World Track and Field Records.

World Track and Field Records. Men's Records: Running Event Record Holder Country Date 100 m 9.74 sec Asafa Powell Jamaica September 9, 2007 200 m 19.32 sec Michael Johnson United States August 1, 1996 400 m 43.18 sec Michael Johnson United States August 26, 1999 800 m 1 min, 41.11 sec Wilson Kipketer Denmark August 24, 1997 1,000 m 2 min, 11.96 sec Noah Ngeny Kenya September 5, 1999 1,500 m 3 min, 26.00 sec Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco July 14, 1998 1 mile 3 min, 43.13 sec Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco July 7, 1999 2,000 m 4 min, 44.79 sec Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco September 7, 1999 3,000 m 7 min, 20.67 sec Daniel Komen Kenya September 1, 1996 5,000 m 12 min, 37.35 sec Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia June 1, 2004 10,000 m 26 min, 20.31 sec Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia June 8, 2004 20,000 m 56 min, 55.6 sec Arturo Barrios Mexico March 30, 1991 25,000 m 1 hr, 13 min, 55.8 sec Toshihiko Seko Japan March 22, 1981 30,000 m 1 hr, 29 in, 18.8 sec Toshihiko Seko Japan March 22, 1981 3,000 m steeplechase 7 min, 53.63 sec Saif Saaeed Shaheen Qatar September 3, 2004 Marathon 2 hr, 4 min, 26 sec Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia September 30, 2007 . Men's Records: Hurdles Event Record Holder Country Date 110 m 12.88 sec Liu Xiang China July 11, 2006 400 m 46.78 sec Kevin Young United States Aug. 6, 1992 . Men's Records: Relay Races Event Record Holder 400 m (4 x 100) Olympic team United States (Marsh, Burrell, Mitchell, Lewis) Aug. 8, 1992 World Championship team (Drummond, Cason, Mitchell, Burrell) United States Aug. 21, 1993 37.40 sec Country Date 800 m (4 x 200) 1 min, 18.68 sec Santa Monica Track Club (Marsh, Burrell, Heard, Lewis) United States Apr. 17, 1994 1,600 m (4 x 400) 2 min, 54.20 sec Goodwill Games team United States (Young, Pettigrew, Washington, Johnson) July 22, 1998 3,200 m (4 x 800) 7 min, 03.89 sec National team (Elliott, Cook, Cram, Coe) Great Britain Aug. 30, 1982 Men's Records: Field Events Event Record Holder Country Date High jump 2.45 m (8ft,1/2 in) Javier Sotomayor Cuba July 27, 1993 Long jump 8.95 m (29 ft, 41/2 in) Mike Powell United States Aug. 30, 1991 Triple jump 18.29 m (60 ft, 1/4 in) Jonathan Edwards Great Britain Aug. 7, 1995 Pole vault 6.14 m (20 ft, 13/4 in) Sergei Bubka Ukraine July 31, 1994 16-lb. shot put 23.12 m (75 ft, 101/4 in) Randy Barnes United States May 20, 1990 Discus throw 74.08 m (243 ft) Jurgen Schult East Germany June 6, 1986 Javelin throw 98.48 m (323 ft, 1 in) Ján Zelezny Czech Rep. May 25, 1996 16-lb. hammer throw 86.74 m (284 ft, 7 in) Yuriy Sedykh USSR Aug. 30, 1986 Decathlon 9,026 points Roman ?ebrle Czech Rep. May 27, 2001 . . Women's Records: Running Event Record Holder Country Date 100 m 10.49 sec Florence Griffith Joyner United States July 16, 1988 200 m 21.34 sec Florence Griffith Joyner United States Sept. 29, 1988 400 m 47.60 sec Marita Koch East Germany Oct. 6, 1985 800 m 1 min, 53.28 sec Jamila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia July 26, 1983 1,000 m 2 min, 28.98 sec Svetlana Masterkova Russia Aug. 23, 1996 1,500 m 3 min, 50.46 sec Qu Yunxia China Sept. 11, 1993 1 mile 4 min, 12.56 sec Svetlana Masterkova Russia Aug. 14, 1996 2,000 m 5 min, 25.36 sec Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland July 8, 1994 3,000 m 8 min, 06.11 sec Wang Junxia China Sept. 13, 1993 5,000 m 14 min, 24.15 sec Meseret Defar Ethiopia June 3, 2006 10,000 m 29 min, 31.78 sec Wang Junxia China Sept. 8, 1993 20,000 m 1 hr, 5 min, 26.6 sec Tegla Loroupe Kenya Sept. 3, 2000 25,000 m 1 hr, 27 min, 5.9 sec Tegla Loroupe Kenya Sept. 21, 2002 30,000 m 1 hr, 45 min, 50.0 sec Tegla Loroupe Kenya June 6, 2003 3,000 m steeplechase 9 min, 1.59 sec Gulnara Samitova Russia July 4, 2004 Marathon 2 hr, 15 min, 25 sec Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom Apr. 13, 2003 . Women's Records: Hurdles Event Record Holder Country Date 100 m 12.21 sec Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria Aug. 20, 1988 400 m 52.34 sec Yuliya Pechonkina Russia Aug. 8, 2003 Women's Records: Relay Races Event Record Holder Country Date 400 m (4 x 100) 41.37 sec National team (Gladisch, Rieger, Auerswald, Göhr) East Germany Oct. 6, 1985 800 m (4 x 200) 1 min, 27.46 sec National team 'Blue' (Jenkins, Colander-Richardson, Perry, Jones) United States April 29, 2000 1,600 m (4 x 400) 3 min, 15.17 sec National team (Ledovskaya, Nazarova, Pinigina, Bryzgina) USSR Oct. 1, 1988 3,200 m (4 x 800) 7 min, 50.17 sec National team (Olizarenko, Gurina, Borisova, Podyalovskaya) USSR Aug. 5, 1984 . . Women's Records: Field Events Event Record Holder Country Date High jump 2.09 m (6 ft, 10 1/4 in) Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria Aug. 30, 1987 Long jump 7.52 m (24 ft, 8 1/4 in) Galina Chistyakova USSR June 11, 1988 Triple jump 15.50 m (50 ft, 10 1/4 in) Inessa Kravets Ukraine Aug. 10, 1995 Pole vault 5.01 m (16 ft, 5 1/4 in) Yelena Isinbayeva Russia August 12, 2005 Shot put 22.63 m (74 ft, 3 in) Natalya Lisovskaya USSR June 7, 1987 Discus Throw 76.80 m (252 ft) Gabriele Reinsch East Germany July 9, 1988 Hammer throw 77.80 m (255 ft, 3 in) Tatyana Lysenko Russia August 15, 2006 Javelin 71.70 m (235 ft, 3 in) Osleidys Menéndez Cuba August 14, 2005 Heptathlon 7291 points Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States Sept. 23-24, 1988 Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.