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INTERNATIONAL RECORDS

WORLD RECORDS - ATHLETICS
As at 31st October 2021
MEN

EVENT	NAME	PERFORMANCE	COUNTRY	DATE OF RECORD ACHIEVED

100 m	Usain Bolt	9.58	JAM	Aug 16, 2009
200 m	Usain Bolt	19.19	JAM	Aug 20, 2009
400 m	Wayde Van Niekerk	43.03	RSA	Aug 14,2016
800 m	David Rudisha	1:40.91	KEN	Aug 09, 2012
1500 m	Hicham El Guerrouj	3:26.00	MOR	July 14, 1998
5000 m	Joshua Cheptegi	12:35.36	UGA	Aug 14, 2020
10000 m	Joshua Cheptegi	26:11.00	UGA	Oct 07, 2020
110 m Hurdles	Aries Merritt	12.80	USA	Sept 07, 2012
400 m Hurdles	Karsten Warholm	45.94	NOR	Aug 03, 2021
3000 m steeplechase	Brahim Boulami	7:53.17	MAR	Aug 16, 2002
High Jump	Javier Sotomayor	2.45m	CUB	July 27,1993
Pole Vault	Armand Duplants	6.18m	SWE	Feb 15, 2020
Long Jump	Mike Powell	8.95m	USA	Aug 30, 1991
Triple Jump	Jonathan Edwards	18.29m	GBR	Aug 7, 1995
Shot Put	Ryan Crouser	23.37m	USA	Jun 18, 2021
Discus throw	Jurgen Schult	74.08m	GDR	June 6, 1986
Hammer throw	Yuriy Sedykh	86.74m	RUS	Aug 30,1986
Javelin	Jan Zelezny	98.48m	CZE	May 25, 1996
Decathlon	Ashton Eaton	9045pts	USA	Aug 29,2015
20 km walk(road)	Yusuke Suzuki	1:16:36	JPN	Mar 15,2015
50 km walk(road)	Yohann Diniz	3:32:33	FRA	Aug 15,2014
4x100 m Relay	4x100 m , Jamica Team Nestra Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	36.84	JAM	Aug 11,2012
4x200 m Relay	4x200 m Jamica Team Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Yohan Blake	1:18.63	JAM	May 24,2014
4x400m Relay	4x400m , United States Team Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson	2:54.29	USA	Aug 22,1993

WORLD RECORDS - ATHLETICS
As at 31st October 2021
WOMEN

EVENT	NAME	PERFORMANCE	COUNTRY	DATE OF RECORD ACHIEVED

100 m	Florence Griffith -Joyner	10.49	USA	July 16,1988
200 m	Florence Griffith -Joyner	21.34	USA	July 29,1988
400 m	Marita Koch	47.60	GDR	Oct 6, 1985
800 m	Jarmila Kratochviliva	1:53.28	CZE	July 26, 1983
1500 m	Dibaba Genzehe	3:50.07	ETH	July 17,2015
5000 m	Latesenbet Gideg	14:06.62	ETH	Oct 7, 2020
10000 m	Almaz Ayana	29:17.45	ETH	Aug 12,2016
110 m Hurdles	Kendra Harrison	12.20	USA	Jul 22, 2016
400 m Hurdles	Sydney Melaughin	51.46	USA	Aug 04, 2021
3000 m steeplechase	Beatrice Cheploech	8:44.32	KEN	Jul 20,2018
High Jump	Stefka Kostadinova	2.09m	BUL	Aug 30, 1987
Pole Vault	Yelena Isinbayeva	5.06 m	RUS	Aug 28, 2009
Long Jump	Galina Chistyakova	7.52m	URS	June 11, 1988
Triple Jump	Yulimar Rojas	15.67m	VEN	Aug 01, 2021
Shot Put	Natalya Lisovskaya	22.63m	URS	June 7, 1987
Discus throw	Gabriele Reinsch	76.80m	GDR	July 9, 1988
Hammer throw	Anita Wlodarczyk	82.98m	POL	Aug 28,2016
Javelin	Barbora Spotakova	72.28m	CZE	Sept 13,2008
Heptathlon	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7291	USA	Sept 23-24,1988
20 km walk(road)	Elena Lashmanova	1:23.39	RUS	Jun 09,2018
4x100 m Relay	4x100 m USA Team Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter	40.82	USA	Aug 10,2012
4x400m Relay	4x400m , Soviet Union Team Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryging, Tatyana ledovskaya	3:15.17	USSR	Oct 01,1988

