List of Danish records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Denmark maintained by Denmark's national athletics federation: Dansk Atletik Forbund (DAF).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by DAF   Not ratified or later rescinded by DAF

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.11 (−0.1 m/s)	Simon Hansen	29 June 2024	Danish Championships	Hvidovre, Denmark	[1]
200 m	20.49 (−0.2 m/s)	Simon Hansen	5 September 2021		Aarhus, Denmark
	20.48 A (+0.3 m/s)	Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak	11 April 2021	All Comers Meet	Lusaka, Zambia	[2]
300 m	32.32	Benjamin Lobo Vedel	30 January 2024	ACNW Track & Field League 1	Potchefstroom, South Africa	[3]
400 m	45.50	Nick Ekelund-Arenander	13 July 2013	Meeting de Atletismo Madrid	Madrid, Spain	[4]
	45.50	Benjamin Lobo Vedel	15 August 2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	[5]
	45.41	Gustav Lundholm Nielsen [de; no]	14 July 2024	Resisprint International	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	[6]
600 m	1:18.14	Andreas Bube	19 August 2020	Gyulai István Memorial	Székesfehérvár, Hungary	[7]
800 m	1:41.11	Wilson Kipketer	24 August 1997		Cologne, Germany
1000 m	2:16.29	Wilson Kipketer	23 August 1995
1500 m	3:31.17	Robert Kiplagat Andersen	13 August 1997	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
Mile	3:50.79	Robert Kiplagat Andersen	26 August 1997	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany
Mile (road)	4:05.27	Andreas Lindgreen	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	[8]
2000 m	4:59.56	Mogens Guldberg	15 September 1987
3000 m	7:43.78	Mogens Guldberg	13 September 1989		Jerez, Spain
5000 m	13:22.74	Joel Ibler Lillesø	15 June 2024	KBC Night of Athletics	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	[9]
	13:13.06	Joel Ibler Lillesø	9 August 2025	IFAM Oordegem	Oordegem, Belgium
5 km (road)	13:48	Thijs Nijhuis	14 February 2021	5 km Herculis	Monaco	[10]
	13:46	Joel Ibler Lillesø	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	[11]
	13:42	Axel Vang Christensen	13 February 2022	5 km Herculis	Monaco
10,000 m	27:54.76	Carsten Jørgensen	4 April 1998		Lisbon, Portugal
10 km (road)	28:21	Axel Vang Christensen	14 January 2024	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia, Spain	[12]
	28:16	Jacob Sommer Simonsen	12 January 2025	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia, Spain	[13]
15 km (road)	43:42	Henrik Jørgensen	13 December 1986
	43:32+	Jacob Sommer Simonsen	16 February 2025	Barcelona Half Marathon	Barcelona, Spain	[14]
10 miles (road)	46:13	Carsten Jørgensen	20 September 1998	Glen Dimplex Cross Border Challenge	Newry, United Kingdom	[15]
20,000 m (track)	1:00:03.83+	Abdi Hakin Ulad	4 September 2020	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[16]
20 km (road)	59:07	Abdi Hakin Ulad	24 March 2018		Valencia, Spain
	58:07+	Jacob Sommer Simonsen	16 February 2025	Barcelona Half Marathon	Barcelona, Spain	[17]
One hour	19985 m	Abdi Hakin Ulad	4 September 2020	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[18]
Half marathon	1:01:55	Carsten Jørgensen	27 September 1998	World Half Marathon Championships	Uster, Switzerland
	1:01:11	Jacob Sommer Simonsen	16 February 2025	Barcelona Half Marathon	Barcelona, Spain	[19]
25 km (road)	1:15:38+	Jacob Sommer Simonsen	29 September 2024	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[20]
Marathon	2:07:51	Jacob Sommer Simonsen	29 September 2024	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[21]
100 km (road)	6:57:35	Kenneth Munk	24 April 2010	Copenhagen Ultramarathon	Copenhagen, Denmark	[22][23]
	6:52:19	Mads Lund Skaaning	26 April 2025		Viborg, Denmark	[24]
24 hours	257.753 km	Kim Hansen	11 April 2015	IAU 24 Hour World Championship	Turin, Italy	[25]
	266.940 km	Emil Krog Ingerslev	1–2 June 2024		Sæby, Denmark	[26]
