World Records--Men

World Records are officially ratified by the IAAF

Symbols:
+ = event not recognized as official
(A) = mark made at over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)
i = made indoors
M = miles
m = meters
p = mark still pending ratification

Running Events
100..........9.78........Tim Montgomery (US).................Paris, France..............9/14/02
200..........19.32.......Michael Johnson (US)................Atlanta, Georgia...........8/ 1/96
400..........43.18.......Michael Johnson (US)................Seville, Spain.............8/26/99
800..........1:41.11.....Wilson Kipketer (Denmark)...........Cologne, Germany...........8/24/97
1000.........2:11.96.....Noah Ngeny (Kenya)..................Rieti, Italy...............9/ 5/99
1500.........3:26.00.....Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco)........Rome, Italy................7/14/98
Mile.........3:43.13.....Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco)........Rome, Italy................7/ 7/99
2000.........4:44.79.....Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco)........Berlin, Germany............9/ 7/99
Steeplechase.7:55.28.....Brahim Boulami (Morocco)............Brussels, Belgium..........8/24/01
3000.........7:20.67.....Daniel Komen (Kenya)................Rieti, Italy...............9/ 1/96
5000.........12:39.36....Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia).......Helsinki, Finland..........6/13/98
10,000.......26:22.75....Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia).......Hengelo, Holland...........6/ 1/98
20,000.......56:55.6.....Arturo Barrios (Mexico).............La Flèche, France..........3/30/91
Hour.........21,101m/13.11MArturo Barrios (Mexico)...........La Flèche, France..........3/30/91
25,000.......1:13:55.8...Toshihiko Seko (Japan)..............Christchurch, New Zealand..3/22/81
30,000.......1:29:18.8...Toshihiko Seko (Japan)..............Christchurch, New Zealand..3/22/81
110H.........12.91.......Colin Jackson (Great Britain).......Stuttgart, Germany.........8/20/93
400H.........46.78.......Kevin Young (US)....................Barcelona, Spain...........8/ 6/92

Road-Running Events
10K..........27:02.......Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia).......Doha, Qatar................12/11/02
15K..........41:29.......Felix Limo (Kenya)..................Nijmegen, Holland..........11/11/01
20K..........56:18.......Paul Tergat (Kenya).................Milan, Italy................4/ 4/98
Half-Mar.....59:17.......Paul Tergat (Kenya).................Milan, Italy................4/ 4/98
25K..........1:13:14.....Rodgers Rop (Kenya).................Berlin, Germany.............5/ 6/01
30K..........pending
Mar..........2:05:38.....Khalid Khannouchi (US)..............London, England............4/14/02
100K.........6:13:33.....Takahiro Sunada (Japan).............Lake Saroma, Japan.........6/21/98
Ekiden Relay.1:57:56.....Morocco.............................Litóchoron, Greece.........4/17/94
(Brahim Jabbour 13:35, Elarbi Khattabi 28:44, Hicham El Guerrouj 13:43,
Salah Hissou 27:57, Brahim Boutayeb 13:53, Khalid Skah 20:04)

Walking Events
20K..........1:17:25.6...Bernardo Segura (Mexico)............Bergen, Norway.............5/ 7/94
(road)+......1:17:22.....Francisco Fernández (Spain).........Turku, Finland.............4/28/02
30K..........2:01:44.1...Maurizio Damilano (Italy)...........Cuneo, Italy...............10/3/92
50K..........3:40:57.9...Thierry Toutain (France)............Héricourt, France..........9/29/96
(road)+......3:36:39.....Robert Korzeniowski (Poland)........Munich, Germany............8/ 8/02
2 Hours......29,572m/18.36M Maurizio Damilano (Italy)........Cuneo, Italy...............10/3/92

Relay Events
4 x 100......37.40.......United States.......................Barcelona, Spain...........8/ 8/92
(Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis)
.............37.40.......United States.......................Stuttgart, Germany.........8/21/93
(Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell)
4 x 200......1:18.68.....Santa Monica TC.....................Walnut, California.........4/17/94
(Mike Marsh 20.0, Leroy Burrell 19.6, Floyd Heard 19.7, Carl Lewis 19.4)
4 x 400......2:54.20.....United States.......................Uniondale, New York........7/22/98
(Jerome Young 44.3, Antonio Pettigrew 43.2, Tyree Washington 43.5, Michael Johnson 43.2)
4 x 800......7:03.89.....Great Britain.......................London, England............8/30/82
(Peter Elliott 1:49.14, Garry Cook 1:46.20, Steve Cram 1:44.54, Seb Coe 1:44.01)
4 x 1500.....14:38.8.....West Germany........................Cologne, Germany...........8/17/77
(Thomas Wessinghage 3:38.8, Harald Hudak 3:40.2, Michael Lederer 3:42.6, Karl Fleschen 3:37.3)
4 x Mile+....15:49.08....Ireland.............................Dublin, Ireland............8/17/85
(Eamonn Coghlan 4:00.2, Marcus O'Sullivan 3:55.3, Frank O'Mara 3:56.6, Ray Flynn 3:56.98)

Jumping Events
High Jump....2.45.....8-1/2 .....Javier Sotomayor (Cuba).............Salamanca, Spain...........7/27/93
Pole Vault...6.14(A)..20-1 3/4 ..Sergey Bubka (Ukraine)..............Sestriere, Italy...........7/31/94
(low-alt) +..6.13.....20-1 1/4 ..Sergey Bubka (Ukraine)..............Tokyo, Japan...............9/19/92
Long Jump....8.95.....29-4 1/2 ..Mike Powell (US)....................Tokyo, Japan...............8/30/91
Triple Jump..18.29....60-1/4 ....Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain)....Göteborg, Sweden...........8/ 7/95

Throwing Events
Shot.........23.12....75-10 1/4 .Randy Barnes (US)...................Westwood, California.......5/20/90
Discus.......74.08....243-0......Jürgen Schult (East Germany)........Neubrandenburg, Germany....6/ 6/86
Hammer.......86.74....284-7......Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union)........Stuttgart, Germany.........8/30/86
Javelin......98.48....323-1......Jan Zelezny (Czech Republic)........Jena, Germany..............5/25/96

Multi Event
Decathlon....9026........Roman Sebrle (Czech Republic).......Götzis, Austria..........5/26­27/01
(10.64, 26-7 1/4/8.11, 50-3 1/2/15.33, 6-11 1/2/2.12, 47.79 [4675],
13.92, 157-3/47.92, 15-9/4.80, 230-2/70.16, 4:21.98 [4351])