compiled by Jim Rorick, as of July 18, 2021
| Track Events | |||
| 100 | 10.00 | Peimeng Zhang (China) | WC 13 |
| Femi Ogunode (Qatar) | WC 15 | ||
| 9.94w | Charles Silmon (US) | USATF 15 | |
| 200 | 20.13 | Justin Gatlin (US) | OG 16 |
| 400 | 44.51 | Jerome Davis (US) | WC 99 |
| 800 | 1:44.70 | Adam Kszczot (Poland) | OG 16 |
| 1500 | 3:34.84 | Abdelkader Chékhémani (France) | OG 96 |
| Steeple | 8:17.75 | Luís Miguel Martín (Spain) | WC 99 |
| 5000 | 13:22.87 | Mohammed Mourhit (Belgium) | WC 05 |
| 10000 | 28:05.61 | Mauricio Díaz (Chile) | OG 00 |
| 110 Hurdles | 13.27 | Devon Allen (US) | WC 17 |
| 400 Hurdles | 48.23 | Omar Cisneros (Cuba) | OG 12 |
| 4 x 100 | 37.91 | Canada | WC 19 |
| 4 x 400 | 2:59.95 | Botswana | WC 15 |
| Field Events | |||
| High Jump | 2.29 | 7-6 | JaCorian Duffield (US) | WC 15 |
| Majed El Dein Ghazal (Syria) | WC 15 | ||
| Andrii Protsenko (Ukraine) | WC 15 | ||
| 5 athletes | WC 17 | ||
| Pole Vault | 5.70 | 18-8¼ | Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) | WC 19 |
| Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) | WC 19 | ||
| Long Jump | 8.05 | 26-5 | Petar Dachev (Bulgaria) | OG 04 |
| Triple Jump | 17.09 | 56-1 | Alexis Copello (Cuba) | OG 08 |
| Shot | 20.75 | 68-1 | Leonardo Fabbri (Italy) | WC 19 |
| Discus | 63.48 | 208-3 | Apostolos Parellis (Cyprus) | OG 12 |
| Hammer | 77.57 | 254-6 | Nicola Vizzoni (Italy) | EC 02 |
| Javelin | 82.46 | 270-6 | Hamish Peacock (Australia) | WC 17 |