110 m hurdles	13.50 (+1.0 m/s)	Andreas Martinsen	20 June 2017	Copenhagen Athletics Games	Copenhagen, Denmark	[27]
200 m hurdles	23.1 h	Claus Hirsbro	20 May 1992
400 m hurdles	50.01	Nicolai Hartling	10 August 2019	European Team Championships	Varaždin, Croatia	[28]
2000 m steeplechase	5:34.02	Ole Hesselbjerg	3 September 2024	Copenhagen Athletics Games	Copenhagen, Denmark	[29]
3000 m steeplechase	8:20.42	Ole Hesselbjerg	8 June 2021	Paavo Nurmi Games	Turku, Finland	[30]
High jump	2.28 m	Janick Klausen	20 June 2019		Essen, Germany	[31]
Pole vault	5.75 m	Piotr Buciarski	27 April 2002		Fort-de-France, France
Long jump	8.25 m (+0.5 m/s)	Morten Jensen	3 July 2005		Gothenburg, Sweden
Triple jump	16.88 m (+0.6 m/s)	Anders Møller	7 August 2011	Danish Championships	Copenhagen, Denmark	[32]
Shot put	21.61 m	Joachim Olsen	13 June 2007		Copenhagen, Denmark
Discus throw	61.30 m	Steen Hedegård	30 August 1977		Copenhagen, Denmark
Hammer throw	77.02 m	Jan Bielecki	8 September 2002		Bad Köstritz, Germany
Javelin throw	81.22 m	Kenneth Pedersen	5 August 1989		Copenhagen, Denmark
Decathlon	7994 pts	Lars Warming	18–19 June 1988	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.08 7.31 m 13.54 m 1.93 m 48.03 14.34 42.60 m 4.70 m 51.94 m 4:17.35
20 km walk (road)	1:22:18	Claus Jørgensen	11 May 1996		Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
50 km walk (road)	3:51:46	Jacob Sørensen	15 June 2002		Dublin, Ireland
4 × 100 m relay	38.16	Denmark Simon Hansen Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak Kojo Musah Frederik Schou-Nielsen	5 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[33]
4 × 200 m relay	1:25.53	IF Sparta Christian Trajkovski Bernie Bengtsson Henrik Paulsen Lars Pedersen	3 June 1989		Østerbro, Denmark
	1:25.53	IF Sparta Christian Trajkovski Henrik Paulsen Karsten Krygermeier Lars Pedersen	19 May 1990		Østerbro, Denmark
4 × 400 m relay	3:07.08	Denmark Jacob Riis Andreas Bube Nicklas Hyde Nick Ekelund-Arenander	2 July 2011	MONDO Keien Meeting	Uden, Netherlands	[34]
4 × 800 m relay	7:27.3 h	Århus 1900 ? ? ? ?	21 August 1987
4 × 1500 m relay	15:18.5 h	IF Sparta ? ? ? ?	2 August 1986

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	11.32 (+0.2 m/s)	Ida Karstoft	11 June 2022	Copenhagen Open	Hvidovre, Sweden
200 m	22.60 (+1.4 m/s)	Ida Karstoft	12 April 2024	Tom Jones Memorial	Gainesville, United States	[35]
300 m	38.74	Sofie Abildtrup	27 August 2002
400 m	52.84	Rikke Rønholt	6 July 2006		Århus, Denmark
800 m	2:00.97	Karen Gydesen	29 June 1994		Helsinki, Finland
1000 m	2:43.7 h	Gitte Karlshøj	27 September 1990
1500 m	4:05.34	Sofia Thøgersen	19 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[36]
Mile	4:30.2	Loa Olafsson	25 May 1978
Mile (road)	4:54.95 Wo	Mia Helene Morck	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	[37]
2000 m	5:43.7 h	Gitte Karlshøj	18 September 1991
3000 m	8:42.3 h	Loa Olafsson	27 June 1978	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
5000 m	15:07.70	Anna Emilie Møller	14 July 2019	European U23 Championships	Gävle, Sweden	[38]
5 km (road)	15:36	Anna Emilie Møller	17 February 2019	5 km Herculis	Monaco
	15:21	Sofia Thøgersen	16 March 2025		Lille, France	[39]
10,000 m	31:45.4 Mx	Loa Olafsson	6 April 1978		Copenhagen, Denmark
	32:02.89	Dorthe S. Rasmussen	4 September 1983		Knarvik, Norway
10 km (road)	32:06	Dorthe S. Rasmussen	15 January 1983		Miami, United States
15 km (road)	49:08	Dorthe S. Rasmussen	23 June 1991		Portland, United States	[40]
20 km (road)	1:07:06	Dorthe S. Rasmussen	28 November 1982
Half marathon	1:09:48	Dorthe S. Rasmussen	24 March 1991
25 km (road)	1:28:32	Annemette Jensen	21 April 1984		Paderborn, Germany
Marathon	2:29:34	Dorthe S. Rasmussen	23 April 1989	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom
100 km (road)	7:53.15	Anni Lønstad	16 April 1994		Hanau, Germany
