List of Namibian records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Namibia maintained by Namibia 's national athletics federation, Athletics Namibia (AN).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification  Record not kept by AN  Not ratified or later rescinded by AN

+ = en route to a longer distance
h = hand timing
NWI = no wind information
A = affected by altitude
OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference)
a = aided road course

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	9.86 (−0.4 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks	3 July 1996	Athletissima	Lausanne, Switzerland
150 m (bend)	14.99+ (+0.3 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks	20 August 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	[1]
200 m	19.68 (+0.4 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks	1 August 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States
300 m	32.68	Gideon Ernst Narib	17 October 2020	Narib Golden Spikes GP 1	Windhoek, Namibia	[2]
400 m	45.80 A	Mahmad Bock	30 April 2022		Gaborone, Botswana
800 m	1:46.62	Daniel Nghipandulwa	10 April 2011	Yellow Pages South African Championships	Durban, South Africa	[3]
1500 m	3:45.35	Reinholdt Iita	5 June 1998		Kotka, Finland
3000 m	8:13.86	Ruben Indongo	9 June 2004		Saint-Maur, France
5000 m	13:46.91	Luketz Swartbooi	12 March 1994		Fullerton, United States
5 km (road)	14:04	Luketz Swartbooi	2 April 1995	Carlsbad 5000	Carlsbad, United States	[4]
10,000 m	28:38.2 h	Mynhardt Mbeumuna Kauanivi	9 April 2016		Swakopmund, Namibia
10 km (road)	27:51	Luketz Swartbooi	26 March 1994		Mobile, United States
15 km (road)	42:44	Luketz Swartbooi	26 February 1994		Tampa, United States
10 miles (road)	47:47	Luketz Swartbooi	8 April 1995	Trevira Twosome	New York City, United States	[5]
20 km (road)	59:05	Ruben Indongo	12 October 2008		Paris, France
Half marathon	1:01:10	Daniel Paulus	4 June 2022	Nelson Mandela Bay Half Marathon	Gqeberha, South Africa	[6]
Marathon	2:09:08 a dh	Luketz Swartbooi	18 April 1994	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States
	2:08:40	Daniel Paulus	2 April 2023	Daegu Marathon	Daegu, South Korea	[7]
110 m hurdles	14.12 NWI	Flip Bredenhann	19 November 1980		Sasolburg, South Africa
400 m hurdles	49.05	Willie Smith	16 March 2001		Roodepoort, South Africa
			5 April 2002		Germiston, South Africa
3000 m steeplechase	9:31.23	Frank Tuihaleni Kayele	19 June 1992		Windhoek, Namibia
High jump	2.18 m	Max Schäfer	16 April 1988		Bloemfontein, South Africa
Pole vault	4.84 m	Johan Mostert	25 February 1984		Windhoek, South West Africa
Long jump	8.24 m A (+0.4 m/s)	Stephan Louw	12 January 2008		Germiston, South Africa
	8.27 m A (+0.7 m/s)	Chenault Lionel Coetzee	15 April 2023	Namibian Championships	Windhoek, Namibia	[8]
Triple jump	16.78 m A (+0.8 m/s)	Roger Haitengi	13 February 2016	Nkwalu Invitational	Johannesburg, South Africa	[9]
Shot put	17.10 m	Derreck Wiggill	19 April 1969		Bloemfontein, South Africa
Discus throw	57.65 m	Ryan Williams	28 May 2022		Sasolburg, South Africa
Hammer throw	52.78 m	Walter Mostert	23 January 1982		Windhoek, South West Africa
Javelin throw	78.32 m A	Strydom van der Wath	9 May 2015	South African Open Championships	Potchefstroom, South Africa	[10]
Decathlon	6647 pts	Timon Dresselhaus	14–15 May 2021	Southland Conference Championships	Humble, United States	[11]
	100 m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400 m 110 m h (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500 m 11.36 (+0.7 m/s) 6.36 m (−1.2 m/s) 12.24 m 1.90 m 51.39 15.09 (+0.1 m/s) 40.09 m 4.00 m 41.24 m 5:05.30 [lower-alpha 1]
20 km walk (road)	1:42:05	Elvin Alberts	1 July 1995		Windhoek, Namibia
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	39.22	Namibia Even Tjiviju Hitjivirue Kaanjuka Dantago Gurirab Jesse Urikhob	15 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[12]
4 × 400 m relay	3:07.83 A	Namibia Thasiso Auchamub Warren Goreseb Ernst Narib Mahmad Bock	27 April 2019	International Meet	Gaborone, Botswana	[13]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.57 (+1.0 m/s)	Keshia Kalomo	30 January 2016		Kingston, Jamaica
