (road)

37:11.00



Roman Rasskazov

 RUS

28 May 2000


Saransk

 RUS
[29]


20,000 m walk (track)

1:17:25.60

[e]
Bernardo Segura

 MEX

7 May 1994


Bergen

 NOR




20 km walk (road)

1:16:36.00



Yusuke Suzuki

 JPN

15 Mar 2015

Asian Race Walking Championships

Nomi

 JPN
[30]

P


2 hours walk (track)

29,572 m


+

Maurizio Damilano

 ITA

3 Oct 1992


Cuneo

 ITA




30,000 m walk (track)

2:01:44.10



Maurizio Damilano

 ITA

3 Oct 1992


Cuneo

 ITA




50,000 m walk (track)

3:35:27.20



Yohann Diniz

 FRA

12 Mar 2011


Reims

 FRA
[31]


50 km walk (road)

3:32:33.00



Yohann Diniz

 FRA

15 Aug 2014

European Championships

Zürich

  SUI
[32]


P


4×100 m relay

36.84



Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt


 JAM

11 Aug 2012

Olympic Games

London

 GBR
[33]

P


4×200 m relay

1:18.63



Nickel Ashmeade
Warren Weir
Jermaine Brown
Yohan Blake


 JAM

24 May 2014

World Relays

Nassau

 BAH
[34]


P


4×400 m relay

2:54.29



Andrew Valmon
Quincy Watts
Butch Reynolds
Michael Johnson


 USA

22 Aug 1993

World Championships

Stuttgart

 GER

[f][35]



P


4×800 m relay

7:02.43



Joseph Mutua
William Yiampoy
Ismael Kombich
Wilfred Bungei


 KEN

25 Aug 2006

Memorial Van Damme

Brussels

 BEL




Distance medley relay

9:15.50

[g]
Kyle Merber
Brycen Spratling
Brandon Johnson
Ben Blankenship


 USA

3 May 2015

World Relays

Nassau

 BAH
[36]


4×1500 m relay

14:22.22



Collins Cheboi
Silas Kiplagat
James Kiplagat Magut
Asbel Kiprop


 KEN

25 May 2014

World Relays

Nassau

 BAH
[37]



Ekiden relay

1:57:06.00

[h]
Josephat Ndambiri
Martin Mathathi
Daniel Muchunu Mwangi
Mekubo Mogusu
Onesmus Nyerre
John Kariuki


 KEN

23 Nov 2005

Chiba Ekiden

Chiba

 JPN





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Event

Perf.

W

N
Athlete(s)

Nat.
Date
Meeting
Location

Ctry.

R

V

P

100 m

10.49

0.0
[i]
Florence Griffith Joyner

 USA

16 Jul 1988

US Olympic Trials

Indianapolis

 USA



P

200 m

21.34

+1.3


Florence Griffith Joyner

 USA

29 Sep 1988

Olympic Games

Seoul

 KOR




P

400 m

47.60



Marita Koch

 GDR

6 Oct 1985

World Cup

Canberra

 AUS




P

800 m

1:53.28



Jarmila Kratochvílová

 TCH

26 Jul 1983


Munich

 FRG



P

1000 m

2:28.98



Svetlana Masterkova

 RUS

23 Aug 1996

Memorial Van Damme

Brussels

 BEL




P

1500 m

3:50.07



Genzebe Dibaba

 ETH

17 Jul 2015

Herculis

Fontvieille

 MON
[40]

P

Mile

4:12.56



Svetlana Masterkova

 RUS

14 Aug 1996

Weltklasse Zürich

Zürich

  SUI



P

2000 m

5:23.75


i

Genzebe Dibaba

 ETH

7 Feb 2017
Mítin Internacional de Catalunya

Sabadell

 ESP
[41]


3000 m

8:06.11



Wang Junxia

 CHN

13 Sep 1993

Chinese National Games

Beijing

 CHN



P

5000 m

14:11.15



Tirunesh Dibaba

 ETH

6 Jun 2008

Bislett Games

Oslo

 NOR



P

10,000 m (track)

29:17.45



Almaz Ayana

 ETH

12 Aug 2016

Olympic Games

Rio de Janeiro

 BRA
[42]

P

10 km (road)

30:29.00


Wo

Asmae Leghzaoui

 MAR

8 Jun 2002


New York City

 USA




29:43.00


Mx

Joyciline Jepkosgei

 KEN

9 Sep 2017
Birell Prague Grand Prix

Prague

 CZE
[43]


15 km (road)

45:37.00


Mx+

Joyciline Jepkosgei

 KEN

1 Apr 2017

Prague Half Marathon

Prague

 CZE
[44]


One hour (track)

18,517 m



Dire Tune

 ETH

12 Jun 2008

Golden Spike Ostrava

Ostrava

 CZE




P

20,000 m (track)

1:05:26.60



Tegla Loroupe

 KEN

3 Sep 2000


Borgholzhausen

 GER




20 km (road)

1:01:25.00


Mx+

Joyciline Jepkosgei

 KEN

1 Apr 2017

Prague Half Marathon

Prague

 CZE
[44]


Half marathon

1:04:51


Mx[j]

Joyciline Jepkosgei

 KEN

22 Oct 2017

Valencia Half Marathon

Valencia

 SPA
[45]

P

1:06:11

Wo[j]

Netsanet Gudeta

 ETH

24 Mar 2018

World Half Marathon Championships

Valencia

 SPA
[46]

25,000 m (track)

1:27:05.84



Tegla Loroupe

 KEN

21 Sep 2002


Mengerskirchen

 GER




25 km (road)

1:19:53.00


Mx

Mary Jepkosgei Keitany

 KEN

9 May 2010
BIG 25

Berlin

 GER
[47]


