List of Belgian records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Belgium maintained by its Athletics Federation: Ligue royale belge d'athlétisme [fr]/Koninklijke Belgische Atletiekbond [nl] (LRBA/KBAB).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by LRBA/KBAB   Not ratified or later rescinded by LRBA/KBAB

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.02 (+1.2 m/s)	Ronald Desruelles	11 May 1985		Naimette-Xhovémont, Belgium
200 m	20.13 (+0.4 m/s)	Simon Verherstraeten	14 July 2024	Resisprint International	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	[1]
200 m straight	20.98 (−0.6 m/s)	Jonathan Borlée	4 September 2016	Urban Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[2]
300 m	31.87	Jonathan Borlée	5 July 2012	Meeting de la Province de Liège	Naimette-Xhovémont, Belgium	[3][4]
400 m	44.15	Alexander Doom	10 June 2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	[5]
600 m	1:14.47	Eliott Crestan	19 June 2024	Meeting de la Province de Liège	Naimette-Xhovémont, Belgium	[6]
800 m	1:42.43	Eliott Crestan	7 July 2024	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	[7]
1000 m	2:15.5 h	Ivo Van Damme	14 July 1976		Namur, Belgium
1500 m	3:30.99	Ruben Verheyden	20 June 2025	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	[8]
Mile	3:50.67	Ruben Verheyden	12 June 2025	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway	[9]
2000 m	4:52.37	Ruben Verheyden	8 September 2023	Memorial van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[10]
3000 m	7:26.62	Mohammed Mourhit	18 August 2000	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco
Two miles	8:14.88	Mohammed Mourhit	31 May 1997	Fanny Blankers-Koen Games	Hengelo, Netherlands
5000 m	12:49.71	Mohammed Mourhit	25 August 2000	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
5 km (road)	13:19	Robin Hendrix	31 December 2020	BOclassic	Bolzano, Italy	[11]
10,000 m	26:52.30	Mohammed Mourhit	3 September 1999	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
10 km (road)	27:10	Isaac Kimeli	12 January 2025	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia, Spain	[12]
15 km (road)	43:04	Peter Daenens	9 February 1985		Tampa, United States
20,000 m (track)	57:44.4+ h	Gaston Roelants	20 September 1972		Brussels, Belgium
	56:20.02+	Bashir Abdi	4 September 2020	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[13]
20 km (road)	58:29	Mohammed Mourhit	20 October 1996		Paris, France
One hour	21322 m	Bashir Abdi	4 September 2020	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[14]
Half marathon	59:51	Bashir Abdi	12 March 2023		Ghent, Belgium	[15]
25,000 m (track)	1:17:35+	Marc De Blander	2 September 1981		Denderleeuw, Belgium
25 km (road)	1:13:25+	Bashir Abdi	1 March 2020	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	[16]
30,000 m (track)	1:33:22	Marc De Blander	2 September 1981		Denderleeuw, Belgium
30 km (road)	1:27:53+	Bashir Abdi	24 October 2021	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	[17]
Marathon	2:03:36	Bashir Abdi	24 October 2021	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	[18]
100 km (road)	6:15:30	Jean-Pierre Praet	23 June 1989	Nacht van Vlaanderen	Torhout, Belgium
48 hours (road)	485.099 km	Matthieu Bonne	30 May–1 June 2025	UltraPark Weekend 48 Hour	Pabianice, Poland	[19]
6 days (road)	1045.519 km	Matthieu Bonne	5–11 September 2024	6 Day World Championships	Balatonfüred, Hungary	[20]
110 m hurdles	13.20 (+1.7 m/s)	Michael Obasuyi	19 May 2024		Montgeron, France	[21]
200 m hurdles	23.02	Jonathan Nsenga	13 September 1997			[22]
200 m hurdles (straight)	23.62	Damien Broothaerts	4 September 2016	Urban Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[23]
400 m hurdles	48.66	Julien Watrin	2 September 2022	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[24]