100 m	10.97 A (+1.6 m/s)	Christine Mboma	30 April 2022	Gaborone International Meet	Gaborone, Botswana	[14]
200 m	21.78 (+0.6 m/s)	Christine Mboma	9 September 2021	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	[15]
300 m	34.60 A	Beatrice Masilingi	18 February 2023	Curro Simbine Classic Shoot Out	Pretoria, South Africa	[16]
400 m	49.22 A	Christine Mboma	17 April 2021	Namibian Championships	Windhoek, Namibia	[17]
	48.54 [lower-alpha 2]	Christine Mboma	30 June 2021	Irena Szewińska Memorial	Bydgoszcz, Poland	[18]
800 m	1:59.15	Agnes Samaria	29 July 2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom
1000 m	2:34.19	Agnes Samaria	30 August 2002	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[19]
1500 m	4:05.30	Agnes Samaria	29 July 2008	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco
Mile	4:25.01	Agnes Samaria	14 September 2007	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[20]
3000 m	9:21.58	Beata Naigambo	3 May 2005		Windhoek, Namibia
	9:20.34 [lower-alpha 3]	Beata Naigambo	14 January 2012	Bank Windhoek Grand Prix	Windhoek, Namibia	[21]
5000 m	15:14.23	Helalia Johannes	24 October 2019	Military World Games	Wuhan, China	[22]
5 km (road)	16:36+	Helalia Johannes	6 December 2020	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[23]
10,000 m	33:42.19	Elizabeth Mongudhi	25 July 1999		Windhoek, Namibia
10 km (road)	30:59	Helalia Johannes	23 June 2019	Spar Grand Prix Series 10K	Durban, South Africa	[24]
15 km (road)	49:14+	Helalia Johannes	6 December 2020	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[25]
20 km (road)	1:07:37+	Helalia Johannes	10 March 2019	Nagoya Women's Marathon	Nagoya, Japan	[26]
Half marathon	1:07:49	Helalia Johannes	4 June 2022	Nelson Mandela Bay Half Marathon	Gqeberha, South Africa	[27]
25 km (road)	1:21:48+	Helalia Johannes	6 December 2020	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[28]
30 km (road)	1:38:31+	Helalia Johannes	6 December 2020	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[29]
Marathon	2:19:52	Helalia Johannes	6 December 2020	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[30]
100 m hurdles	14.34 A (+1.2 m/s)	Steffi van Wyk	27 April 2012		Johannesburg, South Africa
	14.10 A NWI	Mercia Venter	18 March 2016	Varsity Athletics Meeting	Johannesburg, South Africa	[31]
400 m hurdles	58.68	Lilanne Klaasman	17 September 2015	All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[32]
3000 m steeplechase	11:17.84 A	Shiivomwene Shilongo	28 April 2012		Windhoek, Namibia
High jump	1.82 m A	Orla Venter	30 April 1993		Gaborone, Botswana
Pole vault	2.30 m A	Chenè de Wet	6 April 2013	Top 10 Club Championships	Windhoek, Namibia	[33]
Long jump	6.05 m A NWI	Ronel Moolman	9 April 1994		Windhoek, Namibia
Triple jump	12.11 m A NWI	Frieda Iithete	1 April 2022		Windhoek, Namibia
Shot put	15.24 m A	Tuane Silver	9 February 2022		Pretoria, South Africa
Discus throw	49.98 m	Charlene Engelbrecht	21 April 2014		Stellenbosch, South Africa
Hammer throw	38.57 m A	Karlien Botha	20/21 April 2018		Windhoek, Namibia
Javelin throw	49.41 m A	Daria Smith	1 June 2002		Windhoek, Namibia
Heptathlon	4844 pts	Corlia Kruger	24–25 April 2015	USSA Championships	Stellenbosch, South Africa	[34]
	14.81 (−0.2 m/s)(100 m hurdles), 1.67 m (high jump), 9.94 m (shot put), 26.49 (−0.9 m/s)(200 m) / 5.52 m (+1.5 m/s)(long jump), 31.87 m (javelin), 2:32.67 (800 m)
	5069 pts A [lower-alpha 4]	Santie Binneman	2–3 December 1983		Windhoek, South West Africa
	100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m
20 km walk (road)
35 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	43.76 A	Namibia Ndawana Haitembu Beatrice Masilingi Nandi Vass Christine Mboma	22 August 2021	World U20 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	[35]
4 × 400 m relay	3:40.21	Namibia Tjipekapora Herunga Globine Mayova Mberihonga Kandovasu Lilianne Klaasman	3 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[36]

