List of New Zealand records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in New Zealand. Those maintained by New Zealand's national athletics federation, Athletics New Zealand (ANZ), are the official records.^[1] This list also includes those listed by the IAAF but not recognised by ANZ as well as the best performances from lists maintained by other individuals and organisations.

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by ANZ   Not ratified or later rescinded by ANZ

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	6.50 (+1.6 m/s)	Tiaan Whelpton	25 January 2025	ACT Open Championships	Canberra, Australia	[2][3]
100 m	10.08 (−0.3 m/s)	Eddie Osei-Nketia	15 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	[4]
200 m	20.37 (+0.1 m/s)	Joseph Millar	19 March 2017	New Zealand Championships	Hamilton, New Zealand	[5]
400 m	45.88	Lex Revell-Lewis	30 March 2025	High Velocity	Melbourne, Australia	[6]
800 m	1:44.04	James Preston	25 May 2024		Pfungstadt, Germany	[7]
1000 m	2:16.57	John Walker	1 July 1980	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
1500 m	3:29.66	Nick Willis	17 July 2015	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[8]
Mile	3:49.08	John Walker	7 July 1982	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
2000 m	4:51.4[a]	John Walker	30 June 1976	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
3000 m	7:36.91	Nick Willis	17 June 2014	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[9]
5000 m	13:10.19	Adrian Blincoe	20 July 2008	KBC Night of Athletics	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
5 km (road)	13:36	Geordie Beamish	16 April 2022	B.A.A. 5K	Boston, United States	[10]
10,000 m	27:30.90	Jake Robertson	13 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	[11]
10 km (road)	27:28	Zane Robertson	9 October 2016	Grand 10 Berlin	Berlin, Germany	[12]
	27:28	Jake Robertson	31 March 2018 [b]	Crescent City Classic	New Orleans, United States	[13]
15 km (road)	42:17+	Zane Robertson	1 February 2015	Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon	Marugame, Japan	[14]
20,000 m (track)	59:28.6+	Bill Baillie	24 August 1963		Auckland, New Zealand
20 km (road)	56:40+	Zane Robertson	1 February 2015	Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon	Marugame, Japan	[15]
One hour	20190 m	Bill Baillie	24 August 1963		Auckland, New Zealand
Half marathon	59:47	Zane Robertson	1 February 2015	Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon	Marugame, Japan	[14]
25,000 m (track)	1:16:29+	Jack Foster	15 August 1971		Hamilton, New Zealand
25 km (road)	1:15:12+	Zane Robertson	7 July 2019	Gold Coast Marathon	Gold Coast, Australia	[16]
30,000 m (track)	1:32:18.6	Jack Foster	15 August 1971		Hamilton, New Zealand
30 km (road)	1:30:08+	Jake Robertson	21 October 2018	Toronto Marathon	Toronto, Canada
Marathon	2:08:19	Zane Robertson	7 July 2019	Gold Coast Marathon	Gold Coast, Australia	[17]
100 km	6:38:00	Russell Prince	27 October 1990		Duluth, United States
110 m hurdles	13.67 (+0.2 m/s)	Joshua Hawkins	2 April 2023	Australian Championships	Brisbane, Australia	[18]
400 m hurdles	49.33	Cameron French	27 January 2018	AACT Championships	Canberra, Australia	[19]
2000 m steeplechase	5:24.06	Peter Renner	19 July 1986		Birmingham, United Kingdom	[20]
3000 m steeplechase	8:09.64	Geordie Beamish	7 July 2024	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	[21]
High jump	2.36 m	Hamish Kerr	10 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[22]
Pole vault	5.51 m	Paul Gibbons	25 January 1992 9 July 1997		North Shore City, New Zealand Blackburn, United Kingdom
Long jump	8.05 m	Bob Thomas	20 January 1968		Whangārei, New Zealand
Triple jump	17.01 m A (±0.0 m/s)	Ethan Olivier	25 May 2024	ACNW League 10	Potchefstroom, South Africa	[23]
