The following are the national records in athletics in Belarus maintained by Belarus Athletic Federation (BFLA).
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Event | Record | Athlete | Date | Meet | Place | Ref. |
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100 m | 10.27 (+0.9 m/s) | Sergey Kornelyuk | 28 May 1994 | Biała Podlaska, Poland | ||
150 m | 16.01 (−1.4 m/s) | Yahor Papou | 8 May 2016 | 26. Internationales Läufermeeting | Pliezhausen, Germany | [1] |
200 m | 20.63 (+1.7 m/s) | Aliaksandr Starovoitov | 11 June 1988 | Brothers Znamensky Memorial | Leningrad, Soviet Union | |
300 m | 34.36 | Aliaksandr Krasouski | 8 May 2016 | 26. Internationales Läufermeeting | Pliezhausen, Germany | [2] |
400 m | 45.43 | Aliaksandr Linnik | 20 June 2015 | European Team Championships – Super League | Cheboksary, Russia | [3] |
600 m | 1:19.26 | Piotr Khadasevich | 8 May 2016 | 26. Internationales Läufermeeting | Pliezhausen, Germany | [4] |
800 m | 1:44.43 | Anis Ananenka | 10 July 2013 | Gyulai Istvàn Memorial | Budapest, Hungary | [5] |
1500 m | 3:36.16 | Azat Rakipau | 6 August 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | |
3000 m | 7:46.3 h | Aleksandr Fedotkin | 24 June 1978 | Vilnius, Soviet Union | ||
5000 m | 13:17.66 | Aleksandr Fedotkin | 10 July 1979 | Budapest, Hungary | ||
10,000 m | 27:41.89 | Aleksandr Fedotkin | 4 September 1979 | Memorial Van Damme | Brussels, Belgium | |
10 km (road) | 28:35 | Zdzislav Gapeyenko | 22 April 2001 | Poznań, Poland | ||
15 km (road) | 44:07 | Alexandre Bourtsjev | 30 April 1995 | La Courneuve, France | ||
20 km (road) | 1:01:24 | Azat Rakipau | 6 March 2005 | Newark, United States | ||
Half marathon | 1:02:32 | Viktor Mosgovoy | 4 October 1992 | Breda, Netherlands | ||
25 km (road) | 1:17:55 | Vladimir Kotov | 7 May 1995 | Berlin 25K | Berlin, Germany | |
Marathon | 2:10:58 | Vladimir Kotov | 24 May 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union | ||
110 m hurdles | 13.41 | Viktor Myasnikov | 4 June 1980 | Leningrad, Soviet Union | [nb 1] | |
13.46 (+1.9 m/s) | Maksim Lynsha | 27 July 2008 | Minsk, Belarus | |||
13.46 (+0.6 m/s) | 20 August 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | [6] | ||
400 m hurdles | 47.92 | Aleksandr Vasilyev | 17 August 1985 | Moscow, Soviet Union | ||
3000 m steeplechase | 8:25.2 | Aleksandr Vorobey | 6 July 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union | ||
High jump | 2.37 m | Maksim Nedasekau | 6 July 2021 | Gyulai István Memorial | Székesfehérvár, Hungary | [7] |
2.37 m | Maksim Nedasekau | 1 August 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | [8] | |
Pole vault | 6.00 m | Dmitri Markov | 20 February 1998 | North Shore City, New Zealand | ||
Long jump | 8.33 m (+0.4 m/s) | Aliaksandar Hlavatski | 7 August 1996 | Sestriere, Italy | ||
Triple jump | 17.77 m (+1.0 m/s) | Aleksandr Kovalenko | 18 July 1987 | Bryansk, Soviet Union | ||
Shot put | 22.09 m | Sergey Kasnauskas | 13 August 1984 | Minsk, Soviet Union | ||
22.10 m X | Andrei Mikhnevich | 11 August 2011 | Minsk, Belarus | [9] | ||
Discus throw | 69.44 m | Georgiy Kolnootchenko | 3 July 1982 | Indianapolis, United States | ||