1:19:43.00


+

Mary Jepkosgei Keitany

 KEN

23 Apr 2017

London Marathon

London

 GBR
[48]


30,000 m (track)

1:45:50.00



Tegla Loroupe

 KEN

7 Jun 2003


Warstein

 GER




30 km (road)

1:36:05.00


Wo+

Mary Jepkosgei Keitany

 KEN

23 Apr 2017

London Marathon

London

 GBR
[48]


Marathon[a]

2:15:25.00


Mx[j]

Paula Radcliffe

 GBR

13 Apr 2003

London Marathon

London

 GBR



P

2:17:01.00


Wo[j]

Mary Jepkosgei Keitany

 KEN

23 Apr 2017

London Marathon

London

 GBR
[49]

100 km (road)

6:33:11.00



Tomoe Abe

 JPN

25 Jun 2000

Lake Saroma Ultramarathon

Yūbetsu

 JPN




100 m hurdles

12.20

+0.3


Kendra Harrison

 USA

22 Jul 2016

London Grand Prix

London

 GBR
[50]

P

400 m hurdles

52.34



Yuliya Pechonkina

 RUS

8 Aug 2003
Russian Championships

Tula

 RUS



P

3000 m steeplechase

8:44.32



Beatrice Chepkoech

 KEN

20 Jul 2018

Herculis

Fontvieille

 MON
[51]

P

High jump

2.09 m



Stefka Kostadinova

 BUL

30 Aug 1987

World Championships

Rome

 ITA




P

Pole vault

5.06 m



Yelena Isinbayeva

 RUS

28 Aug 2009

Weltklasse Zürich

Zürich

  SUI




P

Long jump

7.52 m

+1.4


Galina Chistyakova

 URS

11 Jun 1988

Brothers Znamensky Memorial

Leningrad

 Soviet Union
[52]

P

Triple jump

15.50 m

+0.9


Inessa Kravets

 UKR

10 Aug 1995

World Championships

Gothenburg

 SWE




P

Shot put

22.63 m



Natalya Lisovskaya

 URS

7 Jun 1987

Brothers Znamensky Memorial

Moscow

 Soviet Union



P

Discus throw

76.80 m



Gabriele Reinsch

 GDR

9 Jul 1988


Neubrandenburg

 GDR



P

Hammer throw

82.98 m



Anita Włodarczyk

 POL

28 Aug 2016
Skolimowska Memorial

Warsaw

 POL
[53]

P

Javelin throw

72.28 m

[c]
Barbora Špotáková

 CZE

13 Sep 2008

World Athletics Final

Stuttgart

 GER
[54]

P

Heptathlon

7291 pts


[k][c]

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

 USA

24 Sep 1988

Olympic Games

Seoul

 KOR
[55]

P

Decathlon

8358 pts

[l]
Austra Skujytė

 LTU

5 Apr 2005


Columbia

 USA



P

10,000 m walk (track)

41:56.23



Nadezhda Ryashkina

 URS

24 Jul 1990

Goodwill Games

Seattle

 USA




41:37.90



Gao Hongmiao

 CHN

7 Apr 1994


Beijing

 CHN




10 km walk (road)

41:04.00



Yelena Nikolayeva

 RUS

20 Apr 1996
Russian Championships

Sochi

 RUS
[56]


20,000 m walk (track)

1:26:52.30



Olimpiada Ivanova

 RUS

6 Sep 2001


Brisbane

 AUS
[57]


20 km walk (road)

1:24:38



Liu Hong

 CHN

6 Jun 2015
Gran Premio Cantones

A Coruña

 ESP
[58]

P

1:23:39



Elena Lashmanova

 RUS

9 Jun 2018
Russian Race Walking Championships

Cheboksary

 RUS
[59]

P

50 km walk (road)

4:04:36



Liang Rui

 CHN

5 May 2018

World Race Walking Team Championships

Taicang

 CHN
[60]

P

4×100 m relay

40.82



Tianna Madison
Allyson Felix
Bianca Knight
Carmelita Jeter


 USA

10 Aug 2012

Olympic Games

London

 GBR
[61]
[2]

P

4×200 m relay

1:27.46



LaTasha Jenkins
LaTasha Colander-Richardson
Nanceen Perry
Marion Jones


 USA

29 Apr 2000

Penn Relays

Philadelphia

 USA




4×400 m relay

3:15.17



Tatyana Ledovskaya
Olga Nazarova
Mariya Pinigina
Olga Bryzgina


 URS

1 Oct 1988

Olympic Games

Seoul

 KOR



P

4×800 m relay

7:50.17



Nadezhda Olizarenko
Lyubov Gurina
Lyudmila Borisova
Irina Podyalovskaya


 URS

5 Aug 1984


Moscow

 Soviet Union




Distance medley relay

10:36.50

[m]
Treniere Moser
Sanya Richards-Ross
Ajee' Wilson
Shannon Rowbury


 USA

2 May 2015

World Relays

Nassau

 BAH
[62]


4×1500 m relay

16:33.58



Mercy Cherono
Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon
Irene Jelagat
Hellen Onsando Obiri


 KEN

24 May 2014

World Relays

Nassau

 BAH
[63]



Ekiden relay

2:11:41.00

[n]
Jiang Bo
Dong Yanmei
Zhao Fengdi
Ma Zaijie
Lan Lixin
Li Na


 CHN

28 Feb 1998


Beijing

 CHN





Indoor world records



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Event

Perf.

N
Athlete(s)

Nat.
Date
Meeting
Location

Ctry.

