ALL-TIME WORLD MEN'S TOP 10 LISTS
As of May 8, 2000.
Key to abbreviations: (A)=mark made at altitude over 1000m (in affected events only); i=mark made indoors; '=road mark made on aided course; t=mark made on track; #=relay team whose members are of mixed citizenship.
100 METERS
9.79 ........... Maurice Greene (US) '99
9.84 .......... Donovan Bailey (Can) '96
................. Bruny Surin (Can) '99
9.85 ............ Leroy Burrell (US) '94
9.86 ............... Carl Lewis (US) '91
............ Frank Fredericks (Nam) '96
.................. Ato Boldon (Tri) '98
9.87 ......... Linford Christie (GB) '93
(A) ..... Obadele Thompson (Bar) '98
9.91 ......... Davidson Ezinwa (Nig) '92
.............. Dennis Mitchell (US) '96200 METERS
19.32 ......... Michael Johnson (US) '96
19.68 ....... Frank Fredericks (Nam) '96
19.72(A) ....... Pietro Mennea (Ita) '79
19.73 ........... Michael Marsh (US) '92
19.75 .............. Carl Lewis (US) '83
.................. Joe DeLoach (US) '88
19.77 ............. Ato Boldon (Tri) '97
19.83(A) ......... Tommie Smith (US) '68
19.84 ....... Francis Obikwelu (Ngr) '99
19.86(A) ......... Don Quarrie (Jam) '71
............... Maurice Greene (US) '97400 METERS
43.18 ......... Michael Johnson (US) '99
43.29 .......... Butch Reynolds (US) '88
43.50 ............ Quincy Watts (US) '92
43.81 ........... Danny Everett (US) '92
43.86(A) ............ Lee Evans (US) '68
43.87 ............. Steve Lewis (US) '88
43.97(A) .......... Larry James (US) '68
44.09 .......... Alvin Harrison (US) '96
................. Jerome Young (US) '98
44.13 ............. Derek Mills (US) '95800 METERS
1:41.11 ...... Wilson Kipketer (Den) '97
1:41.73 ............... Seb Coe (GB) '81
1:41.77 ......... Joaquim Cruz (Bra) '84
1:42.28 ......... Sammy Koskei (Ken) '84
1:42.58 ........ Vebjørn Rodal (Nor) '96
1:42.60 ........... Johnny Gray (US) '85
1:42.62 ...... Patrick Ndururi (Ken) '97
1:42.69 ...... Japheth Kimutai (Ken) '99
.............. Hezekiel Sepeng (SA) '99
1:42.79 ........ Fred Onyancha (Ken) '961000 METERS
2:11.96 ........... Noah Ngeny (Ken) '99
2:12.18 ............... Seb Coe (GB) '81
2:12.88 ............ Steve Cram (GB) '85
2:13.56 .... Kenneth Kimwetich (Ken) '99
2:13.73 ... Noureddine Morceli (Alg) '93
2:13.9 ......... Rick Wohlhuter (US) '74
2:14.09 ......... Joaquim Cruz (Bra) '84
2:14.41 ....... William Yampoy (Ken) '99
2:14.43 ......... Laban Rotich (Ken) '97
2:14.50 ............ Abdi Bile (Som) '891500 METERS
3:26.00 ... Hicham El Guerrouj (Mor) '98
3:27.37 ... Noureddine Morceli (Alg) '95
3:28.6 ............ Noah Ngeny (Ken) '99
3:28.95 ......... Fermín Cacho (Spa) '97
3:29.18 .... Vénuste Niyongabo (Bur) '97
3:29.46 .......... Saïd Aouita (Mor) '85
................ Daniel Komen (Ken) '97
3:29.67 ............ Steve Cram (GB) '85
3:29.77 .......... Sydney Maree (US) '85
...................... Seb Coe (GB) '86MILE
3:43.13 ... Hicham El Guerrouj (Mor) '99
3:43.40 ........... Noah Ngeny (Ken) '99
3:44.39 ... Noureddine Morceli (Alg) '93
3:46.32 ............ Steve Cram (GB) '85
3:46.38 ......... Daniel Komen (Ken) '97
3:46.70 .... Vénuste Niyongabo (Bur) '97
3:46.76 .......... Saïd Aouita (Mor) '87
3:47.33 ............... Seb Coe (GB) '81
