List of African records in athletics

African records in athletics are the best marks set in track and field and road running events by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). The organisation is responsible for ratification and analyses each record before approving it. Records may be set in any continent and at any competition, providing the correct measures (such as wind-gauges) to allow for a verifiable and legal mark.

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by CAA   Not ratified or later rescinded by CAA

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.	Video
100 y	9.40 NWI	Kofi Okyir	Ghana	12 April 1974		Austin, United States
100 m	9.77 A (+1.2 m/s)	Ferdinand Omanyala	Kenya	18 September 2021	Kip Keino Classic	Nairobi, Kenya	[1]
150 m (straight)	14.70 (−1.1 m/s)	Ferdinand Omanyala	Kenya	17 May 2025	Adidas Games	Atlanta, United States	[2]
150 m (bend)	14.99+ (+0.3 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	20 August 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	[3]
200 m	19.50 (+1.6 m/s)	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	23 July 2023	Anniversary Games	London, United Kingdom	[4]
	19.46 (+0.4 m/s)	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	8 July 2024	Olympic Games	Saint-Denis, France	[5]
200 m straight	19.84 (+0.6 m/s)	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	4 June 2017	Boost Boston Games	Boston, United States	[6]
300 m	30.69 A	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	17 February 2024	Simbine Curro Classic Shoot-Out	Pretoria, South Africa	[7]
400 m	43.03	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	14 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[8]
500 m (road)	57.69	David Rudisha	Kenya	10 September 2016	Great North CityGames	Newcastle, United Kingdom	[9]
600 m	1:13.10	David Rudisha	Kenya	5 June 2016	British Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[10]
800 m	1:40.91	David Rudisha	Kenya	9 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[11]
1000 m	2:11.96	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	5 September 1999	IAAF Grand Prix	Rieti, Italy
1500 m	3:26.00	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	14 July 1998	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy
Mile	3:43.13	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	7 July 1999	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy
Mile (road)	3:57.35	Ryan Mphahlele	South Africa	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	[12]
	3:54.56	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	Kenya	27 April 2024	Adizero: Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	[13]
	3:52.45	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	Kenya	26 April 2025	Adizero: Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	[14]
2000 m	4:44.79	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	7 September 1999	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany	[15]
3000 m	7:20.67	Daniel Komen	Kenya	1 September 1996	IAAF Grand Prix	Rieti, Italy
Two miles	7:58.61	Daniel Komen	Kenya	19 July 1997		Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
5000 m	12:35.36	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	14 August 2020	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[16]
5 km (road)	12:49	Berihu Aregawi	Ethiopia	31 December 2021	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona, Spain	[17]
10,000 m	26:11.00	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	7 October 2020		Valencia, Spain	[18]
10 km (road)	26:24	Rhonex Kipruto	Kenya	12 January 2020	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia, Spain	[19]
15 km (road)	41:13	Leonard Patrick Komon	Kenya	21 November 2010	Zevenheuvelenloop	Nijmegen, Netherlands	[20]
	41:05+	Geoffrey Kamworor	Kenya	15 September 2019	Copenhagen Half Marathon	Copenhagen, Denmark	[21]
	41:10+	Kibiwott Kandie	Kenya	6 December 2020	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[22]
	41:05	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	18 November 2018	Zevenheuvelenloop	Nijmegen, Netherlands	[23]
10 miles (road)	44:04	Benard Koech	Kenya	4 December 2022	Kosa 10-Miler	Kōsa, Japan	[24]
20,000 m (track)	56:26.0+	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	27 June 2007	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[25]
20 km (road)	55:21+	Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea	21 March 2010	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal	[26]
	55:18+	Abraham Kiptum	Kenya	28 October 2018	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[27]
	55:00+	Geoffrey Kamworor	Kenya	15 September 2019	Copenhagen Half Marathon	Copenhagen, Denmark	[28]
	54:43+[a]	Kibiwott Kandie	Kenya	6 December 2020	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[22]
Half marathon	57:31	Jacob Kiplimo	Uganda	21 November 2021	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal	[29]