OLYMPIC GAMES - ATHLETICS
As at 31st October 2021
MEN

EVENT	NAME	PERFORMANCE	COUNTRY	DATE OF RECORD ACHIEVED

100 m	Usain Bolt	9.63	JAM	Aug 05, 2012
200 m	Usain Bolt	19.30	JAM	Aug 20, 2008
400 m	Wayde Van Niekerk	43.03	RSA	Aug 14,2016
800 m	David Rudisha	1:40.91	KEN	Aug 09, 2012
1500 m	Jakob Ingehrigtsen	3:28.32	NOR	Aug 07,2021
5000 m	Kenenisa Bekele	12:57.82	ETH	Aug 23, 2008
10000 m	Kenenisa Bekele	27:01.17	ETH	Aug 27, 2008
Marathon	Samuel Wanjiru	2:06:32	KEN	Aug 24,2008
110 m Hurdles	Liu Xiang	12.91	CHN	Aug 27, 2004
400 m Hurdles	Karsten Warholm	45.94	NOR	Aug 03, 2021
3000 m steeplechase	Coneseslus Kipruto	8:03.28	KEN	Aug 17,2016
High Jump	Charles Austin	2.39m (7’10’’)	USA	July 28, 1996
Pole Vault	Thiago Brazde Silva	6.03m	BRA	Aug 15,2016
Long Jump	Bob Beamon	8.90m (29’2½’’)	USA	Oct 18,1968
Triple Jump	Kenny Harrison	18.09m (59’4¼’’)	USA	July 27,1996
Shot Put	Ryan Crouser	23.30m	USA	Aug 5, 2021
Discus	Virgilijus Alekna	69.89m	LTU	Aug 23,2004
Hammer	Sergeu Litvinor	84.80m	URS	Sept 26,1988
Javelin	Andres Thorkildsen	90.57m	NOR	Aug 23,2008
Decathlon	Damian Warner	9018pts	CAN	Aug 05, 2021
20 km walk(road)	Chen Ding	1:18:46	CHN	Aug 04,2012
50 km walk(road)	Jared Tallent	3:36:53	AUS	Aug 11,2012
4x100 m Relay	4x100 m Jamica Team Nestra Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	36.84	JAM	Aug 11,2012
4x400m Relay	4x400 m USA Team Lashawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner	2:55.39	USA	Aug 23,2008

OLYMPIC GAMES - ATHLETICS
As at 31st October 2021
WOMEN

EVENT	NAME	PERFORMANCE	COUNTRY	DATE OF RECORD ACHIEVED

100 m	Elaine Thompson Herath	10.61	JAM	Jul 31, 2021
200 m	Florence Griffith -Joyner	21.34	USA	Sept 29,1988
400 m	Marie-Jose Perec	48.25	FRA	July 29,1996
800 m	Nadezhda Olizarenko	1:53.43	URS	July 27,1980
1500 m	Faith Kipyegon	3:53.11	KEN	Aug 6 , 2021
5000 m	Vivian Cheruiyot	14:26.17	KEN	Aug 19,2016
10000 m	Almaz Ayana	29:17.45	ETH	Aug 12,2016
Marathon	Tiki Gelana	2:23:07	ETH	Aug 05,2012
100 m Hurdles	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	12.26	PUR	Aug 01, 2021
400 m Hurdles	Sydney Mclaughlin	51.46	USA	Aug 04, 2021
3000m steeplechase	Gulnara Galkina-Samitova	8:58.81	RUS	Aug 17,2008
High Jump	Yelena Slesarenko	2.06m (6’9’’)	RUS	Aug 28,2004
Pole Vault	Yelena Isinbayeva	5.05m (16’6¾)	RUS	Aug 18,2008
Long Jump	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7.40(24’3½’’)	USA	Sept 29,1988
Triple Jump	Yulimar Rojas	15.67m	VEN	Aug 01, 2021
Shot Put	Ilona Slupinek	22.41m(73’6¼’’)	GDR	July 24,1980
Discus	Martina Hellman	72.30m(237’2’’)	GDR	Sept 29,1988
Hammer	Anita Wlodarczyk	82.29m	POL	Aug 15,2015
Javelin	Osieidy Menedez	71.53m	CUB	Aug 27,2004
Heptathlon	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7291pts	USA	Sept 24,1988
20 km walk	Elena Lashmanovah	1:25:02	RUS	Aug 11,2012
4x100 m Relay	4x100 m USA Team Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter	40.82	USA	Aug 10,2012
4x400m Relay	4x400 m Soviet Union Team Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina	3:15.17	URS	Oct 01,1988

