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List of world records in athletics
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.
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
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.
Criteria
The criteria which must be satisfied for ratification of a world record are defined by World Athletics in Part III of the Competition Rules.[1] These criteria 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,[2] with the sole exception of the mixed-sex 4 × 400 m relay, introduced by World Athletics in 2017.[3]
- 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. As an exception, according to rule 36.2, specific event organizers may choose to ignore wind velocity readings exclusively for their specific event records (e.g. a performance in a 100 m race at a meeting with a wind reading of +2.4 m/s may be considered that specific meeting record, but will not be considered as a world record).[1]
- 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 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 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.[4] Some commentators have complained that neither athlete ever posted as high a mark as they were capable of.[5] In most other disciplines, this issue does not arise, since it is practically impossible to deliberately break a record by a small margin.
World records
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,[6] and has, thus far, only affected the men's and women's pole vault, women's 2,000 m and women's triple jump. 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 five consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m (pending) mark. 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
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
Women
Mixed
| Event | Perf. | N | Athlete(s) | Nat. | Date | Meeting | Location | Ctry. | R | V | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:09.34 | Wilbert London Allyson Felix Courtney Okolo Michael Cherry | USA | 29 September 2019 | World Championships | Doha | QAT | [79] | [58] | P |
Indoor world records
Men
Women
Best performances in non-WA World Record events
Events which do not qualify for World Athletics-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: all other imperial measured distance races became increasingly rare, and the IAAF deleted these events from the world record books in 1976.
In November 2019, World Athletics (WA; formerly IAAF) also deleted several long-distance events (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) from the world record books.
Some road racing distances and indoor variations of outdoor events fall outside of WA's lists, and records set in uncommon events usually do not adhere to the strict criteria found in WA-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 have shown 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, removing the normal factor of reaction time; further, football 40-yard dashes are usually run on a turf surface as opposed to an all weather track. All of these factors make track and "football 40" performances essentially impossible to compare.
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.[111]
Outdoor events
Men
| Event | Perf. | W | N | Athlete(s) | Nat. | Date | Meeting | Location | Ctry. | R | V | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m | 5.40 | +0.2 | +[aj] | Bruny Surin | CAN | 22 Aug 1999 | World Championships | Seville | ESP | [114] | ||
| 60 m | 6.25 | +[ak] | [114][115] | |||||||||
6.31 | +0.9 | +[al] | Usain Bolt | JAM | 16 Aug 2009 | World Championships | Berlin | GER | [116] | |||
