List of world records in athletics

World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. 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 distance for which official records are kept is the mile run.

1 Ratification
2 Bonus payments
3 Outdoor world records
- 3.1 Men
- 3.2 Women
4 Indoor world records
- 4.1 Men
- 4.2 Women
5 Best performances in non-IAAF World Record events
- 5.1 Outdoor events
  - 5.1.1 Men
  - 5.1.2 Women
- 5.2 Indoor events
  - 5.2.1 Men
  - 5.2.2 Women
6 Notes
7 External links
- 7.1 Statistics
- 7.2 Rules

Ratification

The criteria which must be satisfied for ratification 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]
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 on drugs 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.
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 1968 in athletics to see how altitude once affected world records. Because of the effect of altitude, records set at high altitude venues are 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 shown to be to the athlete's disadvantage. Remarkable distance races run at altitude are also noted with the A. Currently the only standing record set at altitude is Sergey Bubka's pole vault. Based on the circumstances of his records (discussed below), the altitude was not a major factor.
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.

Bonus payments

Witnessing a world record brings great pleasure for athletics fans; athletes' personal sponsors and the promoters of major meetings such as 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 very fastest times to become champions in their own right.

In the pole vault record bonuses create an incentive for an athlete capable of smashing a record 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. Some commentators have complained that neither athlete ever posted as high a mark as they were capable of. In other disciplines this issue does not arise, since it is practically impossible to deliberately break a record by a small margin.^[3]

Outdoor world records

Prior to 2000, separate records were recorded for outdoor and indoor events. In 2000, IAAF rule 260.18a (formerly 260.6a) was amended, so now it states 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,^[4] so for example, Sergey Bubka's pole vault World Indoor record of 6.15 m is not considered to be a World record, because it was set before 2000, although it would be considered a World record had it been set after 2000. It is the only Indoor record which is greater than the World record (6.15 Indoor world record by Sergey Bubka, versus 6.14 World record by Sergey Bubka). All current World records were set outdoors.

