Gambian records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in the Gambia maintained by the Gambia Athletics Association (GAA).

Outdoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	10.16 (+1.1 m/s)	Suwaibou Sanneh	30 May 2013	Twilight Series #3	New York City, United States	[1]
200 m	20.47 (-0.1 m/s)	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	10 September 2006	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	[2]
400 m	45.48	Dawda Jallow	3 April 1993		Atlanta, United States
800 m	1:48.1	Ebrima Ceesay	12 May 2000		Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
1500 m	3:50.77	Ansu Sowe	25 August 2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	[3]
3000 m	8:38.63	Ansu Sowe	2 June 2008		Mondovì, Italy
5000 m	14:26.96	Ansu Sowe	7 June 2008		Conegliano, Italy
10000 m	37:37.8	Ousman Jallow	28 July 1973		Dakar, Senegal
10 km (road)	33:35	Lamin Sanneh	11 August 2013	Forth Road Bridge 10K	North Queensferry, United Kingdom
Half marathon	1:11:23	Lamin Sanneh	12 May 2013	Sheffield Half Marathon	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[4]
Marathon	2:23:10	Baba Njie	12 December 1993		Banjul, The Gambia
110 m hurdles	14.70 (-1.6 m/s)	Menseh Elliot	30 June 2012	African Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin
400 m hurdles	1:00.97	Baboucarr Njie	5 July 1995		Enskede, Sweden
3000 m steeplechase	9:45.50	Peter Ceesay	15 April 1989		Wichita, United States
High jump	2.18 m	Sheikh Tidiane Faye	November 1974		Banjul, The Gambia
Pole vault	5.30 m	Alhaji Jeng	18 July 1999		Halmstad, Sweden
Long jump	7.95 m	Babou Saine	26 April 1991		Springfield, United States
Triple jump	15.05 m	Jim Malleh Wadda	July 1978		Banjul, the Gambia
Shot put	12.62 m	Ismaila Kah	31 July 1993		Banjul, the Gambia
Discus throw	36.94 m	Dodou Jatta	4 April 1970		Dakar, Senegal
Hammer throw
Javelin throw	49.60 m	Ismaila Kah	26 June 1993		Banjul, The Gambia
Decathlon
	(100 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump), (400 m) / (110 m hurdles), (discus), (pole vault), (javelin), (1500 m)
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4x100 m relay	40.4 (ht)	Gambia Alagie Faye Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Modou Njie Lamin Sanyang	29 June 2001		Lagos, Nigeria
	40.42	Gambia Isaac Jones Adama Jammeh Assim Abdoule Suwaibou Sanneh	28 June 2012	African Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin
4x400 m relay	3:13.21	Gambia K.M. Lamine M. Ismaila J. Bakary Ebrima Ceesay	21 July 2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	12.06 (+1.5 m/s)	Saruba Colley	3 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[5]
200 m	24.89 A	Jabou Jawo	11 August 1987	All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya
400 m	55.32	Adama Njie	12 May 2001		Bakau, the Gambia
800 m	2:05.41	Adama Njie	28 June 2001		Lagos, Nigeria
1500 m	4:46.0	Mariatou Gomez	29 June 2007		Bakau, the Gambia
3000 m	10:47.15	Binta Jallow	12 April 2003		Bakau, the Gambia
5000 m
10000 m
10 km (road)	37:25	Mariama T Jallow	26 May 2013	Great Manchester Run	Manchester, United Kingdom	[6]
Half marathon	1:22:08	Mariama T Jallow	12 May 2013	Sheffield Half Marathon	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[7]
Marathon
100 m hurdles	14.70 (-1.4 m/s)	Nusrat Ceesay	12 June 2013		Huelva, Spain
400 m hurdles	57.24	Nusrat Ceesay	20 April 2012	Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invitational	Azusa, United States	[8]
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	1.65 m	Mama Gassama	11 May 2001		Bakau, the Gambia
			12 October 2003	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria
			10 July 2004		Dakar, Senegal
Pole vault	1.50 m	Hadja Fanta Sidibeh Jambo	19 April 2009		Castellar del Vallès, Spain
Long jump	5.73 m	Fatou Tiyana	29 June 2007		Bakau, the Gambia
Triple jump	10.64 m	Jankey Sowe Dem	19 June 2010		Vic, Spain
Shot put	10.70 m	Genevieve Drammeh	17 April 1999		Bakau, the Gambia
Discus throw	21.24 m	Fatou Ceesay	13 April 1968		Dakar, Senegal
Hammer throw
Javelin throw	25.52 m	Jankey Sowe Dem	5 May 2013		Barcelona, Spain
Heptathlon
	(100 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (200 m) / (long jump), (javelin), (800 m)
20 km walk (road)
4x100 m relay	47.18	Gambia Jabou Jawo Amie Ndow Victoria Decker Georgiana Freeman	11 August 1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States
4x400 m relay	4:05.53	Gambia Adama Manneh O. Jatta S. Colley Adama Njie	12 May 2001		Bakau, the Gambia

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m	6.71	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	19 February 2006		Mustasaari, Finland
200 m	22.73	Yuuspha Bojang	30 March 2003		Manchester, United Kingdom
400 m	46.62	Dawda Jallow	28 February 1991		Gainesville, United States
800 m	1:52.21	Momodou Drammeh	20 February 1999		Fairfax, United States
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault	5.02 m	Alhaji Jeng	6 February 1999		Gothenburg, Sweden
Long jump	7.81 m	Sheikh Tidiane Faye	5 February 1977		Bloomington, United States
Triple jump	14.91 m	Jim Wadda	25 January 1980		Cosford, United Kingdom
Shot put
Heptathlon
	(60 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump) / (60 m hurdles), (pole vault), (1000 m)
5000 m walk
4x400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m
200 m	28.25	Hadja Sidibeh Jambo	11 January 2009		Vilafranca, Spain
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles	11.16	Hadja Sidibeh Jambo	17 January 2009		Vilafranca, Spain
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon
	(60 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (long jump), (800 m)
3000 m walk
4x400 m relay

References

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