List of world records in athletics

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Usain Bolt (right) of Jamaica is the current men's world record holder for the 100 and 200 metre sprint races. He is shown here in the closing stages of setting a record in the 200 m run at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (He has since surpassed that record).

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

East German women controversially set many world records in the 1970s and 1980s. World record holder Marita Koch maintains her innocence, although released government files detail her drug usage.^[1]

World records in athletics (track and field) are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. 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 distance for which official records are kept is the mile run.

[edit] Ratification

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.^[2]
• All team members in a relay race must be of the same nationality.
• Pacemakers are allowed, provided they have not been lapped; lapped athletes must give way.
• Drug testing immediately after the performance is now required for ratification of a record. Existing records which predate this requirement are still extant. Athletes who pass the immediate test but are later found to have been on drugs have their performances invalidated.
• In sprint events up to 200 m and in 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 sprint events up to 400 m, 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 are popular in the sprint and jump events.
• In road events, the course is not required to be a circuit, but must not have too great a downhill gradient.

[edit] Bonus payments

Witnessing a world record brings great pleasure for athletics fans; athletes' personal sponsors and the promoters of major meetings such as 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 (and potentially the high jump) 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. Some commentators have complained that neither athlete ever posted as high a mark as they were capable of. In other disciplines this problem does not arise, since it is practically impossible to deliberately break a record by a small margin.

[edit] World records (formerly Outdoor world records)

Prior to 2000, separate records were recorded for outdoor and indoor events. In 2000, IAAF rule 260.18a (formerly 260.6a) was amended, so now it states 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^[3], so for example, Sergey Bubka's pole vault World Indoor record of 6.15 m is not considered to be a World record, because it was set before 2000, although it would be considered a World record had it been set after 2000. It is the only Indoor record which is greater than the World record (6.15 Indoor world record by Sergey Bubka, versus 6.14 World record by Sergey Bubka). All current World record were set outdoors.

[edit] Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m Progression	9.58 (+0.9 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	16 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[4]
200 m Progression	19.19 (-0.3 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[4]
400 m Progression	43.18	Michael Johnson	United States	26 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain
800 m Progression	1:41.11	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	24 August 1997		Cologne, Germany
1000 m	2:11.96	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	5 September 1999	IAAF Grand Prix	Rieti, Italy
1500 m Progression	3:26.00	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	14 July 1998	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy
Mile Progression	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
3000 m Progression	7:20.67	Daniel Komen	Kenya	1 September 1996	IAAF Grand Prix	Rieti, Italy
5000 m Progression	12:37.35	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	31 May 2004	Fanny Blankers-Koen Games	Hengelo, Netherlands
10000 m Progression	26:17.53	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	26 August 2005	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
10 km (road)	27:01	Micah Kogo	Kenya	29 March 2009	Parelloop	Brunssum, Netherlands
15 km (road)	41:29	Felix Limo	Kenya	11 November 2001	Zevenheuvelenloop	Nijmegen, Netherlands
	41:29+	Deriba Merga	Ethiopia	20 February 2009	Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon	Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
20000 m (track)	56:26.0	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	27 June 2007	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic
20 km (road)	55:31+	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	17 March 2007	City-Pier-City Half Marathon	The Hague, Netherlands
Half marathon	58:33	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	17 March 2007	City-Pier-City Half Marathon	The Hague, Netherlands
Hour run (track)	21285 m	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	27 June 2007	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic
25000 m (track)	1:13:55.8	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	22 March 1981		Christchurch, New Zealand
25 km (road)	1:12:45	Paul Malakwen Kosgei	Kenya	9 May 2006		Berlin, Germany
30000 m (track)	1:29:18.8	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	22 March 1981		Christchurch, New Zealand
30 km (road)	1:27:49+	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	20 September 2009	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[5]
Marathon Progression	2:03:59	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	28 September 2008	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany
100 kilometres (road)	6:13:33	Takahiro Sunada	Japan	21 June 1998		Tokoro, Japan
3000 m steeplechase	7:53.63	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	Qatar	3 September 2004	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
110 m hurdles Progression	12.87 (+0.9 m/s)	Dayron Robles	Cuba	12 June 2008	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic
400 m hurdles Progression	46.78	Kevin Young	United States	6 August 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain
High jump Progression	2.45 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	27 July 1993		Salamanca, Spain
Pole vault Progression	6.14 m	Sergey Bubka	Ukraine	31 July 1994		Sestriere, Italy
Long jump Progression	8.95 m (+0.3 m/s)	Mike Powell	United States	30 August 1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan
Triple jump Progression	18.29 m (+1.3 m/s)	Jonathan Edwards	United Kingdom	7 August 1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden
Shot put Progression	23.12 m	Randy Barnes	United States	20 May 1990		Westwood, United States
Discus throw	74.08 m	Jürgen Schult	East Germany	6 June 1986		Neubrandenburg, Germany
Hammer throw Progression	86.74 m	Yuriy Sedykh	Soviet Union	30 August 1986		Stuttgart, Germany
Javelin	98.48 m (Current design)	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	25 May 1996		Jena, Germany
	104.80 m (old design)	Uwe Hohn	East Germany	20 July 1984		Berlin, Germany
Decathlon Progression	9026 pts	Roman Šebrle	Czech Republic	27 May 2001	IAAF World Challenge	Götzis, Austria
	10.64 (0.0 m/s) (100 m), 8.11 m (long jump), 15.33 m (shot put), 2.12 m (high jump), 47.79 (400 m), 13.92 (110 m hurdles), 47.92 m (discus), 4.80 m (pole vault), 70.16 m (javelin), 4:21.98 min (1500 m)
20000 m walk (track)	1:17:25.6	Bernardo Segura	Mexico	7 May 1994		Bergen, Norway
20 km walk (road) Progression	1:17:16	Vladimir Kanaykin	Russia	29 September 2007		Saransk, Russia
30000 m walk (track)	2:01:44.1	Maurizio Damilano	Italy	3 October 1992		Cuneo, Italy
50000 m walk (track)	3:40:57.9	Thierry Toutain	France	29 September 1996		Héricourt, France
50 km walk (road) Progression	3:34:14	Denis Nizhegorodov	Russia	11 May 2008		Cheboksary, Russia
4x100 m relay Progression	37.10	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell	Jamaica	22 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China
4x200 m relay	1:18.68	Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Floyd Heard Carl Lewis	United States	17 April 1994		Walnut, United States
4x400 m relay Progression	2:54.29	Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson	United States	22 August 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	[6]
4x800 m relay	7:02.43	Joseph Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kombich Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	25 August 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
4x1500 m relay	14:36.23	William Biwott Tanui Gideon Gathimba Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono Augustine Kiprono Choge	Kenya	4 September 2009	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium

[edit] Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m Progression	10.49 (0.0 m/s)	Florence Griffith Joyner	United States	16 July 1988		Indianapolis, United States
200 m	21.34 (+1.3 m/s)	Florence Griffith Joyner	United States	29 September 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea
400 m Progression	47.60	Marita Koch	East Germany	6 October 1985	World Cup	Canberra, Australia
800 m Progression	1:53.28	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	26 July 1983		Munich, Germany
1000 m	2:28.98	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	23 August 1996	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
1500 m Progression	3:50.46	Qu Yunxia	China	11 September 1993		Beijing, PR China
Mile Progression	4:12.56	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	14 August 1996	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
2000 m	5:25.36	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	8 July 1994		Edinburgh, United Kingdom
3000 m Progression	8:06.11	Wang Junxia	China	13 September 1993		Beijing, PR China
5000 m Progression	14:11.15	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	6 June 2008	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
10000 m Progression	29:31.78	Wang Junxia	China	8 September 1993		Beijing, PR China
10 km (road)	30:21	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	23 February 2003		San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
15 km (road)	46:28	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	15 November 2009	Zevenheuvelenloop	Nijmegen, Netherlands	[7]
Hour run	18517 m	Dire Tune	Ethiopia	12 June 2008	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic
20000 m	1:05:26.6	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	3 September 2000		Borgholzhausen, Germany
20 km (road)	1:02:57	Lornah Kiplagat	Netherlands	14 October 2007		Udine, Italy
Half Marathon	1:06:25	Lornah Kiplagat	Netherlands	14 October 2007		Udine, Italy
25000 m	1:27:05.9	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	21 September 2002		Mengerskirchen, Germany
25 km (road)	1:22:13	Mizuki Noguchi	Japan	25 September 2005		Berlin, Germany
30000 m	1:45:50.0	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	7 June 2003		Warstein, Germany
30 km (road)	1:38:49	Mizuki Noguchi	Japan	25 November 2005		Berlin, Germany
Marathon Progression	2:15:25	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	13 April 2003		London, England, United Kingdom
100 kilometres (road)	6:33:11	Tomoe Abe	Japan	25 June 2000		Tokoro, Japan
3000 m steeplechase	8:58.81	Gulnara Samitova	Russia	17 August 2008		Beijing, PR China
100 m hurdles Progression	12.21 (+0.7 m/s)	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	20 August 1988		Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
400 m hurdles Progression	52.34	Yuliya Pechonkina	Russia	8 August 2003		Tula, Russia
High jump Progression	2.09 m	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria	30 August 1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy
Pole vault Progression	5.06 m	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	28 August 2009	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
Long jump	7.52 m (+1.4 m/s)	Galina Chistyakova	Soviet Union	11 June 1988		Leningrad, USSR
Triple jump Progression	15.50 m (+0.9 m/s)	Inessa Kravets	Ukraine	10 August 1995		Göteborg, Sweden
Shot put Progression	22.63 m	Natalya Lisovskaya	Soviet Union	7 June 1987		Moscow, USSR
Discus throw	76.80 m	Gabriele Reinsch	East Germany	9 July 1988		Neubrandenburg, Germany
Hammer throw	77.96 m	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	22 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[8]
Javelin[9]	72.28 m (Current design)	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	13 September 2008	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	[10]
	80.00 m (old design)	Petra Felke	East Germany	9 September 1988		Potsdam, Germany
Heptathlon	7291 pts	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	24 September 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea
	12.69 (100 m hurdles), 1.86 m (high jump), 15.80 m (shot put), 22.56 (200 m), 7.27 m (long jump), 45.66 m (javelin), 2:08.51 (800 m)
Decathlon	8358 pts	Austra Skujytė	Lithuania	14-15 April 2005		Columbia, United States
	12.49 (100 m), 46.19 m (discus), 3.10 m (pole vault), 48.78 m (javelin), 57.19 (400 m), 14.22 (100 m hurdles), 6.12 m (long jump), 16.42 m (shot put), 1.78 m (high jump), 5:15.86 (1500 m)
10000 m walk (track)	41:56.23	Nadezhda Ryashkina	Soviet Union	24 July 1990		Seattle, United States
20000 m walk (track)	1:26:52.3	Olimpiada Ivanova	Russia	6 September 2001		Brisbane, Australia
20 km walk (road) Progression	1:25:41	Olimpiada Ivanova	Russia	7 August 2005		Helsinki, Finland
4x100 m relay	41.37	Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	East Germany	6 October 1985		Canberra, Australia
4x200 m relay	1:27.46	LaTasha Jenkins, LaTasha Colander-Richardson, Nanceen Perry, Marion Jones	United States	29 April 2000		Philadelphia, United States
4x400 m relay	3:15.17	Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina	Soviet Union	1 October 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea
4x800 m relay	7:50.17	Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina, Lyudmila Borisova, Irina Podyalovskaya	Soviet Union	5 August 1984		Moscow, USSR

