List of Chinese records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in China maintained by Chinese Athletics Association (CAA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by CAA   Not ratified or later rescinded by CAA

! = timing by photo-electric cell

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 y	9.43+ (−0.4 m/s)	Su Bingtian	17 June 2014	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic
100 m	9.83 (+0.9 m/s)	Su Bingtian	1 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[1][2]
150 m (bend)	15.90 (−0.9 m/s)	Zhang Ruixuan	11 February 2017	Nitro Athletics Round 3	Melbourne, Australia	[3]
200 m	19.88 (+0.9 m/s)	Xie Zhenye	21 July 2019	Diamond League	London, United Kingdom	[4]
400 m	45.14	Guo Zhongze	3 September 2017	National Games	Tianjin, China	[5]
800 m	1:46.32	Teng Haining	21 May 2014	IAAF World Challenge Beijing	Beijing, China	[6][7]
	1:45.66	Liu Dezhu	20 April 2024	Xiamen Diamond League	Xiamen, China	[8]
1500 m	3:36.49	Dou Zhaobo	24 October 2003	National City Games	Changsha, China	[9]
Mile	3:59.75	Gu Ming	3 June 2006	Reebok Grand Prix	New York City, United States	[10]
3000 m	7:56.19	Zhang Guowei	23 June 1987	Czech Grand Prix	Prague, Czechoslovakia
5000 m	13:25.14	Xia Fengyuan	23 October 1997	Chinese National Games	Shanghai, China
5 km (road)	14:31+	Mao Jinhu	12 January 2025	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia, Spain	[11]
10,000 m	28:08.67	Ren Longyun	1 November 2007	Chinese Intercity Games	Wuhan, China
	27:48.68	Wang Wenjie	31 May 2025		Tokyo, Japan	[citation needed]
10 km (road)	28:49	Mao Jinhu	12 January 2025	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia, Spain	[12]
Half marathon	1:02:51	Dong Guojian	26 April 2009		Yangzhou, China	[13]
	1:02:33	Chen Shangdong	19 October 2008		Beijing, China	[14]
30 km (road)	1:33:34	Bai Jinpeng	19 February 2006		Ome, Japan
Marathon	2:08:15[a]	Ren Longyun	21 October 2007	Beijing Marathon	Beijing, China	[15][16]
	2:07:30	He Jie	19 March 2023	Wuxi Marathon	Wuxi, China	[17]
	2:06:57	He Jie	24 March 2024	Wuxi Marathon	Wuxi, China	[18]
110 m hurdles	12.88 (+1.1 m/s)	Liu Xiang	11 July 2006	Athletissima	Lausanne, Switzerland
300 m hurdles	34.95	Xie Zhiyu	26 April 2025	Xiamen Diamond League	Xiamen, China	[19]
400 m hurdles	49.03	Meng Yan	22 May 2006	Asian Grand Prix	Bangalore, India
	48.78	Xie Zhiyu	4 August 2023	Summer World University Games	Chengdu, China	[20]
3000 m steeplechase	8:10.46	Sun Ripeng	19 October 1997	Chinese National Games	Shanghai, China
High jump	2.39 m	Zhu Jianhua	10 June 1984	International High-Jump Meeting	Eberstadt, West Germany
Pole vault	5.82 m	Xue Changrui	8 August 2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	[21]
Long jump	8.47 m (±0.0 m/s)	Li Jinzhe	28 June 2014 [b]	Weitsprung-Meeting der Weltklasse	Bad Langensalza, Germany	[22]
	8.47 m A (+0.7 m/s)	Wang Jianan	16 June 2018	Chinese Grand Prix Final	Guiyang, China	[23]
Triple jump	17.59 m (±0.0 m/s)	Li Yanxi	26 October 2009	Chinese National Games	Jinan, China	[24]
Shot put	20.41 m	Zhang Jun	11 December 2009	East Asian Games	Hong Kong	[25]
Discus throw	65.16 m	Li Shaojie	7 May 1996	Chinese Championships	Nanjing, China
Hammer throw	77.04 m	Bi Zhong	4 August 1989		Jinggangshan, China
Javelin throw	89.15 m	Zhao Qinggang	2 October 2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	[26]
Decathlon	8290 pts	Qi Haifeng	28–29 May 2005	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.87 (+0.9 m/s) 7.40 m (+0.1 m/s) 13.41 m 2.03 m 48.72 14.63 (−1.4 m/s) 48.57 m 4.70 m 64.53 m 4:32.02
5000 m walk (track)	18:49.10	Wang Zhen	13 September 2014	Meeting Internazionale di Atletica Leggera	Fossano, Italy	[27]
10,000 m walk (track)	38:23.73	Wang Zhen	8 February 2015	Trofeo Ugo Frigerio	Genova, Italy	[28]
10 km walk (road)	37:44	Wang Zhen	18 September 2010	World Race Walking Challenge	Beijing, China	[29]