2000 m steeplechase	5:22.24	William Van Dijck	8 August 1987	KBC Night of Athletics	Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
3000 m steeplechase	8:10.01	William Van Dijck	5 September 1986	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
High jump	2.36 m	Eddy Annys	26 May 1985		Ghent, Belgium
Pole vault	5.85 m	Ben Broeders	11 June 2022	Neujahrsspringen Meeting	Merzig, Germany	[25]
Long jump	8.25 m (+0.2 m/s)	Erik Nys	6 July 1996	KBC Night of Athletics	Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
Triple jump	17.00 m (−0.8 m/s)	Michael Velter	14 May 2006		Vilvoorde, Belgium
Shot put	19.34 m	Jos Schroeder	30 May 1976		Heizel, Belgium
Discus throw	67.26 m	Philip Milanov	6 May 2016	Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix	Doha, Qatar	[26]
Hammer throw	71.76 m	Marnix Verhegghe	24 September 1989		Obourg, Belgium
Javelin throw	87.35 m A	Timothy Herman	13 May 2023	Kip Keino Classic	Nairobi, Kenya	[27]
Decathlon	8519 pts	Hans Van Alphen	26–27 May 2012	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	[28]
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.96 (+1.0 m/s) 7.62 m (+1.1 m/s) 15.23 m 2.06 m 49.54 14.55 (+0.4 m/s) 45.45 m 4.96 m 64.15 m 4:20.87
10,000 m walk (track)	40:04.8 h	Jos Martens	26 March 1988		Sittard, Netherlands
20,000 m walk (track)	1:25:32.4	Dirk Nicque	6 April 1997		Tilburg, Netherlands
20 km walk (road)	1:23:13	Jos Martens	10 April 1988		Goirle, Netherlands
30,000 m walk (track)	2:12:00.7+ h	Godfried Dejonckheere	14 October 1989		Heule, Belgium
50,000 m walk (track)	4:05:54.8	Dirk Nicque	14 June 1998		Rotterdam, Netherlands
50 km walk (road)	3:47:34	Godfried De Jonckheere	10 September 1989		Arras, France
Two hours walk (track)	27277 m	Godfried Dejonckheere	14 October 1989		Heule, Belgium
4 × 100 m relay	38.49	Belgium Robin Vanderbemden Antoine Snyders [de; es; nl; no] Kobe Vleminckx [de; es; fr; nl; no; pl] Simon Verherstraeten [de; fr; nl; no]	11 May 2025	World Relays	Guangzhou, China	[29]
4 × 200 m relay	1:24.15	Royal Excelsior SC Miguel Morel Corredera Arnaud Ghislain Antoine Gillet Damien Broothaerts	8 May 2011	Grand Prix Mingels	Brussels, Belgium
4 × 400 m relay	2:57.75	Belgium Jonathan Sacoor Dylan Borlée Kevin Borlée Florent Mabille	10 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[30]
4 × 800 m relay	7:15.8 h	Belgium André Ballieux Alfred Langenus Emile Leva Roger Moens	8 August 1956		Bosvoorde, Belgium
4 × 1500 m relay	15:06.8 h	Belgium Marc Corstjens Ivo Claes Gino Van Geyte Christophe Impens	5 June 1992		Sheffield, United Kingdom
Ekiden relay	2:02:37	Belgium Thomas De Bock / 5 km Simon Debognies / 10 km Tim Van de Velde / 5 km Isaac Kimeli / 10 km Dorian Boulvin / 5 km Dieter Kersten / 7.195 km	11 November 2022		Tongeren, Belgium

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	11.04 (+2.0 m/s)	Kim Gevaert	9 July 2006	Belgian Championships	Brussels, Belgium
200 m	22.20 (+2.0 m/s)	Kim Gevaert	9 July 2006	Belgian Championships	Brussels, Belgium
200 m straight	24.20 (+0.6 m/s)	Olivia Borlée	4 September 2016	Urban Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[31]
300 m	36.47	Cynthia Bolingo	6 August 2022	Meeting for Mon	Kessel-Lo, Belgium	[32]
400 m	49.96	Cynthia Bolingo	21 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[33]
600 m	1:25.91	Sandra Stals	27 August 2002		Naimette-Xhovemont, Belgium
800 m	1:58.31	Sandra Stals	1 August 1998	KBC Night of Athletics	Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
1000 m	2:35.98	Elise Vanderelst	3 July 2021	KBC Night of Athletics	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	[34]
1500 m	4:01.26	Elise Vanderelst	14 September 2024	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[35]
Mile	4:28.11	Almensh Belete	18 August 2012	Flanders Cup	Kessel-Lo, Belgium	[36]
2000 m	5:42.15	Veerle Dejaeghere	14 July 2001	KBC Night of Athletics	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
