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American Records—Men
American Records are those ratified by USATF
Symbols:
+ = event not recognized as official
(A) = mark made at over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)
M = miles
m = meters
p = mark still pending ratification
| Track Events |
| 100 |
9.69 |
Tyson Gay (adidas) |
Shanghai, China |
9/20/09 |
| 150+ |
14.41 |
Tyson Gay (adidas) |
Manchester, England |
5/16/10 |
| 200 |
19.32 |
Michael Johnson (Nike) |
Atlanta, Georgia |
8/01/96 |
| 300+ |
30.85(A) |
Michael Johnson (Nike) |
Pretoria, South Africa |
3/24/00 |
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[low-altitude AR+ 31.30 LaShawn Merritt (Nike) Eugene, Oregon 6/07/09) |
| 400 |
43.18 |
Michael Johnson (Nike) |
Seville, Spain |
8/26/99 |
| 600+ |
1:12.81 |
Johnny Gray (Santa Monica TC) |
Santa Monica, California |
5/24/86 |
| 800 |
1:42.60 |
Johnny Gray (Santa Monica TC) |
Koblenz, Germany |
8/28/85 |
| 1000 |
2:13.9 |
Rick Wohlhuter (UCTC) |
Oslo, Norway |
7/30/74 |
| 1500 |
3:29.30 |
Bernard Lagat (Nike) |
Rieti, Italy |
8/28/05 |
| Mile |
3:46.91 |
Alan Webb (Nike) |
Brasschaat, Belgium |
7/21/07 |
| 2000 |
4:52.44 |
Jim Spivey (Athletics West) |
Lausanne, Switzerland |
9/15/87 |
| Steeple |
8:08.82 |
Daniel Lincoln (Nike) |
Rome, Italy |
7/14/06 |
|
8:06.81p |
Evan Jager (Oregon TC) |
Fontvieille, Monaco |
7/20/12 |
| 3000 |
7:29.00 |
Bernard Lagat (Nike) |
Rieti, Italy |
8/29/10 |
| 2 Miles+ |
8:07.07 |
Matt Tegenkamp (Nike) |
Eugene, Oregon |
6/10/07 |
| 5000 |
12:53.60 |
Bernard Lagat (Nike) |
Fontvieille, Monaco |
7/22/11 |
| 10,000 |
26:48.00 |
Galen Rupp (Nike) |
Brussels, Belgium |
9/16/11 |
| 20,000 |
58:25.0 |
Bill Rodgers (Greater Boston TC) |
Boston, Massachusetts |
8/09/77 |
| Hour |
20,547/12.77M |
Bill Rodgers (Greater Boston TC) |
Boston, Massachusetts |
8/09/77 |
| 25,000 |
1:14:11.8 |
Bill Rodgers (Greater Boston TC) |
Saratoga, California |
2/21/79 |
| 30,000 |
1:31:49 |
Bill Rodgers (Greater Boston TC) |
Saratoga, California |
2/21/79 |
| 110 Hurdles |
12.80 |
Aries Merritt (Reebok) |
Brussels, Belgium |
9/07/12 |
| 400 Hurdles |
46.78 |
Kevin Young (Foot Locker AC) |
Barcelona, Spain |
8/06/92 |
| Relay Events |
4 x 100
|
37.04 |
National Team |
London, England |
8/11/12 |
|
(Trell Kimmons 10.2, Justin Gatlin 8.9, Tyson Gay 9.0, Ryan Bailey 8.9) |
| 4 x 200 |
1:18.68 |
Santa Monica TC |
Walnut, California |
4/17/94 |
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(Mike Marsh 20.0, Leroy Burrell 19.6, Floyd Heard 19.7, Carl Lewis 19.4) |
| 4 x 400 |
2:54.29 |
National Team |
Stuttgart, Germany
|
8/22/93 |
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(Andrew Valmon 44.5, Quincy Watts 43.6, Butch Reynolds 43.23, Michael Johnson 42.94) |
| 4 x 800 |
7:02.82 |
National Team |
Brussels, Belgium |
8/25/06 |
|
(Jebreh Harris 1:47.05, Khadevis Robinson 1:44.03, |
|
Sam Burley 1:46.05, David Krummenacker 1:45.69) |
| 4 x 1500 |
14:46.3 |
National Team |
Bourges, France |
6/24/79 |
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(Dan Aldridge 3:44.9, Andy Clifford 3:42.7, Todd Harbour 3:42.7, Tom Duits 3:35.8) |
| 4 x Mile+ |
16:08.54 |
Athletics West |
Eugene, Oregon |
5/04/84 |
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(Dan Aldridge 4:03.4, Doug Padilla 4:04.7, Tom Smith 4:01.9, Chuck Aragon 3:58.6) |
| Sprint Medley |
3:10.76 |
Santa Monica TC |
Tempe, Arizona |
4/06/85 |
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(Carl Lewis 20.3, Ferran Tyler 20.1, Benny Hollis 47.1, Johnny Gray 1:43.3) |
| Distance Medley |
