List of European records in athletics

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

Key:  Pending ratification  Record not kept by European Athletics  Not ratified or later rescinded by European Athletics

+ = en route to longer distance
h = hand timing
A = affected by altitude
Wo = women only race
# = not recognised by European Athletics or/and World Athletics
X = unratified due to no doping control
OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference)
a = aided road course according to World Athletics rule 31.21.3 (separation between start and finish points more than 50% of race distance or the decrease in elevation greater than one in a thousand)
est = estimate
WB = world best

Outdoor

Men

Jakob Ingebrigtsen holds the two mile world best and 2000m world record, along with the 1,500m, mile and 3,000m European records.

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 the triple jump world record three times.

Marcell Jacobs set the European record in the 100 metres winning the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.	Video
100 m	9.80 (+0.1 m/s)	Marcell Jacobs	Italy	1 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[1]
150 m (straight)	14.66 (+0.3 m/s)	Zharnel Hughes	Great Britain	18 May 2024	Atlanta City Games	Atlanta, United States	[2]
200 m	19.72 A (+1.8 m/s)	Pietro Mennea	Italy	12 September 1979	Universiade	Mexico City, Mexico
400 m	44.07	Matthew Hudson-Smith	Great Britain	30 May 2024	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway	[3]
	43.74	Matthew Hudson-Smith	Great Britain	20 July 2024	London Athletics Meet	London, United Kingdom	[4]
	43.44	Matthew Hudson-Smith	Great Britain	7 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[5]
800 m	1:41.11	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	24 August 1997	Weltklasse in Köln	Cologne, Germany
1000 m	2:12.18	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	11 July 1981	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
1500 m	3:26.73	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	12 July 2024	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[6]
Mile	3:43.73	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	16 September 2023	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[7]
Mile (road)
	3:56.41	Callum Elson	Great Britain	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	[8]
	3:51.3 h	Elliot Giles	Great Britain	1 September 2024	New Balance Kö Meile	Düsseldorf, Germany	[9]
2000 m	4:43.13	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	8 September 2023	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[10]
3000 m	7:17.55	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	25 August 2024	Kamila Skolimoswka Memorial	Chorzów, Poland	[11]
Two miles	7:54.10	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	9 June 2023	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	[12]
5000 m	12:45.01	Mohamed Katir	Spain	21 July 2023	Herculis	Monaco, Monaco	[13]
5 km (road)	13:12	Jimmy Gressier	France	12 February 2023	Monaco Run – 5 km Herculis	Monaco	[14]
		Dominic Lobalu	Switzerland	31 December 2023	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona, Spain	[15]
10,000 m	26:46.57	Mo Farah	Great Britain	3 June 2011	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[16]
10 km (road)	27:07	Jimmy Gressier	France	17 March 2024	10K Route de Lille	Lille, France	[17]
15 km (road)	41:56+	Julien Wanders	Switzerland	8 February 2019	RAK Half Marathon	Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	[18]
10 miles	45:57	Emile Cairess	Great Britain	4 March 2023	Podium Breaking 10 Barrowford	Barrowford, United Kingdom	[19]