3000 m	8:49.31	Veerle Dejaeghere	15 June 2000		Helsinki, Finland
Two miles	9:49.93	Veerle Dejaeghere	14 September 2007	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
5000 m	14:42.93	Jana van Lent	19 July 2025	London Athletics Meet	London, United Kingdom	[37]
10,000 m	31:03.60	Marleen Renders	5 August 2000	KBC Night of Athletics	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
10 km (road)	31:23	Marleen Renders	6 July 1999	Nike Classic	Tessenderlo, Belgium
15 km (road)	48:28	Lieve Slegers	28 October 1995		Tulsa, United States
One hour	17315 m	Nina Lauwaert	4 September 2020	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[38]
20 km (road)	1:07:20	Marleen Renders	10 March 2002	20 van Alphen	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
Half marathon	1:08:56	Marleen Renders	23 March 2002	City-Pier-City Loop	The Hague, Netherlands
25 km (road)	1:30:47	Linda Milo	7 May 1989		Berlin, Germany
30 km (road)	1:49:55	Sandra Vandenhaesevelde	17 February 2002		Schoorl, Netherlands
Marathon	2:23:05	Marleen Renders	7 April 2002	Paris Marathon	Paris, France
100 m hurdles	12.71 (+1.4 m/s)	Anne Zagré	18 July 2015	KBC Night of Athletics	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	[39]
200 m hurdles (straight)	26.61	Axelle Dauwens	4 September 2016	Urban Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[40]
300 m hurdles	41.49	Ilana Hanssens	5 May 2024	Internationales Läufermeeting	Pliezhausen, Germany	[41]
400 m hurdles	54.33	Hanne Claes	2 July 2023	Résisprint International	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	[42]
2000 m steeplechase	6:15.60	Sigrid Vanden Bempt	17 August 2008		Huizingen, Belgium
3000 m steeplechase	9:28.47	Veerle Dejaeghere	2 June 2007		Neerpelt, Belgium
High jump	2.05 m	Tia Hellebaut	23 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	[43]
Pole vault	4.73 m	Eline Vekemans	13 August 2025[a]	29th International Pole Vault Meet	Jockgrim, Germany	[44]
Long jump	6.86 m (+0.9 m/s)	Nafissatou Thiam	18 August 2019	Diamond League	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[45]
Triple jump	14.55 m (+2.0 m/s)	Svetlana Bolshakova	31 July 2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[46]
Shot put	17.29 m	Jolien Boumkwo	25 May 2024	Hallesche Werfertage	Halle, Germany	[47]
Discus throw	61.40 m	Marie-Paule Geldhof	30 April 1994		Eeklo, Belgium
Hammer throw	69.91 m	Vanessa Sterckendries	23 August 2020		Leverkusen, Germany	[48]
Javelin throw	59.32 m[b]	Nafissatou Thiam	28 May 2017	Hypo Meeting	Götzis, Austria	[49]
Heptathlon	7013 pts	Nafissatou Thiam	27–28 May 2017	Hypo Meeting	Götzis, Austria	[49]
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 13.37 (−0.7 m/s) 1.98 m 14.51 m 24.40 (−1.6 m/s) 6.56 m (+0.8 m/s) 59.32 m 2:15.24
Decathlon	6577 pts	Cassandre Evans	28–29 September 2019		Schaerbeek, Belgium	[50]
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 12.62 (−1.5 m/s) 5.49 m (−2.3 m/s) 11.92 m 1.57 m 1:03.58 15.18 (−1.4 m/s) 35.71 m 3.00 m 40.62 m 5:56.58
5000 m walk (track)	23:18.2 h	Sabine Desmet	28 May 1987		Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
10,000 m walk (track)	51:18.9	Christa Ceulemans	3 June 1992		Weert, Netherlands
10 km walk (road)	49:55	Sabine Desmet	2 May 1987		New York City, United States
20 km walk (road)	1:50:37	Frieda de Wolf	24 June 1989		Bruges, Belgium
4 × 100 m relay	42.54	Belgium Olivia Borlée Hanna Mariën Élodie Ouédraogo Kim Gevaert	22 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	[51]
4 × 200 m relay	1:35.38	Racing Club Gent Justine Goossens Cloe Van Der Meulen Kiné Gaye Imke Vervaet	5 September 2021	Belgian Championships Relays	Jambes, Belgium	[52]
4 × 400 m relay	3:22.12	Belgium Cynthia Bolingo Hanne Claes Camille Laus Helena Ponnet	20 August 2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	[53][54]
