Athletics records
121 world records, each with its own page, 48 of them with their history. Guess them before reading the answer.
Men 56
- Athletics world record 4 × 100 m relay, men 36.84 s · Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt
- Athletics world record 4 × 200 m relay, men 1 min 18.63 s · Nickel Ashmeade Warren Weir Jermaine Brown Yohan Blake
- Athletics world record 4 × 400 m relay, men 2 min 54.29 s · Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson
- Athletics world record 4 × 800 m relay (indoor), men 7 min 10.29 s · Clay Pender Luke Houser Luciano Fiore Sean Dolan
- Athletics world record 4 × 800 m relay, men 7 min 02.43 s · Joseph Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kombich Wilfred Bungei
- Athletics world record 4 × 1500 m relay, men 14 min 22.22 s · Collins Cheboi Silas Kiplagat James Kiplagat Magut Asbel Kiprop
- Athletics world record 5 km (road), men 12 min 49.00 s · Berihu Aregawi
- Athletics world record 10 km (road), men 26 min 31.00 s · Yomif Kejelcha
- Athletics world record 20 km walk (road), men 1 h 16 min 10.00 s · Toshikazu Yamanishi
- Athletics world record 35 km walk (road), men 2 h 20 min 43.00 s · Massimo Stano
- Athletics world record 50 km (road), men 2 h 38 min 43.00 s · CJ Albertson
- Athletics world record 50 km walk (road), men 3 h 32 min 33.00 s · Yohann Diniz
- Athletics world record 50 m hurdles, men, indoor 6.25 s · Mark McKoy
- Athletics world record 50 m, men, indoor 5.56 s · Donovan Bailey
- Athletics world record 60 m hurdles, men, indoor 7.27 s · Grant Holloway
- Athletics world record 60 m, men, indoor 6.34 s · Christian Coleman
- Athletics world record 100 km (road), men 6 h 05 min 35.00 s · Aleksandr Sorokin
- Athletics world record 100 m, men 9.58 s · Usain Bolt
- Athletics world record 110 m hurdles, men 12.75 s · Ja'Kobe Tharp
- Athletics world record 200 m, men 19.19 s · Usain Bolt
- Athletics world record 400 m (indoor), men 44.52 s · Khaleb McRae
- Athletics world record 400 m hurdles, men 45.80 s · Alison dos Santos
- Athletics world record 400 m, men 43.03 s · Wayde van Niekerk
- Athletics world record 800 m (indoor), men 1 min 42.50 s · Josh Hoey
- Athletics world record 800 m, men 1 min 40.91 s · David Rudisha
- Athletics world record 1000 m (indoor), men 2 min 14.20 s · Ayanleh Souleiman
- Athletics world record 1000 m, men 2 min 11.83 s · Emmanuel Wanyonyi
- Athletics world record 1500 m (indoor), men 3 min 29.63 s · Jakob Ingebrigtsen
- Athletics world record 1500 m, men 3 min 26.00 s · Hicham El Guerrouj
- Athletics world record 2000 m, men 4 min 43.13 s · Jakob Ingebrigtsen
- Athletics world record 3000 m (indoor), men 7 min 22.91 s · Grant Fisher
- Athletics world record 3000 m steeplechase, men 7 min 52.11 s · Lamecha Girma
- Athletics world record 3000 m, men 7 min 17.55 s · Jakob Ingebrigtsen
- Athletics world record 5000 m walk (indoor), men 17 min 54.48 s · Francesco Fortunato
- Athletics world record 5000 m, men 12 min 35.36 s · Joshua Cheptegei
- Athletics world record 10,000 m, men 26 min 11.00 s · Joshua Cheptegei
- Athletics world record 20,000 m walk (track), men 1 h 17 min 25.60 s · Bernardo Segura
- Athletics world record 30,000 m walk (track), men 2 h 01 min 44.10 s · Maurizio Damilano
- Athletics world record Decathlon, men 9,126 points · Kevin Mayer
- Athletics world record Discus throw, men 75.56 m · Mykolas Alekna