6.29 | +0.9 | +[am] | Su Bingtian | CHN | 1 Aug 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo | JPN | ||||
| 100 y | 9.0 | h | Ivory Crockett | USA | 11 May 1974 | Knoxville | USA | [117] | ||||
| Houston McTear | USA | 9 May 1975 | Winter Park | USA | [117] | |||||||
9.07 | −0.5 | + | Asafa Powell | JAM | 27 May 2010 | Golden Spike Ostrava | Ostrava | CZE | [118] | |||
| 150 m | 14.44 | −0.3 | + | Usain Bolt | JAM | 20 Aug 2009 | World Championships | Berlin | GER | [119] | ||
| 150 m straight | 14.35 | +1.1 | Usain Bolt | JAM | 17 May 2009 | Manchester City Games | Manchester | GBR | [120] | |||
| 200 m straight | 19.41 | −0.4 | Tyson Gay | USA | 16 May 2010 | Manchester City Games | Manchester | GBR | [121] | |||
| 220 y (straight) | 19.5 | +1.9 | h | Tommie Smith | USA | 7 May 1966 | Video on YouTube | San Jose, California | USA | [123] | ||
19.54 | −0.4 | Tyson Gay | USA | 16 May 2010 | Manchester City Games | Manchester | GBR | [124] | ||||
| 300 m | 30.81 | Wayde van Niekerk | RSA | 28 Jun 2017 | Golden Spike Ostrava | Ostrava | CZE | [125] | ||||
| 440 y | 44.5 | John Smith | USA | 26 Jun 1971 | USA Championships | Eugene | USA | [126] | ||||
| 500 m | 57.69 | [an] | David Rudisha | KEN | 10 Sep 2016 | Great North CityGames | Newcastle | GBR | [129] | |||
| 600 m | 1:12.81 | Johnny Gray | USA | 24 May 1986 | Santa Monica | USA | ||||||
| Two miles | 7:58.61 | Daniel Komen | KEN | 19 Jul 1997 | Hechtel-Eksel | BEL | P | |||||
| 8 km (road) | 21:11 | + | Rhonex Kipruto | KEN | 12 Jan 2020 | 10K Valencia Ibercaja | Valencia | ESP | [130] | [83] | ||
| 15 km (road) | 40:27 | + | Jacob Kiplimo | UGA | 21 Nov 2021 | Lisbon Half Marathon | Lisbon | POR | [131] | |||
| 10 miles (road) | 44:04 | Bernard Koech | KEN | 4 Dec 2022 | Kōsa 10-Miler | Kōsa | JAP | [132] | [133] | |||
| 20,000 m (track) | 56:20.02 | + | Bashir Abdi | BEL | 4 Sep 2020 | Diamond League | Brussels | BEL | [15] | [84] | ||
| 20 km (road) | 54:29 | + | Jacob Kiplimo | UGA | 21 Nov 2021 | Lisbon Half Marathon | Lisbon | POR | [134] | |||
| 25,000 m (track) | 1:12:25.4 | + | Moses Mosop | KEN | 3 Jun 2011 | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | USA | [135] | |||
| 25 km (road) | 1:11:08 | + | Eliud Kipchoge | KEN | 25 Sep 2022 | Berlin Marathon | Berlin | GER | [136] | |||
| 30,000 m (track) | 1:26:47.4 | Moses Mosop | KEN | 3 Jun 2011 | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | USA | [135] | ||||
| 30 km (road) | 1:25:40 | + | Eliud Kipchoge | KEN | 25 Sep 2022 | Berlin Marathon | Berlin | GER | [136] | |||
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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 Usain Bolt beating Tyson Gay and setting a 100 m world record at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin Jurgen Schult beside the indication of his new discus world record 1986 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 3 4 Mixed 4 Indoor world records 4 1 Men 4 2 Women 5 Best performances in non WA 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 Running records by race distance 7 Notes 7 1 Javelin specifications 7 2 Other notes 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksCriteria EditThe criteria which must be satisfied for ratification of a world record are defined by World Athletics in Part III of the Competition Rules 1 These criteria 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 2 with the sole exception of the mixed sex 4 400 m relay introduced by World Athletics in 2017 3 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 As an exception according to rule 36 2 specific