compiled by Jim Rorick
| Best Non-final Marks (all rounds) | |||
| 100 | 9.74 | Asafa Powell (Jamaica) | Rieti 07 |
| 200 | 19.69(A) | Clarence Munyai (South Africa) | SA Ch 18 |
| 19.73 | Michael Marsh (US) | OG 92 | |
| 19.73 | Andre De Grasse (Canada) | OG 21 | |
| 19.70w | Michael Johnson (US) | OT 96 | |
| 400 | 43.71 | Quincy Watts (US) | OG 92 |
| 800 | 1:43.4 | David Rudisha (Kenya) | Kenyan OT 16 |
| 1500 | 3:31.65 | Abel Kipsang (Kenya) | OG 21 |
| Steeple | 8:09.83 | Lamecha Girma (Ethiopia) | OG 21 |
| 5000 | 13:12.86 | Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) | WC 05 |
| 10,000 | 27:29.07 | Josephat Machuka (Kenya) | WC 95 |
| 110 Hurdles | 12.94 | Jack Pierce (US) | OT 96 |
| Aries Merritt (US) | OG 12 | ||
| 12.89w | David Oliver (US) | OT 08 | |
| 400 Hurdles | 47.30 | Karsten Warholm (Norway) | OG 21 |
| 4 x 100 | 37.39 | Jamaica | OG 12 |
| 4 x 400 | 2:57.77 | United States | OG 21 |
| Field Events | |||
| High Jump | 2.31 | 7-7 | 10 athletes | WC 11 |
| 9 athletes | WC 15 | ||
| 6 athletes | WC 17 | ||
| Pole Vault | 5.75 | 18-10¼ | Jean Galfione (France) | WC 93 |
| Denis Petushinskiy (Russia) | WC 93 | ||
| Grigoriy Yegorov (Kazakhstan) | WC 93 | ||
| Björn Otto (Germany) | EIC 13 | ||
| Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) | EIC 13 | ||
| 8 athletes | WC 19 | ||
| 11 athletes | OG 21 | ||
| Long Jump | 8.68 | 28-5¾ | Carl Lewis (US) | OG 92 |
| 8.73w | 28-7¾ | Lewis | TAC 83 | |
| Triple Jump | 17.71 | 58-1¼ | Pedro Pablo Pichardo (Portugal) | OG 21 |
| Shot | 22.92 | 75-2½ | Ryan Crouser (US) | OT 21 |
| Discus | 68.90 | 226-0 | Mac Wilkins (US) | TAC 80 |
| Hammer | 82.90 | 272-0 | Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) | EC 86 |
| Javelin | 91.20 | 299-2 | Johannes Vetter (Germany) | WC 17 |
| Best in 1st of 4 rounds | |||
| 100 | 9.96 | Carl Lewis (US) | OT 88 |
| Walter Dix (US) | OT 08 | ||
| 200 | 19.88 | Shawn Crawford (US) | OT 04 |
| 400 | 44.58 | Butch Reynolds (US) | OT 92 |
| 800 | 1:45.66 | Joaquim Cruz (Brazil) | OG 84 |
| 110 Hurdles | 13.10 | Colin Jackson (Great Britain) | OG 92 |
| Best in 1st of 3 remaining rounds (a heat or a quarter) | |||
| 100 | 9.77 | Tyson Gay (US) | OT 08 |
| 9.75w | Gay | USATF 09 | |
| 200 | 19.84 | Carl Lewis (US) | OT 84 |
| 400 | 43.93 | Youssef Al-Masrahi (Saudi Arabia) | WC 15 |
| Rusheen McDonald (Jamaica) | WC 15 | ||
| 800 | 1:43.75 | Ferguson Rotich (Kenya) | OG 21 |
| 1500 | 3:34.80 | Mohamed Moustaoui (Morocco) | OG 08 |
| Steeple | 8:19.45 | Julius Kariuki (Kenya) | OG 84 |
| 5000 | 13:37.02 | Don Clary (US) | OT 84 |
| 110 Hurdles | 13.02 | Grant Holloway (US) | OG 21 |
| 400 Hurdles | 48.21 | Samuel Matete (Zambia) | OG 96 |
| 4 x 100 | 38.12 | United States | WC 93 |
| 4 x 400 | 3:00.56 | United States | OG 96 |
| Best in 1st of 2 remaining rounds (a heat or a semi) | |||
| 100 | 9.74 | Asafa Powell (Jamaica) | Rieti 07 |
| 200 | 19.69(A) | Clarence Munyai (South Africa) | SA Ch 18 |
| 19.73 | Mike Marsh (US) | OG 92 | |
| 19.73 | Andre De Grasse (Canada) | OG 21 | |
| 19.70w | Michael Johnson (US) | OT 96 | |
| 400 | 43.71 | Quincy Watts (US) | OG 92 |
| 800 | 1:43.79 | Norberto Téllez (Cuba) | OG 96 |
| 1500 | 3:31.65 | Abel Kipsang (Kenya) | OG 21 |
| Steeple | 8:09.83 | Lamecha Girma (Ethiopia) | OG 21 |
| 5000 | 13:12.86 | Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) | WC 05 |
| 10,000 | 27:29.07 | Josephat Machuka (Kenya) | WC 95 |
| 110 Hurdles | 12.94 | Jack Pierce (US) | OT 96 |
| Aries Merritt (US) | OG 12 | ||
| 12.89w | David Oliver (US) | OT 08 | |
| 400 Hurdles | 47.30 | Karsten Warholm (Norway) | OG 21 |
| 4 x 100 | 37.39 | Jamaica | OG 12 |
| 4 x 400 | 2:57.77 | United States | OG 21 |