Hammer throw | 84.90 m | Vadim Devyatovskiy | 21 July 2005 | Staiki, Belarus | ||
84.92 m [10] | Vadim Devyatoviski | 21 July 2005 | Minsk, Belarus | |||
86.73 m X | Ivan Tsikhan | 2 July 2005 | Brest, Belarus | |||
Javelin throw | 87.53 m | Aliaksei Katkavets | 8 February 2022 | Belarus Winter Throwing Championships | Minsk, Belarus | [11] |
Decathlon | 8735 pts | Eduard Hämäläinen | 28–29 May 1994 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | |
10.50 (+2.1 m/s)(100 m), 7.26 m (+1.0 m/s)(long jump), 16.05 m (shot put), 2.11 m (high jump), 47.63 (400 m) / 13.82 (−3.0 m/s)(110 m hurdles), 49.70 m (discus), 4.90 m (pole vault), 60.32 m (javelin), 4:35.09 (1500 m) | ||||||
3000 m walk (track) | 11:08.5 h | Frants Kostyukevich | 30 August 1985 | Banská Bystrica, Slovakia | ||
5000 m walk (track) | 20:25.18 | Nikita Koliada | 7 May 2017 | |||
18:31.76 | Frants Kostyukevich | 7 February 1993 | Villeneuve d'Ascq, France | |||
5 km walk (road) | 20:40.5 | Nikolai Seredovitch | 2 July 2000 | Gomel, Belarus | ||
10 km walk (road) | 38:59.6 | Nikolai Iljitsch Matveev | 20 May 1980 | Minsk, Soviet Union | ||
20 km walk (road) | 1:18:12 | Artur Meliashkevich | 10 March 2001 | Brest, Belarus | ||
50 km walk (road) | 3:37:36 | Yevgeniy Ivchenko | 23 May 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union | [nb 2] | |
3:40:02 | Aleksandr Potashov | 27 May 1990 | Moscow, Soviet Union | [nb 2] | ||
4 × 100 m relay | 39.44 | Byelorussian SSR Andrei Cherkashin Aleksandr Starovoitov Leonid Safronnikov Aleksandr Knysh | 13 July 1991 | Kyiv, Soviet Union | ||
4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.78 | Belarus Mikhail Ratnikov Leonid Vershinin Sergei Kozlov Aleksandr Yelistratov | 20 June 2004 | European Cup, First League, Group A | Plovdiv, Plovdiv | |
4 × 800 m relay | 7:11.1a | Byelorussian SSR Starovoitov Troshchilo Podolyakov Kirov | 25 July 1979 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
Event | Record | Athlete | Date | Meet | Place | Ref. |
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100 m | 10.92 (+0.1 m/s) | Yulia Nestsiarenka | 21 August 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | [12] |
150 m | 17.57 (±0.0 m/s) | Krystsina Tsimanouskaya | 8 May 2016 | 26. Internationales Läufermeeting | Pliezhausen, Germany | [13] |
200 m | 22.68 (+0.3 m/s) | Natalya Safronnikova | 24 June 2001 | Bremen, Germany | ||
400 m | 50.31 | Ilona Usovich | 27 August 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | [14] |
600 m | 1:27.05 | Marina Arzamasova | 27 August 2017 | ISTAF Berlin | Berlin, Germany | [15] |
800 m | 1:56.1 h | Ravilya Agletdinova | 21 August 1982 | Podolsk, Soviet Union | [nb 3] | |
1:56.24 | Ravilya Agletdinova-Kotovich | 1 August 1985 | Leningrad, Soviet Union | [nb 3] | ||
1000 m | 2:36.56 | Natalya Dukhnova | 6 June 1993 | |||
1500 m | 3:58.4 h | Ravilya Agletdinova-Kotovich | 18 August 1985 | Moscow, Soviet Union | ||
Mile | 4:30.86 | Darya Barysevich | 6 September 2016 | Palio Città della Quercia | Rovereto, Italy | [16] |
3000 m | 8:32.89 | Alesya Turava | 6 July 2001 | Meeting Areva | Saint-Denis, France | |