12-hour run	135.050 km	Bouchra Lundgren Eriksen	2 June 2024	I Feel Slovenia12Run	Kranj, Slovenia	[41]
24 hours	231.339 km	Anne Marie Geisler Andersen	2 July 2017	IAU 24 Hour World Championship	Belfast, United Kingdom	[42]
100 m hurdles	12.83 (+2.0 m/s)	Mette Graversgaard	24 May 2023		Savona, Italy
200 m hurdles	27.3 h	Dorte Wolfsberg	7 July 1981		?	[citation needed]
300 m hurdles	39.42	Sara Petersen	11 June 2020	Impossible Games	Oslo, Norway	[43]
400 m hurdles	53.55	Sara Petersen	18 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[44]
2000 m steeplechase	6:24.51	Sofia Thøgersen	11 September 2021		Hvidovre, Denmark	[45]
3000 m steeplechase	9:13.46	Anna Emilie Møller	30 September 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[46]
High jump	1.94 m	Pia Zinck	8 August 1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece
Pole vault	4.55 m	Caroline Bonde Holm	17 August 2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	[47]
Long jump	6.96 m (+2.0 m/s)	Renata Nielsen	5 June 1994		Seville, Spain
Triple jump	13.99 m (+0.8 m/s)	Janne Nielsen	13 September 2020	French Championships	Albi, France	[48]
Shot put	16.97 m	Thea Jensen	26 May 2022		Bloomington, United States
Discus throw	62.22 m	Lisa Brix Pedersen	24 June 2023		Aalborg, Denmark
Hammer throw	74.22 m	Katrine Koch Jacobsen	8 June 2022		Trnava, Slovakia
Javelin throw	64.83 m	Christina Scherwin	9 September 2006	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	[49]
Heptathlon	5722 pts h	Dorte Klein	27–28 August 1983		Århus, Denmark
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 14.5w 1.77 m 11.07 m 25.5w 5.89 m 48.38 m 2:18.8
5000 m walk (track)	23:25.4	Gunhild Kristiansen	21 September 1985
10 km walk (road)	48:31	Karin Jensen	19 September 1991
20 km walk (road)	1:45:28	Gunhild Kristiansen	9 May 1986[50]		Värnamo, Sweden
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	43.46	Denmark Mette Graversgaard Mathilde Kramer Astrid Glenner-Frandsen Ida Karstoft	22 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	[51]
4 × 200 m relay	1:37.80	Denmark Louise Østergaard Emma Beiter Bomme Mathilde Kramer Mette Graversgaard	2 May 2021	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	[52]
4 × 400 m relay	3:36.2 h	Denmark Birgitte Jennes Kirsten Høiler Pia Lund Hansen Annelise Damm-Olesen	19 September 1969	European Championships	Athens, Greece

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:24.72	Denmark	25 June 2019		Minsk, Belarus

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	5.75	Martin Krabbe	18 February 2010		Århus, Denmark	[53]
	5.5 h	Claus Hirsbro	15 January 1994
60 m	6.56	Kojo Musah	30 January 2022		Randers, Norway	[54]
200 m	20.97	Benjamin Lobo Vedel	22 February 2019	SEC Championships	Fayetteville, United States	[55]
300 m	32.51	Benjamin Lobo Vedel	6 January 2018	Orange & Purple Invitational	Clemson, United States	[56]
400 m	45.67	Benjamin Lobo Vedel	19 March 2022	World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[57]
800 m	1:42.67	Wilson Kipketer	9 March 1997	World Championships	Paris, France
1000 m	2:14.96	Wilson Kipketer	20 February 2000	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
1500 m	3:38.85	Mogens Guldberg	28 February 1991		Seville, Spain
	3:38.47+	Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen	8 February 2025	Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational	Boston, United States	[58]
Mile	3:59.13	Mogens Guldberg	26 February 1988
	3:53.80	Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen	8 February 2025	Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational	Boston, United States	[59]
3000 m	7:44.76	Mogens Guldberg	9 March 1991	World Championships	Seville, Spain
5000 m	14:22.54	Lars Juhl	11 March 2000
50 m hurdles	6.77	Andreas Martinsen	12 February 2015		Århus, Denmark	[60]