3:47.65 ......... Laban Rotich (Ken) '97
3:47.69 ........... Steve Scott (US) '822000 METERS
4:44.79 ... Hicham El Guerrouj (Mor) '99
4:47.88 ... Noureddine Morceli (Alg) '95
4:48.69 .... Vénuste Niyongabo (Bur) '95
4:48.74 ......... John Kibowen (Ken) '98
4:50.08 ........... Noah Ngeny (Ken) '99
4:50.81 .......... Saïd Aouita (Mor) '87
4:51.30 ......... Daniel Komen (Ken) '98
4:51.39 ............ Steve Cram (GB) '85
4:51.52 ........... John Walker (NZ) '76
4:52.20 .... Thomas Wessinghage (WG) '82STEEPLE
7:55.72 ..... Bernard Barmasai (Ken) '97
7:56.16 ....... Moses Kiptanui (Ken) '97
7:59.08 .......... Wilson Boit (Ken) '97
8:03.41 ......... Patrick Sang (Ken) '97
8:03.89 .......... John Kosgei (Ken) '97
8:05.01 ..... Eliud Barngetuny (Ken) '95
8:05.35 .......... Peter Koech (Ken) '89
8:05.37 ...... Philip Barkutwo (Ken) '92
8:05.43 ... Christopher Kosgei (Ken) '99
8:05.4 ............ Henry Rono (Ken) '783000 METERS
7:20.67 ......... Daniel Komen (Ken) '96
7:23.09 ... Hicham El Guerrouj (Mor) '99
7:25.11 ... Noureddine Morceli (Alg) '94
7:25.09 ... Haile Gebrselassie (Eth) '98
7:27.18 ....... Moses Kiptanui (Ken) '95
7:27.75 .......... Tom Nyariki (Ken) '96
7:27.59 ....... Luke Kipkosgei (Ken) '98
7:28.41 ........... Paul Bitok (Ken) '96
7:28.45 ...... Assefa Mezegebu (Eth) '98
7:28.67 ........ Benjamin Limo (Ken) '995000 METERS
12:39.36 .. Haile Gebrselassie (Eth) '98
12:39.74 ........ Daniel Komen (Ken) '97
12:49.87 ......... Paul Tergat (Ken) '97
12:50.80 ........ Salah Hissou (Mor) '96
12:53.41 ...... Khalid Boulami (Mor) '97
12:53.72 ....... Philip Mosima (Ken) '96
12:53.84 ..... Assefa Mezegebu (Eth) '98
12:54.70 ...... Dieter Baumann (Ger) '97
12:54.85 ...... Moses Kiptanui (Ken) '96
12:55.86 ....... Benjamin Limo (Ken) '9910,000 METERS
26:22.75 .. Haile Gebrselassie (Eth) '98
26:27.85 ......... Paul Tergat (Ken) '97
26:36.26 .......... Paul Koech (Ken) '97
26:38.08 ........ Salah Hissou (Mor) '96
26:51.49 ..... Charles Kamathi (Ken) '99
26:52.23 ....... William Sigei (Ken) '94
26:52.30 .... Mohammed Mourhit (Bel) '99
26:58.38 ....... Yobes Ondieki (Ken) '93
27:06.44 ........ Worku Bikila (Eth) '95
27:06.45 ......... Habte Jifar (Eth) '99HALF-MARATHON
59:06' ........... Paul Tergat (Ken) '00
59:20' ........ Hendrik Ramaala (SA) '00
59:31' ......... Patrick Ivuti (Ken) '00
59:38' .......... Faustin Baha (Tan) '00
59:43 .......... António Pinto (Por) '98
59:47 ............ Moses Tanui (Ken) '93
59:51' ...... William Kiplagat (Ken) '00
59:56 ........... Shem Kororia (Ken) '97
60:00 ...... Kenneth Cheruiyot (Ken) '97
60:01 ............. Paul Koech (Ken) '98
............... Japhet Kosgei (Ken) '99MARATHON
2:05:42 .... Khalid Khannouchi (Mor) '99
2:06:05 ..... Ronaldo da Costa (Bra) '98
2:06:16 .......... Moses Tanui (Ken) '99
2:06:33 ............. Gert Thys (SA) '99
2:06:36 ........ António Pinto (Por) '00
2:06:44 ..... Josephat Kiprono (Ken) '99
2:06:47 .......... Fred Kiprop (Ken) '99
2:06:49 ........ Tesfaye Jifar (Eth) '99
2:06:50 ..... Belayneh Dinsamo (Eth) '88
............ William Kiplagat (Ken) '99110 HURDLES
12.91 ........... Colin Jackson (GB) '93
12.92 ........... Roger Kingdom (US) '89
................ Allen Johnson (US) '96
