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European records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the European Athletic Association . 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. Records are kept for events in track and field , road running , and racewalking .
Key to tables
+ = en route to longer distance
ht = hand timing
A = affected by altitude
# = not officially ratified
X = unratified due to no doping control
OT = oversized track
a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28
est = estimate
Outdoor
Men
Steve Cram holds the mile run and 2000 metres records and also shares the 4×800 metres relay record with Sebastian Coe .
Sergey Bubka 's world and European records in pole vault have dominated the sport, marking him as one of the world's best athletes.
Jonathan Edwards broke his own triple jump world record three times.
Roman Šebrle set his world and European decathlon record in 2001.
Event
Record
Athlete
Nationality
Date
Meet
Place
Ref
Video
100 m
9.86 (+0.6 m/s)
Francis Obikwelu
Portugal
22 August 2004
Olympic Games
Athens , Greece
[ 1]
200 m
19.72 A (+1.8 m/s)
Pietro Mennea
Italy
12 September 1979
Universiade
Mexico City , Mexico
[1]
400 m
44.33
Thomas Schönlebe
East Germany
3 September 1987
World Championships
Rome , Italy
800 m
1:41.11
Wilson Kipketer
Denmark
24 August 1997
Cologne , Germany
1000 m
2:12.18
Sebastian Coe
United Kingdom
11 July 1981
Bislett Games
Oslo , Norway
1500 m
3:28.81
Mo Farah
Great Britain
19 July 2013
Herculis
Monaco
[ 2]
Mile run
3:46.32
Steve Cram
United Kingdom
27 July 1985
Bislett Games
Oslo , Norway
2000 m
4:51.39
Steve Cram
United Kingdom
4 August 1985
Budapest , Hungary
3000 m
7:26.62
Mohammed Mourhit
Belgium
18 August 2000
Herculis
Monaco
Two miles
8:07.85
Mo Farah
Great Britain
24 August 2014
British Grand Prix
Birmingham , United Kingdom
[ 3]
5000 m
12:49.71
Mohammed Mourhit
Belgium
25 August 2000
Memorial Van Damme
Brussels , Belgium
5 km (road)
13:26
Alistair Cragg
Ireland
1 April 2012
27th Carlsbad 5000
Carlsbad , United States
[ 4]
10000 m
26:46.57
Mo Farah
United Kingdom
3 June 2011
Prefontaine Classic
Eugene , United States
[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
[2]
10 km (road)
27:44
Mo Farah
Great Britain
31 May 2010
Bupa London 10000
London , United Kingdom
[ 8] [ 9]
27:20 a #
Jon Brown
Great Britain
24 September 1995
Pittsburgh , United States
27:34 #
Nick Rose
Great Britain
1 April 1984
New Orleans , United States
15 km (road)
42:39 #
Jon Brown
United Kingdom
26 February 1994
Tampa , United States
20,000 m (track)
57:18.4
Dionisio Castro
Portugal
31 March 1990
La Flèche , France
20 km (road)
56:51+ #
Fabián Roncero
Spain
1 April 2001
Berlin , Germany
Half marathon
59:32
Mo Farah
Great Britain
22 March 2015
Lisbon Half Marathon
Lisbon , Portugal
[ 10]
One hour
20944 m
Jos Hermens
Netherlands
1 May 1976
Arnhem , Netherlands
25,000 m (track)
1:13:57.6
Stéphane Franke
Germany
30 March 1999
Walnut , United States
25 km (road)
1:14:20+
James Theuri
France
5 April 2009
Paris Marathon
Paris , France
1:14:19 #
Hugh Jones
Great Britain
10 April 1982
Paderborn , Germany
1:13:30+ a #
Steve Jones
Great Britain
20 August 1985
Chicago Marathon
Chicago , United States
30,000 m (track)
1:31.30.4
James Alder
United Kingdom
5 September 1970
London , United Kingdom
30 km (road)
1:28:40+ a #
Steve Jones
Great Britain
20 October 1985
Chicago Marathon
Chicago , United States
1:29:00+ a #
António Pinto
Portugal
14 April 2002
London Marathon
London , United Kingdom
1:30:08+ #
Julio Rey
Spain
24 April 2005
Hamburg Marathon
