List of Nepalese records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Nepal maintained by Nepal Athletics Association and Nepal Amateur Athletics Association (NAAA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by NAAA   Not ratified or later rescinded by NAAA

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.71	Ram Krishna Chaudhari	26 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal
	10.5 h	Tilak Ram Tharu	24 May 2011		Kathmandu, Nepal
200 m	21.92	Ram Krishna Chaudhari	23 December 1995	South Asian Games	Chennai, India
	21.92	Ram Krishna Chaudhari	28 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal
	21.5 h	Tilak Ram Tharu	24 February 2013	2nd Golden Sprint Meet	Kathmandu, Nepal	[1]
400 m	48.32	Asha Ram Chaudhari	28 September 1990	Asian Games	Beijing, China
	47.95	Som Bahadur Kumal	18 October 2022	National Games	Pokhara, Nepal	[2]
800 m	1:50.25	Som Bahadur Kumal	28 August 2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia
1500 m	3:46.63	Gop Bahadur Adhikari	22 December 1993	South Asian Games	Dhaka, Bangladesh
	3:46.38	Siddhant Adhikari	29 April 2016	Federation Cup	Delhi, India	[3]
3000 m	8:23.59	Gyan Bahadur Bohara	15 October 1999		New Delhi, India
5000 m	14:04.89	Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari	25 August 2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece
	14:01.19	Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari	25 August 2006	South Asian Games	Colombo, Sri Lanka
10,000 m	30:30.99	Gopi Chandra Parki	2 October 2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea
	30:10.3 h	Deepak Adhikari	16 October 2022	National Games	Pokhara, Nepal	[citation needed]
	29:35.06	Deepak Adhikari	30 September 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	[4]
10 km (road)	29:47	Anish Thapa	24 November 2019	Hyderabad 10K Run	Hyderabad, India	[5]
15 km (road)	46:11+	Subas Gurung	6 July 2024	Gold Coast Half Marathon	Gold Coast, Australia	[6]
20 km (road)	1:01:36+	Subas Gurung	6 July 2024	Gold Coast Half Marathon	Gold Coast, Australia	[7]
Half marathon	1:07:22	Khimu Giri	5 May 2002	World Half Marathon Championships	Brussels, Belgium
	1:05:56+	Anish Thapa Magar	26 February 2023	Apollo Tyres National Marathon	New Delhi, India	[8]
	1:04:55	Subas Gurung	6 July 2024	Gold Coast Half Marathon	Gold Coast, Australia	[9][10]
	1:04:35 a[a]	Anish Thapa	8 December 2019	Vasai-Virar Mayor’s Marathon	Mumbai, India	[11]
Marathon	2:15:03	Baikuntha Manandhar	22 November 1987	South Asian Games	Calcutta, India
110 m hurdles	16.13	Dhirendra Chaudhari	7 February 2010	South Asian Games	Dhaka, Bangladesh	[12]
400 m hurdles	53.23	Asha Ram Chaudhari	25 December 1993	South Asian Games	Dhaka, Bangladesh
3000 m steeplechase	8:57.30	Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari	5 April 2004	South Asian Games	Islamabad, Pakistan
	8:55.19	Durga Bahadur Budha	17 October 2022	National Games	Pokhara, Nepal	[13]
High jump	1.98 m	Surya Khatri	12 July 2015	Nepalese Team's Time Trial	Kathmandu, Nepal	[14]
Pole vault	3.85 m	Rudra Bhattarai	16 September 1994		Kathmandu, Nepal
Long jump	7.32 m (−0.9 m/s)	Salim Dewan	10 August 2025	1st Indian Open World Athletics Continental Tour	Bhuwaneswar, India	[15][16]
Triple jump	15.20 m	Sita Ram Chaudhari	25 July 2001		Kathmandu, Nepal
Shot put	13.92 m	Ujr Singh Bista	26 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal
Discus throw	40.68 m	Chabi Ram Shrestha	23 March 1999		Nepalgunj, Nepal
Hammer throw	47.66 m	Tanka Thapamagar	12 July 1999		Kathmandu, Nepal
Javelin throw	70.39 m	Khursed Ahmed Khan	29 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal
Decathlon	5355 pts (ht)	Dambar Singh Kuwar	27–28 September 1987		Pokhara, Nepal
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.9 5.84 m 10.02 m 1.78 m 53.7 16.5 27.68 m 2.80 m 34.08 m 4:37.1
20 km walk (road)	1:40:48	Ganga Bahadur Shahi	10 January 1997		Chandragadhi, Nepal
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	41.17	Nepal Lila Shrestha Suresh Pandey Ram Krishna Chaudhari Govinda Thapa	23 December 1995	South Asian Games	Madras, India
4 × 400 m relay	3:14.89	Nepal Dhani Ram Chaudhari Lila Shrestha Prem Mahat Khem Bahadur Khatri	29 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	12.19	Devi Maya Paneru	26 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal
200 m	25.00	Devi Maya Paneru	28 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal
400 m	59.57	Tulasa Khatri	22 October 2019	Military World Games	Wuhan, China
	58.10	Ramita Kumari Tharu	18 October 2022	National Games	Pokhara, Nepal	[17]
800 m	2:11.05	Raj Kumari Pandey	23 October 1989	South Asian Games	Islamabad, Pakistan
1500 m	4:33.94	Saraswati Bhattarai	12 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[18]