12.93 ........ Renaldo Nehemiah (US) '81
12.94 ............. Jack Pierce (US) '96
12.98 .............. Mark Crear (US) '99
13.00 ............ Tony Jarrett (GB) '93
13.01 .............. Larry Wade (US) '99
13.03 ............. Greg Foster (US) '81
................ Reggie Torian (US) '98400 HURDLES
46.78 ............. Kevin Young (US) '92
47.02 ............. Edwin Moses (US) '83
47.10 .......... Samuel Matete (Zam) '91
47.19 .......... Andre Phillips (US) '88
47.23 .............. Amadou Bâ (Sen) '88
47.37 ....... Stéphane Diagana (Fra) '95
47.38 ............ Danny Harris (US) '91
47.48 ........... Harald Schmid (WG) '82
47.54 .......... Derrick Adkins (US) '95
47.60 ........ Winthrop Graham (Jam) '9320K WALK
1:17:26t ..... Bernardo Segura (Mex) '94
1:17:46 ....... Julio Martínez (Gua) '99
1:17:56 ...... Alejandro López (Mex) '99
1:18:04t ......... Bo Lingtang (Chn) '94
1:18:13 ......... Pavol Blazek (Cze) '90
1:18:18 .... Yevgeniy Misyulya (Blr) '96
1:18:20 ......... Andrey Perlov (SU) '90
1:18:24 ...... Jefferson Pérez (Ecu) '97
1:18:27 ........ Daniel García (Mex) '97
1:18:30 .......... Ilya Markov (Rus) '9750K WALK
3:37:41 ......... Andrey Perlov (SU) '89
3:38:17 ......... Ronald Weigel (EG) '86
3:38:29 .... Vyachesl. Ivanenko (SU) '88
3:38:43 ..... Valentín Massana (Spa) '94
3:39:22 ..... Sergey Korepanov (Kaz) '99
3:39:45 ........ Hartwig Gauder (EG) '88
3:39:54 ......... Jesús García (Spa) '97
3:40:02 .... Aleksandr Potashov (SU) '90
3:40:07 ...... Andrey Plotnikov (SU) '90
3:40:08 ........ Tomasz Lipíec (Pol) '994 x 100 METERS
37.40 ................ United States '92
..................... United States '93
37.48 ................ United States '93
37.50 ................ United States '91
37.59 ................ United States '99
37.67 ................ United States '91
37.69 ....................... Canada '96
37.73 ................ Great Britain '99
37.75 ................ United States '91
37.77 ................ Great Britain '934 x 200 METERS
1:18.68 ....... Santa Monica TC (US) '94
1:19.10 .......... World All-Stars # '94
1:19.11 ....... Santa Monica TC (US) '92
1:19.38 ....... Santa Monica TC (US) '89
1:19.45 ....... Santa Monica TC (US) '91
1:19:47 .... Nike International (US) '99
1:19.67 ...................... TCU # '00
1:19.85 .... Nike International (US) '98
1:19.88 ......... Austin All-Stars # '99
1:19.91 ..... H-S International (US) '994 x 400 METERS
2:54.20 .............. United States '98
2:54.29 .............. United States '93
2:55.74 .............. United States '92
2:55.99 .............. United States '96
2:56.16(A) ........... United States '68
..................... United States '88
2:56.45 .............. United States '99
2:56.47 .............. United States '97
2:56.60 .............. Great Britain '96
..................... United States '004 x 800 METERS
7:03.89 .............. Great Britain '82
7:04.70 ............... South Africa '99
7:04.89 ...... St. Patrick's (Kenya) '99
7:06.5 ............. Santa Monica TC '86
7:07.40 ............... Soviet Union '84
7:08.0+ .................. UCTC (US) '73
7:08.1 ................ Soviet Union '78
7:08.6 ................ West Germany '66
7:08.96 ......... Arizona State (US) '84
