compiled by T&FN Staff
(marks received and verified by December 31, 2018)
(¶ = World Record performance; i=mark made indoors)
| Track Events | ||
| 100 | 9.79 | Christian Coleman (US) |
| 200 | 19.65 | Noah Lyles (US) |
| 400 | 43.61 | Michael Norman (US) |
| 800 | 1:42.05 | Emmanuel Korir (Kenya) |
| 1000 | 2:14.88 | Ferguson Cheruiyot (Kenya) |
| 1500 | 3:28.41 | Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) |
| Mile | 3:49.44i | Edward Cheserek (Kenya) |
| (outdoor) | 3:49.87 | Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) |
| Steeplechase | 7:58.15 | Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) |
| 3000 | 7:28.00 | Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) |
| 2 Miles | 8:20.01 | Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) |
| 5000 | 12:43.02 | Selemon Barega (Bahrain) |
| 10,000 | 27:13.01 | Stanley Mburu Waithama (Kenya) |
| 110 Hurdles | 12.92 | Sergey Shubenkov (Russia) |
| 400 Hurdles | 46.98 | Abderrahmane Samba (Qatar) |
| Road Events | ||
| ½-Marathon | 58:18 ¶ | Abraham Kiptum (Kenya) |
| Marathon | 2:01:39 ¶ | Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) |
| 20K Walk | 1:17:25 | Sergey Shirobokov (Russia) |
| 50K Walk | 3:39:47 | Tomohiro Noda (Japan) |
| Relay Events | ||
| 4 x 100 | 37.61 | Great Britain |
| 4 x 200 | 1:20.79 | PURE Athletics |
| 4 x 400 | 2:59.00 | USC |
| 4 x 800 | 7:11.30i | New Jersey/New York TC (US) |
| (outdoor) | 7:14.16 | Mississippi State |
| 4 x Mile | 16:23.75 | Villanova (US) |
| Sprint Medley | 3:14.20 | Texas Tech |
| Distance Medley | 9:26.91i | Stanford (US) |
| (outdoor) | 9:34.37 | Villanova |
| 4 x 110H | 57.04 | Mississippi State (US) |
| Field Events | ||
| High Jump | 7-10½ | 2.40 | Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) |
| 7-10½ | 2.40 | Barshim | |
| 7-10½ | 2.40 | Danil Lysenko (Russia) | |
| Pole Vault | 19-10¼ | 6.05 | Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) |
| Long Jump | 28-5¾ | 8.68 | Juan Miguel Echevarría (Cuba) |
| Triple Jump | 58-10¾ | 17.95 | Pedro Pablo Pichardo (Cuba) |
| Shot | 74-4½ | 22.67 | Tom Walsh (New Zealand) |
| Discus | 228-9 | 69.72 | Daniel Ståhl (Sweden) |
| Hammer | 268-6 | 81.85 | Wojciech Nowicki (Poland) |
| Javelin | 304-1 | 92.70 | Johannes Vetter (Germany) |
| Decathlon | 9126 ¶ | Kevin Mayer (France) |