COMMONWEALTH GAMES - ATHLETICS
As at 31st October, 2021
MEN

EVENT	NAME	PERFORMANCE	COUNTRY	YEAR OF RECORD ACHIEVED AND VENUE

100 m	Ato Boldon	9.88	Trinidad and Tobago	1998 KualaLumpur
200 m	Frankie Fredericks	19.97	Namibia	1994 Victoria
400 m	Kirani James	44.24	Grenada	2014 Glasgow
800 m	Steve Cram	1:43.22	England	1986 Edinburgh
1500 m	Filbert Bayi	3:32.16	Tanzania	1974 Christchurch
5000 m	Augustine Choge	12:56.41	Kenya	2006 Melbourne
10000 m	Joshua Chotegei	27:19.62	Uganda	2018 Gold Coast
Marathon	Ian Thompson	2:09:12	England	1974 Christchurch
100 m Hurdles	Colin Jackson	13.08	Wales	1994 Victoria
400 m Hurdles	Louis van Zyl	48.05	South Africa	2006 Melbourne
3000m steeplechase	Conseslus Kipruto	8:10.08	Kenya	2018 Gold Coast
High Jump	Clarence Saunders	2.36 m	Bermuda	1990 Auckland
Pole Vault	Steven Hooker	5.80 m	Australia	2006 Melbourne
Long Jump	Luvo Manyonga	8.41m	South Africa	2018 Gold Coast
Triple Jump	Jonathan Edwards	17.86 m	England	2002 Manchester
Shot Put	Tomas Walsh	22.45m	New Zealand	2018 Gold Coast
Discus throw	Fedrick Dacres	68.20m	Jamica	2018 Gold Coast
Hammer throw	Nick Miller	80.26	England	2018 Gold Coast
Javelin	Mike O'Rourke	89.48 m	New Zealand	1982 Brisbane
Decathlon	Daley Thompson	8663 pts	England	1986 Edinburgh
20 km walk	Dano Bird Smith	1:19:34	Australia	2018 Gold Coast
50 km walk	Nathan Deakes	3:42:53	Australia	2006 Melbourne
4x100 m Relay	Usain Bolt, Kemar Bailey –Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Jason Livermore	37.58	Jamaica	2014 Glasgow
4x400m Relay	Michael McDonald, Roxbert Martin, Gregory Haughton, Davian Clarke	2:59.03	Jamaica	1998 Kuala Lumpur

COMMONWEALTH GAMES - ATHLETICS
As at 31st October, 2021
WOMEN

EVENT	NAME	PERFORMANCE	COUNTRY	YEAR OF RECORD ACHIEVED AND VENUE

100 m	Bkessuby Okagboue	10.85	Nigeria	2014 Glasgow
200 m	Shaunae Miler Uibo	22.09	Bahamas	2018 Gold Coast
400 m	Amantle Montsho	50.10	Botswana	2010 Delhi
800 m	Castero Semenya	1:56.68	South Africa	2018 Gold Coast
1500 m	Castero Semenya	4:00.71	South Africa	2018 Gold Coast
5000 m	Paula Radcliffe	14:31.42	England	2002 Manchester
10000 m	Salina Kosgei	31:27.83	Kenya	2002 Manchester
Marathon	Lisa Martin	2:25:28	Australia	1990 Auckland
100 m Hurdles	Brigitte Foster-Hylton	12.65 (+1.0 m/s)	Jamaica	2006 Melbourne
400 m Hurdles	Jana Pittman	53.82	Australia	2006 Melbourne
3000m steeplechase	Dorcus Inzikuru	9:19.5	Uganda	2006 Melbourne
High Jump	Hestrie Cloete	1.96 m	South Africa	2002 Manchester
Pole Vault	Alycha Newman	4.75 m	Canada	2018 Gold Coast
Long Jump	Bronwyn Thompson	6.97 m	Australia	2006 Melbourne
Triple Jump	Ashia Hansen	14.86 m	England	2002 Manchester
Shot Put	Valerie Adams	20.47 m	New Zealand	2010 Delhi
Discus throw	Dani Steens	68.26m	Australia	2018 Gold Coast
Hammer throw	Sultana Frizell	71.97 m	Canada	2014 Glasgow
Javelin Old	Tessa Sanderson	69.80 m	England	1986 Edinburgh
Javelin New	Kathryn Mitchell	68.92 m	Australia	2018 Gold Coast
Heptathlon	Jane Flemming	6695 pts	Australia	1990 Auckland
20 km walk	Jane Saville	1:32:46	Australia	2006 Melbourne
4x100 m Relay	Kerrons Stewart, Veronica Campbell Brown, Schilionie Calvert, Shelly Ann Grasev Pryce	41.83	Jamaica	2014 Glasgow
4x400m Relay	Stephanie Mcpherson, Christime Day, Novlene Williams Mills, Anastasia Le-Roy	3:23.83	Jamaica	2014 Glasgow

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