List of African records in athletics

African records in athletics are the best marks set in a track and field and road running events by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). The organisation is responsible for ratification and it analyses each record before approving it. Records may be set in any continent and at any competition, providing that the correct measures are in place (such as wind-gauges) to allow for a verifiable and legal mark.

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by CAA   Not ratified or later rescinded by CAA

+ = en route to a longer distance
h = hand timing
A = affected by altitude
Mx = mixed race
Wo = woman only race
NWI = no wind measurement
# = not ratified by federation
a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28
X = annulled due to doping violation
OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference)

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
100 y	9.40 NWI	Kofi Okyir	Ghana	12 April 1974		Austin, United States
100 m	9.77 A (+1.2 m/s)	Ferdinand Omanyala	Kenya	18 September 2021	Kip Keino Classic	Nairobi, Kenya	^[1]
150 m (bend)	14.99+ (+0.3 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	20 August 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	^[2]
200 m	19.68 (+0.4 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	1 August 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States
200 m straight	19.84 (+0.6 m/s)	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	4 June 2017	Boost Boston Games	Boston, United States	^[3]
300 m	30.81	Wayde Van Niekerk	South Africa	28 June 2017	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[4]
400 m	43.03	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	14 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	^[5]
500 m (road)	57.69	David Rudisha	Kenya	10 September 2016	Great North CityGames	Newcastle, United Kingdom	^[6]
600 m	1:13.10	David Rudisha	Kenya	5 June 2016	British Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[7]
800 m	1:40.91	David Rudisha	Kenya	9 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	^[8]
1000 m	2:11.96	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	5 September 1999	IAAF Grand Prix	Rieti, Italy
1500 m	3:26.00	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	14 July 1998	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy
Mile	3:43.13	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	7 July 1999	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy
2000 m	4:44.79	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	7 September 1999	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany	^[9]
3000 m	7:20.67	Daniel Komen	Kenya	1 September 1996	IAAF Grand Prix	Rieti, Italy
Two miles	7:58.61	Daniel Komen	Kenya	19 July 1997		Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
5000 m	12:35.36	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	14 August 2020	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	^[10]
5 km (road)	12:49	Berihu Aregawi	Ethiopia	31 December 2021	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona, Spain	^[11]
10000 m	26:11.00	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	7 October 2020		Valencia, Spain	^[12]
10 km (road)	26:24	Rhonex Kipruto	Kenya	12 January 2020	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia, Spain	^[13]
15 km (road)	41:13	Leonard Patrick Komon	Kenya	21 November 2010	Zevenheuvelenloop	Nijmegen, Netherlands	^[14]
	41:05+	Geoffrey Kamworor	Kenya	15 September 2019	Copenhagen Half Marathon	Copenhagen, Denmark	^[15]
	41:10+	Kibiwott Kandie	Kenya	6 December 2020	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia, Spain	^[16]
	41:05	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	18 November 2018	Zevenheuvelenloop	Nijmegen, Netherlands	^[17]	[1]
10 miles (road)	44:04	Benard Koech	Kenya	4 December 2022	Kosa 10-Miler	Kōsa, Japan	^[18]
20000 m (track)	56:26.0+	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	27 June 2007	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[19]	[2]
20 km (road)	55:21+	Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea	21 March 2010	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal	^[20]
	55:18+	Abraham Kiptum	Kenya	28 October 2018	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia, Spain	^[21]
	55:00+	Geoffrey Kamworor	Kenya	15 September 2019	Copenhagen Half Marathon	Copenhagen, Denmark	^[22]
	54:43+ ^[a]	Kibiwott Kandie	Kenya	6 December 2020	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia, Spain	^[23]
Half marathon	57:31	Jacob Kiplimo	Uganda	21 November 2021	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal	^[24]
One hour (track)	21285 m	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	27 June 2007	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[25]	[3]
