World records - men - senior










WR 100 metres progression

9.58 (+0.9) - 1 - Usain Bolt - JAM - 16/08/2009 - Berlin, GER - 12.WC
9.69 (+0.0) - 1 - Usain Bolt - JAM - 16/08/2008 - Beijing, CHN - 29.OG
9.72 (+1.7) - 1 - Usain Bolt - JAM - 31/05/2008 - New York, NY, USA



WR 200 metres progression

19.19 (-0.3) - 1 - Usain Bolt - JAM - 20/08/2009 - Berlin, GER - 12.WC
19.30 (-0.9) - 1 - Usain Bolt - JAM - 20/08/2008 - Beijing, CHN - 29.OG
19.32 (+0.4) - 1 - Michael Johnson - USA - 01/08/1996 - Atlanta, USA - 26.OG



WR 400 metres progression

43.03 - 1 - Wayde van Niekerk - RSA - 14/08/2016 - Rio de Janeiro, BRA - 31.OG
43.18 - 1 - Michael Johnson - USA - 26/08/1999 - Sevilla, ESP - 7.WC
43.29 - 1 - Butch Reynolds - USA - 17/08/1988 - Zürich, SUI - 60.WK



WR 800 metres progression

1:40.91 - 1 - David Rudisha - KEN - 09/08/2012 - London, GBR - 30.OG
1:41.01 - 1 - David Rudisha - KEN - 29/08/2010 - Rieti, ITA
1:41.09 - 1 - David Rudisha - KEN - 22/08/2010 - Berlin, GER



WR 1500 metres progression

3:26.00 - 1 - Hicham El Guerrouj - MAR - 14/07/1998 - Rome, ITA
3:27.37 - 1 - Noureddine Morceli - ALG - 12/07/1995 - Nice, FRA
3:28.86 - 1 - Noureddine Morceli - ALG - 06/09/1992 - Rieti, ITA



1 mile

3:43.13 - 1 - Hicham El Guerrouj - MAR - 07/07/1999 - Rome, ITA
3:44.39 - 1 - Noureddine Morceli - ALG - 05/09/1993 - Rieti, ITA
3:46.32 - 1 - Steve Cram - GBR - 27/07/1985 - Oslo, NOR



WR 5000 metres progression

12:37.35 - 1 - Kenenisa Bekele - ETH - 31/05/2004 - Hengelo, NED
12:39.36 - 1 - Haile Gebrselassie - ETH - 13/06/1998 - Helsinki, FIN
12:39.74 - 1 - Daniel Komen - KEN - 22/08/1997 - Brussels, BEL - 21.VD







10000 metres

26:17.53 - 1 - Kenenisa Bekele - ETH - 26/08/2005 - Brussels, BEL
26:20.31 - 1 - Kenenisa Bekele - ETH - 08/06/2004 - Ostrava, CZE
26:22.75 - 1 - Haile Gebrselassie - ETH - 01/06/1998 - Hengelo, NED



half marathon

58:18 - 1 - Abraham Kiptum - KEN - 28/10/2018 - Valencia, ESP
58:23 - 1 - Zersenay Tasese - ERI - 21/03/2010 - Lisbon, POR
58:33 - 1 - Samuel Kamau Wanjiru - KEN - 17/03/2007 - Den Haag, NED



WR marathon progression

2:01.39 - 1 - Eliud Kipchoge - KEN - 16/09/2018 - Berlin, GER
2:02:57 - 1 - Dennis Kimetto - KEN - 28/09/2014 - Berlin, GER
2:02:23 - 1 - Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich - KEN - 29/09/2013 - Berlin, GER
2:03:38 - 1 - Patrick Makau Musyoki - KEN - 25/09/2011 - Berlin, GER



WR 110 metres hurdles progression

12.80 (+0.3) - 1 - Aries Merritt - USA - 07/09/2012 - Brussels, BEL - 36.VD
12.87 (+0.9) - 1 - Dayron Robles - CUB - 12/06/2008 - Ostrava, CZE
12.88 (+1.1) - 1 - Xiang Liu - CHN - 11/07/2006 - Lausanne, SUI