20,000 m (track)	56:20.02+	Bashir Abdi	Belgium	4 September 2020	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[20]
20 km (road)	56:03+	Julien Wanders	Switzerland	8 February 2019	RAK Half Marathon	Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	[21]
Half marathon	59:13	Julien Wanders	Switzerland	8 February 2019	RAK Half Marathon	Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	[22]
	59:07 a	Mo Farah	Great Britain	8 September 2019	Great North Run	Newcastle upon Tyne-South Shields, United Kingdom	[23]
One hour	21330 m	Mo Farah	Great Britain	4 September 2020	Memorial van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[24]
25,000 m (track)	1:12:46.5 h	Sondre Nordstad Moen	Norway	11 June 2020	Bislett Impossible Games	Oslo, Norway	[25]
25 km (road)	1:13:25+	Bashir Abdi	Belgium	1 March 2020	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	[26]
30,000 m (track)	1:31:30.4 h	Jim Alder	Great Britain	5 September 1970		London, United Kingdom
30 km (road)	1:27:53 +	Bashir Abdi	Belgium	24 October 2021	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	[27]
Marathon	2:03:36	Bashir Abdi	Belgium	24 October 2021	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	[28]
50 km (track)	3:01:51+	Aleksandr Sorokin	Lithuania	23 April 2022	Centurion RC 100	Bedford, United Kingdom	[29]
50 km (road)	2:53:51	Aleksandr Sorokin	Lithuania	3 July 2022		Alytus, Lithuania	[30]
50 miles (track)	4:51:49	Don Ritchie	Great Britain	12 March 1983	Road Runners Club Track 50 Miles	London, United Kingdom	[31]
6 hours (track)	98.496 km+	Aleksandr Sorokin	Lithuania	23 April 2022	Centurion RC 100	Bedford, United Kingdom	[32]
100 km (track)	6:05:41	Aleksandr Sorokin	Lithuania	23 April 2022	Centurion RC 100	Bedford, United Kingdom	[32]
100 km (road)	6:05:35	Aleksandr Sorokin	Lithuania	14 May 2023	Nord Security World’s Fastest Run	Vilnius, Lithuania	[33]
150 km (track)	10:27:48+	Aleksandr Sorokin	Lithuania	24 April 2021	Centurion Running Track 100 Mile	Ashford, United Kingdom	[34]
100 miles (track)	11:14:56+	Aleksandr Sorokin	Lithuania	24 April 2021	Centurion Running Track 100 Mile	Ashford, United Kingdom	[34]
100 miles (road)	10:51:39+	Aleksandr Sorokin	Lithuania	6 January 2022	Spartanion Race	Tel Aviv, Israel	[35]
12 hours (track)	170.309 km	Aleksandr Sorokin	Lithuania	24 April 2021	Centurion Running Track 100 Mile	Ashford, United Kingdom	[34]
12 hours (road)	177.410 km	Aleksandr Sorokin	Lithuania	6 January 2022	Spartanion Race	Tel Aviv, Israel	[35]
24 hours (road)	319.614 km	Aleksandr Sorokin	Lithuania	18 September 2022	IAU 24 Hour European Championships	Verona, Italy	[36]
110 m hurdles	12.91 (+0.5 m/s)	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	20 August 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany
300 m hurdles	33.78	Karsten Warholm	Norway	11 June 2020	Impossible Games	Oslo, Norway	[37]
400 m hurdles	45.94	Karsten Warholm	Norway	3 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[38]
2000 m steeplechase	5:10.68 WB	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	France	30 June 2010	Alma Athlé Tour	Reims, France	[39]
3000 m steeplechase	8:00.09	Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad	France	6 July 2013	Meeting Areva	Saint-Denis, France	[40]
High jump	2.42 m	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden	30 June 1987	BAUHAUS-galan	Stockholm, Sweden
		Bohdan Bondarenko	Ukraine	14 June 2014	Adidas Grand Prix	New York City, United States	[41]
Pole vault	6.26 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	25 August 2024	Kamila Skolimoswka Memorial	Chorzów, Poland	[42]