Men

Key: Awaiting ratification

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
100 m Progression	9.58 (+0.9 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	16 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	^[5]	[2]
200 m Progression	19.19 (−0.3 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	^[5]	[3]
400 m Progression	43.18	Michael Johnson	United States	26 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain		[4]
800 m Progression	1:41.01	David Rudisha	Kenya	29 August 2010	Rieti Meeting	Rieti, Italy	^[6]^[7]	[5]
1000 m	2:11.96	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	5 September 1999	Rieti Meeting	Rieti, Italy		[6]
1500 m Progression	3:26.00	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	14 July 1998	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy		[7]
Mile Progression	3:43.13	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	7 July 1999	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy		[8]
2000 m	4:44.79	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	7 September 1999	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany		[9]
3000 m Progression	7:20.67	Daniel Komen	Kenya	1 September 1996	Rieti Meeting	Rieti, Italy		[10]
5000 m Progression	12:37.35	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	31 May 2004	Fanny Blankers-Koen Games	Hengelo, Netherlands
10,000 m Progression	26:17.53	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	26 August 2005	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium		[11]
10 km (road)	26:44	Leonard Patrick Komon	Kenya	26 September 2010	Singelloop	Utrecht, Netherlands	^[8]
15 km (road)	41:13	Leonard Patrick Komon	Kenya	21 November 2010	Zevenheuvelenloop	Nijmegen, Netherlands	^[9]
20,000 m (track)	56:26.0+	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	27 June 2007	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[10]	[12]
20 km (road)	55:21+	Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea	21 March 2010	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal	^[11]	[13]
Half marathon	58:23	Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea	21 March 2010	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal	^[11]	[14]
One hour	21285 m	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	27 June 2007	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[12]	[15]
25,000 m (track)	1:12:25.4+	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 June 2011	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	^[13]
25 km (road)	1:11:50	Samuel Kosgei	Kenya	9 May 2010	BIG 25	Berlin, Germany	^[14]
30,000 m (track)	1:26:47.4	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 June 2011	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	^[13]^[15]
30 km (road)	1:27:37+	Peter Cheruiyot Kirui	Kenya	25 September 2011	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	^[16]
Marathon Progression	2:03:38	Patrick Makau Musyoki	Kenya	25 September 2011	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	^[17]^[18]	[16]
100 km (road)	6:13:33	Takahiro Sunada	Japan	21 June 1998		Yūbetsu, Japan
3000 m steeplechase	7:53.63	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	Qatar	3 September 2004	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
110 m hurdles Progression	12.87 (+0.9 m/s)	Dayron Robles	Cuba	12 June 2008	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[19]	[17]
400 m hurdles Progression	46.78	Kevin Young	United States	6 August 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain		[18]
High jump Progression	2.45 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	27 July 1993		Salamanca, Spain		[19]
Pole vault Progression	6.14 m A	Sergey Bubka	Ukraine	31 July 1994		Sestriere, Italy		[20]
Long jump Progression	8.95 m (+0.3 m/s)	Mike Powell	United States	30 August 1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan		[21]
Triple jump Progression	18.29 m (+1.3 m/s)	Jonathan Edwards	United Kingdom	7 August 1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	^[20]	[22]
Shot put Progression	23.12 m	Randy Barnes	United States	20 May 1990	Jack in the Box Invitational	Westwood, United States	^[21]	[23]
Discus throw	74.08 m	Jürgen Schult	East Germany	6 June 1986		Neubrandenburg, East Germany		[24]
Hammer throw Progression	86.74 m	Yuriy Sedykh	Soviet Union	30 August 1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, Germany		[25]
