Outdoor world records (Men)

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Place

100 m Progression 9.69 Usain Bolt Jamaica 16 August 2008 Beijing, China

200 m Progression 19.30 Usain Bolt Jamaica 20 August 2008 Beijing, China

400 m Progression 43.18 Michael Johnson United States 26 August 1999 Seville, Spain

800 m Progression 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer Denmark 24 August 1997 Cologne, Germany

1000 m 2:11.96 Noah Ngeny Kenya 5 September 1999 Rieti, Italy

1500 m Progression 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco 14 July 1998 Rome, Italy

Mile Progression 3:43.13 Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco 7 July 1999 Rome, Italy

2000 m 4:44.79 Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco 7 September 1999 Berlin, Germany

3000 m Progression 7:20.67 Daniel Komen Kenya 1 September 1996 Rieti, Italy

5000 m Progression 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 31 May 2004 Hengelo, Netherlands

10,000 m Progression 26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 26 August 2005 Brussels, Belgium

10 kilometres (road) 27:01 Micah Kogo Kenya 29 March 2009 Brunssum, Netherlands

15 kilometres (road) 41:29 Felix Limo Kenya 11 November 2001 Nijmegen, Netherlands

Deriba Merga Ethiopia 20 February 2009 Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

20,000 m 56:26.0 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia 27 June 2007 Ostrava, Czech Republic

20 kilometres (road) 55:31 Samuel Wanjiru Kenya 17 March 2007 The Hague, Netherlands

Half marathon (road) 58:33 Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenya 17 March 2007 The Hague, Netherlands

One hour (track) 21.285 km Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia 27 June 2007 Ostrava, Czech Republic

25,000 m 1:13:55.8 Toshihiko Seko Japan 22 March 1981 Christchurch, New Zealand

25 kilometres (road) 1:12:45 Paul Malakwen Kosgei Kenya 9 May 2006 Berlin, Germany

30,000 m 1:29:18.8 Toshihiko Seko Japan 22 March 1981 Christchurch, New Zealand

30 kilometres (road) 1:28:00 Takayuki Matsumiya Japan 27 February 2005 Kumamoto, Japan

Marathon Progression 2:03:59 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia 28 September 2008 Berlin, Germany

100 kilometres (road) 6:13:33 Takahiro Sunada Japan 21 June 1998 Tokoro, Japan
3000 m steeplechase 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen (born Stephen Cherono, Kenya) Qatar 3 September 2004 Brussels, Belgium

110 m hurdles Progression 12.87 s Dayron Robles Cuba 12 June 2008 Ostrava, Czech Republic

400 m hurdles Progression 46.78 s Kevin Young United States 6 August 1992 Barcelona, Spain

High jump Progression 2.45 m Javier Sotomayor Cuba 27 July 1993 Salamanca, Spain

Pole vault Progression 6.14 m A Sergey Bubka Ukraine 31 July 1994 Sestriere, Italy

Long jump Progression 8.95 m Mike Powell United States 30 August 1991 Tokyo, Japan

Triple jump Progression 18.29 m Jonathan Edwards United Kingdom 7 August 1995 Göteborg, Sweden

Shot put Progression 23.12 m Randy Barnes United States 20 May 1990 Westwood, USA

Discus 74.08 m Jürgen Schult East Germany 6 June 1986 Neubrandenburg, Germany

Hammer Progression 86.74 m Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union 30 August 1986 Stuttgart, Germany

Javelin 98.48 m (Current design) Jan Železný Czech Republic 25 May 1996 Jena, Germany

104.80 m (old design) Uwe Hohn East Germany 20 July 1984 Berlin, Germany

Decathlon Progression 9026 pts Roman Šebrle Czech Republic 27 May 2001 Götzis, Austria

10.64 s (100 m), 8.11 m (long jump), 15.33 m (shot put), 2.12 m (high jump), 47.79 s (400 m), 13.92 s (110 m hurdles), 47.92 m (discus), 4.80 m (pole vault), 70.16 m (javelin), 4:21.98 min (1500 m)

20,000 m walk (track) 1:17:25.6 Bernardo Segura Mexico 7 May 1994 Bergen, Norway

20 km walk (road) Progression 1:17:16 Vladimir Kanaykin Russia 29 September 2007 Saransk, Russia

30000 m walk (track) 2:01:44.1 Maurizio Damilano Italy 3 October 1992 Cuneo, Italy

50000 m walk (track) 3:40:57.9 Thierry Toutain France 29 September 1996 Héricourt, France

50 km walk (road) Progression 3:34:14 Denis Nizhegorodov Russia 11 May 2008 Cheboksary, Russia

4x100 m relay Progression 37.10 Nesta Carter,Michael Frater,Usain Bolt,Asafa Powell Jamaica 22 August 2008 Beijing, China

4x200 m relay 1:18.68 Michael Marsh,Leroy Burrell,Floyd Heard,Carl Lewis United States 17 April 1994 Walnut, USA

4x400 m relay[3] Progression 2:54.29 Andrew Valmon,Quincy Watts,Butch Reynolds,
Michael Johnson United States 22 August 1993 Stuttgart, Germany

4x800 m relay 7:02.43 Joseph Mutua,William Yiampoy,Ismael Kombich,Wilfred Bungei Kenya 25 August 2006 Brussels, Belgium

4x1500 relay 14:38.8 Thomas Wessinghage,Harald Hudak,Michael Lederer,
Karl Fleschen West Germany 17 August 1977 Cologne, Germany