9:15.63 |
USA Blue |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
4/29/06 |
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(Chris Lukezic 2:51.7, James Carter 45.6, Khadevis Robinson 1:44.5, Bernard Lagat 3:53.8) |
| 4 x 110H |
53.36 |
National Team |
Stockholm, Sweden |
8/07/07 |
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(Ron Bramlett, Anwar Moore, David Payne, Aries Merritt) |
| Field Events |
| High Jump |
2.40 | 7-10½ |
Charles Austin (unattached) |
Zürich, Switzerland |
8/07/91 |
| Pole Vault |
6.04 | 19-9¾ |
Brad Walker (Nike) |
Eugene, Oregon |
6/08/08 |
| Long Jump |
8.95 | 29-4½ |
Mike Powell (Foot Locker AC) |
Tokyo, Japan |
8/30/91 |
| Triple Jump |
18.09 | 59-4¼ |
Kenny Harrison (Nike) |
Atlanta, Georgia |
7/27/96 |
| Shot |
23.12 | 75-10¼ |
Randy Barnes (Mazda TC) |
Westwood, California |
5/20/90 |
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[note: Barnes tested positive for steroids later in the year; in keeping with its standard policy, T&FN does not carry any of his ’90 marks on its all-time lists] |
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[best non-Barnes mark: 22.86 | 75-0 Brian Oldfield (ITA) El Paso, Texas 5/10/75] |
| Discus |
72.34 | 237-4 |
Ben Plucknett (SoCal Striders) |
Stockholm, Sweden |
7/07/81 |
| Hammer |
82.52 | 270-9 |
Lance Deal (New York AC) |
Milan, Italy |
9/07/96 |
| Javelin |
91.29 | 299-6 |
Breaux Greer (adidas) |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
6/21/07 |
| Multi Event |
| Decathlon |
9039 |
Ashton Eaton (Nike) |
Eugene, Oregon
|
6/22-23/12 |
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(10.21, 8.23/27-0, 14.20/46-7¼, 2.05/6-8¾, 46.70 [4728],
13.70, 42.81/140-5, 5.30/17-4½, 58.87/193-1, 4:14.48 [4311]) |
| Road Events |
| 5K |
13:24 |
Marc Davis (Nike) |
Carlsbad, California |
3/31/96 |
| 8K |
22:04 |
Alberto Salazar (Oregon) |
Los Altos, California |
1/04/81 |
| 10K |
27:48 |
Mark Nenow (Puma) |
Phoenix, Arizona |
3/02/85 |
| 15K |
42:22 |
Todd Williams (adidas) |
Jacksonville, Florida |
3/11/95 |
| 20K |
56:48 |
Dathan Ritzenhein (Nike) |
Birmingham, England |
10/11/09 |
| ½-Mar |
59:43 |
Ryan Hall (Asics) |
Houston, Texas |
1/14/07 |
| 25K |
1:14:21 |
Fernando Cabada
(Virginia Intermont) |
Grand Rapids, Michigan |
5/13/06 |
| 30K |
1:28:38 |
Ryan Hall (Asics) |
London, England |
4/13/08 |
| Marathon |
2:05:38 |
Khalid Khannouchi (New Balance) |
London, England |
4/14/02 |
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[note: Ryan Hall (Asics) ran 2:04:58 on an aided-course—Boston, Massachusetts 4/18/11] |
| 100K |
6:30:11 |
Tom Johnson (unattached) |
Winschoten, Holland |
9/16/95 |
| Ekiden Relay |
1:59:08 |
National Team |
Chiba, Japan |
11/23/05 |
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(Ryan Hall 13:22, Matt Gonzales 28:15, Ian Dobson 13:46,
Brian Sell 28:28, Fernando Cabada 14:11, Josh Moen 21:06) |
| Walk Events |
20,000
|
1:23:00.1 |
Trevor Barron (New York AC) |
Eugene, Oregon
|
6/30/12 |
| 20K(r) |
1:22:02 |
Tim Seaman (New York AC) |
Vallensbæk, Denmark |
5/23/04 |
| 30,000 |
2:11:00.4 |
Curt Clausen (New York AC) |
Chula Vista, California |
1/23/00 |
| 30K(r) |
2:12:53 |
Kevin Eastler (USAF) |
Chula Vista, California |
1/15/07 |
| 50,000 |
3:59:41.2 |
Herm Nelson (Club Northwest) |
Edmonds, Washington |
6/09/96 |
| 50K(r) |
3:48:04 |
Curt Clausen (New York AC) |
Mézidon, France |
5/02/99 |
| 2 Hours |
27,360m/16M, 1743y |
Curt Clausen (New York AC) |
Chula Vista, California |
1/23/00 |
January 16, 2013
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