R

P

50 m

5.55

X[o]

Ben Johnson

 CAN

31 Jan 1987


Ottawa

 CAN
[64]

5.56

A

Donovan Bailey

 CAN

9 Feb 1996
Bill Cosby Invitational

Reno

 USA



5.56

#[p]

Maurice Greene

 USA

13 Feb 1999


Los Angeles

 USA
[65]

60 m

6.34

A

Christian Coleman

 USA

18 Feb 2018

USA Championships

Albuquerque

 USA
[66]
P

200 m

19.92


Frankie Fredericks

 NAM

18 Feb 1996

Meeting Pas de Calais

Liévin

 FRA



400 m

44.57


Kerron Clement

 USA

12 Mar 2005

NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Championships

Fayetteville

 USA



44.52


Michael Norman

10 Mar 2018

NCAA Division I Championships

College Station

 USA
[67]

800 m

1:42.67


Wilson Kipketer

 DEN

9 Mar 1997

World Championships

Paris

 FRA



1000 m

2:14.20


Ayanleh Souleiman

 DJI

17 Feb 2016

Globen Galan

Stockholm

 SWE
[68]

1500 m

3:31.18


Hicham El Guerrouj

 MAR

2 Feb 1997

Sparkassen Cup

Stuttgart

 GER



Mile

3:48.45


Hicham El Guerrouj

 MAR

12 Feb 1997

Indoor Flanders Meeting

Ghent

 BEL



3000 m

7:24.90


Daniel Komen

 KEN

6 Feb 1998


Budapest

 HUN



5000 m

12:49.60


Kenenisa Bekele

 ETH

20 Feb 2004

Aviva Indoor Grand Prix

Birmingham

 GBR



50 m hurdles

6.25


Mark McKoy

 CAN

5 Mar 1986


Kobe

 JPN



60 m hurdles

7.30


Colin Jackson

 GBR

6 Mar 1994


Sindelfingen

 GER



High jump

2.43 m


Javier Sotomayor

 CUB

4 Mar 1989

World Championships

Budapest

 HUN


P

Pole vault

6.16 m


Renaud Lavillenie

 FRA

15 Feb 2014

Pole Vault Stars

Donetsk

 UKR
[25]
P

Long jump

8.79 m


Carl Lewis

 USA

27 Jan 1984

Millrose Games

New York City

 USA



Triple jump

17.92 m
[q]
Teddy Tamgho

 FRA

6 Mar 2011

European Championships

Paris

 FRA

[69][70]


Shot put

22.66 m


Randy Barnes

 USA

20 Jan 1989

Sunkist Invitational

Los Angeles

 USA



Heptathlon

6645 pts
[r]
Ashton Eaton

 USA

10 Mar 2012

World Championships

Istanbul

 TUR
[71]

5000 m walk

18:07.08


Mikhail Shchennikov

 RUS

14 Feb 1995

Russian Winter Meeting

Moscow

 RUS



4×200 m relay

1:22.11


Linford Christie
Darren Braithwaite
Ade Mafe
John Regis


 GBR

3 Mar 1991


Glasgow

 GBR



4×400 m relay

3:01.77


Karol Zalewski
Rafał Omelko
Łukasz Krawczuk
Jakub Krzewina

 POL

4 Mar 2018

World Championships

Birmingham

 UK
[72]

3:00.77

[s], [t]

Zach Shinnick
Ray Benjamin
Ricky Morgan Jr.
Michael Norman

 USA
 ATG
 USA
 USA

10 Mar 2018

NCAA Division I Championships

College Station

 USA
[73]

3:01.39
[u]
Ilolo Izu
Robert Grant
Devin Dixon
Mylik Kerley

 USA

10 Mar 2018

NCAA Division I Championships

College Station

 USA
[74]

4×800 m relay

7:11.30
[v]
Joe McAsey
Kyle Merber
Chris Giesting
Jesse Garn

 USA

25 Feb 2018

BU Last Chance Meet

Boston

 USA
[75]


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Event

Perf.

N
Athlete(s)

Nat.
Date
Meeting
Location

Ctry.

R

P

50 m

5.96

+

Irina Privalova

 RUS

9 Feb 1995


Madrid

 ESP



60 m

6.92


Irina Privalova

 RUS

11 Feb 1993


Madrid

 ESP



9 Feb 1995




200 m

21.87


Merlene Ottey

 JAM

13 Feb 1993

Meeting Pas de Calais

Liévin

 FRA



400 m

49.59


Jarmila Kratochvílová

 TCH

7 Mar 1982


Milan

 ITA



800 m

1:55.82


Jolanda Čeplak

 SVN

3 Mar 2002

European Championships

Vienna

 AUT



1000 m

2:30.94


Maria Mutola

 MOZ

25 Feb 1999

GE Galan

Stockholm

 SWE



1500 m

3:55.17


Genzebe Dibaba

 ETH

1 Feb 2014

Weltklasse in Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe

 GER
[76]

Mile

4:13.31


Genzebe Dibaba

 ETH

17 Feb 2016

Globen Galan

Stockholm

 SWE
[68]

2000 m

5:23.75


Genzebe Dibaba

 ETH

7 Feb 2017
Míting Internacional de Catalunya

Sabadell

 ESP
[41]

3000 m

8:16.60


Genzebe Dibaba

 ETH

6 Feb 2014

XL Galan

Stockholm

 SWE
[77]

5000 m

14:18.86


Genzebe Dibaba

 ETH

19 Feb 2015

XL Galan

Stockholm

 SWE
[78]

50 m hurdles

6.58


Cornelia Oschkenat

 GDR

20 Feb 1988


East Berlin

 GDR



60 m hurdles

7.68


Susanna Kallur

 SWE

10 Feb 2008

BW-Bank Meeting

Karlsruhe

 GER



7.68

X[w]