One hour (track)	21285 m	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	27 June 2007	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[30]
25,000 m (track)	1:12:25.4+	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 June 2011	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[31][32]
25 km (road)	1:11:08+	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	25 September 2022	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[33]
30,000 m (track)	1:26:47.4	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 June 2011	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[31][34]
30 km (road)	1:27:13+	Stanley Biwott	Kenya	24 April 2016	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[35]
	1:27:13+	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	24 April 2016	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[36]
	1:25:40+	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	25 September 2022	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[37]
	1:26:53+	Birhanu Legese	Ethiopia	29 September 2019	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[38]
	1:26:53+	Sisay Lemma	Ethiopia	29 September 2019	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[39]
	1:26:45+	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	16 September 2018	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[40]
Marathon	2:00:35	Kelvin Kiptum	Kenya	8 October 2023	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[41]
	2:00:25[b]	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	6 May 2017	Breaking2	Monza, Italy	[42]
	1:59:40[c]	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	12 October 2019	Ineos 1:59 Challenge	Vienna, Austria	[43]
50 km (road)	2:40:13[d]	Stephen Mokoka	South Africa	6 March 2022	Nedbank #Runified 50 km	Gqeberha, South Africa	[44]
	2:39:04	Tete Dijana	South Africa	26 February 2023	Nedbank Runified Breaking Barriers 50 km	Gqeberha, South Africa	[45]
100 km (road)	6:24:06	Bongmusa Mthembu	South Africa	27 November 2016		Los Alcázares, Spain
110 m hurdles	13.11 (+1.8 m/s)	Antonio Alkana	South Africa	5 June 2017	Josef Odložil Memorial	Prague, Czech Republic	[46]
200 m hurdles (straight)	22.10 (+1.8 m/s)	L. J. van Zyl	South Africa	9 May 2015	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	[47]
200 m hurdles (bend)	22.6 h OT	Hendrik Serfontein	South Africa	23 March 1967		Bloemfontein, South Africa
300 m hurdles	34.8 h	Ockert Cilliers	South Africa	8 May 2005		Pliezhausen, Germany
400 m hurdles	47.10	Samuel Matete	Zambia	7 August 1991	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
2000 m steeplechase	5:14.06	Soufiane El Bakkali	Morocco	11 September 2022	Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb, Croatia	[48]
3000 m steeplechase	7:52.11	Lamecha Girma	Ethiopia	9 June 2023	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	[49]
High jump	2.38 m	Jacques Freitag	South Africa	5 March 2005		Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Pole vault	6.03 m	Okkert Brits	South Africa	18 August 1995		Cologne, Germany
Long jump	8.65 m A (+1.3 m/s)	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	22 April 2017	South African Championships	Potchefstroom, South Africa	[50]
Triple jump	17.82 m (+0.2 m/s)[e]	Hugues Fabrice Zango	Burkina Faso	6 July 2021	Gyulai István Memorial	Székesfehérvár, Hungary	[51]
Shot put	21.97 m	Janus Robberts	South Africa	2 June 2001	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States
	22.10 m	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi	Nigeria	5 July 2025	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[52]
Discus throw	70.32 m	Frantz Kruger	South Africa	26 May 2002		Salon-de-Provence, France
Hammer throw	81.27 m	Mostafa Al-Gamel	Egypt	21 March 2014		Cairo, Egypt
Javelin throw	92.72 m	Julius Yego	Kenya	26 August 2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	[53]
Decathlon	8521 pts	Larbi Bourrada	Algeria	17–18 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[54]
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.75 (−0.4 m/s) 7.52 m (+0.4 m/s) 13.78 m 2.10 m 47.98 14.15 (+0.4 m/s) 42.39 m 4.60 m 66.49 m 4:14.60
3000 m walk (track)	10:47.08	Lebogang Shange	South Africa	21 July 2018	Diamond League	London, United Kingdom	[55]
5000 m walk (track)	18:05.49	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	1 May 1997		Tunis, Tunisia
10,000 m walk (track)	38:24.31	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	30 May 1998		Tunis, Tunisia
10 km walk (road)	38:12	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	28 May 2000		Sesto San Giovanni, Italy	[56]
20,000 m walk (track)	1:22:51.84	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	8 September 1994		Leutkirch, Germany
20 km walk (road)	1:18:23 A	Samuel Gathimba	Kenya	18 June 2021		Nairobi, Kenya	[57]
30,000 m walk (track)	2:19:21.4	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	12 March 2011		Reims, France