20,000 m walk (track)	1:18:03.3 h	Bo Lingtang	7 April 1994	Chinese Race Walking Championships	Beijing, China
20 km walk (road)	1:16:54	Wang Kaihua	20 March 2021	Chinese Race Walking Championships	Huangshan, China	[30]
35 km walk (road)	2:29:35	He Xianghong	23 April 2022	Dudinská Päťdesiatka	Dudince, Slovakia	[31]
	2:24:45	He Xianghong	24 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	[32]
	2:22:55	He Xianghong	4 March 2023	Chinese National Race Walk Grand Prix	Huangshan, China	[33]
50,000 m walk (track)	3:48:13.7	Zhao Yongsheng	7 May 1994		Fana, Norway
50 km walk (road)	3:36:06	Yu Chaohong	22 October 2005	Chinese National Games	Nanjing, China
4 × 100 m relay	37.79	China Su Bingtian Xu Zhouzheng Wu Zhiqiang Xie Zhenye	4 October 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[34]
	37.79	China Tang Xingqiang Xie Zhenye Su Bingtian Wu Zhiqiang	6 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[35][36]
4 × 200 m relay	1:20.83	Shandong Team Wang Shengjie Xie Yuqiang Zhang Yaorong Qiao Zhen	23 September 2021	National Games	Xi'an, China	[37]
		Guangdong Team Su Bingtian Zhang Ruixian Mo Youxue Yan Haibin	23 September 2021	National Games	Xi'an, China	[37]
4 × 400 m relay	3:03.55	China Lu Zhiquan Wu Lei Yang Lei Wu Yuang	24 April 2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	[38]
	3:01.87	China Liang Baotang Li Yiqing Zhang Qining Fu Haoran	10 May 2025	World Relays	Guangdong, China	[39]
4 × 800 m relay	7:26.0	China Han Bo Qin Dingchun Wang Da Zhang Jinsong	3 October 1991	Chinese Championships	Shanghai, China

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.79 (±0.0 m/s)	Li Xuemei	18 October 1997	Chinese National Games	Shanghai, China
150 m (bend)	18.17 NWI	Fu Na	4 February 2017	Nitro Athletics Round 1	Melbourne, Australia	[40]
200 m	22.01 (±0.0 m/s)	Li Xuemei	22 October 1997	Chinese National Games	Shanghai, China
400 m	49.81	Ma Yuqin	11 September 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing, China
800 m	1:55.54	Liu Dong	9 September 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing, China
1500 m	3:50.46	Qu Yunxia	11 September 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing, China
Mile	4:35.34	Qingfen Wang	5 July 1998	Zipfer Gugl Grand Prix	Linz, Austria	[41]
2000 m	5:29.43+ !	Wang Junxia	12 September 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing, China
3000 m	8:06.11	Wang Junxia	13 September 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing, China
Two miles	9:49.33	Jin Yuan	20 May 2007	Adidas Track Classic	Carson, United States
5000 m	14:28.09	Jiang Bo	23 October 1997	Chinese National Games	Shanghai, China
10,000 m	29:31.78	Wang Junxia	8 September 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing, China
10 km (road)	31:49	Wei Yanan	10 October 1999		Beijing, China
15 km (road)	49:34	Wang Xiuting	24 September 1989		Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20 km (road)	1:07:58	Zhao Youfeng	23 November 1988		Nagoya, Japan
Half marathon	1:08:40	Sun Yingjie	3 October 2004	World Half Marathon Championships	New Delhi, India
30 km (road)	1:45:22	Yi Miaomiao	19 February 2006		Ōme, Japan
Marathon	2:19:39	Sun Yingjie	19 October 2003	Beijing Marathon	Beijing, China
100 m hurdles	12.64 (+0.1 m/s)	Zhang Yu	9 September 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing, China
400 m hurdles	53.96	Han Qing	9 September 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing, China
		Song Yinglan	22 November 2001		Guangzhou, China
2000 m steeplechase	6:21.85	Xu Shuangshuang	1 September 2019	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin, Germany	[42]
3000 m steeplechase	9:20.32	Zhang Xinyan	8 April 2021		Shaoxing, China	[43]
High jump	1.97 m	Jin Ling	7 May 1989		Hamamatsu, Japan
Pole vault	4.72 m	Li Ling	18 May 2019	Diamond League	Shanghai, China	[44]