Lyudmila Narozhilenko

 RUS

2 Mar 1993


San Sebastián

 ESP



7.66

X

4 Mar 1993


Seville

 ESP



7.63

X

4 Mar 1993


Seville

 ESP



High jump

2.08 m


Kajsa Bergqvist

 SWE

4 Feb 2006

Hochsprung mit Musik

Arnstadt

 GER



Pole vault

5.03 m

#[x]

Jenn Suhr

 USA

30 Jan 2016
Golden Eagle Multi and Invitational

Brockport

 USA

[79][80]

P

5.02 m

A

Jenn Suhr

 USA

2 Mar 2013

USA Championships

Albuquerque

 USA
[81]
P

Long jump

7.37 m


Heike Drechsler

 GDR

13 Feb 1988


Vienna

 AUT



Triple jump

15.36 m


Tatyana Lebedeva

 RUS

6 Mar 2004

World Championships

Budapest

 HUN
[82]

Shot put

22.50 m


Helena Fibingerová

 TCH

19 Feb 1977


Jablonec

 CSK



Pentathlon

5013 pts
[y]
Nataliya Dobrynska

 UKR

9 Mar 2012

World Indoor Championships

Istanbul

 TUR
[83]

3000 m walk

11:40.33


Claudia Ștef

 ROM

30 Jan 1999


Bucharest

 ROM



11:35.34

#[z]

Gillian O'Sullivan

 IRL

15 Feb 2003


Belfast

 GBR



4×200 m relay

1:32.41


Yekaterina Kondratyeva
Irina Khabarova
Yuliya Pechonkina
Yuliya Gushchina


 RUS

29 Jan 2005

Aviva International Match

Glasgow

 GBR



4×400 m relay

3:23.37


Yuliya Gushchina
Olga Kotlyarova
Olga Zaytseva
Olesya Krasnomovets


 RUS

28 Jan 2006

Aviva International Match

Glasgow

 GBR



4×800 m relay

8:05.89


Chrishuna Williams
Raevyn Rogers
Charlene Lipsey
Ajeé Wilson

 USA

3 Feb 2018

Millrose Games

New York City

 USA
[84]


Best performances in non-IAAF World Record events


Events which do not qualify for IAAF-ratified world records are typically referred to as world bests. While very common in the first half of 20th century, a large number of races over distances by imperial measurements became rare occurrences and the IAAF removed all imperial measured events from its world record lists in 1976 – with the sole exception being the mile run (which remains common due to its historical prominence in track and field).


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 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; even those using light beams are timed by the motion of the athlete, still removing the normal factor of reaction time. 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 incomparable. The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders. The extrapolated best for an Olympic level athlete, including reacting to a starting gun, currently is by Maurice Greene at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics with a time of 4.24.[85][86] Under conventional football timing on a turf field in 2017, Christian Coleman reportedly ran a 4.12.[87]



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Event

Perf.

W

N
Athlete(s)

Nat.
Date
Meeting
Location

Ctry.

R

P

50 m

5.40

+0.2

+[aa]

Bruny Surin

 CAN

22 Aug 1999

World Championships

Seville

 ESP
[88]

60 m

6.25

+[ab]

[88][89]

6.31

+0.9

+[ac]

Usain Bolt

 JAM

16 Aug 2009

World Championships

Berlin

 GER
[90]

100 y

9.00


h

Ivory Crockett

 USA

11 May 1974


Knoxville

 USA
[91]

Houston McTear

 USA

9 May 1975


Winter Park

 USA
[91]

9.07

−0.5

+

Asafa Powell

 JAM

27 May 2010

Golden Spike Ostrava

Ostrava

 CZE
[92]

150 m

14.44

−0.3

+

Usain Bolt

 JAM

20 Aug 2009

World Championships

Berlin

 GER
[93]

150 m straight

14.35

+1.1


Usain Bolt

 JAM

17 May 2009

Manchester City Games

Manchester

 GBR
[94]

200 m straight

19.41

−0.4


Tyson Gay

 USA

16 May 2010

Manchester City Games

Manchester

 GBR

[95][96]


220 y (straight)

19.50

+1.9

h

Tommie Smith

 USA

7 May 1966

Video on YouTube

San Jose

 USA
[97]

19.54

−0.4


Tyson Gay

 USA

16 May 2010

Manchester City Games

Manchester

 GBR
[98]

300 m

30.81



Wayde van Niekerk

 RSA

28 Jun 2017

Golden Spike Ostrava

Ostrava

 CZE
[99]

440 y

44.50



John Smith

 USA

26 Jun 1971

USA Championships

Eugene

 USA

[100][101][102]


500 m

57.69

[ad]
David Rudisha

 KEN

10 Sep 2016

Great North CityGames

Newcastle

 GBR
[103]

600 m

1:12.81



Johnny Gray

 USA

24 May 1986


Santa Monica

 USA



Two miles

7:58.61



Daniel Komen

 KEN

17 Jul 1997


Hechtel-Eksel

 BEL


P

5 km (road)

12:59.50



Sammy Kipketer

 KEN

26 Mar 2000
15th Carlsbad 5000

Carlsbad

 USA



8 km (road)

21:51.00


+

Deriba Merga

 ETH

18 Feb 2011

RAK Half Marathon

Ras al-Khaimah

 UAE
[104]

10 miles (road)

44:24.00

[ae]
Haile Gebrselassie

 ETH

4 Sep 2005

Tilburg Ten Miles

Tilburg

 NED



35 km (road)

1:41:47.00


+

Dennis Kipruto Kimetto

 KEN

28 Sep 2014

Berlin Marathon

Berlin

 GER
[105]

40 km (road)

1:55:32


+

Eliud Kipchoge

 KEN

16 Sep 2018

Berlin Marathon

Berlin

 GER
[106]

50 km (road)

2:43:38


+

Thompson Magawana

 RSA

2 Apr 1988


Cape Town

 RSA
[107]

90 km (road)

5:20:49.00



Leonid Shvetsov

 RUS

2007

Comrades Marathon

Durban

 RSA



100,000 m (track)

6:10:20.00



Don Ritchie

 GBR

28 Oct 1978


London

 GBR



2000 m steeplechase

5:10.68



Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad

 FRA

30 Jun 2010
Alma Athlé Tour

Reims

 FRA
[108]

2500 m steeplechase

7:34.4


h

George Orton

 CAN

15 Jul 1900

Olympic Games

Paris

 FRA



2590 m steeplechase

7:39.6


h

James Lightbody

 USA

29 Aug 1904

Olympic Games

St. Louis

 USA



3460 m steeplechase

10:33.4


h[af]

Volmari Iso-Hollo

 FIN

1 Aug 1932

Olympic Games

Los Angeles

 USA



4000 m steeplechase

12:58.4


h

John Rimmer

 GBR

16 Jul 1900

Olympic Games

Paris

 FRA



200 m hurdles

22.55



Laurent Ottoz

 ITA

31 May 1995


Milan

 ITA
[109]

200 m hurdles straight

21.90

+1.4

h[ag]

Don Styron

 USA

2 Apr 1960


Baton Rouge

 USA
[110]

22.10

+2.0


Andy Turner

 GBR

15 May 2011

Manchester City Games

Manchester

 GBR
[111]

22.10

+1.8


Louis Jacobus van Zyl

 RSA

9 May 2015

Manchester City Games

Manchester

 GBR
[112]

220 y hurdles straight

21.90

+1.4

h

Don Styron

 USA

2 Apr 1960


Baton Rouge

 USA

[110][113]


300 m hurdles

34.48



Chris Rawlinson

 GBR

30 Jun 2002


Sheffield

 GBR



440 y hurdles

48.70



Jim Bolding

 USA

25 Jul 1974


Turin

 ITA
[114]

Standing long jump

12 ft 3 in



Byron Jones

 USA

23 Feb 2015

NFL scouting combine

Indianapolis

 USA
[115]

Standing triple jump

10.95 m



Tydree Lewis

 USA

31 Oct 2011






Weight throw

25.41 m



Lance Deal

 USA

20 Feb 1993


Azusa

 USA



Icosathlon

14571 pts



Joseph Detmer

 USA

25 Sep 2010
World Championships

Lynchburg

 USA
[116]

1500 m walk (track)

5:12.00


+

Antanas Grigaliūnas

 LTU

12 May 1990


Vilnius

 LTU
[117]

Mile walk (track)

5:31.08



Tom Bosworth

 GBR

9 Jul 2017

London Grand Prix

London

 GBR
[118]

3000 m walk (track)

10:47.11



Giovanni De Benedictis

 ITA

19 May 1990


San Giovanni Valdarno

 ITA



5000 m walk (track)

18:05.49



Hatem Ghoula

 TUN

1 May 1997


Tunis

 TUN



50 mile walk (road)

7:44:47.20

[ah]
Shaul Ladany

 ISR

1972


New Jersey

 USA
[119]

4×110 y relay

38.60


A[ai]

Earl McCullouch
Fred Kuller
O.J. Simpson
Lennox Miller (JAM)



17 Jun 1967

NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Championships

Provo

 USA
[120]

Swedish relay

1:46.59

[aj]
Christopher Williams
Usain Bolt
Davian Clarke
Jermaine Gonzales


 JAM

25 Jul 2006

DN Galan

Stockholm

 SWE
[121]

4×110m shuttle hurdles relay

52.94

[ak]
Jason Richardson
Aleec Harris
Aries Merritt
David Oliver


 USA

25 Apr 2015

Drake Relays

Des Moines

 USA
[122]

Sprint medley relay (2-2-4-8)

3:10.76



Carl Lewis
Ferran Tyler
Benny Hollis
Johnny Gray


 USA

6 Apr 1985


Tempe

 USA



4×mile relay

15:49.08



Eamonn Coghlan
Ray Flynn
Frank O'Mara
Marcus O'Sullivan


 IRL

17 Aug 1985


Dublin

 IRL
[123]


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Event

Perf.

W

N
Athlete(s)

Nat.
Date
Meeting
Location

Ctry.

R

50 m

5.93

−0.1

+

Marion Jones

 USA

22 Aug 1999

World Championships

Seville

 ESP


60 m

6.85

−0.1

+

Marion Jones

 USA

22 Aug 1999

World Championships

Seville

 ESP


100 y

9.91

+1.1

+

Veronica Campbell-Brown

 JAM

31 May 2011

Golden Spike Ostrava

Ostrava

 CZE
[124]

150 m

16.10

+1.3

+

Florence Griffith Joyner

 USA

29 Sep 1988

Olympic Games

Seoul

 KOR


16.46

−1.5


Merlene Ottey

 JAM

27 Sep 1989


Trapani

 ITA

[125][126]

150 m straight

16.23

-0.7


Shaunae Miller-Uibo

 BAH

20 May 2018

Adidas Boost Boston Games

Boston

 USA
[127]

200 m straight

21.76

+0.5


Shaunae Miller-Uibo

 BAH

4 Jun 2017
Boost Boston Games

Somerville

 USA
[128]

300 m

34.14


+

Marita Koch

 GDR

6 Oct 1985

World Cup

Canberra

 AUS


35.30


A

Ana Guevara

 MEX

3 May 2003
GP Banamex Meeting

Mexico City

 MEX
[129]

500 m

1:05.90



Tatana Kocembova

 TCH

2 Aug 1984


Ostrava

 CSK


600 m

1:21.77



Caster Semenya

 RSA

27 August 2017

ISTAF Berlin

Berlin

 GER
[130]