5000 m | 14:47.75 | Volha Kravtsova | 13 August 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | [17] |
5 km (road) | 15:25 | Volha Kravtsova | 27 August 2006 | Binghamton, United States | [18] | |
10,000 m | 31:42.02 | Yekaterina Khramenkova | 2 August 1988 | Kyiv, Soviet Union | ||
10 km (road) | 32:23 | Yekaterina Khramenkova | 24 June 1989 | New York City, United States | ||
15 km (road) | 49:21 | Alena Mazouka | September 1996 | Piła, Poland | ||
One hour | 16679 m | Alla Doudayeva | 8 August 1998 | Borgholzhausen, Germany | ||
20 km (road) | 1:07:32+ | Volha Mazuronak | 24 March 2018 | World Half Marathon Championships | Valencia, Spain | [19] |
Half marathon | 1:10:57 Wo | Volha Mazuronak | 24 March 2018 | World Half Marathon Championships | Valencia, Spain | [20] |
25 km (road) | ||||||
1:24:44+ X | Aleksandra Duliba | 13 October 2013 | Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | [21] | |
30 km (road) | ||||||
1:41:44+ X | Aleksandra Duliba | 13 October 2013 | Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | [22] | |
Marathon | 2:23:54 | Volha Mazuronak | 24 April 2016 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | |
2:23:44 X | Aleksandra Duliba | 13 October 2013 | Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | ||
2:21:29 X | 21 April 2014 | Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | |||
2:23:06 X | 23 January 2015 | Dubai Marathon | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | [23] | ||
100 m hurdles | 12.41 (+0.5 m/s) | Alina Talay | 31 May 2018 | Liese Prokop Memorial | St. Pölten, Austria | [24] |
400 m hurdles | 53.11 | Tatyana Ledovskaya | 29 August 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | |
2000 m steeplechase | 6:39.07 | Valentina Michailowna Sertukova | 23 July 1989 | Gorky, Soviet Union | ||
3000 m steeplechase | 9:16.51 | Alesya Turova | 27 July 2002 | Gdańsk, Poland | ||
High jump | 2.00 m | Tatyana Shevchik | 14 May 1993 | Gomel, Belarus | ||
Karyna Taranda | 5 July 2019 [a] | Athletissima | Lausanne, Switzerland | [25] | ||
Pole vault | 4.72 m | Iryna Zhuk | 2 August 2020 | Belarusian Championships | Minsk, Belarus | [26] |
Long jump | 7.39 m (+0.5 m/s) | Yelena Belevskaya | 18 July 1987 | Bryansk, Soviet Union | ||
Triple jump | 14.76 m | Ksenyia Dzetsuk | 26 May 2012 | Brest, Belarus | ||
Shot put | 21.09 m | Nadezhda Ostapchuk | 21 July 2005 | Minsk, Belarus | ||
21.58 m | Nadezhda Ostapchuk | 18 July 2012 | International Competitions in Memory of Belarusian Athletes | Minsk, Belarus | [27] | |
Discus throw | 71.58 m | Ellina Zvereva | 12 June 1988 | Leningrad, Soviet Union | ||
Hammer throw | 77.32 m | Aksana Miankova | 29 June 2008 | Minsk, Belarus | ||
78.69 m | Aksana Miankova | 18 July 2012 | International Competitions in Memory of Belarusian Athletes | Minsk, Belarus | [28] | |
Javelin throw | 67.47 m | Tatsiana Khaladovich | 7 June 2018 | Bislett Games | Oslo, Norway | [29] |
71.40 m (Old design) | Natalya Schikolenko | 5 June 1994 | Seville, Spain | |||
Heptathlon | 6635 pts | Svetlana Buraga | 16–17 August 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | |
12.95 (+0.1 m/s)(100 m hurdles), 1.84 m (high jump), 14.55 m (shot put), 23.69 (±0.0 m/s)(200 m) / 6.58 m (−0.2 m/s)(long jump), 41.04 m (javelin), 2:13.65 (800 m) | ||||||
5000 m walk (track) | 22:45.47 | Anna Subkova | 4 July 2018 | |||
5 km walk (road) | 20:29.00 | Valentina Tsybulskaya | 13 September 2003 | Hildesheim, Germany | ||
10 km walk (road) | 41:56 | Larisa Smelnitskaja | 10 May 1997 | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | ||
41:29 | Larisa Khmelnitskaya | 4 June 1995 | Izhevsk, Russia | [30] | ||
20 km walk (road) | 1:26:11 | Ryta Turava | 15 April 2006 | Nesvizh, Belarus | ||
50 km walk (road) | 4:12:16 | Yelena Ginko | 17 October 2004 | Scanzorosciate, Italy | ||
4 × 100 m relay | 42.56 | Belarus Yulia Nestsiarenka Natalya Sologub Alena Nevmerzhitskaya Oksana Dragun | 13 August 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | [31] |
4 × 200 m relay | 1:35.6 h | Ljudmila Jukovets Galina Alekseyuk Yanna Yurkova Natalya Demidova | 27 July 1979 | Moscow, Soviet Union | ||
4 × 400 m relay | 3:21.88 | Belarus Anna Kozak Iryna Khlyusova Ilona Usovich Sviatlana Usovich | 2 September 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | |
3:21.85 X [b] | Belarus Y. Yuschanka Iryna Khliustava Ilona Usovich Sviatlana Usovich | 23 August 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | [32] | |
4 × 800 m relay | 8:03.85 | Oksana Mernikova Tatjana Yrebenchuk Natalya Duchnova Rafilya Agletdinova | 27 July 1979 | Portsmouth, United Kingdom |
Event | Record | Athlete | Date | Meet | Place | Ref. |
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4 × 400 m relay | 3:16.65 | Belarus Raman Volodzkin Yuliya Bliznets Hanna Mikhailova Aliaksandr Vasileuskiy | 13 June 2021 | International Sprint & Relay Cup | Erzurum, Turkey | [33] |
Event | Record | Athlete | Date | Meet | Place | Ref. |
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60 m | 6.60 | Maksim Lynsha | 15 February 2008 | Mogilev, Belarus | ||
100 m | 10.78 | Igor Burrel | 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union | ||
150 m | 16.44 | Aliaksandr Linnik | 23 December 2009 | Minsk, Belarus | ||
200 m | 21.14 | Aliaksandr Linnik | 11 February 2012 | Tyson Invitational | Fayetteville, United States | [34] |
21 February 2015 | Belarusian Championships | Mogilev, Belarus | [35] | |||
20.8 h | Sergey Konchits | 5 February 1984 | Minsk, Soviet Union | |||
300 m | 33.69 | Alexander Dmitrievich Troshchiev | 20 February 1986 | Leningrad, Soviet Union | ||
400 m | 46.78 | Aliaksandr Linnik | 6 March 2015 | European Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | [36] |
500 m | 1:03.6 | Andrey Sudnik | 1988 | Minsk, Soviet Union | ||
600 m | 1:16.76 | Ivan Komar | 24 January 1998 | |||
800 m | 1:45.9 | Andrey Sudnik | 17 February 1991 | Moscow, Soviet Union | ||
1000 m | 2:19.27 | Ivan Komar | 3 February 1999 | Erfurt, Germany | ||
1500 m | 3:38.47 | Ilya Karnavukhau | 3 February 2022 | Czech Indoor Gala | Ostrava, Czech Republic | [37] |
Mile | 4:02.72 | Azat Rakipov | 2 July 1992 | Moscow, Russia | ||
2000 m | 5:08.12 | Sergey Platonov | 21 January 2011 | Belarusian Open Championships | Mogilev, Belarus | [38] |
