WORLD RECORDS

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WORLD MEN

Symbols: + = event not recognized as official (A) = mark made at over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)

Track Events
50............5.56(A).......Donovan Bailey (Canada).............Reno, Nevada...............2/09/96
............................Maurice Greene (US).................Los Angeles, California....2/13/99
60............6.39..........Maurice Greene (US).................Madrid, Spain..............2/ 3/98
..............6.39..........Maurice Greene (US).................Atlanta, Georgia...........3/ 3/01
100+..........10.05.........Frank Fredericks (Namibia)..........Tampere, Finland...........2/12/96
200...........19.92.........Frank Fredericks (Namibia)..........Liévin, France.............2/18/96
300+..........32.19.........Robson da Silva (Brazil)............Karlsruhe, Germany.........2/24/89
400...........44.63.........Michael Johnson (US)................Atlanta, Georgia...........3/ 4/95
500+..........1:00.17.......Ken Lowery (US).....................Indianapolis, Indiana......1/17/87
600+..........1:15.12.......Nico Motchebon (Germany)............Sindelfingen, Germany......2/28/99
800...........1:42.67.......Wilson Kipketer (Denmark)...........Paris, Framce..............3/ 9/97
1000..........2:14.96.......Wilson Kipketer (Denmark)...........Birmingham, England........2/20/00
1500..........3:31.18.......Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco)........Stuttgart, Germany.........2/ 2/97
Mile..........3:48.45.......Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco)........Gent, Belgium..............2/12/97
2000+.........4:52.86.......Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia).......Birmingham, England........2/15/98
3000..........7:24.90.......Daniel Komen (Kenya)................Budapest, Hungary..........2/ 6/98
2M+...........8:04.69.......Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia).......Birmingham, England........2/21/03
5000..........12:50.38......Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia).......Birmingham, England........2/14/99
10,000+.......27:50.29......Mark Bett (Kenya)...................Gent, Belgium..............2/10/02
50H...........6.25..........Mark McKoy (Canada).................Kobe, Japan................3/ 3/86
60H...........7.30..........Colin Jackson (Great Britain).......Sindelfingen, Germany......3/ 6/94
110H+.........13.34.........Allen Johnson (US)..................Moscow, Russia.............2/14/95
5000W.........18:07.08......Mikhail Shchennikov (Russia)........Moscow, Russia.............2/14/95
Relay Events
4 x 200....1:22.11.......Great Britain.......................Glasgow, Scotland..........3/ 3/91
(Linford Christie 20.6, Darren Braithwaite 20.7, Ade Mafe 20.7, John Regis 20.1)
4 x 400.......3:02.83.......United States.......................Maebashi, Japan............3/ 7/99
(Andre Morris 45.85, Dameon Johnson 46.18, Deon Minor 46.05, Milton Campbell 44.75)
4 x 800.......7:13.94.......Global Athletics (US)...............Roxbury Crossing, Mass.....2/ 6/00
(Joey Woody 1:49.34, Karl Paranya 1:48.31, Rich Kenah 1:48.48, David Krummenacker 1:47.81)
4 x 1500+.....16:16.67y.....New York AC (US)....................Hanover, New Hampshire.....1/10/93
(Brad Horton 4:07.2, Jeff Smith 4:07.3, Brad Schlapak 4:02.8, Bill Burke 3:59.4)
4 x Mile+.....16:16.67......New York AC (US)....................Hanover, New Hampshire.....1/10/93
(Brad Horton 4:07.2, Jeff Smith 4:07.3, Brad Schlapak 4:02.8, Bill Burke 3:59.4)
Sprint Medley+3:15.10.......United States.......................Toronto, Ontario...........3/14/93
(Mark Everett 1:48.4, James Trapp 20.2, Kevin Little 20.7, Butch Reynolds 45.8)
Distance Medley+9:28.83.......Stanford (US).....................Fayetteville, Arkansas.....3/10/00
(Gabe Jennings 2:52.1, Evan Kelty 48.3, Michael Stember 1:48.4, Jonathon Riley 4:00.0)

Field Events
High Jump.....2.43.....7-11 1/2 ..Javier Sotomayor (Cuba).............Budapest, Hungary..........3/ 4/89
Pole Vault....6.15.....20-2.......Sergey Bubka (Ukraine)..............Donets'k, Ukraine..........2/21/93
Long Jump.....8.79.....28-10 1/4 .Carl Lewis (US).....................New York, New York.........1/27/84
Triple Jump...17.83....58-6.......Aliecer Urrutia (Cuba)..............Sindelfingen, Germany......3/ 1/97
Shot Put......22.66....74-4 1/4 ..Randy Barnes (US)...................Los Angeles, California....1/20/89
Weight+.......25.86....84-10 1/4..Lance Deal (US).....................Atlanta, Georgia...........3/ 4/95
Pentathlon+...4478.....Steve Fritz (US)Manhattan, Kansas...................1/20/95
(7.87, 7.48/24-6 1/2, 16.13/52-11, 2.06/6-9 1/4, 2:45.32)
Heptathlon....6476.....Dan O'Brien (US)Toronto, Ontario....................3/13-14/93
(6.67, 7.84/25-8 3/4, 16.02/52-6 3/4, 2.13/6-11 3/4, 7.85, 5.20/17-3/4, 2:57.96)