Two miles

8:58.58



Meseret Defar

 ETH

14 Sep 2007

Memorial Van Damme

Brussels

 BEL


5 km (road)

14:32.00


+

Joyciline Jepkosgei

 KEN

9 Sep 2017
Birell Prague Grand Prix

Prague

 CZE
[131]

4 miles (road)

19:14.00



Viola Kibiwot

 KEN

13 Oct 2013
4 Mile of Groningen

Groningen

 NED
[132]

8 km (road)

24:30.00


+

Mary Keitany

 KEN

18 Feb 2011

RAK Half Marathon

Ras al-Khaimah

 UAE
[104]

10 miles (road)

50:05.00


+

Mary Keitany

 KEN

18 Feb 2011

RAK Half Marathon

Ras al-Khaimah

 UAE
[104]

35 km (road)

1:52:39.00


+

Mary Jepkosgei Keitany

 KEN

23 Apr 2017

London Marathon

London

 GBR
[48]

40 km (road)

2:09:38.00


+

Mary Jepkosgei Keitany

 KEN

23 Apr 2017

London Marathon

London

 GBR
[48]

24-hour run (road)

258,339 m



Patrycja Bereznowska

 POL

2 Jul 2017

IAU 24 Hour World Championship

Belfast

 GBR
[133]

2000 m steeplechase

6:02.16



Virginia Nyambura Nganga

 KEN

6 Sep 2015

ISTAF

Berlin

 GER
[134]

200 m hurdles

24.80

+0.4

h

Yadisleidy Pedroso

 ITA

6 Apr 2013


Caserta

 ITA
[135]

25.60

−0.7

h

Patricia Girard

 FRA

23 Aug 2001


Nantes

 FRA
[136]

25.79

−0.6


Lauren Wells

 AUS

21 Jan 2017
AACT Combined Events Championships

Canberra

 AUS
[137]

200 m hurdles straight

25.05

+1.0


Meghan Beesley

 GBR

17 May 2014

Manchester City Games

Manchester

 GBR
[138]

300 m hurdles

38.16



Zuzana Hejnová

 CZE

3 Aug 2013
Grand Prix of Cheb

Cheb

 CZE
[139]

Weight throw

24.57 m



Brittany Riley

 USA

27 Jan 2007





Tetradecathlon

10798 pts



Milla Kelo

 FIN

8 Sep 2002


Turku

 FIN
[140]

3000 m walk (track)

11:48.24



Ileana Salvador

 ITA

29 Aug 1993


Padua

 ITA
[141]

5000 m walk (track)

20:01.80



Eleonora Giorgi

 ITA

18 May 2014
Italian Clubs League Meet

Misterbianco

 ITA
[142]

4×100 m hurdles relay

50.78

[al]
Nia Ali
Kristi Castlin
Yvette Lewis
Queen Harrison


 USA

6 Apr 2013
Florida Relays

Gainesville

 USA
[143]

Sprint medley relay (1-1-2-4)

1:35.20

[am]
Destinee Brown
Aaliyah Brown
Kimberlyn Duncan
Raevyn Rogers

 USA
28 April 2018

Penn Relays

Philadelphia

 USA
[144]

Sprint medley relay (2-2-4-8)

3:34.56

[an]
Sherri-Ann Brooks
Rosemarie Whyte
Moya Thompson
Kenia Sinclair


 JAM

1 Apr 2009

Penn Relays

Philadelphia

 USA



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Event

Perf.

N
Athlete(s)

Nat.
Date
Meeting
Location

Ctry.

R

30 m

3.81


Churandy Martina

 NED

14 Nov 2008

Domino Day

Amsterdam

 NED
[145]

40 y

4.12


Christian Coleman

 USA

2 May 2017


Knoxville

 USA


50 y

5.22


Stanley Floyd

 USA

22 Jan 1982


Los Angeles

 USA


5.15

X[o]

Ben Johnson

 CAN

29 Jan 1988


Toronto

 CAN


5.00

h

Kirk Clayton

 USA

10 Jan 1970


Calgary

 CAN


Manfred Ommer

 FRG

14 Mar 1975


Leverkusen

 FRG


Mel Pender

 USA

4 Mar 1972


Orlando

 USA


18 Mar 1972


Hamilton

 CAN


Herb Washington

 USA

2 Feb 1972


Toronto

 CAN
[146]

4 Feb 1973


Toronto

 CAN


60 y

5.80

h

12 Feb 1972


East Lansing

 USA
[146]

55 m

5.99

A

Obadele Thompson

 BAR

22 Feb 1997


Colorado Springs

 USA
[65]

70 y

6.90

h

Bob Hayes

 USA

16 Feb 1963
Mason-Dixon Games

Louisville

 USA
[147]

100 m

9.98


Usain Bolt

 JAM

23 Aug 2014

Kamila Skolimowska Memorial

Warsaw

 POL

[148][149][150]

150 m

14.99


Donovan Bailey

 CAN

1 Jun 1997

Bailey–Johnson 150-metre race

Toronto

 CAN
[151]

300 m

31.87


Noah Lyles

 USA

4 Mar 2017

USA Championships

Albuquerque

 USA
[152]

500 m

59.82


Roddie Haley

 USA

15 Mar 1986

NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Championships

Oklahoma City

 USA
[153]

600 m

1:14.79

A

Michael Saruni

 KEN

19 Jan 2018
Dr. Martin Luther King Collegiate Invitational

Albuquerque

 USA
[154]

2000 m

4:49.99


Kenenisa Bekele

 ETH

17 Feb 2007

Aviva Indoor Grand Prix

Birmingham

 GBR


Two miles

8:03.40


Mo Farah

 GBR

21 Feb 2015

Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix

Birmingham

 GBR
[155]