Hamburg , Germany
Marathon
2:06.36 # X
António Pinto
Portugal
16 April 2000
London Marathon
London , United Kingdom
2:06.36
Benoît Zwierzchiewski
France
6 April 2003
Paris Marathon
Paris , France
100 km (road)
6:15:30 #
Jean-Pierre Praet
Belgium
23 June 1989
Torhout , Belgium
6:18:24
Mario Ardemagni
Italy
11 September 2004
Winschoten , Netherlands
3000 m steeplechase
8:00.09
Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad
France
6 July 2013
Meeting Areva
Saint-Denis , France
[ 11]
110 m hurdles
12.91 (+0.5 m/s)
Colin Jackson
United Kingdom
20 August 1993
World Championships
Stuttgart , Germany
400 m hurdles
47.37
Stéphane Diagana
France
5 July 1995
Athletissima
Lausanne , Switzerland
High jump
2.42 m
Patrik Sjöberg
Sweden
30 June 1987
Stockholm , Sweden
Bohdan Bondarenko
Ukraine
14 June 2014
Adidas Grand Prix
New York City , United States
[ 12]
Pole vault
6.16 m i
Renaud Lavillenie
France
15 February 2014
Pole Vault Stars
Donetsk , Ukraine
Long jump
8.86 m A (+1.9 m/s)
Robert Emmiyan
Soviet Union
22 May 1987
Tsakhkadzor , Soviet Union
Triple jump
18.29 m (+1.3 m/s)
Jonathan Edwards
United Kingdom
7 August 1995
World Championships
Gothenburg , Sweden
[ 13]
[3]
Shot put
23.06 m
Ulf Timmermann
East Germany
22 May 1988
Chania , Greece
[4]
Discus throw
74.08 m
Jürgen Schult
East Germany
6 June 1986
Neubrandenburg , East Germany
[5]
Hammer throw
86.74 m
Yuriy Sedykh
Soviet Union
30 August 1986
European Championships
Stuttgart , West Germany
Javelin throw
98.48 m (Current design )
Jan Železný
Czech Republic
25 May 1996
Jena , Germany
[6]
104.80 m (Old design )
Uwe Hohn
East Germany
20 July 1984
East Berlin , East Germany
[7]
Decathlon
9026 pts
Roman Šebrle
Czech Republic
26–27 May 2001
Hypo-Meeting
Götzis , Austria
[8]
10.64 (0.0 m/s) (100 m) , 8.11 m (+1.9 m/s) (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)
10000 m walk (track)
37:53:09
Paquillo Fernández
Spain
27 July 2008
Santa Cruz de Tenerife , Spain
10 km walk (road)
37:11
Roman Rasskazov
Russia
28 May 2000
Saransk , Russia
[ 14]
20000 m walk (track)
1:18:35.2
Stefan Johansson
Sweden
15 May 1992
Bergen , Norway
20 km walk (road)
1:16:43 X [ 15]
Sergey Morozov
Russia
8 June 2008
Saransk , Russia
1:17.02
Yohann Diniz
France
8 March 2015
French Championships
Arles , France
[ 16]
2 hours walk (track)
29572 m +
Maurizio Damilano
Italy
3 October 1992
Cuneo , Italy
30000 m walk (track)
2:01:44.1
Maurizio Damilano
Italy
3 October 1992
Cuneo , Italy
50000 m walk (track)
3:35:27.20
Yohann Diniz
France
12 March 2011
Reims , France
[ 17]
50 km walk (road)
3:32:33
Yohann Diniz
France
15 August 2014
European Championships
Zürich , Switzerland
[ 18]
4x100 m relay
37.73
Jason Gardener Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Dwain Chambers
United Kingdom
29 August 1999
World Championships
Seville , Spain
4×200 m relay
1:20.66
Christophe Lemaitre Yannick Fonsat Ben Bassaw Ken Romain
France
24 May 2014
IAAF World Relays
Nassau , Bahamas
[ 19]
4x400 m relay
2:56.60
Iwan Thomas Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson Roger Black
United Kingdom
3 August 1996
Olympic Games
Atlanta , United States
4x800 m relay
7:03.89
Peter Elliot Garry Cook Steve Cram Sebastian Coe
United Kingdom
30 August 1982
London , United Kingdom
4x1500 m relay
14:38.8
Thomas Wessinghage Harald Hudak Michael LedererKarl Fleschen
West Germany
17 August 1977
Cologne , West Germany
Women
Only Marion Jones , Florence Griffith-Joyner , Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Carmelita Jeter have run faster than Christine Arron 's 100 metres record.
