52 canonical records · 28 events

World records

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Newest

Men's 400mH · 45.80

Zurich · 27 Aug 2026

Longest standing

Men's Hammer · 86.74

Stuttgart · 1986 · 40 years

Sprints & hurdles

5 records · men

100m 9.58+0.9 Usain Bolt JAM Berlin · 16 Aug 2009 17 yrs 200m 19.19-0.3 Usain Bolt JAM Berlin · 20 Aug 2009 17 yrs 400m 43.03 Wayde van Niekerk RSA Rio de Janeiro · 14 Aug 2016 10 yrs 110mH 12.75+1.0 Ja'Kobe Tharp USA Eugene · 10 Jun 2026 0 yrs 400mH 45.80 Alison dos Santos BRA Zurich · 27 Aug 2026 0 yrs

Middle & long distance

5 records · men

800m 1:40.91 David Rudisha KEN London · 9 Aug 2012 14 yrs 1500m 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR Rome · 14 Jul 1998 28 yrs 5000m 12:35.36 Joshua Cheptegei UGA Monaco · 14 Aug 2020 6 yrs 10,000m 26:11.00 Joshua Cheptegei UGA Valencia · 7 Oct 2020 5 yrs 3000mSC 7:52.11 Lamecha Girma ETH Paris · 9 Jun 2023 3 yrs

Jumps

4 records · men

High Jump 2.45 Javier Sotomayor CUB Salamanca · 27 Jul 1993 33 yrs Pole Vault 6.31 Armand Duplantis SWE Uppsala · 12 Mar 2026 0 yrs Long Jump 8.95+0.3 Mike Powell USA Tokyo · 30 Aug 1991 35 yrs Triple Jump 18.29+1.3 Jonathan Edwards GBR Gothenburg · 7 Aug 1995 31 yrs

Throws & combined

5 records · men

Shot Put 23.56 Ryan Crouser USA Los Angeles · 27 May 2023 3 yrs Discus 75.56 Mykolas Alekna LTU Ramona · 13 Apr 2025 1 yrs Hammer 86.74 Yuriy Sedykh URS Stuttgart · 30 Aug 1986 40 yrs Javelin 98.48 Jan Železný CZE Jena · 25 May 1996 30 yrs Decathlon 9126 Kevin Mayer FRA Talence · 16 Sep 2018 7 yrs

Road & race walk

7 records · men

5 km 12:49 Berihu Aregawi ETH Barcelona · 31 Dec 2021 4 yrs 10 km 26:24 Rhonex Kipruto KEN Valencia · 12 Jan 2020 6 yrs Half Marathon 56:42 Jacob Kiplimo UGA Barcelona · 16 Feb 2025 1 yrs Marathon 1:59:30 Sabastian Sawe KEN London · 26 Apr 2026 0 yrs 20 km Walk 1:16:10 Toshikazu Yamanishi JPN Kobe · 16 Feb 2025 1 yrs 35 km Walk 2:20:43 Massimo Stano ITA Poděbrady · 18 May 2025 1 yrs 50 km Walk 3:32:33 Yohann Diniz FRA Zürich · 15 Aug 2014 12 yrs

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