25000 m (track)	1:12:25.4+	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 June 2011	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	^[26]^[27]
25 km (road)	1:11:08+	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	25 September 2022	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	^[28]
30000 m (track)	1:26:47.4	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 June 2011	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	^[26]^[29]
30 km (road)	1:27:13+	Stanley Biwott	Kenya	24 April 2016	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	^[30]
	1:27:13+	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	24 April 2016	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	^[31]
	1:25:40+	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	25 September 2022	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	^[32]
	1:26:53+	Birhanu Legese	Ethiopia	29 September 2019	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	^[33]
	1:26:53+	Sisay Lemma	Ethiopia	29 September 2019	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	^[34]
	1:26:45+	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	16 September 2018	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	^[35]
Marathon	2:01:39	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	16 September 2018	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	^[36]
	2:01:09	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	25 September 2022	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	^[37]
	2:00:25 ^[b]	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	6 May 2017	Breaking2	Monza, Italy	^[38]
	1:59:40 ^[c]	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	12 October 2019	Ineos 1:59 Challenge	Vienna, Austria	^[39]
50 km (road)	2:42:07	Ketema Negasa	Ethiopia	23 May 2021	Nedbank Runified Race	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	^[40]
	2:40:13	Stephen Mokoka	South Africa	6 March 2022	Nedbank #Runified 50km	Gqeberha, South Africa	^[41]
100 km (road)	6:24:06	Bongmusa Mthembu	South Africa	27 November 2016		Los Alcázares, Spain
110 m hurdles	13.11 (+1.8 m/s)	Antonio Alkana	South Africa	5 June 2017	Josef Odložil Memorial	Prague, Czech Republic	^[42]
200 m hurdles (straight)	22.10 (+1.8 m/s)	L. J. van Zyl	South Africa	9 May 2015	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	^[43]
200 m hurdles (bend)	22.6 h OT	Hendrik Serfontein	South Africa	23 March 1967		Bloemfontein, South Africa
300 m hurdles	34.8 h	Ockert Cilliers	South Africa	8 May 2005		Pliezhausen, Germany
400 m hurdles	47.10	Samuel Matete	Zambia	7 August 1991	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
2000 m steeplechase	5:14.06	Soufiane El Bakkali	Morocco	11 September 2022	Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb, Croatia	^[44]
3000 m steeplechase	7:53.64	Brimin Kipruto	Kenya	22 July 2011	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	^[45]	[4]
	7:53.17 X	Brahim Boulami	Morocco	16 August 2002	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
High jump	2.38 m	Jacques Freitag	South Africa	5 March 2005		Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Pole vault	6.03 m	Okkert Brits	South Africa	18 August 1995		Cologne, Germany
Long jump	8.65 m A (+1.3 m/s)	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	22 April 2017	South African Championships	Potchefstroom, South Africa	^[46]
Triple jump	17.82 m (+0.2 m/s) ^[d]	Hugues Fabrice Zango	Burkina Faso	6 July 2021	Gyulai István Memorial	Székesfehérvár, Hungary	^[47]
Shot put	21.97 m	Janus Robberts	South Africa	2 June 2001	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States
Discus throw	70.32 m	Frantz Kruger	South Africa	26 May 2002		Salon-de-Provence, France
Hammer throw	81.27 m	Mostafa Al-Gamel	Egypt	21 March 2014		Cairo, Egypt
Javelin throw	92.72 m	Julius Yego	Kenya	26 August 2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	^[48]
Decathlon	8521 pts	Larbi Bourrada	Algeria	17–18 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	^[49]
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.75 (−0.4 m/s) 7.52 m (+0.4 m/s) 13.78 m 2.10 m 47.98 14.15 (+0.4 m/s) 42.39 m 4.60 m 66.49 m 4:14.60
3000 m walk (track)	10:47.08	Lebogang Shange	South Africa	21 July 2018	Diamond League	London, United Kingdom	^[50]
5000 m walk (track)	18:05.49	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	1 May 1997		Tunis, Tunisia
10000 m walk (track)	38:24.31	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	30 May 1998		Tunis, Tunisia
10 km walk (road)	38:12	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	28 May 2000		Sesto San Giovanni, Italy	^[51]
20000 m walk (track)	1:22:51.84	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	8 September 1994		Leutkirch, Germany
20 km walk (road)	1:18:23 A	Samuel Gathimba	Kenya	18 June 2021		Nairobi, Kenya	^[52]