event organizers may choose to ignore wind velocity readings exclusively for their specific event records e g a performance in a 100 m race at a meeting with a wind reading of 2 4 m s may be considered that specific meeting record but will not be considered as a world record 1 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 eligibilityBonus payments EditWitnessing 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 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 4 Some commentators have complained that neither athlete ever posted as high a mark as they were capable of 5 In most other disciplines this issue does not arise since it is practically impossible to deliberately break a record by a small margin World records EditWorld 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 6 and has thus far only affected the men s and women s pole vault women s 2 000 m and women s triple jump 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 five consecutive records set indoors most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6 22 m pending mark 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 Athleticsh 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 Event Perf W N Average Speed Athlete s Nat Date Meeting Location Ctry R V Pmph km h100 m 9 58 0 9 23 35 37 58 Usain Bolt JAM 16 Aug 2009 World Championships Berlin GER 7 1 P200 m 19 19 0 3 23 31 37 52 Usain Bolt JAM 20 Aug 2009 World Championships Berlin GER 7 2 P400 m 43 03 20 79 33 47 Wayde van Niekerk RSA 14 Aug 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro BRA 8 3 P800 m 1 40 91 17 734 28 540 David Rudisha KEN 9 Aug 2012 Olympic Games London GBR 9 4 P1000 m 2 11 96 16 952 27 281 Noah Ngeny KEN 5 Sep 1999 Rieti Meeting Rieti ITA 5 P1500 m 3 26 00 16 288 26 214 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 14 Jul 1998 Golden Gala Rome ITA 6 PMile 3 43 13 16 134 25 965 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 7 Jul 1999 Golden Gala Rome ITA 7 PMile Road New record introduced in 20232000 m 4 44 79 15 709 25 282 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 7 Sep 1999 ISTAF Berlin GER 8 3000 m 7 20 67 15 229 24 508 Daniel Komen KEN 1 Sep 1996 Rieti Meeting Rieti ITA 9 P5000 m 12 35 36 14 807 23 830 Joshua Cheptegei UGA 14 Aug 2020 Herculis Monaco MON 10 10 P5 km road 12 49 00 14 54 23 41 Berihu Aregawi ETH 31 Dec 2021 Cursa dels Nassos Barcelona ESP 11 P10 000 m 26 11 00 14 239 22 915 Joshua Cheptegei UGA 7 Oct 2020 Valencia ESP 12 11 P10 km road 26 24 00 14 12 22 73 Rhonex Kipruto KEN 12 Jan 2020 10K Valencia Ibercaja Valencia ESP 13 12 PHalf marathon 57 31 00 13 67 22 01 Jacob Kiplimo UGA 21 Nov 2021 EDP Lisbon Half Marathon Lisbon POR 14 POne hour track 21 330 m 13 254 21 330 Mo Farah GBR 4 Sep 2020 Diamond League Brussels BEL 15 13 PMarathon a 2 01 09 12 985 20 897 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 25 Sep 2022 Berlin Marathon Berlin GER 16 P1 59 40 2 b 13 136 21 156 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 12 Oct 2019 Ineos 1 59 Challenge Vienna AUT 17 14 50 km road 2 40 13 00 11 63 18 72 Stephen Mokoka RSA 6 Mar 2022 Nedbank Runified 50 km Gqeberha RSA 18 15 2 38 43 00 11 74 18 90 CJ Albertson USA 8 Oct 2022 Ruth Anderson Memorial Endurance Run San Francisco USA 19 2 39 04 00 11 72 18 86 Tete Dijana RSA 26 Feb 2023 Nedbank Runified Breaking Barriers Ultramarathon Gqeberha RSA 20 100 km road 6 09 14 00 10 097 16 250 Nao Kazami JPN 24 Jun 2018 Lake Saroma Ultramarathon Yubetsu JPN 21 P110 m hurdles 12 80 0 3 19 22 30 94 Aries Merritt USA 7 Sep 2012 Memorial Van Damme Brussels BEL 22 16 P400 m hurdles 45 94 19 477 31 