American Records—Men
American Records are those ratified by USATF
Symbols:
+ = event not recognized as official
(A) = mark made at over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)
M = miles
m = meters
p = mark still pending ratification
| Track Events | ||||
| 100 | 9.69 | Tyson Gay (adidas) | Shanghai, China | 9/20/09 |
| 150+ | 14.41 | Tyson Gay (adidas) | Manchester, England | 5/16/10 |
| 200 | 19.32 | Michael Johnson (Nike) | Atlanta, Georgia | 8/01/96 |
| 300+ | 30.85(A) | Michael Johnson (Nike) | Pretoria, South Africa | 3/24/00 |
| [low-altitude AR+ 31.30 LaShawn Merritt (Nike) Eugene, Oregon 6/07/09) | ||||
| 400 | 43.18 | Michael Johnson (Nike) | Seville, Spain | 8/26/99 |
| 600+ | 1:12.81 | Johnny Gray (Santa Monica TC) | Santa Monica, California | 5/24/86 |
| 800 | 1:42.60 | Johnny Gray (Santa Monica TC) | Koblenz, Germany | 8/28/85 |
| 1000 | 2:13.9 | Rick Wohlhuter (UCTC) | Oslo, Norway | 7/30/74 |
| 1500 | 3:29.30 | Bernard Lagat (Nike) | Rieti, Italy | 8/28/05 |
| Mile | 3:46.91 | Alan Webb (Nike) | Brasschaat, Belgium | 7/21/07 |
| 2000 | 4:52.44 | Jim Spivey (Athletics West) | Lausanne, Switzerland | 9/15/87 |
| Steeple | 8:08.82 | Daniel Lincoln (Nike) | Rome, Italy | 7/14/06 |
| 8:06.81p | Evan Jager (Oregon TC) | Fontvieille, Monaco | 7/20/12 | |
| 3000 | 7:29.00 | Bernard Lagat (Nike) | Rieti, Italy | 8/29/10 |
| 2 Miles+ | 8:07.07 | Matt Tegenkamp (Nike) | Eugene, Oregon | 6/10/07 |
| 5000 | 12:53.60 | Bernard Lagat (Nike) | Fontvieille, Monaco | 7/22/11 |
| 10,000 | 26:48.00 | Galen Rupp (Nike) | Brussels, Belgium | 9/16/11 |
| 20,000 | 58:25.0 | Bill Rodgers (Greater Boston TC) | Boston, Massachusetts | 8/09/77 |
| Hour | 20,547/12.77M | Bill Rodgers (Greater Boston TC) | Boston, Massachusetts | 8/09/77 |
| 25,000 | 1:14:11.8 | Bill Rodgers (Greater Boston TC) | Saratoga, California | 2/21/79 |
| 30,000 | 1:31:49 | Bill Rodgers (Greater Boston TC) | Saratoga, California | 2/21/79 |
| 110 Hurdles | 12.80 | Aries Merritt (Reebok) | Brussels, Belgium | 9/07/12 |
| 400 Hurdles | 46.78 | Kevin Young (Foot Locker AC) | Barcelona, Spain | 8/06/92 |
| Relay Events | ||||
| 4 x 100 |
37.04 | National Team | London, England | 8/11/12 |
| (Trell Kimmons 10.2, Justin Gatlin 8.9, Tyson Gay 9.0, Ryan Bailey 8.9) | ||||
| 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 | National Team | Stuttgart, Germany |
8/22/93 |
| (Andrew Valmon 44.5, Quincy Watts 43.6, Butch Reynolds 43.23, Michael Johnson 42.94) | ||||
| 4 x 800 | 7:02.82 | National Team | Brussels, Belgium | 8/25/06 |
| (Jebreh Harris 1:47.05, Khadevis Robinson 1:44.03, | ||||
| Sam Burley 1:46.05, David Krummenacker 1:45.69) | ||||
| 4 x 1500 | 14:46.3 | National Team | Bourges, France | 6/24/79 |
| (Dan Aldridge 3:44.9, Andy Clifford 3:42.7, Todd Harbour 3:42.7, Tom Duits 3:35.8) | ||||
| 4 x Mile+ | 16:08.54 | Athletics West | Eugene, Oregon | 5/04/84 |
| (Dan Aldridge 4:03.4, Doug Padilla 4:04.7, Tom Smith 4:01.9, Chuck Aragon 3:58.6) | ||||
| Sprint Medley | 3:10.76 | Santa Monica TC | Tempe, Arizona | 4/06/85 |
| (Carl Lewis 20.3, Ferran Tyler 20.1, Benny Hollis 47.1, Johnny Gray 1:43.3) | ||||
| Distance Medley | 9:15.63 | USA Blue | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 4/29/06 |
| (Chris Lukezic 2:51.7, James Carter 45.6, Khadevis Robinson 1:44.5, Bernard Lagat 3:53.8) | ||||
| 4 x 110H | 53.36 | National Team | Stockholm, Sweden | 8/07/07 |
| (Ron Bramlett, Anwar Moore, David Payne, Aries Merritt) | ||||
| Field Events | ||||
| High Jump | 2.40 | 7-10½ | Charles Austin (unattached) | Zürich, Switzerland | 8/07/91 |
| Pole Vault | 6.04 | 19-9¾ | Brad Walker (Nike) | Eugene, Oregon | 6/08/08 |
| Long Jump | 8.95 | 29-4½ | Mike Powell (Foot Locker AC) | Tokyo, Japan | 8/30/91 |
| Triple Jump | 18.09 | 59-4¼ | Kenny Harrison (Nike) | Atlanta, Georgia | 7/27/96 |
| Shot | 23.12 | 75-10¼ | Randy Barnes (Mazda TC) | 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: 22.86 | 75-0 Brian Oldfield (ITA) El Paso, Texas 5/10/75] | ||||
| Discus | 72.34 | 237-4 | Ben Plucknett (SoCal Striders) | Stockholm, Sweden | 7/07/81 |
| Hammer | 82.52 | 270-9 | Lance Deal (New York AC) | Milan, Italy | 9/07/96 |
| Javelin | 91.29 | 299-6 | Breaux Greer (adidas) | Indianapolis, Indiana | 6/21/07 |
| Multi Event | ||||
| Decathlon | 9039 | Ashton Eaton (Nike) | 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 | ||||
| 5K | 13:24 | Marc Davis (Nike) | Carlsbad, California | 3/31/96 |
| 8K | 22:04 | Alberto Salazar (Oregon) | Los Altos, California | 1/04/81 |
| 10K | 27:48 | Mark Nenow (Puma) | Phoenix, Arizona | 3/02/85 |
| 15K | 42:22 | Todd Williams (adidas) | Jacksonville, Florida | 3/11/95 |
| 20K | 56:48 | Dathan Ritzenhein (Nike) | Birmingham, England | 10/11/09 |
| ½-Mar | 59:43 | Ryan Hall (Asics) | Houston, Texas | 1/14/07 |
| 25K | 1:14:21 | Fernando Cabada (Virginia Intermont) |
Grand Rapids, Michigan | 5/13/06 |
| 30K | 1:28:38 | Ryan Hall (Asics) | London, England | 4/13/08 |
| Marathon | 2:05:38 | Khalid Khannouchi (New Balance) | London, England | 4/14/02 |
| [note: Ryan Hall (Asics) ran 2:04:58 on an aided-course—Boston, Massachusetts 4/18/11] | ||||
| 100K | 6:30:11 | Tom Johnson (unattached) | Winschoten, Holland | 9/16/95 |
| Ekiden Relay | 1:59:08 | National Team | Chiba, Japan | 11/23/05 |
| (Ryan Hall 13:22, Matt Gonzales 28:15, Ian Dobson 13:46, Brian Sell 28:28, Fernando Cabada 14:11, Josh Moen 21:06) |
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| Walk Events | ||||
| 20,000 |
1:23:00.1 | Trevor Barron (New York AC) | Eugene, Oregon |
6/30/12 |
| 20K(r) | 1:22:02 | Tim Seaman (New York AC) | Vallensbæk, Denmark | 5/23/04 |
| 30,000 | 2:11:00.4 | Curt Clausen (New York AC) | Chula Vista, California | 1/23/00 |
| 30K(r) | 2:12:53 | Kevin Eastler (USAF) | Chula Vista, California | 1/15/07 |
| 50,000 | 3:59:41.2 | Herm Nelson (Club Northwest) | Edmonds, Washington | 6/09/96 |
| 50K(r) | 3:48:04 | Curt Clausen (New York AC) | Mézidon, France | 5/02/99 |
| 2 Hours | 27,360m/16M, 1743y | Curt Clausen (New York AC) | Chula Vista, California | 1/23/00 |
January 16, 2013