Javelin Progression	98.48 m (Current design)	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	25 May 1996		Jena, Germany		[26]
Javelin Progression	104.80 m (old design)	Uwe Hohn	East Germany	20 July 1984		East Berlin, East Germany		[27]
Decathlon Progression	9026 pts	Roman Šebrle	Czech Republic	26–27 May 2001	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria
Decathlon Progression	10.64 (0.0 m/s) (100 m), 8.11 m (long jump), 15.33 m (shot put), 2.12 m (high jump), 47.79 (400 m) / 13.92 (110 m hurdles), 47.92 m (discus), 4.80 m (pole vault), 70.16 m (javelin), 4:21.98 min (1500 m)							[28]
10,000 m walk (track)	37:53.09	Francisco Javier Fernández	Spain	27 July 2008		Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
20,000 m walk (track)	1:17:25.6	Bernardo Segura	Mexico	7 May 1994		Bergen, Norway
20 km walk (road) Progression	1:17:16	Vladimir Kanaykin	Russia	29 September 2007		Saransk, Russia
20 km walk (road) Progression	1:16:43 # ^[22]	Sergey Morozov	Russia	8 June 2008		Saransk, Russia
2 hours walk (track)	29572 m +	Maurizio Damilano	Italy	3 October 1992		Cuneo, Italy
30,000 m walk (track)	2:01:44.1	Maurizio Damilano	Italy	3 October 1992		Cuneo, Italy
50,000 m walk (track)	3:35:27.20	Yohann Diniz	France	12 March 2011		Reims, France	^[23]
50 km walk (road) Progression	3:34:14	Denis Nizhegorodov	Russia	11 May 2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia
4x100 m relay Progression	37.04	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt	Jamaica	4 September 2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	^[24]	[29]
4x200 m relay	1:18.68	Santa Monica Track Club Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Floyd Heard Carl Lewis	United States	17 April 1994	Mt. SAC Relays	Walnut, United States
4x400 m relay Progression	2:54.29	Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson	United States	22 August 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	^[25]	[30]
4x800 m relay	7:02.43	Joseph Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kombich Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	25 August 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
4x1500 m relay	14:36.23	William Biwott Tanui Gideon Gathimba Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono Augustine Kiprono Choge	Kenya	4 September 2009	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium		[31]
Marathon road relay (Ekiden)	1:57:06	Josephat Ndambiri Martin Mathathi Daniel Mwangi Mekubo Mogusu Onesmus Nyerere John Kariuki	Kenya	23 November 2005	Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
100 m Progression	10.49 (0.0 m/s)	Florence Griffith Joyner	United States	16 July 1988	US Olympic Trials	Indianapolis, United States		[32]
200 m Progression	21.34 (+1.3 m/s)	Florence Griffith Joyner	United States	29 September 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea		[33]
400 m Progression	47.60	Marita Koch	East Germany	6 October 1985	World Cup	Canberra, Australia		[34]
800 m Progression	1:53.28	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	26 July 1983		Munich, Germany
1000 m	2:28.98	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	23 August 1996	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
1500 m Progression	3:50.46	Qu Yunxia	China	11 September 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing, PR China		[35]
Mile run Progression	4:12.56	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	14 August 1996	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
2000 m	5:25.36	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	8 July 1994		Edinburgh, United Kingdom
3000 m Progression	8:06.11	Wang Junxia	China	13 September 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing, PR China
5000 m Progression	14:11.15	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	6 June 2008	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway		[36]
10,000 m Progression	29:31.78	Wang Junxia	China	8 September 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing, PR China		[37]
10 km (road)	30:21	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	23 February 2003	World's Best 10K	San Juan, Puerto Rico
15 km (road)	46:27.7	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	15 November 2009	Zevenheuvelenloop	Nijmegen, Netherlands	^[26]
One hour	18517 m	Dire Tune	Ethiopia	12 June 2008	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic		[38]
20,000 m (track)	1:05:26.6	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	3 September 2000		Borgholzhausen, Germany
