1,085 athletes · 95 federations

Athletes

Every athlete with a row on a published list. Profiles show best marks in our data, list appearances and records held.

Record holders

Athletes holding a current world record on a published event

All athletes

Showing 1–50 of 1,085

AthleteCountrySexBest listRankMarkLists
Usain Bolt WR JAM M Men's 100m all-time #1 9.58 2
Florence Griffith Joyner WR USA W Women's 100m all-time #1 10.49 2
Wayde van Niekerk WR RSA M Men's 400m all-time #1 43.03 1
Marita Koch WR GDR W Women's 400m all-time #1 47.60 2
David Rudisha WR KEN M Men's 800m all-time #1 1:40.91 1
Jarmila Kratochvílová WR TCH W Women's 800m all-time #1 1:53.28 2
Hicham El Guerrouj WR MAR M Men's 1500m all-time #1 3:26.00 1
Faith Kipyegon WR KEN W Women's 1500m all-time #1 3:48.68 2
Joshua Cheptegei WR UGA M Men's 5000m all-time #1 12:35.36 4
Beatrice Chebet WR KEN W Women's 5000m all-time #1 13:58.06 4
Ja'Kobe Tharp WR USA M Men's 110mH all-time #1 12.75 1
Masai Russell WR USA W Women's 100mH all-time #1 12.09 1
Alison dos Santos WR BRA M Men's 400mH all-time #1 45.80 1
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone WR USA W Women's 400mH all-time #1 50.37 2
Lamecha Girma WR ETH M Men's 3000mSC all-time #1 7:52.11 1
Beatrice Chepkoech WR KEN W Women's 3000mSC all-time #1 8:44.32 1
Javier Sotomayor WR CUB M Men's High Jump all-time #1 2.45 1
Yaroslava Mahuchikh WR UKR W Women's High Jump all-time #1 2.10 1
Armand Duplantis WR SWE M Men's Pole Vault all-time #1 6.30 1
Yelena Isinbayeva WR RUS W Women's Pole Vault all-time #1 5.06 1
Mike Powell WR USA M Men's Long Jump all-time #1 8.95 1
Galina Chistyakova WR URS W Women's Long Jump all-time #1 7.52 1
Jonathan Edwards WR GBR M Men's Triple Jump all-time #1 18.29 1
Yulimar Rojas WR VEN W Women's Triple Jump all-time #1 15.67 1
Ryan Crouser WR USA M Men's Shot Put all-time #1 23.56 1
Natalya Lisovskaya WR URS W Women's Shot Put all-time #1 22.63 1
Mykolas Alekna WR LTU M Men's Discus all-time #1 75.56 1
Gabriele Reinsch WR GDR W Women's Discus all-time #1 76.80 1
Yuriy Sedykh WR URS M Men's Hammer all-time #1 86.74 1
Anita Włodarczyk WR POL W Women's Hammer all-time #1 82.98 1
Jan Železný WR CZE M Men's Javelin all-time #1 98.48 1
Barbora Špotáková WR CZE W Women's Javelin all-time #1 72.28 1
Kevin Mayer WR FRA M Men's Decathlon all-time #1 9126 1
Jackie Joyner-Kersee WR USA W Women's Heptathlon all-time #1 7291 2
Berihu Aregawi WR ETH M Men's 5 km all-time #1 12:49 4
Yomif Kejelcha ETH M Men's 10 km all-time #1 26:31 6
Agnes Jebet Ngetich WR KEN W Women's 10 km all-time #1 28:46 4
Jacob Kiplimo WR UGA M Men's Half Marathon all-time #1 56:42 5
Letesenbet Gidey WR ETH W Women's Half Marathon all-time #1 1:02:52 4
Sabastian Sawe WR KEN M Men's Marathon all-time #1 1:59:30 3
Ruth Chepng'etich WR KEN W Women's Marathon all-time #1 2:09:56 2
Toshikazu Yamanishi WR JPN M Men's 20 km Walk all-time #1 1:16:10 1
Yelena Lashmanova WR RUS W Women's 20 km Walk all-time #1 1:23:39 3
Massimo Stano WR ITA M Men's 35 km Walk all-time #1 2:20:43 2
Klavdiya Afanasyeva WR RUS W Women's 35 km Walk all-time #1 2:37:11 2
Yohann Diniz WR FRA M Men's 50 km Walk all-time #1 3:32:33 2
Tyson Gay USA M Men's 100m all-time #2 9.69 2
Yohan Blake JAM M Men's 100m all-time #2 9.69 2
Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM W Women's 100m all-time #2 10.54 2
Shericka Jackson JAM W Women's 200m all-time #2 21.41 2
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