[edit] Indoor world records

[edit] Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
50 m	5.56	Donovan Bailey	Canada	9 February 1996		Reno, United States
60 m	6.39	Maurice Greene	United States	3 February 1998		Madrid, Spain
				3 March 2001		Atlanta, United States
200 m	19.92	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	18 February 1996		Liévin, France
400 m	44.57	Kerron Clement	United States	12 March 2005		Fayetteville, United States
800 m	1:42.67	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	9 March 1997	World Championships	Paris-Bercy, France
1000 m	2:14.96	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	20 February 2000		Birmingham, United Kingdom
1500 m	3:31.18	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	2 February 1997		Stuttgart, Germany
Mile	3:48.45	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	12 February 1997		Ghent, Belgium
3000 m	7:24.90	Daniel Komen	Kenya	6 February 1998		Budapest, Hungary
5000 m	12:49.60	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	20 February 2004		Birmingham, United Kingdom
50 m hurdles	6.25	Mark McKoy	Canada	5 March 1986		Kobe, Japan
60 m hurdles	7.30	Colin Jackson	United Kingdom	6 March 1994		Sindelfingen, Germany
High jump	2.43 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	4 March 1989	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Pole vault	6.15 m	Sergey Bubka	Ukraine	21 February 1993		Donetsk, Ukraine
Long jump	8.79 m	Carl Lewis	United States	27 January 1984		New York City, United States
Triple jump	17.83 m	Aliecer Urrutia	Cuba	1 March 1997		Sindelfingen, Germany
		Christian Olsson	Sweden	7 March 2004	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Shot put	22.66 m	Randy Barnes	United States	20 January 1989		Los Angeles, United States
Heptathlon	6476 pts	Dan O'Brien	United States	13 March 1993	World Championships	Toronto, Canada
	6.67 (60 m), 7.84 m (long jump), 16.02 m (shot put), 2.13 m (high jump), 5.20 m (pole vault), 2:57.96 (1000 m), 7.85 (60 m hurdles)
5000 m walk	18:07.08	Mikhail Shchennikov	Russia	14 February 1995		Moscow, Russia
4x200 m relay	1:22.11	Linford Christie Darren Braithwaite Ade Mafe John Regis	United Kingdom	3 March 1991		Glasgow, United Kingdom
4x400 m relay	3:02.83	Andre Morris Dameon Johnson Deon Minor Milton Campbell	United States	7 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan
4x800 m relay	7:13.94	Joey Woody Karl Paranya Rich Kenah David Krummenacker	United States	6 February 2000		Boston, United States

