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Encyclopedia > World records in athletics
Asafa Powell of Jamaica. The first man in history to officially run the 100 metres in 9.74 seconds
Asafa Powell of Jamaica. The first man in history to officially run the 100 metres in 9.74 seconds

World records in athletics (track and field) are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians. The only non-metric distance for which official records are kept is the mile run. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 722 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2057 × 1709 pixel, file size: 673 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 722 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2057 × 1709 pixel, file size: 673 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Asafa Powell (born 23 November 1982) is a Jamaican sprinter who currently holds the 100 m world record with a time of 9. ... For other uses, see 1 E2 m. ... A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event. ... A womens 400m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics (known in the US as track and field). It was founded in 1912 at its first Congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. ... Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. ... Accurate times for the mile run (1. ...

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Ratification

The criteria which must be satisfied for ratification also apply to national or other restricted records and also to performances submitted as qualifying marks for eligibility to compete in major events such as the Olympic Games. The Summer Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event held every four years, organised by the International Olympic Committee. ...


The criteria include:

  • The dimensions of the track and equipment used must conform to standards.
  • Performance must be set in a single-sex race. This is especially noteworthy in marathon races.
  • All team members in a relay race must be of the same nationality.
  • Pacemakers are allowed, provided they have not been lapped; lapped athletes must give way.
  • Drug testing immediately after the performance is now required for ratification of a record. Existing records which predate this requirement are still extant. Athletes who pass the immediate test but are later found to have been on drugs have their performances invalidated.
  • In sprint events up to 200 m and in jump events, wind assistance is permitted only up to 2.0 m/s. In decathlon or heptathlon, average wind assistance of less than 2.0 m/s is required across all applicable disciplines; and maximum of 4.0 m/s in any one event.
  • In sprint events up to 400 m, photo finish fully automatic timing is required.
  • There is no restriction on altitude; since the thinner atmosphere of higher altitude provides less air resistance, locations such as Mexico City and Sestriere are popular in the sprint and jump events.
  • In road events (e.g. walks and marathon) the course is not required to be a circuit, but must not have too great a downhill gradient.

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Bonus payments

Witnessing a world record being a great pleasure for athletics fans, athletes' personal sponsors and the promoters of major meetings such as the IAAF Golden League have offered bonuses to athletes breaking a record. Endorsement can refer to: A political endorsement is where a significant individual, group, or business selects, campaigns, or contributes heavily to a political campaign. ... The IAAF Golden League is an annual series of athletics meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). ...


Some middle-distance runners have specialized in acting as pacemakers in longer races, receiving a fee without even finishing the race, and possibly a bonus if a record results. This is a useful occupation for athletes who are capable of running accurately to a specified pace, but not capable of the very fastest times to become champions in their own right.


In the pole vault (and potentially the high jump) record bonuses create an incentive for an athlete capable of smashing a record to instead break it by the minimum amount (one centimetre), multiple times, at multiple meetings, in order to accumulate multiple bonuses. This has been done by Sergei Bubka in the men's pole vault, and Yelena Isinbayeva in the women's pole vault. Some commentators have complained that neither athlete ever posted as high a mark as they were capable of. In other disciplines this perverse incentive does not arise, since it is practically impossible to deliberately break a record by a small margin. Pole vaulting is an athletic event where a person uses a long, flexible pole (usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to leap over a bar. ... This article is about the athletic event. ... A centimetre (American spelling centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of length that is equal to one hundredth of a metre, the current SI base unit of length. ... Sergei Bubka (Ukrainian: ) (born December 4, 1963) is a retired Ukrainian pole vaulter. ... Yelena Isinbayeva (Russian: Елена Исинбаева; born June 3, 1982 in Volgograd) is a Russian pole vaulter. ... A perverse incentive is a term for an incentive that has the opposite effect of that intended. ...


