| Event | Record | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | 9.58s | Usain Bolt | 96%
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| 200m | 19.19s | Usain Bolt | 96%
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| 4x100m relay (country) | 36.84s | Jamaica | 89%
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| 4x200m relay (country) | 1min 18.63s | Jamaica | 89%
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| 4x400m relay (country) | 2min 54.29s | USA | 89%
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| 400m | 43.18s | Michael Johnson | 75%
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| 5 000m | 12m 37.35s | Kenenisa Bekele | 68%
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| 10 000m | 26min 17.53s | Kenenisa Bekele | 68%
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| 4x800m relay (country) | 7min 02.43s | Kenya | 68%
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| 4x1 500m relay (country) | 14min 22.22s | Kenya | 68%
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| Pole vault | 6m14 | Sergei Bubka | 68%
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| Javelin throw | 98m48 | Jan Železný | 57%
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| Long jump | 8m95 | Mike Powell | 57%
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| 800m | 1min 40.91s | David Rudisha | 54%
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| High jump | 2m45 | Javier Sotomayor | 54%
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| Triple jump | 18m29 | Jonathan Edwards | 54%
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| Decathlon | 9039pts | Ashton Eaton | 50%
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| 110m hurdles | 12.80s | Aries Merritt | 39%
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| 1 500m | 3min 26.00s | Hicham El Guerrouj | 36%
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| Mile | 3min 43.13s | Hicham El Guerrouj | 36%
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| 2 000m | 4min 44.79s | Hicham El Guerrouj | 36%
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| 400m hurdles | 46.78s | Kevin Young | 21%
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| Shot put | 23m12 | Randy Barnes | 21%
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| Hammer throw | 86m74 | Yuriy Sedykh | 21%
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| Discus throw | 74m08 | Jürgen Schult | 18%
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| 50 000m race walk | 3h 35min 27.2s | Yohann Diniz | 18%
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| 3 000m | 7min 20.67s | Daniel Komen | 14%
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| 20 000m | 56min 25.98s | Haile Gebrselassie | 11%
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| 1 000m | 2min 11.96s | Noa Ngeny | 11%
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| 3 000m steeplechase | 7min 53.63s | Saif Saaeed Shaheen | 7%
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| 30 000m | 1h 26min 47.4s | Zersenay Tadese | 7%
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| 20 000m race walk | 1h 17min 25.6s | Bernardo Segura | 4%
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| 30 000m race walk | 2h 01min 44.1s | Maurizio Damilano | 4%
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| 25 000m | 1h 12min 25.4s | Moses Cheruiyot Mosop | 4%
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