Indoor Track and Field World Records

Men’s Indoor World Records | Women’s Indoor World Records

Outdoor Track and Field World Records

Men’s Outdoor World Records | Women’s Outdoor World Records

MEN'S INDOOR WORLD RECORDS

Track Events
50 m 5.56(A) Donovan Bailey (Canada) 2/9/1996
(low-altitude WR+ 5.56 Maurice Greene (USA) Los Angeles, California 2/13/99)
60 m 6.34(A) Christian Coleman (USA) 2/18/2018
(low-altitude WR+ 6.37 Christian Coleman (USA) Birmingham, England, 3/03/18)
200 m 19.92 Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 2/18/1996
300 m + 31.87(A) Noah Lyles (USA) 3/4/2017
(low-altitude WR+ 31.88 Wallace Spearmon (USA) Fayetteville, Arkansas 2/10/06)
400 m 44.57 Kerron Clement (USA) 3/12/2005
(44.52 Michael Norman (USA) ’18 not ratified because there was no doping control)
500 + 59.83 Abdalelah Haroun (Qatar) 2/17/2016
600 y + 1:06.93 Moitalel Mpoke (Kenya) 2/15/2020
600 m + 1:13.77 Donavan Brazier (USA) 2/24/2019
800 m 1:42.67 Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 3/9/1997
1000 m 2:14.20 Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 2/17/2016
1500 m 3:30.60 Jakob Ingebrigsten (Norway) 2/17/2022
Mile 3:47.01 Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) 3/3/2019
2000 + 4:49.99 Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2/17/2007
3000 m 7:24.90 Daniel Komen (Kenya) 2/6/1998
2 Miles + 8:03.40 Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2/21/2015
5000 m 12:49.60 Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2/20/2004
10,000 m + 27:50.29 Mark Bett (Kenya) 2/10/2002
50 m Hurdles 6.25 Mark McKoy (Canada) 3/5/1986
60 m Hurdles 7.29 Grant Holloway (USA) 3/20/2022
7.29p Grant Holloway (USA) 2/24/2021
Relay Events
4 x 200 m 1:22.11 Great Britain 3/3/1991
(Linford Christie, Darren Braithwaite, Ade Mafe, John Regis)
4 x 400 m 3:01.51 University of Houston 2/9/2019
(Amere Lattin 46.33, Obi Igbokwe 44.93, Jermaine Holt 45.80, Kahmari Montgomery 44.45)
(3:00.77 USC ’18 not ratified because IAAF ruled Rai Benjamin not of same Nationality as rest of team...)
(3:01.39 Texas A&M '18 not ratified due to insufficient doping control)
(3:01.43 UF '18 not ratified due to mixed nationality as well)
4 x 800 m 7:11.30 United States 2/25/2018
(Joe McAsey 1:49.03, Kyle Merber 1:47.11, Chris Giesting 1:47.43, Jesse Garn 1:47.73)
4 x 1500 + 16:03.68y United States 1/26/2019
(David Ribich 4:04, Henry Wynne 4:03, Brannon Kidder 3:58, Izaic Yorks 3:58)
4 x Mile + 16:03.68 United States 1/26/2019
(David Ribich 4:04, Henry Wynne 4:03, Brannon Kidder 3:58, Izaic Yorks 3:58)
Sprint Medley + 3:15.10 United States 3/14/1993
(Mark Everett 1:48.4, James Trapp 20.2, Kevin Little 20.7, Butch Reynolds 45.8)
Distance Medley + 9:19.93 Team USA 1/31/2015
(Matthew Centrowitz 2:49.47, Mike Berry 46.39, Erik Sowinski 1:47.60, Pat Casey 3:56.47)
Field Events
High Jump 2.43 | 7-11½ Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 3/4/1989
Pole Vault 6.20 | 20-4¼ Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) 3/20/2022
Long Jump 8.79 | 28-10¼ Carl Lewis (USA) 1/27/1984
Triple Jump 18.07 | 59-3½ Hugues Fabrice (Burkina Faso) 1/16/2021
Shot 22.66 | 74-4¼ Randy Barnes (USA) 1/20/1989
22.82 | 74-10½p Ryan Crouser (USA) 1/24/2021
Weight + 25.86 | 84-10¼ Lance Deal (USA) 3/4/1995
Multi Event
Heptathlon 6645 Ashton Eaton (USA) 3/09-10/12
60m: 6.79, LJ: 8.16 (26-9¼), SP: 14.56 (47-9¼), HJ: 2.03 (6-8) [3654]
60mH: 7.68, PV: 5.20 (17-¾), 1000m: 2:32.77 [2991]
Walk Events
5000 m 18:07.08 Mikhail Shchennikov (Russia) 2/14/1995