30000 m walk (track)	2:19:21.4	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	12 March 2011		Reims, France
35 km walk (road)	2:32:52	Wayne Snyman	South Africa	15 January 2021		Cape Town, South Africa
	2:31:15	Wayne Snyman	South Africa	24 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	^[53]
50000 m walk (track)	4:21:44.5	Abdelouaheb Ferguène	Algeria	25 March 1984		Toulouse, France
50 km walk (road)	3:53:09 ^[e]	Marc Mundell	South Africa	20 March 2021	Dudinská Päťdesiatka	Dudince, Slovakia	^[54]
4 × 100 m relay	37.65	Thando Dlodlo Simon Magakwe Clarence Munyai Akani Simbine	South Africa	4 October 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[55]
4 × 200 m relay	1:20.42	Simon Magakwe Chederick van Wyk Sinesipho Dambile Akani Simbine	South Africa	12 May 2019	IAAF World Relays	Yokohama, Japan
4 × 400 m relay	2:57.27	Isaac Makwala Baboloki Thebe Zibane Ngozi Bayapo Ndori	Botswana	7 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	^[56]
Sprint medley relay (2,2,4,8)	3:16.21	Mike Mokamba (200 m) Alfas Kishoyian (200 m) Collins Omae (400 m) Collin Kipruto (800 m)	Kenya	27 April 2019	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States	^[57]
4 × 800 m relay	7:02.43	Joseph Mwengi Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kipngetich Kombich Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	25 August 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
Distance medley relay	9:15.56	Elkanah Angwenyi 2:50.8 (1200m) Thomas Musembi 45.8 (400m) Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:46.2 (800m) Alex Kipchirchir 3:52.8 (1600 m)	Kenya	29 April 2006	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States
4 × 1500 m relay	14:22.22	Collins Cheboi Silas Kiplagat James Kiplagat Magut Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	25 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	^[58]
Ekiden relay	1:57:06	Josephat Muchiri Ndambiri 13:24/ 5 km Martin Irungu Mathathi 27:12/ 10 km Daniel Muchunu Mwangi 13:59/ 5 km Mekubo Mogusu 27:56/ 10 km Onesmus Nyerere 14:36/ 5 km John Kariuki 19:59/ 7.195 km	Kenya	23 November 2005	Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
100 y	10.30+ (+1.1 m/s)	Ruddy Zang Milama	Gabon	31 May 2011	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[59]
100 m	10.78 (+1.6 m/s)	Murielle Ahouré	Ivory Coast	11 June 2016	Star Athletics Pro Meet	Montverde, United States	^[60]
	10.78 (-0.3 m/s)	Marie-Josee Ta Lou	Ivory Coast	30 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	^[61]
	10.72 (+0.4 m/s)	Marie-Josee Ta Lou	Ivory Coast	10 August 2022	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	^[62]
150 m (straight)	16.60 (+1.6 m/s)	Marie Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast	18 May 2018	Great CityGames Manchester	Manchester, United Kingdom	^[63]
150 m (bend)	16.99 (+0.6 m/s)	Marie Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast	8 September 2020	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[64]
200 m	21.78 (+0.6 m/s)	Christine Mboma	Namibia	9 September 2021	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	^[65]
300 m	36.10	Kaltouma Nadjina	Chad	19 August 2001		Gateshead, United Kingdom
	35.95+	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	26 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	^[66]
400 m	49.10	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	29 July 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	^[67]
	48.54 ^[f]	Christine Mboma	Namibia	30 June 2021	Irena Szewińska Memorial	Bydgoszcz, Poland	^[68]
600 m	1:21.77	Caster Semenya	South Africa	27 August 2017	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin, Germany	^[69]
800 m	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	29 August 2008	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland		[5]
1000 m	2:29.15	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	14 August 2020	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	^[70]
1500 m	3:50.07	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	17 July 2015	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	^[71]
Mile	4:14.30 ^[d]	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	6 September 2016	Palio Città della Quercia	Rovereto, Italy	^[72]
2000 m	5:21.56	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	14 September 2021	Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb, Croatia	^[73]
3000 m	8:20.27 ^[d]	Letesenbet Gidey	Ethiopia	30 June 2019	Prefontaine Classic	Palo Alto, United States	^[74]	[6]
Two miles	8:58.58	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	14 September 2007	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
5000 m	14:06.62	Letesenbet Gidey	Ethiopia	7 October 2020		Valencia, Spain	^[75]
5 km (road)	14:29 Wo ^[g]	Senbere Teferi	Ethiopia	12 September 2021	Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	^[76]
