List of Commonwealth records in athletics

Commonwealth records in athletics are the best marks set in an event by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Outdoor

Key to tables:

# = not record eligible
est = estimate

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.	Video
100 m	9.58 (+0.9 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	16 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[1]
200 m	19.19 (−0.3 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[2]
300 m	30.69 A	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	17 February 2024	Simbine Curro Classic Shoot-Out	Pretoria, South Africa	[3]
400 m	43.03	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	14 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[4]
800 m	1:40.91	David Rudisha	Kenya	9 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[5]
1000 m	2:11.96	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	5 September 1999	IAAF Grand Prix	Rieti, Italy
1500 m	3:26.34	Bernard Lagat	Kenya	24 August 2001	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
Mile	3:43.40	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	7 July 1999	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy
Mile (road)	3:51.3 h	Elliot Giles	Great Britain	1 September 2024	New Balance Kö Meile	Düsseldorf, Germany	[6][7]
2000 m	4:48.14	Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot	Kenya	8 September 2023	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[8]
3000 m	7:20.67	Daniel Komen	Kenya	1 September 1996	IAAF Grand Prix	Rieti, Italy
5000 m	12:35.36	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	14 August 2020	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[9]
5 km (road)	12:51	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	16 February 2020	5 km Herculis	Monaco	[10]
10,000 m	26:11.00	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	7 October 2020		Valencia, Spain	[11]
10 km (road)	26:24	Rhonex Kipruto	Kenya	12 January 2020	10k Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia, Spain	[12]
15 km (road)	41:05	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	18 November 2018	Zevenheuvelenloop	Nijmegen, Netherlands	[13]
	41:05+	Geoffrey Kamworor	Kenya	15 September 2019	Copenhagen Half Marathon	Copenhagen, Denmark	[14]
20,000 m (track)	56:20.30+	Mo Farah	Great Britain	4 September 2020	Memorial van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[15]
20 km (road)	54:43+ [a]	Kibiwott Kandie	Kenya	6 December 2020	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[16]
Half marathon	57:31	Jacob Kiplimo	Uganda	21 November 2021	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal	[17]
One hour	21330 m	Mo Farah	Great Britain	4 September 2020	Memorial van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[18]
25,000 m (track)	1:12:25.4+	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 June 2011	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[19][20]
25 km (road)	1:11:08+	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	25 September 2022	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[21]
30,000 m (track)	1:26:47.4	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 June 2011	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[19][22]
30 km (road)	1:25:40+	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	25 September 2022	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[23]
Marathon	2:00:35	Kelvin Kiptum	Kenya	8 October 2023	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[24]
	2:00:25 #[b]	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	6 May 2017	Breaking2	Monza, Italy	[25]
50 km (road)	2:40:13	Stephen Mokoka	South Africa	6 March 2022	Nedbank #Runified 50 km	Gqeberha, South Africa	[26]
100 km (track)	6:10:20	Don Ritchie	Great Britain	28 October 1978	100 km Crystal Palace Track Race	London, United Kingdom	[27]
24 hours	303506 m	Yiannis Kouros	Australia	24 October 1997	Sri Chinmoy 24 Hour Race	Kensington, Australia	[28]
110 m hurdles	12.90 (+0.7 m/s)	Omar McLeod	Jamaica	24 June 2017	Jamaican Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	[29]
400 m hurdles	47.10	Samuel Matete	Zambia	7 August 1991	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
3000 m steeplechase	7:53.64	Brimin Kipruto	Kenya	22 July 2011	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[30]
High jump	2.40 m[31][32]	Derek Drouin	Canada	25 April 2014	Drake Relays	Des Moines, United States	[33]
Pole vault	6.05 m	Dmitri Markov	Australia	9 August 2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	[34]
