List of world records in athletics

Usain Bolt beating Tyson Gay and setting a 100 m world record at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin

Jürgen Schult beside the indication of his new discus world record, 1986

World records in athletics are ratified by World Athletics. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking.

Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians. The only non-metric track distance for which official records are kept is the mile run.

Criteria

The criteria which must be satisfied for ratification of a world record are defined by World Athletics in Part III of the Competition Rules. ^[1] These criteria also apply to national or other restricted records and also to performances submitted as qualifying marks for eligibility to compete in major events such as the Olympic Games.

The criteria include:

• The dimensions of the track and equipment used must conform to standards. In road events, the course must be accurately measured, by a certified measurer.
• Except in road events (road running and race walking), the performance must be set in a single-sex race, ^[2] with the sole exception of the mixed-sex 4 × 400 m relay, introduced by World Athletics in 2017. ^[3]
• All team members in a relay race must be of the same nationality.
• Pacemakers are allowed, provided they have not been lapped; lapped athletes must give way.
• Drug testing immediately after the performance is now required for ratification of a record. Existing records which predate this requirement are still extant. Athletes who pass the immediate test but are later found to have been using banned substances have their performances invalidated.
• In running events up to 200 m in distance and in horizontal jump events, wind assistance is permitted only up to 2.0 m/s. In decathlon or heptathlon, average wind assistance of less than 2.0 m/s is required across all applicable disciplines; and maximum of 4.0 m/s in any one event. As an exception, according to rule 36.2, specific event organizers may choose to ignore wind velocity readings exclusively for their specific event records (e.g. a performance in a 100 m race at a meeting with a wind reading of +2.4 m/s may be considered that specific meeting record, but will not be considered as a world record). ^[1]
• In running events up to 800 m in distance, photo finish fully automatic timing is required.
• There is no restriction on altitude; since the thinner atmosphere of higher altitude provides less air resistance, locations such as Mexico City and Sestriere have previously been the sites of records in the sprint and jump events. See effects of high altitude on humans. Records set at high altitude venues are often marked with an "A" though that does not disqualify it as a record. Under those circumstances, a "sea level" best is also tracked by statisticians. Long-distance races run at altitude, with less oxygen available to the athlete, have been shown to be to the athlete's disadvantage.
• In road events, the course is not required to be a circuit, but the overall decrease in elevation between the start and finish shall not exceed 1:1000, i.e. 1 m/km.
• In road events, the start and finish points of a course, measured along a theoretical straight line between them, shall not be further apart than 50% of the race distance.

See also: Marathon world record progression § Criteria for record eligibility

Bonus payments

Witnessing a world record brings great pleasure for athletics fans, and athletes' personal sponsors and promoters of major meetings such as the Diamond League and its predecessor, the IAAF Golden League have offered bonuses to athletes breaking a record.

Some middle-distance runners have specialized in acting as pacemakers in longer races, receiving a fee without even finishing the race, and possibly a bonus if a record results. This is a useful occupation for athletes who are capable of running accurately to a specified pace, but not capable of the fastest times to become champions in their own right.

In the pole vault record bonuses create an incentive for an athlete capable of beating a record by a large margin to instead break it by the minimum amount (one centimetre), multiple times, at multiple meetings, in order to accumulate multiple bonuses. This has been done by Sergey Bubka in the men's pole vault, and Yelena Isinbayeva in the women's pole vault. ^[4] Some commentators have complained that neither athlete ever posted as high a mark as they were capable of. ^[5] In most other disciplines, this issue does not arise, since it is practically impossible to deliberately break a record by a small margin.

World records

World Athletics (then IAAF) commenced the recognition of world records in 1912, and indoor world records after 1987. In 2000, IAAF rule 260.18a (formerly 260.6a) was amended, so that "world records" (as opposed to "indoor world records") can be set in a facility "with or without roof." This rule was not applied retroactively, ^[6] and has, thus far, only affected the men's and women's pole vault, women's 2,000 m and women's triple jump. The women's vault record has been advanced 9 times indoors by three different women, each ratified as a world record. The last record to be set indoors was in 2004. Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, has been surpassed by five consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020, Duplantis surpassed Bubka's outdoor world best (the old 6.14 m record), with a 6.15 m vault.

A new IAAF-sanctioned event, the women's 50,000 m walk, does not yet have any recognised world record.

Key to tables

  Awaiting ratification  not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics

h = hand timing
+ = en route to a longer distance
A = affected by altitude
OT = oversized track
X = annulled due to doping violations
# = not officially ratified by World Athletics
a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28
est = estimate
i = set indoors (overall world record tables only)

Men

Event	Perf.	W	N	Average Speed		Athlete(s)	Nat.	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	R	V	P
				mph	km/h
100 m	9.58	+0.9		23.35	37.58	Usain Bolt	JAM	16 Aug 2009	World Championships	Berlin	GER	[7]		P
200 m	19.19	−0.3		23.31	37.52	Usain Bolt	JAM	20 Aug 2009	World Championships	Berlin	GER	[7]		P
400 m	43.03			20.79	33.47	Wayde van Niekerk	RSA	14 Aug 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	[8]		P
800 m	1:40.91			17.734	28.540	David Rudisha	KEN	9 Aug 2012	Olympic Games	London	GBR	[9]		P
1000 m	2:11.96			16.952	27.281	Noah Ngeny	KEN	5 Sep 1999	Rieti Meeting	Rieti	ITA			P
1500 m	3:26.00			16.288	26.214	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	14 Jul 1998	Golden Gala	Rome	ITA			P
Mile	3:43.13			16.134	25.965	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	7 Jul 1999	Golden Gala	Rome	ITA			P
Mile (Road)	3:56.13			15.25	24.54	Hobbs Kessler	USA	1 Oct 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga	LAT	[10]
2000 m	4:43.13			15.80	25.43	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	NOR	8 Sep 2023	Memorial van Damme	Brussels	BEL	[11]
3000 m	7:20.67			15.229	24.508	Daniel Komen	KEN	1 Sep 1996	Rieti Meeting	Rieti	ITA			P
5000 m	12:35.36			14.807	23.830	Joshua Cheptegei	UGA	14 Aug 2020	Herculis	Monaco	MON	[12]		P
5 km (road)	12:49.00			14.54	23.41	Berihu Aregawi	ETH	31 Dec 2021	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona	ESP	[13]		P
10,000 m	26:11.00			14.239	22.915	Joshua Cheptegei	UGA	7 Oct 2020		Valencia	ESP	[14]		P
10 km (road)	26:24.00			14.12	22.73	Rhonex Kipruto	KEN	12 Jan 2020	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia	ESP	[15]		P
Half marathon	57:31.00			13.67	22.01	Jacob Kiplimo	UGA	21 Nov 2021	EDP Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon	POR	[16]		P
One hour (track)	21,330 m			13.254	21.330	Mo Farah	GBR	4 Sep 2020	Diamond League	Brussels	BEL	[17]		P
Marathon [lower-alpha 1]	2:00:35			13.046	20.995	Kelvin Kiptum	KEN	8 Oct 2023	Chicago Marathon	Chicago	USA	[18]		P
	1:59:40.2		[lower-alpha 2]	13.136	21.156	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	12 Oct 2019	Ineos 1:59 Challenge	Vienna	AUT	[19]
50 km (road)	2:38:43.00			11.74	18.90	CJ Albertson	USA	8 Oct 2022	Ruth Anderson Memorial Endurance Run	San Francisco	USA	[20]
100 km (road)	6:05:35.00			10.198	16.412	Aleksandr Sorokin	LTU	14 May 2023	World's Fastest Run	Vilnius	LTU	[21]		P
110 m hurdles	12.80	+0.3		19.22	30.94	Aries Merritt	USA	7 Sep 2012	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels	BEL	[22]		P
400 m hurdles	45.94			19.477	31.345	Karsten Warholm	NOR	3 Aug 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	JPN	[23]		P
3000 m steeplechase	7:52.11					Lamecha Girma	ETH	9 Jun 2023	Meeting de Paris	Paris	FRA	[24]		P
High jump	2.45 m					Javier Sotomayor	CUB	27 Jul 1993	Gran Premio Diputación	Salamanca	ESP			P
Pole vault	6.23 m					Armand Duplantis	SWE	17 Sep 2023	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene	USA	[25]		P
Long jump	8.95 m	+0.3				Mike Powell	USA	30 Aug 1991	World Championships	Tokyo	JPN			P
Triple jump	18.29 m	+1.3				Jonathan Edwards	GBR	7 Aug 1995	World Championships	Gothenburg	SWE	[26]		P
Shot put	23.56 m					Ryan Crouser	USA	27 May 2023	USATF LA Grand Prix	Los Angeles	USA	[27]		P
Discus throw	74.08 m					Jürgen Schult	GDR	6 Jun 1986		Neubrandenburg	GDR			P
Hammer throw	86.74 m					Yuriy Sedykh	URS	30 Aug 1986	European Championships	Stuttgart	FRG			P
Javelin throw	98.48 m		[lower-alpha 3]			Jan Železný	CZE	25 May 1996		Jena	GER			P
Decathlon	9126 pts		[lower-alpha 4]			Kevin Mayer	FRA	16 Sep 2018	Décastar	Talence	FRA	[28]		P
20,000 m walk (track)	1:17:25.60		[lower-alpha 5]	9.630	15.499	Bernardo Segura	MEX	7 May 1994		Bergen	NOR
20 km walk (road)	1:16:36.00			9.734	15.666	Yusuke Suzuki	JPN	15 Mar 2015	Asian Race Walking Championships	Nomi	JPN	[29]		P
2 hours walk (track)	29,572 m		+	9.188	14.786	Maurizio Damilano	ITA	3 Oct 1992		Cuneo	ITA
30,000 m walk (track)	2:01:44.10			9.188	14.786	Maurizio Damilano	ITA	3 Oct 1992		Cuneo	ITA
35 km walk (road)	2:22:00.00		Standard									[30]
50,000 m walk (track)	3:35:27.20			8.652	13.924	Yohann Diniz	FRA	12 Mar 2011		Reims	FRA	[31]
50 km walk (road)	3:32:33.00			8.770	14.114	Yohann Diniz	FRA	15 Aug 2014	European Championships	Zürich	SUI	[32]		P
4 × 100 m relay	36.84			24.288	39.088	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt	JAM	11 Aug 2012	Olympic Games	London	GBR	[33]		P
4 × 200 m relay	1:18.63			22.759	36.627	Nickel Ashmeade Warren Weir Jermaine Brown Yohan Blake	JAM	24 May 2014	World Relays	Nassau	BAH	[34]		P
4 × 400 m relay	2:54.29			20.535	33.048	Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson	USA	22 Aug 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart	GER	[lower-alpha 6] [35]		P
4 × 800 m relay	7:02.43			16.945	27.271	Joseph Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kombich Wilfred Bungei	KEN	25 Aug 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels	BEL
Distance medley relay	9:15.50		[lower-alpha 7]	16.108	25.923	Kyle Merber Brycen Spratling Brandon Johnson Ben Blankenship	USA	3 May 2015	World Relays	Nassau	BAH	[36]
4 × 1500 m relay	14:22.22			15.566	25.052	Collins Cheboi Silas Kiplagat James Kiplagat Magut Asbel Kiprop	KEN	25 May 2014	World Relays	Nassau	BAH	[37]
Road relay 42.195 km	1:57:06.00		[lower-alpha 8]	13.434	21.620	Josephat Ndambiri Martin Mathathi Daniel Muchunu Mwangi Mekubo Mogusu Onesmus Nyerre John Kariuki	KEN	23 Nov 2005	Chiba Ekiden	Chiba	JPN