Shot put	22.90 m	Tom Walsh	5 October 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[24]
Discus throw	68.10 m	Connor Bell	14 April 2024	Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational	Ramona, United States	[25]
Hammer throw	73.10 m	Angus Cooper	23 January 1994		Hamilton, New Zealand
	73.96 m		17 June 1989		Cleveland, United States	[26][27]
Javelin throw	88.20 m	Gavin Lovegrove	5 July 1996	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
Decathlon	8359 pts h[c]	Simon Poelman	21–22 March 1987		Christchurch, New Zealand
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.87 7.34 m 15.11 m 2.06 m 49.54 14.1 46.66 m 4.95 m 56.94 m 4:27.2
3000 m walk (track)	11:15.20	Quentin Rew	23 January 2015	Capital Classic Meeting	Wellington, New Zealand	[28]
5000 m walk (track)	19:21.26	Scott Nelson	8 March 1997		Auckland, New Zealand
20,000 m walk (track)	1:25:53.8	Craig Barrett	19 July 1998		North Shore City, New Zealand
20 km walk (road)	1:21:12 [d]	Quentin Rew	19 February 2017	Oceania Race Walking Championships	Adelaide, Australia	[29]
Two hours walk (track)	27820 m+	Craig Barrett	19 July 1998		North Shore City, New Zealand
30,000 m walk (track)	2:09:20.4	Craig Barrett	19 July 1998		North Shore City, New Zealand
50,000 m walk (track)	3:52:35.55	Craig Barrett	17 March 2002		Christchurch, New Zealand
50 km walk (road)	3:46:29	Quentin Rew	13 August 2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	[30]
2 Hours walk	27820 m	Craig Barrett	19 July 1998		North Shore City, New Zealand
4 × 100 m relay	38.99	New Zealand Dallas Roberts David Falealili James Dolphin Chris Donaldson	19 November 2005[e]		Sydney, Australia
4 × 200 m relay	1:23.82	Donald McDonald Dallas Roberts Gene Pateman Craig Bearda	25 January 2004		North Shore City, New Zealand
4 × 400 m relay	3:05.84	New Zealand Shaun Farrell Nick Cowan Darren Dale Mark Keddell	21 August 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany
4 × 800 m relay	7:27.2 h	Stephen Lunn Dick Tayler Stuart Melville Bruce Hunter	17 March 1971		Dunedin, New Zealand
4 × 1500 m relay	14:50.2 h	Stuart Melville Rod Dixon Dick Quax John Walker	17 May 1975		Auckland, New Zealand
	14:40.4 h	New Zealand Tony Polhill 3:42.9 John Walker 3:40.4 Rod Dixon 3:41.2 Dick Quax 3:35.9	22 August 1973	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
4 × mile relay	15:59.57	Tony Rogers John Bowden Mike Gilchrist John Walker	2 March 1983		Auckland, New Zealand
Ekiden relay	2:00:56	New Zealand Peter Renner David Rush Paul Smith Kerry Rodger Rex Wilson	15 December 1991	International Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 y	10.11+ (+0.5 m/s)	Zoe Hobbs	11 March 2023	Sydney Track Classic	Sydney, Australia	[31]
100 m	10.96 (+2.0 m/s)	Zoe Hobbs	2 July 2023	Resisprint International	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	[32]
	10.94 (+0.6 m/s)	Zoe Hobbs	24 June 2025	Ostrava Golden Spike	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[33]
200 m	22.81 (+1.8 m/s)	Rosie Elliott	19 February 2023		Christchurch, New Zealand	[34]
400 m	51.60	Kim Robertson	19 January 1980		Christchurch, New Zealand
600 m	1:26.72	Angie Smit	5 July 2012	Meeting de la Province de Liège	Liège, Belgium	[35]
800 m	1:58.25	Toni Hodgkinson	27 July 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States
1000 m	2:37.28	Angela Petty	15 August 2015	Juntendo Track Meet	Inzai, Japan	[36]
1500 m	4:02.20	Maia Ramsden	8 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[37]
Mile	4:24.79	Maia Ramsden	21 August 2024	Folksam GP	Borås, Sweden	[38]
2000 m	5:44.67	Anne Hare	11 July 1986		Crystal Palace, United Kingdom
3000 m	8:35.31	Kim Smith	25 July 2007	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco
5000 m	14:45.93[39]	Kim Smith	11 July 2008	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy
5 km (road)	14:48	Kim Smith	13 March 2013		Westfield, United States
10,000 m	30:35.54	Kim Smith	4 May 2008		Stanford, United States
10 km (road)	31:33	Anne Hannam	22 October 1988		Bowling Green, United States	[40]
15 km (road)	48:14	Anne Hannam	29 October 1988		Tulsa, United States
10 miles (road)	51:04+	Kim Smith	18 September 2011	Philadelphia Half Marathon	Philadelphia, United States	[41]
20 km (road)	1:03:58+	Kim Smith	18 September 2011	Philadelphia Half Marathon	Philadelphia, United States	[41]
Half marathon	1:07:11	Kim Smith	18 September 2011	Philadelphia Half Marathon	Philadelphia, United States	[41]
25 km (road)	1:24:15+	Kim Smith	25 April 2010	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[42]
30 km (road)	1:41:43+	Kim Smith	25 April 2010	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[42]
Marathon	2:25:21	Kim Smith	25 April 2010	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[42]
100 km (road)	8:02:15	Wynnie Cosgrove	15 May 1999		Chavagnes-en-Paillers, France
100 m hurdles	13.10 (+1.0 m/s)	Andrea Miller	6 June 2009		Geneva, Switzerland
	13.10 (+0.8 m/s)		4 July 2009		Oordegem, Belgium
		Rochelle Coster	3 April 2016	Australian Championships	Sydney, Australia	[43]
400 m hurdles	55.44	Portia Bing	5 March 2022	New Zealand Championships	Hastings, New Zealand	[44]
3000 m steeplechase	9:32.54	Kate McIlroy	22 July 2006	KBC Night of Athletics	Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
High jump	1.92 m	Tania Dixon	26 January 1991		Dunedin, New Zealand
Pole vault	4.94 m	Eliza McCartney	17 July 2018		Jockgrim, Germany	[45]
Long jump	6.68 m (+1.0 m/s) 6.68 m (+0.7 m/s)	Chantal Brunner	1 March 1997 25 March 2001	Melbourne Track Classic -	Melbourne, Australia Brisbane, Australia
Triple jump	13.91 m (±0.0 m/s)	Nneka Okpala	2 April 2016	Australian Championships	Sydney, Australia	[46]
Shot put	21.24 m	Valerie Adams	29 August 2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	[47]
Discus throw	68.52 m	Beatrice Faumuina	4 July 1997	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
Hammer throw	74.61 m	Lauren Bruce	20 May 2021	Tucson Elite Classic	Tucson, United States	[48]
Javelin throw	63.26 m	Tori Peeters	21 May 2023	Golden Grand Prix	Yokohama, Japan	[49]
Heptathlon	6278 pts	Joanne Henry	29 February – 1 March 1992		Auckland, New Zealand
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 13.93 1.75 m 12.91 m 24.60w 6.51 m 43.65 m 2:08.72
3000 m walk (track)	12:25.4 h	Anne Judkins	1 June 1992		Auckland, New Zealand
5000 m walk (track)	20:59.7	Anne Judkins	1 July 1992		Brunflo, Sweden
10,000 m walk (track)	43:01.60[50]	Anne Judkins	4 July 1992		Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
10 km walk (road)	45:28	Anne Judkins	3 August 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain
20,000 m walk (track)	1:39:54.2	Linn Murphy	21 November 1993		Auckland, New Zealand
20 km walk (road)	1:31:32	Alana Barber	5 May 2018	IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, China	[51]
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	43.79	New Zealand Anna Percy Zoe Hobbs Georgia Hulls Livvy Wilson	4 June 2022	Pre-Oceania Mackay Meeting	Mackay, Australia	[52]
4 × 400 m relay	3:34.62	New Zealand Portia Bing Zoe Ballantyne Brooke Cull Louise Jones	1 August 2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Great Britain	[53]
Ekiden relay	2:15:49	New Zealand Marguerite Buist / 5 km Jacqueline Goodman / 10 km Anne Hannam / 5 km Sonia Barry / 10 km Lesley Ryan / 5 km Lorraine Moller / 7.195 km	18 December 1988	International Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan

Mixed

Event	Record	Athletes	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:26.12	New Zealand Angus Lyver Amelie Fairclough Lex Revell-Lewis Madeleine Waddell	7 June 2024	Oceania Championships	Suva, Fiji	[54]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	5.6 h	Craig Daley	2 October 1971		Invercargill, New Zealand
55 m	6.22	Dean Wise	7 February 1998		Norman, United States
60 m	6.59	Augustine Nketia	10 March 1995	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain
200 m	21.01	Chris Donaldson	5 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan
400 m	47.62	Bailey Stewart	28 February 2016	The American Championships	Birmingham, United States	[55]
	47.19 OT	Nic O'Brien	8 March 2003		South Bend, United States
500 m	1:04.54	Richard Jones	22 January 2005		Boston, United States
600 m	1:18.29	Björn Jansen	1998		United States
800 m	1:47.59	James Preston	1 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[56]
1000 m	2:20.86	John Walker	8 February 1986		East Rutherford, United States
1500 m	3:34.72	Sam Tanner	13 February 2021	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Staten Island, United States	[57]
Mile	3:51.06	Nick Willis	20 February 2016	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[58]
2000 m	5:03.8 h	John Walker	7 February 1981		Louisville, United States
3000 m	7:36.22	Geordie Beamish	11 February 2023	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[59]
	7:34.88+	Geordie Beamish	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[60]
Two miles	8:05.73	Geordie Beamish	11 February 2024	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[61]
5000 m	13:04.33	Geordie Beamish	26 January 2024	BU John Thomas Terrier Classic	Boston, United States	[62]
50 m hurdles	6.7 h	Anthony Wright	2 October 1971		Napier, New Zealand
60 m hurdles	8.20	Cody Thomas	11 February 2017	MSSU Lion Invitational	Joplin, United States	[63]
High jump	2.36 m	Hamish Kerr	3 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[64]
Pole vault	5.25 m	Nick Southgate	21 May 2016		Jamor, Portugal
Long jump	7.77 m	Grant Birkinshaw	29 December 1970		Seattle, United States
Triple jump	15.59 m	Welrè Olivier	8 January 2022	Gene Edmonds Invitational	West Lafayette, United States	[65]
Shot put	22.31 m	Tom Walsh	3 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[66]
			19 March 2022	World Championships	Štark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia	[67]
Weight throw	20.56 m	Angus Cooper	11 March 1988		Oklahoma City, United States
Heptathlon	5819 pts	Aaron Booth	25–26 January 2019	Razorback Invitational	Fayetteville, United States	[68]
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 7.11 7.39 m 14.28 m 2.01 m 8.52 4.75 m 2:44.85
3000 m walk	11:17.66	Quentin Rew	5 January 2014		Sheffield, United Kingdom
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	6.4 h	Jan Lothian	2 October 1971		Napier, New Zealand
55 m	6.70+	Zoe Hobbs	8 February 2025	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[69]
60 m	7.06	Zoe Hobbs	2 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[70]
200 m	23.69	Kim Robertson	18 January 1985	World Indoor Games	Paris, France
400 m	53.41 A	Annalies Kalma[f]	1 March 2025	Mountain West Championships	Albuquerque, United States	[71]
500 m	1:12.42	Justine Craig	25 January 1986		Fayetteville, United States
600 m	1:36.52	Kerry White	18 January 2014	Border War Dual	Gillette, United States	[72]
800 m	2:00.36	Toni Hodgkinson	9 March 1997	World Championships	Paris, France
1000 m	2:36.96	Toni Hodgkinson	6 February 2000		Roxbury, United States
1500 m	4:06.51	Maia Ramsden	1 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[73]
Mile	4:21.56	Maia Ramsden	2 March 2025	BU Last Chance National Qualifier	Boston, United States	[74]
2000 m	5:47.62	Lucy van Dalen	8 February 2014	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Roxbury, United States	[75]
3000 m	8:38.14	Kim Smith	27 January 2007		Roxbury, United States
Two miles	9:13.94	Kim Smith	26 January 2008		Roxbury, United States
5000 m	14:39.89	Kim Smith	27 February 2009		New York City, United States
50 m hurdles	7.2 h	Jan Lothian	2 October 1971		Napier, New Zealand
		Karen Page	17 February 1979		Logan, United States
55 m hurdles	7.88	Rowena Welford-Morton	13 February 1999		Lubbock, United States
60 m hurdles	8.61	Carmel Corbett	25 February 1995		Ann Arbor, United States
High jump	1.86 m	Tania Dixon	28 February 1991		Seville, Spain
	1.86 m	Josie Taylor	19 February 2022	Conference USA Championships.	Birmingham, United States	[76]
Pole vault	4.84 m	Eliza McCartney	10 February 2024	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin, France	[77]
Long jump	6.34 m	Chantal Brunner	8 March 1997	World Championships	Paris, France
Triple jump	12.84 m	Kayla Goodwin	11 March 2023	NCAA Division II Championships	Virginia Beach, United States	[78]
Shot put	20.98 m	Valerie Adams	28 August 2013	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	[79]
Weight throw	20.45 m	Julia Ratcliffe	25 February 2017	Ivy League Championships	New York City, United States	[80]
Pentathlon	4148 pts	Carmel Corbett	25 February 1994		West Lafayette, United States
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.82 1.81 m 12.47 m 5.61 m 2:22.86
Mile walk	7:01.87	Amanda Gorst	18 January 2006		Findlay, United States
3000 m walk	14:21.21 OT [g]	Amanda Gorst	9 February 2006		Boone, United States
4 × 400 m relay

Notes

General

• New Zealand Athletics Records 2 March 2025 updated

Specific

1. by federation source; 4:51.52 by IAAF source
2. 1 April 2018 by IAAF profile, probably false
3. by IAAF source, with additional hand-timing for 100m (10.6) and 400m (49.4) Poelman scored 8366 pts, which is recognised by federation
4. by official result source; 1:21:21 by federation, probably mistake
5. by federation source; 20 November 2005 by IAAF source
6. by World Athletics and other sources; Annelies Kalma by ANZ source
7. because mark was set on oversized track IAAF recognises Alana Barbers time of 14:49.34 on 14 February 2016 in Birmingham as record