WOMEN'S INDOOR WORLD RECORDS

Track Events
50 m 5.96 Irina Privalova (Russia) 2/9/1995
60 m 6.92 Irina Privalova (Russia) 2/9/1995
6.92 Irina Privalova (Russia) 2/11/1993
200 m 21.87 Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 2/13/1993
300 m + 35.45 Irina Privalova (Russia) 1/17/1993
35.45 Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas) 2/3/2018
400 m 49.59 Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 3/7/1982
500 m + 1:06.31 Olesya Forsheva (Russia) 1/7/2006
600 m + 1:23.44 Olga Kotlyarova (Russia) 2/1/2004
800 m 1:55.82 Jolanda Čeplak (Slovenia) 3/3/2002
1000 m 2:30.94 Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 2/25/1999
1500 m 3:53.09 Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia) 2/9/2021
Mile 4:13.31 Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2/17/2016
2000 m + 5:23.75 Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2/7/2017
3000 m 8:16.60 Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2/6/2014
2 Miles + 9:00.48 Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2/15/2014
5000 m 14:18.86 Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2/19/2015
50 m Hurdles 6.58 Cornelia Oschkenat (East Germany) 2/20/1988
60 m Hurdles 7.68 Susanna Kallur (Sweden) 2/10/2008
Relay Events
4 x 200 m 1:32.41 Russia 1/29/2005
(Yekaterina Kondratyeva, Irina Khabarova, Yuliya Pechonkina, Yuliya Gushchina)
4 x 400 m 3:23.37 Russia 1/28/2006
(Yuliya Gushchina 51.75, Olga Kotlyarova 50.40, Olga Zaytseva 51.03, Olesya Krasnomovets 50.19)
4 x 800 m 8:05.89 USA All-Stars 2/3/2018
(Chrishuna Williams 2:05.10, Raevyn Rogers 2:00.45, Charlene Lipsey 2:01.97, Ajee’ Wilson 1:58.37)
Sprint Medley + 3:45.90 United States 3/14/1993
(Joetta Clark-Diggs 2:08.7, Wendy Vereen 22.6, Kim Batten 23.3, Jearl Miles Clark 51.3)
Distance Medley + 10:40.31 United States 1/28/2017
(Emma Coburn 3:18.40, Sydney McLaughlin 52.32, Brenda Martinez 2:01.93, Jenny Simpson 4:27.66)
Field Events
High Jump 2.08 | 6-9¾ Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 2/4/2006
Pole Vault 5.02 | 16-5½(A) Jenn Suhr (USA) 3/1/2013
(low-alt WR+ 5.01 | 16-5¼ Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) Stockholm, Sweden 2/23/12)
(not ratified due to insufficient doping controls 5.03 | 16-6 Jenn Suhr (US) Brockport, New York 1/30/16)
Long Jump 7.37 | 24-2¼ Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 2/13/1988
Triple Jump 15.74 | 51-7¾ Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) 2/9/2021
Shot 22.50 | 73-10 Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 2/19/1977
Weight + 25.60 | 84-0 Gwen Berry (USA) 3/4/2017
Multi Event
Pentathlon 5013 Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukraine) 3/9/2012
60mH: 8.38, HJ: 1.84 (6-½), SP: 16.51 (54-2), LJ: 6.57 (21-6¾), 800m: 2:11.15

