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World Records

Discipline Progression Perf Wind Competitor DOB Country Venue Date
50 Metres 5.96 Irina PRIVALOVA 22 NOV 1968 RUS RUS Madrid (ESP) (i) 09 FEB 1995
60 Metres 6.92 Irina PRIVALOVA 22 NOV 1968 RUS RUS Madrid (ESP) (i) 11 FEB 1993
60 Metres 6.92 Irina PRIVALOVA 22 NOV 1968 RUS RUS Madrid (ESP) (i) 09 FEB 1995
100 Metres 10.49 0.0 Florence GRIFFITH-JOYNER 21 DEC 1959 USA USA Indianapolis, IN (USA) 16 JUL 1988
200 Metres 21.34 +1.3 Florence GRIFFITH-JOYNER 21 DEC 1959 USA USA Olympic Stadium, Jamsil, Seoul (KOR) 29 SEP 1988
200 Metres Short Track 21.87 Merlene OTTEY 10 MAY 1960 JAM JAM Liévin (FRA) (i) 13 FEB 1993
400 Metres 47.60 Marita KOCH 18 FEB 1957 GDR GDR Bruce Stadium, Canberra (AUS) 06 OCT 1985
400 Metres Short Track 49.17 Femke BOL 23 FEB 2000 NED NED Glasgow Arena, Glasgow (GBR) (i) 02 MAR 2024
800 Metres 1:53.28 Jarmila KRATOCHVÍLOVÁ 26 JAN 1951 TCH TCH München (GER) 26 JUL 1983
800 Metres Short Track 1:55.82 Jolanda ČEPLAK 12 SEP 1976 SLO SLO Ferry-Dusika-Halle, Wien (AUT) (i) 03 MAR 2002
1000 Metres 2:28.98 Svetlana MASTERKOVA 17 JAN 1968 RUS RUS Bruxelles (BEL) 23 AUG 1996
1000 Metres Short Track 2:30.94 Maria de Lurdes MUTOLA 27 OCT 1972 MOZ MOZ Stockholm (SWE) (i) 25 FEB 1999
1500 Metres 3:49.11 Faith KIPYEGON 10 JAN 1994 KEN KEN Stadio Luigi Ridolfi, Firenze (ITA) 02 JUN 2023
1500 Metres Short Track 3:53.09 Gudaf TSEGAY 23 JAN 1997 ETH ETH Arena Stade Couvert, Liévin (FRA) (i) 09 FEB 2021
Mile 4:07.64 Faith KIPYEGON 10 JAN 1994 KEN KEN Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 21 JUL 2023
Mile Short Track 4:13.31 Genzebe DIBABA 08 FEB 1991 ETH ETH Globe Arena, Stockholm (SWE) (i) 17 FEB 2016
2000 Metres 5:21.56 Francine NIYONSABA 05 MAY 1993 BDI BDI Sports Park Mladost, Zagreb (CRO) 14 SEP 2021
3000 Metres 8:06.11 Junxia WANG 09 JAN 1973 CHN CHN Beijing (CHN) 13 SEP 1993
3000 Metres Short Track 8:16.60 Genzebe DIBABA 08 FEB 1991 ETH ETH Globe Arena, Stockholm (SWE) (i) 06 FEB 2014
5000 Metres 14:00.21 Gudaf TSEGAY 23 JAN 1997 ETH ETH Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 17 SEP 2023
5000 Metres Short Track 14:18.86 Genzebe DIBABA 08 FEB 1991 ETH ETH Globe Arena, Stockholm (SWE) (i) 19 FEB 2015
10,000 Metres 29:01.03 Letesenbet GIDEY 20 MAR 1998 ETH ETH FBK Stadium, Hengelo (NED) 08 JUN 2021
10,000 Metres 28:54.14 * Beatrice CHEBET 05 MAR 2000 KEN KEN Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 25 MAY 2024
One Hour 18930 Sifan HASSAN 01 JAN 1993 NED NED Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 04 SEP 2020
50 Metres Hurdles 6.58 Cornelia OSCHKENAT 29 OCT 1961 GDR GDR Berlin (GER) (i) 20 FEB 1988
60 Metres Hurdles 7.65 Devynne CHARLTON 26 NOV 1995 BAH BAH Glasgow Arena, Glasgow (GBR) (i) 03 MAR 2024
100 Metres Hurdles 12.12 +0.9 Tobi AMUSAN 23 APR 1997 NGR NGR Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 24 JUL 2022
400 Metres Hurdles 50.68 Sydney MCLAUGHLIN 07 AUG 1999 USA USA Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 22 JUL 2022
400 Metres Hurdles 50.65 * Sydney MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE 07 AUG 1999 USA USA Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 30 JUN 2024
3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:44.32 Beatrice CHEPKOECH 06 JUL 1991 KEN KEN Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 20 JUL 2018
High Jump 2.09 Stefka KOSTADINOVA 25 MAR 1965 BUL BUL Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) 30 AUG 1987
Pole Vault 5.06 Yelena ISINBAYEVA 03 JUN 1982 RUS RUS Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI) 28 AUG 2009
Long Jump 7.52 +1.4 Galina CHISTYAKOVA 26 JUL 1962 URS URS Leningrad (URS) 11 JUN 1988
Triple Jump 15.74 Yulimar ROJAS 21 OCT 1995 VEN VEN Štark Arena, Beograd (SRB) (i) 20 MAR 2022
Shot Put 22.63 Natalya LISOVSKAYA 16 JUL 1962 URS URS Moskva (URS) 07 JUN 1987
Discus Throw 76.80 Gabriele REINSCH 23 SEP 1963 GDR GDR Neubrandenburg (GDR) 09 JUL 1988
Hammer Throw 82.98 Anita WŁODARCZYK 08 AUG 1985 POL POL Stadion PGE Narodowy, Warszawa (POL) 28 AUG 2016
Javelin Throw 72.28 Barbora ŠPOTÁKOVÁ 30 JUN 1981 CZE CZE Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart (GER) 13 SEP 2008
Mile Road 4:20.98 Wo Diribe WELTEJI 13 MAY 2002 ETH ETH Riga (LAT) 01 OCT 2023
5 Kilometres Road 14:29 Wo Senbere TEFERI 03 MAY 1995 ETH ETH Herzogenaurach (GER) 12 SEP 2021
5 Kilometres Road 14:13 Wo * Beatrice CHEBET 05 MAR 2000 KEN KEN Barcelona (ESP) 31 DEC 2023
5 Kilometres Road 14:19 Mx Ejgayehu TAYE 10 FEB 2000 ETH ETH Barcelona (ESP) 31 DEC 2021
5 Kilometres Road 14:13 Mx * Agnes Jebet NGETICH 23 JAN 2001 KEN KEN Valencia (ESP) 14 JAN 2024
10 Kilometres Road 30:01 Wo Agnes Jebet TIROP 23 OCT 1995 KEN KEN Herzogenaurach (GER) 12 SEP 2021
10 Kilometres Road 29:14 Mx Yalemzerf YEHUALAW 03 AUG 1999 ETH ETH Castellón (ESP) 27 FEB 2022
10 Kilometres Road 28:46 Mx * Agnes Jebet NGETICH 23 JAN 2001 KEN KEN Valencia (ESP) 14 JAN 2024
Half Marathon 1:05:16 Wo Peres JEPCHIRCHIR 27 SEP 1993 KEN KEN Gdynia (POL) 17 OCT 2020
Half Marathon 1:02:52 Mx Letesenbet GIDEY 20 MAR 1998 ETH ETH Valencia (ESP) 24 OCT 2021
Marathon 2:16:16 Wo Peres JEPCHIRCHIR 27 SEP 1993 KEN KEN London (GBR) 21 APR 2024
Marathon 2:11:53 Mx Tigst ASSEFA 03 DEC 1996 ETH ETH Berlin (GER) 24 SEP 2023
50 Kilometres Road 2:59:54 Mx Desiree LINDEN 26 JUL 1983 USA USA Dorena Lake, Oregon (USA) 13 APR 2021
50 Kilometres Road 3:00:30 Wo Emane SEIFU ETH ETH Gqeberha (RSA) 26 FEB 2023
100 Kilometres Road 6:33:11 Mx Tomoe ABE 13 AUG 1971 JPN JPN Lake Saroma (JPN) 25 JUN 2000
3000 Metres Race Walk Short Track 11:40.33 Claudia IOVAN 25 FEB 1978 ROU ROU Bucureşti (ROU) (i) 30 JAN 1999