Paula Radcliffe has two world records and four European records to her name in the long distance events .
Yelena Isinbayeva has broken her own world and European pole vault record numerous times.
Barbora Špotáková broke her national record, then the European record, then finally the world record in the javelin throw .
Event
Record
Athlete
Nationality
Date
Meet
Place
Ref
Video
100 m
10.73 (+2.0 m/s)
Christine Arron
France
19 August 1998
Budapest , Hungary
200 m
21.71 (+0.7 m/s)
Marita Koch
East Germany
10 June 1979
Karl-Marx-Stadt , East Germany
21.71 (+0.3 m/s)
21 July 1984
Potsdam , East Germany
21.71 (+1.2 m/s)
Heike Drechsler
East Germany
29 June 1986
Jena , East Germany
21.71 (-0.8 m/s)
29 August 1986
Stuttgart , West Germany
400 m
47.60
Marita Koch
East Germany
6 October 1985
World Cup
Canberra , Australia
[9]
800 m
1:53.28
Jarmila Kratochvílová
Czechoslovakia
26 July 1983
Munich , West Germany
1000 m
2:28.98
Svetlana Masterkova
Russia
23 August 1996
Memorial Van Damme
Brussels , Belgium
1500 m
3:52.47
Tatyana Kazankina
Soviet Union
13 August 1980
Weltklasse Zürich
Zürich , Switzerland
Mile run
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
8:21.42
Gabriela Szabo
Romania
19 July 2002
Herculis
Monaco
Two miles
9:17.40+
Paula Radcliffe
United Kingdom
20 June 2004
European Cup
Bydgoszcz , Poland
5000 m
14:23.75
Liliya Shobukhova
Russia
19 July 2008
Kazan , Russia
10000 m
29:56.34
Elvan Abeylegesse
Turkey
15 August 2008
Olympic Games
Beijing , PR China
[ 20]
10 km (road)
30:21
Paula Radcliffe
United Kingdom
23 February 2003
San Juan , Puerto Rico
15 km (road)
46:59+
Lornah Kiplagat
Netherlands
14 October 2007
World Road Running Championships
Udine , Italy
46:41+ a #
Paula Radcliffe
Great Britain
21 September 2003
Newcastle -South Shields , United Kingdom
One hour
18084 m
Silvana Cruciata
Italy
4 May 1981
Rome , Italy
20000 m (track)
1:06:55.5
Rosa Mota
Portugal
14 May 1983
Lisbon , Portugal
20 km (road)
1:02:57+
Lornah Kiplagat
Netherlands
14 October 2007
World Road Running Championships
Udine , Italy
1:02:21+ a # est
Paula Radcliffe
Great Britain
21 September 2003
Newcastle -South Shields , United Kingdom
Half marathon
1:06:25
Lornah Kiplagat
Netherlands
14 October 2007
World Road Running Championships
Udine , Italy
[10]
1:05:39.6 a #
Paula Radcliffe
Great Britain
21 September 2003
Newcastle -South Shields , United Kingdom
25000 m (track)
1:28:22.6
Helena Javornik
Slovenia
19 July 2006
Maribor , Slovenia
25 km (road)
1:21:31+ X #
Constantina Diţă-Tomescu
Romania
22 October 2006
Chicago Marathon
Chicago , United States
1:22:08+
Liliya Shobukhova
Russia
9 October 2011
Chicago Marathon
Chicago , United States
[ 21]
1:20:36+ a #
Paula Radcliffe
Great Britain
13 April 2003
London Marathon
London , United Kingdom
30000 m (track)
1:47:05.6
Karolina Szabo
Hungary
22 April 1988
Budapest , Hungary
30 km (road)
1:37:27+ #
Paula Radcliffe
Great Britain
17 April 2005
London Marathon