MEN'S OUTDOOR WORLD RECORDS

Running Events
100 m 9.58 Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 8/16/2009
200 m 19.19 Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 8/20/2009
400 m 43.03 Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) 8/14/2016
800 m 1:40.91 David Rudisha (Kenya) 8/9/2012
1000 m 2:11.96 Noah Ngeny (Kenya) 9/5/1999
1500 m 3:26.00 Hicham el Guerrouj (Morocco) 7/14/1998
Mile 3:43.13 Hicham el Guerrouj (Morocco) 7/7/1999
2000 m 4:44.79 Hicham el Guerrouj (Morocco) 9/7/1999
3000 m 7:20.67 Daniel Komen (Kenya) 9/1/1996
5000 m 12:35.36 Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) 8/14/2020
5 k 12:49 Berihu Aregawi (Ethiopia) 12/31/2021
10,000 m 26:11.00 Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) 10/7/2020
10 k 26:24:00 Rhonex Kipruto (Kenya) 1/12/2020
20,000 m 56:26.0h Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 6/27/2007
One Hour 21,330m Mo Farah (Great Britain) 9/4/2020
Half Marathon 57:31 Jacob Kiplimo (Uganda) 11/1/2021
25,000 m 1:12:25.4h Moses Mosop (Kenya) 6/3/2011
30,000 m 1:26:47.4h Moses Mosop (Kenya) 6/3/2011
Marathon 2:01:09* Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 9/25/2022
100 k 6:09:14 Nao Kazami (Japan) 6/24/2018
3000 m Steeplechase 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed (Qatar) 9/3/2004
110 m Hurdles 12.80 Aries Merritt (USA) 9/7/2012
400 m Hurdles 45.94 Karsten Warholm (Norway) 8/3/2021
Relay Events
4x100 m 36.84 Jamaica 8/11/2012
(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)
4x200 m 1:18.63 Jamaica 5/24/2014
(Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, Yohan Blake)
4x400 m 2:54.29 United States 8/22/1993
(Andres Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson)
4x800 m 7:02.43 Kenya 8/25/2006
(Joseph Mutua, William Yiampoy, Ismael Kombich, Wilfred Bungei)
4x1500 m 14:22.22 Kenya 5/25/2014
(Collins Cheboi, Silas Kiplagat, James Kiplagat Magut, Asbel Kiprop)
Road Relay 1:57:06 Kenya 11/23/2005
(J. Ndambiri, M. Mathathi, D. Muchunu Mwangi, M. Mogusu, O. Nyerre, J. Kariuki)
Distance Medley Relay 9:15.50 United States 5/3/2015
(Kyle Merber, Brycen Spratling, Brandon Johnson, Ben Blankeship)
Field Events
High Jump 2.45 | 8-1⁄2 Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 7/27/1993
Pole Vault 6.21 | 20-4 1⁄2 Armand Duplantis (Sweden) 7/24/2022
Long Jump 8.95 | 29-4 1⁄4 Mike Powell (USA) 8/30/1991
Triple Jump 18.29 | 60-0 Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain) 8/7/1995
Shot Put 23.37 | 76-8 1⁄4 Ryan Crouser (USA) 6/18/2021
Discus 74.08 | 243-1⁄2 Jürgen Schult (GDR) 6/6/1986
Hammer Throw 86.74 | 284-6 Yuriy Sedykh (Soviet Union) 8/30/1986
Javelin 98.48 | 323-1 Jan Železny (Czech Republic) 5/25/1996
Mixed Relay
Mixed-Sex 4x400m m 3:12.42 United States 9/29/2019
Tyrell Richard (M), Jessica Beard (W), Jasmine Blocker (W), Obi Igbokwe (M)
Multi Event
Decathlon 9126 Kevin Mayer (France) 9/16/2018
100m: 10.55, LJ: 7.80m (25-7), SP: 16.00m (52-6), HJ: 2.05m (6-8 1/2), 400m: 48.42
110mH: 13.75, DT: 50.54m (165-9 3/4), PV: 5.45m (17-10 1/2), JT: 71.90m (235-10 1/2), 1500m: 4:36.11
Walk Events
20,000 m Race Walk 1:17:25.6h Bernardo Segura (Mexico) 5/7/1994
20 k Race Walk 1:16:36 Yusuke Suzuki (Japan) 3/15/2015
30,000 m Race Walk 2:01:44.1h Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 10/3/1992
50,000 m Race Walk 3:35:27.2h Yohann Diniz (France) 3/12/2011
50 k Race Walk 3:32:33 Yohann Diniz (France) 8/15/2014

