ALL-TIME WORLD MEN'S TOP 10 LISTS

(as of May 24, 2002)

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
 ............... Tim Montgomery (US) '01
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

200 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
19.85 .............. John Capel (US) '00
    (A) .........Shawn Crawford (US) '02

400 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) '95

800 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
1:42.47 ... Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Rus) '01
1:42.55 ......... André Bucher (Swi) '01
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

1000 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
2:14.28 ...... Japheth Kimutai (Ken) '00
2:14.41 ....... William Yampoy (Ken) '99
2:14.43 ......... Laban Rotich (Ken) '97

1500 METERS
3:26.00 ... Hicham El Guerrouj (Mor) '98
3:26.34 ........ Bernard Lagat (Ken) '01
3:27.37 ... Noureddine Morceli (Alg) '95
3:28.12 ........... Noah Ngeny (Ken) '00
3:28.95 ......... Fermín Cacho (Spa) '97
3:29.18 .... Vénuste Niyongabo (Bur) '97
3:29.29 ..... William Chirchir (Ken) '01
3:29.46 .......... Saïd Aouita (Mor) '85
 ................ Daniel Komen (Ken) '97
3:29.67 ............ Steve Cram (GB) '85

MILE
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
3:26.34 ........ Bernard Lagat (Ken) '01
3:47.33 ............... Seb Coe (GB) '81
3:47.65 ......... Laban Rotich (Ken) '97

2000 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) '82

STEEPLE
7:55.28 ....... Brahim Boulami (Mor) '01
7:55.72 ..... Bernard Barmasai (Ken) '97
7:56.16 ....... Moses Kiptanui (Ken) '97
7:57.29 ........ Reuben Kosgei (Ken) '01
7:58.66 ...... Stephen Cherono (Ken) '01
7:59.08 .......... Wilson Boit (Ken) '97
8:01.69 ....... Kipkirui Misoi (Ken) '01
8:03.41 ......... Patrick Sang (Ken) '97
8:03.57 ........... Ali Ezzine (Mor) '00
8:03.74 ........ Raymond Yator (Ken) '00

3000 METERS
7:20.67 ......... Daniel Komen (Ken) '96
7:23.09 ... Hicham El Guerrouj (Mor) '99
7:25.02 ....... Ali Saïdi Sief (Alg) '00
7:25.11 ... Noureddine Morceli (Alg) '94
7:25.09 ... Haile Gebrselassie (Eth) '98
7:26.62 ..... Mohammed Mourhit (Bel) '00
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

5000 METERS
12:39.36 .. Haile Gebrselassie (Eth) '98
12:39.74 ........ Daniel Komen (Ken) '97
12:49.28 ...... Brahim Lahlafi (Mor) '00
12:49.71 .... Mohammed Mourhit (Bel) '00
12:49.87 ......... Paul Tergat (Ken) '97
12:50.80 ........ Salah Hissou (Mor) '96
12:50.86 ...... Ali Saïdi Sief (Alg) '00
12:53.41 ...... Khalid Boulami (Mor) '97
12:53.72 ....... Philip Mosima (Ken) '96
12:53.84 ..... Assefa Mezegebu (Eth) '98

10,000 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
27:04.20 ...... Abraham Chebii (Ken) '01
27:04.54 .......... Felix Limo (Ken) '01

HALF-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
59:41' .....Haile Gebrselassie (Eth) '02
59:43 .......... António Pinto (Por) '98
59:47 ............ Moses Tanui (Ken) '93
59:51' ...... William Kiplagat (Ken) '00
59:52 ......... Fabián Roncero (Spa) '01
59:56 ........... Shem Kororia (Ken) '97

MARATHON
2:05:38 ..... Khalid Khannouchi (US) '02
2:05:48 ...........Paul Tergat (Ken) '02
2:06:05 ..... Ronaldo da Costa (Bra) '98
2:06:16 .......... Moses Tanui (Ken) '99
2:06:33 ............. Gert Thys (SA) '99
2:06:35 ....Haile Gebrselassie (Eth) '02
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

110 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
 ................ Anier García (Cub) '00
13.01 .............. Larry Wade (US) '99
13.03 ............. Greg Foster (US) '81
 ................ Reggie Torian (US) '98

400 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
 ................ Felix Sánchez (DR) '01
47.48 ........... Harald Schmid (WG) '82
47.50 ........... Angelo Taylor (US) '00

20K WALK
1:17:22 ...Francisco Fernández (Spa) '02
1:17:26t ..... Bernardo Segura (Mex) '94
1:17:46 ....... Julio Martínez (Gua) '99
 ............. Roman Rasskazov (Rus) '00
1:17:56 ...... Alejandro López (Mex) '99
1:18:04t ......... Bo Lingtang (Chn) '94
1:18:05 .... Dmitriy Yesipchuk (Rus) '01
1:18:06 ....... Viktor Burayev (Rus) '01
1:18:13 ......... Pavol Blazek (Cze) '90
1:18:14 . Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (Blr) '00
 ............... Nathan Deakes (Aus) '01