3000 m	9:48.14	Raj Kumari Pandey	1 October 1990	Asian Games	Beijing, China
5000 m	16:49.98	Kanchhi Maya Koju	26 November 2010	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	[19]
10,000 m	35:03.43	Kanchhi Maya Koju	25 August 2006	South Asian Games	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Half marathon	1:18:46	Nirmala Bharati	2 April 2006	Berlin Half Marathon	Berlin, Germany
	1:16:41	Santoshi Shrestha	10 December 2022		Nepalgunj, Nepal	[20]
	1:15:17	Santoshi Shrestha	20 January 2023	Bangabandhu International Half Marathon	Dhaka, Bangladesh	[21]
25 km (road)	1:44:20+	Sworupa Khadka	13 October 2013	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[22]
30 km (road)	2:05:19+	Sworupa Khadka	13 October 2013	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[23]
Marathon	2:55:57	Kanchhi Maya Koju	24 September 2016		Kathmandu, Nepal
	2:50:11 [b]	Puspa Bhandari	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[24]
	2:48:02	Pushpa Bhandari	20 January 2023	Bangabandhu International Marathon	Dhaka, Bangladesh	[25]
	2:46:26	Santoshi Shrestha	26 January 2024	Bangabandhu International Marathon	Dhaka, Bangladesh	[26]
100 m hurdles	17.61 (−0.2 m/s)	Keshari Chaudhari	5 July 2013	Asian Championships	Pune, India	[27]
	17.5 h	Sabita Chaudhary	27 February 2012	6th National Games	Dhangadhi, Nepal	[28]
	15.9 h	Keshari Chaudhari	10 April 2013	National Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[29]
	15.2 h NWI[c]	Jayarani Tharu	17 October 2022	National Games	Pokhara, Nepal	[30]
400 m hurdles	1:10.78	Chandra Kala Kamat	24 July 1987	Asian Championships	Singapore
	1:07.7 h	Sabita Chaudhary	2012	National Games
	1:07.2 h	Jayarani Tharu	25 June 2022	Nepalese Championships	Kathmandu, Nepal	[31]
	1:04.2 h	Jayarani Tharu	16 October 2022	National Games	Pokhara, Nepal	[citation needed]
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	1.69 m	Keshari Chaudhari	7 February 2010	South Asian Games	Dhaka, Bangladesh	[32]
Pole vault
Long jump	5.36 m	Keshari Chaudhari	10 April 2013	National Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[33]
	5.58 m NWI	Jayarani Tharu	18 October 2022	National Games	Pokhara, Nepal	[34]
Triple jump	12.20 m	Keshari Chaudhari	11 April 2013	National Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	[35]
Shot put	11.56 m	Chandra Kala Lamgade	24 December 2016	National Games	Itahari, Nepal	[36]
Discus throw	40.31 m	Amrita Mahato	8 September 2015	Thailand Open	Bangkok, Thailand	[37]
Hammer throw
Javelin throw	43.94 m	Chandra Kala Lamgade	25 December 2016	National Games	Itahari, Nepal	[38]
Heptathlon	2596 pts h	Padma Chaudhari	1–2 February 1990		Birgunj, Nepal
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m
	2980 pts [39]	Chandra Kala Kamat	28–29 March 1984		Pokhara, Nepal
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	49.13	Nepal Bina Shrestha Samigya Shakya Susmita Thapa Devi Maya Paneru	29 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal
4 × 400 m relay	4:02.5 h	Army Krishna Chaudhary Tulasa Khatri Sangita Meche Saraswati Bhattarai	21 April 2019	National Games	Dang, Nepal	[40]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.09	Ram Krishna Chaudhari	11 March 2001	World Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	[41]
	7.02	Aayush Kunwar	10 February 2024	Whitworth Invitational	Spokane, United States	[42][43][44]
200 m	28.97	Ramesh Maharjan	21 March 2017	World Masters Championships	Daegu, South Korea	[45]
	22.79	Aayush Kunwar	10 February 2024	Whitworth Invitational	Spokane, United States	[42][43][46]
300 m	39.47	Rojit Gurung	8 January 2019	Middlesex League Indoor Meet #5	Boston, United States	[47]
400 m
600 m	1:25.83	Bishow Thapa	12 February 2023	NHIAA Division II Indoor State Championships	Hanover United States	[48]
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles	11.04	Shrestha Santosh Kumar	31 October 2007	Asian Indoor Games	Macau
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump	5.68 m[d]	Rojit Gurung	3 January 2020	Middlesex League Indoor Meet #3	Boston, United States	[49]
Triple jump
Shot put
Heptathlon
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m	4:46.13	Chchaya Khathri	31 October 2007	Asian Indoor Games	Macau
3000 m	10:33.77	Nirmala Bharati	13 November 2005	Asian Indoor Games	Pattaya, Thailand
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
3000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Notes

1. Mark was set at a race that has its start and finish lines separated by 63.03% of the race distance. To be record eligible, start and finish line must be separated by no more than 50%.
2. short distance
3. by World Athletics source; 15.16 by other sources
4. not recognized by World Athletics