35 km walk (road)	2:31:15	Wayne Snyman	South Africa	24 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	[58]
50,000 m walk (track)	4:21:44.5	Abdelouaheb Ferguène	Algeria	25 March 1984		Toulouse, France
50 km walk (road)	3:53:09[f]	Marc Mundell	South Africa	20 March 2021	Dudinská Päťdesiatka	Dudince, Slovakia	[59]
4 × 100 m relay	37.65	Thando Dlodlo Simon Magakwe Clarence Munyai Akani Simbine	South Africa	4 October 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[60]
	37.57	Bayanda Walaza Shaun Maswanganyi Bradley Nkoana Akani Simbine	South Africa	9 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[61]
4 × 200 m relay	1:20.42	Simon Magakwe Chederick van Wyk Sinesipho Dambile Akani Simbine	South Africa	12 May 2019	IAAF World Relays	Yokohama, Japan
4 × 400 m relay	2:57.27	Isaac Makwala Baboloki Thebe Zibane Ngozi Bayapo Ndori	Botswana	7 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[62]
	2:54.53	Bayapo Ndori Busang Kebinatshipi Anthony Pesela Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	10 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[63]
Sprint medley relay (2,2,4,8)	3:16.21	Mike Mokamba (200 m) Alfas Kishoyian (200 m) Collins Omae (400 m) Collin Kipruto (800 m)	Kenya	27 April 2019	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States	[64]
4 × 800 m relay	7:02.43	Joseph Mwengi Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kipngetich 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	[65]
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 Nyerere 14:36/ 5 km John Kariuki 19:59/ 7.195 km	Kenya	23 November 2005	Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.	Video
100 y	10.30+ (+1.1 m/s)	Ruddy Zang Milama	Gabon	31 May 2011	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[66]
100 m	10.72 (+0.4 m/s)	Marie-Josee Ta Lou	Ivory Coast	10 August 2022	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[67]
150 m (straight)	15.85 (+2.0 m/s)	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	17 May 2025	Adidas Games	Atlanta, United States	[68]
150 m (bend)	16.99 (+0.6 m/s)	Marie Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast	8 September 2020	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[69]
200 m	21.78 (+0.6 m/s)	Christine Mboma	Namibia	9 September 2021	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	[70]
300 m	34.60 A	Beatrice Masilingi	Namibia	18 February 2023	Curro Simbine Classic Shoot Out	Pretoria, South Africa	[71]
400 m	49.10	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	29 July 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	[72]
	48.54[g]	Christine Mboma	Namibia	30 June 2021	Irena Szewińska Memorial	Bydgoszcz, Poland	[73]
600 m	1:21.63	Mary Moraa	Kenya	1 September 2024	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin, Germany	[74]
800 m	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	29 August 2008	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
1000 m	2:29.15	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	14 August 2020	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[16]
1500 m	3:49.11	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	2 June 2023	Golden Gala	Florence, Italy	[75]
	3:49.04	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	7 July 2024	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	[76]
	3:48.68	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	5 July 2025	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[77]
Mile	4:07.64	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	21 July 2023	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[78]
	4:06.42[h]	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	26 June 2025	Breaking4	Paris, France	[79]
Mile (road)	4:20.98 Wo	Diribe Welteji	Ethiopia	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	[80]
2000 m	5:21.56	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	14 September 2021	Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb, Croatia	[81]
3000 m	8:20.27[e]	Letesenbet Gidey	Ethiopia	30 June 2019	Prefontaine Classic	Palo Alto, United States	[82]
	8:11.56	Beatrice Chebet	Kenya	25 May 2025	Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat	Rabat, Morocco	[83][84]
Two miles	8:58.58	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	14 September 2007	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
5000 m	14:00.21	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	17 September 2023	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[85]
	13:58.06	Beatrice Chebet	Kenya	5 July 2025	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[86]
5 km (road)	14:13 Wo	Beatrice Chebet	Kenya	31 December 2023	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona, Spain	[87]
	14:19 Mx	Ejgayehu Taye	Ethiopia	31 December 2021	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona, Spain	[17]
	13:54 Mx	Beatrice Chebet	Kenya	31 December 2024	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona, Spain	[88]