- Athletics world record Distance medley relay (1200, 400, 800 and 1600 m), men 9 min 14.58 s · Brannon Kidder Brandon Miller Isaiah Harris Henry Wynne
- Athletics world record Half marathon walk (road), men 1 h 20 min 34.00 s · Toshikazu Yamanishi
- Athletics world record Half marathon, men 56 min 51.00 s · Yomif Kejelcha
- Athletics world record Hammer throw, men 86.74 m · Yuriy Sedykh
- Athletics world record Heptathlon (indoor), men 6,670 points · Simon Ehammer
- Athletics world record High jump, men 2.45 m · Javier Sotomayor
- Athletics world record Javelin throw, men 98.48 m · Jan Železný
- Athletics world record Long jump, men 8.95 m · Mike Powell
- Athletics world record Marathon, men 1 h 59 min 30 s · Sabastian Sawe
- Athletics world record Mile (indoor), men 3 min 45.14 s · Jakob Ingebrigtsen
- Athletics world record Mile (road), men 3 min 51.30 s · Elliot Giles
- Athletics world record Mile, men 3 min 42.66 s · Josh Kerr
- Athletics world record Pole vault, men, indoor 6.31 m · Armand Duplantis
- Athletics world record Road relay 42.195 km, men 1 h 57 min 06.00 s · Josephat Ndambiri Martin Mathathi Daniel Muchunu Mwangi Mekubo Mogusu Onesmus Nyerre John Kariuki
- Athletics world record Shot put, men 23.56 m · Ryan Crouser
- Athletics world record Triple jump, men 18.29 m · Jonathan Edwards
Women 59
- Athletics world record 4 × 100 m relay, women 40.82 s · Tianna Madison Allyson Felix Bianca Knight Carmelita Jeter
- Athletics world record 4 × 200 m relay (indoor), women 1 min 32.41 s · Yekaterina Kondratyeva Irina Khabarova Yuliya Pechonkina Yuliya Gushchina
- Athletics world record 4 × 200 m relay, women 1 min 27.05 s · Dina Asher-Smith Rhasidat Adeleke Lanae-Tava Thomas Julien Alfred
- Athletics world record 4 × 400 m relay (indoor), women 3 min 21.75 s · Amber Anning Joanne Reid Rosey Effiong Britton Wilson
- Athletics world record 4 × 400 m relay, women 3 min 15.17 s · Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina
- Athletics world record 4 × 800 m relay (indoor), women 8 min 05.89 s · Chrishuna Williams Raevyn Rogers Charlene Lipsey Ajeé Wilson
- Athletics world record 4 × 800 m relay, women 7 min 50.17 s · Irina Podyalovskaya Nadezhda Olizarenko Lyubov Gurina Lyudmila Borisova
- Athletics world record 4 × 1500 m relay, women 16 min 27.02 s · Colleen Quigley Elise Cranny Karissa Schweizer Shelby Houlihan
- Athletics world record 5 km (road), women 13 min 54.00 s · Beatrice Chebet
- Athletics world record 10 km (road), women 28 min 46.00 s · Agnes Jebet Ngetich
- Athletics world record 20 km walk (road), women 1 h 23 min 49.00 s · Yang Jiayu
- Athletics world record 35 km walk (road), women 2 h 37 min 15.00 s · María Pérez
- Athletics world record 50 km (road), women 2 h 59 min 54.00 s · Desiree Linden
- Athletics world record 50 km walk (road), women 3 h 59 min 15.00 s · Liu Hong
- Athletics world record 50 m hurdles, women, indoor 6.58 s · Cornelia Oschkenat
- Athletics world record 50 m, women, indoor 5.96 s · Irina Privalova
- Athletics world record 60 m hurdles, women, indoor 7.65 s · Devynne Charlton
- Athletics world record 60 m, women, indoor 6.92 s · Irina Privalova
- Athletics world record 100 km (road), women 6 h 33 min 11.00 s · Tomoe Abe
- Athletics world record 100 m hurdles, women 12.09 s · Masai Russell
- Athletics world record 100 m, women 10.49 s · Florence Griffith Joyner
- Athletics world record 200 m (indoor), women 21.87 s · Merlene Ottey
