List of Lesotho records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Lesotho maintained by Lesotho Amateur Athletics Association (LAAA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification  Record not kept by LAAA  Not ratified or later rescinded by LAAA

+ = en route to a longer distance
A = affected by altitude

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 y	9.53+ (-0.5 m/s)	Mosito Lehata	26 May 2015	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[1]
100 m	10.11 (+1.4 m/s)	Mosito Lehata	12 April 2015	Meeting International	Réduit, Mauritius	[2]
	10.11 (+0.4 m/s)		5 June 2017	Josef Odložil Memorial	Prague, Czech Republic	[3]
200 m	20.36 (+0.5 m/s)	Mosito Lehata	31 July 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[4]
400 m	45.46	Henry Mohoanyane	18 March 1988		Bloemfontein, South Africa
800 m	1:50.85	Freddy Lenka	6 March 1982		Welkom, South Africa
1500 m	3:47.36	Moeketsi Mosuhli	24 March 2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	[5]
3000 m	8:02.27	Thabang Baholo	16 October 1990		Port Elizabeth, South Africa
5000 m	13:21.68	Namakoe Nkhasi	26 June 2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	[6]
10,000 m	28:06.33	Namakoe Nkhasi	22 June 2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	[7]
10 km (road)	28:28	Namakoe Nkhasi	18 September 2016		Cape Town, South Africa	[8]
15 km (road)	43:09	Thabang Baholo	2 November 1991		Cape Town, South Africa
20 km (road)	1:02:22	Simon Tsotang	14 October 2006		George, South Africa
Half marathon	1:02:41	Ernest Tjela	21 July 1990		Durban, South Africa	[9]
	1:01:14	Solomon Namanyane	23 July 1989		Durban, South Africa
25 km (road)	1:18:58	Sekeke Lesole	8 May 2010	Jackie Mekler 25 km Run	Pretoria, South Africa
Marathon	2:09:47	Motlokoa Clement Nkhabutlane	9 April 2017	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	[10]
110 m hurdles	15.1	Edwin Mashai	1 May 1971		Lebanon
400 m hurdles	54.70	Relebohile Mosito	4 March 2010	Yellow Pages Series III	Potchefstroom, South Africa	[11]
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	1.95 m	Potse Potse	5 April 1985		Mbabane, Swaziland
Pole vault
Long jump	6.53 m (+0.1 m/s)	Pule Rantseli	20 August 2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	[12]
Triple jump	13.56 m	Leoma Rebonejoang	30 May 2010	Southern Africa Region Junior Championships	Maputo, Mozambique	[13]
Shot put	11.82 m	Matete Matete	11 May 1987		Teyateyaneng, Lesotho
Discus throw	34.50 m	Alfred Mokoyana	21 June 1997		Durban, South Africa
Hammer throw
Javelin throw	52.00 m	Mefi Tsietso	14 December 2002		Teyateyaneng, Lesotho
Decathlon
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4×100 m relay	42.11	Lesotho M. Mosili R. Molise M. Mphou S. Thuso	15 September 1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa
4×400 m relay	3:15.67	Lesotho Isaac Seatile Motlatsi Maseela Makoekoe Mahanetsa Mpho Morobe	2 August 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	12.34	Lineo Florence Shoai	2 July 2005		Harare, Zimbabwe
200 m	24.73	Lineo Florence Shoai	15 June 2002		Molepolole, Botswana
400 m	56.69	Sekonyela Pulane	2 May 2001		Harare, Zimbabwe
800 m	2:05.04	Tsepang Sello	6 April 2019		Stellenbosch, South Africa
1500 m	4:17.31	Tsepang Sello	23 February 2018	HTS Louis Botha and Cell C Invitational	Bloemfontein, South Africa	[14]
3000 m	9:41.16	Matirinta Mota	5 May 2000		Bellville, South Africa
5000 m	17:02.1	Nthabiseng Maktoi	2002		Maseru, Lesotho
10000 m	36:00.2	Mamokete Lechela	March 2000		Maseru, Lesotho
10 km (road)	34:04	Mamorallo Tjoka	9 August 2005		Bellville, South Africa
Half marathon	1:14:11	Mamorallo Tjoka	1 July 2007		Durban, South Africa
Marathon	2:33:41	Neheng Khatala	23 September 2018		Cape Town, South Africa
100 m hurdles	14.84 [15]	Selloane Tsoaeli	10-11 April 2010	Meeting International de Maurice	Réduit, Mauritius	[16] [17]
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	1.78 m	Selloane Tsoaeli	5 September 2010	Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	[18]
			8 October 2010 [15]	Commonwealth Games	New Delhi, India	[19]
			10 October 2010	Commonwealth Games		[20]
Pole vault
Long jump	5.90 m [15]	Selloane Tsoaeli	19 June 2010		Havana, Cuba
Triple jump	13.57 m (+0.6 m/s)	Lerato Sechele	10 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[21]
Shot put	11.28 m [15]	Selloane Tsoaeli	18 June 2010		Havana, Cuba
Discus throw	26.50 m	Maki Thokoa	6 April 1990		Maseru, Lesotho
Hammer throw
Javelin throw	37.52 m [15]	Selloane Ts'oaeli	14 April 2012	African Combined Events Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	[22]
Heptathlon	5371 pts	Selloane Tsoaeli	10–11 April 2010	Meeting International de Maurice	Réduit, Mauritius	[16] [17]
	14.84 (100 m hurdles), 1.75 m (high jump), 10.95 m (shot put), 26.07 (200 m) / 5.70 m (long jump), 34.87 m (javelin), 2:15.82 (800 m)
20 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	48.9	Lesotho	24 July 1999		Harare, Zimbabwe
4 × 400 m relay	4:14.9	Lesotho	6 April 1990		Maseru, Lesotho