Long jump	8.86 m A (+1.9 m/s)	Robert Emmiyan	Soviet Union	22 May 1987		Tsaghkadzor, Soviet Union
Triple jump	18.29 m (+1.3 m/s)	Jonathan Edwards	Great Britain	7 August 1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	[43]
Shot put	23.06 m	Ulf Timmermann	East Germany	22 May 1988		Chania, Greece
Discus throw	74.35 m	Mykolas Alekna	Lithuania	14 April 2024	Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational	Ramona, United States	[44] [45]
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
	104.80 m (Old design)	Uwe Hohn	East Germany	20 July 1984		Berlin, Germany
Decathlon	9126 pts	Kevin Mayer	France	15–16 September 2018	Décastar	Talence, France	[46]
	100 m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400 m 110 m h (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500 m 10.55 (+0.3 m/s) 7.80 m (+1.2 m/s) 16.00 m 2.05 m 48.42 13.75 (−1.1 m/s) 50.54 m 5.45 m 71.90 m 4:36.11
3000 m walk (track)	10:43.84	Tom Bosworth	Great Britain	21 July 2018	Diamond League	London, United Kingdom	[47]
5000 m walk (track)	19:00.73	Tom Bosworth	Great Britain	5 July 2015	British Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[48]
5 km walk (road)	18:21	Robert Korzeniowski	Poland	15 September 1990		Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
10,000 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	[49]
20,000 m walk (track)	1:18:35.2	Stefan Johansson	Sweden	15 May 1992		Bergen, Norway
20 km walk (road)	1:17:02	Yohann Diniz	France	8 March 2015	French Championships	Arles, France	[50]
	1:16:43 [a]	Sergey Morozov	Russia	8 June 2008		Saransk, Russia
2 hours walk (track)	29572 m +	Maurizio Damilano	Italy	3 October 1992		Cuneo, Italy
30,000 m walk (track)	2:01:44.1	Maurizio Damilano	Italy	3 October 1992		Cuneo, Italy
35 km walk (road)	2:23:14	Massimo Stano	Italy	24 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	[51]
	2:21:31 [b]	Vladimir Kanaykin	Russia	19 February 2006	Russian Winter Race Walking Championships	Adler, Russia
50,000 m walk (track)	3:35:27.20	Yohann Diniz	France	12 March 2011		Reims, France	[52]
50 km walk (road)	3:32:33	Yohann Diniz	France	15 August 2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	[53]
4 × 100 m relay	37.36	Adam Gemili Zharnel Hughes Richard Kilty Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Great Britain	5 October 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[54]
4 × 200 m relay	1:20.66	Christophe Lemaitre Yannick Fonsat Ben Bassaw Ken Romain	France	24 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[55]
4 × 400 m relay	2:56.60	Iwan Thomas Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson Roger Black	Great Britain	3 August 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States
	2:55.83	Alex Haydock-Wilson(44.60) Matthew Hudson-Smith(43.00) Lewis Davey(44.90) Charles Dobson (43.33)	Great Britain	10 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[56]
4 × 800 m relay	7:03.89	Peter Elliott Garry Cook Steve Cram Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	30 August 1982		London, United Kingdom
Distance medley relay	9:24.07	Mateusz Demczyszak (1200 m) Łukasz Krawczuk (400 m) Adam Kszczot (800 m) Marcin Lewandowski (1600 m)	Poland	3 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[57]
4 × 1500 m relay	14:38.8 h	Thomas Wessinghage Harald Hudak Michael Lederer Karl Fleschen	West Germany	17 August 1977		Cologne, West Germany
Marathon road relay (Ekiden)	2:02.34	Yuriy Abramov (13:47) Yevgeny Rybakov (28:29) Pavel Naumov (14:19) Dmitry Maksimov (29:47) Sergey Ivanov (14:30) Anatoly Rybakov (21:42)	Russia	23 November 2005	International Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan

Women

Only American, Ivorian and Jamaican sprinters have run faster than Christine Arron's 100 metres record.

Paula Radcliffe has two world records and three 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	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary
150 m (bend)	16.56 (+0.6 m/s)	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	8 September 2020	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[58]
200 m	21.63 (+0.2 m/s)	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	28 August 2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	[59]
400 m	47.60	Marita Koch	East Germany	6 October 1985	World Cup	Canberra, Australia
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	3:51.95	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	5 October 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[60]
Mile run	4:12.33	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	12 July 2019	Diamond League	Monaco, Monaco	[61]
Mile (road)
	4:34.12 Wo	Marta Pérez	Spain	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	[62]
	4:30.3 h Wo	Marissa Damink	Netherlands	1 September 2024	New Balance Kö Meile	Düsseldorf, Germany	[63]
2000 m	5:25.36	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	8 July 1994		Edinburgh, United Kingdom
3000 m	8:18.49	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	30 June 2019	Prefontaine Classic	Stanford, United States	[64]
Two miles	9:16.73	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	Germany	27 May 2022	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[65]
5000 m	14:13.42	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	23 July 2023	Anniversary Games	London, United Kingdom	[66]
5 km (road)	14:44 Wo	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	17 February 2019	5 km Herculis	Monaco	[67]
	14:41 Mx [c] [d]	Beth Potter	Great Britain	3 April 2021	Podium 5k Sub-15.30	Barrowford, United Kingdom	[68] [69]
10,000 m	29:06.82	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	6 June 2021	FBK Games	Hengelo, Netherlands	[70]
10 km (road)	30:21 Mx	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	23 February 2003		San Juan, Puerto Rico
	30:19 Wo	Eilish McColgan	Great Britain	22 May 2022	Great Manchester Run	Manchester, United Kingdom	[71]
	30:05 Mx	Lonah Chemtai Salpeter	Israel	1 September 2019	Tilburg 10 Miles	Tilburg, Netherlands	[72]
15 km (road)	46:25+ Wo	Melat Yisak Kejeta	Germany	17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	[73]
	46:09+ Mx	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	16 September 2018	Copenhagen Half Marathon	Copenhagen, Denmark	[74]
10 miles (road)	50:43	Eilish McColgan	Great Britain	17 October 2021	Great South Run	Portsmouth, United Kingdom
One hour	18930 m	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	4 September 2020	Memorial van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[24]
20,000 m (track)	1:06:55.5	Rosa Mota	Portugal	14 May 1983		Lisbon, Portugal
20 km (road)	1:02:04+ Wo	Melat Yisak Kejeta	Germany	17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	[75]
	1:01:56+ Mx	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	16 September 2018	Copenhagen Half Marathon	Copenhagen, Denmark	[76]
Half marathon	1:05:18 Wo	Melat Yisak Kejeta	Germany	17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	[77]
	1:05:15 Mx	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	16 September 2018	Copenhagen Half Marathon	Copenhagen, Denmark	[78]
25,000 m (track)	1:28:22.60	Helena Javornik	Slovenia	19 July 2006		Maribor, Slovenia
25 km (road)	1:18:06+ Mx	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	8 October 2023	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[79]
30,000 m (track)	1:47:05.6	Karolina Szabó	Hungary	22 April 1988		Budapest, Hungary
30 km (road)	1:34:00+ Mx	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	8 October 2023	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[80]
Marathon	2:13:44Mx	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	8 October 2023	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[81]
	2:17:42 Wo	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	17 April 2005	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[82]
50 km	3:07:20	Alyson Dixon	Great Britain	1 September 2019	50 km World Championships	Brasov, Romania	[83]
50 miles	5:55:41+	Valentina Liakhova	Russia	28 September 1996	100 km Track Trophy	Nantes, France	[84]
100 km (road)	7:04:03 Mx	Floriane Hot	France	27 August 2022	IAU 100 km World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[85]
100 miles (track)	14:25:45+	Edit Bérces	Hungary	21–22 September 2002	Verona 24 Hour	Verona, Italy	[86] [87]
12 hours (road)	153.600 km	Satu Lipiäinen	Finland	20 May 2023	Ultra run	Kokkola, Finland	[88]
24 hours (road)
24-hour run (road)	260.678 km	Małgorzata Pazda-Pozorska	Poland	29–30 August 2020	ABM Jędraszek Ultrapark Weekend	Pabianice, Poland	[89]