4 miles (road)	19:14	Viola Kibiwot	Kenya	13 October 2013	4 Mile of Groningen	Groningen, Netherlands	[89]
10,000 m	29:01.03	Letesenbet Gidey	Ethiopia	8 June 2021	Ethiopian Olympic Trials	Hengelo, Netherlands	[90]
	28:54.14	Beatrice Chebet	Kenya	25 May 2024	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[91]
10 km (road)	30:01 Wo	Agnes Jebet Tirop	Kenya	12 September 2021	Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	[92]
	29:27 Wo	Agnes Ngetich	Kenya	26 April 2025	Adizero: Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	[93]
	29:26 Wo	Agnes Ngetich	Kenya	18 November 2023	Urban Trail de Lille	Lille, France	[94]
	29:24 Wo[i]	Agnes Ngetich	Kenya	10 September 2023	Brașov Running Festival	Brașov, Romania	[96]
	29:14 Mx	Yalemzerf Yehualaw	Ethiopia	27 February 2022	Castellón 10K	Castellón de la Plana, Spain	[97]
	28:46 Mx	Agnes Ngetich	Kenya	14 January 2024	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia, Spain	[98]
15 km (road)	44:20	Letesenbet Gidey	Ethiopia	17 November 2019	Zevenheuvelenloop	Nijmegen, Netherlands	[99]
	46:24+ Wo	Peres Jepchirchir	Kenya	17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	[100]
10 miles (road)	49:49+ Mx	Ruth Chepng'etich	Kenya	9 October 2022	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[101]
	49:21+ a	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	8 September 2019	Great North Run	Newcastle upon Tyne-South Shields, United Kingdom	[102]
One hour (track)	18517 m	Dire Tune	Ethiopia	12 June 2008	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[103]
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	[104]
	1:01:11+	Ababel Yeshaneh	Ethiopia	21 February 2020	Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon	Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	[105]
	1:00:43+ Mx	Ruth Chepng'etich	Kenya	4 April 2021	Istanbul Half Marathon	Istanbul, Turkey	[106]
	1:01:20+ a	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	8 September 2019	Great North Run	Newcastle upon Tyne-South Shields, United Kingdom	[102]
	1:02:04+ Wo	Peres Jepchirchir	Kenya	17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	[107]
Half marathon	1:02:52 Mx	Letesenbet Gidey	Ethiopia	24 October 2021	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[108]
	1:05:16 Wo	Peres Jepchirchir	Kenya	17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	[109]
25,000 m (track)	1:27:05.9	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	21 September 2002		Mengerskirchen, Germany
25 km (road)	1:19:43+ Wo[j]	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	23 April 2017	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[110]
	1:19:38+ Wo	Peres Jepchirchir	Kenya	21 April 2024	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[111]
	1:19:33+ Mx	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	13 October 2019	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[112]
	1:18:40+ Mx	Tigst Assefa	Ethiopia	24 September 2023	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[113]
30,000 m (track)	1:45:50.0	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	6 June 2003		Warstein, Germany
30 km (road)	1:36:05+ Wo	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	23 April 2017	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[114]
	1:35:18+ Mx	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	13 October 2019	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[115]
	1:34:12+ Mx	Tigst Assefa	Ethiopia	24 September 2023	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[116]
Marathon	2:11:53 Mx	Tigst Assefa	Ethiopia	24 September 2023	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[117]
	2:15:50 Wo	Tigst Assefa	Ethiopia	27 April 2025	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[118]
50 km (road)	3:00:29 Wo[k]	Emane Seifu Hayile	Ethiopia	26 February 2023	Nedbank Runified Breaking Barriers 50 km	Gqeberha, South Africa	[45]
100 km (road)	7:31:47	Helene Joubert	South Africa	16 September 1995		Winschoten, Netherlands
100 m hurdles	12.12 (+0.9 m/s)	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria	24 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	[119]
200 m hurdles (straight)	26.16 (+0.3 m/s)	Zeney van der Walt	South Africa	16 June 2019	Adidas Boost Boston Games	Boston, United States	[120]
300 m hurdles	38.6 h	Mame Tacko Diouf	Senegal	21 February 1999		Dakar, Senegal
400 m hurdles	52.90	Nezha Bidouane	Morocco	25 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain
2000 m steeplechase	5:47.42	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	10 September 2023	Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb, Croatia	[121]
3000 m steeplechase	8:44.32	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	20 July 2018	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[122]
High jump	2.06 m	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	31 August 2003	World Championships	Paris Saint-Denis, France