345 Karsten Warholm NOR 3 Aug 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo JPN 23 17 P3000 m steeplechase 7 53 63 14 169 22 803 Saif Saaeed Shaheen QAT 3 Sep 2004 Memorial Van Damme Brussels BEL 18 P7 53 17 X 14 183 22 825 Brahim Boulami MAR 16 Aug 2002 Weltklasse Zurich Zurich SUIHigh jump 2 45 m Javier Sotomayor CUB 27 Jul 1993 Gran Premio Diputacion Salamanca ESP 19 PPole vault 6 21 m Armand Duplantis SWE 24 Jul 2022 World Championships Eugene USA 24 20 P6 22 m i Armand Duplantis SWE 25 Feb 2023 All Star Perche Clermont Ferrand FRA 25 PLong jump 8 95 m 0 3 Mike Powell USA 30 Aug 1991 World Championships Tokyo JPN 21 PTriple jump 18 29 m 1 3 Jonathan Edwards GBR 7 Aug 1995 World Championships Gothenburg SWE 26 22 PShot put 23 37 m Ryan Crouser USA 18 June 2021 United States Olympic Trials Eugene USA 27 P23 38 m i c Ryan Crouser USA 18 Feb 2023 Simplot Games Pocatello USA 28 29 23 Discus throw 74 08 m Jurgen Schult GDR 6 Jun 1986 Neubrandenburg GDR 24 PHammer throw 86 74 m Yuriy Sedykh URS 30 Aug 1986 European Championships Stuttgart FRG 25 PJavelin throw 98 48 m d Jan Zelezny CZE 25 May 1996 Jena GER 26 PDecathlon 9126 pts e Kevin Mayer FRA 16 Sep 2018 Decastar Talence FRA 30 27 P20 000 m walk track 1 17 25 60 f 9 630 15 499 Bernardo Segura MEX 7 May 1994 Bergen NOR20 km walk road 1 16 36 00 9 734 15 666 Yusuke Suzuki JPN 15 Mar 2015 Asian Race Walking Championships Nomi JPN 31 P2 hours walk track 29 572 m 9 188 14 786 Maurizio Damilano ITA 3 Oct 1992 Cuneo ITA30 000 m walk track 2 01 44 10 9 188 14 786 Maurizio Damilano ITA 3 Oct 1992 Cuneo ITA35 km walk road 2 22 00 00 Standard 32 50 000 m walk track 3 35 27 20 8 652 13 924 Yohann Diniz FRA 12 Mar 2011 Reims FRA 33 50 km walk road 3 32 33 00 8 770 14 114 Yohann Diniz FRA 15 Aug 2014 European Championships Zurich SUI 34 28 P4 100 m relay 36 84 24 288 39 088 Nesta CarterMichael FraterYohan BlakeUsain Bolt JAM 11 Aug 2012 Olympic Games London GBR 35 29 P4 200 m relay 1 18 63 22 759 36 627 Nickel AshmeadeWarren WeirJermaine BrownYohan Blake JAM 24 May 2014 World Relays Nassau BAH 36 30 P4 400 m relay 2 54 29 20 535 33 048 Andrew ValmonQuincy WattsButch ReynoldsMichael Johnson USA 22 Aug 1993 World Championships Stuttgart GER g 37 31 P4 800 m relay 7 02 43 16 945 27 271 Joseph MutuaWilliam YiampoyIsmael KombichWilfred Bungei KEN 25 Aug 2006 Memorial Van Damme Brussels BEL 32 Distance medley relay 9 15 50 h 16 108 25 923 Kyle MerberBrycen SpratlingBrandon JohnsonBen Blankenship USA 3 May 2015 World Relays Nassau BAH 38 4 1500 m relay 14 22 22 15 566 25 052 Collins CheboiSilas KiplagatJames Kiplagat MagutAsbel Kiprop KEN 25 May 2014 World Relays Nassau BAH 39 33 Road relay42 195 km 1 57 06 00 i 13 434 21 620 Josephat NdambiriMartin MathathiDaniel Muchunu MwangiMekubo MogusuOnesmus NyerreJohn Kariuki KEN 23 Nov 2005 Chiba Ekiden Chiba JPNWomen Edit Event Perf W N mph km h Athlete s Nat Date Meeting Location Ctry R V P100 m 10 49 0 0 j 21 32 34 32 Florence Griffith Joyner USA 16 Jul 1988 US Olympic Trials Indianapolis USA 34 P200 m 21 34 1 3 20 97 33 74 Florence Griffith Joyner USA 29 Sep 1988 Olympic Games Seoul KOR 35 P400 m 47 60 18 798 30 252 Marita Koch GDR 6 Oct 1985 World Cup Canberra AUS 36 P800 m 1 53 28 15 798 25 424 Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH 26 Jul 1983 Munich FRG 37 P1000 m 2 28 98 15 015 24 164 Svetlana Masterkova RUS 23 Aug 1996 Memorial Van Damme Brussels BEL 38 P1500 m 3 50 07 14 584 23 471 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 17 Jul 2015 Herculis Fontvieille MON 42 39 PMile 4 12 33 14 267 22 961 Sifan Hassan NED 12 Jul 2019 Herculis Fontvieille