World Records
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Mens-
Track Events |
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50 |
5.56(A) |
Donovan Bailey (Canada) |
Reno, Nevada |
2/09/96 |
[low-altitude WR+ 5.56 Maurice Greene (US) Los Angeles, California 2/13/99] |
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60 |
6.34(A) |
Christian Coleman (US) |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
2/18/18 |
[low-altitude WR+ 6.37 Christian Coleman (US) Birmingham, England, 3/03/18] |
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200 |
19.92 |
Frank Fredericks (Namibia) |
Liévin, France |
2/18/96 |
300+ |
31.87(A) |
Noah Lyles (US) |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
3/04/17 |
[low-altitude WR 31.88 Wallace Spearmon (US) Fayetteville, Arkansas 2/10/06] |
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400 |
44.57 |
Kerron Clement (US) |
Fayetteville, Arkansas |
3/12/05 |
44.52p |
Michael Norman (US) |
College Station, Texas |
3/10/18 |
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500+ |
59.83 |
Abdalelah Haroun (Qatar) |
Stockholm, Sweden |
2/17/16 |
600+ |
1:14.79(A) |
Michael Saruni (Kenya) |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
1/19/18 |
[low-altitude WR: 1:14.91 Casimir Loxsom (US), University Park, Pennsylvania, 1/28/17] |
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800 |
1:42.67 |
Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) |
Paris, France |
3/09/97 |
1000 |
2:14.20 |
Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) |
Stockholm, Sweden |
2/17/16 |
1500 |
3:31.18 |
Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) |
Stuttgart, Germany |
2/02/97 |
Mile |
3:48.45 |
Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) |
Gent, Belgium |
2/12/97 |
2000+ |
4:49.99 |
Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) |
Birmingham, England |
2/17/07 |
3000 |
7:24.90 |
Daniel Komen (Kenya) |
Budapest, Hungary |
2/06/98 |
2 Miles+ |
8:03.40 |
Mo Farah (Great Britain) |
Birmingham, England |
2/21/15 |
5000 |
12:49.60 |
Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) |
Birmingham, England |
2/20/04 |
10,000+ |
27:50.29 |
Mark Bett (Kenya) |
Gent, Belgium |
2/10/02 |
50 Hurdles |
6.25 |
Mark McKoy (Canada) |
Kobe, Japan |
3/05/86 |
60 Hurdles |
7.30 |
Colin Jackson (Great Britain) |
Sindelfingen, Germany |
3/06/94 |
Relay Events |
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4 x 200 |
1:22.11 |
Great Britain |
Glasgow, Scotland |
3/03/91 |
(Linford Christie, Darren Braithwaite, Ade Mafe, John Regis) |
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4 x 400 |
3:01.77 |
Poland |
Birmingham, England |
3/04/18 |
(Karol Zalewski 45.73, Rafał Omelko 45.17, Łukasz Krawczuk 45.87, Jakub Krzewina 45.00) |
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3:01.39p |
Texas A&M |
College Station, Texas |
3/10/18 |
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(Ilolo Izu 46.57, Robert Grant 44.83, Devin Dixon 45.48, Mylik Kerley 44.51) |
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[3:00.77 USC ’18 not ratified because of non-homogeneous nationality] |
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4 x 800 |
7:13.11 |
USA All-Stars |
Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts |
2/08/14 |
(Richard Jones 1:51.01, David Torrence 1:47.46, Duane Solomon 1:47.98, Erik Sowinski 1:46.66) |
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7:11.30p |
United States |
Boston, Massachusetts |
2/25/18 |
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(Joe McAsey 1:49.03, Kyle Merber 1:47.11, Chris Giesting 1:47.43, Jesse Garn 1:47.33) |
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4 x 1500+ |
16:12.81y |
United States |
New York, New York |
2/17/17 |
(Donn Cabral 4:05.4, Ford Palmer 3:59.5, Graham Crawford 4:08.6, Kyle Merber 3:59.3) |
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4 x Mile+ |
16:12.81 |
United States |
New York, New York |
2/17/17 |
(Donn Cabral 4:05.4, Ford Palmer 3:59.5, Graham Crawford 4:08.6, Kyle Merber 3:59.3) |
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Sprint Medley+ |
3:15.10 |
United States |
Toronto, Ontario |
3/14/93 |
(Mark Everett 1:48.4, James Trapp 20.2, Kevin Little 20.7, Butch Reynolds 45.8) |
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Distance Medley+ |
9:19.93 |
Team USA |
New York, New York |
1/31/15 |
(Matthew Centrowitz 2:49.47, Mike Berry 46.39, Erik Sowinski 1:47.60, Pat Casey 3:56.47) |
Field Events |
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High Jump |
2.43 | 7-11½ |
Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) |
Budapest, Hungary |
3/04/89 |
Pole Vault |
6.16 | 20-2½ |
Renaud Lavillenie (France) |
Donets’k, Ukraine |
2/15/14 |
Long Jump |
8.79 | 28-10¼ |
Carl Lewis (US) |
New York, New York |
1/27/84 |
Triple Jump |
17.92 | 58-9½ |
Teddy Tamgho (France) |
Paris, France |
3/06/11 |
(yes, twice) |
17.92 | 58-9½ |
Teddy Tamgho (France) |
Paris, France |
3/06/11 |
Shot |
22.66 | 74-4¼ |
Randy Barnes (US) |
Los Angeles, California |
1/20/89 |
Weight+ |
25.86 | 84-10¼ |
Lance Deal (US) |
Atlanta, Georgia |
3/04/95 |
Multi Event |