WORLD WOMEN

Symbols: + = event not recognized as official (A) = mark made at over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)

Track Events
50............5.96..........Irina Privalova (Russia)............Madrid, Spain..............2/ 9/95
60............6.92..........Irina Privalova (Russia)............Madrid, Spain..............2/11/93
..............6.92..........Irina Privalova (Russia)............Madrid, Spain..............2/ 9/95
100+..........11.15.........Marita Koch (East Germany)..........Berlin, Germany............1/12/80
200...........21.87.........Merlene Ottey (Jamaica).............Liévin, France.............2/13/93
300+..........35.45.........Irina Privalova (Russia)............Moscow, Russia.............1/17/93
400...........49.59.........Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslov)..Milan, Italy...............3/ 7/82
500+..........1:07.67.......Olga Nazarova (Soviet Union)........Moscow, Russia.............1/ 8/88
600+..........1:25.46.......Lyubov Kiryukhina (Soviet Union)....Moscow, Russia.............2/15/87
800...........1:55.82.......Jolanda Ceplak (Slovenia)...........Vienna, Austria............3/ 3/02
1000..........2:30.94.......Maria Mutola (Mozambique)...........Stockholm, Sweden..........2/25/99
1500..........4:00.27.......Doina Melinte (Romania).............East Rutherford, NJ........2/ 9/90
..............3:59.98p......Regina Jacobs (US)..................Roxbury Crossing, Mass.....2/ 1/03
2000+.........5:30.53.......Gabriela Szabo (Romania)............Sindelfingen, Germany......3/ 8/98
Mile..........4:17.14.......Doina Melinte (Romania).............East Rutherford, NJ........2/ 9/90
3000..........8:29.15.......Berhane Adere (Ethiopia)............Stuttgart, Germany.........2/ 3/02
5000..........14:47.35......Gabriela Szabo (Romania)............Dortmund, Germany..........2/13/99
..............14:39.39p.....Berhane Adere (Ethiopia)............Stuttgart, Germany.........1/31/04
50H........... 6.58.........Cornelia Oschkenat (East Germany)...Berlin, Germany............2/20/88
60H........... 7.69.........Ludmila Engquist (Soviet Union).....Chelyabinsk, Russia........2/ 4/90
100H+.........13.12.........Annelie Ehrhardt (East Germany).....Berlin, Germany............1/14/76
3000W.........11:35.34......Gillian O'Sullivan (Ireland)........Belfast, Northern Ireland..2/15/03

Relay Events
4 x 200.......1:32.55.......SC Eintracht Hamm (West Germany)....Dortmund, Germany..........2/20/88
(Helga Arendt, Silke Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, Gisela Kinzel)
..............1:32.55.......LG Olympia Dortmund (Germany).......Karlsruhe, Germany.........2/21/99
(Esther Möller, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Andrea Philipp)
4 x 400.......3:24.25.......Russia..............................Maebashi, Japan............3/ 7/99
(Tatyana Chebykina 51.68, Svetlana Goncharenko 50.30, Olga Kotlyarova 50.77, Olga Nazarova 51.50)
4 x 800.......8:18.71.......Russia..............................Moscow, Russia.............2/ 4/94
(Yelena Zaitseva, Olga Kuznetsova, Yelena Afanasyeva, Yekaterina Podkopayeva)
Sprint Medley+3:45.90.......United States.......................Toronto, Ontario...........3/14/93
(Joetta Clark-Diggs 2:08.7, Wenda Vereen 22.6, Kim Batten 23.3, Jearl Miles Clark 51.3)
Distance Medley+10:54.34......Villanova.........................Gainesville, Florida.......1/30/88
(Celeste Halliday 2:06.8, Michelle DiMuro-Ave 56.1, Kathy Franey 3:22.7, Vicki Huber 4:28.8)

Field Events
High Jump.....2.07.....6-9 1/2 ...Heike Henkel (Germany)..............Karlsruhe, Germany.........2/ 8/92
Pole Vault....4.80.....15-9.......Svetlana Feofanova (Russia).........Birmingham, England........3/16/03
..............4.81p....15-9 1/4...Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia)..........Donets'k, Ukraine..........3/15/04
..............4.83p....15-10......Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia)..........Donets'k, Ukraine..........3/15/04
Long Jump.....7.37.....24-2 1/4 ..Heike Drechsler (East Germany)......Vienna, Austria............2/13/88
Triple Jump...15.16....49-9.......Ashia Hansen (Great Britain)........Valencia, Spain............2/28/98
Shot Put......22.50....73-10......Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia).Jablonec, Czech Republic...2/19/77
Pentathlon..........4991..........Irina Belova (Russia)...............Berlin, Germany............2/15/92
(8.22, 1.93/6-4, 13.25/43-5 3/4, 6.67/21-10 3/4, 2:10.26)