Records reported since the September issue: W = World; A = American; J = Junior (U20); w-o = women-only road record; (A) = altitude over 1000m.
| MEN ABSOLUTE TRACK | |||||
| Junior 110 Hurdles | 12.93(A) | WJ | Sasha Zhoya (France) | Kasarani, Kenya | August 20 |
| 12.72(A) | WJ | Sasha Zhoya (France) | Kasarani, Kenya | August 21 | |
| 4 x 100 | 38.51(A) | WJ | South Africa | Kasarani, Kenya | August 22 |
| (Mihlali Xotyeni, Sinesipho Dambile, Lucky Moleyane, Benji Richardson) | |||||
| WOMEN ABSOLUTE TRACK | |||||
| 200 | 21.78 | WJ | Christine Mboma (Namibia) | Zürich, Switzerland | September 09 |
| 2000 | 5:21.56 | W | Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi) | Zagreb, Croatia | September 14 |
| 4 x 100 | 42.94(A) | WJ | Jamaica | Kasarani, Kenya | August 22 |
| (Serena Cole, Tina Clayton, Kerrica Hill, Tia Clayton) | |||||
| WOMEN ABSOLUTE FIELD | |||||
| Discus | 71.16 | 233-5 | A | Valarie Allman (Asics) | Berlin,Germay | September 12 |
| Decathlon | 8246 | A | Jordan Gray (unattached) | San Mateo, California | August 21-22 |
| (11.86W, 6.12/20-1, 14.25/46-9, 1.71/5-7¼, 57.27 [4356], 14.43, 39.84/130-8, 3.91/12-10, 41.14/134-11, 5:20.27 [3890]) | |||||
| WOMEN ROAD | |||||
| 5K | 14:29 | W, w-o W | Senbere Teferi (Ethiopia) | Herzogenaurach, Germany | September 12 |
| 10K | 30:01 | w-o W | Agnes Tirop (Kenya) | Herzogenaurach, Germany | September 12 |
| Half-Marathon | 63:44 | W | Yalemzerf Yehualaw (Ethiopia) | Larne, Ireland | August 29 |