Pole vault	4.42 m	Elmarie Gerryts	South Africa	12 June 2000		Wesel, Germany
Long jump	7.17 m (+1.1 m/s)	Ese Brume	Nigeria	29 May 2021	Chula Vista Field Festival	Chula Vista, United States	[123]
Triple jump	15.39 m (+0.5 m/s)	Françoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon	17 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China
Shot put	18.43 m	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria	19 April 2003	Mt. SAC Relays	Walnut, United States
	18.86 m X			1 July 2012	African Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin	[124][125]
Discus throw	64.96 m	Chioma Onyekwere	Nigeria	14 April 2023	Oklahoma Throws Series Meet 2	Ramona, United States	[126]
Hammer throw	75.49 m	Annette Echikunwoke	Nigeria	22 May 2021	USATF Throws Festival	Tucson, United States	[127]
Javelin throw	69.35 m	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	9 June 2012	Adidas Grand Prix	New York City, United States	[128]
Weight throw	4.22 m	Birtukan Bouele	Ethiopia	18 July 2020	International Lucerne Masters Throws Pentathlon	Lucerne, Switzerland	[129]
Heptathlon	6423 pts	Margaret Simpson	Ghana	28–29 May 2005	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 13.41 (−0.8 m/s) 1.85 m 13.01 m 24.55 (+1.0 m/s) 6.32 m (+0.7 m/s) 52.71 m 2:21.71
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
3000 m walk (track)	23:23.43	Birtukan Bouele	Ethiopia	7 June 2019	Soirée Inter régionale de demi-fond	Belfort, France	[130]
5000 m walk (track)	20:50.03	Chahinez Nasri	Tunisia	23 March 2021		Radès, Tunisia
5 km walk (road)	22:20	Nicolene Cronje	South Africa	5 March 2004	ABSA Series	Durban, South Africa	[131]
10,000 m walk (track)	43:50.86	Emily Wamusyi Ngii	Kenya	6 August 2022	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[132]
10 km walk (road)	45:05.4	Susan Vermeulen	South Africa	17 April 1999		Bloemfontein, South Africa
	45:02	Chahinez Nasri	Tunisia	28 May 2016	XXX Gran Premio Cantones	A Coruña, Spain	[133]
15 km walk (road)	1:10:31+	Anél Oosthuizen	South Africa	9 April 2016	Poděbrady Walking Race	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	[134]
20,000 m walk (track)	1:36:18.3	Nicolene Cronje	South Africa	17 March 2004		Durban, South Africa
20 km walk (road)	1:30:40 A	Grace Wanjiru Njue	Kenya	6 June 2018	Kenya Defence Forces Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	[135]
	1:28:15 A[l]	Grace Wanjiru Njue	Kenya	15 July 2011	Kenyan Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	[136]
35 km walk (road)	3:42:04[m]	Esther Steenkamp	South Africa	15 January 2022[n]	ASA 35 km Race Walking Championships & Interprovicial Challenge	Cape Town, South Africa	[137]
50 km walk (road)	4:48:00	Nathalie le Roux	South Africa	5 May 2018	IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, China	[138]
4 × 100 m relay	41.90	Murielle Ahouré-Demps Marie-Josée Ta Lou Jessika Gbai Maboundou Koné	Ivory Coast	25 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[139]
4 × 200 m relay	1:30.52	Blessing Okagbare Regina George Dominique Duncan Christy Udoh	Nigeria	2 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[140]
Sprint medley relay (1,1,2,4)	1:46.05	Eunice Kadogo (100 m) Fresha Mwangi (100 m) Joan Cherono [de] (200 m) Evengeline Makena (400 m)	Kenya	27 April 2019	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States	[141]
4 × 400 m relay	3:21.04	Olabisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	3 August 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States
4 × 800 m relay	8:04.28	Agatha Jeruto Kimaswai Sylvia Chematui Chesebe Janeth Jepkosgei Eunice Jepkoech Sum	Kenya	25 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[142]
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	[143]
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	[144]
Ekiden relay	2:13:35	Philes Ongori Evelyne Kemunto Kimwei Catherine Ndereba Jane Wanjiku Gakunyi Lucy Wangui Kabuu Sally Chepyego Kaptich	Kenya	23 November 2006	Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:13.60	Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli Imaobong Nse Uko Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel Patience Okon George	Nigeria	30 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[145]
	3:13.26	Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli Patience Okon George Sikiru Adeyemi Omolara Ogunmakinju	Nigeria	19 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[146]
	3:12.87	Samuel Ogazi Ella Onojuvwevwo Chidi Okezie Esther Joseph	Nigeria	5 May 2024	World Athletics Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[147]
	3:11.88 A	Zablon Ekhal Ekwam Mary Moraa Kelvin Sane Tauta Mercy Chebet	Kenya	15 June 2024	Kenyan Olympic Trials	Nairobi, Kenya	[148]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	5.61+	Deji Aliu	Nigeria	21 February 1999	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
55 m	6.02 A	Leonard Myles-Mills	Ghana	22 February 1997		Colorado Springs, United States