[edit] Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
50 m	5.96	Irina Privalova	Russia	9 February 1995		Madrid, Spain
60 m	6.92	Irina Privalova	Russia	11 February 1993 February 9, 1995		Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
200 m	21.87	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	13 February 1993		Liévin, France
400 m	49.59	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	7 March 1982		Milan, Italy
800 m	1:55.82	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	3 March 2002	European Championships	Vienna, Austria
1000 m	2:30.94	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	25 February 1999		Stockholm, Sweden
1500 m	3:58.28	Yelena Soboleva	Russia	18 February 2006		Moscow, Russia
Mile	4:17.14	Doina Melinte	Romania	9 February 1990		East Rutherford, United States
3000 m	8:23.72	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	3 February 2007		Stuttgart, Germany
2 Miles	9:06.26	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	26 February 2009	Prague Indoor Meeting	Prague, Czech Republic	[11]
5000 m	14:24.37	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	18 February 2009		Stockholm, Sweden
50 m hurdles	6.58	Cornelia Oschkenat	East Germany	20 February 1988		Berlin, Germany
60 m hurdles	7.68	Susanna Kallur	Sweden	10 February 2008		Karlsruhe, Germany
High jump	2.08 m	Kajsa Bergqvist	Sweden	4 February 2006		Arnstadt, Germany
Pole vault	5.00 m	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	15 February 2009		Donetsk, Ukraine
Long jump	7.37 m	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	13 February 1988		Vienna, Austria
Triple jump	15.36 m	Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia	6 March 2004	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Shot put	22.50 m	Helena Fibingerová	Czechoslovakia	19 February 1977		Jablonec, Czechoslovakia
Pentathlon	4991 pts	Irina Belova	Unified Team	15 February 1992		Berlin, Germany
	8.22 (60 m hurdles), 1.93 m (high jump), 13.25 m (shot put), 6.67 m (long jump), 2:10.26 (800 m)
3000 m walk	11:40.33	Claudia Stef	Romania	30 January 1999		Bucharest, Romania
4x200 m relay	1:32.41	Yekaterina Kondratyeva Irina Khabarova Yuliya Pechonkina Yuliya Gushchina	Russia	29 January 2005		Glasgow, United Kingdom
4x400 m relay	3:23.37	Yuliya Gushchina Olga Kotlyarova Olga Zaytseva Olesya Krasnomovets	Russia	28 January 2006		Glasgow, United Kingdom
4x800 m relay	8:18.54	Anna Balakshina Nataliya Panteleeva Anna Yemashova Olesya Chumakova	Russia	11 February 2007		Volgograd, Russia

+ = in route to longer distance

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• Association of Track and Field Statisticians
• World junior records in athletics
• List of Olympic records in athletics
• List of World Championships in Athletics records

[edit] External links

[edit] Statistics

• Records overview - IAAF
• Official world outdoor records - men - IAAF
• Official world outdoor records - women - IAAF
• Official world indoor records - men - IAAF
• Official world indoor records - women - IAAF
• World Record progression in athletics - athletix.org
• Track and Field all-time performances

• Masters Track & Field World Records

[edit] Rules

• Competition Rules 2009 - IAAF.org (PDF file, 1.4 MB)

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