THIS IS A LISTING of all the Absolute Records (indoor and outdoor combined) set during calendar 2022.
For a listing of these records including site & date information, go here.
Symbols: + = event not officially recognized by governing body; w-o = women-only road race; i = made indoors; ‘ after name = foreign collegian not eligible for U.S. teams.
The presence of a mark in this listing doesn’t guarantee that it has been/will be officially ratified.
WORLD RECORDS
Men
PV — 20-3¾i (6.19) Mondo Duplantis (Sweden), 20-4i (6.20) Duplantis, 20-4½ (6.21) Duplantis; 25K+ — 1:11:08 Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya); 30K+ — 1:25:40 Kipchoge; Marathon — 2:01.09 Kipchoge; 50K — 2:40:13 Stephen Mokoka (South Africa), 2:38:43 CJ Albertson (US)
Women
100H — 12.12 Tobi Amusan (Nigeria); 400H — 51.41 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (US), 50.68 McLaughlin-Levrone; Distance Medley — 10:33.85i New Balance All-Stars (US); 51-7¾i (15.74) Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela); 10K — 29:14 Yalemzerf Yehualaw (Ethiopia)
AMERICAN RECORDS
Men
200 — Noah Lyles (adidas); 3000 — 7:28.48 Grant Fisher (Nike Bowerman TC); 5000 — 12:46.96 Fisher; 10,000 — 26:33.84 Fisher; 5K — 13:01 Fisher; 50K — 2:38:43 CJ Albertson (Brooks)
Women
400H — 51.41 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (New Balance), 50.68 McLaughlin-Levrone; Distance Medley — 10:33.85i New Balance All-Stars; Discus — 234-5 (71.46) Valarie Allman (Asics); Javelin — 223-5 (68.11) Kara Winger (Tracksmith/New York AC); Half Marathon — 67:15 Sara Hall (Asics), 67:11 Emily Sisson (New Balance); Marathon — 2:19:12 Keira D’Amato (unattached), 2:18:29 Sisson; 35K Walk — 3:00:18 Miranda Melville (unattached), 2:49:29 Robyn Stevens (Newfeel)
COLLEGIATE RECORDS
Men
1500 — 3:33.74 Eliud Kipsang’ (Alabama); 5000 — 13:06.32 Abdihamid Nur (Northern Arizona); 4 x 400 — 2:58.53 Florida; Discus — 225-6 (68.73) Mykolas Alekna’ (Cal); Decathlon — 8528 Ayden Owens-Delerme’ (Arkansas), 8720 Kyle Garland (Georgia)
Women
200 — 21.96 Favour Ofili’ (LSU), 21.80 Abby Steiner (Kentucky); Steeple — 9:16.00 Courtney Wayment (BYU); 4 x 400 — 3:21.93 Kentucky; 4 x 1500 — 16:53.87 Arkansas; Sprint Medley — 3:38.93 Texas A&M; Hammer — 248-5 (75.73) Camryn Rogers’ (Cal), 250-10 (76.46) Rogers’, 254-10 (77.67) Rogers’
AMERICAN COLLEGIATE RECORDS
Men
5000 — 13:06.32 Abdihamid Nur (Northern Arizona); Decathlon — 8720 Kyle Garland (Georgia)
Women
200 — 22.02 Abby Steiner (Kentucky), 21.80 Steiner; Hammer — 245-4 (74.78) Alyssa Wilson (Texas State); Heptathlon — 6412 Anna Hall (Florida); 6458 Hall
JUNIOR COLLEGE RECORDS
Men
258-6 (78.80) Zach Holland (Umpqua CC), 262-5 (79.98) Holland, 264-5 (80.61) Holland
Women
none
WORLD JUNIOR RECORDS (U20)
Men
100 — 9.96(A) Letsile Tebogo (Botswana), 9.94 Tebogo, 9.91 Tebogo; 200 — 19.49 Erriyon Knighton (US)
Women
4 x 100 — 42.59 Jamaica
Mixed-Sex
4 x 400 — 3:17.69 United States
AMERICAN JUNIOR RECORDS
Men
200 — 19.49 Erriyon Knighton (adidas); 1000+ — 2:16.46 Hobbs Kessler (adidas)
Women
2000 Steeple — 6:24.32 Angelina Napoleon (New York HS); 5000 — 15:25.93 Natalie Cook (Texas HS); 14-9½ (4.51) Amanda Moll (Washington HS), 14-10¼ (4.53) Chloe Timberg (Rutgers)
WORLD YOUTH RECORDS (U18)
Boys
100 — 10.09 Phooripol Bunson (Thailand)
Girls
2000 Steeple — 6:07.72 Jolanda Kallabis (Germany); Steeple — 9:18.98 Simbo Alemayehu (Ethiopia), 9:09.19 Alemayehu; HJ — 6-5 (1.96) Angelina Topić (Serbia); PV — 14-9 (4.50) Amanda Moll (US), 14-9½ (4.51) Moll
AMERICAN YOUTH RECORDS
Boys
none
Girls
PV — 14-9 (4.50) Amanda Moll (Washington HS), 14-9½ (4.51) Moll
HIGH SCHOOL RECORDS
Boys
4 x Mile — 16:29.31 Newbury Park, California; Marathon — 2:22:51 Tim Synowiec (Bennett, Salisbury, Maryland)
Girls
800 — 1:59.04 Juliette Whittaker (Mt. de Sales, Catonsville, Maryland); Mile — 4:26.16m Addy Wiley (North Huntington, Indiana); 2000 Steeple — 6:24.32 Angelina Napoleon (Allegany-Limestone, Allegany, New York); 5000 — 15:25.93 Natalie Cook (Flower Mound, Texas); 4 x Mile — 19:37.78 Flower Mound, Texas; Distance Medley — 11:21.95 Pioneer, Ann Arbor, Michigan; PV — 14-9 (4.50) Amanda Moll (Capital, Olympia, Washington), 14-9½ (4.51) Moll.