Outdoor world records

Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Place
100 m 9.74 s Asafa Powell Flag of Jamaica Jamaica September 9, 2007 Rieti, Italy
200 m 19.32 s Michael Johnson Flag of the United States United States August 1, 1996 Atlanta, GA, USA
400 m 43.18 s Michael Johnson Flag of the United States United States August 26, 1999 Seville, Spain
800 m 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer Flag of Denmark Denmark August 24, 1997 Cologne, Germany
1000 m 2:11.96 Noah Ngeny Flag of Kenya Kenya September 5, 1999 Rieti, Italy
1500 m 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco Morocco July 14, 1998 Rome, Italy
Mile 3:43.13 Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco Morocco July 7, 1999 Rome, Italy
2000 m 4:44.79 Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco Morocco September 7, 1999 Berlin, Germany
3000 m 7:20.67 Daniel Komen Flag of Kenya Kenya September 1, 1996 Rieti, Italy
Two miles 7:58.61 Daniel Komen Flag of Kenya Kenya July 19, 1997 Hechtel, Belgium
5000 m 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia May 31, 2004 Hengelo, Netherlands
10,000 m 26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia August 26, 2005 Brussels, Belgium
10 kilometres (road) 27:02 Haile Gebrselassie Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia December 11, 2002 Doha, Qatar
15 kilometres (road) 41:29 Felix Limo Flag of Kenya Kenya November 11, 2001 Nijmegen, Netherlands
20,000 m 56:26.0 Haile Gebrselassie Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia June 27, 2007 Ostrava, Czech Republic
20 kilometres (road) 55:48 Haile Gebrselassie Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia January 15, 2006 Phoenix, AZ, USA
Half marathon (road) 58:33 Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Flag of Kenya Kenya March 17, 2007 The Hague, Netherlands
One hour (track) 21.285 km Haile Gebrselassie Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia June 27, 2007 Ostrava, Czech Republic
25,000 m 1:13:55.8 Toshihiko Seko Flag of Japan Japan March 22, 1981 Christchurch, New Zealand
25 kilometres (road) 1:12:45 Paul Malakwen Kosgei Flag of Kenya Kenya May 9, 2006 Berlin, Germany
30,000 m 1:29:18.8 Toshihiko Seko Flag of Japan Japan March 22, 1981 Christchurch, New Zealand
Marathon 2:04:26 Haile Gebrselassie Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia September 30, 2007 Berlin, Germany
100 kilometres (road) 6:13:33 Takahiro Sunada Flag of Japan Japan June 21, 1998 Tokoro, Japan
3000 m
steeplechase		 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen
(born Stephen Cherono, Kenya)		 Flag of Qatar Qatar September 3, 2004 Brussels, Belgium
110 m hurdles 12.88 s Liu Xiang Flag of the People's Republic of China China July 11, 2006 Lausanne, Switzerland
400 m hurdles 46.78 s Kevin Young Flag of the United States United States August 6, 1992 Barcelona, Spain
High jump 2.45 m Javier Sotomayor Flag of Cuba Cuba July 27, 1993 Salamanca, Spain
Pole vault 6.14 m Sergei Bubka Flag of Ukraine Ukraine July 31, 1994 Sestriere, Italy
Long jump 8.95 m Mike Powell Flag of the United States United States August 30, 1991 Tokyo, Japan
Triple jump 18.29 m Jonathan Edwards Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom August 7, 1995 Göteborg, Sweden
Shot put 23.12 m Randy Barnes Flag of the United States United States May 20, 1990 Westwood, USA
Discus 74.08 m Jürgen Schult Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany June 6, 1986 Neubrandenburg, Germany
Hammer 86.74 m Yuriy Sedykh Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union August 30, 1986 Stuttgart, Germany
Javelin 98.48 m
(Current design)		 Jan Železný Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic May 25, 1996 Jena, Germany
104.80 m
(old design)		 Uwe Hohn Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany 20 July 1984 Berlin, Germany
Decathlon 9026 pts Roman Šebrle Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic May 27, 2001 Götzis, Austria
10.64 s (100 m), 8.11 m (long jump), 15.33 m (shot put), 2.12 m (high jump), 47.79 s (400 m), 13.92 s (110 m hurdles), 47.92 m (discus), 4.80 m (pole vault), 70.16 m (javelin), 4:21.98 min (1500 m)
20 km walk (road) 1:17:16 Vladimir Kanaykin Flag of Russia Russia September 29, 2007 Saransk, Russia
30000 m walk (track) 2:01:44.1 Maurizio Damilano Flag of Italy Italy October 3, 1992 Cuneo, Italy
50000 m walk (track) 3:40:57.9 Thierry Toutain Flag of France France September 29, 1996 Héricourt, France
50 km walk (road) 3:35:47 Nathan Deakes Flag of Australia Australia December 6, 2006 Geelong, Australia
4x100 m
relay		 37.40 s Flag of the United States United States
Mike Marsh,
Leroy Burrell,
Dennis Mitchell,
Carl Lewis

Flag of the United States United States
Jon Drummond,
Andre Cason,
Dennis Mitchell,
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Flag of the United States United States



Flag of the United States United States		 August 8, 1992



August 21, 1993		 Barcelona, Spain



Stuttgart, Germany
4x200 m
relay		 1:18.68 Flag of the United States United States
Mike Marsh,
Leroy Burrell,
Floyd Heard,
Carl Lewis		 Flag of the United States United States April 17, 1994 Walnut, USA
4x400 m
relay		 2:54.20 Flag of the United States United States
Jerome Young,
Antonio Pettigrew,
Tyree Washington,
Michael Johnson		 Flag of the United States United States July 22, 1998 New York City, USA
4x800 m
relay		 7:02.43 Flag of Kenya Kenya
Joseph Mutua,
William Yiampoy,
Ismael Kombich,
Wilfred Bungei		 Flag of Kenya Kenya August 25, 2006 Brussels, Belgium
4x1500 m
relay		 14:38.8 Flag of West Germany West Germany
Thomas Wessinghage,
Harald Hudak,
Michael Lederer,
Karl Fleschen		 Flag of West Germany West Germany August 17, 1977 Cologne, Germany

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Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Place
100 m 10.49 s Florence Griffith Joyner Flag of the United States United States July 16, 1988 Indianapolis, USA
200 m 21.34 s Florence Griffith Joyner