	14:19 Mx	Ejgayehu Taye	Ethiopia	31 December 2021	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona, Spain	^[77]
4 miles (road)	19:14	Viola Kibiwot	Kenya	13 October 2013	4 Mile of Groningen	Groningen, Netherlands	^[78]
10000 m	29:01.03	Letesenbet Gidey	Ethiopia	8 June 2021	Ethiopian Olympic Trials	Hengelo, Netherlands	^[79]
10 km (road)	30:01 Wo	Agnes Jebet Tirop	Kenya	12 September 2021	Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	^[80]
	29:14 Mx	Yalemzerf Yehualaw	Ethiopia	27 February 2022	Castellón 10K	Castellón de la Plana, Spain	^[81]
15 km (road)	44:20	Letesenbet Gidey	Ethiopia	17 November 2019	Zevenheuvelenloop	Nijmegen, Netherlands	^[82]
	46:24+ Wo	Peres Jepchirchir	Kenya	17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	^[83]
10 miles (road)	49:49+ Mx	Ruth Chepng'etich	Kenya	9 October 2022	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	^[84]
	49:21+ a	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	8 September 2019	Great North Run	Newcastle upon Tyne-South Shields, United Kingdom	^[85]
One hour (track)	18517 m	Dire Tune	Ethiopia	12 June 2008	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[86]
20000 m (track)	1:05:26.6	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	3 September 2000		Borgholzhausen, Germany
20 km (road)	1:01:25+	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenya	1 April 2017	Prague Half Marathon	Prague, Czech Republic	^[87]
	1:01:11+	Ababel Yeshaneh	Ethiopia	21 February 2020	Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon	Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	^[88]
	1:00:43+ Mx	Ruth Chepng'etich	Kenya	4 April 2021	Istanbul Half Marathon	Istanbul, Turkey	^[89]
	1:01:20+ a	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	8 September 2019	Great North Run	Newcastle upon Tyne-South Shields, United Kingdom	^[90]
	1:02:04+ Wo	Peres Jepchirchir	Kenya	17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	^[91]
Half marathon	1:02:52 Mx	Letesenbet Gidey	Ethiopia	24 October 2021	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia, Spain	^[92]
	1:05:16 Wo	Peres Jepchirchir	Kenya	17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	^[93]
25000 m (track)	1:27:05.9	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	21 September 2002		Mengerskirchen, Germany
25 km (road)	1:19:43+ Wo ^[h]	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	23 April 2017	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	^[94]
	1:19:33+ Mx	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	13 October 2019	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	^[95]
30000 m (track)	1:45:50.0	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	6 June 2003		Warstein, Germany
30 km (road)	1:36:05+ Wo	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	23 April 2017	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	^[96]
	1:35:18+ Mx	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	13 October 2019	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	^[97]
Marathon	2:17:01 Wo	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	23 April 2017	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	^[98]
	2:14:04 Mx	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	13 October 2019	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	^[99]
50 km (road)	3:04:24 ^[i]	Irvette Van Zyl	South Africa	23 May 2021	Nedbank Runified Race	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	^[100]^[101]
100 km (road)	7:31:47	Helene Joubert	South Africa	16 September 1995		Winschoten, Netherlands
100 m hurdles	12.42 (+0.4 m/s)	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria	9 September 2021	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	^[102]
	12.41 (-0.4 m/s)	Tobi Amusan		18 June 2022	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	^[103]
	12.40 (+1.5 m/s)	Tobi Amusan		23 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	^[104]
	12.12 (+0.9 m/s)	Tobi Amusan		24 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	^[105]
200 m hurdles (straight)	26.16 (+0.3 m/s)	Zeney van der Walt	South Africa	16 June 2019	Adidas Boost Boston Games	Boston, United States	^[106]
300 m hurdles	38.6 h	Mame Tacko Diouf	Senegal	21 February 1999		Dakar, Senegal
400 m hurdles	52.90	Nezha Bidouane	Morocco	25 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain
2000 m steeplechase	6:02.16	Virginia Nyambura Nganga	Kenya	6 September 2015	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany	^[107]
3000 m steeplechase	8:44.32	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	20 July 2018	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	^[108]
High jump	2.06 m	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	31 August 2003	World Championships	Paris Saint-Denis, France