MON 43 40 PMile Road New record introduced in 20232000 m 5 21 56 13 912 22 391 Francine Niyonsaba BDI 14 Sep 2021 Hanzekovic Memorial Zagreb CRO 44 41 3000 m 8 06 11 13 805 22 217 Wang Junxia CHN 13 Sep 1993 Chinese National Games Beijing CHN P5000 m 14 06 62 13 211 21 261 Letesenbet Gidey ETH 7 Oct 2020 Valencia ESP 12 42 P5 km road 14 29 00 Wo 12 87 20 71 Senbere Teferi ETH 12 Sep 2021 5 km Adizero Road to Records Herzogenaurach GER 45 P14 19 00 Mx 13 02 20 95 Ejgayehu Taye ETH 31 Dec 2021 Cursa dels Nassos Barcelona ESP 11 10 000 m 29 01 03 12 848 20 677 Letesenbet Gidey ETH 8 Jun 2021 Ethiopian Olympic Trials Hengelo NED 46 P10 km road 30 01 00 Wo 12 42 19 99 Agnes Tirop KEN 12 Sep 2021 Adizero Road to Records Herzogenaurach GER 45 P29 14 00 Mx 12 83 20 53 Yalemzerf Yehualaw ETH 27 Feb 2022 World Athletics Label road race Castellon de la Plana ESP 47 43 One hour track 18 930 m 11 763 18 930 Sifan Hassan NED 4 Sep 2020 Diamond League Brussels BEL 15 44 PHalf marathon 1 02 52 Mx 12 512 20 135 Letesenbet Gidey ETH 24 Oct 2021 Valencia Half Marathon Valencia ESP 48 49 P1 05 16 Wo 12 055 19 400 Peres Jepchirchir KEN 17 Oct 2020 World Half Marathon Championships Gdynia POL 50 45 Marathon a 2 14 04 00 Mx 11 734 18 884 Brigid Kosgei KEN 13 Oct 2019 Chicago Marathon Chicago USA 51 46 P2 17 01 00 Wo 11 481 18 477 Mary Jepkosgei Keitany KEN 23 Apr 2017 London Marathon London GBR 52 50 km road 2 59 54 00 Mx 10 36 16 68 Desiree Linden USA 13 Apr 2021 Brooks Running 50 km amp Marathon Dorena Lake USA 53 54 3 00 30 00 Wo 10 33 16 62 Emane Seifu Hayile ETH 26 Feb 2023 Nedbank Runified Breaking Barriers Ultramarathon Gqeberha RSA 20 100 km road 6 33 11 00 Mx 9 4822 15 2601 Tomoe Abe JPN 25 Jun 2000 Lake Saroma Ultramarathon Yubetsu JPN100 m hurdles 12 12 0 9 Tobi Amusan NGR 24 Jul 2022 World Championships Eugene USA 55 P400 m hurdles 50 68 Sydney McLaughlin USA 22 Jul 2022 World Championships Eugene USA 56 47 P3000 m steeplechase 8 44 32 Beatrice Chepkoech KEN 20 Jul 2018 Herculis Fontvieille MON 57 PHigh jump 2 09 m Stefka Kostadinova BUL 30 Aug 1987 World Championships Rome ITA 48 PPole vault 5 06 m Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 28 Aug 2009 Weltklasse Zurich Zurich SUI 49 PLong jump 7 52 m 1 4 Galina Chistyakova URS 11 Jun 1988 Brothers Znamensky Memorial Leningrad URS 58 50 PTriple jump 15 74 m N A i Yulimar Rojas VEN 20 Mar 2022 World Championships Belgrade SRB 59 PShot put 22 63 m Natalya Lisovskaya URS 7 Jun 1987 Brothers Znamensky Memorial Moscow URS 51 PDiscus throw 76 80 m Gabriele Reinsch GDR 9 Jul 1988 Neubrandenburg GDR 52 PHammer throw 82 98 m Anita Wlodarczyk POL 28 Aug 2016 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Warsaw POL 60 53 PJavelin throw 72 28 m d Barbora Spotakova CZE 13 Sep 2008 World Athletics Final Stuttgart GER 61 54 PHeptathlon 7291 pts k d Jackie Joyner Kersee USA 24 Sep 1988 Olympic Games Seoul KOR 62 PDecathlon 8358 pts l Austra Skujyte LTU 15 Apr 2005 Audrey Walton Combined Events Columbia USA 63 64 P10 000 m walk track 41 56 23 Nadezhda Ryashkina URS 24 Jul 1990 Goodwill Games Seattle USA41 37 90 Gao Hongmiao CHN 7 Apr 1994 Beijing CHN20 000 m walk track 1 26 52 30 Olimpiada Ivanova RUS 6 Sep 2001 Brisbane AUS 65 20 km walk road 1 23 49 Yang Jiayu CHN 20 Mar 2021 Chinese Race Walking Championships Huangshan CHN 66 P1 23 39 m Elena Lashmanova RUS 9 Jun 2018 Russian Race Walking Championships Cheboksary RUS 67 35 km walk road 2 38 00 00 Standard 32 2 37 44 Kimberly Garcia Peru 25 Mar 2023 Dudinska 50 Dudince Slovakia 68 50 000 m walk track 4 29 45 560 n Katie Burnett USA 13 Jul 2019 National Invitational