List of Sierra Leonean records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Sierra Leone maintained by its national athletics federation: Sierra Leone Amateur Athletic Association (SLAAA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification  Record not kept by SLAAA  Not ratified or later rescinded by SLAAA

+ = en route to a longer distance
h = hand timing
X = annulled due to doping violation
NWI = no wind information

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.09 (+1.9 m/s)	Gibrilla Pato Bangura	29 July 2009		Loughborough, United Kingdom
200 m	20.75 (+1.4 m/s)	Josephus Thomas	16 August 1997		London, United Kingdom
400 m	46.04	Felix Sandy	9 April 1988		Fresno, United States
800 m	1:51.23	Prince Amara	9 July 1995		Cwmbran, United Kingdom
1500 m	3:52.29	Victor Sesay	11 January 1973	All-Africa Games	Lagos, Nigeria
3000 m	8:52.24	Darrel Gooding	12 April 2014	TCNJ Invitational	Ewing, United States	[1]
5000 m	14:20.9	Hilton Gooding	22 March 1985		Freetown, Sierra Leone
10,000 m	31:06.29	Alifu Massaquoi	18 July 1970	British Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom
15 km (road)	51:15+	Idrissa Kargbo	13 April 2014	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[2]
20 km (road)	1:08:38+	Idrissa Kargbo	13 April 2014	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[3]
Half marathon	1:11:26	Mickael Motori Charles	11 March 2007	Paris Half Marathon	Paris, France
25 km (road)	1:25:11+ [lower-alpha 1]	Idrissa Kargbo	13 April 2014	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[4]
30 km (road)	1:43:28+ [lower-alpha 2]	Idrissa Kargbo	13 April 2014	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[5]
Marathon	2:32:52 [lower-alpha 3]	Idrissa Kargbo	13 April 2014	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[6]
110 m hurdles	14.06 (+1.1 m/s)	Benjamin Grant	25 May 1992		Corby, United Kingdom
400 m hurdles	52.18 [lower-alpha 4]	Benjamin Grant	31 May 1992		Birmingham, United Kingdom
3000 m steeplechase	9:15.61	Modupeh Jonah	1 November 1989		Kuwait City, Kuwait
High jump	2.07 m	Quintin Saliah Konteh	24 December 1999		Freetown, Sierra Leone
Pole vault	3.60 m	Sam Sillah	19 September 2009	British Athletics League Qualifier	Abingdon, United Kingdom	[7]
			8 June 2013		Abingdon, United Kingdom
			6 July 2013		Kingston, United Kingdom
Long jump	7.84 m NWI	Thomas Ganda	9 May 1992		London, United Kingdom
Triple jump	15.81 m (+0.5 m/s)	Osman Cline-Thomas	29 August 1995	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan
Shot put	16.01 m	Tony Soalla-Bell	30 July 2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom
Discus throw	44.75 m	Tony Soalla-Bell	26 July 2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom
Hammer throw	31.66 m	W. Y. Kanu	26 December 1980		Freetown, Sierra Leone
	53.75 m	Kevin Fofanah	18 April 2019	Aggie Invitational	Greensboro, United States	[8]
	58.87 m	Kenya Sei [lower-alpha 5]	10 May 2024	West Georgia vs Life U Throws	Marietta, United States	[9]
Javelin throw	49.60 m	Alfred Sesay	26 December 1991		Freetown, Sierra Leone
Decathlon	6288 pts	Sam Sillah	27–28 September 2008		Bedford, United Kingdom
	11.28 (100 m), 6.70 m (long jump), 10.35 m (shot put), 1.97 m (high jump), 53.53 (400 m) / 15.56 (110 m hurdles), 30.07 m (discus), 3.40 m (pole vault), 46.36 m (javelin), 4:59.36 (1500 m)
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	38.91	Sierra Leone Pierre Lisk Tom Ganda Josephus Thomas Sanusi Turay	2 August 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States
4 × 400 m relay	3:10.47	Sierra Leone Horace Dove-Edwin Felix Sandy Benjamin Grant David Sawyer	30 September 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	11.40 (+1.0 m/s)	Maggie Barrie	6 July 2019		Montverde, United States
200 m	23.27 (+0.4 m/s)	Maggie Barrie	21 April 2018	Jessie Owens Track Classic	Columbus, United States	[10]
400 m	51.36	Maggie Barrie	13 May 2018	Big Ten Championships	Bloomington, United States	[11]
800 m	2:07.53	Agness Mansaray	29 May 2016		Shippensburg, United States
1500 m	4:46.03	Melrose Mansaray	11 August 1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
3000 m	10:10.9 h	Hannah Bantamoi	26 December 1981		Freetown, Sierra Leone
5000 m
10,000 m
10 km (road)	36:14+	Mamie Konneh-Lahun	13 April 2014	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[12]
15 km (road)	54:54+	Mamie Konneh-Lahun	13 April 2014	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[13]
20 km (road)	1:14:34+	Mamie Konneh-Lahun	13 April 2014	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[14]
Half marathon	1:19:03+	Mamie Konneh-Lahun	13 April 2014	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[15]
25 km (road)	1:34:47+	Mamie Konneh-Lahun	13 April 2014	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[16]
30 km (road)	1:55:07+	Mamie Konneh-Lahun	13 April 2014	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[17]
Marathon	2:46:20	Mamie Konneh-Lahun	13 April 2014	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[18]
100 m hurdles	13.38	Eunice Barber [19]	14 September 1996		Talence, France
400 m hurdles	57.84	Aisha Naibe-Wey	15 May 2016	ACC Championships	Chapel Hill, United States	[20]
	57.26 [lower-alpha 6]	Aisha Naibe-Wey	25 May 2015		Lokeren, Belgium
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	1.83 m	Eunice Barber [lower-alpha 7]	1 May 1997		Lamballe, France
Pole vault
Long jump	6.75 m (+1.0 m/s)	Eunice Barber [21]	5 June 1998		Pierre-Bénite, France
Triple jump
Shot put	12.87 m	Eunice Barber [22]	27 July 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States
Discus throw	33.45 m	Onike Jones	1966		Freetown, Sierra Leone
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Heptathlon	6416 pts	Eunice Barber [lower-alpha 8]	14-15 September 1996		Talence, France
	13.38 (+0.8 m/s)(100 m hurdles), 1.79 m (high jump), 12.23 m (shot put), 24.75 (+0.6 m/s)(200 m), 6.48 m (−0.2 m/s)(long jump), 49.92 m (javelin), 2:11.94 (800 m)
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	47.45	Sierra Leone Fatmata Bash-Koroma Ekundayo Williams Tennah Kargbo Aminata Kargbo	31 July 2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom
4 × 400 m relay	3:57.20	Sierra Leone Sarah Bona Fatmata Bash-Koroma Fatoumata Camara ?	12 May 2001		Bakau, The Gambia