20 km (road)	1:02:36+	Mary Keitany	Kenya	18 February 2011	Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon	Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	^[27]
Half marathon	1:05:50	Mary Keitany	Kenya	18 February 2011	Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon	Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	^[27]
25,000 m (track)	1:27:05.84	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	21 September 2002		Mengerskirchen, Germany
25 km (road)	1:19:53	Mary Keitany	Kenya	9 May 2010	BIG 25	Berlin, Germany	^[14]
30,000 m	1:45:50.0	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	7 June 2003		Warstein, Germany
30 km (road)	1:38:23+	Liliya Shobukhova	Russia	9 October 2011	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	^[28]^[29]
Marathon Progression	2:15:25	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	13 April 2003	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom
100 km (road)	6:33:11	Tomoe Abe	Japan	25 June 2000		Yūbetsu, Japan
3000 m steeplechase	8:58.81	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	Russia	17 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	^[30]	[39] [40]
100 m hurdles Progression	12.21 (+0.7 m/s)	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	20 August 1988		Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
400 m hurdles Progression	52.34	Yuliya Pechonkina	Russia	8 August 2003		Tula, Russia
High jump Progression	2.09 m	Stefka Kostadinova	Bulgaria	30 August 1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy		[41]
Pole vault Progression	5.06 m	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	28 August 2009	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland		[42]
Long jump	7.52 m (+1.4 m/s)	Galina Chistyakova	Soviet Union	11 June 1988		Leningrad, USSR		[43]
Triple jump Progression	15.50 m (+0.9 m/s)	Inessa Kravets	Ukraine	10 August 1995	World Championships	Göteborg, Sweden		[44]
Shot put Progression	22.63 m	Natalya Lisovskaya	Soviet Union	7 June 1987		Moscow, Soviet Union
Discus throw	76.80 m	Gabriele Reinsch	East Germany	9 July 1988		Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Hammer throw	79.42 m	Betty Heidler	Germany	21 May 2011	Hallesche Werfertage	Halle, Germany	^[31]^[32]^[33]	[45]
Javelin throw^[34]	72.28 m (Current design)	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	13 September 2008	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	^[35]	[46]
Javelin throw^[34]	80.00 m (old design)	Petra Felke	East Germany	9 September 1988		Potsdam, East Germany		[47]
Heptathlon	7291 pts	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	23–24 September 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea
Heptathlon	12.69 (+0.5 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.86 m (high jump), 15.80 m (shot put), 22.56 (+1.6 m/s) (200 m) / 7.27 m (+0.7 m/s) (long jump), 45.66 m (javelin), 2:08.51 (800 m)
Decathlon	8358 pts	Austra Skujytė	Lithuania	14–15 April 2005		Columbia, United States
Decathlon	12.49 (100 m), 46.19 m (discus), 3.10 m (pole vault), 48.78 m (javelin), 57.19 (400 m) / 14.22 (100 m hurdles), 6.12 m (long jump), 16.42 m (shot put), 1.78 m (high jump), 5:15.86 (1500 m)
10,000 m walk (track)	41:56.23	Nadezhda Ryashkina	Soviet Union	24 July 1990		Seattle, United States
20,000 m walk (track)	1:26:52.3	Olimpiada Ivanova	Russia	6 September 2001		Brisbane, Australia
20 km walk (road) Progression	1:25:08	Vera Sokolova	Russia	26 February 2011	Russian Winter Walking Championships	Sochi, Russia	^[36]
4x100 m relay	41.37	Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	East Germany	6 October 1985	World Cup	Canberra, Australia
4x200 m relay	1:27.46	Team USA "Blue" LaTasha Jenkins, LaTasha Colander-Richardson, Nanceen Perry, Marion Jones	United States	29 April 2000	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States
4x400 m relay	3:15.17	Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina	Soviet Union	1 October 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea
4x800 m relay	7:50.17	Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina, Lyudmila Borisova, Irina Podyalovskaya	Soviet Union	5 August 1984		Moscow, Soviet Union
Ekiden relay	2:11:41	Jiang Bo 15:42 (5 km) Dong Yanmei 31:36 (10 km) Zhao Fengdi 15:16 (5 km) Ma Zaijie 31:01 (10 km) Lan Lixin 15:50 (5 km) Li Na 22:16 (7.195 km)	China	28 February 1998		Beijing, PR China