Long jump	8.69 m (+0.5 m/s)	Tajay Gayle	Jamaica	28 September 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[35]
Triple jump	18.29 m (+1.3 m/s)	Jonathan Edwards	Great Britain	7 August 1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	[36]
Shot put	22.90 m	Tomas Walsh	New Zealand	5 October 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[37]
Discus throw	74.78 m	Matthew Denny	Australia	13 April 2025	Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational	Ramona, United States	[38]
Hammer throw	84.38 m	Ethan Katzberg	Canada	20 April 2024	Kip Keino Classic	Nairobi, Kenya	[39][40]
Javelin throw	93.07 m	Anderson Peters	Grenada	13 May 2022	Doha Diamond League	Doha, Qatar	[41]
Decathlon	9018 pts	Damian Warner	Canada	4–5 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[42]
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.12 (+0.2 m/s) 8.24 m (+0.2 m/s) 14.80 m 2.02 m 47.48 13.46 (−1.0 m/s) 48.67 m 4.90 m 63.44 m 4:31.08
3000 m walk (track)	10:43.84	Tom Bosworth	Great Britain	21 July 2018	Diamond League	London, United Kingdom	[43]
5000 m walk (track)	18:38.97	Dane Bird-Smith	Australia	5 March 2016	Melbourne Track Classic	Albert Park, Australia	[44]
10,000 m walk (track)	38:20.90	David Smith	Australia	15 September 1985		Sydney, Australia
	38:06.6 h #			25 September 1986
10 km walk (road)	38:07	David Smith	Australia	25 September 1986		Sydney, Australia	[45]
20,000 m walk (track)	1:19:48.1 h	Nathan Deakes	Australia	4 September 2001		Brisbane, Australia
20 km walk (road)	1:17.33	Nathan Deakes	Australia	23 April 2005		Cixi City, China
35 km walk (road)	2:25:02	Evan Dunfee	Canada	24 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	[46]
50,000 m walk (track)	3:43:50.0	Simon Baker	Australia	9 September 1990		Melbourne, Australia
50 km walk (road)	3:35.47	Nathan Deakes	Australia	2 December 2006		Geelong, Australia
4 × 100 m relay	36.84	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt	Jamaica	11 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[47]
4 × 200 m relay	1:18.63	Nickel Ashmeade Warren Weir Jermaine Brown Yohan Blake	Jamaica	24 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[48]
4 × 400 m relay	2:54.53	Bayapo Ndori Busang Kebinatshipi Anthony Pesela Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	10 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[49]
4 × 800 m relay	7:02.43	Joseph Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kombich Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	25 August 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
Distance medley relay	9:15.56	Elkanah Angwenyi 2:50.8 (1200m) Thomas Musembi 45.8 (400m) Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:46.2 (800m) Alex Kipchirchir 3:52.8 (1600 m)	Kenya	29 April 2006	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States
4 × 1500 m relay	14:22.22	Collins Cheboi Silas Kiplagat James Kiplagat Magut Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	25 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[50]
Ekiden relay	1:57:06	Josephat Muchiri Ndambiri 13:24/ 5 km Martin Irungu Mathathi 27:12/ 10 km Daniel Muchunu Mwangi 13:59/ 5 km Mekubo Mogusu 27:56/ 10 km Onesmus Nyerre 14:36/ 5 km John Kariuki 19:59/ 7.195 km	Kenya	23 November 2005	International Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan

Commonwealth best times for non-standard events

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.	Video
50 m	5.47+ (+0.9 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	16 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[51]
60 m	6.31+ (+0.9 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	16 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[52]
100 y	9.07+ (−0.5 m/s)	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	27 May 2010	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[53]
150 m (bend)	14.44+ (−0.3 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[54]
150 m (straight)	14.35 (+1.1 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	17 May 2009	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	[55]
200 m straight	19.84 (+0.6 m/s)	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	4 June 2017	Boost Boston Games	Boston, United States	[56]
500 m	57.69[57]	David Rudisha	Kenya	10 September 2016	Great North CityGames	Newcastle, United Kingdom	[58]
600 m	1:13.10	David Rudisha	Kenya	5 June 2016	British Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[59]