Women

Event	Perf.	W	N	mph	km/h	Athlete(s)	Nat.	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	R	V	P
100 m	10.49	0.0	[lower-alpha 9]	21.32	34.32	Florence Griffith Joyner	USA	16 Jul 1988	US Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	USA			P
200 m	21.34	+1.3		20.97	33.74	Florence Griffith Joyner	USA	29 Sep 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul	KOR			P
400 m	47.60			18.798	30.252	Marita Koch	GDR	6 Oct 1985	World Cup	Canberra	AUS			P
800 m	1:53.28			15.798	25.424	Jarmila Kratochvílová	TCH	26 Jul 1983		Munich	FRG			P
1000 m	2:28.98			15.015	24.164	Svetlana Masterkova	RUS	23 Aug 1996	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels	BEL			P
1500 m	3:49.11			14.645	23.569	Faith Kipyegon	KEN	2 Jun 2023	Golden Gala	Florence	ITA	[40]		P
Mile	4:07.64			14.537	23.395	Faith Kipyegon	KEN	21 Jul 2023	Herculis	Monaco	MON	[41]		P
Mile (Road)	4:20.98		Wo	13.714	22.071	Diribe Welteji	ETH	1 Oct 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga	LAT	[42]
2000 m	5:21.56			13.912	22.391	Francine Niyonsaba	BDI	14 Sep 2021	Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb	CRO	[43]
3000 m	8:06.11			13.805	22.217	Wang Junxia	CHN	13 Sep 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing	CHN			P
5000 m	14:00.21			13.312	21.423	Gudaf Tsegay	ETH	17 Sep 2023	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene	USA	[44]		P
5 km (road)	14:29.00		Wo	12.87	20.71	Senbere Teferi	ETH	12 Sep 2021	5 km Adizero Road to Records	Herzogenaurach	GER	[45]		P
	14:13.00		Wo	13.11	21.10	Beatrice Chebet	KEN	31 Dec 2023	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona	ESP	[46]
	14:19.00		Mx	13.02	20.95	Ejgayehu Taye	ETH	31 Dec 2021	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona	ESP	[13]
	14:13.00		Mx	13.13	21.13	Agnes Ngetich	KEN	14 Jan 2024	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia	ESP	[47]
10,000 m	29:01.03			12.848	20.677	Letesenbet Gidey	ETH	8 Jun 2021	Ethiopian Olympic Trials	Hengelo	NED	[48]		P
10 km (road)
	28:46.00		Mx	12.96	20.86	Agnes Ngetich	KEN	14 Jan 2024	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia	ESP	[49]		P
	30:01.00		Wo	12.42	19.99	Agnes Tirop	KEN	12 Sep 2021	Adizero Road to Records	Herzogenaurach	GER	[45]
	29:26.00		Wo			Agnes Ngetich	KEN	18 Nov 2023	Urban Trail de Lille	Lille	FRA	[50]
	29:24.00 [lower-alpha 10]		Wo			Agnes Ngetich	KEN	10 Sep 2023	Brașov Running Festival	Brașov	ROM	[51] [52]
	29:14.00		Mx	12.83	20.53	Yalemzerf Yehualaw	ETH	27 Feb 2022	World Athletics Label road race	Castellón de la Plana	ESP	[53]
One hour (track)	18,930 m			11.763	18.930	Sifan Hassan	NED	4 Sep 2020	Diamond League	Brussels	BEL	[17]		P
Half marathon	1:02:52		Mx	12.512	20.135	Letesenbet Gidey	ETH	24 Oct 2021	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia	ESP	[54] [55]		P
	1:05:16		Wo	12.055	19.400	Peres Jepchirchir	KEN	17 Oct 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia	POL	[56]
Marathon [lower-alpha 1]	2:14:04.00		Mx	11.734	18.884	Brigid Kosgei	KEN	13 Oct 2019	Chicago Marathon	Chicago	USA	[57]		P
	2:11:53.00		Mx	11.920	19.197	Tigst Assefa	ETH	24 Sep 2023	Berlin Marathon	Berlin	GER	[58] [59]
	2:17:01.00		Wo	11.481	18.477	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	KEN	23 Apr 2017	London Marathon	London	GBR	[60]
50 km (road)	2:59:54.00		Mx	10.36	16.68	Desiree Linden	USA	13 Apr 2021	Brooks Running 50 km & Marathon	Dorena Lake	USA	[61] [62]
	3:00:30.00		Wo	10.33	16.62	Emane Seifu Hayile	ETH	26 Feb 2023	Nedbank Runified Breaking Barriers Ultramarathon	Gqeberha	RSA	[63]
100 km (road)	6:33:11.00		Mx	9.4822	15.2601	Tomoe Abe	JPN	25 Jun 2000	Lake Saroma Ultramarathon	Yūbetsu	JPN	[64]
100 m hurdles	12.12	+0.9				Tobi Amusan	NGR	24 Jul 2022	World Championships	Eugene	USA	[65]		P
400 m hurdles	50.68					Sydney McLaughlin	USA	22 Jul 2022	World Championships	Eugene	USA	[66]		P
3000 m steeplechase	8:44.32					Beatrice Chepkoech	KEN	20 Jul 2018	Herculis	Monaco	MON	[67]		P
High jump	2.09 m					Stefka Kostadinova	BUL	30 Aug 1987	World Championships	Rome	ITA			P
Pole vault	5.06 m					Yelena Isinbayeva	RUS	28 Aug 2009	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich	SUI			P
Long jump	7.52 m	+1.4				Galina Chistyakova	URS	11 Jun 1988	Brothers Znamensky Memorial	Leningrad	URS	[68]		P
Triple jump	15.74 m	N/A	i			Yulimar Rojas	VEN	20 Mar 2022	World Championships	Belgrade	SRB	[69]		P
Shot put	22.63 m					Natalya Lisovskaya	URS	7 Jun 1987	Brothers Znamensky Memorial	Moscow	URS			P
Discus throw	76.80 m					Gabriele Reinsch	GDR	9 Jul 1988		Neubrandenburg	GDR			P
Hammer throw	82.98 m					Anita Włodarczyk	POL	28 Aug 2016	Kamila Skolimowska Memorial	Warsaw	POL	[70]		P
Javelin throw	72.28 m		[lower-alpha 3]			Barbora Špotáková	CZE	13 Sep 2008	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart	GER	[71]		P
Heptathlon	7291 pts		[lower-alpha 11] [lower-alpha 3]			Jackie Joyner-Kersee	USA	24 Sep 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul	KOR	[72]		P
Decathlon	8358 pts		[lower-alpha 12]			Austra Skujytė	LTU	15 Apr 2005	Audrey Walton Combined Events	Columbia	USA	[73] [74]		P
10,000 m walk (track)	41:56.23					Nadezhda Ryashkina	URS	24 Jul 1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle	USA
	41:37.90					Gao Hongmiao	CHN	7 Apr 1994		Beijing	CHN
20,000 m walk (track)	1:26:52.30					Olimpiada Ivanova	RUS	6 Sep 2001		Brisbane	AUS	[75]
20 km walk (road)	1:23:49					Yang Jiayu	CHN	20 Mar 2021	Chinese Race Walking Championships	Huangshan	CHN	[76]		P
	1:23:39		[lower-alpha 13]			Elena Lashmanova	RUS	9 Jun 2018	Russian Race Walking Championships	Cheboksary	RUS	[77]
35 km walk (road)	2:37:15					María Pérez	ESP	21 May 2023	European Race Walking Team Championships	Poděbrady	Czech Republic	[78]
50,000 m walk (track)	4:29:45.560		[lower-alpha 14]			Katie Burnett	USA	13 Jul 2019	National Invitational Racewalks	San Diego	USA	[79]
50 km walk (road)	3:59:15					Liu Hong	CHN	9 Mar 2019	Chinese Race Walk Grand Prix	Huangshan	CHN	[80] [81]		P
	3:57:08		[lower-alpha 13]			Klavdiya Afanasyeva	RUS	15 Jun 2019	Russian Race Walking Championships	Cheboksary	RUS	[82]
4 × 100 m relay	40.82					Tianna Madison Allyson Felix Bianca Knight Carmelita Jeter	USA	10 Aug 2012	Olympic Games	London	GBR	[83]		P
4 × 200 m relay	1:27.46					LaTasha Jenkins LaTasha Colander-Richardson Nanceen Perry Marion Jones	USA	29 Apr 2000	Penn Relays	Philadelphia	USA
	1:27.05		[lower-alpha 15]			Dina Asher-Smith Rhasidat Adeleke Lanae-Tava Thomas Julien Alfred	GBR   IRL   JAM   LCA	30 Mar 2024	Texas Relays	Austin	USA	[84]
4 × 400 m relay	3:15.17					Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina	URS	1 Oct 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul	KOR			P
4 × 800 m relay	7:50.17					Irina Podyalovskaya Nadezhda Olizarenko Lyubov Gurina Lyudmila Borisova	URS	5 Aug 1984		Moscow	URS
Distance medley relay	10:36.50		[lower-alpha 16]			Treniere Moser Sanya Richards-Ross Ajeé Wilson Shannon Rowbury	USA	2 May 2015	World Relays	Nassau	BAH	[85]
	10:33.85		i [lower-alpha 17]			Heather McLean Kendall Ellis Roisin Willis Elle Purrier St. Pierre	USA	15 Apr 2022	A Night at the TRACK Presented by New Balance Running	Boston	USA	[86]	[87]
4 × 1500 m relay	16:27.02					Colleen Quigley Elise Cranny Karissa Schweizer Shelby Houlihan	USA	31 Jul 2020	Bowerman TC Intrasquad Meet IV	Portland	USA	[88]
Road relay 42.195 km	2:11:41.00		Mx [lower-alpha 18]			Jiang Bo Dong Yanmei Zhao Fengting Ma Zaijie Lan Lixin Li Na	CHN	28 Feb 1998		Beijing	CHN	[89]
	2:16:04.00		Wo			Genet Gebregiogios Birhane Adere Ayelech Worku Gete Wami Getenesh Urge Luchia Yischak	ETH	13 Apr 1996		Copenhagen	DEN