London , United Kingdom
1:38:23+
Liliya Shobukhova
Russia
9 October 2011
Chicago Marathon
Chicago , United States
[ 22]
1:36:36+ a #
Paula Radcliffe
Great Britain
13 April 2003
London Marathon
London , United Kingdom
35 km (road)
1:54:49+
Liliya Shobukhova
Russia
9 October 2011
Chicago Marathon
Chicago , United States
[ 23]
40 km (road)
2:11:28+
Liliya Shobukhova
Russia
9 October 2011
Chicago Marathon
Chicago , United States
[ 24]
Marathon
2:15:25
Paula Radcliffe
United Kingdom
13 April 2003
London Marathon
London , United Kingdom
100 km
7:10:32
Tatyana Zhyrkova
Russia
11 September 2004
Winschoten , Netherlands
3000 m steeplechase
8:58.81
Gulnara Samitova-Galkina
Russia
17 August 2008
Olympic Games
Beijing , PR China
100 m hurdles
12.21 (+0.7 m/s)
Yordanka Donkova
Bulgaria
20 August 1988
Bulgaria Stara Zagora , Bulgaria
400 m hurdles
52.34
Yuliya Pechonkina
Russia
8 August 2003
Tula , Russia
High jump
2.09 m
Stefka Kostadinova
Bulgaria
30 August 1987
World Championships
Rome , Italy
Pole vault
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 , Soviet Union
Triple jump
15.50 m (+0.9 m/s)
Inessa Kravets
Ukraine
10 August 1995
World Championships
Göteborg , Sweden
Shot put
22.63 m
Natalya Lisovskaya
Soviet Union
7 June 1987
Moscow , Soviet Union
Discus throw
76.80 m
Gabriele Reinsch
East Germany
9 July 1988
Neubrandenburg , East Germany
Hammer throw
79.58 m
Anita Włodarczyk
Poland
31 August 2014
ISTAF Berlin
Berlin , Germany
[ 25]
Javelin throw
72.28 m (Current design )
Barbora Špotáková
Czech Republic
13 September 2008
World Athletics Final
Stuttgart , Germany
[ 26]
80.00 m (old design)
Petra Felke
East Germany
9 September 1988
Potsdam , East Germany
[11]
Heptathlon
7032 pts
Carolina Klüft
Sweden
25–26 August 2007
World Championships
Osaka , Japan
[ 27]
13.15 (+0.1 m/s) (100 m hurdles) , 1.95 m (high jump) , 14.81 m (shot put) , 23.38 (+0.3 m/s) (200 m) / 6.85 m (+1.0 m/s) (long jump) , 47.98 m (javelin) , 2:12.56 (800 m)
5000 m walk (track)
20:01.80 [WB]
Eleonora Giorgi
Italy
18 May 2014
Italian Clubs League Meet
Misterbianco , Italy
[ 28]
10000 m walk (track)
41:56.23
Nadezhda Ryashkina
Soviet Union
24 July 1990
Seattle , United States
10 km walk (road)
41:04
Yelena Nikolayeva
Russia
20 April 1996
Sochi , Russia
20000 m walk (track)
1:26:52.3
Olimpiada Ivanova
Russia
6 September 2001
Brisbane , Australia
20 km walk (road)
1:24:47
Elmira Alembekova
Russia
27 February 2015
Russian Race Walking Championships
Sochi , Russia
[ 29]
4x100 m relay
41.37
Silke Gladisch Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr
East Germany
6 October 1985
World Cup
Canberra , Australia
4x200 m relay
1:28.15
Marlies Göhr Romy Schneider-Müller Bärbel Eckert-Wöckel Marita Koch
East Germany
9 August 1980
Jena , East Germany
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 , Soviet Union
Indoor
Men
Dwain Chambers came back from a drug ban to run a clean 60 metres European record.