Two miles	7:58.61	Daniel Komen	Kenya	19 July 1997	KBC Night of Athletics	Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
10 miles (road)	44:04	Benard Koech	Kenya	4 December 2022	Kosa 10-Miler	Kōsa, Japan	[60]
2000 m steeplechase	5:14.43	Julius Kariuki	Kenya	21 August 1990		Rovereto, Italy
200 m hurdles "straight"	22.10 (+2.0 m/s) [WB]	Andy Turner	Great Britain	15 May 2011	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	[61]
	22.10 (+1.8 m/s) [WB]	L. J. van Zyl	South Africa	9 May 2015	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	[62]
200 m hurdles "curve"	22.59 (+0.2 m/s)	Darryl Wohlsen	Australia	14 March 1996		Brisbane, Australia
Mile walk (track)	5:31.08 [WB]	Tom Bosworth	Great Britain	9 July 2017	London Grand Prix	London, United Kingdom	[63]
Swedish relay	1:46.59	Puma Reggae Team Christopher Williams (100m) Usain Bolt (200m) Davian Clarke (300m) Jermaine Gonzales (400 m)	Jamaica	25 July 2006	DN Galan	Stockholm, Stockholm	[64]
Sprint medley relay (2,2,4,8)	3:19.97	Mario Forsythe (200 m) Jamari Rose (200 m) Allodin Fothergill (400 m) Jo-Wayne Hibbert (800 m)	Jamaica	29 April 2017	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States	[65]
4 × mile relay	15:59.57	Tony Rogers John Bowden Mike Gilchrist John Walker	New Zealand	2 March 1983		Auckland, New Zealand

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.54 (+0.9 m/s)	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Jamaica	21 August 2021	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[66]
200 m	21.41 (+0.1 m/s)	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	25 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[67]
400 m	48.36	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	6 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[68]
800 m	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	29 August 2008	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	[69]
1000 m	2:29.15	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	14 August 2020	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[70]
1500 m	3:48.68	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	5 July 2025	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[71]
Mile	4:07.64	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	21 July 2023	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[72]
	4:06.42 #[c]	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	26 June 2025	Breaking4	Paris, France	[73]
Mile (road)	4:24.13 Wo	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	[74]
2000 m	5:19.70	Jessica Hull	Australia	12 July 2024	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[75]
3000 m	8:11.56	Beatrice Chebet	Kenya	25 May 2025	Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat	Rabat, Morocco	[76]
5000 m	13:58.06	Beatrice Chebet	Kenya	5 July 2025	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[77]
5 km (road)	14:13 Wo	Beatrice Chebet	Kenya	31 December 2023	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona, Spain	[78]
	13:54	Beatrice Chebet	Kenya	31 December 2024	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona, Spain	[79]
10,000 m	28:54.14	Beatrice Chebet	Kenya	25 May 2024	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[80]
10 km (road)	29:24 Wo	Agnes Ngetich	Kenya	10 September 2023	Brașov Running Festival	Brașov, Romania	[81]
15 km (road)	45:37+	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenya	1 April 2017	Prague Half Marathon	Prague, Czech Republic	[82]
One hour	18341 m	Eva Cherono	Kenya	4 September 2020	Memorial van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[83]
20,000 m (track)	1:05:26.6	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	3 September 2000		Borgholzhausen, Germany
20 km (road)	1:01:25+	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenya	1 April 2017	Prague Half Marathon	Prague, Czech Republic	[82]
	1:01:20+ a	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	8 September 2019	Great North Run	Newcastle upon Tyne-South Shields, United Kingdom	[84]
Half marathon	1:04:49 Mx	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	21 February 2020	Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon	Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	[85]
	1:04:28 Mx a			8 September 2019	Great North Run	Newcastle upon Tyne-South Shields, United Kingdom	[84]
	1:05:16 Wo	Peres Jepchirchir		17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	[86]
25,000 m (track)	1:27:05.9	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	21 September 2002		Mengerskirchen, Germany
