IAAF - World Track and Field records lyrics

Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date World Records Men 100m | 9.58 (+0.9 m/s) | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 8/16/2009 200m | 19.19 (−0.3 m/s) | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 8/20/2009 400m | 43.18 | Michael Johnson | United States | 8/26/1999 800m | 1:40.91 | David Rudisha | Kenya | 8/9/2012 1000m | 2:11.96 | Noah Ngeny | Kenya | 9/5/1999 1500m | 3:26.00 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 7/14/1998 Mile | 3:43.13 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 7/7/1999 2000m | 4:44.79 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 9/7/1999 3000m | 7:20.67 | Daniel Komen | Kenya | 9/1/1996 5000m | 12:37.35 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 5/31/2004 10,000m | 26:17.53 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 8/26/2005 10km (road) | 26:44 | Leonard Patrick Komon | Kenya | 9/26/2010 15km (road) | 41:13 | Leonard Patrick Komon | Kenya | 11/21/2010 20,000m (track) | 56:25.98+ | Haile Gebrsela**ie | Ethiopia | 6/27/2007 20km (road) | 55:21+ | Zersenay Tadese | Eritrea | 3/21/2010 Half marathon | 58:23 | Zersenay Tadese | Eritrea | 3/21/2010 One hour | 21,285m | Haile Gebrsela**ie | Ethiopia | 6/27/2007 25,000 m (track) | 1:12:25.4+ | Moses Mosop | Kenya | 6/3/2011 25km (road) | 1:11:18 | Dennis Kipruto Kimetto | Kenya | 5/6/2012 30,000m (track) | 1:26:47.4 | Moses Mosop | Kenya | 6/3/2011 30km (road) | 1:27:38+ | Patrick Makau Musyoki | Kenya | 9/25/2011 40km (road) | 1:57:12+ | Wilson Kipsang | Kenya | 9/29/2013 Marathon | 2:03:23 | Wilson Kipsang | Kenya | 9/29/2013 100km (road) | 6:13:33 | Takahiro Sunada | Japan | 6/21/1998 3000m steeplechase | 7:53.63 | Saif Saaeed Shaheen | Qatar | 9/3/2004 110m hurdles | 12.80 (+0.3 m/s) | Aries Merritt | United States | 9/7/2012 400m hurdles | 46.78 | Kevin Young | United States | 8/6/1992 High jump | 2.45m | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 7/27/1993 Pole vault | 6.16m i | Renaud Lavillenie | France | 2/15/2014 Long jump | 8.95m (+0.3m/s) | Mike Powell | United States | 8/30/1991 Triple jump | 18.29m (+1.3m/s) | Jonathan Edwards | United Kingdom 8/7/1995 Shot put | 23.12 m | Randy Barnes | United States | 5/20/1990 Discus throw | 74.08m | Jürgen Schult | East Germany | 6/6/1986 Hammer throw | 86.74m | Yuriy Sedykh | Soviet Union | 8/30/1986 Javelin | 98.48 m | Jan Železný | Czech Republic | 5/25/1996 10,000m walk (track) | 37:53.09 | Paquillo Fernández | Spain | 7/27/2008 10km walk (road) | 37:11 | Roman Ra**kazov | Russia | 5/28/2000 20,000m walk (track) | 1:17:25.6 | Bernardo Segura | Mexico | 5/7/1994 20km walk (road) | 1:17:16 | Vladimir Kanaykin | Russia | 9/29/2007 ------------------------ 1:16:43# | Sergey Morozov | Russia | 6/8/2008 2 hours walk (track) | 29,572m+ | Maurizio Damilano | Italy | 10/3/1992 30,000m walk (track) | 2:01:44.1 | Maurizio Damilano | Italy | 10/3/1992 50,000m walk (track) | 3:35:27.20 | Yohann Diniz | France | 3/12/2011 50km walk (road) | 3:34:14 | Denis Nizhegorodov | Russia | 5/11/2008 4x100m relay | 36.84 | Nesta Carter | Jamaica | 8/11/2012 ----------------------------Michael Frater ----------------------------Yohan Blake ----------------------------Usain Bolt 4x200m relay | 1:18.68 | Michael Marsh | United States | 4/17/1994 ----------------------------Leroy Burrell ----------------------------Floyd Heard ----------------------------Carl Lewis 4x400m relay | 2:54.29 | Andrew Valmon | United States | 8/22/1993 ----------------------------Quincy Watts ----------------------------Butch Reynolds ----------------------------Michael Johnson 4x800m relay | 7:02.43 | Joseph Mutua | Kenya | 8/25/2006 ----------------------------William Yiampoy ----------------------------Ismael Kombich ----------------------------Wilfred Bungei 4x1500m relay | 14:36.23 | William Biwott Tanui | Kenya | 9/4/2009 ----------------------------Gideon Gathimba ----------------------------Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono ----------------------------Augustine Kiprono Choge 4xMile relay | 15:49.08 | Eamonn Coghlan | Ireland | 8/17/1985 ----------------------------Ray Flynn ----------------------------Frank O'Mara ----------------------------Marcus O'Sullivan Marathon relay | 1:57:06 | Josephat Ndambiri | Kenya | 11/23/2005 ----------------------------Martin Mathathi ----------------------------Daniel Muchunu Mwangi ----------------------------Mekubo Mogusu ----------------------------Onesmus Nyerre ----------------------------John Kariuki Women 100m | 10.49 | Florence Griffith Joyner | United States | 7/16/1988 200m | 21.34 (+1.3 m/s) | Florence Griffith Joyner | United States | 9/29/1988 400m | 47.60 | Marita Koch | East Germany | 10/6/1985 800m | 1:53.28 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | Czech Republic Czechoslovakia | 7/26/1983 1000m | 2:28.98 | Svetlana Masterkova | Russia | 8/23/1996 1500m | 3:50.46 | Qu Yunxia | China | 9/11/1993 Mile (1,609.32m) | 4:12.56 | Svetlana Masterkova | Russia | 8/14/1996 2000m | 5:25.36 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 7/8/1994 3000m | 8:06.11 | Wang Junxia | China | 9/13/1993 5000m | 14:11.15 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 6/6/2008 10,000m | 29:31.78 | Wang Junxia | China | 9/8/1993 10km (road) | 30:21 | Paula Radcliffe | Great Britain | 2/23/2003 15km (road) | 46:27.7 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 11/15/2009 Half marathon | 1:05:12 | Florence Kiplagat | Kenya | 2/16/2014 One hour | 18,517m | Dire Tune | Ethiopia | 6/12/2008 20,000m (track) | 1:05:26.6 | Tegla Loroupe | Kenya | 9/3/2000 20km (road) | 1:01:56+ | Florence Kiplagat | Kenya | 2/16/2014 25,000 m (track) | 1:27:05.84 | Tegla Loroupe | Kenya | 9/21/2002 25km (road) | 1:19:53 Mary Keitany Kenya 9 May 2010 30,000m (track) | 1:45:50.00 | Tegla Loroupe | Kenya | 6/7/2003 30km (road) | 1:38:23+ | Liliya Shobukhova | Russia | 10/9/2011 ------------------------ 1:36:36+ a # | Paula Radcliffe | Great Britain | 4/13/2003 Marathon | 2:15:25 | Paula Radcliffe | Great Britain | 4/13/2003 100km (road) | 6:33:11 | Tomoe Abe | Japan | 6/25/2000 3000m steeplechase | 8:58.81 | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina | Russia 8/17/2008 100m hurdles | 12.21(+0.7 m/s) | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 8/20/1988 400m hurdles | 52.34 | Yuliya Pechonkina | Russia | 8/8/2003 High jump | 2.09m | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | 8/30/1987 Pole vault | 5.06m | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | 8/28/2009 Long jump | 7.52m(+1.4 m/s) | Galina Chistyakova | Soviet Union | 6/11/1988 Triple jump | 15.50m(+0.9 m/s) | Inessa Kravets | Ukraine | 8/10/1995 Shot put | 22.63m | Natalya Lisovskaya | Soviet Union | 6/7/1987 Discus throw | 76.80m | Gabriele Reinsch | East Germany | 7/9/1988 Hammer throw | 79.42m | Betty Heidler | Germany | 5/21/2011 Javelin | 72.28m | Barbora Špotáková | Czech Republic | 9/13/2008 10,000m walk (track) | 41:56.23 | Nadezhda Ryashkina | Soviet Union | 7/24/1990 ------------------------ 41:37.9# | Gao Hongmiao | China | 4/7/1994 