Racewalks San Diego USA 69 50 km walk road 3 59 15 Liu Hong CHN 9 Mar 2019 Chinese Race Walk Grand Prix Huangshan CHN 70 71 P3 57 08 m Klavdiya Afanasyeva RUS 15 Jun 2019 Russian Race Walking Championships Cheboksary RUS 72 4 100 m relay 40 82 Tianna MadisonAllyson FelixBianca KnightCarmelita Jeter USA 10 Aug 2012 Olympic Games London GBR 73 55 P4 200 m relay 1 27 46 LaTasha JenkinsLaTasha Colander RichardsonNanceen PerryMarion Jones USA 29 Apr 2000 Penn Relays Philadelphia USA4 400 m relay 3 15 17 Tatyana LedovskayaOlga NazarovaMariya PiniginaOlga Bryzgina URS 1 Oct 1988 Olympic Games Seoul KOR 56 P4 800 m relay 7 50 17 Irina PodyalovskayaNadezhda OlizarenkoLyubov GurinaLyudmila Borisova URS 5 Aug 1984 Moscow URSDistance medley relay 10 36 50 o Treniere MoserSanya Richards RossAjee WilsonShannon Rowbury USA 2 May 2015 World Relays Nassau BAH 74 10 33 85 i p Heather McLeanKendall EllisRoisin WillisElle Purrier St Pierre USA 15 Apr 2022 A Night at the TRACKPresented by New Balance Running Boston USA 75 76 4 1500 m relay 16 27 02 Colleen QuigleyElise CrannyKarissa SchweizerShelby Houlihan USA 31 Jul 2020 Bowerman TC Intrasquad Meet IV Portland USA 77 57 Road relay42 195 km 2 11 41 00 Mx q Jiang BoDong YanmeiZhao FengtingMa ZaijieLan LixinLi Na CHN 28 Feb 1998 Beijing CHN 78 2 16 04 00 Wo Genet GebregiogiosBirhane AdereAyelech WorkuGete WamiGetenesh UrgeLuchia Yischak ETH 13 Apr 1996 Copenhagen DENMixed Edit Event Perf N Athlete s Nat Date Meeting Location Ctry R V P4 400 m relay 3 09 34 Wilbert LondonAllyson FelixCourtney OkoloMichael Cherry USA 29 September 2019 World Championships Doha QAT 79 58 PIndoor world records EditMen Edit Event Perf N Athlete s Nat Date Meeting Location Ctry R V P50 m 5 55 X r Ben Johnson CAN 31 Jan 1987 Ottawa CAN 80 5 56 A Donovan Bailey CAN 9 Feb 1996 Bill Cosby Invitational Reno USA 59 5 56 s Maurice Greene USA 13 Feb 1999 Los Angeles USA 81 60 m 6 34 A Christian Coleman USA 18 Feb 2018 USA Championships Albuquerque USA 82 60 P200 m 19 92 Frankie Fredericks NAM 18 Feb 1996 Meeting Pas de Calais Lievin FRA 61 400 m 44 57 Kerron Clement USA 12 Mar 2005 NCAA Division I Men s Indoor Championships Fayetteville USA44 52 s Michael Norman USA 10 Mar 2018 NCAA Division I Championships College Station USA 83 62 800 m 1 42 67 Wilson Kipketer DEN 9 Mar 1997 World Championships Paris FRA 63 1000 m 2 14 20 Ayanleh Souleiman DJI 17 Feb 2016 Globen Galan Stockholm SWE 84 64 1500 m 3 30 60 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 17 Feb 2022 Meeting Hauts de France Pas de Calais Lievin FRA 85 86 Mile 3 47 01 Yomif Kejelcha ETH 3 March 2019 Bruce Lehane Invitational Boston USA 87 65 3000 m 7 24 90 Daniel Komen KEN 6 Feb 1998 Budapest HUN7 23 81 Lamecha Girma ETH 15 Feb 2023 Meeting Hauts de France Pas de Calais Lievin FRA 88 66 5000 m 12 49 60 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 20 Feb 2004 Aviva Indoor Grand Prix Birmingham GBR50 m hurdles 6 25 Mark McKoy CAN 5 Mar 1986 Kobe JPN60 m hurdles 7 29 Grant Holloway USA 24 Feb 2021 Villa de Madrid Madrid ESP 89 67 P20 Mar 2022 World Championships Belgrade SRB 90 High jump 2 43 m Javier Sotomayor CUB 4 Mar 1989 World Championships Budapest HUN 68 PPole vault 6 22 m Armand Duplantis SWE 25 Feb 2023 All Star Perche Clermont Ferrand FRA 91 PLong jump 8 79 m Carl Lewis USA 27 Jan 1984 Millrose Games New York City USA 69 Triple jump 18 07 m Hugues Fabrice Zango BUR 16 Jan 2021 Aubiere FRA 92 70 Shot put 22 82 m Ryan Crouser USA 24 Jan 2021 American Track League Fayetteville USA 93 71 23 38 m c Ryan Crouser USA 18 Feb 2023 Simplot Games Pocatello USA 28 29 72 Heptathlon 6645 pts t Ashton