60 m hurdles	7.68 (heat)	Andreas Martinsen	3 March 2017	European Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[61]
	7.68 (final)					[62]
High jump	2.27 m[63]	Michael Mikkelsen	4 March 1990	European Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom
		Janick Klausen	4 March 2011	European Championships	Paris, France	[64]
Pole vault	5.72 m	Martin Voss	25 February 1995		Malmö, Sweden
Long jump	8.18 m	Morten Jensen	8 February 2006		Gothenburg, Sweden
Triple jump	17.01 m[63]	Anders Møller	25 February 2006		Malmö, Sweden
Shot put	21.63 m[63]	Joachim Olsen	25 February 2004		Tallinn, Estonia
Discus throw	53.43 m	Andreas Ellegaard	1 March 2015	World Indoor Throwing	Växjö, Sweden	[65]
Javelin throw	55.82 m	David Korczynski	10 March 2012	World Indoor Throwing	Växjö, Sweden	[66]
Weight throw (35 lb)	21.55 m	Jan Bielecki	14 February 1997		Baton Rouge, United States
Heptathlon	5542 pts h	Lars Warming	12–13 February 1988		Århus, Denmark
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 7.0 7.15 m 13.40 m 1.90 m 7.9 4.60 m 2:51.5
3000 m walk	11:53.9+	Claus Jørgensen	19 February 1994		Århus, Denmark
5000 m walk	20:14.9	Claus Jørgensen	19 February 1994		Århus, Denmark
10,000 m walk	42:33.4	Claus Jørgensen	20 March 1994		Århus, Denmark
4 × 200 m relay	1:26.50	Denmark Claus Hirsbro Lars Pedersen Peter Voigt Kenneth Jensen	25 February 1996
4 × 400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	6.33	Dorthe A. Rasmussen	22 February 1981	European Championships	Grenoble, France
60 m	7.24	Ida Karstoft	2 March 2022		Aarhus, Denmark
200 m	23.22	Ida Karstoft	13 February 2022	Nordic Indoor Match	Uppsala, Sweden	[67]
400 m	52.59[a]	Sara Petersen	13 February 2016	Nordenkampen	Växjö, Sweden	[68]
800 m	2:02.33	Heidi Jensen	17 February 2000	GE Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
1000 m	2:44.90	Tina Krebs	1 March 1986		Clemson, United States
1500 m	4:10.20	Tina Krebs	9 February 1985		East Rutherford, United States
Mile	4:29.31	Sofia Thøgersen	30 January 2024	Czech Indoor Gala	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[69]
3000 m	9:00.80	Alberte Kjær Pedersen	4 March 2021	European Championships	Toruń, Poland	[70]
50 m hurdles	7.28	Mette Graversgaard	28 December 2019		Aarhus, Denmark
60 m hurdles	7.92	Mette Graversgaard	5 March 2023	European Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[71]
400 m hurdles	56.66	Sara Petersen	18 February 2012	Meeting National	Val-de-Reuil, France	[72][73]
High jump	1.90 m	Pia Zinck	7 March 1997	World Championships	Paris, France
			30 January 1998		Arnstadt, Germany
Pole vault	4.50 m	Caroline Bonde Holm	19 February 2022	stav- och längdhoppsgala	Kalmar, Sweden	[74]
Long jump	6.77 m	Renata Nielsen	12 March 1995	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain
Triple jump	13.72 m	Janne Nielsen	29 February 2020	French Championships	Liévin, France	[75]
Shot put	16.76 m	Trine Mulbjerg	28 February 2015	World Indoor Throwing	Växjö, Sweden	[76]
Discus throw	59.57 m	Lisa Brix Pedersen	25 February 2022	Swedish Championships	Växjö, Sweden	[77]
Javelin throw	47.92 m	Nina Otto	10 March 2012	World Indoor Throwing	Växjö, Sweden	[66]
Pentathlon	4072 pts	Tine Bach Ejlersen	3 February 2013	Danish Championships	Århus, Denmark	[78]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.67 1.76 m 10.92 m 5.90 m 2:25.28
3000 m walk	14:11.0	Gunhild Klarksen	24 February 1991		Århus, Denmark
5000 m walk	24:55.0	Karin Jensen	10 February 1990		Herning, Denmark
10,000 m walk	51:47.0	Gunhild Kristiansen	17 March 1984		Odense, Denmark
4 × 200 m relay	1:38.55	Århus 1900 Sara Petersen Martha Danneskjold Rasmussen Thea Lyng Møller Jensen Mette Graversgaard	17 February 2019	Danish Championships	Skive, Denmark
4 × 400 m relay

Notes

1. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record