60 m	6.45 A	Leonard Myles-Mills	Ghana	20 February 1999		Colorado Springs, United States
100 m	10.05	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	12 February 1996		Tampere, Finland
200 m	19.92	Frank Fredericks	Namibia	18 February 1996	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
300 m	32.36	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	28 February 2003		Karlsruhe, Germany
400 m	45.51	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	9 March 1997	World Championships	Paris, France
	45.37 OT	Clement Chukwu	Nigeria	28 February 1998		Kent, United States
500 m	1:00.71	Onkabetse Nkobolo	Botswana	17 February 2016	Globen Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	[149]
600 y	1:06.93	Moitalel Naadokila	Kenya	15 February 2020		Lubbock, United States
600 m	1:14.79 A	Michael Saruni	Kenya	19 January 2018	Dr. Martin Luther King Collegiate Invitational	Albuquerque, United States	[150]
800 m	1:43.98	Michael Saruni	Kenya	9 February 2019	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[151]
1000 m	2:14.20	Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti	17 February 2016	Globen Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	[152]
1500 m	3:31.04	Samuel Tefera	Ethiopia	16 February 2019	Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[153]
Mile	3:47.01	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	3 March 2019	Bruce Lehane Invitational	Boston, United States	[154]
2000 m	4:49.99	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	17 February 2007	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
3000 m	7:23.81	Lamecha Girma	Ethiopia	15 February 2023	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin, France	[155]
Two miles	8:04.35	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	16 February 2008	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
5000 m	12:49.60	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	20 February 2004	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
10,000 m	27:50.29	Mark Bett	Kenya	10 February 2002	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium
50 m hurdles	6.48+	Shaun Bownes	South Africa	25 February 2001	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
55 m hurdles	7.13	Lehann Fourie	South Africa	11 February 2012	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[156]
60 m hurdles	7.52	Shaun Bownes	South Africa	23 February 2001	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium
300 m hurdles	34.92 OT	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	9 February 1999	Pirkkahall	Tampere, Finland	[157][158]
400 m hurdles	50.94	Mamadou Hasse	Senegal	12 February 2013	International Meeting Val-de-Reuil	Val-de-Reuil, France	[159]
	49.90 OT	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	9 February 2005	Botnia Games	Korsholm, Finland	[160]
2000 m steeplechase	5:13.77 WB	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	13 February 2011	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium	[161][162]
High jump	2.32 m	Anthony Idiata	Nigeria	15 February 2000		Patras, Greece
Pole vault	5.90 m	Okkert Brits	South Africa	16 February 1997	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
	5.90 m	Okkert Brits	South Africa	1 June 1997		Toronto, Canada
Long jump	8.44 m	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	2 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[163]
Triple jump	18.07 m	Hugues Fabrice Zango	Burkina Faso	16 January 2021		Aubière, France	[164]
Shot put	21.47 m	Janus Robberts	South Africa	1 December 2001		Norman, United States
Weight throw	24.39 m	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi	Nigeria	13 February 2015	Fred Wilt Invitational	West Lafayette, United States	[165]
Discus throw	63.37 m	Yasser Fathy	Egypt	27 March 2010	Wexiö Indoor Throwing Competition	Växjö, Sweden	[166]
Heptathlon	5911 pts	Larbi Bourrada	Algeria	27–28 February 2010	Championnats de France Elite	Paris, France	[167]
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 6.89 7.34 m 14.00 m 1.92 m 8.05 4.60 m 2:39.86
5000 m walk	19:39.92	Hédi Teraoui	Tunisia	18 February 2018	French Championships	Liévin, France	[168]
4 × 400 m relay	3:07.95	Tobi Ogunmola Noah Akwu Salihu Isah Cristian Morton	Nigeria	8 March 2014	World Championships	Sopot, Poland	[169]
	3:06.96	Wiseman Mukhobe Zablon Ekwam Kelvin Tauta Boniface Mweresa	Kenya	3 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[170]
	3:06.71	Wiseman Mukhobe Zablon Ekwam Kelvin Tauta Boniface Mweresa	Kenya	3 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[171]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	6.04+	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria	22 February 1998	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
55 m	6.58	Beatrice Utondu-Okoye	Nigeria	11 February 1990		Monroe, United States
60 m	6.97	Murielle Ahouré	Ivory Coast	2 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[172]