25 km (road)	1:19:33+ Mx	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	13 October 2019	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[87]
	1:19:43+ Wo	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	23 April 2017	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[88]
30,000 m (track)	1:45:50.00	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	7 June 2003		Warstein, Germany
30 km (road)	1:35:18+ Mx	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	13 October 2019	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[89]
	1:36:05+ Wo	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	23 April 2017	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[90]
Marathon	2:14:04 Mx	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	13 October 2019	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[91]
	2:16:16 Wo	Peres Jepchirchir	Kenya	21 April 2024	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[92]
50 km (road)	3:04:24 [d]	Irvette Van Zyl	South Africa	23 May 2021	Nedbank Runified Race	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	[93][94]
100 km	7:03:40	Sarah Webster	Great Britain	2 April 2023	Anglo Celtic Plate 100k	Craigavon, Northern Ireland	[95]
24 hours (road)	247.985 km	Joasia Zakrzewski	Great Britain	18 September 2022	IAU 24 Hour European Championships	Verona, Italy	[96][97]
100 m hurdles	12.12 (+0.9 m/s)	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria	24 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	[98][99]
400 m hurdles	52.42	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	20 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[100]
2000 m steeplechase	5:47.42	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	10 September 2023	Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb, Croatia	[101]
3000 m steeplechase	8:44.32	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	20 July 2018	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[102]
High jump	2.06 m	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	31 August 2003	World Championships	Saint-Denis, France	[103]
Pole vault	4.94 m	Eliza McCartney	New Zealand	17 July 2018		Jockgrim, Germany	[104]
Long jump	7.17 m (+1.1 m/s)	Ese Brume	Nigeria	29 May 2021	Chula Vista Field Festival	Chula Vista, United States	[105]
Triple jump	15.39 m (+0.5 m/s)	Françoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon	17 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	[106]
Shot put	21.24 m	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	29 August 2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	[107]
Discus throw	69.64 m	Dani Stevens	Australia	13 August 2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	[108]
Hammer throw	77.67 m	Camryn Rogers	Canada	9 June 2022	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, United States	[109]
Javelin throw	69.35 m	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	9 June 2012	Adidas Grand Prix	New York City, United States	[110]
Heptathlon	6981 pts	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain	2–4 October 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[111]
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 13.09 (+0.6 m/s) 1.95 m 13.86 m 23.08 (+1.0 m/s) 6.77 m (+0.2 m/s) 43.93 m 2:07.26
Decathlon	6915 pts h	Margaret Simpson	Ghana	18–19 April 2007		Réduit, Mauritius
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
	6878 pts	Jessica Taylor	Great Britain	12–13 September 2015	Kent County Multi-Events Championships	Erith, United Kingdom	[112]
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 12.30 (−2.7) 5.96 m (+0.2) 11.48 m 1.63 m 55.12 14.61 (−1.5) 28.77 m 2.50 m 34.76 m 5:44.32
3000 m walk (track)	12:14.48	Kerry Saxby	Australia	20 February 1988		Sydney, Australia	[113]
5000 m walk (track)	20:03.00	Kerry Saxby-Junna	Australia	11 February 1996	Optus Grand Prix	Sydney, Australia	[114]
5 km walk (road)	20:25	Kerry Saxby	Australia	10 June 1989	Internationaler Geher-Cup	Hildesheim, West Germany	[115]
10,000 m walk (track)	41:57.22	Kerry Saxby	Australia	24 July 1990		Seattle, United States
10 km walk (road)	41:29.71	Kerry Saxby-Junna	Australia	27 August 1988		Canberra, Australia
20,000 m walk (track)	1:33:40.2	Kerry Saxby-Junna	Australia	6 September 2001		Brisbane, Australia
20 km walk (road)	1:27:44	Jane Saville	Australia	2 May 2004		Naumburg, Germany
50 km walk (road)	4:09:33	Claire Tallent	Australia	5 May 2018	IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, China	[116]