Mixed

Event	Perf.	N	Athlete(s)	Nat.	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	R	V	P
4 × 400 m relay	3:08.80		Justin Robinson 44.47 Rosey Effiong 50.38 Matthew Boling 45.13 Alexis Holmes 48.82	USA	19 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest	HUN	[90]		P

Indoor world records

In 2023 World Athletics decided to introduce the new term 'short track' to replace the current term 'indoor' to describe events and performances that are set on a 200m track. ^[91] For track and combined events the term "indoor world records" were changed to "world records short track". In some field events, including long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault and shot put indoor world records were eliminated. These changes coming into effect since 1 November 2023.

Men

Event	Perf.	N	Athlete(s)	Nat.	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	R	V	P
50 m	5.55	X [lower-alpha 19]	Ben Johnson	CAN	31 Jan 1987		Ottawa	CAN	[92]
	5.56	A	Donovan Bailey	CAN	9 Feb 1996	Bill Cosby Invitational	Reno	USA
	5.56	# [lower-alpha 20]	Maurice Greene	USA	13 Feb 1999		Los Angeles	USA	[93]
60 m	6.34	A	Christian Coleman	USA	18 Feb 2018	USA Championships	Albuquerque	USA	[94]		P
200 m sh	19.92		Frankie Fredericks	NAM	18 Feb 1996	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin	FRA
400 m sh	44.57		Kerron Clement	USA	12 Mar 2005	NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Championships	Fayetteville	USA
	44.52	# [lower-alpha 20]	Michael Norman	USA	10 Mar 2018	NCAA Division I Championships	College Station	USA	[95]
	44.49	[lower-alpha 21]	Christopher Morales Williams	CAN	24 Feb 2024	SEC Championships	Fayetteville	USA	[96]	[97]
800 m sh	1:42.67		Wilson Kipketer	DEN	9 Mar 1997	World Championships	Paris	FRA
1000 m sh	2:14.20		Ayanleh Souleiman	DJI	17 Feb 2016	Globen Galan	Stockholm	SWE	[98]
1500 m sh	3:30.60		Jakob Ingebrigtsen	NOR	17 Feb 2022	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin	FRA	[99]	[100]
Mile sh	3:47.01		Yomif Kejelcha	ETH	3 March 2019	Bruce Lehane Invitational	Boston	USA	[101]
3000 m sh	7:23.81		Lamecha Girma	ETH	15 Feb 2023	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin	FRA	[102]
5000 m sh	12:49.60		Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	20 Feb 2004	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham	GBR
50 m hurdles	6.25		Mark McKoy	CAN	5 Mar 1986		Kobe	JPN
60 m hurdles	7.29		Grant Holloway	USA	24 Feb 2021	Villa de Madrid	Madrid	ESP	[103]		P
					20 Mar 2022	World Championships	Belgrade	SRB	[104]
	7.27	A			16 Feb 2024	USA Championships	Albuquerque	USA	[105]
High jump	2.43 m		Javier Sotomayor	CUB	4 Mar 1989	World Championships	Budapest	HUN			P
Pole vault	6.22 m		Armand Duplantis	SWE	25 Feb 2023	All Star Perche	Clermont-Ferrand	FRA	[106]		P
Long jump	8.79 m		Carl Lewis	USA	27 Jan 1984	Millrose Games	New York City	USA
Triple jump	18.07 m		Hugues Fabrice Zango	BUR	16 Jan 2021		Aubière	FRA	[107]
Shot put	22.82 m		Ryan Crouser	USA	24 Jan 2021	American Track League	Fayetteville	USA	[108]
Heptathlon sh	6645 pts	[lower-alpha 22]	Ashton Eaton	USA	10 Mar 2012	World Championships	Istanbul	TUR	[109]
5000 m walk sh	18:07.08		Mikhail Shchennikov	RUS	14 Feb 1995	Russian Winter Meeting	Moscow	RUS
4 × 200 m relay sh	1:22.11		Linford Christie Darren Braithwaite Ade Mafe John Regis	GBR	3 Mar 1991		Glasgow	GBR
4 × 400 m relay sh	3:01.51	[lower-alpha 23]	Amere Lattin Obi Igbokwe Jermaine Holt Kahmari Montgomery	USA	9 Feb 2019	Clemson's Tiger Paw Invitational	Clemson	USA	[110]
	3:00.77	[lower-alpha 24] [lower-alpha 25]	Zach Shinnick Rai Benjamin Ricky Morgan Jr. Michael Norman	USA   ATG   USA   USA	10 Mar 2018	NCAA Division I Championships	College Station	USA	[111]
	3:01.39	# [lower-alpha 20] [lower-alpha 26]	Ilolo Izu Robert Grant Devin Dixon Mylik Kerley	USA	10 Mar 2018	NCAA Division I Championships	College Station	USA	[95]
	3:01.43	[lower-alpha 27] [lower-alpha 28]	Kunle Fasasi Grant Holloway Chantz Sawyers Benjamin Lobo Vedel	NGR   USA   JAM   DEN	10 Mar 2018	NCAA Division I Championships	College Station	USA	[95]
4 × 800 m relay sh	7:11.30	[lower-alpha 29]	Joe McAsey Kyle Merber Chris Giesting Jesse Garn	USA	25 Feb 2018	BU Last Chance Meet	Boston	USA	[112]

