World Records—Men
World Records are those officially ratified by the IAAF. We have also listed the statistically best-acceptable marks in other non-ratified events that are “frequently” contested (+).
If the ratified WR is altitude-aided—i.e., made at an altitude over 1000 meters in an event where the thinner air has a positive effect—we sub-list the unofficial best.
(A) = altitude over 1000 meters
i = indoors
m = meters
M = miles
p = mark pending ratification
(r) = road
y = yards
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| Track Events | ||||
| 100 | 9.58 | Usain Bolt (Jamaica) | Berlin, Germany | 8/16/09 |
| 150+ | 14.35 | Usain Bolt (Jamaica) | Manchester, England | 5/17/09 |
| 200 | 19.19 | Usain Bolt (Jamaica) | Berlin, Germany | 8/20/09 |
| 300+ | 30.85(A) | Michael Johnson (US) | Pretoria, South Africa | 3/24/00 |
| [low-alt WR+ 30.97 Usain Bolt (Jamaica) Ostrava, Czech Republic 5/27/10] | ||||
| 400 | 43.18 | Michael Johnson (US) | Seville, Spain | 8/26/99 |
| 600+ | 1:12.81 | Johnny Gray (US) | Santa Monica, California | 5/24/86 |
| 800 |
1:40.91 | David Rudisha (Kenya) | London, England | 8/09/12 |
| 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 |
| Steeple | 7:53.63 | Saïf Shaheen (Qatar) | Brussels, Belgium | 9/03/04 |
| 2000St+ | 5:10.86 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (France) | Reims, France | 6/30/10 |
| 3000 | 7:20.67 | Daniel Komen (Kenya) | Rieti, Italy | 9/01/96 |
| 2 Miles+ | 7:58.61 | Daniel Komen (Kenya) | Hechtel, Belgium | 7/19/97 |
| 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 | 21,285m (13M,383y) | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 6/27/07 |
| 25,000 |
1:12:25.4 | Moses Mosop (Kenya) | Eugene, Oregon | 6/03/11 |
| 30,000 |
1:26:47.4 | Moses Mosop (Kenya) | Eugene, Oregon | 6/03/11 |
| 110 Hurdles | 12.80 | Aries Merritt (US) | Brussels, Belgium | 9/07/12 |
| 400 Hurdles | 46.78 | Kevin Young (US) | Barcelona, Spain | 8/06/92 |
| Relay Events | ||||
| 4x100 |
36.84 | Jamaica | London, England | 8/11/12 |
| (Nesta Carter 10.1, Michael Frater 8.9, Yohan Blake 9.0, Usain Bolt 8.8) | ||||
| 4 x 200 | 1:18.68 | Santa Monica TC (US) | 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 |
| (Andrew Valmon 44.5, Quincy Watts 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) |
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| 4 x 1500 | 14:36.23 | 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) |
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| 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) |
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| Sprint Medley+ | 3:10.76 | Santa Monica TC (US) | Tempe, Arizona | 4/06/85 |
| (Carl Lewis 20.3, Ferran Tyler 20.1, Benny Hollis 47.1, Johnny Gray 1:43.3) | ||||
| Distance Medley+ | 9:15.56 | Kenya | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 4/29/06 |
| (Elkanah Angwenyi 2:50.8, Thomas Musembi 45.8, Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:46.2, Alex Kipchirchir 3:52.8) |
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| 4 x 110H+ | 53.36 | United States | Stockholm, Sweden | 8/07/07 |
| (Ron Bramlett, Anwar Moore, David Payne, Aries Merritt) | ||||
| Field Events | ||||
| High Jump | 2.45 | 8-½ | Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) | Salamanca, Spain | 7/27/93 |
| Pole Vault | 6.14 | 20-1¾(A) | Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) | Sestriere, Italy | 7/31/94 |
| [low-alt WR+ 6.15 | 20-2¼i Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) Donets’k, Ukraine 2/21/93] | ||||
| [note: under current IAAF rules, the Bubka indoor mark should also be the overall World Record] | ||||
| Long Jump | 8.95 | 29-4½ | Mike Powell (US) | Tokyo, Japan | 8/30/91 |
| Triple Jump | 18.29 | 60-¼ | Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain) | Göteborg, Sweden | 8/07/95 |
| Shot | 23.12 | 75-10¼ | Randy Barnes (US) | Westwood, California | 5/20/90 |
| [note: Barnes tested positive for steroids later in the year; in keeping with its standard policy, T&FN does not carry any of his ’90 marks on its all-time lists] | ||||
| [best non-Barnes mark: 23.06 | 75-8 Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) Chanía, Crete 5/22/88] | ||||
| 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 |
9039 | Ashton Eaton (US) |
Eugene, Oregon |
6/22-23/12 |
| (10.21, 8.23/27-0, 14.20/46-7¼, 2.05/6-8¾, 46.70 [4728], 13.70, 42.81/140-5, 5.30/17-4½, 58.87/193-1, 4:14.48 [4311]) |
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| Road Events | ||||
| 10K | 26:44 | Leonard Komon (Kenya) | Utrecht, Holland | 9/26/10 |
| 15K | 41:13 | Leonard Komon (Kenya) | Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates |
11/21/10 |
| 20K | 55:21 | Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) | Lisbon, Portugal | 3/21/10 |
| ½-Mar | 58:23 | Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) | Lisbon, Portugal | 03/21/10 |
| 25K |
1:11:18 | Dennis Kimetto (Kenya) | Berlin, Germany | 5/06/12 |
| 30K |
1:27:38 |
Patrick Makau (Kenya) | Berlin, Germany | 9/25/11 |
| Marathon | 2:03:38 | Patrick Makau (Kenya) | Berlin, Germany | 9/25/11 |
| [note: Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) ran 2:03:02 on an aided-course—Boston, Massachusetts 4/18/11] | ||||
| 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 Muchiri 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(r) | 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 | 3:35:27.2 | Yohann Diniz (France) | Reims, France | 3/12/11 |
| 50K(r) | 3:34:14 | Denis Nizhegorodov (Russia) | Cheboksary, Russia | 5/11/08 |
March 31, 2013