Colin Jackson 's European and world record in the 60 metre hurdles remains unbeaten.
Kenyan-born Wilson Kipketer dominated the 800 metres records indoors and outdoors.
Event
Record
Athlete
Nationality
Date
Meet
Place
Ref
Video
50 m
5.61
Manfred Kokot
East Germany
4 February 1973
East Berlin , East Germany
5.61+
Jason Gardener
United Kingdom
16 February 2000
Madrid , Spain
60 m
6.42
Dwain Chambers
United Kingdom
7 March 2009
European Championships
Turin , Italy
[ 30]
[12]
200 m
20.25
Linford Christie
United Kingdom
19 February 1995
Meeting Pas de Calais
Liévin , France
400 m
45.05
Thomas Schönlebe
East Germany
5 February 1988
Sindelfingen , West Germany
800 m
1:42.67
Wilson Kipketer
Denmark
9 March 1997
World Championships
Paris , France
1000 m
2:14.96
Wilson Kipketer
Denmark
20 February 2000
Aviva Indoor Grand Prix
Birmingham , United Kingdom
1500 m
3:33.32
Andrés Manuel Díaz
Spain
24 February 1999
Piraeus , Greece
Mile
3:49.78
Eamonn Coghlan
Ireland
27 February 1983
East Rutherford , United States
3000 m
7:32.41
Sergio Sánchez
Spain
13 February 2010
Reunión Internacional Ciudad de Valencia
Valencia , Spain
[ 31]
5000 m
13:10.60
Mo Farah
United Kingdom
19 February 2011
Aviva Indoor Grand Prix
Birmingham , United Kingdom
[ 32] [ 33]
50 m hurdles
6.36+
Ladji Doucouré
France
26 February 2005
Meeting Pas de Calais
Liévin , France
60 m hurdles
7.30
Colin Jackson
United Kingdom
6 March 1994
Sindelfingen , Germany
High jump
2.42 m
Carlo Thränhardt
West Germany
26 February 1988
West Berlin , West Germany
Ivan Ukhov
Russia
25 February 2014
Prague Indoor
Prague , Czech Republic
[ 34]
Pole vault
6.16 m
Renaud Lavillenie
France
15 February 2014
Pole Vault Stars
Donetsk , Ukraine
[ 35]
Long jump
8.71 m
Sebastian Bayer
Germany
8 March 2009
European Championships
Torino , Italy
[ 36]
[13]
Triple jump
17.92 m (2nd jump)
Teddy Tamgho
France
6 March 2011
European Championships
Paris , France
[ 37] [ 38]
[14]
17.92 m (4th jump)
Shot put
22.55 m
Ulf Timmermann
East Germany
11 February 1989
Senftenberg , East Germany
Heptathlon
6438 pts
Roman Šebrle
Czech Republic
6–7 February 2004
Budapest , Hungary
6.97 (60 m) , 7.96 m (long jump) , 16.28 m (shot put) , 2.11 m (high jump) / 7.95 (60 m hurdles) , 4.80 m (pole vault) , 2:39.67 (1000 m)
5000 m walk
18:07.08
Mikhail Shchennikov
Russia
14 February 1995
Russian Winter Meeting
Moscow , Russia
4×200 m relay
1:22.11
Linford Christie Darren Braithwaite Ade Mafe John Regis
United Kingdom
3 March 1991
Glasgow , United Kingdom
4×400 m relay
3:02.87
Julien Watrin Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Kevin Borlée
Belgium
8 March 2015
European Championships
Prague , Czech Republic
[ 39]
4×800 m relay
7:15.77
Moskovskaya RegionRoman Trubetskoy Dmitriy Bukreyev Dmitriy Bogdanov Yuriy Borzakovskiy
Russia
10 February 2008
Moscow , Russia
Women
Susanna Kallur set the 60 metre hurdles world record in 2008.
