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Track and Field World Record Holders

Name the current World Record holder in each of the Track and Field events competed at the Olympic Games
Not including Race walk events since they were removed as Olympic Events for the 2024 Games
Field event records are in metric units
The Javelin records are those set using the current version of the implement
Highlighted records are still official but highly suspect due to likely doping. Don't shoot the messenger
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Category
Event
Year
Country
Athlete
Record
Men's
100m
2009
Jamaica
Usain Bolt
9.58
Women's
100m
1988
United States
Florence Griffith-Joyner
10.49
Men's
200m
2009
Jamaica
Usain Bolt
19.19
Women's
200m
1988
United States
Florence Griffith-Joyner
20.34
Men's
400m
2016
South Africa
Wayde Van Niekerk
43.03
Women's
400m
1985
East Germany
Marita Koch
47.60
Men's
800m
2012
Kenya
David Rudisha
1:40.91
Women's
800m
1983
Czechoslovakia
Jarmila Kratochvilova
1:53.28
Men's
1500m
1998
Morocco
Hicham El Guerrouj
3:26.00
Women's
1500m
2025
Kenya
Faith Kipyegon
3:48.68
Men's
5000m
2020
Uganda
Joshua Cheptegai
12:35.36
Women's
5000m
2025
Kenya
Beatrice Chebet
13:58.06
Men's
10000m
2020
Uganda
Joshua Cheptegai
26:11.00
Women's
10000m
2024
Kenya
Beatrice Chebet
28:54.14
Men's
110m Hurdles
2012
United States
Aires Merritt
12.80
Women's
100m Hurdles
2022
Nigeria
Tobi Amusan
12.12
Men's
400m Hurdles
2021
Norway
Karsten Warholm
45.94
Women's
400m Hurdles
2024
United States
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
50.37
Men's
3000m Steeplechase
2023
Ethiopia
Lamecha Girma
7:52.11
Women's
3000m Steeplechase
2018
Kenya
Beatrice Chepkoech
8:44.32
Men's
Long Jump
1991
United States
Mike Powell
8.95
Women's
Long Jump
1988
Soviet Union
Galina Chistyakova
7.52
Men's
Triple Jump
1995
United Kingdom
Jonathan Edwards
18.29
Women's
Triple Jump
2021
Venezuela
Yulimar Rojas
15.67
Men's
High Jump
1993
Cuba
Javier Sotomayor
2.45
Women's
High Jump
2024
Ukraine
Yaroslava Mahuchikh
2.10
Men's
Pole Vault
2025
Sweden
Armand Duplantis
6.30
Women's
Pole Vault
2009
Russia
Yelena Isinbayeva
5.06
Men's
Shot Put
2023
United States
Ryan Crouser
23.56
Women's
Shot Put
1987
Soviet Union
Natalya Lisovskaya
22.63
Men's
Javelin
1996
Czechia
Jan Zelezny
98.48
Women's
Javelin
2008
Czechia
Barbora Spotakova
72.28
Men's
Discus
2025
Lithuania
Mykolas Alekna
75.56
Women's
Discus
1988
West Germany
Gabriele Reinsch
76.80
Men's
Hammer Throw
1986
Soviet Union
Yuriy Sedykh
86.74
Women's
Hammer Throw
2016
Poland
Anita Wlodarczyk
82.98
Men's
4x100m Relay
2012
 
Jamaica
36.84
Women's
4x100m Relay
2012
 
United States
40.82
Men's
4x400m Relay
1993
 
United States
2:54.29
Women's
4x400m Relay
1988
 
Soviet Union
3:15.17
Men's
Decathlon
2018
France
Kevin Mayer
9126
Women's
Heptathlon
1988
United States
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
7291
Men's
Marathon
2023
Kenya
Kelvin Kiptum
2:00:35
Women's
Marathon
2025
Kenya
Ruth Chepngetich
2:09:56
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3 Comments
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Level 82
Jul 15, 2024
Typo in Sedykh.
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Level 70
Jul 16, 2024
Fixed! Thanks :)
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Level 65
Aug 4, 2024
Cheptegei is a typo