7:09.1+ ...................... Kenya '704 x 1500 METERS
14:38.8 ............... West Germany '77
14:40.4 ................ New Zealand '73
14:45.63 .............. Soviet Union '85
14:46.16 ............ Larios (Spain) '97
14:46.3 .............. United States '79
14:48.2 ..................... France '79
14:49.0 ..................... France '65
14:50.2 ................ New Zealand '76
........................ Arkansas # '85
14:50.82 .............. South Africa '844 x MILE
15:49.08 ................... Ireland' 85
15:59.57 ............... New Zealand '83
16:02.8 ................ New Zealand '72
16:05.0 ............... Oregon TC # '68
16:07.96 ................ Arkansas # '99
16:08.54 ............ Athletics West '84
16:08.81 ................ Arkansas # '00
16:08.9 ................... Oregon # '62
16:09.6 ............... West Germany '69
16:10.6 ................ Villanova # '74SPRINT MEDLEY
3:10.76 ............ Santa Monica TC '85
3:11.08 ............. Athletic Attic '83
3:11.72 ............ Santa Monica TC '84
3:11.88 .................. Bud Light '84
3:12.00 ...... Nike Atlantic Coast # '96
3:12.02 ....... Tiger International# '83
3:12.19 ................... Alabama# '83
3:12.2 ............. Santa Monica TC '84
3:12.30 ........ Abilene Christian # '95
3:12.6+ .................. Missouri# '79DISTANCE MEDLEY
9:20.10 .............. Arkansas (US) '89
9:20.96 ............ Georgetown (US) '87
9:21.03 ................ Villanova # '87
9:21.44 ......... Mount St. Mary's # '89
9:21.67 .......... Mount St. Marys # '87
9:22.24 .................. Arkansas# '91
9:22.25 ................. Georgetown '91
9:22.6 ................... Arkansas# '86
9:23.42 ................. Arkansas # '95
9:24.2 .................. Villanova# '804 x 110 HURDLES
53.62 ........... ACC All-Stars (US) '98
53.88 ........... Karamu Flyers (US) '89
54.20 .............. USC Alumni (US) '82
54.40 ............... Tennessee (US) '81
54.41 ... Philadelphia Pioneers (US) '81
54.50 ................ Great Britain '92
54.58+ .......... Karamu Flyers (US) '86
54.66+ .. Philadelphia Pioneers (US) '81
54.67 ................ Great Britain '93
54.84+ .......... Karamu Flyers (US) '85HIGH JUMP
2.45 8-1/2.........Javier Sotomayor (Cub) '93
2.42 7-11 1/4........Patrik Sjöberg (Swe) '87
i ...............Carlo Thränhardt (WG) '88
2.41 7-10 3/4............Igor Paklin (SU) '85
2.40 7-10 1/2......Rudolf Povamitsin (SU) '85
...................Sorin Matei (Rom) '90
i ..................Hollis Conway (US) '91
.................Charles Austin (US) '91
2.39 7-10...............Zhu Jianhua (Chn) '84
i ..............Dietmar Mögenburg (WG) '85
i .....................Ralf Sonn (Ger) '91POLE VAULT
6.15i 20-2..............Sergey Bubka (Ukr) '93
6.05 19-10 1/4...... Maksim Tarasov (Rus) '99
6.03 19-9 1/4...........Okkert Brits (SA) '95
6.02i 19-9...........Rodion Gataullin (SU) '89
...................Jeff Hartwig (US) '99
6.01 19-8 1/2.......Igor Trandenkov (Rus) '96
6.00 19-8 1/4..........Tim Lobinger (Ger) '97
................Dmitriy Markov (Blr) '98
i .................Jean Galfione (Fra) '99
5.98 19-7 1/2.......Lawrence Johnson (US) '96LONG JUMP
8.95 29-4 1/2............Mike Powell (US) '91
8.90(A) 29-2 1/2.............Bob Beamon (US) '68