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:24.79	Sierra Leone Mohamed B. Bah Marie Bangura Derek Kargbo Georgiana Sesay	19 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[23]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	6.65	Ibrahim Kabia	13 March 2010	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[24]
200 m	21.43	Foday Sillah	21 February 1993		Liévin, France
400 m	53.48	Rashid Moiwa	1 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[25]
800 m	2:00.67	Salieu Jalloh	7 February 2015		Ghent, Belgium
1000 m	2:33.92	Darrel Gooding	22 January 2016	NYC Gotham Cup	Staten Island, United States	[26]
1500 m
Mile	4:20.34	Darrel Gooding	30 January 2014	Metropolitan Championships	New York City, United States	[27]
3000 m	8:34.04 [28]	Darrel Gooding	30 January 2016	John Thomas Terrier Invitational	Boston, United States	[29]
60 m hurdles	7.90	Benjamin Grant	9 January 1993		Birmingham, United Kingdom
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump	7.41 m	Thomas Ganda	16 February 1992	AVIVA Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Triple jump
	15.15 m	Francis Keita	February 1991		London, United Kingdom
Shot put	15.51 m	Tony Soalla-Bell	7 February 2004		Sheffield, United Kingdom
Weight throw	18.49 m	Kenya Sei [lower-alpha 9]	24/25 February 2024	UAA Indoor Championships	New York, United States	[30]
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	7.48	Ngozi Musa	22 January 2016		Lexington, United States
	7.32	Fatmata Bangura	30 January 2010	London Games	London, United Kingdom	[31]
200 m	23.83	Maggie Barrie	26 February 2016	Big 10 Championships	Geneva, United States	[32]
300 m	38.17	Maggie Barrie	17 February 2017	Ohio State College/University Tune-up Invitational	Columbus, United States	[33]
400 m	55.15	Maggie Barrie	16 January 2016	Kentucky Invitational	Lexington, United States	[34]
800 m	2:17.60	Eunice Barber [lower-alpha 10]	25 February 1996		Nogent-sur-Oise, France
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles	8.32	Eunice Barber [lower-alpha 11]	9 January 1997		Liévin, France
High jump	1.80 m	Eunice Barber [lower-alpha 12]	7 March 1997	World Championships	Paris, France
Pole vault
Long jump	6.86 m [lower-alpha 13]	Eunice Barber [lower-alpha 14]	15 February 1998		Bordeaux, France
Triple jump
Shot put	13.05 m [lower-alpha 15]	Eunice Barber [lower-alpha 16]	7 March 1997	World Championships	Paris, France
Pentathlon	4558 pts	Eunice Barber [lower-alpha 17]	7 March 1997	World Championships	Paris, France
	8.39 (60 m hurdles), 1.80 m (high jump), 13.05 m (shot put), 6.35 m (long jump), 2:18.17 (800 m)
3000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Notes

1. by official result source; 1:25:58 by other sources
2. by official result source; 1:44:15 by other sources
3. by official result source; 2:33:38 by World Athletics source
4. at the 1988 Olympics, Grant was credited with 51.73 - actually this was only 52.73
5. eligibility unclear, US citizenship by World Athletics source
6. before Aisha Naibe-Wey opted for Sierra Leone
7. Eunice Barber transferred to France in 1999
8. Eunice Barber transferred to France in 1999
9. eligibility unclear, US citizenship by World Athletics source
10. Eunice Barber transferred to France in 1999
11. Eunice Barber transferred to France in 1999
12. Eunice Barber transferred to France in 1999
13. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
14. Eunice Barber transferred to France in 1999
15. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
16. Eunice Barber transferred to France in 1999
17. Eunice Barber transferred to France in 1999

References

General

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

Specific

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7. "Pole Vault Results". thepowerof10.info. 19 September 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
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21. Eunice Barber transferred to France in 1999
22. Eunice Barber transferred to France in 1999
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24. "60 Metres Semi Final Results" (PDF). IAAF. 13 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
25. "400m Heat 3 Race Analysis" (PDF). World Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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27. "Mile Run Results". tfrrs.org. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
28. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
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31. "De onbekende Belgische topsprintster" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
32. "Maggie Barrie sets new PR and National Record for Sierra Leone in the 200 and 400 meters to end 2016 Indoors". nieuwsblad.be. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
33. "300m Results". tfrrs.org. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
34. "Maggie Barrie sets new PR and National Record for Sierra Leone in the 200 and 400 meters to end 2016 Indoors". nieuwsblad.be. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.