10km walk (road) | 41:04 # | Yelena Nikolayeva | Russia | 4/20/1996 20,000m walk (track) | 1:26:52.3 | Olimpiada Ivanova | Russia | 9/6/2001 20km walk (road) | 1:25:02 | Elena Lashmanova | Russia | 8/11/2012 ------------------------ 1:24:50 X | Olimpiada Ivanova | Russia | 3/4/2001 4x100m relay | 40.82 | Tianna Madison | United States | 8/10/2012 ----------------------------Allyson Felix ----------------------------Bianca Knight ----------------------------Carmelita Jeter 4x200m relay |1:27.46 | LaTasha Jenkins | United States | 4/29/2000 ----------------------------LaTasha Colander-Richardson ----------------------------Nanceen Perry ----------------------------Marion Jones 4x400m relay | 3:15.17 | Tatyana Ledovskaya | Soviet Union | 10/1/1988 ----------------------------Olga Nazarova ----------------------------Mariya Pinigina ----------------------------Olga Bryzgina 4x800m relay | 7:50.17 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | Soviet Union | 8/5/1984 ----------------------------Lyubov Gurina ----------------------------Lyudmila Borisova ----------------------------Irina Podyalovskaya 4x1500m relay | 17:05.72 | Eunice Sum | Kenya | 4/26/2014 ----------------------------Mercy Cherono ----------------------------Anne Karindi ----------------------------Perin Nenkampi Marathon relay | 2:11:41 | Jiang Bo | China | 2/28/1998 ----------------------------Dong Yanmei ----------------------------Zhao Fengdi ----------------------------Ma Zaijie ----------------------------Lan Lixin ----------------------------Li Na World Bests Men 50m | 5.53+(+0.2 m/s) | Bruny Surin | Canada | 8/22/1999 60m | 6.31+(+0.9 m/s) | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 8/16/2009 100y | 9.0ht | Ivory Crockett | United States | 5/11/1974 ------------------------ 9.0ht | Houston McTear | United States | 5/9/1975 ------------------------9.07+ (−0.5 m/s) | Asafa Powell | Jamaica | 5/27/2010 150m (bend) | 14.44+(-0.3 m/s) | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 8/20/2009 150m straight | 14.35(+1.1 m/s) | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 5/17/2009 200m straight | 19.41(−0.4 m/s) | Tyson Gay | United States | 5/16/2010 220y straight | 19.5ht(+1.9 m/s) | Tommie Smith | United States | 5/7/1966 ------------------------ 19.54 (−0.4 m/s) | Tyson Gay | United States | 5/16/2010 300 m | 30.85 A | Michael Johnson | United States | 4/10/2000 440y | 44.5 | John Smith | United States | 26 June 1971 500m | 59.32 | Orestes Rodriguez | Cuba | 5 February 2013 600m | 1:12.81 | Johnny Gray | United States | 24 May 1986 Two miles | 7:58.61 | Daniel Komen | Kenya | 7/17/1997 5 km (road) | 12:59.5 | Sammy Kipketer | Kenya | 3/26/2000 8 km (road) | 21:51+ | Deriba Merga | Ethiopia | 2/18/2011 10 miles (road) | 44:23 | Haile Gebrsela**ie | Ethiopia | 9/4/2005 35 km (road) | 1:42:16+ | Patrick Makau Musyoki | Kenya | 9/25/2011 40 km (road) | 1:57:15+ | Patrick Makau Musyoki | Kenya | 9/25/2011 90 km (road) | 5:20:49 | Leonid Shvetsov | Russia | 2007 200 m hurdles (bend) | 22.55 | Laurent Ottoz | Italy | 5/31/1995 200 m hurdles (straight) | 21.9y ht (+1.4 m/s) | Don Styron | United States | 4/2/1960 ------------------------ 22.10 (+2.0 m/s) | Andy Turner | Great Britain | 5/15/2011 220 y Hurdles (straight) | 21.9 ht (+1.4 m/s) | Don Styron | United States | 4/2/1960 300 m Hurdles | 34.48 | Chris Rawlinson | Great Britain | 6/30/2002 440 y Hurdles | 48.7 | Jim Bolding | United States | 7/25/1974 2000 m steeplechase | 5:10.68 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad France | 30 June 2010 35 lb