4 × 100 m relay	41.02	Briana Williams Elaine Thompson-Herah Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	6 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[117]
4 × 200 m relay	1:29.04	Jura Levy Shericka Jackson Sashalee Forbes Elaine Thompson	Jamaica	22 April 2017	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[118]
Swedish relay	2:03.42	Christania Williams (100 m) Shericka Jackson (200 m) Olivia James (300 m) Chrisann Gordon (400 m)	Jamaica	10 July 2011		Lille, France	[119]
4 × 400 m relay	3:18.71	Rosemarie Whyte Davita Prendergast Novlene Williams-Mills Shericka Williams	Jamaica	3 September 2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	[120]
4 × 800 m relay	8:04.28	Agatha Jeruto Sylivia Chematui Chesebe Janeth Jepkosgei Eunice Jepkoech Sum	Kenya	25 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[121]
Distance medley relay	10:43.35	Selah Jepleting Busienei (1200 m) Joy Nakhumicha Sakari (400 m) Sylivia Chematui Chesebe (800 m) Virginia Nyambura Nganga (1600 m)	Kenya	2 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[122]
4 × 1500 m relay	16:33.58	Mercy Cherono Faith Kipyegon Irene Jelagat Hellen Obiri	Kenya	24 May 2014	2014 IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[123]
Ekiden relay	2:13:35	Philes Ongori Evelyne Kemunto Kimwei Sally Kaptich Chepyego Catherine Ndereba Jane Wanjiku Gakunyi Lucy Wangui Kabuu	Kenya	23 November 2006	International Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan

Commonwealth best times for non-standard events

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.	Video
100 y	9.91+ (+1.1 m/s) [WB]	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	31 May 2011	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[124]
150 m (bend)	16.46 (−1.5 m/s)	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	27 September 1989		Trapani, Italy	[125][126]
150 m (straight)	15.85 (+2.0 m/s)	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	17 May 2025	Adidas Games	Atlanta, United States	[127]
200 m straight	21.76 (+0.5 m/s)	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	4 June 2017	Adidas Boost Boston Games	Somerville, United States	[128]
300 m	34.41	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	20 June 2019	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[129]
500 m	1:06.62[57]	Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain	10 September 2016	Great North CityGames	Newcastle, United Kingdom	[58]
600 m	1:21.63	Mary Moraa	Kenya	1 September 2024	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin, Germany	[130]
Two miles	9:11.49	Mercy Cherono	Kenya	24 August 2014	British Athletics Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[131]
10 miles (road)	49:49+ Mx	Ruth Chepng'etich	Kenya	9 October 2022	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[132]
	49:21+ a	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	8 September 2019	Great North Run	Newcastle upon Tyne-South Shields, United Kingdom	[84]
50 Miles (track)	6:07:58	Linda Meadows	Australia	18 June 1994	50 Mile Track Race Burwood	Burwood, Australia	[133]
100 Miles (track)	14:34:05	Samantha Amend	Great Britain	24 April 2021	Centurion Running Track 100 Mile	Ashford, United Kingdom	[134]
200 m hurdles (straight)	24.86 (+0.1 m/s)	Shiann Salmon	Jamaica	23 May 2021	Adidas Boost Boston Games	Boston, United States	[135]
200 m hurdles (bend)	25.7 h	Pam Kilborn-Ryan	Australia	25 November 1971		Melbourne, Australia	[136]
	25.79 (−0.6 m/s)	Lauren Wells	Australia	21 January 2017	Athletics ACT Combined Events Championships	Canberra, Australia	[137]
300 m hurdles	38.84	Jessie Knight	Great Britain	31 May 2022	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[138]
Sprint medley relay (1,1,2,4)	1:36.67	Audra Segree (100 m) Natasha Morrison (100 m) Anastasia Le-Roy (200 m) Verone Chambers (400 m)	Jamaica	29 April 2017	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	[139]
Sprint medley relay (2,2,4,8)	3:34.56	Sherri-Ann Brooks (200 m) Rosemarie Whyte(200 m) Moya Thompson 51.7 (400 m) Kenia Sinclair 1:57.43 (800 m)	Jamaica	April 2009	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 100 m relay	40.30	Sade McCreath Marie-Éloïse Leclair Duan Asemota Eliezer Adjibi	Canada	11 May 2025	World Relays	Guangzhou, China	[140]
4 × 400 m relay	3:11.78	Nathon Allen Roneisha McGregor Tiffany James Javon Francis	Jamaica	29 September 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[141]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.	Video