Kajsa Bergqvist broke an indoor high jump world record that had lasted over a decade.
World indoor triple jump record holder Tatyana Lebedeva has medalled in the last 3 Olympics .
Event
Record
Athlete
Nationality
Date
Meet
Place
Ref
Video
50 m
5.96+
Irina Privalova
Russia
9 February 1995
Madrid , Spain
60 m
6.92
Irina Privalova
Russia
11 February 1993
Madrid , Spain
9 February 1995
Madrid , Spain
200 m
22.10
Irina Privalova
Russia
19 February 1995
Meeting Pas de Calais
Liévin , France
400 m
49.59
Jarmila Kratochvílová
Czechoslovakia
7 March 1982
European Championships
Milan , Italy
800 m
1:55.82
Jolanda Čeplak
Slovenia
3 March 2002
European Championships
Vienna , Austria
1000 m
2:32.16
Yuliya Chizhenko-Fomenko
Russia
25 January 2006
Russian Winter Meeting
Moscow , Russia
1500 m
3:57.91
Abeba Aregawi
Sweden
6 February 2014
XL Galan
Stockholm , Sweden
[ 40]
3:57.71 X
Yelena Soboleva
Russia
9 March 2008
World Championships
Valencia , Spain
[ 41]
Mile
4:17.14
Doina Melinte
Romania
9 February 1990
East Rutherford , United States
3000 m
8:27.86
Liliya Shobukhova
Russia
17 February 2006
Moscow , Russia
5000 m
14:46.44
Alemitu Bekele
Turkey
10 February 2010
GE Galan
Stockholm , Sweden
[ 42]
50 m hurdles
6.58
Cornelia Oschkenat
East Germany
20 February 1988
Berlin , East-Germany
60 m hurdles
7.68
Susanna Kallur
Sweden
10 February 2008
BW-Bank Meeting
Karlsruhe , Germany
[15]
7.68 X [ 43]
Lyudmila Narozhilenko
Russia
2 March 1993
San Sebastián , Spain
7.66 X
4 March 1993
Seville , Spain
7.63 X
4 March 1993
Seville , Spain
High jump
2.08 m
Kajsa Bergqvist
Sweden
4 February 2006
Hochsprung mit Musik
Arnstadt , Germany
Pole vault
5.01 m
Yelena Isinbayeva
Russia
23 February 2012
XL Galan
Stockholm , Sweden
[ 44] [ 45]
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
[ 46]
Shot put
22.50 m
Helena Fibingerová
Czechoslovakia
19 February 1977
Jablonec , Czechoslovakia
Pentathlon
5013 pts
Nataliya Dobrynska
Ukraine
9 March 2012
World Championships
Istanbul , Turkey
[ 47]
8.38 (60 m hurdles) , 1.84 m (high jump) , 16.51 m (shot put) , 6.57 m (long jump) , 2:11.15 (800 m)
3000 m walk
11:40.33
Claudia Stef
Romania
30 January 1999
Bucharest , Romania
11:35.34 # [ 48]
Gillian O'Sullivan
Ireland
15 February 2003
Belfast , Northern Ireland
4x200 m relay
1:32.41
Yekaterina Kondratyeva Irina Khabarova Yuliya Pechonkina Yuliya Gushchina
Russia
29 January 2005
Aviva International Match
Glasgow , United Kingdom
4x400 m relay
3:23.37
Yuliya Gushchina Olga Kotlyarova Olga Zaytseva Olesya Krasnomovets
Russia
28 January 2006
Aviva International Match
Glasgow , United Kingdom
4x800 m relay
8:06.24
Team MoscowAleksandra Bulanova Yekaterina Martynova Yelena Kofanova Anna Balakshina
Russia