8.87 29-1 1/2.............Carl Lewis (US) '91
8.86(A) 29-1.............Robert Emmiyan (SU) '87
8.74 28-8 1/4..........Larry Myricks (US) '88
(A) ...................Erick Walder (US) '94
8.71 28-7..............Iván Pedroso (Cub) '95
8.63 28-3 3/4..Kar. Streete-Thompson (US) '94
8.60 28-2 3/4........James Beckford (Jam) '98
8.56 28-1...............Yago Lamela (Spa) '99TRIPLE JUMP
18.29 60-1/4.........Jonathan Edwards (GB) '95
18.09 59-4 1/4.........Kenny Harrison (US) '96
17.97 58-11 1/2..........Willie Banks (US) '85
17.92 58-9 1/2........Khristo Markov (Bul) '87
................James Beckford (Jam) '95
17.90 58-8 3/4....Vladimir Inozemtsev (SU) '90
17.89(A) 58-8 1/2.........João Oliveira (Bra) '75
17.87 58-7 1/2............Mike Conley (US) '87
17.86 58-7 1/4.......Charlie Simpkins (US) '85
17.85 58-6 3/4.......Yoelvis Quesada (Cub) '97SHOT
23.12 75-10 1/4..........Randy Barnes (US) '90
23.06 75-8.............Ulf Timmermann (EG) '88
22.91 75-2.........Alessandro Andrei (Ita) '87
22.86 75-0.............Brian Oldfield (US) '75
22.75 74-7 3/4........Werner Günthör (Swi) '88
22.64 74-3 1/2..............Udo Beyer (EG) '86
22.52 73-10 3/4..........John Brenner (US) '87
22.24 72-11 3/4........Sergey Smirnov (SU) '86
22.10 72-6 1/4..... Sergey Gavryushin (SU) '86
22.09 72-5 3/4......Sergey Kasnauskas (SU) '84
i ..................Mika Halvari (Fin) '00DISCUS
74.08 243-0.............Jürgen Schult (EG) '86
72.34 237-4.............Ben Plucknett (US) '81
71.86 235-9.............Yuriy Dumchev (SU) '83
71.50 234-7..............Lars Riedel (Ger) '97
71.26 233-9...............John Powell (US) '84
...................Ricky Bruch (Swe) '84
..................Imrich Bugár (Cze) '85
71.18 233-6.................Art Burns (US) '83
71.16 233-5..........Wolfgang Schmidt (EG) '78
71.14 233-5........Anthony Washington (US) '96HAMMER
86.74 284-7.............Yuriy Syedikh (SU) '86
86.04 282-3...........Sergey Litvinov (SU) '86
84.62 277-7.........Igor Astapkovich (Blr) '92
84.48 277-2..............Igor Nikulin (SU) '90
84.40 276-11................Jüri Tamm (SU) '84
83.68 274-6.............Tibor Gécsek (Hun) '98
83.46 273-10.......Andrey Abduvaliyev (SU) '90
83.40 273-7................Ralf Haber (EG) '90
83.04 272-5...............Heinz Weis (Ger) '97
83.00 272-4..............Bálazs Kiss (Hun) '98JAVELIN
98.48 323-1..............Jan Zelezny (Cze) '96
93.09 305-5...........Aki Parviainen (Fin) '99
92.60 303-10...........Raymond Hecht (Ger) '95
91.46 300-1.............Steve Backley (GB) '92
90.60 297-3...............Seppo Räty (Fin) '92
90.44 296-9..............Boris Henry (Ger) '97
89.93 295-0...........Sergey Makarov (Rus) '99
89.84 294-9........Kostas Gatsioudis (Gre) '99
89.16 292-6.............Tom Petranoff (US) '91
89.10 292-4.............Patrik Bodén (Swe) '90DECATHLON
8994 ............ Tomás Dvorák (Cze) '99
8891 .............. Dan O'Brien (US) '92
8847 ........... Daley Thompson (GB) '84
8832 ........... Jürgen Hingsen (WG) '84
8792 ............. Uwe Freimuth (EG) '84
8762 .......... Siegfried Wentz (WG) '83
8735 ....... Eduard Hämäläinen (Blr) '94
8727w ............ Dave Johnson (US) '92
8709 ....... Aleksandr Apaychev (SU) '84
8706 .......... Frank Busemann (Ger) '96