List of Somali records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Somalia maintained by the Somali Athletics Federation (SAF).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification  Record not kept by SAF  Not ratified or later rescinded by SAF

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	11.26 (+0.6 m/s)	Abdi Aziz Warsame	16 September 2011		Växjö, Sweden
	11.26 (+1.1 m/s)	Sakaria Hussein	15 June 2014		Halmstad, Sweden
	10.4 h	Hassan Islam	15 October 1977		Mogadishu, Somalia
200 m	21.88	Ali Abdi Mohamed	21 December 1983		Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	21.4 h	Mohamed Yusuf	1968		Mogadishu, Somalia
400 m	47.91	Ibrahim Okash Omar	4 August 1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States
800 m	1:43.60	Abdi Bile	16 August 1989	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
1000 m	2:14.50	Abdi Bile	13 September 1989		Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
1500 m	3:30.55	Abdi Bile	3 September 1989	IAAF Grand Prix	Rieti, Italy
Mile	3:49.40	Abdi Bile	2 July 1988	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
2000 m	4:59.77	Abdi Bile	14 June 1987		Fürth, Germany
3000 m	7:42.18	Abdi Bile	21 August 1994		Cologne, Germany
5000 m	13:32.39	Mohamed Ali Mohamed	1 August 2015	25th Memorial Rasschaert	Ninove, Belgium	[1]
	13:06.32	Abdihamid Nur	6 May 2022	Sound Running Track Meet	San Juan Capistrano, California	[2]
	13:22.38	Abdullahi Jama Mahamed	16 May 2025	Doha Diamond League	Doha, Qatar	[3]
10,000 m	28:06.65	Abdihakim Abdirahman	7 May 1999		Palo Alto, United States
10 km (road)	28:03	Ilyas Yonis Osman	7 March 2021	Berlin 10k Invitational	Berlin, Germany	[4]
	27:51 [a]	Mohammed Osman Guled	7 April 2023	NAS Sports Tournament 10K	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	[5]
Half marathon	1:03:01	Ismail Abdi	30 March 2002	Internationaler Osterlauf	Paderborn, Germany
Marathon	2:17:24	Ahmed Mohamed Ismail	19 October 1986	Detroit Free Press Marathon	Detroit, United States
110 m hurdles
400 m hurdles	1:03.6	Mohamed Ahmed Omar	19 April 2008		Djibouti, Djibouti
3000 m steeplechase	8:50.31	Mohamed Abdikadar Sheikh Ali [6]	20 July 2014		Rovereto, Italy
High jump	2.05 m	Abdulle Noor Wasughe	July 1972		Mogadishu, Somalia
		Ali Mohamed Mudey	18 November 1977		Mogadishu, Somalia
Pole vault	3.50 m	Mohamed Osman Yussuf	1970		Sheikh, Somalia
Long jump	7.35 m	Abdulle Noor Wasughe	24 August 1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany
Triple jump	14.95 m	Mohamed Osman Yussuf	1968		Sheikh, Somalia
Shot put	12.78 m	Abdi Omar Koshinga	October 1983		Mogadishu, Somalia
Discus throw	33.00 m	Abdi Omar Koshinga	October 1983		Mogadishu, Somalia
Hammer throw	15.10 m	Ahmed Yahye	31 July 2010	Southern Men's League Division 1	Peterborough, United Kingdom	[7]
Javelin throw	34.16 m	Ahmed Yahye	31 July 2010	Southern Men's League Division 1	Peterborough, United Kingdom	[8]
Decathlon
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	43.6 h	Somalia	10 April 1980		Baghdad, Iraq
4 × 400 m relay	3:10.85	Somalia Ibrahim Okash Omar Ibrahim Aden Abdi Mohamed Abdukadir O.A. Arale	11 August 1987	All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	13.23	Hawa Abdullahi Ahmed	7 August 1987	All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya
200 m	28.43	Fowizia Ibrahim	18 July 1986		Athens, Greece
400 m	1:04.89	Jamad Ismail Abdi	7 August 1987	All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya
800 m	2:22.1 h	Qaali Haagi Aden	6 September 1979		Mogadishu, Somalia
1500 m	4:41.6 h	Hacha Nour Hassan	28 August 1982	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt
3000 m	10:15.2 h	Hacha Nour Hassan	26 August 1982	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt
5000 m
10,000 m
Marathon	4:58:20	Leila Ismail	16 January 2009	Dubai Marathon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
100 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	1.65 m	Faduna Abdallah Hussein	24 July 1978		Algiers, Algeria
Pole vault
Long jump	5.05 m	Nadifa Sheikh Aboker	15 September 1977		Mogadishu, Somalia
		Nasteho Essa Mohamud	7 May 2006		Mogadishu, Somalia
Triple jump
Shot put	8.67 m	Amina Ali	4 September 1979		Mogadishu, Somalia
Discus throw	23.29 m	Nadia Sallam Salah Ali	8 May 2011	Campionato Di Societa' Piemontese	Santhià, Italy	[9]
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Heptathlon
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m
20 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	50.6 h	Somalia	18 November 1977		Mogadishu, Somalia
4 × 400 m relay	4:12.76	Somalia F.I. Jilalow Hawa Abdullahi Ahmed M.A. Adawe Jamad Ismail Abdi	11 August 1987	All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	8.08	Yahya Idrissa	17 November 2024	SuperKrack 1	Antwerp, Belgium	[ citation needed ]
200 m
400 m
800 m	1:49.17	Ibrahim Okash	8 February 1986		East Rutherford, United States
1500 m	3:38.50	Abdi Bile	16 February 1986		Fairfax, United States
Mile	3:58.16	Abdi Bile	14 February 1986		New York, United States
3000 m	7:53.76	Ibrahim Mohamed Aden	13 February 1998	Millrose Games	New York City, United States
	7:40.66 OT	Abdihamid Nur	11 February 2022	Husky Classic	Seattle, United States	[10]
5000 m	13:19.01	Abdihamid Nur	11 March 2022	NCAA Division I Championships	Birmingham, United States	[11]
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	7.98 m	Sabrina Gaddour	2 March 2013		Padua, Italy
Shot put
Pentathlon
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
3000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Notes

1. unconfirmed distance, probably short course

References

General

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

Specific

1. "5000m Heat A Results". liveresults.be. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
2. Tyler Mayforth (7 May 2022). "Nur Makes History, Breaks Rono's 5000m CR". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
3. "5000m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
4. Jörg Wenig (7 March 2021). "31:38 Minuten: Miriam Dattke läuft in Berlin Weltjahresbestzeit". DLV. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
5. "Results from ASIA 2023 – 10". AAA. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
6. Ahmed Ali became an Italian citizen in November 2014
7. "Hammer Throw Results". Thepowerof10.info. 31 July 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
8. "Javelin Throw Results". Thepowerof10.info. 31 July 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
9. "Discus Throw Results". FIDAL. 8 May 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
10. Steve Smythe (15 February 2022). "McColgan sets UK 5km record – weekly round-up". Athletics Weekly . Retrieved 16 February 2022.
11. "5000m Result" (PDF). Flash Results. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

External links

• Somalia National Olympic Committee (Nocsom) web site