48 hours (road)	411.458 km	Joasia Zakrzewski	Great Britain	12 February 2023	Taipei 24-Hour	Taipei, Taiwan	[90] [91]
100 m hurdles	12.21 (+0.7 m/s)	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	20 August 1988		Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
200 m hurdles (bend)	24.8 h (+0.4 m/s)	Yadisleidy Pedroso	Italy	6 April 2013		Caserta, Italy	[92]
	25.82 (+1.7 m/s)	Patricia Girard	France	22 September 1999		Nantes, France	[93]
	25.6 h (−0.7 m/s)			23 August 2001		Nantes, France	[93]
200 m hurdles (straight)	25.05 (+1.0 m/s)	Meghan Beesley	Great Britain	17 May 2014	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	[94]
300 m hurdles	36.86	Femke Bol	Netherlands	31 May 2022	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[95]
400 m hurdles	51.45	Femke Bol	Netherlands	23 July 2023	Anniversary Games	London, United Kingdom	[96]
	50.95	Femke Bol	Netherlands	14 July 2024	Resisprint International	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	[97]
2000 m steeplechase	5:52.80	Gesa Felicitas Krause	Germany	1 September 2019	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin, Germany	[98]
3000 m steeplechase	8:58.81	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	Russia	17 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China
	8:58.67	Alice Finot	France	6 August 2024	Olympic Games	Saint-Denis, France	[99]
High jump	2.09 m	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria	30 August 1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy
	2.10 m	Yaroslava Mahuchikh	Ukraine	7 July 2024	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	[100]
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	Gothenburg, 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	82.98 m	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	28 August 2016	Skolimowska Memorial	Warsaw, Poland	[101]
Javelin throw	72.28 m (Current design)	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	13 September 2008	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	[102]
	80.00 m (old design)	Petra Felke	East Germany	9 September 1988		Potsdam, East Germany
Heptathlon	7032 pts	Carolina Klüft	Sweden	25–26 August 2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	[103]
	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	Eleonora Giorgi	Italy	18 May 2014	Italian Clubs League Meet	Misterbianco, Italy	[104]
5 km walk (road)	19:46	Kjersti Plätzer	Norway	27 August 2006	Internationaler Geher-Cup	Hildesheim, Germany
10,000 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
20,000 m walk (track)	1:26:52.3	Olimpiada Ivanova	Russia	6 September 2001		Brisbane, Australia
20 km walk (road)	1:25:02	Elena Lashmanova	Russia	11 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[105]
	1:23:39	Elena Lashmanova	Russia	9 June 2018	Russian Race Walking Championships	Cheboksary, Russia	[106]
	1:24:31	Elena Lashmanova	Russia	18 February 2019	Russian Winter Race Walking Championships	Sochi, Russia	[107]
	1:24:47	Elmira Alembekova	Russia	27 February 2015	Russian Race Walking Championships	Sochi, Russia	[108]
	1:24:50 X	Olimpiada Ivanova	Russia	4 March 2001		Adler, Russia
	1:24:56	Olga Kaniskina	Russia	28 February 2009		Adler, Russia
	1:24:58	Elena Lashmanova	Russia	25 June 2016	Russian Race Walking Championships	Cheboksary, Russia	[109]
35 km walk (road)	2:37:15	María Pérez	Spain	21 May 2023	European Race Walking Team Championships	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	[110]
50 km walk (road)	4:04:50	Eleonora Giorgi	Italy	19 May 2019	European Cup	Alytus, Lithuania	[111]
	3:57:08 # [e]	Klavdiya Afanasyeva	Russia	15 June 2019	Russian Race Walking Championships	Cheboksary, Russia	[112]
4 × 100 m relay	41.37	Silke Gladisch Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	East Germany	6 October 1985	World Cup	Canberra, Australia
4 × 200 m relay	1:28.15	Marlies Göhr Romy Schneider-Müller Bärbel Eckert-Wöckel Marita Koch	East Germany	9 August 1980		Jena, East Germany
4 × 400 m relay	3:15.17	Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina	Soviet Union	1 October 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea
4 × 800 m relay	7:50.17	Nadezhda Olizarenko Lyubov Gurina Lyudmila Borisova Irina Podyalovskaya	Soviet Union	5 August 1984		Moscow, Soviet Union
Distance medley relay	10:45.32	Katarzyna Broniatowska (1200 m) Monika Szczęsna (400 m) Angelika Cichocka (800 m) Sofia Ennaoui (1600 m)	Poland	2 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[113]
4 × 1500 m relay	17:19.09	Maria Lynch Elaine Fitzgerald Pauline Thom Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	24 June 2000		London, United Kingdom	[114]
Marathon road relay (Ekiden)	2:14:51	Liliya Shobukhova Inga Abitova Olesya Syreva Lidiya Grigoryeva Galina Bogomolova Mariya Konovalova	Russia	23 November 2006	International Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan	[115]

