World records - Men

Last updated: 2005

Event

Record

Name/Surname

Nationality

Venue

Date

100m

9.77

Asafa Powell

JAM

 

/6/05

200m

19.32

Michael Johnson

USA

Atlanta, USA

1/8/96

300m 30.85(A) Michael Johnson USA Pretoria, RSA 3/24/00

400m

43.18

Michael Johnson

USA

 

26/8/99

800m

1:41.11

Wilson Kipketer

DEN

 

24/8/97

1500m

3:26.00

Hicham El Guerrouj

MAR

 

14/7/98

Mile

3:43.13

Hicham El Guerrouj

MAR

 

7/7/99

3000m

7:20.67

Daniel Komen

KEN

 

1/9/96

5000m

12:39.36

Haile Gebrselassie

ETH

 

13/7/97

10000m

26:22.75

Haile Gebrselassie

ETH

 

1/7/98

Marathon

2:05.38

Khalid Khannouchi

USA

 

14/4/02

110m h

12.91

Colin Jackson

GBR

 

20/8/93

400m h

46.78

Kevin Young

USA

 

6/8/92

3000m st ch

7:53.17

Brahim Boulami

MAR

 

16/8/02

20000m walk

1:17:25.6

Bernado Segura

MEX

 

7/5/94

50000m walk

3:40:57.9

Thierry Toutain

FRA

 

29/9/96

4 x 100m

37.40

Marsh, Burrell, Mitchell, Lewis
Drummond, Cason, Mitchell, Burrell

USA

 

8/8/92

4 x 400m

2:54.20

Young, Pettigrew, Washington, Johnson

USA

 

22/7/98

High Jump

2.45m

Javier Sotomayor

CUB

 

27/7/93

Pole Vault

6.14m

Sergey Bubka

UKR

 

31/7/94

Long Jump

8.95m

Mike Powell

USA

 

30/8/91

Triple Jump

18.29m

Jonathan Edwards

GBR

 

7/8/95

Shot Putt

23.12m

Randy Barnes

USA

 

20/5/90

Discus Throw

74.08m

Jurgen Schult

GDR

 

6/6/86

Hammer Throw

86.74m

Yuriy Sedykh

URS

 

30/8/86

Javelin

98.48m

Jan Zelezny

CZE

 

25/5/96

Decathlon

9,026 p.

Roman Sebrle

CZE

 

26-27/5/01