18 February 2011
Russian Championships
Moscow , Russia
[ 49]
X = unratified due to no doping control
European best (outdoor) for non-standard events
Men
Women
Event
Record
Athlete
Nationality
Date
Meet
Place
Ref
Video
100 y
10.45+ (+1.5 m/s)
Yevgeniya Polyakova
Russia
27 May 2010
Golden Spike Ostrava
Ostrava , Czech Republic
[ 56]
150 m (straight)
16.63 (+0.2 m/s)
Anyika Onuora
Great Britain
25 May 2013
Manchester City Games
Manchester , United Kingdom
[ 57]
300 m
34.14+ (ht)
Marita Koch
East Germany
6 October 1985
World Cup
Canberra , Australia
[16]
500 m
1:05.9 [WB]
Tatana Kocembova
Czechoslovakia
2 August 1984
Ostrava , Czechoslovakia
200 m hurdles (bend)
24.8 (ht) (+0.4 m/s)
Yadisleidy Pedroso
Italy
6 April 2013
Caserta , Italy
[ 58]
25.82 (+1.7 m/s)
Patricia Girard
France
22 September 1999
Nantes , France
[ 59]
25.6 (ht) (-0,7 m/s)
23 August 2001
Nantes , France
[ 60]
200 m hurdles (straight)
25.05 (+1.0 m/s)
Meghan Beesley
Great Britain
17 May 2014
Manchester City Games
Manchester , United Kingdom
[ 61]
[17]
300 m hurdles
38.16
Zuzana Hejnová
Czech Republic
3 August 2013
Grand Prix of Cheb
Cheb , Czech Republic
[ 62]
2000 m steeplechase
6:03.38 [WB]
Wioletta Janowska
Poland
15 July 2006
Gdańsk , Poland
Decathlon
8358 pts [WB]
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)
3000 m walk (track)
11:48.24 [WB]
Ileana Salvador
Italy
29 August 1993
Padua , Italy
[ 63]
50 km walk (road)
4:10:59 [WB]
Monica Svensson
Sweden
21 October 2007
Scanzorosciate , Italy
European best (indoor) for non-standard events
Men
Event
Record
Athlete
Nationality
Date
Meet
Place
Ref
Video
150 m
15.53
Rytis Sakalauskas
Lithuania
11 February 2010
Botnia Games
Korsholm , Finland
[ 64] [ 65]
300 m
32.15
Pavel Maslák
Czech Republic
9 February 2014
Indoor Flanders Meeting
Ghent , Belgium
[ 66]
500 m
1:00.36
Pavel Maslák
Czech Republic
25 February 2014
Prague Indoor
Prague , Czech Republic
[ 67]
600 m
1:15.12 [WB]
Nico Motchebon
Germany
28 February 1999
Sindelfingen , Germany
[ 68]
Two miles
8:03.40
Mo Farah
Great Britain
21 February 2015
Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix
Birmingham , Great Britain
[ 69]
10000 m
28:12.4 (ht)
Emiel Puttemans
Belgium
22 February 1975
Pantin , France
300 m hurdles
36.18 OT
Niclas Akerström
Sweden
5 February 2011
Finland-Sweden-Norway Indoor Match
Tampere , Finland
[ 70]
[18]
400 m hurdles
50.21
Richard Yates
United Kingdom
19 February 2011
Aviva Indoor Grand Prix
Birmingham , United Kingdom
[ 71] [ 72]
[19]
2000 m steeplechase
5:21.56
Andrei Farnosov
Russia
14 February 2010
Indoor Flanders Meeting
Ghent , Belgium
[ 73] [ 74]
3000 m steeplechase
8:17.46 [WB]
Aleksandr Zagoruyko
Soviet Union
21 February 1982
Moscow , Soviet Union
[ 75]
Weight throw