Note: 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 for these events. This older terminology is still sometimes encountered.

Indoor world records

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
50 m	5.55 X ^[37]	Ben Johnson	Canada	31 January 1987		Ottawa, Canada	^[38]
	5.56 A	Donovan Bailey	Canada	9 February 1996	Bill Cosby Invitational	Reno, United States
	5.56	Maurice Greene	United States	13 February 1999		Los Angeles, United States	^[39]
60 m	6.39	Maurice Greene	United States	3 February 1998		Madrid, Spain
60 m	6.39	Maurice Greene	United States	3 March 2001	USA Indoor Track and Field Championships	Atlanta, United States
200 m	19.92	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	18 February 1996	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
400 m	44.57	Kerron Clement	United States	12 March 2005	NCAA Indoor Championships	Fayetteville, United States
800 m	1:42.67	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	9 March 1997	World Championships	Paris-Bercy, France
1000 m	2:14.96	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	20 February 2000	AVIVA Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
1500 m	3:31.18	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	2 February 1997	Sparkassen Cup	Stuttgart, Germany
Mile	3:48.45	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	12 February 1997	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium
3000 m	7:24.90	Daniel Komen	Kenya	6 February 1998		Budapest, Hungary
5000 m	12:49.60	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	20 February 2004	AVIVA Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
50 m hurdles	6.25	Mark McKoy	Canada	5 March 1986		Kobe, Japan
60 m hurdles	7.30	Colin Jackson	United Kingdom	6 March 1994		Sindelfingen, Germany
High jump Progression	2.43 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	4 March 1989	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Pole vault Progression	6.15 m	Sergey Bubka	Ukraine	21 February 1993		Donetsk, Ukraine		[48]
Long jump	8.79 m	Carl Lewis	United States	27 January 1984	Millrose Games	New York City, United States
Triple jump	17.92 m (2nd jump)	Teddy Tamgho	France	6 March 2011	European Championships	Paris, France	^[40]^[41]	[49]
Triple jump	17.92 m (4th jump)	Teddy Tamgho	France	6 March 2011	European Championships	Paris, France	^[40]^[41]	[49]
Shot put	22.66 m	Randy Barnes	United States	20 January 1989	Sunkist Invitational	Los Angeles, United States		[50]
Heptathlon	6568 pts	Ashton Eaton	United States	5–6 February 2011	Mitmevõistluse MV Estonia	Tallinn, Estonia	^[42]^[43]
Heptathlon	6.66 (60 m), 7.77 m (long jump), 14.45 m (shot put), 2.01 m (high jump) / 7.60 (60 m hurdles), 5.20 m (pole vault), 2:34.74 (1000 m)
5000 m walk	18:07.08	Mikhail Shchennikov	Russia	14 February 1995		Moscow, Russia
4x200 m relay	1:22.11	Linford Christie Darren Braithwaite Ade Mafe John Regis	United Kingdom	3 March 1991		Glasgow, United Kingdom
4x400 m relay	3:02.83	Andre Morris Dameon Johnson Deon Minor Milton Campbell	United States	7 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan	^[44]	[51]
4x400 m relay	3:01.96 # ^[45]	Kerron Clement Wallace Spearmon Darold Williamson Jeremy Wariner	United States	11 February 2006	Tyson Invitational	Fayetteville, United States
4x800 m relay	7:13.94	Global Athletics & Marketing Joey Woody Karl Paranya Rich Kenah David Krummenacker	United States	6 February 2000	Boston Indoor Games	Roxbury, United States	^[46]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
50 m	5.96+	Irina Privalova	Russia	9 February 1995		Madrid, Spain
60 m	6.92	Irina Privalova	Russia	11 February 1993 February 9, 1995		Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain
200 m	21.87	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	13 February 1993	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
400 m	49.59	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	7 March 1982		Milan, Italy
800 m	1:55.82	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	3 March 2002	European Championships	Vienna, Austria
1000 m	2:30.94	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	25 February 1999	GE Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
1500 m	3:58.28	Yelena Soboleva	Russia	18 February 2006		Moscow, Russia
Mile	4:17.14	Doina Melinte	Romania	9 February 1990		East Rutherford, United States
3000 m	8:23.72	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	3 February 2007	Sparkassen Cup	Stuttgart, Germany
5000 m	14:24.37	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	18 February 2009	GE Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
50 m hurdles	6.58	Cornelia Oschkenat	East Germany	20 February 1988		East Berlin, East Germany
60 m hurdles	7.68	Susanna Kallur	Sweden	10 February 2008	BW-Bank Meeting	Karlsruhe, Germany		[52]
High jump	2.08 m	Kajsa Bergqvist	Sweden	4 February 2006	Hochsprung mit Musik	Arnstadt, Germany
Pole vault	5.00 m	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	15 February 2009	Pole Vault Stars	Donetsk, Ukraine
Long jump	7.37 m	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	13 February 1988		Vienna, Austria
Triple jump	15.36 m	Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia	6 March 2004	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	^[47]
Shot put	22.50 m	Helena Fibingerová	Czechoslovakia	19 February 1977		Jablonec, Czechoslovakia
Pentathlon	4991 pts	Irina Belova	Unified Team	15 February 1992		Berlin, Germany
Pentathlon	8.22 (60 m hurdles), 1.93 m (high jump), 13.25 m (shot put), 6.67 m (long jump), 2:10.26 (800 m)
3000 m walk	11:40.33	Claudia Stef	Romania	30 January 1999		Bucharest, Romania
4x200 m relay	1:32.41	Yekaterina Kondratyeva Irina Khabarova Yuliya Pechonkina Yuliya Gushchina	Russia	29 January 2005	Aviva International Match	Glasgow, United Kingdom
4x400 m relay	3:23.37	Yuliya Gushchina Olga Kotlyarova Olga Zaytseva Olesya Krasnomovets	Russia	28 January 2006	Aviva International Match	Glasgow, United Kingdom
4x800 m relay	8:06.24	Team Moscow Aleksandra Bulanova Yekaterina Martynova Yelena Kofanova Anna Balakshina	Russia	18 February 2011	Russian Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	^[48]

Best performances in non-IAAF World Record events

Events which do not qualify for IAAF-ratified world records are typically referred to as world bests. While very common in the first half of 20th century, a large number of races over distances by imperial measurements became rare occurrences and the IAAF removed all imperial measured events from its world record lists in 1976 – with the sole exception being the mile run (which remains common due to its historical prominence in track and field).