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m	7.00	Mosito Lehata	9 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[23]
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m	8:26.83	Tau Khotso	9 March 2001	World Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	[24]
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Heptathlon
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
5000 m walk
4×400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump	13.07 m	Lerato Sechele	7 January 2018	Indoor Zone Championship Meeting	Reims, France	[25]
Shot put
Pentathlon
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
3000 m walk
4×400 m relay

References

General

• World Athletics Statistic Handbook 2019: National Outdoor Records
• World Athletics Statistic Handbook 2018: National Indoor Records

Specific

1. "100y Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
2. "ATHLÉTISME : Mosito Lehata entrevoit un 9"99 au 100 m" (in French). lemauricien.com. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
3. "100m Results". memorial-odlozil.cz. 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
4. "200m Results". www.glasgow2014.com. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
5. "1500 Metres Heats Results". www.melbourne2006.com. 2006-03-24. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
6. "African Championships 2016 – Men's 5000m Results". CAA. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
7. "African Championships 2016 – Men's 10000m Results". CAA. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
8. "National Records - 10 kilometers Road". ARRS. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
9. "National Records Half Marathon". ARRS. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
10. "Paris Marathon 2017 Results" (PDF). IAAF. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
11. Mark Ouma (5 March 2010). "Oosthuizen, Robbeson, Van Zyl highlight Potchefstroom meet". www.africanathletics.org. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
12. "Long Jump Qualification Group B Results" (PDF). FISU. 20 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
13. "Southern Africa Region Junior Championships Complete Results". www.africanathletics.org. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
14. "1500m Results". jobaresults.co.za. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
15. record set during heptathlon competition
16. "Heptathlon Results". www.sportscouncil.com. 2010-04-10. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
17. "Meeting international de Maurice Complete Results". www.africathle.com. 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
18. "High Jump Results" (PDF). IAAF. 2010-09-05. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
19. "Heptathlon Results - High Jump". www.stats.cbc.ca. 8 October 2010. Archived from the original on 15 October 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
20. "High Jump Results". www.stats.cbc.ca. 10 October 2010. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
21. "Triple Jump Results" (PDF). gc2018.com. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
22. "African Combined Events Championships 2012 Complete Results". IAAF. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
23. "60 Metres Round 1 Results" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
24. "3000 Metres Heats Results". IAAF. 2001-03-09. Archived from the original on 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
25. "Reims (France), 27.1.2018". trackinsun.blogspot.com. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.