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.	Video
4 × 400 m relay	3:09.87	Kajetan Duszyński Natalia Kaczmarek Justyna Święty-Ersetic Karol Zalewski	Poland	31 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[116]
	3:07.43	Eugene Omalla Lieke Klaver Isaya Klein Ikkink Femke Bol	Netherlands	3 August 2024	Olympic Games	Saint-Denis, France	[117]
Shuttle hurdle relay	54.27	AK Sloboda, Varaždin Roko Farkaš Klara Koščak Janko Kišak Jana Koščak	Croatia	4 May 2024	Croatian Relay Championships	Zagreb, Croatia	[118]

Indoor

Men

Marcell Jacobs ran 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	Great Britain	16 February 2000		Madrid, Spain
60 m	6.41	Marcell Jacobs	Italy	19 March 2022	World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[119]
200 m	20.25	Linford Christie	Great Britain	19 February 1995	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
400 m	45.05	Thomas Schönlebe	East Germany	5 February 1988		Sindelfingen, West Germany
		Karsten Warholm	Norway	2 March 2019	European Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[120]
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	3:30.60	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	17 February 2022	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin, France	[121]
Mile	3:49.78	Eamonn Coghlan	Ireland	27 February 1983		East Rutherford, United States
	3:49.46	Neil Gourley	Great Britain	11 February 2023	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[122]
	3:48.87	Josh Kerr	Great Britain	27 February 2022	Boston University Last Chance Meet	Boston, United States	[123]
3000 m	7:24.68	Mohamed Katir	Spain	15 February 2023	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin, France	[124]
Two miles	8:00.67	Josh Kerr	Great Britain	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[125]
5000 m	12:57.08	Marc Scott	Great Britain	12 February 2022	BU David Hemery Valentine International	Boston, United States	[126]
50 m hurdles	6.36+	Ladji Doucouré	France	26 February 2005	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin, France
60 m hurdles	7.30	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	6 March 1994		Sindelfingen, Germany
High jump	2.42 m	Carlo Thränhardt	West Germany	26 February 1988		West Berlin, West Germany
	2.42 m X	Ivan Ukhov	Russia	25 February 2014	Prague Indoor	Prague, Czech Republic	[127]
Pole vault	6.22 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	25 February 2023	All Star Perche	Clermont-Ferrand, France	[128]
Long jump	8.71 m	Sebastian Bayer	Germany	8 March 2009	European Championships	Turin, Italy	[129]
Triple jump	17.92 m (2nd jump)	Teddy Tamgho	France	6 March 2011	European Championships	Paris, France	[130] [131]
	17.92 m (4th jump)
Shot put	22.55 m	Ulf Timmermann	East Germany	11 February 1989		Senftenberg, East Germany
Heptathlon	6479 pts	Kevin Mayer	France	4–5 March 2017	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[132]
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 6.95 7.54m 15.66m 2.10m 7.88 5.40m 2:41.08
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	Great Britain	3 March 1991		Glasgow, United Kingdom
4 × 400 m relay	3:01.77	Karol Zalewski Rafał Omelko Łukasz Krawczuk Jakub Krzewina	Poland	4 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[133]
4 × 800 m relay	7:17.8 h	Valeriy Taratynov Stanislav Meshcherskikh Aleksey Taranov Viktor Semyashkin	Soviet Union	14 March 1971		Sofia, Bulgaria
	7:15.77	Moskovskaya Region Roman 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	49.17	Femke Bol	Netherlands	2 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[134]
800 m	1:55.82	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	3 March 2002	European Championships	Vienna, Austria
1000 m	2:31.93	Laura Muir	Great Britain	18 February 2017	Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[135]
1500 m	3:57.91	Abeba Aregawi	Sweden	6 February 2014	XL Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	[136]
	3:57.71 X	Yelena Soboleva	Russia	9 March 2008	World Championships	Valencia, Spain	[137]
Mile	4:17.14	Doina Melinte	Romania	9 February 1990		East Rutherford, United States
3000 m	8:26.41	Laura Muir	Great Britain	4 February 2017	Weltklasse in Karlsruhe	Karlsruhe, Germany	[138]
Two miles	9:04.84	Laura Muir	Great Britain	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[139]
5000 m	14:30.79	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	Germany	27 February 2020	BU Last Chance Invitational	Boston, United States	[140]
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
	7.68 X [f]	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	[141] [142]
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	[143]
Shot put	22.50 m	Helena Fibingerová	Czechoslovakia	19 February 1977		Jablonec, Czechoslovakia
Pentathlon	5055 pts	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium	3 March 2023	European Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[144]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.23 1.92 m 15.54 m 6.59 m 2:13.60
Mile walk	6:16.72 WB	Sada Eidikytė	Soviet Union	24 February 1990		Kaunas, Soviet Union	[145]
3000 m walk	11:40.33	Claudia Stef	Romania	30 January 1999		Bucharest, Romania
	11:35.34 [g]	Gillian O'Sullivan	Ireland	15 February 2003		Belfast, United Kingdom
Two miles walk	13:11.88 WB	Ileana Salvador	Italy	14 February 1990		Genoa, Italy	[145]
5000 m walk	20:10.3 WB	Vera Sokolova	Russia	30 December 2010	Mordovian Championships	Saransk, Russia	[146]
10,000 m walk	43:54.63 WB	Yelena Ginko	Belarus	22 February 2008	Belarusian Championships	Mogilev, Belarus
4 × 200 m relay	1:32.41	Yekaterina Kondratyeva Irina Khabarova Yuliya Pechonkina Yuliya Gushchina	Russia	29 January 2005	Aviva International Match	Glasgow, United Kingdom
4 × 400 m relay	3:23.37	Yuliya Gushchina Olga Kotlyarova Olga Zaytseva Olesya Krasnomovets	Russia	28 January 2006	Aviva International Match	Glasgow, United Kingdom
4 × 800 m relay	8:06.24	Team Moscow Aleksandra Bulanova Yekaterina Martynova Yelena Kofanova Anna Balakshina	Russia	18 February 2011	Russian Championships	Moscow, Russia	[147]