3000 m | 7:45.50 [39] | Aleksandr Fedotkin | 25 February 1979 | European Championships | Vienna, Austria | |
5000 m | 13:37.19 | Aleksandr Fedotkin | 3 October 1983 | Milan, Italy | ||
50 m hurdles | 6.61 | Viktor Mjasnikov | 3 February 1974 | East Berlin, East Germany | ||
60 m hurdles | 7.50 | Maksim Lynsha | 17 January 2013 | Minskaya Zima | Minsk, Belarus | [40] |
110 m hurdles | 13.75 | Viktor Mjasnikov | 17 February 1980 | Soviet Union Championships | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
2000 m steeplechase | 5:26.17 | Sergey Bagdassarjan | 1985 | Leningrad, Soviet Union | ||
3000 m steeplechase | 8:23.76 | Nikolai Karpovitch Fjodorovitch | 10 February 1991 | Soviet Union Championships | Volgograd, Soviet Union | |
High jump | 2.37 m | Maksim Nedasekau | 7 March 2021 | European Championships | Toruń, Poland | [41] |
Pole vault | 5.85 m | Dmitriy Markov | 9 March 1996 | European Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | |
Long jump | 8.10 m | Aleksandr Glavatskiy | 15 January 1994 | Gomel, Belarus | ||
Triple jump | 17.39 m | Aleksandr Leonov | 12 February 1988 | Volgograd, Soviet Union | ||
Shot put | 21.46 m | Sergey Kasnauskas | 17 February 1984 | Moscow, Soviet Union | ||
21.81 m | Andrei Mikhnevich | 12 February 2010 | Belarus Championships | Mogilev, Belarus | [42] | |
Heptathlon | 6303 pts | Andrei Krauchanka | 7–8 March 2014 | World Championships | Sopot, Poland | [43] |
7.12 (60 m), 7.46 m (long jump), 15.42 m (shot put), 2.21 m (high jump) / 8.10 (60 m hurdles), 5.00 m (pole vault), 2:41.88 (1000 m) | ||||||
5000 m walk | 18:23.88 | Frants Kostyukevich | 9 February 1991 | Soviet Union Championships | Volgograd, Soviet Union | |
18:16.54 | 4 February 1989 | Gomel, Soviet Union | ||||
10,000 m walk | 38:52.4 | Artur Meleshkevich | 2 February 2001 | Belarus Open Championships | Minsk, Belarus | |
4 × 200 m relay | 1:28.29 | Belarus Yuri Rodionov Yuri Gomanov Aliaksandr Potienko Nikita Jakowlew | 13 January 2007 | Spała, Poland | ||
4 × 400 m relay | 3:12.69 | Vitebsk Region Team Dzmitry Poluyan Mikita Yakovlev Andrey Syritsa Andrey Katershal | 12 February 2011 | Belarus Championships | Mogilev, Belarus | [44] |
Event | Record | Athlete | Date | Meet | Place | Ref. |
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50 m | 6.26+ | Yuilia Balikana | 14 February 2012 | Meeting Pas de Calais | Liévin, France | [45] |
60 m | 7.04 [46] | Natalya Safronnikova | 21 February 2001 | Minsk, Belarus | ||
100 m | 11.34 | Natalya Safronnikova | 12 February 2001 | Tampere, Finland | ||
150 m | 17.88 | Elena Kievich | 24 December 2008 | Minsk, Belarus | ||
200 m | 22.91 | Natalya Safronnikova | 14 March 2003 | World Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | [47] |
300 m | 37.40 | Anna Kozak | 2 February 2008 | Mogilev, Belarus | ||
400 m | 50.55 | Svetlana Usovich | 5 March 2005 | European Championships | Madrid, Spain | |
500 m | 1:11.4 h | Tamara Kupriyanovich | 24 January 1988 | Vilnius, Soviet Union | ||
600 m | 1:25.91 | Ilona Usovich | 2 February 2008 | Mogilev, Belarus | ||
800 m | 1:59.31 | Natalya Dukhnova | 9 March 1997 | World Championships | Paris, France | |
