List of Romanian records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Romania maintained by its national athletics federation: Federatia Romana de Atletism (FRA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification  Record not kept by FRA  Not ratified or later rescinded by FRA

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.21 (+0.2 m/s)	Daniel Cojocaru	17 June 1994		Bucharest, Romania
150 m (bend)	15.80 NWI	Marian Tanase	6 May 2023	Concurs National de Probe Neclasice	Târgu Jiu, Romania	[1]
200 m	20.70 (+1.0 m/s)	Florin Suciu	24 July 2005		Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
300 m	33.26	Mihai Dringo	3 June 2023	Trond Mohn Games	Bergen, Norway	[2]
	32.31	Mihai Dringo	9 August 2025	Mityng Ambasadorów Białostockiego Sportu	Białystok, Poland	[3]
400 m	45.27	Mihai Dringo	3 August 2023	Summer World University Games	Chengdu, China	[4]
	44.88	Mihai Dringo	21 June 2025	Atletica Geneve	Geneva, Switzerland	[5]
800 m	1:44.93	Cătălin Tecuceanu	14 September 2021	Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb, Croatia	[6]
1500 m	3:34.13	Alexandru Vasile	13 June 1997		Bucharest, Romania
Mile	3:57.73	Ioan Zaizan	17 July 2013	Morton Games	Finglas, Ireland	[7]
3000 m	7:53.19	Valentin Coroja	18 June 1989		Warsaw, Poland
5000 m	13:15.0	Ilie Floroiu	23 July 1978		Bucharest, Romania
5 km (road)	14:06	Ștefan Iulius Gavril	16 February 2020	5 km Herculis	Monte Carlo, Monaco	[8]
10,000 m	27:40.06	Ilie Floroiu	29 August 1978	European Championships	Prague, Czechoslovakia
10 km (road)	28:38	Dorin Andrei Rusu	25 September 2022	Brașov Running Festival	Brașov, Romania	[9]
15 km (road)	44:48	Nicolae Negru	28 October 2000		Tulsa, United States
One hour	19707 m	Nicolae Mustață	17 October 1971		Bucharest, Romania
20 km (road)	1:02:01	Cristenel Irimia	2 September 2007		Zalău, Romania
Half marathon	1:01:45	Nicolae Negru	4 October 1997	World Half Marathon Championships	Košice, Slovakia
25 km (road)	1:18:14	Constantin Ștefan	27 April 1975		Hluboka, Czechoslovakia
Marathon	2:12:30	Cătălin Andreica	3 September 1978	European Championships	Prague, Czechoslovakia
50 km (road)	2:52:27	Ilie Corneschi	17 April 2021		Bucharest, Romania
100 km (road)	6:41:07	Julian Filipov	11 September 2021		Netherlands
6-hour run (road)	85.563 km	Claudiu Gorgan	17 April 2021		Bucharest, Romania
12-hour run (road)	132.473 km	Vadim Balan	17 April 2021		Bucharest, Romania
24-hour run (road)	277.476 km	Julian Filipov	17–18 April 2021		Bucharest, Romania
110 m hurdles	13.34 (+1.0 m/s)	George Boroi	18 June 1993		Bucharest, Romania
300 m hurdles	35.4 h	Mugur Matescu	13 May 1989		Bucharest, Romania
400 m hurdles	49.22	Alejandro Argudín-Zaharia	4 September 1997	Jeux de la Francophonie	Antananarivo, Madagascar
3000 m steeplechase	8:13.26	Florin Ionescu	21 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain
High jump	2.40 m	Sorin Matei	20 June 1990		Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Pole vault	5.50 m	Tiberiu Agoston	13 June 2003		Pierre-Bénite, France
			28 August 2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea
Long jump	8.37 m (+1.5 m/s)	Bogdan Tudor	9 July 1995		Bad Cannstatt, Germany
Triple jump	17.81 m (+1.0 m/s)	Marian Oprea	5 July 2005	Athletissima	Lausanne, Switzerland
Shot put	21.07 m	Andrei Toader	26 June 2022	Romanian Championships	Craiova, Romania	[10]
	21.29 m [a]	Andrei Toader	13 June 2021		Brno, Czech Republic	[11] [12]
Discus throw	68.12 m	Iosif Nagy	22 May 1983		Zaragoza, Spain
Hammer throw	77.60 m	Nicolae Bândar	1 June 1986		Bucharest, Romania
Javelin throw	86.37 m	Alexandru Novac	5 July 2018		Nembro, Italy	[13]
Decathlon	7843 pts h	Vasile Bogdan	7–8 June 1975		Paris, France
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.9 7.26 m 13.93 m 1.95 m 50.8 15.0 41.46 m 4.70 m 59.80 m 4:19.7
20 km walk (road)	1:21:06	Costică Bălan	14 June 1996		Bucharest, Romania
35 km walk (road)	2:37:23	Narcis Mihăilă	21 May 2023	European Team Championships	Poděbrady, Czech Republik	[14]
50 km walk (road)	3:55:29	Marius Cocioran	16 May 2021	European Race Walking Team Championships	Poděbrady, Czech Republic
4 × 100 m relay	39.18	Romania Florian Homiuc Alexandru Terpezan Ionut Neagoe Petre Rezmiveș	15 July 2018		Erzurum, Turkey
4 × 400 m relay	3:04.23	Romania Vasile Boboș Florin Suciu Cătălin Cîmpeanu Ioan Vieru	12 August 2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	11.30 (+0.5 m/s)	Ionela Târlea	19 June 1999	European Cup Super League	Paris, France
150 m (bend)	18.63 NWI	Alexandra Uta	6 May 2023	Concurs National de Probe Neclasice	Târgu Jiu, Romania	[15]
	17.85 (+2.0 m/s)	Bianca Răzor	31 August 2013	Amsterdam Open & Flame Games	Amsterdam, Netherlands	[16]
200 m	22.35 (+1.3 m/s)	Ionela Târlea	13 May 1999		Doha, Qatar
300 m	36.20 A	Ionela Târlea	3 May 2003		Mexico City, Mexico
400 m	49.88	Ionela Târlea	12 July 1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain
800 m	1:55.05	Doina Melinte	1 August 1982		Bucharest, Romania
1000 m	2:31.5 h	Maricica Puică	1 June 1986		Poiana Brașov, Romania
1500 m	3:53.96	Paula Ivan	1 October 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea
Mile	4:15.61	Paula Ivan	10 July 1989		Nice, France
Mile (road)	4:43.0	Cristina Balan	9 September 2023	Brașov Running Festival	Brașov, Romania	[17]
2000 m	5:28.69	Maricica Puică	11 July 1986		London, United Kingdom
3000 m	8:21.42	Gabriela Szabo	19 July 2002	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco
5000 m	14:31.48	Gabriela Szabo	1 September 1998	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany
10,000 m	31:11.24	Mihaela Botezan	27 August 2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece
10 km (road)	31:59.9	Constantina Diță-Tomescu	29 February 2004		San Juan, Puerto Rico
15 km (road)	48:29	Constantina Diță-Tomescu	14 July 2002		Utica, United States
20 km (road)	1:03:23	Constantina Diță-Tomescu	8 October 2006	World Road Running Championships	Debrecen, Hungary
Half marathon	1:07:45	Stella Rutto	21 February 2021		Trabzon, Turkey
25 km (road)	1:21:31+	Constantina Diță-Tomescu	22 October 2006	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States
30 km (road)	1:41:51+	Nuța Olaru	10 October 2004	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States
Marathon	2:21:30	Constantina Diță-Tomescu	9 October 2005	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States
	2:18:04 [b]	Joan Chelimo Melly	17 April 2022	Seoul Marathon	Seoul, South Korea	[18]
50 km (road)	3:16:28	Liliana Dragomir	6 June 2021		Palić, Serbia
6-hour run (road)	74 km	Mariana Nenu	22 June 2019		Stadtoldendorf, Germany
12-hour run (road)	123.465 km	Mariana Nenu	6 June 2021		Palić, Serbia
24-hour run (road)	236.325 km	Mara Guler-Cionca	17–18 April 2021		Bucharest, Romania
100 m hurdles	12.62 (+1.2 m/s)	Mihaela Stoica-Pogăceanu	29 June 1990		Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
200 m hurdles (bend)	25.9 h NWI	Valeria Bufanu	21 October 1970		Bucharest, Serbia
400 m hurdles	53.25	Ionela Târlea	7 July 1999	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy
Mile steeplechase	4:54.80	Stella Rutto	22 August 2025	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[19]
2000 m steeplechase	6:27.72	Mihaela Blaga	5 May 2024	Internationales Läufermeeting	Pliezhausen, Germany	[20]
3000 m steeplechase	9:16.85	Cristina Casandra	17 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	[21]
High jump	2.02 m	Monica Iagăr	6 June 1998		Budapest, Hungary
			17 June 2000		Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Pole vault	4.22 m	Gabriela Mihalcea	11 June 1999		Dreux, France
Long jump	7.43 m (+1.4 m/s)	Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu	4 June 1983		Bucharest, Romania
Triple jump	15.16 m (+0.1 m/s)	Rodica Mateescu	4 August 1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece
Shot put	21.00 m	Mihaela Loghin	30 June 1984		Formia, Italy
Discus throw	73.84 m	Daniela Costian	30 April 1988		Bucharest, Romania
Hammer throw	76.07 m	Mihaela Melinte	29 August 1999		Rudlingen, Switzerland
Javelin throw	65.08 m	Ana Mirela Țermure	10 June 2001		Bucharest, Romania
Heptathlon	6619 pts	Liliana Năstase	1–2 August 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 12.86 1.82 m 14.34 m 23.70 6.49 m 41.30 m 2:11.22
10 km walk (road)	42:16	Norica Câmpean	9 May 1999		Calella, Spain
20 km walk (road)	1:27:41	Claudia Ștef	5 June 2004		A Coruña, Spain
35 km walk (road)	2:59:18	Ana Rodean	21 May 2023	European Team Championships	Poděbrady, Czech Republik	[22]
4 × 100 m relay	44.18	Romania Doina Voinea Lucia Militaru Mihaela Pogăcean Marieta Ilcu	2 August 1985		Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
4 × 400 m relay	3:25.68	Romania Otilia Ruicu-Eșanu Alina Râpanu Ana Maria Barbu Ionela Târlea	20 June 1999	European Cup Super League	Paris, France
Swedish relay	2:06.13	Romania Bianca Tita Stefania Balint Maria Capota Alexandra Uta	29 July 2023	European Youth Summer Olympic Festival	Maribor, Slovenia	[23]
4 × 1500 m relay	17:51.48	Romania Claudia Bobocea Florina Pierdevară Anca Maria Bunea Lenuța Petronela Simiuc	24 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[24]