4 × 800 m relay	8:36.4 h	Hermes Club Oostende Griet Vanmassenhove Ingrid Dalagrange Linda Milo Regine Berg	26 July 1986		Waregem, Belgium
Ekiden relay	2:31:13	Daring Club Leuven Atletiek Marieken Verhaeghe / 5 km Kim Geypen / 10 km Domi Lambrechts / 5 km Veerle Van Linden / 10 km Annelore Desaedeleer / 5 km Sigrid Vanden Bempt / 7.195 km	13 October 2012	Acerta Brussels Ekiden	Brussels, Belgium

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 100 m relay	41.24	Belgium Janie de Naeyer Lotte van Lent Robbe Torfs Rendel Vermeulen	10 May 2025	World Relays	Guangzhou, China	[55]
4 × 400 m relay	3:09.36[c]	Belgium Alexander Doom Helena Ponette Jonathan Sacoor Naomi Van den Broeck	3 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[56]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	6.56	Ronald Desruelles	10 February 1985		Maastricht, Netherlands
			5 February 1988		Sindelfingen, Germany
100 m	10.35	Patrick Stevens	12 February 1996		Tampere, Finland
200 m	20.66	Patrick Stevens	19 February 1995	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
		Erik Wijmeersch	12 February 1997	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium
		Patrick Stevens	25 February 2000	European Championships	Ghent, Belgium
300 m	32.72	Kevin Borlée	10 February 2013	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium	[57]
400 m	45.25	Alexander Doom	2 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[58]
500 m	1:00.76	Jonathan Borlée	14 February 2015	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[59]
600 m	1:14.92	Eliott Crestan	25 January 2025	LBFA Allianz Championships	Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	[60]
800 m	1:45.04	Tibo De Smet	22 January 2023	CMCM Meeting	Kirchberg, Luxembourg	[61]
1000 m	2:17.17	Pieter Sisk	3 February 2024[d]	IFAM Indoor	Ghent, Belgium	[62]
1500 m	3:36.38	Ismael Debjani	3 February 2022	Czech Indoor Gala	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[63]
Mile	3:53.98	Thomas Vanoppen	3 February 2024	Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational	Boston, United States	[64]
2000 m	5:00.0+ h	Emiel Puttemans	18 February 1973		Berlin, Germany
3000 m	7:38.94	Mohammed Mourhit	11 March 2001	World Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	[65]
Two miles	8:13.2 h	Emiel Puttemans	18 February 1973		Berlin, Germany
5000 m	13:03.46	John Heymans	26 January 2024	BU John Thomas Terrier Classic	Boston, United States	[66]
10,000 m	28:12.4 h	Emiel Puttemans	22 February 1975		Pantin, France
50 m hurdles	6.56+	Jonathan N'Senga	13 February 2000	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
60 m hurdles	7.51	Elie Bacari	19 January 2025	CMCM Meeting	Kirchberg, Luxembourg	[67]
			6 March 2025	European Championships	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	[68]
110 m hurdles	13.79	Jonathan N'Senga	12 February 1996		Tampere, Finland
400 m hurdles	53.54	Jori Stroobants	27 January 2018	Meeting Elite en salle de l'Eure	Val-de-Reuil, France	[69]
2000 m steeplechase	5:43.90	Bert Misplon	13 February 2011	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium	[70][71]
High jump	2.31 m	Eddy Annys	17 January 1986		Simmerath, Germany
			25 February 1986		Solna, Sweden
Pole vault	5.82 m	Ben Broeders	8 February 2023	Copernicus Cup	Toruń, Poland	[72]
Long jump	8.08 m	Erik Nys	12 February 1995	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium
Triple jump	16.90 m	Michael Velter	29 January 2005		Ghent, Belgium
Shot put	18.92 m	Matthias Quintelier	26 February 2022	Belgian Championships	Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	[73]
Discus throw	64.16 m	Philip Milanov	13 February 2016	ISTAF Indoor	Berlin, Germany	[74]
Heptathlon	6259 pts	Thomas Van Der Plaetsen	7–8 March 2014	World Championships	Sopot, Poland	[75]