European best (outdoor) for non-standard events

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 y	9.30 (+1.6 m/s)	Linford Christie	Great Britain	8 July 1994		Edinburgh, Great Britain	[148]
150 m (bend)	14.93+ (+0.3 m/s)	John Regis	Great Britain	20 August 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany
	14.8 h	Pietro Mennea	Italy	3 September 1979		Cassino, Italy
200 m (straight)	20.48 (−0.6 m/s)	Solomon Bockarie	Netherlands	4 September 2016	Urban Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[149]
300 m	31.56	Douglas Walker	Great Britain	19 July 1998		Gateshead, United Kingdom
500 m (track)	1:00.08	Donato Sabia	Italy	26 May 1984		Busto Arsizio, Italy	[150]
500 m (road)	57.91	Mark English	Ireland	10 September 2016	Great North CityGames	Newcastle, United Kingdom	[151]
600 m	1:13.21	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	5 June 2016	British Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[152]
200 m hurdles (bend)	22.55 WB	Laurent Ottoz	Italy	31 May 1995		Milan, Italy
	22.5 h	Martin Lauer	West Germany	7 July 1959		Zürich, Switzerland
100,000 m (track)	6:10:20	Don Ritchie	Great Britain	28 October 1978		London, United Kingdom
200 m hurdles (straight)	22.10 (+2.0 m/s) WB	Andy Turner	Great Britain	15 May 2011	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	[153]
1500 m walk (track)	5:12.0+ WB	Antanas Grigaliūnas	Lithuania	12 May 1990		Vilnius, Lithuania	[154]
Mile walk (track)	5:31.08 WB	Tom Bosworth	Great Britain	9 July 2017	London Grand Prix	London, United Kingdom	[155]
50-mile walk (road)	7:44:47.2 WB	Shaul Ladany	Israel	1972		New Jersey, United States	[156]
4 × mile relay	15:49.08	Eamonn Coghlan Ray Flynn Frank O'Mara Marcus O'Sullivan	Ireland	17 August 1985		Dublin, Ireland	[157]

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	[158]
150 m (straight)	16.57 (+1.1 m/s)	Desiree Henry	Great Britain	10 September 2016	Great North CityGames	Newcastle, United Kingdom	[151]
200 m (straight)	23.29 (+0.2 m/s)	Emily Freeman	Great Britain	16 May 2010	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	[159]
300 m	34.14+	Marita Koch	East Germany	6 October 1985	World Cup	Canberra, Australia
	35.46	Kathy Cook	Great Britain	18 August 1984		London, United Kingdom
500 m	1:05.9 WB	Tatana Kocembova	Czechoslovakia	2 August 1984		Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
600 m	1:23.78	Natalya Khrushchelyova	Russia	2 September 2003	Meeting de Liége	Naimette-Xhovémont, Belgium	[160]
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	[161]