1000 m | 2:35.89 | Natalya Dukhnova | 10 February 1996 | AVIVA Indoor Grand Prix | Birmingham, United Kingdom | |
1500 m | 4:04.42 | Alesya Turova | 12 February 2004 | GE Galan | Stockholm, Sweden | |
Mile | 4:33.88 | Alesya Turova | 4 February 2002 | Meeting Pas de Calais | Liévin, France | |
2000 m | 5:43.99 | Ravil Aftahovna Agletdinova | 12 February 1983 | Moscow, Soviet Union | ||
3000 m | 8:48.02 | Svetlana Kudelich | 7 March 2015 | European Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | [48] |
5000 m | 15:48.17 | Alena Mazouka | 2 February 1995 | Belarusian Championships | Minsk, Belarus | |
50 m hurdles | 6.89 | Alina Talay | 23 December 2011 | Minsk, Belarus | ||
60 m hurdles | 7.85 | Alina Talay | 6 March 2015 | European Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | [49] |
7.6 h | Lidiya Yurkova | 24 February 1990 | Minsk, Soviet Union | |||
11 January 1992 | Luhansk, Ukraine | |||||
100 m hurdles | 13.3 | Lidiya Yurkova | 1988 | |||
400 m hurdles | 1:02.80 | Anastasia Buldakova | 18 February 2012 | Meeting National | Val-de-Reuil, France | [50] |
2000 m steeplechase | 6:23.29 | Sviatlana Kudzelich | 21 February 2010 | Belarus University Games | Mogilev, Belarus | [51] |
3000 m steeplechase | 9:49.56 | Sviatlana Kudzelich | 12 February 2010 | Belarus Championships | Mogilev, Belarus | [52] |
High jump | 1.98 m | Tatyana Shevchik | 7 February 1993 | Sparkassen Cup | Stuttgart, Germany | |
Pole vault | 4.80 m | Iryna Zhuk | 17 February 2022 | Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais | Liévin, France | [53] |
Long jump | 7.01 m | Yelena Belevskaya | 14 February 1987 | Moscow, Soviet Union | ||
Triple jump | 14.41 m | Natallia Safronava | 1 February 2001 | Samara, Russia | ||
14.48 m | Kseniya Dzetsuk | 27 January 2012 | Belarusian Cup | Gomel, Belarus | [54] | |
Shot put | 21.70 m [55] | Nadezhda Ostapchuk | 12 February 2010 | Belarusian Championships | Mogilev, Belarus | [56] |
Weight throw | 20.20 m | Alena Krechyk | 24 January 2014 | Jayhawk Classic | Lawrence, United States | [57] |
Pentathlon | 4850 pts | Natalya Sazanovich | 9 March 2001 | World Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | [58] |
8.25 (60 m hurdles), 1.80 m (high jump), 16.31 m (shot put), 6.69 m (long jump), 2:23.20 (800 m) | ||||||
3000 m walk | 11:54.62+ | Ryta Turava | 13 February 2005 | Minsk, Belarus | ||
12:04.46 | Leonarda Yukhnevich | 12 March 1994 | European Championships | Paris, France | ||
5000 m walk | 20:37.73 | Ryta Turava | 2 February 2001 | Belarusian Championships | Minsk, Belarus | |
20:37.77 [WB] | Ryta Turava | 13 February 2005 | Minsk, Belarus | |||
10,000 m walk | 43:54.63 [WB] | Yelena Ginko | 22 February 2008 | Belarusian Championships | Mogilev, Belarus | |
4 × 200 m relay | 1:39.94 | Katsiaryna Paplauskaya Hanna Tashpulatava Katsiaryna Tomchik Alena Kievich | 21 February 2010 | Belarus University Games | Mogilev, Belarus | [59] |
4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.83 | Belarus Yulianna Yuschanka Iryna Khliustava Sviatlana Usovich Ilona Usovich | 4 March 2007 | European Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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