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 7.13 7.67 m 14.32 m 2.12 m 8.16 5.20 m 2:40.50
	6259 pts	Jente Hauttekeete	7–8 March 2025	European Championships	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	[76]
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 6.93 7.30 m 14.98 m 2.07 m 7.95 5.10 m 2:39.82
3000 m walk	12:08.9	Philippe Burton	18 January 1987		Liévin, France
5000 m walk	18:54.67	Joseph Martens	6 March 1988	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary
4 × 200 m relay	1:25.56	Racing Club Brussel (RCB) Dylan Borlée Kevin Borlée Jonathan Borlée Raymond Bang Cuse	8 February 2016	IFAM Indoor	Ghent, Belgium	[77]
4 × 400 m relay	3:02.51	Belgium Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Jonathan Sacoor Kevin Borlée	4 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[78]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.08	Rani Rosius	9 March 2025	European Championships	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	[79]
200 m	23.26	Imke Vervaet	19 February 2023	Belgian Championships	Ghent, Belgium	[80]
300 m	36.69	Cynthia Bolingo Mbongo	23 February 2019		Ghent, Belgium	[81]
400 m	51.62	Cynthia Bolingo Mbongo	2 March 2019	European Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[82]
600 m	1:29.0 h	Regine Berg	27 February 1988		Vittel, France
800 m	2:00.46	Sandra Stals	20 February 2000	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
1000 m	2:39.68	Sandra Stals	26 February 2005	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
1500 m	4:05.71	Elise Vanderelst	9 February 2021	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin, France	[83]
Mile	4:29.31	Elise Vanderelst	30 January 2024	Czech Indoor Gala	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[84]
3000 m	8:47.98	Lisa Rooms	3 February 2024	Meeting Metz Moselle Athlélor	Metz, France	[85]
5000 m	16:21.31	Veronique Collard	8 February 1998		Ghent, Belgium
50 m hurdles	6.91+	Eline Berings	5 March 2010	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France	[86]
60 m hurdles	7.92	Eline Berings	6 March 2009	European Championships	Turin, Italy	[87]
High jump	2.05 m[e]	Tia Hellebaut	3 March 2007	European Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Pole vault	4.53 m	Fanny Smets	20 February 2021	Belgian Championships	Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	[88]
Long jump	6.79 m	Nafissatou Thiam	1 March 2020	French Championships	Liévin, France	[89]
Triple jump	14.31 m	Svetlana Bolshakova	13 February 2011	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium	[90][91]
Shot put	17.87 m	Jolien Boumkwo	19 February 2023	Belgian Championships	Ghent, Belgium	[92]
Pentathlon	5055 pts	Nafissatou Thiam	3 March 2023	European Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[93]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.23 1.92 m 15.54 m 6.59 m 2:13.60
3000 m walk	13:58.3 ht	Sabine Desmet	24 January 1987	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
4 × 200 m relay	1:37.48	Racing Club Gent Imke Vervaet Lauren Bauwens Cloe Van Der Meulen Justine Goossens	2 February 2020		Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
4 × 400 m relay	3:28.05	Belgium Naomi van den Broeck Helena Ponette Camille Laus Cynthia Bolingo	3 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[94]

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:16.19	Belgium Julien Watrin Imke Vervaet Christian Iguacel Helena Ponette	6 March 2025	European Championships	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	[95]

Notes

1. by World Athletics source; 13 July 2025 by VAL source, a typo
2. record set during heptathlon competition
3. by official result source; 3:09.39 by VAL source, a typo
4. by World Athletics source; 3 February 2004 by LRBA/KBAB source, a typo
5. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record