10,000 m

27:50.29


Mark Bett

 KEN

10 Feb 2002

Indoor Flanders Meeting

Ghent

 BEL
[156]

Marathon

2:19:01


Malcolm Richards

 USA

17 Mar 2018
The Armory Indoor Marathon

New York City

 USA
[157]

2000 m steeplechase

5:13.77


Paul Kipsiele Koech

 KEN

13 Feb 2011

Indoor Flanders Meeting

Ghent

 BEL

[158][159]

3000 m steeplechase

8:17.46


Aleksandr Zagoruyko

 URS

21 Feb 1982


Moscow

 Soviet Union
[156]

55 m hurdles

6.89


Renaldo Nehemiah

 USA

20 Jan 1979


New York City

 USA


110 m hurdles

13.34


Allen Johnson

 USA

14 Feb 1995


Moscow

 RUS
[156]

300 m hurdles

34.92

OT

Llewellyn Herbert

 RSA

9 Feb 1999
Pirkkahall

Tampere

 FIN

[160][161]

Karsten Warholm

 NOR

11 Feb 2017
Norden Kampen

Tampere

 FIN
[162]

400 m hurdles

48.78


Felix Sanchez

 DOM

18 Feb 2012
Meeting National Val-de-Reuil

Val-de-Reuil

 FRA

[163][164]

Discus throw

69.51 m


Gerd Kanter

 EST

22 Mar 2009
World Record Indoor Challenge

Växjö

 SWE
[165]

Weight throw

25.86 m


Lance Deal

 USA

4 Mar 1995


Atlanta

 USA
[156]

Javelin throw

65.10 m
[ao]
Pontus Bjärkvik

 SWE

13 Mar 2011
World Indoor Throwing

Växjö

 SWE
[166]

85.78 m
[ap]
Matti Närhi

 FIN

3 Mar 1996


Kajaani

 FIN
[167]

3000 m walk

10:30.28


Tom Bosworth

 GBR

25 Feb 2018
Glasgow Grand Prix

Glasgow

 GBR
[168]

Two miles walk

11:54.50


Valdas Kazlauskas

 URS

24 Feb 1990


Kaunas

 Soviet Union
[156]

10,000 m walk

38:23.73


Wang Zhen

 CHN

8 Feb 2015


Genoa

 ITA


15,000 m walk

1:00:03.90


Valdas Kazlauskas

 URS

24 Jan 1987


Kaunas

 Soviet Union
[156]

20,000 m walk

1:20:40.00

OT

Ronald Weigel

 GDR

27 Jan 1980


Senftenberg

 GDR


Distance medley relay

9:19.93
[aq]
Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.
Michael Berry
Erik Sowinski
Patrick Casey


 USA

31 Jan 2015
Armory Track Invitational

New York City

 USA
[169]

4×1 mile relay

16:12.81
[ar]
Donn Cabral
Ford Palmer
Graham Crawford
Kyle Merber


 USA

18 Feb 2017
Artie O’Connor College Invitational

New York City

 USA
[170]


Women















































































































































































































































































































































Event

Perf.

N
Athlete(s)

Nat.
Date
Meeting
Location

Ctry.

R

60 y

6.54


Evelyn Ashford

 USA

7 Feb 1982

USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

New York City

 USA


55 m

6.65


Savatheda Fynes

 BAH

8 Mar 1997


Indianapolis

 USA


100 m

11.15


Marita Koch

 GDR

12 Jan 1980


East Berlin

 GDR


300 m

35.45


Irina Privalova

 RUS

17 Jan 1993


Moscow

 RUS



Shaunae Miller

 BAH

3 Feb 2018

Millrose Games

New York City

 USA
[171]

500 m

1:06.31


Olesya Krasnomovets

 RUS

7 Jan 2006


Yekaterinburg

 RUS


600 m

1:23.44


Olga Kotlyarova

 RUS

1 Feb 2004

Russian Winter Meeting

Moscow

 RUS


Two miles

9:00.48


Genzebe Dibaba

 ETH

15 Feb 2014

Aviva Indoor Grand Prix

Birmingham

 GBR
[172]

10,000 m

32:44.97


Olga Michurina

 RUS

23 Dec 1995


Saint Petersburg

 RUS


Marathon

2:40:55


Lindsey Scherf

 USA

17 Mar 2018
The Armory Indoor Marathon

New York City

 USA
[173]

2000 m steeplechase

6:05.29


Mariya Bykova

 RUS

22 Jan 2013
Central FD Regional Championships

Belgorod

 RUS

[174][175]

3000 m steeplechase

9:07.00


Tatyana Petrova

 RUS

17 Feb 2006


Moscow

 RUS


9:54.20
[as]
Marcela Lustigova

 CZE

11 Feb 2010
Botnia Games

Korsholm

 FIN

[176][177]

55 m hurdles

7.30


A, [at]

Tiffany Lott-Hogan

 USA

20 Feb 1997


Colorado Springs

 USA


100 m hurdles

12.64


Ludmila Engquist

 SWE

10 Feb 1997


Tampere

 FIN


300 m hurdles

40.09

OT

Stine Tomb

 NOR

5 Feb 2011
Finland-Sweden-Norway Indoor Match

Tampere

 FIN

[178][179]

400 m hurdles

56.41


Sheena Tosta

 USA

12 Feb 2011
Meeting National

Val-de-Reuil

 FRA

[180][181][182]

Discus throw

62.07 m


Shanice Craft

 GER

14 Feb 2015

ISTAF Indoor

Berlin

 GER
[183]

Weight throw

25.60 m

A

Gwen Berry

 USA

4 Mar 2017

USA Championships

Albuquerque

 USA
[152]

