World Records
as ratified by the IAAF
Symbols:
(A) = mark made at over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)
i = made indoors
M = miles
m = meters
p = mark still pending ratification
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Track
Events |
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100 |
9.77p |
Asafa Powell
(Jamaica) |
Athens, Greece |
6/14/05 |
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200 |
19.32 |
Michael Johnson
(US) |
Atlanta,
Georgia |
8/01/96 |
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400 |
43.18 |
Michael Johnson
(US) |
Seville, Spain |
8/26/99 |
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800 |
1:41.11 |
Wilson Kipketer
(Denmark) |
Cologne,
Germany |
8/24/97 |
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1000 |
2:11.96 |
Noah Ngeny
(Kenya) |
Rieti, Italy |
9/05/99 |
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1500 |
3:26.00 |
Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) |
Rome, Italy |
7/14/98 |
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Mile |
3:43.13 |
Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) |
Rome, Italy |
7/07/99 |
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2000 |
4:44.79 |
Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) |
Berlin, Germany |
9/07/99 |
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Steeplechase |
7:53.63 |
Saïf Saaeed
Shaheen (Qatar) |
Brussels,
Belgium |
9/03/04 |
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3000 |
7:20.67 |
Daniel Komen
(Kenya) |
Rieti, Italy |
9/01/96 |
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5000 |
12:37.35 |
Kenenisa Bekele
(Ethiopia) |
Hengelo,
Netherlands |
5/31/04 |
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10,000 |
26:17.53p |
Kenenisa Bekele
(Ethiopia) |
Brussels,
Belgium |
8/26/05 |
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20,000 |
56:55.6 |
Arturo Barrios (Mexico) |
La Flèche, France |
3/30/91 |
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Hour |
21,101m (13M,193y) |
Arturo Barrios (Mexico) |
La Flèche, France |
3/30/91 |
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25,000 |
1:13:55.8 |
Toshihiko Seko (Japan) |
Christchurch,
New Zealand |
3/22/81 |
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30,000 |
1:29:18.8 |
Toshihiko Seko (Japan) |
Christchurch,
New Zealand |
3/22/81 |
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110 Hurdles |
12.91 |
Colin Jackson
(Great Britain) |
Stuttgart,
Germany |
8/20/93 |
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12.91 |
Xiang Liu
(China) |
Athens, Greece |
8/27/04 |
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400 Hurdles |
46.78 |
Kevin Young
(US) |
Barcelona,
Spain |
8/06/92 |
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Relay
Events |
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4 x 100 |
37.40 |
United States |
Barcelona,
Spain |
8/08/92 |
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Mike Marsh,
Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis |
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37.40 |
United States |
Stuttgart,
Germany |
8/21/93 |
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Jon Drummond,
Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell |
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4 x 200 |
1:18.68 |
Santa Monica TC |
Walnut,
California |
4/17/94 |
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Mike Marsh
20.0, Leroy Burrell 19.6, Floyd Heard 19.7, Carl Lewis 19.4 |
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4 x 400 |
2:54.20 |
United States |
Uniondale, New
York |
7/22/98 |
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Jerome Young
44.3, Antonio Pettigrew 43.2, Tyree Washington 43.5, Michael Johnson 43.2 |
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4 x 800 |
7:03.89 |
Great Britain |
London, England |
8/30/82 |
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Peter Elliott
1:49.14, Garry Cook 1:46.20, Steve Cram 1:44.54, Seb Coe 1:44.01 |
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4 x 1500 |
14:38.8 |
West Germany |
Cologne,
Germany |
8/17/77 |
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Thomas
Wessinghage 3:38.8, Harald Hudak 3:40.2, Michael Lederer 3:42.6, Karl
Fleschen 3:37.3 |