- Athletics world record 200 m, women 21.34 s · Florence Griffith Joyner
- Athletics world record 400 m (indoor), women 49.17 s · Femke Bol
- Athletics world record 400 m hurdles, women 50.37 s · Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
- Athletics world record 400 m, women 47.60 s · Marita Koch
- Athletics world record 800 m (indoor), women 1 min 54.87 s · Keely Hodgkinson
- Athletics world record 800 m, women 1 min 53.28 s · Jarmila Kratochvílová
- Athletics world record 1000 m (indoor), women 2 min 30.94 s · Maria Mutola
- Athletics world record 1000 m, women 2 min 28.98 s · Svetlana Masterkova
- Athletics world record 1500 m (indoor), women 3 min 53.09 s · Gudaf Tsegay
- Athletics world record 1500 m, women 3 min 48.68 s · Faith Kipyegon
- Athletics world record 2000 m, women 5 min 19.70 s · Jessica Hull
- Athletics world record 3000 m (indoor), women 8 min 16.60 s · Genzebe Dibaba
- Athletics world record 3000 m steeplechase, women 8 min 44.32 s · Beatrice Chepkoech
- Athletics world record 3000 m walk (indoor), women 11 min 40.33 s · Claudia Iovan
- Athletics world record 5000 m (indoor), women 14 min 18.86 s · Genzebe Dibaba
- Athletics world record 5000 m, women 13 min 58.06 s · Beatrice Chebet
- Athletics world record 10,000 m walk (track), women 41 min 56.23 s · Nadezhda Ryashkina
- Athletics world record 10,000 m, women 28 min 54.14 s · Beatrice Chebet
- Athletics world record 20,000 m walk (track), women, indoor 1 h 26 min 52.30 s · Olimpiada Ivanova
- Athletics world record 50,000 m walk (track), women 4 h 29 min 45.56 s · Katie Burnett
- Athletics world record Decathlon, women 8,358 points · Austra Skujytė
- Athletics world record Discus throw, women 76.80 m · Gabriele Reinsch
- Athletics world record Distance medley relay (1200, 400, 800 and 1600 m), women 10 min 36.50 s · Treniere Moser Sanya Richards-Ross Ajeé Wilson Shannon Rowbury
- Athletics world record Half marathon walk (road), women 1 h 30 min 06.00 s · María Pérez
- Athletics world record Hammer throw, women 82.98 m · Anita Włodarczyk
- Athletics world record Heptathlon, women 7,291 points · Jackie Joyner-Kersee
- Athletics world record High jump, women 2.10 m · Yaroslava Mahuchikh
- Athletics world record Javelin throw, women 72.28 m · Barbora Špotáková
- Athletics world record Long jump, women 7.52 m · Galina Chistyakova
- Athletics world record Marathon, women 2 h 09 min 56.00 s · Ruth Chepng'etich
- Athletics world record Mile (indoor), women 4 min 13.31 s · Genzebe Dibaba
- Athletics world record Mile, women 4 min 07.64 s · Faith Kipyegon
- Athletics world record Pentathlon (indoor), women 5,055 points · Nafi Thiam
- Athletics world record Pole vault, women 5.06 m · Yelena Isinbayeva
- Athletics world record Road relay 42.195 km, women 2 h 11 min 41.00 s · Jiang Bo Dong Yanmei Zhao Fengting Ma Zaijie Lan Lixin Li Na
- Athletics world record Shot put, women 22.63 m · Natalya Lisovskaya
- Athletics world record Triple jump, women, indoor 15.74 m · Yulimar Rojas
Mixed 2
Other records 4
- World record 100 miles, women 12 h 19 min 34 s · Ashley Paulson
- World record Fastest Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race 40 d 9 h 06 min 21 s · Ashprihanal Pekka Aalto
- World record Longest certified ultramarathon race distance 5,000 km · Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race
- World record Six-day race, women 970.685 km · Megan Eckert