Pole vault	4.42 m	Elmarie Gerryts	South Africa	12 June 2000		Wesel, Germany
Long jump	7.17 m (+1.1 m/s)	Ese Brume	Nigeria	29 May 2021	Chula Vista Field Festival	Chula Vista, United States	^[109]
Triple jump	15.39 m (+0.5 m/s)	Françoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon	17 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China
Shot put	18.43 m	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria	19 April 2003	Mt. SAC Relays	Walnut, United States
	18.86 m X			1 July 2012	African Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin	^[110]^[111]
Discus throw	64.87 m	Elizna Naudé	South Africa	2 March 2007		Stellenbosch, South Africa
Hammer throw	75.49 m	Annette Echikunwoke	Nigeria	22 May 2021	USATF Throws Festival	Tucson, United States	^[112]
Javelin throw	69.35 m	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	9 June 2012	Adidas Grand Prix	New York City, United States	^[113]
Weight throw	4.22 m	Birtukan Bouele	Ethiopia	18 July 2020	International Lucerne Masters Throws Pentathlon	Lucerne, Switzerland	^[114]
Heptathlon	6423 pts	Margaret Simpson	Ghana	28–29 May 2005	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria
	13.41 (-0.8 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.85 m (high jump), 13.01 m (shot put), 24.55 (+1.0 m/s) (200 m) / 6.32 m (+0.7 m/s) (long jump), 52.71 m (javelin), 2:21.71 (800 m)
Decathlon	6915 pts h	Margaret Simpson	Ghana	18–19 April 2007		Réduit, Mauritius
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
3000 m walk (track)	23:23.43	Birtukan Bouele	Ethiopia	7 June 2019	Soirée Inter régionale de demi-fond	Belfort, France	^[115]
5000 m walk (track)	20:50.03	Chahinez Nasri	Tunisia	23 March 2021		Radès, Tunisia
5 km walk (road)	22:20	Nicolene Cronje	South Africa	5 March 2004	ABSA Series	Durban, South Africa	^[116]
10000 m walk (track)	44:41.8 h A	Grace Wanjiru Njue	Kenya	5 March 2016	AK Thika Meet	Thika, Kenya	^[117]
	43:50.86	Emily Wamusyi Ngii	Kenya	6 August 2022	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[118]
10 km walk (road)	45:05.4	Susan Vermeulen	South Africa	17 April 1999		Bloemfontein, South Africa
	45:02	Chahinez Nasri	Tunisia	28 May 2016	XXX Gran Premio Cantones	A Coruña, Spain	^[119]
15 km walk (road)	1:10:31+	Anél Oosthuizen	South Africa	9 April 2016	Poděbrady Walking Race	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	^[120]
20000 m walk (track)	1:36:18.3	Nicolene Cronje	South Africa	17 March 2004		Durban, South Africa
20 km walk (road)	1:30:40 A	Grace Wanjiru Njue	Kenya	6 June 2018	Kenya Defence Forces Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	^[121]
	1:28:15 A ^[j]	Grace Wanjiru Njue	Kenya	15 July 2011	Kenyan Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	^[122]
35 km walk (road)	3:42:04	Esther Steenkamp	South Africa	15 January 2022 ^[k]	ASA 35km Race Walking Championships & Interprovicial Challenge	Cape Town, South Africa	^[123]
50 km walk (road)	4:48:00	Nathalie le Roux	South Africa	5 May 2018	IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, China	^[124]
4 × 100 m relay	42.39	Beatrice Utondu Faith Idehen Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	Nigeria	7 August 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain
	42.22	Joy Chinenye Udo-Gabriel Favour Ofili Rosemary Chukwuma Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha	Nigeria	23 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	^[125]
	42.10	Tobi Amusan Favour Ofili Rosemary Chukwuma Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha	Nigeria	7 August 2022	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[126]
4 × 200 m relay	1:30.52	Blessing Okagbare Regina George Dominique Duncan Christy Udoh	Nigeria	2 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	^[127]
Sprint medley relay (1,1,2,4)	1:46.05	Eunice Kadogo (100 m) Fresha Mwangi (100 m) Joan Cherono [de] (200 m) Evengeline Makena (400 m)	Kenya	27 April 2019	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States	^[128]
4 × 400 m relay	3:21.04	Olabisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	3 August 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States
4 × 800 m relay	8:04.28	Agatha Jeruto Kimaswai Sylvia Chematui Chesebe Janeth Jepkosgei Eunice Jepkoech Sum	Kenya	25 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	^[129]
Distance medley relay	10:43.35	Selah Jepleting Busienei (1200 m) Joy Nakhumicha Sakari (400 m) Sylivia Chematui Chesebe (800 m) Virginia Nyambura Nganga (1600 m)	Kenya	2 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	^[130]
4 × 1500 m relay	16:33.58	Mercy Cherono Faith Kipyegon Irene Jelagat Hellen Obiri	Kenya	24 May 2014	2014 IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	^[131]
