List of Portuguese records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Portugal maintained by its national athletics federation: Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo (FPA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by FPA   Not ratified or later rescinded by FPA

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	9.86 (+0.6 m/s)	Francis Obikwelu	22 August 2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	[1]
150 m (bend)	15.02+ (+1.2 m/s)	Francis Obikwelu	27 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain
150 m (straight)	15.34 (−1.1 m/s)	Francis Obikwelu	16 May 2010	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	[2]
200 m	20.01 (+1.6 m/s)	Francis Obikwelu	10 August 2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden
300 m	33.09	Carlos Silva	2 May 1999		Viseu, Portugal
400 m	44.79	João Coelho	3 August 2023	World University Games	Chengdu, China	[3]
800 m	1:44.91	Rui Silva	20 August 2002		San Sebastian, Spain
	1:43.86	Isaac Nader	18 June 2025	XXIV Reunion Internacional	Guadalajara, Spain	[4]
1500 m	3:30.07	Rui Silva	19 July 2002	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco
	3:29.37	Isaac Nader	24 June 2025	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[5]
Mile	3:48.25	Isaac Nader	12 June 2025	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway	[6]
2000 m	4:54.66	Rui Silva	7 September 1999	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany	[7]
3000 m	7:39.69	António Leitão	26 August 1983	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
5000 m	13:02.86	António Pinto	12 August 1998	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
5 km (road)	13:51	Paulo Guerra	13 April 1996		Portsmouth, United Kingdom
10,000 m	27:12.47	António Pinto	30 July 1999	DN Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
10 km (road)	28:01	Isaac Nader	4 January 2025	Portuguese 10K Championships	Figueira da Foz, Portugal	[8]
15 km (road)	43:19	Eduardo Henriques	7 November 1999		Benavente, Portugal
	42:17+	Samuel Barata	22 October 2023	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[9]
20,000 m (track)	57:18.4+ h	Dionisio Castro	31 March 1990		La Flèche, France
20 km (road)	57:54	Domingos Castro	17 October 1999		Paris, France
	56:31+	Samuel Barata	22 October 2023	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[10]
One hour	20942 m	Dionisio Castro	31 March 1990		La Flèche, France
Half marathon	59:40	Samuel Barata	22 October 2023	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[11]
30 km (road)	1:29:00	António Pinto	14 April 2002		London, United Kingdom
Marathon	2:06:36	António Pinto	16 April 2000	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom
110 m hurdles	13.47 (+1.3 m/s)	João Almeida	8 July 2012	Portuguese Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	[12]
400 m hurdles	48.77	Pedro Rodrigues	10 August 1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland
		Carlos Silva	11 August 1999	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
2000 m steeplechase	5:47.68	Eduardo Pestana	25 July 2020		Ribeira Brava, Portugal	[13]
3000 m steeplechase	8:19.82	Manuel Silva	27 July 2004	DN Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
High jump	2.25 m[a]	Vitor Korst	27 June 2020		Lisbon, Portugal	[14]
Pole vault	5.71 m[b]	Diogo Ferreira	17 June 2017	S.L. Benfica Meeting	Lisbon, Portugal	[15]
Long jump	8.36 m (+1.2 m/s)	Carlos Calado	20 June 1997		Lisbon, Portugal
Triple jump	18.04 m (−0.6 m/s)	Pedro Pichardo	11 June 2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	[16]
Shot put	21.56 m	Tsanko Arnaudov	24 June 2017	European Team Championships – First League	Vaasa, Finland	[17]
Discus throw	64.36 m	Emanuel Sousa	25 May 2024		Castres, France
	67.51 m	Emanuel Sousa	10 April 2025	Oklahoma Throws Series	Ramona, United States	[18]
Hammer throw	76.86 m	Vítor Costa	21 July 2004		Reims, France