50K WALK
3:37:26 ...... Valeriy Spitsyn (Rus) '00
3:37:41 ......... Andrey Perlov (SU) '89
3:38:17 ......... Ronald Weigel (EG) '86
3:38:29 ... Vyacheslav Ivanenko (SU) '88
3:38:43 ..... Valentín Massana (Spa) '94
3:39:21 ..... Vladimir Potemin (Rus) '00
3:39:22 ..... Sergey Korepanov (Kaz) '99
3:39:34 ..... Valentin Kononen (Fin) '00
3:39:45 ........ Hartwig Gauder (EG) '88
3:39:54 ......... Jesús García (Spa) '97

4 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
37.61 ................ United States '00
37.65 ................ United States '00
37.69 ....................... Canada '96
37.73 ................ Great Britain '99

4 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
1:19:39 .............. United States '01
1:19.45 ....... Santa Monica TC (US) '91
1:19:47 .... Nike International (US) '99
1:19.67 ...................... TCU # '00
1:19.71 ...................... TCU # '01
1:19.85 .... Nike International (US) '98

4 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
2:56.35 .............. United States '00
2:56.45 .............. United States '99
2:56.47 .............. United States '97
2:56.60 .............. Great Britain '96
 ..................... United States '00

4 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 '70

4 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 '84

4 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
16:09.84 ................ Arkansas # '02

SPRINT 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
3:12.13 ................. Arkansas # '00
3:12.17 ................... Auburn # '00
3:12.19 .................. Alabama # '83
3:12.2 ............. Santa Monica TC '84

DISTANCE 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 # '80

4 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
54.73 ............... Tennessee (US) '01

HIGH 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
            ............Vyacheslav Voronin (Rus) '00
2.39        7-10...............Zhu Jianhua (Chn) '84
    i       ..............Dietmar Mögenburg (WG) '85
    i       .....................Ralf Sonn (Ger) '91

POLE VAULT
6.15i       20-2..............Sergey Bubka (Ukr) '93
6.05        19-10 1/4...... Maksim Tarasov (Rus) '99
            ................Dmitriy Markov (Blr) '01
6.03        19-9 1/4...........Okkert Brits (SA) '95
            ...................Jeff Hartwig (US) '00
6.02i       19-9...........Rodion Gataullin (SU) '89
6.01        19-8 1/2.......Igor Trandenkov (Rus) '96
6.00        19-8 1/4..........Tim Lobinger (Ger) '97
    i       .................Jean Galfione (Fra) '99
    i       ...................Danny Ecker (Ger) '01

LONG 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.Kare. Streete-Thompson (US) '94
8.60        28-2 3/4........James Beckford (Jam) '98
8.59i       28-2 1/4............Miguel Pate (US) '02

TRIPLE 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........Yoelbi Quesada (Cub) '97

SHOT
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
22.51       73-10 1/4...........Adam Nelson (US) '02
22.24       72-11 3/4........Sergey Smirnov (SU) '86
22.10       72-6 1/4..... Sergey Gavryushin (SU) '86

DISCUS
74.08       243-0.............Jürgen Schult (EG) '86
73.88       242-5........ Virgilius Alekna (Lit) '00
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

HAMMER
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
83.47       273-10......... Koji Murofushi (Jpn) '01
83.46       .............Andrey Abduvaliyev (SU) '90
83.40       273-7................Ralf Haber (EG) '90
83.39       ................. Adrián Annus (Hun) '01

JAVELIN
98.48       323-1..............Jan Zelezny (CzR) '96
93.09       305-5...........Aki Parviainen (Fin) '99
92.60       303-10...........Raymond Hecht (Ger) '95
91.69       300-10.......Kostas Gatsioúdis (Gre) '00
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
89.16       292-6.............Tom Petranoff (US) '91
89.10       292-4.............Patrik Bodén (Swe) '90

DECATHLON
9026 ............ Roman Sebrle (CzR) '01
8994 ............ Tomás Dvorák (CzR) '99
8891 .............. Dan O'Brien (US) '92
8847 ........... Daley Thompson (GB) '84
8832 ........... Jürgen Hingsen (WG) '84
8815 ............... Erki Nool (Est) '01
8792 ............. Uwe Freimuth (EG) '84
8762 .......... Siegfried Wentz (WG) '83
8735 ....... Eduard Hämäläinen (Blr) '94
8727w ............ Dave Johnson (US) '92