Women

Event	Perf.	N	Athlete(s)	Nat.	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	R	V	P
50 m	5.96	+	Irina Privalova	RUS	9 Feb 1995		Madrid	ESP
60 m	6.92		Irina Privalova	RUS	11 Feb 1993		Madrid	ESP
	6.92		Irina Privalova	RUS	9 Feb 1995		Madrid	ESP
200 m sh	21.87		Merlene Ottey	JAM	13 Feb 1993	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin	FRA
400 m sh	49.26		Femke Bol	NED	19 Feb 2023	Dutch Championships	Apeldoorn	NED	[113]
	49.24		Femke Bol	NED	18 Feb 2024	Dutch Championships	Apeldoorn	NED	[114]
	49.17		Femke Bol	NED	2 Mar 2024	World Championships	Glasgow	GBR	[115]
800 m sh	1:55.82		Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	3 Mar 2002	European Championships	Vienna	AUT
1000 m sh	2:30.94		Maria Mutola	MOZ	25 Feb 1999	GE Galan	Stockholm	SWE
1500 m sh	3:53.09		Gudaf Tsegay	ETH	9 Feb 2021	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin	FRA	[116]
Mile sh	4:13.31		Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	17 Feb 2016	Globen Galan	Stockholm	SWE	[98]
3000 m sh	8:16.60		Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	6 Feb 2014	XL Galan	Stockholm	SWE	[117]
5000 m sh	14:18.86		Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	19 Feb 2015	XL Galan	Stockholm	SWE	[118]
50 m hurdles	6.58		Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	20 Feb 1988		East Berlin	GDR
60 m hurdles	7.68		Susanna Kallur	SWE	10 Feb 2008	BW-Bank Meeting	Karlsruhe	GER			P
	7.67		Devynne Charlton	BAH	11 Feb 2024	Millrose Games	New York City	USA	[119]		P
	7.67	A	Tia Jones	USA	16 Feb 2024	USA Championships	Albuquerque	USA	[120]
	7.65		Devynne Charlton	BAH	3 Mar 2024	World Championships	Glasgow	USA	[121]		P
	7.68	X [lower-alpha 30]	Lyudmila Narozhilenko	RUS	2 Mar 1993		San Sebastián	ESP
	7.66	X	Lyudmila Narozhilenko	RUS	4 Mar 1993		Seville	ESP
	7.63	X	Lyudmila Narozhilenko	RUS	4 Mar 1993		Seville	ESP
High jump	2.08 m		Kajsa Bergqvist	SWE	4 Feb 2006	Hochsprung mit Musik	Arnstadt	GER
Pole vault	5.03 m	# [lower-alpha 31]	Jenn Suhr	USA	30 Jan 2016	Golden Eagle Multi and Invitational	Brockport	USA	[122] [123]		P
	5.02 m	A	Jenn Suhr	USA	2 Mar 2013	USA Championships	Albuquerque	USA	[124]		P
Long jump	7.37 m		Heike Drechsler	GDR	13 Feb 1988		Vienna	AUT
Triple jump	15.74 m		Yulimar Rojas	VEN	20 Mar 2022	World Championships	Belgrade	SRB	[125]
Shot put	22.50 m		Helena Fibingerová	TCH	19 Feb 1977		Jablonec	TCH
Pentathlon sh	5055 pts	[lower-alpha 32]	Nafi Thiam	BEL	3 Mar 2023	European Championships	Istanbul	TUR	[126] [127]
3000 m walk sh	11:40.33		Claudia Iovan	ROU	30 Jan 1999		Bucharest	ROU
	11:35.34	# [lower-alpha 33]	Gillian O'Sullivan	IRL	15 Feb 2003		Belfast	GBR
4 × 200 m relay sh	1:32.41		Yekaterina Kondratyeva Irina Khabarova Yuliya Pechonkina Yuliya Gushchina	RUS	29 Jan 2005	Aviva International Match	Glasgow	GBR
4 × 400 m relay sh	3:23.37		Olesya Krasnomovets Olga Zaytseva Olga Kotlyarova Yuliya Gushchina	RUS	28 Jan 2006	Aviva International Match	Glasgow	GBR
	3:21.75	A [lower-alpha 34] [lower-alpha 35]	Amber Anning Joanne Reid Rosey Effiong Britton Wilson	GBR   JAM   USA   USA	11 Mar 2023	NCAA Division I Championships	Albuquerque	USA	[128]
4 × 800 m relay sh	8:05.89		Chrishuna Williams Raevyn Rogers Charlene Lipsey Ajeé Wilson	USA	3 Feb 2018	Millrose Games	New York City	USA	[129]

Best performances in non-WA World Record events

Events which do not qualify for World Athletics-ratified world records are typically referred to as world bests.

While races over imperial measured distances were very common in the first half of the 20th century, only the mile remains common today due to its historical prominence in track and field: all other imperial measured distance races became increasingly rare, and the IAAF deleted these events from the world record books in 1976.

In November 2019, World Athletics (WA; formerly IAAF) also deleted several long-distance events (track distances of 20,000 metres, 25,000 metres and 30,000 metres and road distances of 15 km, 20 km, 25 km and 30 km) from the world record books.

Some road racing distances and indoor variations of outdoor events fall outside of WA's lists, and records set in uncommon events usually do not adhere to the strict criteria found in WA-ratifiable events: one example is the 150 metres record, which was set by Usain Bolt on a specially-made straight track, while previous performances (such as the Bailey–Johnson 150-metre race) were completed on a traditional circuit which included a partial bend in the track.

The 40-yard dash, a standard acceleration evaluation for American football players, does not fall within the usual criteria of athletics racing events. In most 40-yard dashes, reaction times are not recorded as timing starts only once the player is in motion, and the standards for timing a "football 40" are so lax and inconsistent that a real world record cannot be claimed.

Performances are also hand-timed and calculated to 1/100th of a second, although studies have shown human beings simply cannot react consistently or accurately enough for this to be a valid method, and even those using light beams are timed by the motion of the athlete, removing the normal factor of reaction time; further, football 40-yard dashes are usually run on a turf surface as opposed to an all weather track. All of these factors make track and "football 40" performances essentially impossible to compare.

The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders, while the extrapolated best for an Olympic-level athlete (including reacting to a starting gun) is 4.24 by Maurice Greene at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. ^{[130] [131]} Under conventional football timing on a turf field in 2017, Christian Coleman reportedly ran a 4.12. ^[132]