Javelin throw	84.78 m	Leandro Ramos	13 May 2022	Doha Diamond League	Doha, Qatar	[19]
Decathlon	8213 pts	Mário Aníbal	30 June – 1 July 2001		Kaunas, Lithuania
	100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.96 7.23 m 15.24 m 2.01 m 48.49 14.80 48.33 m 4.80 m 54.55 m 4:28.28
10,000 m walk (track)	39:44.91	João Vieira	30 July 2011	Portuguese Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	[20]
20 km walk (road)	1:20:09	João Vieira	8 August 2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden
35 km walk (road)	2:33:23	João Vieira	23 April 2022	Dudinská Päťdesiatka	Dudince, Slovakia	[21]
	2:31:41	João Vieira	18 May 2025	European Race Walking Team Championships	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	[22]
50 km walk (road)	3:45:17	João Vieira	4 March 2012	Portuguese Championships	Pontevedra, Portugal	[23]
4 × 100 m relay	38.65	Portugal André Costa Francis Obikwelu Arnaldo Abrantes Yazaldes Nascimento	1 August 2015		Rieti, Italy	[24]
4 × 200 m relay	1:24.20	Sporting CP Ricardo Alves Francis Obikwelu Vítor Jorge Carlos Calado	10 May 2003		Lisbon, Portugal
4 × 400 m relay	3:03.59	Portugal João Coelho Mauro Pereira Ericsson Tavares Ricardo dos Santos	19 August 2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	[25]
	3:01.78	Portugal Ericsson Tavares Omar Elkhatib [de; no] João Coelho Ricardo dos Santos	10 May 2025	World Relays	Guangzhou, China	[26]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	11.10 (+1.8 m/s)	Lorène Bazolo	14 August 2021	Résisprint International	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	[27][28]
	11.10 (+1.9 m/s)	Lorène Bazolo	14 June 2025	Meeting of Braga	Braga, Portugal	[29]
200 m	22.64 (+1.8 m/s)	Lorène Bazolo	14 August 2021	Résisprint International	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	[27][30]
	22.61 (+0.8 m/s)	Lorène Bazolo	29 June 2025	European Team Championships	Madrid, Spain	[31]
400 m	50.59	Cátia Azevedo	3 June 2021	Meeting Iberoamericano	Huelva, Spain	[32]
800 m	1:58.94	Carla Sacramento	13 August 1997	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
1500 m	3:57.71	Carla Sacramento	8 August 1998	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco
Mile	4:19.51	Salomé Afonso	19 July 2025	London Athletics Meet	London, United Kingdom	[33]
3000 m	8:30.22	Carla Sacramento	4 August 1999	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco
Two miles	9:22.89	Jessica Augusto	14 September 2007	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
5000 m	14:36.45	Fernanda Ribeiro	22 July 1995		Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
5 km (road)	16:59	Ana Mafalda Ferreira	24 September 2023		Viana do Castelo, Portugal
	15:21[c]	Mariana Machado	9 March 2025	Portuguese 5K Championships	Braga, Portugal	[34]
	15:27.4 h	Ana Dulce Félix	22 May 2011	Österreichischer dm Frauenlauf	Vienna, Austria	[35][36]
10,000 m	30:22.88	Fernanda Ribeiro	30 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia
10 km (road)	31:25	Sara Moreira	20 December 2008		Lisbon, Portugal
15 km (road)	48:20	Aurora Cunha	17 June 1990		Portland, United States
One hour	18027 m Mx	Rosa Mota	14 May 1983		Lisbon, Portugal
20,000 m (track)	1:06:55.5	Rosa Mota	14 May 1983		Lisbon, Portugal
20 km (road)	1:06:53+	Rosa Mota	16 November 1986		Tokyo, Japan
Half marathon	1:08:33	Ana Dulce Félix	20 March 2011	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal	[37]
25 km (road)	1:24:19+	Rosa Mota	16 November 1986		Tokyo, Japan
30 km (road)	1:41:54+	Rosa Mota	16 November 1986		Tokyo, Japan
Marathon	2:23:29	Rosa Mota	20 October 1985	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States
100 km (road)	7:34:37	Alzira Lário	17 June 1994		Tourhout, Belgium
100 m hurdles	13.14 (+2.0 m/s)	Isabel Abrantes	13 August 2000		Coimbra, Portugal
400 m hurdles	55.22	Vera Barbosa	5 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[38]