Eaton USA 10 Mar 2012 World Championships Istanbul TUR 94 5000 m walk 18 07 08 Mikhail Shchennikov RUS 14 Feb 1995 Russian Winter Meeting Moscow RUS4 200 m relay 1 22 11 Linford ChristieDarren BraithwaiteAde MafeJohn Regis GBR 3 Mar 1991 Glasgow GBR4 400 m relay 3 01 51 u Amere LattinObi IgbokweJermaine HoltKahmari Montgomery USA 9 Feb 2019 Clemson s Tiger Paw Invitational Clemson USA 95 3 00 77 v w Zach ShinnickRai BenjaminRicky Morgan Jr Michael Norman USA ATG USA USA 10 Mar 2018 NCAA Division I Championships College Station USA 96 73 3 01 39 s x Ilolo IzuRobert GrantDevin DixonMylik Kerley USA 10 Mar 2018 NCAA Division I Championships College Station USA 83 3 01 43 y z Kunle FasasiGrant HollowayChantz SawyersBenjamin Lobo Vedel NGR USA JAM DEN 10 Mar 2018 NCAA Division I Championships College Station USA 83 4 800 m relay 7 11 30 aa Joe McAseyKyle MerberChris GiestingJesse Garn USA 25 Feb 2018 BU Last Chance Meet Boston USA 97 Women Edit Event Perf N Athlete s Nat Date Meeting Location Ctry R V P50 m 5 96 Irina Privalova RUS 9 Feb 1995 Madrid ESP60 m 6 92 Irina Privalova RUS 11 Feb 1993 Madrid ESP6 92 Irina Privalova RUS 9 Feb 1995 Madrid ESP200 m 21 87 Merlene Ottey JAM 13 Feb 1993 Meeting Pas de Calais Lievin FRA 74 400 m 49 26 Femke Bol NED 19 Feb 2023 Dutch Indoor Championships Apeldoorn NED 98 75 800 m 1 55 82 Jolanda Ceplak SLO 3 Mar 2002 European Championships Vienna AUT 76 1000 m 2 30 94 Maria Mutola MOZ 25 Feb 1999 GE Galan Stockholm SWE1500 m 3 53 09 Gudaf Tsegay ETH 9 Feb 2021 Meeting Hauts de France Pas de Calais Lievin FRA 99 77 Mile 4 13 31 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 17 Feb 2016 Globen Galan Stockholm SWE 84 78 3000 m 8 16 60 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 6 Feb 2014 XL Galan Stockholm SWE 100 79 5000 m 14 18 86 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 19 Feb 2015 XL Galan Stockholm SWE 101 80 50 m hurdles 6 58 Cornelia Oschkenat GDR 20 Feb 1988 East Berlin GDR60 m hurdles 7 68 Susanna Kallur SWE 10 Feb 2008 BW Bank Meeting Karlsruhe GER 81 P7 68 X ab Lyudmila Narozhilenko RUS 2 Mar 1993 San Sebastian ESP7 66 X Lyudmila Narozhilenko RUS 4 Mar 1993 Seville ESP7 63 X Lyudmila Narozhilenko RUS 4 Mar 1993 Seville ESPHigh jump 2 08 m Kajsa Bergqvist SWE 4 Feb 2006 Hochsprung mit Musik Arnstadt GER 82 Pole vault 5 03 m ac Jenn Suhr USA 30 Jan 2016 Golden Eagle Multi and Invitational Brockport USA 102 103 P5 02 m A Jenn Suhr USA 2 Mar 2013 USA Championships Albuquerque USA 104 PLong jump 7 37 m Heike Drechsler GDR 13 Feb 1988 Vienna AUTTriple jump 15 74 m Yulimar Rojas VEN 20 Mar 2022 World Championships Belgrade SRB 105 Shot put 22 50 m Helena Fibingerova TCH 19 Feb 1977 Jablonec TCHPentathlon 5013 pts ad Nataliya Dobrynska UKR 9 Mar 2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul TUR 106 5055 pts ae Nafi Thiam BEL 3 Mar 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships Istanbul TUR 107 108 5014 pts af Adrianna Sulek POL 3 Mar 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships Istanbul TUR 107 108 3000 m walk 11 40 33 Claudia Iovan ROU 30 Jan 1999 Bucharest ROU11 35 34 ag Gillian O Sullivan IRL 15 Feb 2003 Belfast GBR4 200 m relay 1 32 41 Yekaterina KondratyevaIrina KhabarovaYuliya PechonkinaYuliya Gushchina RUS 29 Jan 2005 Aviva International Match Glasgow GBR4 400 m relay 3 23 37 Olesya KrasnomovetsOlga ZaytsevaOlga KotlyarovaYuliya Gushchina RUS 28 Jan 2006 Aviva International Match Glasgow GBR3 21 75 A ah ai Amber AnningJoanne ReidRosey EffiongBritton Wilson GBR JAM USA USA 11 Mar 2023 NCAA Division I Championships Albuquerque USA 109 4 800 m relay 8 05 89 