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Heptathlon |
6645 |
Ashton Eaton (US) |
Istanbul, Turkey |
3/09-10/12 |
6.79, 8.16/26-9¼, 14.56/47-9¼, 2.03/6-8 [3654], 7.68, 5.20/17-¾, 2:32.77 [2991]) |
Walk Event |
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5000 |
18:07.08 |
Mikhail Shchennikov (Russia) |
Moscow, Russia |
2/14/95 |
Womens-
Track Events |
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50 |
5.96 |
Irina Privalova (Russia) |
Madrid, Spain |
2/09/95 |
60 |
6.92 |
Irina Privalova (Russia) |
Madrid, Spain |
2/09/95 |
6.92 |
Irina Privalova (Russia) |
Madrid, Spain |
2/11/93 |
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200 |
21.87 |
Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) |
Liévin, France |
2/13/93 |
300+ |
35.45 |
Irina Privalova (Russia) |
Moscow, Russia |
1/17/93 |
35.45p |
Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas) |
New York, New York |
2/03/18 |
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400 |
49.59 |
Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) |
Milan, Italy |
3/07/82 |
500+ |
1:06.31 |
Olesya Forsheva (Russia) |
Yekaterinburg, Russia |
1/07/06 |
600+ |
1:23.44 |
Olga Kotlyarova (Russia) |
Moscow, Russia |
2/01/04 |
800 |
1:55.82 |
Jolanda Čeplak (Slovenia) |
Vienna, Austria |
3/03/02 |
1000 |
2:30.94 |
Maria Mutola (Mozambique) |
Stockholm, Sweden |
2/25/99 |
1500 |
3:55.17 |
Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) |
Karlsruhe, Germany |
2/01/14 |
Mile |
4:17.14 |
Doina Melinte (Romania) |
East Rutherford, New Jersey |
2/09/90 |
4:13.31p |
Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) |
Stockholm, Sweden |
2/17/16 |
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2000+ |
5:23.75 |
Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) |
Sabadell, Spain |
2/07/17 |
3000 |
8:16.60 |
Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) |
Stockholm, Sweden |
2/06/14 |
2 Miles+ |
9:00.48 |
Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) |
Birmingham, England |
2/15/14 |
5000 |
14:18.86 |
Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) |
Stockholm, Sweden |
2/19/15 |
50 Hurdles |
6.58 |
Cornelia Oschkenat (East Germany) |
Berlin, East Germany |
2/20/88 |
60 Hurdles |
7.68 |
Susanna Kallur (Sweden) |
Karlsruhe, Germany |
2/10/08 |
Relay Events |
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4 x 200 |
1:32.41 |
Russia |
Glasgow, Scotland |
1/29/05 |
(Yekaterina Kondratyeva, Irina Khabarova, Yuliya Pechonkina, Yuliya Gushchina) |
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4 x 400 |
3:23.37 |
Russia |
Glasgow, Scotland |
1/28/06 |
(Yuliya Gushchina 51.75, Olga Kotlyarova 50.40, Olga Zaytseva 51.03, Olesya Krasnomovets 50.19) |
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4 x 800 |
8:06.24 |
Moscow (Russia) |
Moscow, Russia |
2/18/11 |
(Aleksandra Bulanova 2:02.1, Yekaterina Martynova 2:03.1, Yelena Kofanova 2:00.4, Anna Balakshina 2:00.6) |
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8:05.89p |
USA All-Stars |
New York, New York |
2/03/18 |
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(Chrishuna Williams 2:05.10, Raevyn Rogers 2:00.45, Charlene Lipsey 2:01.97, Ajee’ Wilson 1:58.37) |
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Sprint Medley+ |
3:45.90 |
United States |
Toronto, Ontario |
3/14/93 |
(Joetta Clark-Diggs 2:08.7, Wendy Vereen 22.6, Kim Batten 23.3, Jearl Miles Clark 51.3) |
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Distance Medley+ |
10:40.31 |
United States |
Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts |
1/28/17 |
(Emma Coburn 3:18.40, Sydney McLaughlin 52.32, Brenda Martinez 2:01.93, Jenny Simpson 4:27.66) |
Field Events |
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High Jump |
2.08 | 6-9¾ |
Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) |
Arnstadt, Germany |
2/04/06 |
Pole Vault |
5.02 | 16-5½(A) |
Jenn Suhr (adidas) |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
3/01/13 |
[low-alt WR 5.01 | 16-5¼ Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) Stockholm, Sweden 2/23/12] |
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[not ratified, but statistically acceptable: 5.03 | 16-6 Jenn Suhr (US) Brockport, New York 1/30/16] |
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Long Jump |
7.37 | 24-2¼ |
Heike Drechsler (East Germany) |
Vienna, Austria |
2/13/88 |
Triple Jump |
15.36 | 50-4¾ |
Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) |
Budapest, Hungary |
3/06/04 |
Shot |
22.50 | 73-10 |
Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) |
Jablonec, Czechoslovakia |
2/19/77 |
Weight+ |
25.56 | 83-10¼ |
Brittany Riley (US) |
Fayetteville, Arkansas |
3/10/07 |
25.60 | 84-0p |
Gwen Berry (US) |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
3/04/17 |
Multi Event |
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Pent |
5013 |
Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukraine) |
Istanbul, Turkey |
3/09/12 |
(8.38, 1.84/6-½, 16.51/54-2, 6.57/21-6¾, 2:11.15) |
Walk Event |
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3000 |
11:40.33 |
Claudia Stef (Romania) |
Bucharest, Romania |
2/25/78 |