Some road racing distances and indoor variations of outdoor events fall outside of IAAF's lists. Records set in uncommon events usually do not adhere to the strict criteria found in IAAF-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 hand-timed and calculated to 1/100th of a second, although studies show human beings simply cannot react consistently or accurately enough for this to be a valid method; even those using light beams are timed by the motion of the athlete, still removing the normal factor of reaction time. All these factors make track and "football 40" performances incomparable. The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders. The extrapolated best for an Olympic level athlete, including reacting to a starting gun, currently is by Maurice Greene at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics with a time of 4.24.^[49]^[50]

Outdoor events

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
50 m	5.53+ (+0.2 m/s)	Bruny Surin	Canada	22 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain
60 m	6.38+ (+0.2 m/s)	Bruny Surin	Canada	22 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain
100 y	9.0 ht	Ivory Crockett	United States	11 May 1974		Knoxville, United States	^[51]
	9.0 ht	Houston McTear	United States	9 May 1975		Winter Park, United States	^[51]
	9.07+ (−0.5 m/s)	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	27 May 2010	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[52]
150 m (bend)	14.75+ (+0.8 m/s)	Tyson Gay	United States	30 August 2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan		[53]
150 m straight	14.35 (+1.1 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	17 May 2009	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	^[53]	[54]
200 m straight	19.41 (−0.4 m/s)	Tyson Gay	United States	16 May 2010	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	^[54]	[55]
220 y straight	19.5 ht (+1.9 m/s)	Tommie Smith	United States	7 May 1966		San Jose, United States	^[55]
220 y straight	19.54 (−0.4 m/s)	Tyson Gay	United States	16 May 2010	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	^[56]	[56]
300 m	30.85 A	Michael Johnson	United States	10 April 2000	Engen Grand Prix	Pretoria, South Africa	^[57]
440 y	44.5	John Smith	United States	26 June 1971	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Eugene, United States	^[58]^[59]^[60]
500 m	1:00.08	Donato Sabia	Italy	26 May 1984		Busto Arsizio, Italy
600 m	1:12.81	Johnny Gray	United States	24 May 1986		Santa Monica, United States
Two miles	7:58.61	Daniel Komen	Kenya	17 July 1997		Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
8 km (road)	21:51+	Deriba Merga	Ethiopia	18 February 2011	Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon	Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	^[27]
10 miles (road)	44:23	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	4 September 2005		Tilburg, Netherlands
35 km (road)	1:42:16+	Patrick Makau Musyoki	Kenya	25 September 2011	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	^[61]
40 km (road)	1:57:15+	Patrick Makau Musyoki	Kenya	25 September 2011	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	^[62]
90 km (road)	5:20:49	Leonid Shvetsov	Russia	2007	Comrades Marathon	Durban, South Africa
200 m hurdles "curve"	22.55	Laurent Ottoz	Italy	31 May 1995		Milan, Italy
200 m Hurdles "straight"	21.9y ht (+1.4 m/s)	Don Styron	United States	2 April 1960		Baton Rouge, United States	^[63]
200 m Hurdles "straight"	22.10 (+2.0 m/s)	Andy Turner	Great Britain	15 May 2011	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	^[64]
220 y Hurdles "straight"	21.9 ht (+1.4 m/s)	Don Styron	United States	2 April 1960		Baton Rouge, United States	^[63]^[65]
300 m Hurdles	34.48	Chris Rawlinson	Great Britain	30 June 2002		Sheffield, United Kingdom