10,000 Metres Race Walk 41:56.23 Nadezhda RYASHKINA 22 JAN 1967 URS URS Seattle, WA (USA) 24 JUL 1990
20,000 Metres Race Walk 1:26:52.3h Olimpiada IVANOVA 29 AUG 1970 RUS RUS Brisbane (AUS) 06 SEP 2001
20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:23:49 Jiayu YANG 18 FEB 1996 CHN CHN Huangshan (CHN) 20 MAR 2021
35 Kilometres Race Walk 2:37:15 María PÉREZ 29 APR 1996 ESP ESP Poděbrady (CZE) 21 MAY 2023
50 Kilometres Race Walk 3:59:15 Hong LIU 12 MAY 1987 CHN CHN Huangshan (CHN) 09 MAR 2019
Heptathlon 7291 Jackie JOYNER-KERSEE 03 MAR 1962 USA USA Olympic Stadium, Jamsil, Seoul (KOR) 24 SEP 1988
Decathlon 8358 Austra SKUJYTĖ 12 AUG 1979 LTU LTU Columbia, MO (USA) 15 APR 2005
Pentathlon Short Track 5055 Nafissatou THIAM 19 AUG 1994 BEL BEL Ataköy Arena, Istanbul (TUR) (i) 03 MAR 2023
4x100 Metres Relay 40.82 United States USA USA Olympic Stadium, London (GBR) 10 AUG 2012
4x200 Metres Relay 1:27.46 United States Blue USA USA Philadelphia, PA (USA) 29 APR 2000
4x200 Metres Relay Short Track 1:32.41 Russia RUS RUS Glasgow (GBR) (i) 29 JAN 2005
4x400 Metres Relay 3:15.17 Soviet Union URS URS Olympic Stadium, Jamsil, Seoul (KOR) 01 OCT 1988
4x400 Metres Relay Short Track 3:23.37 Russia RUS RUS Glasgow (GBR) (i) 28 JAN 2006
4x800 Metres Relay 7:50.17 Soviet Union URS URS Moskva (URS) 05 AUG 1984
4x800 Metres Relay Short Track 8:05.89 United States USA USA New York, NY (USA) (i) 03 FEB 2018
Distance Medley 10:36.50 United States USA USA T. Robinson Stadium, Nassau (BAH) 02 MAY 2015
4x1500 Metres Relay 16:27.02 Nike/Bowerman Track Club USA USA Jesuit High School Track, Portland, OR (USA) 31 JUL 2020
Road Relay 2:11:41 PR of China CHN CHN Beijing (CHN) 28 FEB 1998
Discipline Progression Perf Wind Competitor DOB Country Venue Date
50 Metres 5.56 Donovan BAILEY 16 DEC 1967 CAN CAN Reno, NV (USA) (i) 09 FEB 1996
60 Metres 6.34 Christian COLEMAN 06 MAR 1996 USA USA Albuquerque, NM (USA) (i) 18 FEB 2018
100 Metres 9.58 +0.9 Usain BOLT 21 AUG 1986 JAM JAM Olympiastadion, Berlin (GER) 16 AUG 2009
200 Metres 19.19 -0.3 Usain BOLT 21 AUG 1986 JAM JAM Olympiastadion, Berlin (GER) 20 AUG 2009
200 Metres Short Track 19.92 Frank FREDERICKS 02 OCT 1967 NAM NAM Liévin (FRA) (i) 18 FEB 1996
400 Metres 43.03 Wayde VAN NIEKERK 15 JUL 1992 RSA RSA Estádio Olímpico, Rio de Janeiro (BRA) 14 AUG 2016
400 Metres Short Track 44.57 Kerron CLEMENT 31 OCT 1985 USA USA Fayetteville, AR (USA) (i) 12 MAR 2005
800 Metres 1:40.91 David RUDISHA 17 DEC 1988 KEN KEN Olympic Stadium, London (GBR) 09 AUG 2012
800 Metres Short Track 1:42.67 Wilson KIPKETER 12 DEC 1972 DEN DEN Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris (FRA) (i) 09 MAR 1997
1000 Metres 2:11.96 Noah NGENY 02 NOV 1978 KEN KEN Rieti (ITA) 05 SEP 1999
1000 Metres Short Track 2:14.20 Ayanleh SOULEIMAN 03 DEC 1992 DJI DJI Globe Arena, Stockholm (SWE) (i) 17 FEB 2016