50 m	5.56 A	Donovan Bailey	Canada	9 February 1996	Bill Cosby Invitational	Reno, United States
55 m	5.99	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	22 February 1997	Western Athletic Conference Championships	Colorado Springs, United States	[142]
60 m	6.42	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	7 March 2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	[143]
150 m	14.99	Donovan Bailey	Canada	1 June 1997	Bailey–Johnson 150-metre race	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	[144]
200 m	19.92	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	18 February 1996	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
300 m	31.97	Bralon Taplin	Grenada	14 February 2017	Czech Indoor Gala	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[145]
400 m	44.49[e]	Christopher Morales Williams	Canada	24 February 2024	SEC Championships	Fayetteville, United States	[146]
500 m	1:00.71	Onkabetse Nkobolo	Botswana	17 February 2016	Globen Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	[147]
600 y	1:06.68 OT	Jonathan Jones	Barbados	26 February 2022	Big 12 Championships	Ames, United States	[148]
600 m	1:14.79 A	Michael Saruni	Kenya	19 January 2018	Dr. Martin Luther King Collegiate Invitational	Albuquerque, United States	[149]
800 m	1:43.98	Michael Saruni	Kenya	9 February 2019	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[150]
1000 m	2:14.74	Marco Arop	Canada	4 February 2024	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States	[151]
1500 m	3:32.11	Laban Rotich	Kenya	1 February 1998	Sparkassen Cup	Stuttgart, Germany
Mile	3:48.87	Josh Kerr	Great Britain	27 February 2022	Boston University Last Chance Meet	Boston, United States	[152][153]
2000 m	4:55.35	Cameron Levins	Canada	15 February 2014	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[154]
3000 m	7:24.90	Daniel Komen	Kenya	6 February 1998		Budapest, Hungary
Two miles	8:00.67	Josh Kerr	Great Britain	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[155]
5000 m	12:51.48	Daniel Komen	Kenya	19 February 1998	GE Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
50 m hurdles	6.25	Mark McKoy	Canada	5 March 1986		Kobe, Japan
55 m hurdles	7.03	Mark McKoy	Canada	27 February 1987	US Indoor Championships	New York City, United States	[156]
60 m hurdles	7.30	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	6 March 1994		Sindelfingen, Germany
300 m hurdles	34.92 OT	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	9 February 1999	Pirkkahall	Tampere, Finland	[157][158]
400 m hurdles	50.21	Richard Yates	Great Britain	19 February 2011	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[159][160]
2000 m steeplechase	5:13.77	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	13 February 2011	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium	[161][162]
High jump	2.38 m	Steve Smith	Great Britain	4 February 1994		Wuppertal, Germany
Pole vault	6.06 m	Steven Hooker	Australia	7 February 2009	Boston Indoor Games	Roxbury, United States
Long jump	8.44 m	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	2 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[163]
Triple jump	17.75 m	Phillips Idowu	Great Britain	9 March 2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	[164]
Shot put	22.31 m	Tomas Walsh	New Zealand	3 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[165]
Weight throw	24.72 m	Scott Russell	Canada	8 February 2002		Ames, United States
Discus throw	65.60 m	Benn Harradine	Australia	12 March 2011	4th World Indoor Throwing	Växjö, Sweden	[166][167]
Javelin throw	76.66 m	Stuart Faben	Great Britain	3 March 1996		Kajaani, Finland	[168]
Heptathlon	6343 pts	Damian Warner	Canada	2–3 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[169]
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 6.74 7.39 m 14.90 m 2.02 m 7.67 4.90 m 2:37.12
3000 m walk	10:30.28	Tom Bosworth	Great Britain	25 February 2018	Glasgow Grand Prix	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[170]
5000 m walk	18:20.97	Tom Bosworth	Great Britain	23 February 2020	British Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[171]
4 × 200 m relay	1:22.11	Linford Christie Darren Braithwaite Ade Mafe John Regis	Great Britain	3 March 1991		Glasgow, United Kingdom
4 × 400 m relay	3:02.52	Deon Lendore Jereem Richards Asa Guevara Lalonde Gordon	Trinidad and Tobago	4 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[172]
4 × 800 m relay	7:23.13	Kyle Smith Andrew Maloney Matt Lincoln Andrew Heaney	Canada	31 January 2009		University Park, United States