2000 m steeplechase	5:10.68	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	France	30 June 2010	Alma Athlé Tour	Reims, France	^[66]
35 lb Weight Throw	25.41 m	Lance Deal	United States	20 February 1993		Azusa, United States
1500 m walk (track)	5:12.0+ ^[WB]	Antanas Grigaliūnas	LTU	12 May 1990		Vilnius, Lithuania	^[67]
Mile walk (track)	5:36.9 ^[WB]	Antanas Grigaliūnas	LTU	12 May 1990		Vilnius, Lithuania	^[68]
4x110 yard relay	38.6 A	University of Southern California Earl McCullouch Fred Kuller O.J. Simpson Lennox Miller (JAM)		17 June 1967	NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Provo, USA	^[69]
Distance medley relay	9:15.56	Elkanah Angwenyi 2:50.8 (1200m) Thomas Musembi 45.8 (400m) Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:46.2 (800m) Alex Kipchirchir 3:52.8 (1600 m)	Kenya	29 April 2006	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
50 m	5.93+ (−0.1 m/s)	Marion Jones	United States	22 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain
60 m	6.85+ (−0.1 m/s)	Marion Jones	United States	22 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain
100 y	9.91+ (+1.1 m/s)	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	31 May 2011	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[70]
150 m (bend)	16.10+ (+1.3 m/s)	Florence Griffith Joyner	United States	29 September 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea
150 m (bend)	16.46 (−1.5 m/s)	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	27 September 1989		Trapani, Italy	^[71]^[72]
150 m straight	16.50 (+1.5 m/s)	Carmelita Jeter	United States	17 September 2011	Great North City Games	Gateshead, United Kingdom	^[73]
200 m straight	22.55 (+0.2 m/s)	Allyson Felix	United States	16 May 2010	Great City Games Manchester	Manchester, United Kingdom	^[56]	[57]
300 m	34.1+ (ht)	Marita Koch	East Germany	6 October 1985	World Cup	Canberra, Australia
300 m	35.30 A	Ana Guevara	Mexico	3 May 2003	GP Banamex Meeting	Mexico City, Mexico	^[74]	[58]
500 m	1:05.9	Tatana Kocembova	Czechoslovakia	2 August 1984		Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
600 m	1:22.63	Ana Quirot	Cuba	25 July 1997		Guadalajara, Mexico
8 km (road)	24:30+	Mary Keitany	Kenya	18 February 2011	Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon	Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	^[27]
Two miles	8:58.58	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	14 September 2007	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
10 miles (road)	50:05+	Mary Keitany	Kenya	18 February 2011	Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon	Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	^[27]
35 km (road)	1:54:49+	Liliya Shobukhova	Russia	9 October 2011	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	^[75]
40 km (road)	2:11:28+	Liliya Shobukhova	Russia	9 October 2011	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	^[76]
200 m hurdles	25.6 (−0.7 m/s)	Patricia Girard	France	23 August 2001		Nantes, France
200 m hurdles	25.82 (+1.7 m/s)	Patricia Girard	France	22 September 1999		Nantes, France
300 m hurdles	38.6 (ht)	Mame Tacko Diouf	Senegal	21 February 1999		Dakar, Senegal
300 m hurdles	38.91	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	13 August 2011	Czech Extraliga Meeting	Pardubice, Czech Republic	^[77]^[78]^[79]
2000 m steeplechase	6:03.38	Wioletta Janowska	Poland	15 July 2006		Gdańsk, Poland
20 lb Weight Throw	24.57 m	Brittany Riley	United States	27 January 2007
3000 m walk (track)	11:48.24	Ileana Salvador	Italy	29 August 1993		Padua, Italy	^[80]
50 km walk (road)	4:10:59	Monica Svensson	Sweden	21 October 2007		Scanzorosciate, Italy
Sprint medley relay	3:34.56	Sherri-Ann Brooks (200 m) Rosemarie Whyte(200 m) Moya Thompson 51.7 (400 m) Kenia Sinclair 1:57.43 (800 m)	Jamaica	April 2009	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States