1500 Metres 3:26.00 Hicham EL GUERROUJ 14 SEP 1974 MAR MAR Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) 14 JUL 1998
1500 Metres Short Track 3:30.60 Jakob INGEBRIGTSEN 19 SEP 2000 NOR NOR Arena Stade Couvert, Liévin (FRA) (i) 17 FEB 2022
Mile 3:43.13 Hicham EL GUERROUJ 14 SEP 1974 MAR MAR Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) 07 JUL 1999
Mile Short Track 3:47.01 Yomif KEJELCHA 01 AUG 1997 ETH ETH Boston, MA (USA) (i) 03 MAR 2019
2000 Metres 4:43.13 Jakob INGEBRIGTSEN 19 SEP 2000 NOR NOR Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 08 SEP 2023
3000 Metres 7:20.67 Daniel KOMEN 17 MAY 1976 KEN KEN Rieti (ITA) 01 SEP 1996
3000 Metres Short Track 7:23.81 Lamecha GIRMA 26 NOV 2000 ETH ETH Arena Stade Couvert, Liévin (FRA) (i) 15 FEB 2023
5000 Metres 12:35.36 Joshua CHEPTEGEI 12 SEP 1996 UGA UGA Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 14 AUG 2020
5000 Metres Short Track 12:49.60 Kenenisa BEKELE 13 JUN 1982 ETH ETH National Indoor Arena, Birmingham (GBR) (i) 20 FEB 2004
10,000 Metres 26:11.00 Joshua CHEPTEGEI 12 SEP 1996 UGA UGA Estadio de Atletismo del Turia, Valencia (ESP) 07 OCT 2020
One Hour 21330 Mo FARAH 23 MAR 1983 GBR GBR Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 04 SEP 2020
50 Metres Hurdles 6.25 Mark MCKOY 10 DEC 1961 CAN CAN Kobe (JPN) (i) 05 MAR 1986
60 Metres Hurdles 7.27 Grant HOLLOWAY 19 NOV 1997 USA USA Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM (USA) (i) 16 FEB 2024
110 Metres Hurdles 12.80 +0.3 Aries MERRITT 24 JUL 1985 USA USA Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 07 SEP 2012
400 Metres Hurdles 45.94 Karsten WARHOLM 28 FEB 1996 NOR NOR National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 03 AUG 2021
3000 Metres Steeplechase 7:52.11 Lamecha GIRMA 26 NOV 2000 ETH ETH Stade Charléty, Paris (FRA) 09 JUN 2023
High Jump 2.45 Javier SOTOMAYOR 13 OCT 1967 CUB CUB Salamanca (ESP) 27 JUL 1993
Pole Vault 6.23 Armand DUPLANTIS 10 NOV 1999 SWE SWE Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 17 SEP 2023
Pole Vault 6.24 * Armand DUPLANTIS 10 NOV 1999 SWE SWE Egret Stadium, Xiamen (CHN) 20 APR 2024
Long Jump 8.95 +0.3 Mike POWELL 10 NOV 1963 USA USA National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 30 AUG 1991
Triple Jump 18.29 +1.3 Jonathan EDWARDS 10 MAY 1966 GBR GBR Ullevi Stadium, Göteborg (SWE) 07 AUG 1995
Shot Put 23.56 Ryan CROUSER 18 DEC 1992 USA USA Drake Stadium, Los Angeles, CA (USA) 27 MAY 2023
Discus Throw 74.08 Jürgen SCHULT 11 MAY 1960 GDR GDR Neubrandenburg (GDR) 06 JUN 1986
Discus Throw 74.35 * Mykolas ALEKNA 28 SEP 2002 LTU LTU Millican Field at Throw Town, Ramona, OK (USA) 14 APR 2024
Hammer Throw 86.74 Yuriy SEDYKH 11 JUN 1955 URS URS Neckarstadion, Stuttgart (GER) 30 AUG 1986
Javelin Throw 98.48 Jan ŽELEZNÝ 16 JUN 1966 CZE CZE Jena (GER) 25 MAY 1996
Mile Road 3:56.13 Hobbs KESSLER 15 MAR 2003 USA USA Riga (LAT) 01 OCT 2023