Outdoor events

Men

Event	Perf.	W	N	Athlete(s)	Nat.	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	R	V	P
50 m	5.40	+0.2	+ [lower-alpha 36]	Bruny Surin	CAN	22 Aug 1999	World Championships	Seville	ESP	[133]
60 m	6.25		+ [lower-alpha 37]							[133] [134]
	6.31	+0.9	+ [lower-alpha 38]	Usain Bolt	JAM	16 Aug 2009	World Championships	Berlin	GER	[135]
	6.29	+0.9	+ [lower-alpha 39]	Su Bingtian	CHN	1 Aug 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	JPN
100 y	9.00		h	Ivory Crockett	USA	11 May 1974		Knoxville	USA	[136]
				Houston McTear	USA	9 May 1975		Winter Park	USA	[136]
	9.07	−0.5	+	Asafa Powell	JAM	27 May 2010	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava	CZE	[137]
150 m	14.44	−0.3	+	Usain Bolt	JAM	20 Aug 2009	World Championships	Berlin	GER	[138]
150 m straight	14.35	+1.1		Usain Bolt	JAM	17 May 2009	Manchester City Games	Manchester	GBR	[139]
200 m straight	19.41	−0.4		Tyson Gay	USA	16 May 2010	Manchester City Games	Manchester	GBR	[140] [141]
220 y (straight)	19.50	+1.9	h	Tommie Smith	USA	7 May 1966	Video on YouTube	San Jose, California	USA	[142]
	19.54	−0.4		Tyson Gay	USA	16 May 2010	Manchester City Games	Manchester	GBR	[143]
300 m	30.69		A	Letsile Tebogo	BOT	17 Feb 2024	Simbine Curro Classic Shoot-Out	Pretoria	RSA	[144]
440 y	44.50			John Smith	USA	26 Jun 1971	USA Championships	Eugene	USA	[145] [146] [147]
500 m	57.69		[lower-alpha 40]	David Rudisha	KEN	10 Sep 2016	Great North CityGames	Newcastle	GBR	[148]
600 m	1:12.81			Johnny Gray	USA	24 May 1986		Santa Monica	USA
1600 m	3:41.83		+	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	7 Jul 1999	Golden Gala	Rome	ITA
3200 m	7:51.35		+	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	NOR	9 Jun 2023	Meeting de Paris	Paris	FRA
Two miles	7:54.10			Jakob Ingebrigtsen	NOR	9 Jun 2023	Meeting de Paris	Paris	FRA	[149]		P
8 km (road)	21:11.00		+	Rhonex Kipruto	KEN	12 Jan 2020	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia	ESP	[150]
15 km (road)	40:27.00		+	Jacob Kiplimo	UGA	21 Nov 2021	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon	POR	[151]
10 miles (road)	44:04.00			Benard Kibet	KEN	4 Dec 2022	Kōsa 10-Miler	Kōsa	JAP	[152]	[153]
20,000 m (track)	56:20.02		+	Bashir Abdi	BEL	4 Sep 2020	Diamond League	Brussels	BEL	[17]
20 km (road)	54:29.00		+	Jacob Kiplimo	UGA	21 Nov 2021	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon	POR	[154]
25,000 m (track)	1:12:25.40		+	Moses Mosop	KEN	3 Jun 2011	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene	USA	[155]
25 km (road)	1:11:08.00		+	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	25 Sep 2022	Berlin Marathon	Berlin	GER	[156]
30,000 m (track)	1:26:47.40			Moses Mosop	KEN	3 Jun 2011	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene	USA	[155] [157]
30 km (road)	1:25:40.00		+	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	25 Sep 2022	Berlin Marathon	Berlin	GER	[156]
35 km (road)	1:40:10.00		+	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	25 Sep 2022	Berlin Marathon	Berlin	GER	[156]
40 km (road)	1:54:23.00		+	Kelvin Kiptum	KEN	8 Oct 2023	Chicago Marathon	Chicago	USA	[158]
100,000 m (track)	6:05:41.00			Aleksandr Sorokin	LTU	23 Apr 2022	Centurion Running Track 100 Mile	Bedfordshire	GBR	[159]
100 miles (track)	11:14:56.00		+	Aleksandr Sorokin	LTU	24 Apr 2021	Centurion Running Track 100 Mile	Ashford	UK	[160]
100 miles (road)	10:51:39.00		+	Aleksandr Sorokin	LTU	6 Jan 2022	Spartanion Race	Tel Aviv	ISR	[161]
12-hour run (track)	170,309 m			Aleksandr Sorokin	LTU	24 Apr 2021	Centurion Running Track 100 Mile	Ashford	UK	[160]
12-hour run (road)	177,410 m			Aleksandr Sorokin	LTU	6 Jan 2022	Spartanion Race	Tel Aviv	ISR	[161]
24-hour run (road)	319,614 m			Aleksandr Sorokin	LTU	18 Sep 2022	IAU 24 Hour European Championships	Verona	ITA	[162]
2000 m steeplechase	5:10.68			Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	FRA	30 Jun 2010	Alma Athlé Tour	Reims	FRA	[163]
2500 m steeplechase	7:34.4		h	George Orton	CAN	15 Jul 1900	Olympic Games	Paris	FRA
2590 m steeplechase	7:39.6		h	James Lightbody	USA	29 Aug 1904	Olympic Games	St. Louis	USA
3460 m steeplechase	10:33.4		h [lower-alpha 41]	Volmari Iso-Hollo	FIN	1 Aug 1932	Olympic Games	Los Angeles	USA
4000 m steeplechase	12:58.4		h	John Rimmer	GBR	16 Jul 1900	Olympic Games	Paris	FRA
200 m hurdles	22.55			Laurent Ottoz	ITA	31 May 1995		Milan	ITA	[164]
200 m hurdles straight	21.90	+1.4	h [lower-alpha 42]	Don Styron	USA	2 Apr 1960		Baton Rouge	USA	[165]
	22.10	+2.0		Andy Turner	GBR	15 May 2011	Manchester City Games	Manchester	GBR	[166]
	22.10	+1.8		Louis Jacobus van Zyl	RSA	9 May 2015	Manchester City Games	Manchester	GBR	[167]
220 y hurdles straight	21.90	+1.4	h	Don Styron	USA	2 Apr 1960		Baton Rouge	USA	[165] [168]
300 m hurdles	33.26			Karsten Warholm	NOR	4 Jun 2021	Night of Highlights	Oslo	NOR	[169]		P
440 y hurdles	48.70			Jim Bolding	USA	25 Jul 1974		Turin	ITA	[170]
Standing long jump	12 ft 3 in			Byron Jones	USA	23 Feb 2015	NFL Scouting Combine	Indianapolis	USA	[171]
Standing triple jump	10.95 m			Tydree Lewis	USA	31 Oct 2011
Weight throw	25.41 m			Lance Deal	USA	20 Feb 1993		Azusa	USA
Icosathlon	14571 pts			Joseph Detmer	USA	25 Sep 2010	World Championships	Lynchburg, Virginia	USA	[172]
1500 m walk (track)	5:12.00		+	Antanas Grigaliūnas	LTU	12 May 1990		Vilnius	LTU	[173]
Mile walk (track)	5:31.08			Tom Bosworth	GBR	9 Jul 2017	London Grand Prix	London	GBR	[174]
3000 m walk (track)	10:47.11			Giovanni De Benedictis	ITA	19 May 1990		San Giovanni Valdarno	ITA
5000 m walk (track)	18:05.49			Hatem Ghoula	TUN	1 May 1997		Tunis	TUN
5 km walk (road)	18:21			Robert Korzeniowski	POL	15 Sep 1990		Bad Salzdetfurth	GER	[175]
10,000 m walk (track)	37:25.21			Eiki Takahashi	JPN	14 Nov 2020	Juntendo University Long Distance meeting	Inzai	JPN	[176]
10 km walk (road)	37:11.00			Roman Rasskazov	RUS	28 May 2000		Saransk	RUS	[177]
30 km walk (road)	2:05:06.00			Nathan Deakes	AUS	27 Aug 2006	Australian Race Walking Championships	Hobart	AUS	[175]
35 km walk (road)	2:21:31.00			Vladimir Kanaykin	RUS	19 Feb 2006	Russian Winter Race Walking Championships	Adler	RUS	[178]
50-mile walk (road)	7:44:47.20		[lower-alpha 43]	Shaul Ladany	ISR	1972		New Jersey	USA	[179]
4 × 110 y relay	38.60		A [lower-alpha 44]	Earl McCullouch Fred Kuller O. J. Simpson Lennox Miller (JAM)		17 Jun 1967	NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Championships	Provo, Utah	USA	[180]
Swedish relay	1:46.59		[lower-alpha 45]	Christopher Williams Usain Bolt Davian Clarke Jermaine Gonzales	JAM	25 Jul 2006	DN Galan	Stockholm	SWE	[181]
Sprint medley relay (2-2-4-8)	3:10.76			Carl Lewis Ferran Tyler Benny Hollis Johnny Gray	USA	6 Apr 1985		Tempe	USA
4 × mile relay	15:49.08			Eamonn Coghlan Ray Flynn Frank O'Mara Marcus O'Sullivan	IRL	17 Aug 1985		Dublin	IRL	[182]
4 × 110m shuttle hurdle relay	52.94		[lower-alpha 46]	Jason Richardson Aleec Harris Aries Merritt David Oliver	USA	25 Apr 2015	Drake Relays	Des Moines	USA	[183]

