World Records—MenWorld Records as ratified by the IAAF
Symbols:
(A) = mark made at over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)
i = made indoors
M = miles
m = meters
p = mark still pending ratification
| Track Events |
| 100 | 9.58 | Usain Bolt (Jamaica) | Berlin, Germany | 8/16/09 | | 200 | 19.19 | Usain Bolt (Jamaica) | Berlin, Germany | 8/20/09 | | 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 | 9/05/99 | | 1500 | 3:26.00 | Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) | Rome, Italy | 7/14/98 | | Mile | 3:43.13 | Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) | Rome, Italy | 7/07/99 | | 2000 | 4:44.79 | Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) | Berlin, Germany | 9/07/99 | | Steeplechase | 7:53.63 | Saïf Shaheen (Qatar) | Brussels, Belgium | 9/03/04 | | 3000 | 7:20.67 | Daniel Komen (Kenya) | Rieti, Italy | 9/01/96 | | 5000 | 12:37.35 | Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) | Hengelo, Holland | 5/31/04 | | 10,000 | 26:17.53 | Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) | Brussels, Belgium | 8/26/05 | | 20,000 | 56:25.98 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 6/27/07 | | Hour | 21,101m (13M,193y) | Arturo 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 | | 110 Hurdles | 12.87 | Dayron Robles (Cuba) | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 6/12/08 | | 400 Hurdles | 46.78 | Kevin Young (US) | Barcelona, Spain | 8/06/92 | | Relay Events |
| 4 x 100 | 37.10 | Jamaica | Beijing, China | 8/22/08 | | | (Nesta Carter 10.4, Michael Frater 9.0, Usain Bolt 9.0, Asafa Powell 8.7) | | 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 | 2:54.29 | United States | Stuttgart, Germany | 8/22/93 | | | (Quincy Watts 44.5, Andrew Valmon 43.6, Butch Reynolds 43.23, Michael Johnson 42.94) | | 4 x 800 | 7:02.43 | Kenya | Brussels, Belgium | 8/25/06 | | | (Joseph Mutua 1:46.73, William Yiampoy 1:44.38, Ismael Kombich 1:45.92, Wilfred Bungei 1:45.40) | | 4 x 1500 | 14:36.23p | Kenya | Brussels, Belgium | 9/04/09 | | | (William Biwott 3:38.5, Gideon Gathimba 3:39.5, Geoffrey Rono 3:41.4, Augustine Choge 3:36.9)
| | | 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) | | Distance Medley | 9:15.56 | Kenya | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 4/29/06 | | | (Elkanah Angwenyi 2:50.8, Thomas Musembi 45.8, Alfred Yego 1:46.2, Alex Kipchirchir 3:52.8)
(event not recognized by IAAF) | | Field Events |
| High Jump | 2.45 | 8-0.50 | Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) | Salamanca, Spain | 7/27/93 | | Pole Vault | 6.13 | 20-1.25 | Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) | Tokyo, Japan | 9/19/92 | | | 6.14 | 20-1.75(A) | Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) | Sestriere, Italy | 7/31/94 | | Long Jump | 8.95 | 29-4.50 | Mike Powell (US) | Tokyo, Japan | 8/30/91 | | Triple Jump | 18.29 | 60-0.25 | Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain) | Göteborg, Sweden | 8/07/95 | | Shot | 23.12 | 75-10.25 | Randy Barnes (US) | Westwood, California | 5/20/90 | | Discus | 74.08 | 243-0 | Jürgen Schult (East Germany) | Neubrandenburg, Germany | 6/06/86 | | Hammer | 86.74 | 284-7 | Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) | Stuttgart, Germany | 8/30/86 | | Javelin | 98.48 | 323-1 | Jan Železný (Czech Republic) | Jena, Germany | 5/25/96 | | Multi Event |
| Decathlon | 9026 | Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic) | Götzis, Austria | 5/26-27/01 | | | (10.64, 8.11/26-7¼, 15.33/50-3½, 2.12/6-11½, 47.79 [4675],
13.92, 47.92/157-3, 4.80/15-9, 70.16/230-2, 4:21.98 [4351]) | | Road Events |
| 10K | 27:01 | Micah Kogo (Kenya) | Brunssum, Holland | 3/29/09 | | 15K | 41:29 | Felix Limo (Kenya) | Nijmegen, Holland | 11/11/01 | | | 41:29 | Deriba Merga (Ethiopia) | Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates | 5/14/09 | | 20K | 55:48 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | Tempe, Arizona | 1/15/06 | | Half-Marathon | 58:33 | Sammy Wanjiru (Kenya) | ’s Gravenhage, Holland | 3/17/07 | | 25K | 1:12:45 | Paul Kosgei (Kenya) | Berlin, Germany | 5/09/04 | | 30K | 1:27:44p | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | Berlin, Germany | 9/20/09 | | | 1:28:36 | Takayuki Matsumiya (Japan) | Kumamoto, Japan | 2/16/03 | | Marathon | 2:03:59 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | Berlin, Germany | 9/28/08 | | 100K | 6:13:33 | Takahiro Sunada (Japan) | Lake Saroma, Japan | 6/21/98 | | Ekiden Relay | 1:57:06 | Kenya | Chiba, Japan | 11/17/05 | | | (Josphat Ndambiri 13:24, Martin Mathathi 27:12, Daniel Mwangi 13:59, Mekubo Mogusu 27:56, Onesmus Nyerre 14:36, John Kariuki 19:59) | | Walk Events |
| 20,000 | 1:17:25.6 | Bernardo Segura (Mexico) | Bergen, Norway | 5/07/94 | | 20K Road | 1:17:16 | Vladimir Kanyakin (Russia) | Saransk, Russia | 9/29/07 | | 30,000 | 2:01:44.1 | Maurizio Damilano (Italy) | Cuneo, Italy | 10/03/92 | | 50,000 | 3:40:57.9 | Thierry Toutain (France) | Héricourt, France | 9/29/96 | | 50K Road | 3:34:14 | Denis Nizhegorodov (Russia) | Cheboksary, Russia | 5/11/08 |
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