Chrishuna WilliamsRaevyn RogersCharlene LipseyAjee Wilson USA 3 Feb 2018 Millrose Games New York City USA 110 Best performances in non WA World Record events EditEvents which do not qualify for World Athletics 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 all other imperial measured distance races became increasingly rare and the IAAF deleted these events from the world record books in 1976 In November 2019 World Athletics WA formerly IAAF also deleted several long distance events 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 from the world record books Some road racing distances and indoor variations of outdoor events fall outside of WA s lists and records set in uncommon events usually do not adhere to the strict criteria found in WA 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 have shown 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 removing the normal factor of reaction time further football 40 yard dashes are usually run on a turf surface as opposed to an all weather track All of these factors make track and football 40 performances essentially impossible to compare 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 111 wbr 112 Under conventional football timing on a turf field in 2017 Christian Coleman reportedly ran a 4 12 113 Outdoor events Edit Men Edit Event Perf W N Athlete s Nat Date Meeting Location Ctry R V P50 m 5 40 0 2 aj Bruny Surin CAN 22 Aug 1999 World Championships Seville ESP 114 60 m 6 25 ak 114 115 6 31 0 9 al Usain Bolt JAM 16 Aug 2009 World Championships Berlin GER 116 6 29 0 9 am Su Bingtian CHN 1 Aug 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo JPN100 y 9 00 h Ivory Crockett USA 11 May 1974 Knoxville USA 117 Houston McTear USA 9 May 1975 Winter Park USA 117 9 07 0 5 Asafa Powell JAM 27 May 2010 Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava CZE 118 150 m 14 44 0 3 Usain Bolt JAM 20 Aug 2009 World Championships Berlin GER 119 150 m straight 14 35 1 1 Usain Bolt JAM 17 May 2009 Manchester City Games Manchester GBR 120 200 m straight 19 41 0 4 Tyson Gay USA 16 May 2010 Manchester City Games Manchester GBR 121 wbr 122 220 y straight 19 50 1 9 h Tommie Smith USA 7 May 1966 Video on YouTube San Jose California USA 123 19 54 0 4 Tyson Gay USA 16 May 2010 Manchester City Games Manchester GBR 124 300 m 30 81 Wayde van Niekerk RSA 28 Jun 2017 Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava CZE 125 440 y 44 50 John Smith USA 26 Jun 1971 USA Championships Eugene USA 126 wbr 127 wbr 128 500 m 57 69 an David Rudisha KEN 10 Sep 2016 Great North CityGames Newcastle GBR 129 600 m 1 12 81 Johnny Gray USA 24 May 1986 Santa Monica USATwo miles 7 58 61 Daniel Komen KEN 19 Jul 1997 Hechtel Eksel BEL P8 km road 21 11 00 Rhonex Kipruto KEN 12 Jan 2020 10K Valencia Ibercaja Valencia ESP 130 83 15 km road 40 27 00 Jacob Kiplimo UGA 21 Nov 2021 Lisbon Half Marathon Lisbon POR 131 10 miles road 44 04 00 Bernard Koech KEN 4 Dec 2022 Kōsa 10 Miler Kōsa JAP 132 133 20 000 m track 56 20 02 Bashir Abdi BEL 4 Sep 2020 Diamond League Brussels BEL 15 84 20 km road 54 29 00 Jacob Kiplimo UGA 21 Nov 2021 Lisbon Half Marathon Lisbon POR 134 25 000 m track 1 12 25 40 Moses Mosop KEN 3 Jun 2011 Prefontaine Classic Eugene USA 135 25 km road 1 11 08 00 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 25 Sep 2022 Berlin Marathon Berlin GER 136 30 000 m track 1 26 47 40 Moses Mosop KEN 3 Jun 2011 Prefontaine Classic Eugene USA 135 wbr 137 30 km road 1 25 40 00 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 25 Sep 2022 Berlin Marathon Berlin GER 136 a, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. |