European best (indoor) for non-standard events

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.	Video
55 m	6.13 A	Frank Emmelmann	East Germany	3 February 1984		Albuquerque, United States	[162]
150 m	15.53 OT	Rytis Sakalauskas	Lithuania	11 February 2010	Botnia Games	Korsholm, Finland	[163] [164]
300 m	32.15	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	9 February 2014	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium	[165]
500 m	1:00.36	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	25 February 2014	Prague Indoor	Prague, Czech Republic	[127]
600 m	1:15.12	Nico Motchebon	Germany	28 February 1999		Sindelfingen, Germany	[166]
2000 m	4:52.90	Sergio Sánchez	Spain	23 January 2010		Oviedo, Spain	[167]
10,000 m	28:12.4 (ht)	Emiel Puttemans	Belgium	22 February 1975		Pantin, France
55 m hurdles	7.01	Stéphane Caristan	France	27 February 1987	USA Championships	New York City, United States	[168]
300 m hurdles	34.26 OT [WB]	Karsten Warholm	Norway	10 February 2018	Avoimet Pirkanmaan	Tampere, Finland	[169]
400 m hurdles	50.21	Richard Yates	Great Britain	19 February 2011	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[170] [171]
2000 m steeplechase	5:21.56	Andrei Farnosov	Russia	14 February 2010	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium	[172] [173]
3000 m steeplechase	8:17.46 [WB]	Aleksandr Zagoruyko	Soviet Union	21 February 1982		Moscow, Soviet Union	[174]
Weight throw	25.68 m	Libor Charfreitag	Slovakia	5 March 2005		Sterling, United States
Discus throw	69.51 m [WB]	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	22 March 2009	World Record Indoor Challenge	Växjö, Sweden	[175]
Javelin throw	85.78 m (Current design)	Matti Närhi	Finland	3 March 1996		Kajaani, Finland	[176]
Mile walk	5:34.45	Andreas Gustafson	Sweden	15 February 2014	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[177]
3000 m walk	10:30.28 [WB]	Tom Bosworth	Great Britain	25 February 2018	Glasgow Grand Prix	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[178]
Two miles walk	11:54.50 [WB]	Valdas Kazlauskas	Soviet Union	24 February 1990		Kaunas, Soviet Union	[174]
15,000 m walk	1:00:03.9 [WB]	Valdas Kazlauskas	Soviet Union	24 January 1987		Kaunas, Soviet Union	[166]
20,000 m walk	1:20:40.0 OT [WB]	Ronald Weigel	East Germany	27 January 1980		Senftenberg, East Germany

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.	Video
55 m	6.62 [h]	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	28 February 1986		New York City, United States	[179]
100 y	10.67	Heather Hunte	Great Britain	17 February 1978		Senftenberg, East Germany	[180]
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
500 m	1:05.63 WB	Femke Bol	Netherlands	4 February 2023	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States	[181]
600 m	1:23.41 WB	Keely Hodgkinson	Great Britain	28 January 2023	Manchester World Indoor Tour	Manchester, United Kingdom	[182]
2000 m	5:30.53	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	8 March 1998		Sindelfingen, Germany	[183]
Marathon	2:42:30	Laura Manninen	Finland	25 March 2017	The Armory Indoor Marathon	New York City, United States	[184]
55 m hurdles	7.37	Cornelia Oschkenat	East Germany	27 February 1987	USA Championships	New York City, United States	[185]
300 m hurdles	40.09 OT WB	Stine Tomb	Norway	5 February 2011	Finland-Sweden-Norway Indoor Match	Tampere, Finland	[186] [187]
400 m hurdles	56.66	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark	18 February 2012	Meeting National	Val-de-Reuil, France	[188] [189]
2000 m steeplechase	5:47.79	Maruša Mišmaš	Slovenia	19 February 2020	Meeting Hauts de France Pas de Calais	Liévin, France	[190]
3000 m steeplechase	9:07.00 WB	Tatyana Petrova	Russia	17 February 2006		Moscow, Russia
	9:54.2 WB [i]	Marcela Lustigova	Czech Republic	11 February 2010	Botnia Games	Korsholm, Finland	[191] [192]
Weight throw	23.73 m	Ida Storm	Sweden	15 February 2017		Malmö, Sweden	[193]
Discus throw	65.23 m Mx WB	Shanice Craft	Germany	10 February 2023	ISTAF Indoor	Berlin, Germany	[194]
Javelin throw	57.75 m (Current design)	Anna Wessman	Sweden	10 March 2012	World Indoor Throwing	Växjö, Sweden	[195]
	64.68 m (Old design)	Mikaela Ingberg	Finland	5 March 1995		Kajaani, Finland
4 × 100 m relay	44.39	Anne-Kathrin Elbe Anne Möllinger Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner	Germany	31 January 2010	BW-Bank Meeting	Karlsruhe, Germany	[196]

See also

• Sport of athleticsportal

Notes

1. Not ratified because it did not fulfil the criteria of having the required three international judges present.
2. Only performances after 1 January 2022 can be accepted as official records by European Athletics in this distance.
3. Not ratified due to lack of doping control.
4. Not ratified due to lack of international judges.
5. Not ratified by World Athletics due to lack of international judges.
6. Athlete failed a doping test.
7. No international judges.
8. Converted from a time for the slightly shorter 60 yards by adding 0.01
9. This is the fastest indoor steeplechase with a water-jump.

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External links

• EAA web site
• World Athletics: European Records