Ekiden relay	2:13:35	Philes Ongori Evelyne Kemunto Kimwei Catherine Ndereba Jane Wanjiku Gakunyi Lucy Wangui Kabuu Sally Chepyego Kaptich	Kenya	23 November 2006	Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
4 × 400 m relay	3:13.60	Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli Imaobong Nse Uko Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel Patience Okon George	Nigeria	30 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	^[132]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
50 m	5.61+	Deji Aliu	Nigeria	21 February 1999	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
55 m	6.02 A	Leonard Myles-Mills	Ghana	22 February 1997		Colorado Springs, United States
60 m	6.45 A	Leonard Myles-Mills	Ghana	20 February 1999		Colorado Springs, United States
100 m	10.05	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	12 February 1996		Tampere, Finland
200 m	19.92	Frank Fredericks	Namibia	18 February 1996	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
300 m	32.36	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	28 February 2003		Karlsruhe, Germany
400 m	45.51	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	9 March 1997	World Championships	Paris, France
	45.37 OT	Clement Chukwu	Nigeria	28 February 1998		Kent, United States
500 m	1:00.71	Onkabetse Nkobolo	Botswana	17 February 2016	Globen Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	^[133]
600 m	1:14.79 A	Michael Saruni	Kenya	19 January 2018	Dr. Martin Luther King Collegiate Invitational	Albuquerque, United States	^[134]
800 m	1:43.98	Michael Saruni	Kenya	9 February 2019	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	^[135]
1000 m	2:14.20	Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti	17 February 2016	Globen Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	^[136]
1500 m	3:31.04	Samuel Tefera	Ethiopia	16 February 2019	Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[137]
Mile	3:47.01	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	3 March 2019	Bruce Lehane Invitational	Boston, United States	^[138]
2000 m	4:49.99	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	17 February 2007	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
3000 m	7:24.90	Daniel Komen	Kenya	6 February 1998		Budapest, Hungary
Two miles	8:04.35	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	16 February 2008	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
5000 m	12:49.60	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	20 February 2004	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
10000 m	27:50.29	Mark Bett	Kenya	10 February 2002	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium
50 m hurdles	6.48+	Shaun Bownes	South Africa	25 February 2001	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
55 m hurdles	7.13	Lehann Fourie	South Africa	11 February 2012	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	^[139]
60 m hurdles	7.52	Shaun Bownes	South Africa	23 February 2001	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium
300 m hurdles	34.92 OT	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	9 February 1999	Pirkkahall	Tampere, Finland	^[140]^[141]
400 m hurdles	50.94	Mamadou Hasse	Senegal	12 February 2013	International Meeting Val-de-Reuil	Val-de-Reuil, France	^[142]
	49.90 OT	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	9 February 2005	Botnia Games	Korsholm, Finland	^[143]
2000 m steeplechase	5:13.77 WB	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	13 February 2011	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium	^[144]^[145]
High jump	2.32 m	Anthony Idiata	Nigeria	15 February 2000		Patras, Greece
Pole vault	5.90 m	Okkert Brits	South Africa	16 February 1997	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
	5.90 m	Okkert Brits	South Africa	1 June 1997		Toronto, Canada
Long jump	8.44 m	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	2 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[146]
Triple jump	18.07 m	Hugues Fabrice Zango	Burkina Faso	16 January 2021		Aubière, France	^[147]
Shot put	21.47 m	Janus Robberts	South Africa	1 December 2001		Norman, United States
Discus throw	63.37 m	Yasser Fathy	Egypt	27 March 2010	Wexiö Indoor Throwing Competition	Växjö, Sweden	^[148]
Heptathlon	5911 pts	Larbi Bourrada	Algeria	27–28 February 2010	Championnats de France Elite	Paris, France	^[149]
	6.89 (60 m), 7.34 m (long jump), 14.00 m (shot put), 1.92 m (high jump) / 8.05 (60 m hurdles), 4.60 m (pole vault), 2:39.86 (1000 m)
5000 m walk	19:39.92	Hédi Teraoui	Tunisia	18 February 2018	French Championships	Liévin, France	^[150]
4 × 400 m relay	3:07.95	Tobi Ogunmola Noah Akwu Salihu Isah Cristian Morton	Nigeria	8 March 2014	World Championships	Sopot, Poland	^[151]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
50 m	6.04+	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria	22 February 1998	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