Long jump	7.01 m (+1.4 m/s)	Yao Weili	5 June 1993	Chinese Championships	Jinan, China
Triple jump	14.90 m (+1.0 m/s)	Xie Limei	20 September 2007	Chinese Championships	Ürümqi, China
Shot put	21.76 m	Li Meisu	23 April 1988	Shijiazhuang Track Classic	Shijiazhuang, China
Discus throw	71.68 m	Xiao Yanling	14 March 1992		Beijing, China
Hammer throw	77.68 m	Wang Zheng	29 March 2014		Chengdu, China	[45]
Javelin throw	67.98 m	Lü Huihui	2 August 2019	Chinese Trials	Shenyang, China	[46]
Heptathlon	6750 pts NWI	Ma Miaolan	11–12 September 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing, China
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 13.28 (+1.5 m/s) 1.89 m 14.98 m 23.86 (±0.0 m/s) 6.64 m (NWI) 45.82 m 2:15.83
5000 m walk (track)	20:34.76	Liu Hong	16 September 2012	Chinese University Games	Tianjin, China	[47]
5 km walk (road)	21:30	Wu Quanming	14 April 2018		Shangrao, China
	20:41+	Liu Hongyu	8 May 1999[48]	Oder-Neisse Race Walk Grand Prix	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
	21:16	Jin Bingjie	5 May 1990		Enhörna, Sweden	[49]
	21:26	Li Jingxue	5 May 1990		Enhörna, Sweden	[49]
10,000 m walk (track)	41:37.9 h	Gao Hongmiao	7 April 1994	Chinese Race Walking Championships	Beijing, China
10 km walk (road)	41:16	Wang Yan	8 May 1999	Oder-Neisse Race Walk Grand Prix	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
20,000 m walk (track)
	1:29:32.4 h	Hongjuan Song	23 October 2003	National City Games	Changsha, China
20 km walk (road)	1:23:49	Yang Jiayu	20 March 2021	Chinese Race Walking Championships	Huangshan, China	[30]
30 km walk (road)	2:15:37+	Liu Hong	16 April 2023	Japanese 35 km Racewalking Championships	Wajima, Japan	[50]
35 km walk (road)	2:43:06	Qieyang Shijie	23 April 2022	Dudinská Päťdesiatka	Dudince, Slovakia	[51]
	2:40:37	Qieyang Shijie	22 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	[52]
	2:40:06	Liu Hong	25 March 2023	Dudinská Päťdesiatka	Dudince, Slovakia	[53]
	2:38:42	Liu Hong	16 April 2023	Japanese 35 km Racewalking Championships	Wajima, Japan	[54]
50 km walk (road)	3:59:15	Liu Hong	9 March 2019	Chinese Race Walk Grand Prix	Huangshan, China	[55]
4 × 100 m relay	42.23	Sichuan Team Xiao Lin Li Yali Liu Xiaomei Li Xuemei	23 October 1997	Chinese National Games	Shanghai, China
4 × 200 m relay	1:32.76	China Liang Xiaojing Wei Yongli Kong Lingwei Ge Manqi	12 May 2019	IAAF World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	[56]
4 × 400 m relay	3:24.28	Hebei Team An Xiaohong Bai Xiaoyun Cao Chunying Ma Yuqin	13 September 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing, China
4 × 800 m relay	8:16.2 h	Liaoning Team Liu Dong Chen Yumei Qu Yunxia Liu Li	3 October 1991	Chinese Championships	Shanghai, China
Ekiden relay	2:11:41	Jiang Bo 15:42 (5 km) Dong Yanmei 31:36 (10 km) Zhao Fengting 15:16 (5 km) Ma Zaijie 31:01 (10 km) Lan Lixin 15:50 (5 km) Lin Na 22:16 (7.195 km)	28 February 1998		Beijing, China

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 100 m relay	41.30	China Huang Shuping Kong Lingyao Chen Jinfeng Chen Guanfeng	10 May 2025	World Relays	Guangzhou, China	[57]
4 × 400 m relay	3:17.41	Sichuan Province Liu Yinglan Mu Chunjun Yang Huizhen Yang Lei	23 September 2021	Chinese National Games	Xi'an, China	[58]
	3:13.39	China Liang Boatang Mo Jiadie Zhang Qining Liu Yinglan	11 May 2025	World Relays	Guangzhou, China	[59]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	6.42	Su Bingtian	3 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[60]
200 m	20.75	Zhang Peimeng	30 March 2013	National Grand Prix	Beijing, China	[61]
400 m	46.08	Wang Liangyu	31 October 2007	Asian Indoor Games	Macau
	45.79	Ailixier Wumaier	31 March 2024	Chinese Championships	Tianjin, China	[62]
800 m	1:49.55	Liu Dezhu	17 March 2021		Jinan, China