200 m	22.11 A	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	10 March 2023	NCAA Division I Championships	Albuquerque, United States	[173]
300 m	35.99	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	4 February 2024	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States	[174]
400 m	50.73	Charity Opara	Nigeria	1 February 1998	Sparkassen Cup	Stuttgart, Germany
500 m	1:11.48	Akua Obeng-Akrofi	Ghana	2 February 2018	Metropolitan Indoor Championships	New York City, United States	[175]
600 m	1:25.76	Regina George	Nigeria	10 January 2014	Arkansas Invitational	Fayetteville, United States	[176]
800 m	1:57.06	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	21 February 1999	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
	1:56.36[o]			22 February 1998
1000 m	2:30.94	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	25 February 1999	GE Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
1500 m	3:53.09	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	9 February 2021	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin, France	[177]
Mile	4:13.31	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	17 February 2016	Globen Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	[152]
2000 m	5:23.75	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	7 February 2017	Míting Internacional de Catalunya	Sabadell, Spain	[178]
3000 m	8:16.60	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	6 February 2014	XL Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	[179]
Two miles	9:00.48	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	15 February 2014	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[180]
5000 m	14:18.86	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	19 February 2015	XL Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	[181]
50 m hurdles	6.76+	Glory Alozie	Nigeria	25 February 2001	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
55 m hurdles	7.60	Ime Akpan	Nigeria	13 March 1992	NCAA Division I Women's Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[182]
60 m hurdles	7.82	Glory Alozie	Nigeria	16 February 1999		Madrid, Spain
	7.77	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria	27 January 2024	Astana Indoor Meeting	Astana, Kazakhstan	[183]
	7.75	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria	4 February 2024	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States	[184]
400 m hurdles	58.66	Haissat Lambarki	Morocco	29 January 2012		Bordeaux, France	[185]
High jump	1.97 m	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	18 February 2001	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Pole vault	4.41 m	Elmarie Gerryts	South Africa	20 February 2000	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Long jump	6.97 m	Chioma Ajunwa	Nigeria	5 February 1997		Erfurt, Germany
Triple jump	14.90 m	Yamilé Aldama	Sudan	6 March 2004	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[186]
Shot put	18.13 m A	Vivian Chukwuemeka	Nigeria	4 February 2006		Flagstaff, United States
	18.13 m	Jessica Inchude	Guinea Bissau	13 February 2021	Portuguese Championships	Braga, Portugal	[187]
	18.37 m	Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang[p]	Cameroon	29 February 2020	Portuguese Championships	Pombal, Portugal	[188]
Weight throw	25.32 m	Oyesade Olatoye	Nigeria	10 February 2023	Music City Challenge	Nashville, United States	[189]
Pentathlon	4558 pts	Eunice Barber	Sierra Leone	7 March 1997		Paris, France
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.39 1.80 m 13.05 m 6.35 m 2:18.17
3000 m walk	14:13.46	Tahani Ghazal	Tunisia	3 February 2018		Lyon, France
4 × 400 m relay	3:29.67[q]	Omolara Omotosho Patience Okon George Bukola Abogunloko Folashade Abugan	Nigeria	8 March 2014	World Championships	Sopot, Poland	[190]

See also

Notes

1. by official result source, 54:42 by World Athletics source
2. time trial with shifts of pacemakers and mobile drink deliveries
3. time trial with shifts of pacemakers and mobile drink deliveries
4. published as 50km Race Walk by CAA source, a typo
5. outdoor best; indoor mark ratified as absolute record
6. by official result source;3:35:09 by CAA source, a typo
7. mark was unratified because organisers did not arrange for doping control
8. Not record eligible due to the use of a team of pacemakers and custom gear.
9. Ngetich's mark was not certified after World Athletics determined the course was 25 meters too short.^[95]
10. by official result source; 1:19:53 by CAA source, probably a mistake
11. by World Athletics source; 3:00:30 by CAA source
12. Short course
13. by official result source; 3:40:04 by CAA source, a typo
14. by official result source; 15 January 2021 by CAA source, a typo
15. Disallowed for running inside curb.
16. Dongmo Mekemnan represented Cameroon until 2017, transferring her eligibility to Portugal which became active in 2020
17. by official result source; 3:22.67 by CAA source, prabably a mistake