Women

Event	Perf.	W	N	Athlete(s)	Nat.	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	R	V
50 m	5.93	−0.1	+	Marion Jones	USA	22 Aug 1999	World Championships	Seville	ESP
60 m	6.83	+0.4	+	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	JAM	10 Aug 2022	Monaco Diamond League	Monaco	MON	[184]
100 y	9.91	+1.1	+	Veronica Campbell-Brown	JAM	31 May 2011	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava	CZE	[185]
150 m	16.09	+0.2	+	Shericka Jackson	JAM	8 Sep 2023	Memorial van Damme	Brussels	BEL	[186]
	16.41	+1.1		Brianna Rollins-McNeal	USA	20 Jul 2020	AP Ranch High-Performance Invitational	Fort Worth	USA	[187]
150 m straight	16.23	-0.7		Shaunae Miller-Uibo	BAH	20 May 2018	Adidas Boost Boston Games	Boston	USA	[188]
200 m straight	21.76	+0.5		Shaunae Miller-Uibo	BAH	4 Jun 2017	Boost Boston Games	Somerville	USA	[189]
300 m	34.14		+	Marita Koch	GDR	6 Oct 1985	World Cup	Canberra	AUS
	34.41			Shaunae Miller-Uibo	BAH	20 June 2019	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava	CZE	[190]
500 m	1:05.90			Tatana Kocembova	TCH	2 Aug 1984		Ostrava	TCH
600 m	1:21.77			Caster Semenya	RSA	27 Aug 2017	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin	GER	[191]
1600 m	4:06.20+			Faith Kipyegon	KEN	21 Jul 2023	Herculis	Monaco	MON
3200 m	8:55.45+			Meseret Defar	ETH	14 Sep 2007	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels	BEL
Two miles	8:58.58			Meseret Defar	ETH	14 Sep 2007	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels	BEL
4 miles (road)	19:14.00			Viola Kibiwot	KEN	13 Oct 2013	4 Mile of Groningen	Groningen	NED	[192]
8 km (road)	24:30.00		+	Mary Keitany	KEN	18 Feb 2011	RAK Half Marathon	Ras al-Khaimah	UAE	[193]
12 km (road)	38:05.00			Brillian Kipkoech	KEN	19 May 2019	FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN	Cape Town	RSA	[194]
15 km (road)	44:20.00		Mx	Letesenbet Gidey	ETH	17 Nov 2019	Zevenheuvelenloop	Nijmegen	NED	[195]
	46:24.00		Wo +	Joyciline Jepkosgei	KEN	17 Oct 2020	World Athletics Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia	POL	[196]
10 miles (road)	51:23.00		Wo	Keira D'Amato	USA	24 Nov 2020	Up Dawg Ten Miler	Washington, D.C.	USA	[197]
	50:05.00		+	Mary Keitany	KEN	18 Feb 2011	RAK Half Marathon	Ras al-Khaimah	UAE	[193]
	49:21.00		+ a	Brigid Kosgei	KEN	8 Sep 2019	Great North Run	Newcastle upon Tyne–South Shields, United Kingdom	GBR	[198]
20,000 m (track)	1:05:26.60			Tegla Loroupe	KEN	3 Sep 2000		Borgholzhausen	GER
20 km (road)	59:35.00		Mx +	Letesenbet Gidey	ETH	24 Oct 2021	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia	ESP	[199]
	1:02:04.00		Wo +	Peres Jepchirchir	KEN	17 Oct 2020	World Athletics Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia	POL	[196]
25,000 m (track)	1:27:05.84			Tegla Loroupe	KEN	21 Sep 2002		Mengerskirchen	GER
25 km (road)	1:18:03.00		Mx +	Ruth Chepngetich	KEN	9 Oct 2022	Chicago Marathon	Chicago	USA	[200]
	1:19:43.00		Wo +	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	KEN	23 Apr 2017	London Marathon	London	GBR	[201]
30,000 m (track)	1:45:50.00			Tegla Loroupe	KEN	6 Jun 2003		Warstein	GER
30 km (road)	1:34:01.00		Mx +	Ruth Chepngetich	KEN	9 Oct 2022	Chicago Marathon	Chicago	USA	[200]
	1:36:05.00		Wo +	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	KEN	23 Apr 2017	London Marathon	London	GBR	[201]
35 km (road)	1:49:41.00		Mx +	Tigst Assefa	ETH	24 Sep 2023	Berlin Marathon	Berlin	GER	[202] [203]
	1:52:39.00		Wo +	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	KEN	23 Apr 2017	London Marathon	London	GBR	[201]
40 km (road)	2:05:13.00		Mx +	Tigst Assefa	ETH	24 Sep 2023	Berlin Marathon	Berlin	GER	[204] [205]
	2:09:38.00		Wo +	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	KEN	23 Apr 2017	London Marathon	London	GBR	[201]
100 miles (road)	12:42:40.00			Camille Herron	USA	11 Nov 2017	Tunnel Hill 100	Vienna	USA	[206]
12-hour run (track)	149,130 m		+	Camille Herron	USA	9 Dec 2017	Desert Solstice Track Invitational	Phoenix	USA	[206]
12-hour run (road)	152,633 m			Dominika Stelmach	POL	5 Jan 2023	Spartanion Race	Tel Aviv	ISR	[207]
24-hour run (road)	270,116 m			Camille Herron	USA	26–27 Oct 2019	IAU 24 Hour World Championship	Albi	FRA	[208]
48-hour run (road)	435,366 m			Camille Herron	USA	25–27 Mar 2023	Sri Chinmoy 48 Hour Festival	Bruce	AUS	[209]
2000 m steeplechase	5:47.42			Beatrice Chepkoech	KEN	10 Sep 2023	Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb	CRO	[210]
200 m hurdles (bend)	24.80	+0.4	h	Yadisleidy Pedroso	ITA	6 Apr 2013		Caserta	ITA	[211]
	25.60	−0.7	h	Patricia Girard	FRA	23 Aug 2001		Nantes	FRA	[212]
	25.79	−0.6		Lauren Wells	AUS	21 Jan 2017	AACT Combined Events Championships	Canberra	AUS	[213]
200 m hurdles (straight)	24.86	+0.1		Shiann Salmon	JAM	23 May 2021	Adidas Boost Boston Games	Boston	USA	[214]
300 m hurdles	36.86			Femke Bol	NED	31 May 2022	Ostrava Golden Spike	Ostrava	CZE	[215]
Tetradecathlon	10798 pts			Milla Kelo	FIN	8 Sep 2002		Turku	FIN	[216]
3000 m walk (track)	11:48.24			Ileana Salvador	ITA	29 Aug 1993		Padua	ITA	[217]
5000 m walk (track)	20:01.80			Eleonora Giorgi	ITA	18 May 2014	Italian Clubs League Meet	Misterbianco	ITA	[218]
5 km walk (road)	19:46			Kjersti Plätzer	NOR	27 Aug 2006	Internationaler Geher-Cup	Hildesheim	GER	[219]
10 km walk (road)	41:04.00			Yelena Nikolayeva	RUS	20 Apr 1996	Russian Championships	Sochi	RUS	[220]
30 km walk (road)	2:24:33.00			Paola Pérez	ECU	22 Oct 2017		Hauppauge	USA	[219]
35 km walk (road)	2:38:24.00			Klavdiya Afanasyeva	RUS	18 Feb 2019	Russian Winter Walking Championships	Sochi	RUS
Sprint medley relay (1–1–2–4)	1:35.20		[lower-alpha 47]	Destinee Brown Aaliyah Brown Kimberlyn Duncan Raevyn Rogers	USA	28 Apr 2018	Penn Relays	Philadelphia	USA	[221]
Swedish relay (1–2–3–4)	2:01.10		[lower-alpha 48]	Marina Zhirova Yelena Mizera Yelena Ruzina Tatyana Alekseyeva	RUS	5 June 1993		Portsmouth	GBR
Sprint medley relay (2-2-4-8)	3:34.56		[lower-alpha 49]	Sherri-Ann Brooks Rosemarie Whyte Moya Thompson Kenia Sinclair	JAM	1 Apr 2009	Penn Relays	Philadelphia	USA
4 × mile relay	18:39.58			Brenda Bushnell Leann Warren Kathy Hayes Claudette Groenendaal	USA	5 May 1985		Eugene	USA
4 × 100 m hurdles relay	50.50			Brianna Rollins Dawn Harper-Nelson Queen Harrison Kristi Castlin	USA	24 Apr 2015	Drake Relays	Des Moines	USA

Indoor events

Men

Event	Perf.	N	Athlete(s)	Nat.	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	R
30 m	3.81		Churandy Martina	NED	14 Nov 2008	Domino Day	Amsterdam	NED	[222]
40 y	4.12	[lower-alpha 50]	Christian Coleman	USA	2 May 2017	Trial	Knoxville	USA
50 y	5.22		Stanley Floyd	USA	22 Jan 1982		Los Angeles	USA
	5.15	X [lower-alpha 19]	Ben Johnson	CAN	29 Jan 1988		Toronto	CAN
	5.00	h	Kirk Clayton	USA	10 Jan 1970		Calgary	CAN
			Herb Washington	USA	2 Feb 1972		Toronto	CAN	[224]
			Mel Pender	USA	4 Mar 1972		Orlando	USA
					18 Mar 1972		Hamilton	CAN
			Herb Washington	USA	4 Feb 1973		Toronto	CAN
			Manfred Ommer	FRG	14 Mar 1975		Leverkusen	FRG
60 y	5.80	h	Herb Washington	USA	12 Feb 1972		East Lansing	USA	[224]
		h A	Mel Pender	USA	25 May 1973		Salt Lake City	USA
55 m	5.99	A	Obadele Thompson	BAR	22 Feb 1997		Colorado Springs	USA	[93]
70 y	6.80	h	Mel Pender	USA	27 Feb 1965	Mason-Dixon Games	Louisville	USA
			Craig Wallace	USA	27 Feb 1965	Mason-Dixon Games	Louisville	USA
			Larry Highbaugh	USA	14 Feb 1970	Mason-Dixon Games	Louisville	USA
			Jim Green	USA	14 Feb 1970	Mason-Dixon Games	Louisville	USA
			Mel Pender	USA	13 Feb 1971	Mason-Dixon Games	Louisville	USA
			Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	MAD	1 Jun 1973	Mason-Dixon Games	Louisville	USA
			Warren Edmondson	USA	1 Jun 1973	Mason-Dixon Games	Louisville	USA
			Harrington Jackson	USA	1 Jun 1973	Mason-Dixon Games	Louisville	USA
100 m	9.98		Usain Bolt	JAM	23 Aug 2014	Kamila Skolimowska Memorial	Warsaw	POL	[225] [226] [227]
150 m	14.99		Donovan Bailey	CAN	1 Jun 1997	Bailey–Johnson 150-metre race	Toronto	CAN	[228]
300 y	29.27		Terron Wright	USA	7 Feb 1981		Bloomington	USA
300 m	31.56		Steven Gardiner	BAH	28 Jan 2022	South Carolina Invitational	Columbia	USA	[229]
500 y	53.90	h A	Larry James	USA	25 May 1973	ITA meet	Salt Lake City	USA	[230]
500 m	59.83	[lower-alpha 51]	Abdalelah Haroun	QAT	17 Feb 2016	Globen Galan	Stockholm	SWE	[231]
600 y	1:06.93		Moitalel Naadokila	KEN	15 Feb 2020		Lubbock	USA	[232]
	1:06.68	OT	Jonathan Jones	BAR	26 Feb 2022	Big 12 Championships	Ames	USA	[233]
600 m	1:13.77		Donavan Brazier	USA	24 Feb 2019	USA Indoor Championships	Staten Island	USA	[234]
1000 y	2:04.39		Johnny Gray	USA	23 Feb 1986		San Diego	USA
1600 m	3:45.69+		Yomif Kejelcha	ETH	3 March 2019	Bruce Lehane Invitational	Boston	USA
2000 m	4:49.99		Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	17 Feb 2007	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham	GBR
3200 m	7:57.89+		Josh Kerr	GBR	11 Feb 2024	Millrose Games	New York City	USA
Two miles	8:00.67		Josh Kerr	GBR	11 Feb 2024	Millrose Games	New York City	USA	[235]
10,000 m	27:50.29		Mark Bett	KEN	10 Feb 2002	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent	BEL	[236]
Marathon	2:19:01		Malcolm Richards	USA	17 Mar 2018	The Armory Indoor Marathon	New York City	USA	[237]
2000 m steeplechase	5:13.77		Paul Kipsiele Koech	KEN	13 Feb 2011	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent	BEL	[238] [239]
3000 m steeplechase	8:17.46		Aleksandr Zagoruyko	URS	21 Feb 1982		Moscow	URS	[236]
50 y hurdles	5.88		Greg Foster	USA	17 Jan 1986		Los Angeles	USA
60 y hurdles	6.82		Renaldo Nehemiah	USA	30 Jan 1982		Dallas	USA
55 m hurdles	6.89	[lower-alpha 52]	Renaldo Nehemiah	USA	20 Jan 1979		New York City	USA
110 m hurdles	13.34		Allen Johnson	USA	14 Feb 1995		Moscow	RUS	[236]
300 m hurdles	34.26	OT	Karsten Warholm	NOR	10 Feb 2018	Avoimet Pirkanmaan	Tampere	FIN	[240]
400 m hurdles	48.78		Félix Sánchez	DOM	18 Feb 2012	Meeting National Val-de-Reuil	Val-de-Reuil	FRA	[241] [242]
Discus throw	69.51 m		Gerd Kanter	EST	22 Mar 2009	World Record Indoor Challenge	Växjö	SWE	[243]
Weight throw	26.35 m	A	Daniel Haugh	USA	16 Feb 2024	USA Championships	Albuquerque	USA	[244]
Javelin throw	85.78 m		Matti Närhi	FIN	3 Mar 1996		Kajaani	FIN	[245]
3000 m walk	10:30.28		Tom Bosworth	GBR	25 Feb 2018	Glasgow Grand Prix	Glasgow	GBR	[246]
Two miles walk	11:54.50		Valdas Kazlauskas	URS	24 Feb 1990		Kaunas	URS	[236]
10,000 m walk	38:23.73		Wang Zhen	CHN	8 Feb 2015		Genoa	ITA
15,000 m walk	1:00:03.90		Valdas Kazlauskas	URS	24 Jan 1987		Kaunas	URS	[236]
20,000 m walk	1:20:40.00	OT	Ronald Weigel	GDR	27 Jan 1980		Senftenberg	GDR
Sprint medley relay	3:15.10	[lower-alpha 53]	Mark Everett James Trapp Kevin Little Butch Reynolds	USA	14 Mar 1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto	CAN	[247]
Distance medley relay	9:19.42	[lower-alpha 54]	Cole Hocker Luis Peralta Charlie Hunter Cooper Teare	USA   DOM   AUS   USA	29 Jan 2021	Razorback Invitational	Fayetteville	USA	[248]
4 × mile relay	16:03.68	[lower-alpha 55]	David Ribich (4:08.2) Henry Wynne (4:01.4) Brannon Kidder (3:56.8) Izaic Yorks (3:57.2)	USA	26 Jan 2019	Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge	New York City	USA	[249]
4 × 60y shuttle hurdle relay	27.6	A [lower-alpha 56]	T.G. Parker Joe Kahiapo Ahart Powers Dick McIntosh	USA	21 Feb 1975		Colorado Springs	USA	[250]