Indoor events

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
50 y	5.22	Stanley Floyd	United States	22 January 1982		Los Angeles, United States
	5.15 X ^[81]	Ben Johnson	Canada	29 January 1988		Toronto, Canada
	5.0 (ht)	Kirk Clayton	United States	10 January 1970		Calgary, Canada
		Herb Washington	United States	2 February 1972		Toronto, Canada	^[82]
		Mel Pender	United States	4 March 1972		Orlando, United States
		Mel Pender	United States	18 March 1972		Hamilton Canada
		Herb Washington	United States	4 February 1973		Toronto, Canada
		Manfred Ommer	West Germany	14 March 1975		Leverkusen, West Germany
60 y	5.8 (ht)	Herb Washington	United States	12 February 1972		East Lansing, United States	^[83]
55 m	5.99 A	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	22 February 1997		Colorado Springs, United States	^[84]
100 m	10.05	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	12 February 1996		Tampere, Finland	^[85]
150 m	15.53	Rytis Sakalauskas	Lithuania	11 February 2010	Botnia Games	Korsholm, Finland	^[86]^[87]
300 m	31.88	Wallace Spearmon	United States	10 February 2006	Tyson Invitational	Fayetteville, United States	^[88]
500 m	1:00.17	Ken Lowery	United States	16 January 1987		Indianapolis, United States	^[89]
600 m	1:15.12	Nico Motchebon	Germany	28 February 1999		Sindelfingen, Germany	^[90]
2000 m	4:49.99	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	17 February 2007	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Two miles	8:04.35	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	16 February 2008	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
10,000 m	27:50.29	Mark Bett	Kenya	10 February 2002	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium	^[91]
Marathon	2:27.21	Michael Wardian	United States	1 July 2010		Arlington, United States	^[92]^[93]
2000 m steeplechase	5:13.77	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	13 February 2011	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium	^[94]^[95]
3000 m steeplechase	8:17.46	Aleksandr Zagoruyko	Soviet Union	21 February 1982		Moscow, Soviet Union	^[96]
110 m hurdles	13.34	Allen Johnson	United States	14 February 1995		Moscow, Russia	^[97]
300 m hurdles	34.92 OT	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	9 February 1999	Pirkkahall	Tampere, Finland	^[98]^[99]
400 m hurdles	49.73	Felix Sanchez	Dominican Republic	6 February 2010	Meeting National Val-de-Reuil	Val-de-Reuil, France	^[100]^[101]	[59]
Discus throw	69.51 m	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	22 March 2009	World Record Indoor Challenge	Växjö, Sweden	^[102]	[60]
35 lb Weight	25.86 m	Lance Deal	United States	4 March 1995		Atlanta, United States	^[103]
3000 m walk	10:31.42	Andreas Erm	Germany	4 February 2001		Halle, Germany	^[104]
Two Miles walk	11:54.50	Valdas Kazlauskas	Soviet Union	24 February 1990		Kaunas, Soviet Union	^[105]
15000 m walk	1:00:03.9	Valdas Kazlauskas	Soviet Union	24 January 1987		Kaunas, Soviet Union	^[106]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
100 m	11.15	Marita Koch	East Germany	12 January 1980		East Berlin, East Germany
300 m	35.45	Irina Privalova	Russia	17 January 1993		Moscow, Russia
500 m	1:06.31	Olesya Krasnomovets	Russia	7 January 2006		Yekaterinburg, Russia
600 m	1:23.44	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	1 February 2004	Russian Winter Meeting	Moscow, Russia
2000 m	5:30.53	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	8 March 1998		Sindelfingen, Germany
Two miles	9:06.26	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	26 February 2009	Prague Indoor Meeting	Prague, Czech Republic	^[107]	[61]
10,000 m	32:44.97	Olga Michurina	Russia	23 December 1995		Saint Petersburg, Russia
3000 m steeplechase	9:07.0	Tatyana Petrova	Russia	17 February 2006		Moscow, Russia
3000 m steeplechase	9:54.2 ^[108]	Marcela Lustigova	Czech Republic	11 February 2010	Botnia Games	Korsholm, Finland	^[109]^[110]
100 m hurdles	12.64	Ludmila Engquist	Sweden	10 February 1997		Tampere, Finland
300 m hurdles	40.09 OT	Stine Tomb	Norway	5 February 2011	Finland-Sweden-Norway Indoor Match	Tampere, Finland	^[111]^[112]	[62]
400 m hurdles	56.41	Sheena Tosta	United States	12 February 2011	Meeting National	Val-de-Reuil, France	^[113]^[114]^[115]
Weight Throw (20 lb)	25.56 m	Brittany Riley	United States	10 March 2007	NCAA Indoor Championships	Fayetteville, United States
Mile walk	6:16.72	Sada Eidikytė	Soviet Union	24 February 1990		Kaunas, Soviet Union	^[116]
Two miles walk	13:11.88	Ileana Salvador	Italy	14 February 1990		Genoa, Italy	^[117]
5000 m walk	20:10.3	Vera Sokolova	Russia	30 December 2010	Mordovian Indoor Championships	Saransk, Russia	^[118]
10,000 m walk	43:54.63	Yelena Ginko	Belarus	22 February 2008	Belarusian Championships	Mogilev, Belarus
4x100 m relay	44.39	Anne-Kathrin Elbe Anne Möllinger Cathleen Tschirch Marion Wagner	Germany	31 January 2010	BW-Bank Meeting	Karlsruhe, Germany	^[119]

ht = 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 IAAF

Notes

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^ Rule 260, part 18. IAAF COMPETITION RULES 2008.
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^ not ratified because there was no doping control
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