Weight Throw | 25.41m | Lance Deal | United States 2/20/1993 1500 m walk (track) | 5:12.0+ | Antanas Grigaliūnas | Lithuania | 5/12/1990 Mile walk (track) | 5:36.9 | Antanas Grigaliūnas | Lithuania | 5/12/1990 50-mile walk (road) | 7:44:47.2 | Shaul Ladany | Israel | 1972 4x110 y relay | 38.6 A | Earl McCullouch | United States/Jamacia | 6/17/1967 ----------------------------Fred Kuller ----------------------------O.J. Simpson ----------------------------Lennox Miller (JAM) Swedish relay | 1:46.59 | Christopher Williams | Jamaica | 7/25/2006 ----------------------------Usain Bolt ----------------------------Davian Clarke ----------------------------Jermaine Gonzales Distance medley relay | 9:15.56 | Elkanah Angwenyi | Kenya 4/29/2006 ----------------------------Thomas Musembi ----------------------------Alfred Kirwa Yego ----------------------------Alex Kipchirchir Women 50m | 5.93+ (−0.1 m/s) | Marion Jones | United States | 8/22/1999 60m | 6.85+ (−0.1 m/s) | Marion Jones | United States | 8/22/1999 100y | 9.91+ (+1.1 m/s) | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica | 5/31/2011 150m (bend) | 16.10+ (+1.3 m/s) | Florence Griffith Joyner | United States | 9/29/1988 150m straight | 16.36 (+0.2 m/s) | Allyson Felix | United States | 5/25/2013 200m straight | 22.55 (+0.2 m/s) | Allyson Felix | United States | 5/16/2010 300 m | 34.14+ ht | Marita Koch | East Germany | 10/6/1985 ------------------------ 35.30 A | Ana Guevara | Mexico | 5/3/2003 500m | 1:05.9 | Tatana Kocembova | Czechoslovakia | 8/2/1984 600m | 1:22.63 A | Ana Quirot | Cuba | 7/25/1997 Two miles | 8:58.58 | Meseret Defar | Ethiopia | 9/14/2007 5 km (road) | 14:46 | Meseret Defar | Ethiopia | 4/9/2006 4 miles (road) | 19:14 | Viola Kibiwot | Kenya | 10/13/2013 8 km (road) |24:30+ | Mary Keitany | Kenya | 2/18/2011 10 miles (road) | 50:05+ | Mary Keitany | Kenya | 2/18/2011 35 km (road) | 1:54:49+ | Liliya Shobukhova | Russia | 10/9/2011 40 km (road) | 2:11:28+ | Liliya Shobukhova | Russia | 10/9/2011 200 m hurdles (bend) | 24.8 ht (+0.4 m/s) | Yadisleidy Pedroso | Italy | 4/6/2013 ------------------------ 25.6 ht (-0.7 m/s) | Patricia Girard | France | 8/23/2001 ------------------------ 25.82 (+1.7 m/s) | Patricia Girard | France | 9/22/1999 200 m hurdles (straight) | 25.74 (-1.1 m/s) | Perri Shakes-Drayton | Great Britain | 5/25/2013 ------------------------ 25.7 ht | Pam Kilborn-Ryan | Australia | 11/25/1971 300 m Hurdles | 38.16 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic | 8/3/2013 2000 m steeplechase | 6:03.38 | Wioletta Janowska | Poland | 7/15/2006 20 lb Weight Throw | 24.57m | Brittany Riley | United States | 1/27/2007 3000 m walk (track) | 11:48.24 | Ileana Salvador | Italy | 8/29/1993 50 km walk | 4:10:59 | Monica Svensson | Sweden | 10/21/2007 4x100m hurdles relay | 50.78 | Nia Ali (12.73) | United States | 4/6/2013 ----------------------------Kristi Castlin (12.56) ----------------------------Yvette Lewis (12.76) ----------------------------Queen Harrison (12.61) Sprint medley relay | 3:34.56 | Sherri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica | April 2009 ----------------------------Rosemarie Whyte ----------------------------Moya Thompson ----------------------------Kenia Sinclair Distance medley relay | 10:48.38 | Kathy Franey | United States | April 1988 ----------------------------Michelle Bennett ----------------------------Celeste Halliday ----------------------------Vicki Huber 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 A = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28 Est = estimate