Women

Event	Perf.	N	Athlete(s)	Nat.	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	R	V
50 y	5.74	[lower-alpha 57]	Evelyn Ashford	USA	18 Feb 1983		San Diego	USA	[251]
60 y	6.54		Evelyn Ashford	USA	7 Feb 1982	USA Indoor Track and Field Championships	New York City	USA
			Jeanette Bolden	USA	21 Feb 1986		Los Angeles	USA
55 m	6.56		Gwen Torrence	USA	14 Mar 1987	NCAA	Oklahoma City	USA	[252]
100 y	10.15		Heike Drechsler	GDR	8 Feb 1987		Senftenberg	GDR	[253]
100 m	11.15		Marita Koch	GDR	12 Jan 1980		East Berlin	GDR
300 y	32.63		Merlene Ottey	JAM	13 Mar 1982		Cedar Falls	USA
300 m	35.45		Irina Privalova	RUS	17 Jan 1993		Moscow	RUS
			Shaunae Miller-Uibo	BAH	3 Feb 2018	Millrose Games	New York City	USA	[129]
500 y	1:00.61	A	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	19 Feb 2000		Pocatello	USA
500 m	1:05.63		Femke Bol	NED	4 Feb 2023	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston	USA	[254]
600 y	1:16.76	A	Michaela Rose	USA	20 Jan 2024	Corky Classic	Lubbock	USA	[255]
600 m	1:23.41		Keely Hodgkinson	GBR	28 Jan 2023	Manchester World Indoor Tour	Manchester	GBR	[256]
1000 y	2:23.5		Joetta Clark	USA	9 Mar 1986		Gainesville	USA
1600 m	4:11.84+		Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	17 Feb 2016	Globen Galan	Stockholm	SWE
2000 m	5:23.75		Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	7 Feb 2017	Míting Internacional de Catalunya	Sabadell	ESP	[257]
3200 m	8:57.34+		Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	15 Feb 2014	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham	GBR
Two miles	9:00.48		Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	15 Feb 2014	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham	GBR	[258]
10,000 m	32:44.97		Olga Michurina	RUS	23 Dec 1995		Saint Petersburg	RUS
Marathon	2:40:55		Lindsey Scherf	USA	17 Mar 2018	The Armory Indoor Marathon	New York City	USA	[237]
55 m hurdles	7.30	A, [lower-alpha 58]	Tiffany Lott-Hogan	USA	22 Feb 1997		Colorado Springs	USA
100 m hurdles	12.64		Ludmila Engquist	SWE	10 Feb 1997		Tampere	FIN
300 m hurdles	40.09	OT	Stine Tomb	NOR	5 Feb 2011	Finland-Sweden-Norway Indoor Match	Tampere	FIN	[259] [260]
400 m hurdles	56.41		Sheena Tosta	USA	12 Feb 2011	Meeting National	Val-de-Reuil	FRA	[261] [262] [263]
2000 m steeplechase	5:47.79		Maruša Mišmaš	SLO	19 Feb 2020	Meeting Hauts de France Pas de Calais	Liévin	FRA	[264]
3000 m steeplechase	9:07.00		Tatyana Petrova	RUS	17 Feb 2006		Moscow	RUS
	9:54.20	[lower-alpha 59]	Marcela Lustigova	CZE	11 Feb 2010	Botnia Games	Korsholm	FIN	[265] [266]
Discus throw	65.23 m	Mx	Shanice Craft	GER	10 Feb 2023	ISTAF Indoor	Berlin	GER	[267]
Weight throw	26.02 m	A	Deanna Price	USA	17 Feb 2023	USA Championships	Albuquerque	USA	[268]
Javelin throw	57.75 m	[lower-alpha 60]	Anna Wessman	SWE	10 Mar 2012	World Indoor Throwing	Växjö	SWE	[269]
	61.29 m	[lower-alpha 61]	Taina Uppa	FIN	28 Feb 1999		Korsholm	FIN	[270]
Mile walk	6:16.72		Sada Eidikytė	URS	24 Feb 1990		Kaunas	URS	[271]
Two miles walk	13:11.88		Ileana Salvador	ITA	14 Feb 1990		Genoa	ITA	[271]
5000 m walk	20:10.30		Vera Sokolova	RUS	30 Dec 2010	Mordovian Indoor Championships	Saransk	RUS	[272]
10,000 m walk	43:54.63		Yelena Ginko	BLR	22 Feb 2008	Belarusian Championships	Mogilev	BLR
4 × 100 m relay	44.39		Anne-Kathrin Elbe Anne Möllinger Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner	GER	31 Jan 2010	BW-Bank Meeting	Karlsruhe	GER	[273]
Sprint medley relay	3:45.90	[lower-alpha 62]	Joetta Clark Diggs Wendy Vereen Kim Batten Jearl Miles Clark	USA	14 Mar 1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto	CAN	[274]
Distance medley relay	10:33.85	[lower-alpha 63]	Heather McLean Kendall Ellis Roisin Willis Elle Purrier St. Pierre	USA	15 Apr 2022		Boston	USA	[86]

Notes

Javelin specifications

See also: Javelin redesign

The men's javelin specification was changed with effect from 1986, and the women's from 2000. The purpose was to reduce the number of illegal flat landings, but a side-effect was to reduce the distance travelled. The prior world records in individual men's and women's javelin were invalidated, but the prior records in decathlon and heptathlon were not. ^[275]

The old specification records for men's and women's javelin were as follows:

Event	Record	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	Ref(s)
Men's	104.80 m	Uwe Hohn	GDR	20 Jul 1984		East Berlin	GDR
Women's	80.00 m	Petra Felke	GDR	9 Sep 1988		Potsdam	GDR

The current decathlon world record was set with the current javelin specification. The best performance in heptathlon using the new specification javelin is:

Performance	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	Ref(s)
7032	Carolina Klüft	SWE	26 Aug 2007	World Championships	Osaka	JPN	[276]
	13.15 (+0.1 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.95 m (high jump), 14.81 m (shot put), 23.38 (+0.3 m/s) (200 m) / 6.85 m (+1.0 m/s) (long jump), 47.98 m [lower-alpha 64] (javelin), 2:12.56 (800 m)

See also

• Sport of athletics portal

• List of Olympic records in athletics
• Ultramarathon records

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Other notes

1. Up until 2004, the fastest time in the marathon was officially known as "world's best time" rather than "world record time", owing to the non-uniform nature of marathon courses. This older terminology is still sometimes encountered.
2. Non-ratifiable as the athlete was the sole competitor, ran behind a car, received drinks from a bike, and was paced by rotating pacemakers
3. See javelin specifications below.
4. 100m: 10.55 (+0.3m/s), LJ: 7.80m (+1.2m/s), SP: 16.00m, HJ: 2.05m, 400m: 48.42, 110mH: 13.75 (−1.1m/s), DT: 50.54m, PV: 5.45m, JT: 71.90m, 1500m: 4:36.11
5. Actually 1:17:25.5 but ratified as 1:17:25.6.
6. A time of 2:54.20 set by the United States at Uniondale on 22 July 1998 was rescinded by the IAAF on 12 August 2008 after relay team member Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
7. Leg 1 (1200m) Kyle Merber 2:53.56
   Leg 2 (400m) Brycen Spratling 45.95
   Leg 3 (800 m) Brandon Johnson 1:44.75
   Leg 4 (1600 m) Ben Blankenship 3:51.24
8. Leg 1 (5km) Josephat Ndambiri 13:24
   Leg 2 (10km) Martin Mathathi 27:12
   Leg 3 (5km) Daniel Muchunu Mwangi 13:59
   Leg 4 (10km) Mekubo Mogusu 27:56
   Leg 5 (5km) Onesmus Nyerre 14:36
   Leg 6 (7.195km) John Kariuki 19:59
9. It is widely believed that the anemometer was faulty for the race in which Florence Griffith Joyner set the official world record for the women's 100 m of 10.49 s. ^[38] A 1995 report commissioned by the IAAF estimated the true wind speed was between +5.0 m/s and +7.0 m/s, rather than the 0.0 recorded. ^[38] If this time, recorded in the quarter-final of the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials, were excluded, the world record would be 10.54 s, recorded by Elaine Thompson-Herah at the 2021 Diamond League event in Eugene, Oregon. ^[39]
10. Ngetich's women's-only record was not certified after it was found the course was found to be 25 metres too short by World Athletics.
11. 100mH: 12.69 (+0.8m/s), HJ: 1.86m, SP: 15.80m, 200m: 22.56 (+1.6m/s), LJ: 7.27m(+0.7m/s), JT: 45.66m, 800m: 2:08.51
12. 100m: 12.49, LJ: 6.12m, SP: 16.42m, HJ: 1.78m, 400m: 57.19, 100mH: 14.22, DT: 46.19m, PV: 3.10m, JT: 48.78m, 1500m: 5:15.86
13. Not ratified by World Athletics due to lack of international judges.
14. A minimum standard of 4:20:00 has been recommended for the first record. The record will be vacant until such a performance is achieved.
15. Time rejected as a record as the team members are not of the same nationality
16. Leg 1 (1200m) Treniere Moser 3:18.38
    Leg 2 (400m) Sanya Richards-Ross 50.12
    Leg 3 (800m) Ajeé Wilson 2:00.08
    Leg 4 (1600m) Shannon Rowbury 4:27.92
17. Leg 1 (1200m) Heather McLean 3:14.92
    Leg 2 (400m) Kendall Ellis 52.04
    Leg 3 (800m) Roisin Willis 2:03.29
    Leg 4 (1600m) Elle Purrier St. Pierre 4:23.60
18. Leg1 (5km) Jiang Bo 15:42
    Leg 2 (10km) Dong Yanmei 31:36
    Leg 3 (5km) Zhao Fengting 15:16
    Leg 4 (10km) Ma Zaijie 31:01
    Leg 5 (5km) Lan Lixin 15:50
    Leg 6 (7.195km) Li Na 22:16
19. This time was rescinded after Johnson admitted using steroids between 1981 and 1988.
20. Insufficient or no doping control.
21. Starting blocks did not comply with World Athletics regulations, athlete passed drug test on the day
22. 60m: 6.79, LJ: 8.16m, SP: 14.56m, HJ: 2.03m, 60mH: 7.68, PV: 5.20m, 1000m: 2:32.77
23. University of Houston team:
    Leg 1 Amere Lattin (46.33)
    Leg 2 Obi Igbowke (44.93)
    Leg 3 Jermaine Holt (45.80)
    Leg 4 Kahmari Montgomery (44.45)
24. University of Southern California team:
    Leg 1 Zach Shinnick (46.24)
    Leg 2 Rai Benjamin (44.35)
    Leg 3 Ricky Morgan Jr. (45.67)
    Leg 4 Michael Norman (44.52)
25. Time rejected as a record as Benjamin was representing Antigua & Barbuda internationally at the time (silver medal at the 2015 CARIFTA Games), while Norman had represented the United States internationally (2 gold medals at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships)
26. Texas A&M University team:
    Leg 1 Ilolo Izu (46.57)
    Leg 2 Robert Grant (44.83)
    Leg 3 Devin Dixon (45.48)
    Leg 4 Mylik Kerley (44.51)
27. Time rejected as a record as the team members are not of the same nationality
28. University of Florida team
29. Hoka One One New Jersey*New York Track Club team:
    Leg 1 Joe McAsey (1:48.78)
    Leg 2 Kyle Merber (1:47.84)
    Leg 3 Chris Giesting (1:47.35)
    Leg 4 Jesse Garn (1:47.14)
30. Athlete failed a doping test.
31. Insufficient or no doping control.
32. 60mH: 8.23, HJ: 1.92m, SP: 15.54m, LJ: 6.59m, 800m: 2:13.60
33. No international judges.
34. Time rejected as a record as the team members are not of the same nationality
35. University of Arkansas team
36. Calculated.
37. Calculated./ 6.38 by other sources
38. Calculated.
39. Calculated.
40. Road race.
41. The race was intended to be a 3000 metres steeplechase, but due to an error in lap counting, the competitors ran an extra lap in the final.
42. actual race distance was 220 yards
43. 7:23:50 by other sources
44. Team University of Southern California
45. Team Puma Reggae
    Leg 1 (100m) Christopher Williams
    Leg 2 (200m) Usain Bolt
    Leg 3 (300m) Davian Clarke
    Leg 4: (400m) Jermaine Gonzales
46. Team USA Blue
47. Leg 1 (100m) Destinee Brown
    Leg 2 (100m) Aaliyah Brown
    Leg 3 (200m) Kimberlyn Duncan
    Leg 4 (400m) Raevyn Rogers 50.48
48. Leg 1 (100m) Marina Zhirova
    Leg 2 (200m) Yelena Mizera
    Leg 3 (300m) Yelena Ruzina
    Leg 4 (400m) Tatyana Alekseyeva
49. Leg 1 (200m) Sherri-Ann Brooks
    Leg 2 (200m) Rosemarie Whyte
    Leg 3 (400m) Moya Thompson 51.7
    Leg 4 (800m)Kenia Sinclair 1:57.43
50. This performance was in a test comparable to ones commonly used in American football. Coleman's hands are clearly off the ground at a time of 0.04 and so if conducted under "athletics" rules it would have been a false start ^[223]
51. Roddie Haley ran 59.82 at Oklahoma City on 15 Mar 1986 but the track was subsequently found to have been measured incorrectly
52. Originally reported as 6.88 and subsequently corrected to 6.89
53. Leg 1 Mark Everett 1:48.4
    Leg 2 James Trapp 20.20
    Leg 3 Kevin Little 20.7
    Leg 4 Butch Reynolds 45.8
54. Leg 1 Cole Hocker 2:49.89
    Leg 2 Luis Peralta 47.29
    Leg 3 Charlie Hunter 1:47.65
    Leg 4 Cooper Teare 3:54.61
55. Team Brooks
56. US Air Force
57. Angela Issajenko equalled the time of 5.74 on 29 Jan 1988 in Toronto but the mark was rescinded following her subsequent admission of long-term drug use.
58. Mark was set during pentathlon competition.
59. This is the fastest indoor steeplechase with a water-jump.
60. Current design.
61. Old design.
62. Leg 1 (800m) Joetta Clark Diggs 2:08.7
    Leg 2 (200m) Wendy Vereen 22.6
    Leg 3 (200m) Kim Batten 23.3
    Leg 4 (400m) Jearl Miles Clark 51.3
63. Leg 1 (1200m) Heather McLean 3:14.92
    Leg 2 (400m) Kendall Ellis 52.04
    Leg 3 (800m) Roisin Willis 2:03.29
    Leg 4 (1600m) Elle Purrier St. Pierre 4:23.60
64. This is 2.32 m farther than the distance thrown by Jackie Joyner-Kersee during her world record-setting heptathlon performance of 23–24 September 1988, despite Klüft using the new specification javelin.

External links

• Records overview – IAAF
• World Record progression in athletics – athletix.org
• Track and Field all-time performances
• Masters Track & Field World Records