World Records

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place		Video
100 m Progression	9.58 (+0.9 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	16 Aug 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany		[play]
200 m Progression	19.19 (-0.3 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 Aug 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany		[play]
400 m Progression	43.18	Michael Johnson	United States	26 Aug 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain		[play]
800 m Progression	1:41.01	David Rudisha	Kenya	29 Aug 2010	Rieti Meeting	Rieti, Italy		[play]
1000 m	2:11.96	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	5 Sep 1999	Rieti Meeting	Rieti, Italy		[play]
1500 m Progression	3:26.00	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	14 Jul 1998	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy		[play]
Mile run Progression	3:43.13	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	7 Jul 1999	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy		[play]
2000 m	4:44.79	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	7 Sep 1999	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany		[play]
3000 m Progression	7:20.67	Daniel Komen	Kenya	1 Sep 1996	Rieti Meeting	Rieti, Italy		[play]
5000 m Progression	12:37.35	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	31 May 2004	Fanny Blankers-Koen Games	Hengelo, Netherlands
10000 m Progression	26:17.53	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	26 Aug 2005	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium		[play]
10 km (road)	26:44	Leonard Patrick Komon	Kenya	26 Sep 2010	Singelloop	Utrecht, Netherlands
15 km (road)	41:13	Leonard Patrick Komon	Kenya	21 November 2010	Zevenheuvelenloop	Nijmegen, Netherlands
20000 m (track)	56:26.0+	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	27 Jun 2007	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic		[play]
20 km (road)	55:21+	Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea	21 Mar 2010	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal		[play]
Half marathon	58:23	Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea	21 Mar 2010	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal		[play]
One hour	21285 m	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	27 Jun 2007	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic		[play]
25000 m (track)	1:12:25.4+	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 Jun 2011	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States
25 km (road)	1:11:50	Samuel Kosgei	Kenya	9 May 2010	BIG 25	Berlin, Germany
30000 m (track)	1:26:47.4	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 Jun 2011	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States
30 km (road)	1:27:49+	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	20 Sep 2009	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany
Marathon Progression	2:03:59	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	28 Sep 2008	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany		[play]
100 km (road)	6:13:33	Takahiro Sunada	Japan	21 Jun 1998		Yūbetsu, Japan
3000 m steeplechase	7:53.63	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	Qatar	3 Sep 2004	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
110 m hurdles Progression	12.87 (+0.9 m/s)	Dayron Robles	Cuba	12 Jun 2008	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic		[play]
400 m hurdles Progression	46.78	Kevin Young	United States	6 Aug 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain		[play]
High jump Progression	2.45 m	Javier SotoMayor	Cuba	27 Jul 1993		Salamanca, Spain		[play]
Pole vault Progression	6.14 m A	Sergey Bubka	Ukraine	31 Jul 1994		Sestriere, Italy		[play]
Long jump Progression	8.95 m (+0.3 m/s)	Mike Powell	United States	30 Aug 1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan		[play]
Triple jump Progression	18.29 m (+1.3 m/s)	Jonathan Edwards	United Kingdom	7 Aug 1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden		[play]
Shot put Progression	23.12 m	Randy Barnes	United States	20 May 1990	Jack in the Box Invitational	Westwood, United States		[play]
Discus throw	74.08 m	Jürgen Schult	East Germany	6 Jun 1986		Neubrandenburg, East Germany		[play]
Hammer throw Progression	86.74 m	Yuriy Sedykh	Soviet Union	30 Aug 1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, Germany		[play]
Javelin Progression	98.48 m (Current design)	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	25 May 1996		Jena, Germany		[play]
	104.80 m (old design)	Uwe Hohn	East Germany	20 Jul 1984		East Berlin, East Germany		[play]
Decathlon Progression	9026 pts	Roman Šebrle	Czech Republic	26–27 May 2001	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria
	10.64 (0.0 m/s) (100 m), 8.11 m (long jump), 15.33 m (shot put), 2.12 m (high jump), 47.79 (400 m), 13.92 (110 m hurdles), 47.92 m (discus), 4.80 m (pole vault), 70.16 m (javelin), 4:21.98 min (1500 m)							[play]
10000 m walk (track)	37:53.09	Francisco Javier Fernández	Spain	27 Jul 2008		Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
20000 m walk (track)	1:17:25.6	Bernardo Segura	Mexico	7 May 1994		Bergen, Norway
20 km walk (road) Progression	1:17:16	Vladimir Kanaykin	Russia	29 Sep 2007		Saransk, Russia
2 hours walk (track)	29572 m +	Maurizio Damilano	Italy	3 Oct 1992		Cuneo, Italy
30000 m walk (track)	2:01:44.1	Maurizio Damilano	Italy	3 Oct 1992		Cuneo, Italy
50000 m walk (track)	3:35:27.20	Yohann Diniz	France	12 Mar 2011		Reims, France
50 km walk (road) Progression	3:34:14	Denis Nizhegorodov	Russia	11 May 2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia
4x100 m relay Progression	37.10	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell	Jamaica	22 Aug 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China		[play]
4x200 m relay	1:18.68	Santa Monica Track Club Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Floyd Heard Carl Lewis	United States	17 Apr 1994	Mt. SAC Relays	Walnut, United States
4x400 m relay Progression	2:54.29	Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson	United States	22 Aug 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany		[play]
4x800 m relay	7:02.43	Joseph Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kombich Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	25 Aug 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
4x1500 m relay	14:36.23	William Biwott Tanui Gideon Gathimba Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono Augine Kiprono Choge	Kenya	4 Sep 2009	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium		[play]
Marathon road relay (Ekiden)	1:57:06	Josephat Ndambiri Martin Mathathi Daniel Mwangi Mekubo Mogusu Onesmus Nyerere John Kariuki	Kenya	23 November 2005	Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan