List of Bahraini records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Bahrain maintained by Bahrain Athletics Association (BAA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by BAA

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.03 (+0.9 m/s)	Kemarley Brown	7 May 2016	Kingston Invitational	Kingston, Jamaica	[1]
200 m	20.19 (+0.3 m/s)	Mohamed Salem Eid Yaqoob	16 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[2]
300 m	33.10	Saad Mubarek Salem	3 March 2018	National Elite Meeting	Riffa, Bahrain	[3]
400 m	44.36	Ali Khamis	14 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[4]
800 m	1:42.79	Yusuf Saad Kamel	29 July 2008	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco
1000 m	2:14.72	Yusuf Saad Kamel	22 July 2008	DN Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
1500 m	3:29.14	Rashid Ramzi	14 July 2006	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy
Mile	3:51.33	Rashid Ramzi	4 June 2005	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States
2000 m	5:00.60	Benson Seurei	28 June 2013	Meeting de la Ville de Reims	Reims, France	[5]
3000 m	7:32.02	Albert Rop	27 August 2016	Meeting Areva	Saint-Denis, France	[6]
Two miles	8:13.16	Rashid Ramzi	8 June 2008	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States
5000 m	12:51.96	Albert Rop	19 July 2013	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[7]
	12:48.67	Birhanu Balew	20 June 2025	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	[8]
5 km (road)	13:05	Birhanu Balew	9 December 2023	Annual Charity Run	Khobar, Saudi Arabia	[9]
10,000 m	27:07.49	Birhanu Balew	19 May 2021	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[10]
10 km (road)	26:54	Birhanu Balew	26 April 2025	Adizero: Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	[11]
15 km (road)	41:53+	Abraham Cheroben	17 September 2017	Copenhagen Half Marathon	Copenhagen, Denmark
10 miles (road)	46:22	Aweke Ayalew	8 April 2018	Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run	Washington, D.C., United States	[12]
20 km (road)	55:51+	Abraham Cheroben	17 September 2017	Copenhagen Half Marathon	Copenhagen, Denmark
Half marathon	58:40	Abraham Cheroben	17 September 2017	Copenhagen Half Marathon	Copenhagen, Denmark
25 km (road)	1:14:15+	El Hassan El-Abbassi	2 December 2018	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain
30 km (road)	1:29:07+	El Hassan El-Abbassi	2 December 2018	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain
Marathon	2:04:43	El Hassan El-Abbassi	2 December 2018	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[13]
110 m hurdles	14.24 (+1.1 m/s)	Ahmed Hamada Jassim	5 November 1983	Asian Championships	Kuwait City, Kuwait
400 m hurdles	49.31	Ahmed Hamada Jassim	30 September 1986	Asian Games	Seoul, South Korea
2000 m steeplechase	5:23.95	Tareq Mubarak Taher	15 July 2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakesh, Morocco	[14]
3000 m steeplechase	8:06.13	Tareq Mubarak Taher	13 July 2009	Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria	Athens, Greece	[15]
High jump	2.19 m	Salem Nasser Bakheet	10 October 2002	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea
			9 December 2006	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar
Pole vault	4.45 m	Ibrahim Jassim Hussein	16 April 1995		Manama, Bahrain
Long jump	7.47 m (+0.5 m/s)	Mohamed Imam Bakhash	8 October 2003		Kuwait City, Kuwait
	7.47 m NWI		16 October 2003		Manama, Bahrain
Triple jump	16.70 m (−1.4 m/s)	Mohamed Youssef Al-Sahabi	17 April 2009		Manama, Bahrain
Shot put	21.15 m	Abdelrahman Mahmoud	16 June 2021	Arab Championships	Radès, Tunisia	[16]
Discus throw	55.73 m	Marawan Medany	1 June 2021		Brest, Belarus
Hammer throw	64.68 m	Mahmoud El-Gohary	18 May 2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	[17]
Javelin throw	64.38 m	Youssef Ali Boukhamas	2 August 1994		Tallinn, Estonia
Decathlon	6731 pts h	Adel Abdullah Sherada	21–22 August 1983		Amman, Jordan
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.75 6.73 m 12.57 m 1.89 m 51.65 16.1 39.66 m 3.90 m 55.46 m 4:56.28
20 km walk (road)	2:13:24	Rashid Dawass	4 March 1982		Doha, Qatar
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	39.55	Bahrain Saeed Alkhadli Salem Eid Yaqoob Moussa Ali Issa Andrew Fisher	19 May 2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	[18]
	39.01	Bahrain Ebrahim Simon Omar Rashid Abdulraof Yaqoob Salem Yaqoob Saeed Al-Khardi	12 August 2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	[19]
4 × 400 m relay	3:03.97	Bahrain Musa Isah Ali Khamis Abdulrahman Khamis Abbas Abubakar Abbas	30 August 2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	11.05 (+0.9 m/s)	Ofonime Odiong	14 May 2022	ACC Championships	Durham, United States
200 m	22.51 (+1.9 m/s)	Salwa Eid Naser	30 June 2019	Prefontaine Classic	Palo Alto, United States	[20]
300 m	35.85	Salwa Eid Naser	9 August 2025	Mityng Ambasadorów Białostockiego Sportu	Białystok, Poland	[21]
400 m	48.14	Salwa Eid Naser	3 October 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[22]
600 m	1:24.94	Nelly Jepkosgei	1 September 2024	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin, Germany	[23]
800 m	1:57.80	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	29 August 2008	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
1500 m	3:56.18	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	27 August 2006	IAAF Grand Prix	Rieti, Italy
Mile	4:17.75	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	14 September 2007	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[24]
2000 m	5:31.88	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	7 June 2009	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States
3000 m	8:28.87	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	29 July 2005	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
Two miles	9:13.85	Mimi Belete	31 May 2014	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[25]
5000 m	14:51.68	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	29 May 2005		Hengelo, Netherlands
5 km (road)	14:53+	Violah Jepchumba	1 April 2017	Prague Half Marathon	Prague, Czech Republic	[26]
10,000 m	29:50.77	Kalkidan Gezahegne	8 May 2021	Gold Gala Fernanda Ribeiro	Maia, Portugal	[27]
10 km (road)	29:38 Mx	Kalkidan Gezahegne	3 October 2021	The Giants Geneva	Geneva, Switzerland	[28]
15 km (road)	45:40+	Violah Jepchumba	1 April 2017	Prague Half Marathon	Prague, Czech Republic	[29]
10 miles (road)	52:34	Tejitu Daba	18 September 2016	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam, Netherlands	[30]
20 km (road)	1:01:50+	Violah Jepchumba	1 April 2017	Prague Half Marathon	Prague, Czech Republic	[31]
Half marathon	1:05:22	Violah Jepchumba	1 April 2017	Prague Half Marathon	Prague, Czech Republic	[32]
25 km (road)	1:21:04	Desi Mokonin	18 December 2022	Kolkata 25K	Kolkata, India	[33]
30 km (road)	1:40:41+	Eunice Kirwa	12 March 2017	Nagoya Women's Marathon	Nagoya, Japan	[34]
Marathon	2:20:02	Eunice Chumba	17 April 2022	Seoul Marathon	Seoul, South Korea	[35]
100 m hurdles	13.34 (+1.8 m/s)	Fatmata Fofanah	4 July 2009	Cork City Sports	Cork, Ireland	[36]
400 m hurdles	54.12	Kemi Adekoya	4 July 2015	Meeting Areva	Saint-Denis, France	[37]
	53.56	Kemi Adekoya	21 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[38]
	53.39	Kemi Adekoya	22 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[39]
	53.09	Kemi Adekoya	24 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[40]
2000 m steeplechase	5:54.16+	Ruth Jebet	27 August 2016	Meeting Areva	Saint-Denis, France
3000 m steeplechase	8:52.78	Ruth Jebet	27 August 2016	Meeting Areva	Saint-Denis, France	[41]
	8:50.66	Winfred Yavi	16 September 2023	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[42]
	8:44.39	Winfred Yavi	30 August 2024	Golden Gala	Roma, Italy	[43]
High jump	1.70 m	Mariam Mohamed Al-Ansari	17 December 2011	Pan Arab Games	Doha, Qatar	[44]
			9 March 2013		Manama, Bahrain
			15 March 2015	4th GCC Women's Games	Muscat, Oman
Pole vault
Long jump	5.73 m NWI	Mary Emiata Otuaruah	8 October 2015		Mungyeong, South Korea
	5.84 m (+1.0 m/s)	Fatima Mubarak	9 August 2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	[45]
	5.89 m (+0.9 m/s)	Fatima Mubarak	27 April 2023	West Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	[46]
	6.09 m (+0.2 m/s)	Fatima Mubarak	4 July 2023	Arab Games	Oran, Algeria	[47]
Triple jump	13.32 m (+1.9 m/s)	Mary Amiata Otuaruah	27 April 2015	Arab Championships	Manama, Bahrain	[48]
Shot put	18.00 m	Noora Salem Jasim	21 April 2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	[49]
Discus throw	51.19 m	Noora Salem Jasim	30 August 2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	[50]
Hammer throw	35.50 m	Fatima Ibrahim Namshan	18 September 2002	Arab Junior Championships	Cairo, Egypt
Javelin throw	36.72 m[a]	Kemi Francis	22 May 2013		Doha, Qatar
Heptathlon	4620 pts	Kemi Francis	22 May 2013		Doha, Qatar
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 15.99 (−1.4 m/s) 1.51 m 9.41 m 25.73 (−1.2 m/s) 5.25 m 36.72 m 2:27.16
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	42.73	Bahrain Iman Essa Jasim Edidiong Odiong Hajar Alkhaldi Salwa Eid Naser	30 August 2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	[51]
4 × 400 m relay	3:30.61	Bahrain Aminat Yusuf Jamal Iman Essa Jasim Edidiong Odiong Salwa Eid Naser	30 August 2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	[52]
	3:27.65	Bahrain Muna Saad Mubarak Oluwakemi Mujidat Adekoya Zenab Moussa Ali Mahamat Salwa Eid Naser	4 October 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	[53]

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:11.82	Bahrain Musa Isah Aminat Yusuf Jamal Salwa Eid Naser Abbas Abubakar Abbas	29 September 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[54]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	6.57	Andrew Fisher	14 February 2017	Czech Indoor Gala	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[55]
200 m	21.87	Adel Mohamed Farhan	7 February 2004	Asian Championships	Tehran, Iran
400 m	46.60	Abubaker Abbas	20 February 2016	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	[56]
600 m	1:19.10	Mansoor Ali Belal	7 February 2010	Russian Winter Meeting	Moscow, Russia	[57]
800 m	1:45.26	Yusuf Saad Kamel	9 March 2008	World Championships	Valencia, Spain	[58]
1000 m	2:17.06	Belal Mansoor Ali	24 February 2008	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium
1500 m	3:36.28	Belal Mansoor Ali	20 February 2007	GE Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
2000 m	5:00.34	Birhanu Balew	10 February 2019	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France	[59]
3000 m	7:34.58	Birhanu Balew	19 February 2020	Meeting Hauts de France Pas de Calais	Liévin, France	[60]
	7:31.77[b]	Birhanu Balew	17 February 2022	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin, France	[61]
5000 m	13:09.43	Albert Rop	18 February 2017	Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[62]
60 m hurdles	10.22	Bazar Nawaz Al-Setar	15 February 2008	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar
High jump	2.13 m	Salem Nasser Bakheet	10 February 2006	Asian Championships	Pattaya, Thailand
Pole vault
Long jump	7.35 m	Mohamed Imam Bakhash	6 February 2004	Asian Championships	Tehran, Iran
Triple jump	15.97 m	Mohamed Youssef Al-Sahabi	16 February 2014	Asian Championships	Hangzhou, China	[63]
Shot put	21.10 m	Abdelrahman Mahmoud	29 January 2021	Belarusian Cup	Gomel, Belarus	[64]
Heptathlon
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay	3:22.21	Bahrain Sanad Farhan Salem Kam	8 February 2004	Asian Championships	Tehran, Iran

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.32	Ofonime Odiong	29 January 2022		Lubbock, United States
200 m	23.34	Ofonime Odiong	15 January 2022	Clemson Invitational	Clemson, United States	[65]
400 m	51.45	Kemi Adekoya	19 March 2016	World Championships	Portland, United States	[66]
800 m	2:03.64	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	25 February 2006		Magglingen, Switzerland
1500 m	3:59.79	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	9 March 2008	World Championships	Valencia, Spain	[67]
Mile	4:24.71	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	20 February 2010	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[68]
3000 m	8:39.64	Winfred Yavi	14 February 2020	Meeting de l'Eure	Val-de-Reuil, France	[69]
60 m hurdles
2000m steeplechase	5:45.09	Winfred Yavi	9 February 2021	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin, France	[70]
High jump	1.60 m	Mariam Mohamed Al-Ansari	26 February 2010		Doha, Qatar
Pole vault
Long jump	5.21 m	Noor Ebrahim Kazerooni	26 February 2010		Doha, Qatar
Triple jump
Shot put	17.45 m	Noora Salem Jasim	4 February 2017		Dobrich, Bulgaria
Pentathlon
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
3000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay	3:35.07	Salwa Eid Naser Aminat Yusuf Jamal Iman Essa Jasim Kemi Adekoya	21 February 2016	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	[71]

Notes

1. record set during heptathlon competition
2. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record