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4 x Mile+ |
15:49.08 |
Ireland |
Dublin, Ireland |
8/17/85 |
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Eamonn Coghlan
4:00.2, Marcus O'Sullivan 3:55.3, Frank O'Mara 3:56.6, Ray Flynn 3:56.98 |
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Field
Events |
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High Jump |
2.45 | 8-0.50 |
Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) |
Salamanca,
Spain |
7/27/93 |
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Pole Vault |
6.13 | 20-1.25 |
Sergey Bubka
(Ukraine) |
Tokyo, Japan |
9/19/92 |
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6.14 | 20-1.75(A) |
Sergey Bubka
(Ukraine) |
Sestriere,
Italy |
7/31/94 |
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Long Jump |
8.95 | 29-4.50 |
Mike Powell
(US) |
Tokyo, Japan |
8/30/91 |
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Triple Jump |
18.29 | 60-0.25 |
Jonathan
Edwards (Great Britain) |
Göteborg,
Sweden |
8/07/95 |
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Shot |
23.12 |
75-10.25 |
Randy Barnes
(US) |
Westwood,
California |
5/20/90 |
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Discus |
74.08 | 243-0 |
Jürgen Schult
(East Germany) |
Neubrandenburg,
Germany |
6/06/86 |
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Hammer |
86.74 | 284-7 |
Yuriy Syedikh
(Soviet Union) |
Stuttgart,
Germany |
8/30/86 |
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Javelin |
98.48 | 323-1 |
Jan Zelezny
(Czech Republic) |
Jena, Germany |
5/25/96 |
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Multi
Event |
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Decathlon |
9026 |
Roman Sebrle
(Czech Republic) |
Götzis, Austria |
5/26-27/01 |
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10.64, 8.11
(26-7.25), 15.33 (50-3.5), 2.12 (6-11.5), 47.79 [4675], |
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Road
Events |
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10K |
27:02 |
Haile
Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) |
Doha, Qatar |
12/11/02 |
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15K |
41:29 |
Felix Limo
(Kenya) |
Nijmegen,
Holland |
11/11/01 |
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20K |
56:18 |
Paul Tergat
(Kenya) |
Milan, Italy |
4/04/98 |
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Half-Marathon |
59:17 |
Paul Tergat
(Kenya) |
Milan, Italy |
4/04/98 |
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25K |
1:12:45 |
Paul Kosgei
(Kenya) |
Berlin, Germany |
5/09/04 |
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30K |
1:28:36 |
Takayuki Matsumiya (Japan) |
Kumamoto, Japan |
2/16/03 |
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Marathon |
2:04:55 |
Paul Tergat
(Kenya) |
Berlin, Germany |
9/28/03 |
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100K |
6:13:33 |
Takahiro Sunada (Japan) |
Lake Saroma, Japan |
6/21/98 |
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Ekiden Relay |
1:57:06p |
Kenya |
Chiba, Japan |
11/17/05 |
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Josephat
Ndambiri 13:24, Martin Mathathi 27:12, Daniel Mwangi 13:59, Mekubo Mogusu
27:56, Onesmus Nyerre 14:36, John Kariuki 19:59 |
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1:57:56 |
Morocco |
Litóchoron,
Greece |
4/17/94 |
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Brahim Jabbour
13:35, Elarbi Khattabi 28:44, Hicham El Guerrouj 13:43, Salah Hissou 27:57,
Brahim Boutayeb13:53, Khalid Skah 20:04 |
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Walk Events |
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20,000 |
1:17:25.6 |
Bernardo Segura (Mexico) |
Bergen, Norway |
5/07/94 |
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20K Road |
1:17:22 |
Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) |
St.-Denis,
France |
8/23/03 |
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30,000 |
2:01:44.1 |
Maurizio Damilano (Italy) |
Cuneo, Italy |
10/03/92 |
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50,000 |
3:40:57.9 |
Thierry Toutain
(France) |
Héricourt,
France |
9/29/96 |
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50K Road |
3:36:03 |
Robert
Korzeniowski (Poland) |
St.-Denis,
France |
8/27/03 |