2000 m steeplechase	6:09.85	Joana Soares	25 July 2020	National Club Championships	Ribeira Brava, Portugal	[39]
3000 m steeplechase	9:18.54	Jéssica Augusto	10 June 2010	Gran Premio de Andalucía	Huelva, Spain	[40]
High jump	1.88 m	Sónia Carvalho	3 June 2001		Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
Pole vault	4.50 m	Maria Eleonor Tavares	29 July 2011	French Championships	Albi, France	[41]
			6 July 2016		Franconville, France
Long jump	7.12 m (+1.3 m/s)	Naide Gomes	29 July 2008	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco
Triple jump	15.01 m (+1.0 m/s)	Patrícia Mamona	1 August 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[42]
Shot put	19.92 m[d]	Auriol Dongmo[e]	16 September 2023	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[43]
Discus throw	66.60 m	Irina Rodrigues	10 March 2024	European Throwing Cup	Leiria, Portugal	[44]
Hammer throw	69.55 m	Vânia Silva	29 May 2011	European Champion Clubs Cup Group A	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	[45][46]
Javelin throw	59.76 m	Sílvia Cruz	21 June 2008	European Cup, First League, Group A	Leiria, Portugal
Heptathlon	6230 pts	Naide Gomes	15–16 July 2005		Logroño, Spain
	100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m 13.54 1.79 m 13.87 m 24.87 6.39 m 41.66 m 2:17.00
10,000 m walk (track)	43:08.17	Ana Cabecinha	19 July 2008		Seixal, Portugal
20 km walk (road)	1:27:46	Ana Cabecinha	21 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	[47]
30 km walk (road)	2:26:10+	Inês Henriques	15 January 2017	Portuguese Championships	Porto de Mós, Portugal	[48]
35 km walk (road)	2:50:09+	Inês Henriques	15 January 2017	Portuguese Championships	Porto de Mós, Portugal	[49]
50 km walk (road)	4:05:56	Inês Henriques	13 August 2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	[50]
4 × 100 m relay	44.27	Portugal Lorène Bazolo Arialis Gandulla Rosalina Santos Iris Silva	24 June 2023	European Team Championships	Chorzów, Poland	[51]
	43.44	Portugal Lorène Bazolo Rosalina Santos Lurdes Oliveira Iris Silva	28 June 2025	European Team Championships	Madrid, Spain	[52]
4 × 400 m relay	3:29.38	Portugal Marta Moreira Lucrécia Jardim Elsa Amaral Eduarda Coelho	7 August 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:14.06	Portugal João Coelho Cátia Azevedo Ricardo dos Santos Fatoumata Diallo	25 June 2023	European Team Championships	Chorzów, Poland	[53]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	5.79+	Francis Obikwelu	28 February 2004	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
60 m	6.53	Francis Obikwelu	6 March 2011	European Championships	Paris, France	[54][55]
200 m	21.01	João Coelho	27 February 2022	Portuguese Championships	Pombal, Portugal	[56]
	21.01 OT	David Lima	6 February 2016	Botnia Games	Korsholm, Finland	[57]
400 m	45.86	João Coelho	2 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[58]
800 m	1:46.40	Rui Silva	19 February 1999		Ghent, Belgium
1500 m	3:34.23	Isaac Nader	30 January 2024	Czech Indoor Gala	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[59]
Mile	3:52.18	Rui Silva	15 February 2001	XL Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
3000 m	7:39.44[f]	Rui Silva	6 February 2000	Sparkassen Cup	Stuttgart, Germany
5000 m	13:41.93	Rui Silva	19 February 2011	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[60][61]
60 m hurdles	7.66	Rasul Dabó	28 February 2014	Moselle Athleror Meet	Metz, France	[62]
		João Almeida	6 March 2015	European Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	[63]
High jump	2.28 m[g]	Paulo Conceição	1 February 2020		Kirchberg, Luxembourg	[64]
Pole vault	5.82 m	Pedro Buaró	10 February 2024	Portuguese Indoor Club Championships	Pombal, Portugal	[65]
Long jump	8.22 m	Carlos Calado	26 January 2002		Espinho, Portugal
Triple jump	17.60 m	Pedro Pichardo	3 March 2023	European Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[66]