	1:49.23 OT	Li Xiangyu	3 March 2007		Seattle, United States
1000 m	2:25.8 h	Lin Jun	13 February 1993		Beijing, China
1500 m	3:45.36	Wang Shaojie	20 March 2019	National Grand Prix Final	Hangzhou, China	[63]
	3:44.03 OT	Gu Ming	3 March 2007		Seattle, United States
2000 m	5:15.8	Cao Xulong	18 March 1994		Beijing, China
3000 m	8:01.41	Zhang Yunshan	3 March 2002	Chinese Championships	Tianjin, China
50 m hurdles	6.50	Li Tong	19 February 1994	Sunkist Invitational	Los Angeles, United States
	6.44+[64]	Liu Xiang	28 February 2004	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
55 m hurdles	7.08	Li Tong	8 March 1991	NCAA Division I Championships	Indianapolis, United States
60 m hurdles	7.41	Liu Xiang	18 February 2012	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[65][66]
High jump	2.34 m	Wang Yu	20 February 2019	PSD Bank Meeting	Düsseldorf, Germany	[67]
Pole vault	5.81 m	Xue Changrui	16 January 2016	Perche Elite Tour	Orléans, France	[68]
Long jump	8.27 m	Su Xiongfeng	11 March 2010		Nanjing, China	[69]
Triple jump	17.41 m	Dong Bin	29 February 2016	National Grand Prix	Nanjing, China	[70]
Shot put	20.16 m	Zhang Jun	13 February 2012	Chinese Grand Prix	Nanjing, China	[71]
Heptathlon	5763 pts	Qi Haifeng	24–25 February 2006	Chinese Championships	Beijing, China
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 7.13 7.24 m 13.14 m 2.00 m 8.38 4.80 m 2:42.31[72]
5000 m walk
10,000 m walk	38:23.73[73]	Wang Zhen	8 February 2015	Trofeo Ugo Frigerio	Genova, Italy	[28]
4 × 400 m relay	3:12.55[64]	China He Jun Ta La Tan Biao Liang Chao	18 February 2004		Tianjin, China
	3:13.21	China Yang Jian Bi Guohong Lin Wang Shan	2 March 1996	Japanese Championships	Yokohama, Japan
	3:06.90	China Zheng Chiyu Zhang Qining Xu Xinlong Ju Tianqi	23 March 2025	World Championships	Nanjing, China	[74]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.10	Ge Manqi	19 March 2019	National Grand Prix Final	Hangzhou, China	[63]
200 m	23.52	Jiang Lan	7 March 2013	National Grand Prix	Nanjing, China	[75]
	23.1 h	Chen Zhaojing	24 March 1990		Jinan, China
400 m	52.27	Li Yajun	24 February 1996	Chinese Championships	Beijing, China
800 m	2:02.90	Liu Qing	1 March 2005		Tianjin, China
1000 m	2:46.6 h	Geng Xiujuan	27 March 1987		Beijing, China
1500 m	4:09.71	Xue Fei	13 February 2012	Chinese Grand Prix	Nanjing, China	[71]
2000 m	5:55.6 h	Liu Jianying	18 March 1994		Beijing, China
3000 m	8:41.34	Dong Yanmei	10 March 2001	World Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	[76]
5000 m	16:07.75 OT	Jin Yuan	3 March 2007		Seattle, United States
60 m hurdles	8.02	Wu Shuijiao	15 February 2014	Asian Championships	Hangzhou, China	[77]
	8.01	Wu Yanni	23 March 2025	World Championships	Nanjing, China	[78]
High jump	1.95 m	Zheng Xingjuan	9 March 2014	National Grand Prix	Nanjing, China
Pole vault	4.70 m	Li Ling	19 February 2016	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	[79]
Long jump	6.82 m	Yang Juan	13 March 1992		Beijing, China
	6.96 m	Wang Yanping	4 February 2017	National Championships	Baku, Azerbaijan
Triple jump	14.40 m	Huang Qiuyan	10 March 2002		Shanghai, China
Shot put	21.10 m	Sui Xinmei	3 March 1990		Beijing, China
Discus throw	60.68 m	Chen Yang	27 March 2020		Beijing, China	[citation needed]
Hammer throw	69.44 m	Luo Na	30 May 2020		Beijing, China	[citation needed]
Javelin throw	64.34 m	Lü Huihui	29 May 2020		Beijing, China	[citation needed]
Pentathlon	4415 pts	Wang Qingling	22 March 2014	National Championships	Beijing, China
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.41 1.79 m 12.33 m 6.29 m 2:22.55
3000 m walk	13:05.56	Yan Hong	18 January 1985	World Indoor Games	Paris, France
4 × 400 m relay	3:38.17	China Ni Xiaoli Bu Fanfang Chen Lisha Zhang Xiaoyuan	22 February 2003		Yokohama, Japan

Notes

1. 2:08.16 by CAA source
2. by World Athletics source, 29 June 2014 by federation source