23.07 m A
Nick Miller
Great Britain
14 March 2014
NCAA Division I Championships
Albuquerque , United States
[ 76]
Discus throw
69.51 m [WB]
Gerd Kanter
Estonia
22 March 2009
World Record Indoor Challenge
Växjö , Sweden
[ 77]
[20]
Javelin throw
65.10 m
Pontus Bjärkvik
Sweden
13 March 2011
World Indoor Throwing
Växjö , Sweden
[ 78]
Mile walk
5:34.45
Andreas Gustafson
Sweden
15 February 2014
Millrose Games
New York City , United States
[ 79]
3000 m walk
10:31.42 [WB]
Andreas Erm
Germany
4 February 2001
Halle , Germany
[ 80]
Two Miles walk
11:54.50 [WB]
Valdas Kazlauskas
Soviet Union
24 February 1990
Kaunas , Soviet Union
[ 81]
15000 m walk
1:00:03.9 [WB]
Valdas Kazlauskas
Soviet Union
24 January 1987
Kaunas , Soviet Union
[ 82]
Women
Event
Record
Athlete
Nationality
Date
Meet
Place
Ref
Video
100 m
11.15 [WB]
Marita Koch
East Germany
12 January 1980
East Berlin , East Germany
300 m
35.45 [WB]
Irina Privalova
Russia
17 January 1993
Moscow , Russia
600 m
1:23.44 [WB]
Olga Kotlyarova
Russia
1 February 2004
Russian Winter Meeting
Moscow , Russia
Two miles
9:19.39
Jéssica Augusto
Portugal
20 February 2010
AVIVA Indoor Grand Prix
Birmingham , United Kingdom
[ 83]
300 m hurdles
40.09 OT [WB]
Stine Tomb
Norway
5 February 2011
Finland-Sweden-Norway Indoor Match
Tampere , Finland
[ 84] [ 85]
[21]
400 m hurdles
56.66
Sara Slott Petersen
Denmark
18 February 2012
Meeting National
Val-de-Reuil , France
[ 86] [ 87]
2000 m steeplechase
6:05.29 [WB]
Mariya Bykova
Russia
22 January 2013
Central FD Regional Championships
Belgorod , Russia
[ 88] [ 89]
3000 m Steeplechase
9:07.00 [WB]
Tatyana Petrova
Russia
17 February 2006
Moscow , Russia
9:54.2 [WB] [ 90]
Marcela Lustigova
Czech Republic
11 February 2010
Botnia Games
Korsholm , Finland
[ 91] [ 92]
Weight throw
22.56 m
Ida Storm
Sweden
13 March 2015
NCAA Division I Championships
Fayetteville , United States
[ 93]
Discus throw
62.07 m [WB]
Shanice Craft
Germany
14 February 2015
ISTAF Indoor
Berlin , Germany
[ 94]
Javelin throw
57.75 m
Anna Wessman
Sweden
10 March 2012
World Indoor Throwing
Växjö , Sweden
[ 95]
Mile walk
6:16.72 [WB]
Sada Eidikytė
Soviet Union
24 February 1990
Kaunas , Soviet Union
[ 96]
Two miles walk
13:11.88 [WB]
Ileana Salvador
Italy
14 February 1990
Genoa , Italy
[ 97]
5000 m walk
20:10.3 [WB]
Vera Sokolova
Russia
30 December 2010
Mordovian Indoor Championships
Saransk , Russia
[ 98]
10000 m walk
43:54.63 [WB]
Yelena Ginko
Belarus
22 February 2008
Belarusian Championships
Mogilev , Belarus
4x100 m relay
44.39
Anne-Kathrin Elbe Anne Möllinger Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner
Germany
31 January 2010
BW-Bank Meeting
Karlsruhe , Germany
[ 99]
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