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:14.83 [c]	Romania Mihai Dringo Elena Lavric Robert Parge Andrea Miklós	22 June 2023	European Team Championships	Chorzów, Poland	[25]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	6.60	Johann Schromm	14 February 1981		Bucharest, Romania
		Catalin Cîmpeanu	9 February 2013	Romanian Championships	Bucharest, Romania	[26]
200 m	20.94	Ioan Vieru	18 January 2004		Mannheim, Germany
400 m	45.94	Ioan Vieru	2 March 2002	European Championships	Vienna, Austria
800 m	1:47.21	Petre Drăgoescu	2 March 1985	IAAF Indoor Meeting	Athens, Greece
1500 m	3:40.30	Ioan Zaizan	28 January 2014	Vienna Indoor Classic	Vienna, Austria	[27]
3000 m	7:48.47 [d]	Ovidiu Olteanu	6 February 1998		Budapest, Hungary
60 m hurdles	7.50	George Boroi	15 February 1994	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
High jump	2.38 m	Sorin Matei	3 February 1995		Wuppertal, Germany
Pole vault	5.61 m [e]	Tiberiu Agoston	5 March 2001		Toulouse, France
Long jump	8.30 m	Bogdan Țăruș	29 January 2000		Bucharest, Romania
Triple jump	17.74 m	Marian Oprea	18 February 2006		Bucharest, Romania
Shot put	21.27 m	Andrei Toader	9 March 2025	European Championships	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	[28]
Heptathlon	5562 pts	Bogdan Popa	1–2 March 2012		Bucharest, Romania
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 7.19 7.30 m 11.40 m 2.07 m 8.47 4.80 m 2:55.81
5000 m walk	18:59.24	Costică Bălan	19 February 2000		Bucharest, Romania
4 × 200 m relay	1:27.82	CSM Ploiești Cosmin Homiuc Petre Nicolae Rezmives Bogdan Oprina Cristian Radu	12 March 2017		Istanbul, Turkey
4 × 400 m relay	3:10.36	Romania Andrei Remus Mihai Dringo Simon Denis Robert Parge	5 March 2022	Balkan Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[29]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.22	Iolanda Oanțã	7 February 1992		Bucharest, Romania
		Mirela Dulgheru	23 January 1993		Bacău, Romania
	7.21 [f]		25 January 1992		Bucharest, Romania
200 m	22.39	Ionela Târlea	6 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan
300 m	38.34	Bianca Răzor	25 January 2018	Czech Indoor Gala	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[30]
400 m	50.56	Ionela Târlea	1 March 1998	European Championships	Valencia, Spain
800 m	1:59.00	Doina Melinte	8 February 1987		Budapest, Hungary
1000 m	2:35.35	Claudia Bobocea	25 February 2023	World Indoor Tour Final	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[31]
1500 m	4:00.27+	Doina Melinte	9 February 1990		East Rutherford, United States
Mile	4:17.14	Doina Melinte	9 February 1990		East Rutherford, United States
2000 m	5:30.53	Gabriela Szabo	8 March 1998		Sindelfingen, Germany	[32]
3000 m	8:32.88	Gabriela Szabo	18 February 2001	AVIVA Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Two miles	9:41.07	Margareta Keszeg	28 February 1986		New York City, United States
5000 m	14:47.35	Gabriela Szabo	13 February 1999		Dortmund, Germany
60 m hurdles	7.86	Mihaela Stoica-Pogăceanu	5 March 1988		Budapest, Hungary
			5 March 1989		Bacău, Romania
High jump	2.03 m [g]	Monica Iagăr	23 January 1999		Bucharest, Romania
Pole vault	4.25 m [h]	Gabriela Mihalcea	13 February 1999	IAAF Indoor Meeting	Athens, Greece
Long jump	6.99 m	Mirela Dulgheru	23 January 1993		Bacău, Romania
Triple jump	14.94 m	Cristina Nicolau	5 February 2000		Bucharest, Romania
Shot put	20.57 m	Mihaela Loghin	22 February 1987		Bucharest, Romania
Pentathlon	4753 pts	Liliana Năstase	10 February 1993		Bacău, Romania
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.17 1.75 m 13.94 m 6.67 m 2:14.88
3000 m walk	11:40.33 [i]	Claudia Ștef	30 January 1999		Bucharest, Romania
4 × 200 m relay	1:40.27	CS Rapid București E. Constantinescu M. Lazãr M. Pogãcean I. Oanțã	16 February 1991		Bacău, Romania
4 × 400 m relay	3:30.06	Romania Angela Moroșanu Alina Râpanu Maria Rus Ionela Târlea	7 March 2004	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[33]