WOMEN'S OUTDOOR WORLD RECORDS

Running Events
100 m 10.49 Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) 7/16/1988
200 m 21.34 Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) 9/29/1988
400 m 47.6 Marita Koch (East Germany) 10/6/1985
800 m 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 7/26/1983
1000 m 2:28.98 Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) 8/23/1996
1500 m 3:50.07 Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 7/17/2015
Mile 4:12.33 Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) 7/12/2019
2000 m 5:21.56 Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi) 11/14/2021
3000 m 8:06.11 Junxia Wang (China) 9/13/1993
5000 m 14:06.62 Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) 10/7/2020
5 k 14:19 (Mixed) Ejgayehu Taye (Ethiopia) 12/31/2021
10,000 m 29:01.03 Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) 6/8/2021
10 k 29:14 (Mixed) Yalemzerf Yehualaw (Ethiopia) 2/27/2022
20,000 m 1:05:26.6h Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 9/3/2000
One Hour 18,930m Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) 9/4/2020
Half Marathon 1:02.52 (Mixed) Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) 10/24/2021
25,000 m 1:27:05.9h Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 9/2/2002
30,000 m 1:45:50.0h Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 6/6/2003
Marathon 2:14:04 Brigid Kosgei (Kenya) 10/13/2019
100 k 6:33:11 (Mixed) Tomoe Abe (Japan) 5/25/2000
3000 m Steeplechase 8:44.32 Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya) 7/20/2018
100 m Hurdles 12.12 Tobi Amusan (Nigeria) 7/24/2022
400 m Hurdles 50.68 Sydney McLaughlin (USA) 7/22/2022
Relay Events
4x100 m 40.82 United States 8/11/2012
(Tianna Bartoletta 11.0, Allyson Felix 9.9, Bianca Knight 10.9, Carmelita Jeter 9.9)
4x200 m 1:27.46 United States 4/29/2000
(LaTasha Jenkins, LaTasha Colander-Richardson, Nanceen Perry, Marion Jones)
4x400 m 3:15.17 Soviet Union 10/1/1988
(Tatyana Ledovskaya 50.12, Olga Nazarova 47.82, Maria Pinigina 49.43, Olga Bryzgina 47.80)
4x800 m 7:50.17 Soviet Union 8/5/1984
(Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina, Lyudmila Borisova, Irina Podyalovskaya)
4x1500 m 16:27.02 Nike/Bowerman Track Club (USA) 7/31/2020
(Colleen Quigley 4:08, Elise Cranny 4:09, Karissa Schweizer 4:06, Shelby Houlihan 4:04)
Road Relay 2:11:41 (Mixed) China 2/28/1998
(Jiang Bo, Dong Yanmei, Zhao Fengting, Ma Zaijiem, Lan Lixin, Li Na)
Distance Medley Relay 10:33.85(i) United States 4/15/2022
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Field Events
High Jump 2.09 | 6-10 1/4 Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 8/30/1987
Pole Vault 5.06 | 16-7 1/4 Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) 8/28/2009
Long Jump 7.52 | 24-8 1/4 Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union) 6/11/1988
Triple Jump 15.74 (i) | 51-7¾ Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) 3/20/2022
Shot Put 22.63 | 74-3 Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 6/7/1987
Discus 76.8 | 252-0 Gabriele Reinsch (East Germany) 7/9/1988
Hammer Throw 82.98 | 272-3 Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 8/28/2016
Javelin 72.28 | 237-2 Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 9/13/2008
Mixed Relay
Mixed-Sex 4x400 m 3:12.42 United States 9/29/2019
Tyrell Richard (M), Jessica Beard (W), Jasmine Blocker (W), Obi Igbokwe (M)
Multi Events
Heptathlon 7291 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 9/23–24/1988
100mH: 12.69, HJ: 1.86 (6-1¼), SP: 15.80 (51-10), 200m: 22.56 [4264]
LJ: 7.27 (23-10¼), JT: 45.66 (149-10), 800m: 2:08.51 [3027]
Decathlon 8358 Austra Skujytė (Lithuania) 4/14-15/2005
100m: 12.49, DT: 46.19 (151-6), PV: 3.10 (10-2), JT: 48.78 (160-0), 400m: 57.19 [3890]
100mH: 14.22w, LJ: 6.12 (20-1w), SP: 16.42 (53-10½), HJ: 1.78 (5-10), 1500m: 5:15.86 [4468]
Walk Events
10,000 m Race Walk 41:56.23 Nadezhda Ryashkina (Russia) 7/24/1990
20,000 m Race Walk 1:23:49 Jiayu Yang (China) 3/20/2021
20 k Race Walk 1:24:38 Hong Liu (China) 6/6/2015
1:23:49p Jiayu Yang (China) 3/20/2021
50 k Race Walk 3:59:15 Hong Liu (China) 3/9/2019