Mile Road 3:54.6h * Emmanuel WANYONYI 01 AUG 2004 KEN KEN Adi-Dassler-Straße 1, Herzogenaurach (GER) 27 APR 2024
5 Kilometres Road 12:49 Berihu AREGAWI 28 FEB 2001 ETH ETH Barcelona (ESP) 31 DEC 2021
10 Kilometres Road 26:24 Rhonex KIPRUTO 12 OCT 1999 KEN KEN Valencia (ESP) 12 JAN 2020
Half Marathon 57:31 Jacob KIPLIMO 14 NOV 2000 UGA UGA Lisboa (POR) 21 NOV 2021
Marathon 2:00:35 Kelvin KIPTUM 02 DEC 1999 KEN KEN Chicago, IL (USA) 08 OCT 2023
50 Kilometres Road 2:38:43 CJ ALBERTSON 11 OCT 1993 USA USA San Francisco, CA (USA) 08 OCT 2022
100 Kilometres Road 6:05:35 Aleksandr SOROKIN 30 SEP 1981 LTU LTU Vilnius (LTU) 14 MAY 2023
5000 Metres Race Walk Short Track 18:07.08 Mikhail SHCHENNIKOV 24 DEC 1967 RUS RUS Moskva (RUS) (i) 14 FEB 1995
20,000 Metres Race Walk 1:17:25.6h Bernardo SEGURA 11 FEB 1970 MEX MEX Fana (NOR) 07 MAY 1994
20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:16:36 Yusuke SUZUKI 02 JAN 1988 JPN JPN Nomi (JPN) 15 MAR 2015
30,000 Metres Race Walk 2:01:44.1h Maurizio DAMILANO 06 APR 1957 ITA ITA Cuneo (ITA) 03 OCT 1992
50,000 Metres Race Walk 3:35:27.2h Yohann DINIZ 01 JAN 1978 FRA FRA Reims (FRA) 12 MAR 2011
50 Kilometres Race Walk 3:32:33 Yohann DINIZ 01 JAN 1978 FRA FRA Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI) 15 AUG 2014
Decathlon 9126 Kevin MAYER 10 FEB 1992 FRA FRA Stade Pierre Paul Bernard, Talence (FRA) 16 SEP 2018
Heptathlon Short Track 6645 Ashton EATON 21 JAN 1988 USA USA Ataköy Arena, Istanbul (TUR) (i) 10 MAR 2012
4x100 Metres Relay 36.84 Jamaica JAM JAM Olympic Stadium, London (GBR) 11 AUG 2012
4x200 Metres Relay 1:18.63 Jamaica JAM JAM T. Robinson Stadium, Nassau (BAH) 24 MAY 2014
4x200 Metres Relay Short Track 1:22.11 Great Britain & NI GBR GBR Glasgow (GBR) (i) 03 MAR 1991
4x400 Metres Relay 2:54.29 United States USA USA Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart (GER) 22 AUG 1993
4x400 Metres Relay Short Track 3:01.51 Houston USA USA Clemson, SC (USA) (i) 09 FEB 2019
4x800 Metres Relay 7:02.43 Kenya KEN KEN Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 25 AUG 2006
4x800 Metres Relay Short Track 7:11.30 HOKA NJ / NY TC USA USA Boston, MA (USA) (i) 25 FEB 2018
Distance Medley 9:15.50 United States USA USA T. Robinson Stadium, Nassau (BAH) 03 MAY 2015
Distance Medley 9:14.58 * Brooks Beast USA USA Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 19 APR 2024
4x1500 Metres Relay 14:22.22 Kenya KEN KEN T. Robinson Stadium, Nassau (BAH) 25 MAY 2014
Road Relay 1:57:06 Kenya KEN KEN Chiba (JPN) 23 NOV 2005
Discipline Progression Perf Wind Competitor DOB Country Venue Date
4x400 Metres Relay Mixed 3:08.80 United States USA USA Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ, Budapest (HUN) 19 AUG 2023

Legend

* Pending ratification. Mx: mixed gender race. Wo: women only race. (i): set indoor.