WR 400 metres hurdles progression

46.78 - 1 - Kevin Young - USA - 06/08/1992 - Barcelona, ESP - 25.OG
47.02 - 1 - Edwin Moses - USA - 31/08/1983 - Koblenz, GER
47.13 - 1 - Edwin Moses - USA - 03/07/1980 - Milan, ITA



WR 3000 metres steeple progression

7:53.63 - 1 - Saif Saaeed Shaheen - QAT - 03/09/2004 - Brussels, BEL - 28.VD
7:55.28 - 1 - Brahim Boulami - MAR - 24/08/2001 - Brussels, BEL - 25.VD
7:55.72 - 1 - Bernard Barmasai - KEN - 24/08/1997 - Köln, GER



WR long jump progression

8,95 m (+0.3) - 1 - Mike Powell - USA - 30/08/1991 - Tokyo, JPN - 3.WC
8,90 m (+2.0) - 1 - Bob Beamon - USA - 18/10/1968 - Mexico City, MEX (A) - 19.OG
8,35 m (+0.0) - 1 - Igor Ter-Ovanesyan - URS - 19/10/1967 - Mexico City, MEX (A)
8,35 m (+0.0) - 1 - Ralph Boston - USA - 29/05/1965 - Modesto, USA







WR high jump progression

2,45 m - 1 - Javier Sotomayor - CUB - 27/07/1993 - Salamanca, ESP
2,44 m - 1 - Javier Sotomayor - CUB - 29/07/1989 - San Juan, PUR
2,43 m - 1 - Javier Sotomayor - CUB - 08/09/1988 - Salamanca, ESP



WR triple jump progression

18,29 m (+1.3) - 1 - Jonathan Edwards - GBR - 07/08/1995 - Göteborg, SWE - 5.WC
18,16 m (+1.3) - 1 - Jonathan Edwards - GBR - 07/08/1995 - Göteborg, SWE - 5.WC
17,98 m (+1.8) - 1 - Jonathan Edwards - GBR - 18/07/1995 - Salamanca, ESP



WR pole vault progression

6,14 m - 1 - Sergey Bubka - UKR - 31/07/1994 - Sestriere, ITA
6,13 m - 1 - Sergey Bubka - UKR - 19/09/1992 - Tokyo, JPN
6,12 m - 1 - Sergey Bubka - UKR - 30/08/1992 - Padova, ITA



WR shot put progression

23,12 m - Randy Barnes - USA - 20/05/1990 - Westwood, USA
23,06 m - Ulf Timmermann - GDR - 22/05/1988 - Chania, GRE
22,91 m - Allessandro Andrei - ITA - 12/08/1987 - Viareggio, ITA



WR discus throw progression

74,08 m - 1 - Jürgen Schult - GDR - 06/09/1986 - Neubrandenburg, GER
71,86 m - 1 - Yuriy Dumchev - URS - 29/05/1983 - Moscow, URS
71,16 m - 1 - Wolfgang Schmidt - GDR - 09/08/1978 - Berlin, GER



WR javelin throw progression

98,48 m - 1 - Jan Železný - CZE - 25/05/1996 - Jena, GER
95,66 m - 1 - Jan Železný - CZE - 29/08/1993 - Sheffield, GBR
95,54 m - 1 - Jan Železný - CZE - 06/04/1993 - Pietersburg, RSA



WR hammer throw progression

86,74 m - 1 - Yuriy Sedykh - URS - 30/08/1986 - Stuttgart, GER
86,66 m - 1 - Yuriy Sedykh - URS - 22/06/1986 - Tallinn, EST
86,34 m - 1 - Yuriy Sedykh - URS - 03/07/1984 - Cork, IRL



WR decathlon progression

9126 pts - 1 - Kevin Mayer - FRA - 16/09/2018 - Talence, FRA
9045 pts - 1 - Ashton Eaton - USA - 29/08/2015 - Beijing, CHN - 15.WC
9039 pts - 1 - Ashton Eaton - USA - 23/06/2012 - Eugene, OR, USA
9026 pts - 1 - Roman Šebrle - CZE - 27/05/2001 - Götzis, AUT