
IAAF - Results and Stats - World Records - World  Records - Men 

Men 
World Records

Event 
Perf. 
Wind 
Athlete 
Nat. 
Place 
Date 

100m 
9.84 
0.7 
Donovan BAILEY 
CAN 
Atlanta 
27 Jul 96 

200m 
19.32 
0.4 
Michael JOHNSON 
USA 
Atlanta 
1 Aug 96 

400m 
43.29 
Harry REYNOLDS 
USA 
Zrich 
17 Aug 88 

800m 
1:41.11* 
Wilson KIPKETER 
DEN 
Kln 
24 Aug 97 

1000m 
2:12.18 
Sebastian COE 
GBR 
Oslo 
11 Jul 81 

1500m 
3:27.37 
Noureddine MORCELI 
ALG 
Nice 
12 Jul 95 

Mile 
3:44.39 
Noureddine MORCELI 
ALG 
Rieti 
5 Sep 93 

2000m 
4:47.88 
Noureddine MORCELI 
ALG 
Paris 
3 Jul 95 

3000m 
7:20.67 
Daniel KOMEN 
KEN 
Rieti 
1 Sep 96 

5000m 
12:39.74* 
Daniel KOMEN 
KEN 
Bruxelles 
22 Aug 97 

10,000m 
26:27.85* 
Paul TERGAT 
KEN 
Bruxelles 
22 Aug 97 

20,000m 
56:55.6 
Arturo BARRIOS 
MEX 
La Flche 
30 Mar 91 

1 Hour 
21,101 
Arturo BARRIOS 
MEX 
La Flche 
30 Mar 91 

25,000m 
1:13:55.8 
Toshihiko SEKO 
JPN 
Christchurch 
22 Mar 81 

30,000m 
1:29:18.8 
Toshihiko SEKO 
JPN 
Christchurch 
22 Mar 81 

3000m SC 
7:55.72* 
Bernard BARMASAI 
KEN 
Kln 
24 Aug 97 

110m Hurdles 
12.91 
0.5 
Colin JACKSON 
GBR 
Stuttgart 
20 Aug 93 

400m Hurdles 
46.78 
Kevin YOUNG 
USA 
Barcelona 
6 Aug 92 

High Jump 
2.45 
Javier SOTOMAYOR 
CUB 
Salamanca 
27 Jul 93 

Pole Vault 
6.14 
Sergey BUBKA 
UKR 
Sestriere 
31 Jul 94 

Long Jump 
8.95 
0.3 
Mike POWELL 
USA 
Tokyo 
30 Aug 91 

Triple Jump 
18.29 
1.3 
Jonathan EDWARDS 
GBR 
Goteborg 
7 Aug 95 

Shot Put 
23.12 
Randy BARNES 
USA 
Los Angeles 
20 May 90 

Discus 
74.08 
Jrgen SCHULT 
GDR 
Neubrandenburg 
6 Jun 86 

Hammer 
86.74 
Yuriy SEDYKH 
URS 
Stuttgart 
30 Aug 86 

Javelin 
98.48 
Jn ZELEZNY 
CZE 
Jena 
25 May 96 

Decathlon 
8891 
Dan O'BRIEN
(10.43, 8.08, 16.69, 2.07, 48.51, 13.98, 48.56, 5.00, 62.58, 4:42.10)
USA 
Talence 
4/5 Sep 92 

20,000m Walk 
1:17:25.6 
Bernardo SEGURA 
MEX 
Bergen 
7 May 94 

30,000m Walk 
2:01:44.1 
Maurizio DAMILANO 
ITA 
Cuneo 
3 Oct 92 

50,000m Walk 
3:40:57.9 
Thierry TOUTAIN 
FRA 
Hricourt 
29 Sep 96 

2 hours Walk 
29,572 
Maurizio DAMILANO 
ITA 
Cuneo 
3 Oct 92 

4 x 100m Relay 
37.40 
Santa Monica Track Club (Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell,  Dennis Mitchell,
Carl Lewis) 
USA 
Barcelona 
8 Aug 92 

(Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell) 
USA 
Stuttgart 
21 Aug 93 

4 x 200m Relay 
1:18.68 
(M. Marsh, L. Burrell, F. Heard, C. Lewis) 
USA 
Walnut 
17 Apr 94 

4 x 400m Relay 
2:54.29 
(A. Valmon,Q. Watts, B. Reynolds, M. Johnson) 
USA 
Stuttgart 
22 Aug 93 

4 x 800m Relay 
7:03.89 
(P. Elliot, G. Cook, S. Cram, S. Coe) 
GBR 
London 
30 Aug 82 

4 x 1500m Relay 
14:38.8 
(T. Wessinghage, H. Hudak, M. Lederer, K. Fleschen) 
FRG 
Cologne 
17 Aug 77 

Best Performance 

Marathon 
2:06:50 
Belayneh DINSAMO 
ETH 
Rotterdam 
17 Apr 88 

* Awaiting ratification 

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All rights reserved.
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