Javelin throw

57.75 m
[ao]
Anna Wessman

 SWE

10 Mar 2012
World Indoor Throwing

Växjö

 SWE
[184]

61.29 m
[ap]
Taina Uppa

 FIN

28 Feb 1999


Mustasaari

 FIN
[185]

Mile walk

6:16.72


Sada Eidikytė

 URS

24 Feb 1990


Kaunas

 Soviet Union
[186]

Two miles walk

13:11.88


Ileana Salvador

 ITA

14 Feb 1990


Genoa

 ITA
[186]

5000 m walk

20:10.30


Vera Sokolova

 RUS

30 Dec 2010
Mordovian Indoor Championships

Saransk

 RUS
[187]

10,000 m walk

43:54.63


Yelena Ginko

 BLR

22 Feb 2008
Belarusian Championships

Mogilev

 BLR


4×100 m relay

44.39


Anne-Kathrin Elbe
Anne Möllinger
Cathleen Tschirch
Marion Wagner


 GER

31 Jan 2010

BW-Bank Meeting

Karlsruhe

 GER
[188]

Distance medley relay

10:40.31
[au]
Emma Coburn
Sydney McLaughlin
Brenda Martinez
Jenny Simpson


 USA

28 Jan 2017

New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

Boston

 USA
[189]


Notes



Javelin specifications



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.[190]


The old specification records for men's and women's javelin were as follows:




































Event
Record
Athlete

Nat.
Date
Meeting
Location

Ctry.
Ref(s)
Men's

104.80 m

Uwe Hohn

 GDR

20 Jul 1984


East Berlin

 GDR

Women's

80.00 m

Petra Felke

 GDR

9 Sep 1988


Potsdam

 GDR


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
























Performance
Athlete

Nat.
Date
Meeting
Location

Ctry.
Ref(s)

7032

Carolina Klüft

 SWE

26 Aug 2007

World Championships

Osaka

 JPN
[191]
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) /
6.85 m (+1.0 m/s) (long jump), 47.98 m[av](javelin), 2:12.56 (800 m)


Other Notes





  1. ^ ab 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. ^ This race, known as Breaking2, did not meet a number of the IAAF guidelines to become a world record. A few guidelines that were broken were pacers entering and exiting the race, there were only three racers, and it was a 2.4km loop.


  3. ^ abc 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.[38] 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.[38] 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.[38][39]


  10. ^ abcd Both marks recognized as official world record until mixed mark is surpassed.


  11. ^ 100mH: 12.69 (+0.5m/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


  12. ^ 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


  13. ^ 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



  14. ^ Leg1 (5km) Jiang Bo 15:42
    Leg 2 (10km) Dong Yanmei 31:36
    Leg 3 (5km) Zhao Fengdi 15:16
    Leg 4 (10km) Ma Zaijie 31:01
    Leg 5 (5km) Lan Lixin 15:50
    Leg 6 (7.195km) Li Na 22:16



  15. ^ ab This time was rescinded after Johnson admitted using steroids between 1981 and 1988.


  16. ^ Insufficient or no doping control.


  17. ^ 2nd and 4th jumps in series.


  18. ^ 60m: 6.79, LJ: 8.16m, SP: 14.56m, HJ: 2.03m, 60mH: 7.68, PV: 5.20m, 1000m: 2:32.77


  19. ^ University of Southern California team:
    Leg 1 Zach Shinnick (46.24)
    Leg 2 Ray Benjamin (44.35)
    Leg 3 Ricky Morgan Jr. (45.67)
    Leg 4 Michael Norman (44.52)



  20. ^ Time rejected as a record as Benjamin has represented Antigua & Barbuda internationally while at least one of the others has represented the United States internationally


  21. ^ University of Southern California 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)



  22. ^ 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)



  23. ^ Athlete failed a doping test.


  24. ^ Insufficient or no doping control.


  25. ^ 60mH: 8.38, HJ: 1.84m, SP: 16.51m, LJ: 6.57m, 800m: 2:11.15


  26. ^ No international judges.


  27. ^ Calculated.


  28. ^ Calculated./ 6.38 by other sources


  29. ^ Calculated.


  30. ^ Road race.


  31. ^ 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


  32. ^ 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.


  33. ^ actual race distance was 220 yards


  34. ^ 7:23:50 by other sources


  35. ^ Team University of Southern California


  36. ^ Team Puma Reggae
    Leg 1 (100m) Christopher Williams
    Leg 2 (200m) Usain Bolt
    Leg 3 (300m) Davian Clarke
    Leg 4: (400m) Jermaine Gonzales



  37. ^ Team USA Blue


  38. ^ Team BoogieFast TC:
    Leg 1 Nia Ali 12.73
    Leg 2 Kristi Castlin 12.56
    Leg 3 Yvette Lewis 12.76
    Leg 4 Queen Harrison 12.61



  39. ^ Leg 1 (100m) Destinee Brown
    Leg 2 (100m) Aaliyah Brown
    Leg 3 (200m) Kimberlyn Duncan
    Leg 4 (400m) Raevyn Rogers 50.48



  40. ^ 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



  41. ^ ab Current design.


  42. ^ ab Old design.


  43. ^ Leg 1 Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. 2:49.47
    Leg 2 Michael Berry 46.40
    Leg 3 Erik Sowinski 1:47.60
    Leg 4 Patrick Casey 3:56.48



  44. ^ Team Hoka New Jersey-New York Track Club


  45. ^ This is the fastest indoor steeplechase with a water-jump.


  46. ^ Mark was set during pentathlon competition.


  47. ^ 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



  48. ^ 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



  • List of Olympic records in athletics

  • Ultramarathon records



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External links




  • Records overview – IAAF


  • World Record progression in athletics – athletix.org

  • Track and Field all-time performances

  • Masters Track & Field World Records













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