55 m	6.58	Beatrice Utondu-Okoye	Nigeria	11 February 1990		Monroe, United States
60 m	6.97	Murielle Ahouré	Ivory Coast	2 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[152]
200 m	22.46	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	26 February 2022	Southeastern Conference Championships	College Station, United States	^[153]
300 m	36.33	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	5 March 2010	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France	^[154]
400 m	50.73	Charity Opara	Nigeria	1 February 1998	Sparkassen Cup	Stuttgart, Germany
500 m	1:11.48	Akua Obeng-Akrofi	Ghana	2 February 2018	Metropolitan Indoor Championships	New York City, United States	^[155]
600 m	1:25.76	Regina George	Nigeria	10 January 2014	Arkansas Invitational	Fayetteville, United States	^[156]
800 m	1:57.06	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	21 February 1999	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
	1:56.36 ^[l]			22 February 1998
1000 m	2:30.94	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	25 February 1999	GE Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
1500 m	3:53.09	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	9 February 2021	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin, France	^[157]
Mile	4:13.31	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	17 February 2016	Globen Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	^[136]
2000 m	5:23.75	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	7 February 2017	Míting Internacional de Catalunya	Sabadell, Spain	^[158]
3000 m	8:16.60	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	6 February 2014	XL Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	^[159]
Two miles	9:00.48	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	15 February 2014	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[160]
5000 m	14:18.86	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	19 February 2015	XL Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	^[161]
50 m hurdles	6.76+	Glory Alozie	Nigeria	25 February 2001	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
55 m hurdles	7.60	Ime Akpan	Nigeria	13 March 1992	NCAA Division I Women's Championships	Indianapolis, United States	^[162]
60 m hurdles	7.82	Glory Alozie	Nigeria	16 February 1999		Madrid, Spain
400 m hurdles	58.66	Haissat Lambarki	Morocco	29 January 2012		Bordeaux, France	^[163]
High jump	1.97 m	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	18 February 2001	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Pole vault	4.41 m	Elmarie Gerryts	South Africa	20 February 2000	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Long jump	6.97 m	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria	5 February 1997		Erfurt, Germany
Triple jump	14.90 m	Yamilé Aldama	Sudan	6 March 2004	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	^[164]
Shot put	18.13 m A	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria	4 February 2006		Flagstaff, United States
	18.13 m	Jessica Inchude	Guinea Bissau	13 February 2021	Portuguese Championships	Braga, Portugal	^[165]
	18.37 m	Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang ^[m]	Cameroon	29 February 2020	Portuguese Championships	Pombal, Portugal	^[166]
Weight throw	22.24 m A	Florence Ezeh	Togo	23 February 2001	WAC Championships	Reno, United States	^[167]
Pentathlon	4558 pts	Eunice Barber	Sierra Leone	7 March 1997		Paris, France
	8.39 (60 m hurdles), 1.80 m (high jump), 13.05 m (shot put), 6.35 m (long jump), 2:18.17 (800 m)
3000 m walk	14:13.46	Tahani Ghazal	Tunisia	3 February 2018		Lyon, France
4 × 400 m relay	3:29.67 ^[n]	Omolara Omotosho Patience Okon George Bukola Abogunloko Folashade Abugan	Nigeria	8 March 2014	World Championships	Sopot, Poland	^[168]

See also

•   Sport of athletics portal

Notes

1. by official result source, 54:42 by World Athletics source
2. time trial with shifts of pacemakers and mobile drink deliveries
3. time trial with shifts of pacemakers and mobile drink deliveries
4. outdoor best; indoor mark ratified as absolute record
5. by official result source;3:35:09 by CAA source, a typo
6. mark was unratified because organisers did not arrange for doping control
7. 14:44 by CAA source, a typo
8. by official result source; 1:19:53 by CAA source, probably a mistake
9. by IAU source; 3:04:23 by other sources
10. Short course
11. by official result source; 15 January 2021 by CAA source, a typo
12. Disallowed for running inside curb.
13. Dongmo Mekemnan represented Cameroon until 2017, transferring her eligibility to Portugal which became active in 2020
14. by official result source; 3:22.67 by CAA source, prabably a mistake

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External links

• CAA web site
• World Athletics: African Records