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	6.00	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	4 February 1994		Moscow, Russia
55 m	6.58	Beatrice Utondu	Nigeria	11 February 1990		Monroe, United States	[173]
60 m	6.94 A	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	11 March 2023	NCAA Division I Championships	Albuquerque, United States	[174]
200 m	21.87	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	13 February 1993	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
300 m	35.45	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	3 February 2018	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[175]
400 m	50.02	Nicola Sanders	Great Britain	3 March 2007	European Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
500 m	1:08.34	Leah Anderson	Jamaica	4 February 2023	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States	[176]
600 m	1:23.41	Keely Hodgkinson	Great Britain	28 January 2023	Manchester World Indoor Tour	Manchester, United Kingdom	[177]
800 m	1:57.06	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	21 February 1999	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
1000 m	2:30.94	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	25 February 1999	GE Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
1500 m	3:59.58	Laura Muir	Great Britain	9 February 2021	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin, France	[178]
Mile	4:17.88	Jemma Reekie	Great Britain	8 February 2020	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[179]
2000 m	5:40.35	Sally Kipyego	Kenya	7 February 2015	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States	[180]
3000 m	8:22.68	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	2 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[181]
Two miles	9:04.84	Laura Muir	Great Britain	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[182]
5000 m	14:39.89	Kim Smith	New Zealand	27 February 2009		New York City, United States
50 m hurdles	6.67+	Michelle Freeman	Jamaica	13 February 2000	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
55 m hurdles	7.26+	Ackera Nugent	Jamaica	8 February 2025	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[183]
60 m hurdles	7.65	Devynne Charlton	Bahamas	3 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[184]
400 m hurdles	1:01.04	Carole Kaboud Mebam	Cameroon	12 February 2012	Meeting National	Val-de-Reuil, France	[185]
High jump	1.99 m	Debbie Brill	Canada	23 January 1982		Edmonton, Canada
Pole vault	4.87 m	Holly Bleasdale	Great Britain	21 January 2012		Villeurbanne, France	[186]
Long jump	7.00 m	Jazmin Sawyers	Great Britain	5 March 2023	European Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[187]
Triple jump	15.16 m	Ashia Hansen	Great Britain	28 February 1998	European Championships	Valencia, Spain
Shot put	20.98 m	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	28 August 2013	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	[188]
Weight throw	21.27 m	Precious Ogunleye	Nigeria	6 February 2016	Armory Track Invitational	New York City, United States	[189]
Pentathlon	5000 pts	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain	6 March 2015	European Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	[190]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.18 1.95 m 12.32 m 6.89 m 2:12.78
Mile walk	6:17:29	Rachel Seaman	Canada	15 February 2014	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[191][192]
3000 m walk	11:53.82	Kerry Saxby-Junna	Australia	13 March 1993	World Championships	Toronto, Canada
5000 m walk	21:25.37	Bethan Davies	Great Britain	18 February 2018	British Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[193]
4 × 200 m relay	1:33.96	Paula Dunn Jennifer Stoute Linda Keough Sally Gunnell	Great Britain	23 February 1990	Aviva International Match	Glasgow, United Kingdom
4 × 400 m relay	3:24.89	Lina Nielsen Hannah Kelly Emily Newnham Amber Anning	Great Britain	9 March 2025	European Championships	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	[194]
4 × 800 m relay	8:17.75	Fellan Ferguson Simoya Campbell Kimarra McDonald Natoya Goule	Jamaica	3 February 2018	Millrose Games	New York City, United States

Notes

1. by official result source, 54:42 by World Athletics source
2. not be eligible for official ratification due to the use of in-out pacemakers
3. Not record eligible due to the use of a team of pacemakers and custom gear.
4. by IAU source; 3:04:23 by other sources
5. Starting blocks did not comply with World Athletics regulations, athlete passed drug test on the day