Shot put	21.28 m	Francisco Belo	5 March 2021	European Championships	Toruń, Poland	[67]
Heptathlon	5980 pts	Samuel Remédios	10–11 February 2018	Portuguese Championships	Pombal, Portugal	[68]
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 6.92 7.52 m 13.70 m 2.03 m 7.98 5.00 m 2:57.33
5000 m walk	18:52.25	José Urbano	22 February 1992		Braga, Portugal
4 × 200 m relay	1:27.66	Sporting CP Tiago Angelino Paulo Neves Edivaldo Monteiro Vitor Jorge	6 February 1999		Espinho, Portugal
4 × 400 m relay	3:06.57	Portugal Ericsson Tavares Ricardo dos Santos João Coelho Omar Elkhatib	3 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[69]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.17	Lorène Bazolo	6 March 2022		Lisbon, Portugal	[70]
		Arialis Martinez	3 March 2023	European Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[71]
200 m	23.21	Lucrécia Jardim	28 February 1998	European Championships	Valencia, Spain
400 m	52.64	Cátia Azevedo	27 January 2024	Astana Indoor Meeting	Astana, Kazakhstan	[72]
	51.61	Cátia Azevedo	22 May 2021	Meeting Internacional Jaen Paraiso Interior	Andújar, Spain	[73]
800 m	2:00.81	Carla Sacramento	17 February 1995		Seville, Spain
	1:59.80	Patricia Silva	23 March 2025	World Championships	Nanjing, China	[74]
1500 m	4:04.11	Carla Sacramento	25 February 2001	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
2000 m	5:37.34	Fernanda Ribeiro	28 February 1996		Valencia, Spain
3000 m	8:36.79	Carla Sacramento	17 February 2002	AVIVA Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Two miles	9:19.39	Jéssica Augusto	20 February 2010	AVIVA Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[75]
5000 m	15:06.52	Fernanda Ribeiro	7 February 1996	Russian Winter Meeting	Moscow, Russia
60 m hurdles	8.08	Isabel Abrantes	17 February 2001		Espinho, Portugal
High jump	1.88 m [76][77]	Naide Gomes	5 March 2004	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[78]
Pole vault	4.51 m [79]	Marta Onofre	6 March 2016	Portuguese Club Championships	Pombal, Portugal	[80]
Long jump	7.00 m	Naide Gomes	9 March 2008	World Championships	Valencia, Spain	[81]
Triple jump	14.53 m	Patrícia Mamona	7 March 2021	European Championships	Toruń, Poland	[82]
Shot put	20.43 m	Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang [h]	18 March 2022	World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[83]
Discus throw	55.35 m	Liliana Cá	12 March 2011	World Indoor Throwing	Växjö, Sweden	[84]
Pentathlon	4759 pts	Naide Gomes	5 March 2004	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[85]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.48 1.88 m 15.08 m 6.45 m 2:21.69
3000 m walk	12:17.93	Ana Cabecinha	14 February 2015	Portuguese Championships	Pombal, Portugal	[86]
	12:13.39	Vitória Oliveira	22 February 2025	Portuguese Championships	Pombal, Portugal	[87]
4 × 200 m relay	1:39.60	Sporting CP Sandra Almeida Natália Moura Patricia Rebelo Maria do Carmo Tavares	29 January 2000		Espinho, Portugal
4 × 400 m relay	3:31.93	Portugal Fatoumata Binta Diallo Carina Vanessa Cátoa Azevedo Vera Barbosa	3 March 2024	World Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[88]

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:22.36	Portugal João Coelho Carina Vanessa Vera Barbosa Ericsson Tavares	5 February 2022	Dynamic New Athletics Indoor Match	Glasgow, United Kingdom	[89]

Notes

1. outdoor best, indoor mark ratified as absolute record
2. outdoor best; indoor mark ratified as absolute record
3. by World Athletics source; 15:22 by FPA source
4. outdoor best, indoor mark ratified as absolute record
5. Auriol Dongmo Mekemnan represented Cameroon until 2017, transferring her eligibility to Portugal which became active in 2020
6. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
7. ratified as absolute record
8. Dongmo Mekemnan represented Cameroon until 2017, transferring her eligibility to Portugal which became active in 2020