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:41.83 A	M. Bock W. Goreseb N. Vass H. Fikunawa	12 March 2022		Windhoek, Namibia
	3:35.29	Namibia Ivan Geldenhuys Marry-Angel Khachas Mervin Appolus Mudi-Inosensia Haingura	29 April 2023	Botswana Golden Grand Prix	Gaborone, Botswana	[37]
	3:30.00	Namibia	19 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[38]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	5.71	Frankie Fredericks	29 January 1995		Grenoble, France	[39]
55 m	6.13 A	Frankie Fredericks	30 January 1993		Provo, United States	[40]
60 m	6.51	Frankie Fredericks	12 March 1993	World Championships	Toronto, Canada
100 m	10.05	Frankie Fredericks	12 February 1996		Tampere, Finland
200 m	19.92	Frankie Fredericks	18 February 1996	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
300 m	32.36	Frankie Fredericks	28 February 2003		Karlsruhe, Germany
400 m	47.35	Dasheek Akwenye	16 February 2008		Nampa, United States
800 m	1:51.27 A	Mao Tjiroze	2 February 2002		Pocatello, United States
1000 m	3:01.28 [lower-alpha 5]	Timon Dresselhaus	25 February 2020		Birmingham, United States	[ citation needed ]
1500 m
3000 m	8:24.59 A	Luketz Swartbooi	10 February 1995		Pocatello, United States
55 m hurdles		Timon Dresselhaus	13 December 2020	ASU Kickoff Klassic	Jonesboro, United States	[41]
60 m hurdles	8.45	Timon Dresselhaus	18 January 2020	Samford Indoor Clash	Birmingham, United States	[42]
			16 January 2021	Arkansas Invitational	Fayetteville, United States	[43]
	8.36	Timon Dresselhaus	11 February 2022	7th Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic	Pittsburgh, United States	[44]
High jump	2.08 m	Johannes Blaauw	27 January 2018		Ancona, Italy
Pole vault	4.20 m [lower-alpha 6]	Timon Dresselhaus	1 March 2021	Southland Conference Championships	Birmingham, United States	[45]
Long jump	7.88 m	Stephan Louw	27 February 2004		Chemnitz, Germany
Triple jump
Shot put	13.19 m [lower-alpha 7]	Timon Dresselhaus	24 February 2019	Southland Conference Championships	Birmingham, United States	[46]
Heptathlon	4980 pts	Timon Dresselhaus	24–25 February 2019	Southland Conference Championships	Birmingham, United States	[47]
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 7.21 6.51 m 13.19 m 1.85 m 8.65 4.10 m 3:01.28
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.46	Jolene Jacobs	9 February 2020	Midland Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[48]
200 m	26.77	L. van Rensburg	27 February 1999		Birmingham, United Kingdom
	25.71 OT	Danica van Wyk	4 February 2006		Lubbock, United States
400 m	55.40	Tjipekapora Herunga	12 March 2010	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[49]
800 m	1:59.91	Agnes Samaria	15 February 2005		Stockholm, Sweden
1000 m	2:36.99	Agnes Samaria	18 February 2005	Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[50]
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles	9.41 [lower-alpha 8]	Natalie Louw	28 February 2021		Birmingham, United States
High jump	1.65 m [lower-alpha 9]	Natalie Louw	28 February 2021		Birmingham, United States
Pole vault
Long jump	5.41 m [lower-alpha 10]	Natalie Louw	28 February 2021		Birmingham, United States
Triple jump	10.61 m	Angelicque Rall	12 March 2004	World Masters Championships	Sindelfingen, Germany
Shot put	11.76 m [lower-alpha 11]	Natalie Louw	28 February 2021		Birmingham, United States
Pentathlon	3339 pts	Natalie Louw	28 February 2021		Birmingham, United States
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 9.41 1.65m 11.76m 5.41m 2:56.46
3000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Notes

1. by result source; 5:05.36 by World Athletics source
2. irregular
3. not ratified by Athletics Namibia, but recognised by World Athletics
4. no details available for a conversion from 1971 tables to 1984 tables
5. record set during heptathlon competition
6. record set during heptathlon competition
7. record set during heptathlon competition
8. record set during pentathlon competition
9. record set during pentathlon competition
10. record set during pentathlon competition
11. record set during pentathlon competition

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• World Athletics Statistic Handbook 2022: National Outdoor Records
• World Athletics Statistic Handbook 2022: National Indoor Records

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External links

• Athletics Namibia website