Notes

1. not ratified by FRA but recognised by World Athletics
2. not ratified by FRA but recognised by World Athletics
3. by official result source; 3:14.18 by FRA source, a typo
4. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
5. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
6. doubtful timing
7. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
8. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
9. not ratified by FRA but recognised by World Athletics

References

General

• Romanian Records – Outdoor olympic events 1 September 2024 updated
• Romanian Records – Outdoor non-olympic events 10 March 2025 updated
• Romanian Records – Indoor 10 March 2025 updated

Specific

1. "2023 Concurs National de Probe Neclasice Results" (PDF). FRA . 7 May 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
2. "300m Results". World Athletics. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
3. "300m Result" (PDF). domtel-sport.pl. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
4. "400m Final Results" (PDF). 2021chengdu.com. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
5. "400m Results". laportal.net. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
6. Chris Broadbent (14 September 2021). "Niyonsaba breaks world 2000m record in Zagreb". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
7. "Americans Leslie, Felnagle Win Morton Games Mile". www.bringbackthemile.com. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
8. "Monaco Run 5km Herculis Results". chronorace.be. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
9. "Fast 10km times from Kipkorir and Chepkirui as records fall in Brasov". World Athletics. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
10. Steve Smythe (28 June 2022). "Shericka Jackson storms to sprint double at Jamaican Champs". athleticsweekly.com. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
11. "eTrack Newsletter Volume 19" (PDF). trackandfieldnews.com. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
12. "Weight Throw: Rares Toader breaks national records, qualifies for Tokyo Olympics". agerpres.ro. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
13. Dan Sion (6 July 2018). "Novac, super-record!". desteptarea.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 17 July 2018.
14. "Men's 35km Race Walk Result" (PDF). online.atletika.cz. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
15. "2023 Concurs National de Probe Neclasice Results" (PDF). FRA . 7 May 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
16. "150m Results". timetronics.be. 31 August 2013. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
17. "Ngetich breaks women-only world 10km record in Brasov". World Athletics. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
18. "Melly and Geremew run course records for Seoul Marathon success". World Athletics. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
19. "Mile Steeplechase Results" (PDF). azureedge.net. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
20. "2000m Steeplechase Result". DLV. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
21. "3000 Metres Steeplechase Results". IAAF. 17 August 2008. Archived from the original on 6 December 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
22. "Women's 35km Race Walk Result" (PDF). online.atletika.cz. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
23. "2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival – Athletics Day 6 Results" (PDF). results.european-games.org. 29 July 2023. p. 8. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
24. "Women's 4×1500m Relay Results". IAAF. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
25. "Mixed 4×400m Relay Heat A Results" (PDF). results.european-games.org. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
26. "ATLETISM: Ancuța Bobocel, Angela Moroșanu și Marian Oprea au dominat prima zi la CN Indoor" (in Romanian). www.infomm.ro. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
27. "Vienna Indoor Classic 2014 Complete Results" (PDF). www.indoor-classic-vienna.com. 28 January 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
28. "Shot Put Results". World Athletics. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
29. "2022 Balkan Indoor Championships – Men's Results" (PDF). TAF. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
30. "300m Results" (PDF). ČAS. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
31. Broadbent, Chris (25 February 2023). "Hodgkinson gears up for European indoor title defence with 1:57.18 800m in Birmingham". European Athletics . Retrieved 25 February 2023.
32. "2000m world best for Gabriela Szabo". IAAF. 9 March 1998. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
33. "4x400 Metres Relay Results". IAAF. 2004-03-07. Retrieved 2010-04-13.

External links

• FRA web site
• FRA records subpage