Track and field world records across different age categories
| Event | Men's Record | Athlete | Women's Record | Athlete |
|---|---|---|---|---|
🏃♂️100m | 9.58 | Usain Bolt JAM • 2009 | 10.49 | Florence Griffith-Joyner USA • 1988 |
🏃♂️200m | 19.19 | Usain Bolt JAM • 2009 | 21.34 | Florence Griffith-Joyner USA • 1988 |
🏃♂️400m | 43.03 | Wayde van Niekerk RSA • 2016 | 47.60 | Marita Koch GDR • 1985 |
🏃♂️800m | 1:40.91 | David Rudisha KEN • 2012 | 1:53.28 | Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH • 1983 |
🏃♂️1500m | 3:26.00 | Hicham El Guerrouj MAR • 1998 | 3:50.07 | Genzebe Dibaba ETH • 2015 |
🏃♂️5000m | 12:35.36 | Joshua Cheptegei UGA • 2020 | 14:06.62 | Letesenbet Gidey ETH • 2020 |
🏃♂️10000m | 26:11.00 | Joshua Cheptegei UGA • 2020 | 29:01.03 | Letesenbet Gidey ETH • 2021 |
🏃♂️110m Hurdles | 12.80 | Aries Merritt USA • 2012 | 12.20 | Kendra Harrison USA • 2016 |
🏃♂️400m Hurdles | 45.94 | Karsten Warholm NOR • 2021 | 50.68 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone USA • 2022 |
🥇Shot Put | 23.37m | Randy Barnes USA • 1990 | 22.63m | Natalya Lisovskaya URS • 1987 |
🥇Discus | 74.08m | Jürgen Schult GDR • 1986 | 76.80m | Gabriele Reinsch GDR • 1988 |
🥇Hammer | 86.74m | Yuriy Sedykh URS • 1986 | 82.98m | Anita Włodarczyk POL • 2016 |
🥇Javelin | 98.48m | Jan Železný CZE • 1996 | 72.28m | Barbora Špotáková CZE • 2008 |
🦘Long Jump | 8.95m | Bob Beamon USA • 1968 | 7.52m | Galina Chistyakova URS • 1988 |
🦘Triple Jump | 18.29m | Jonathan Edwards GBR • 1995 | 15.50m | Inessa Kravets UKR • 1995 |
🦘High Jump | 2.45m | Javier Sotomayor CUB • 1993 | 2.09m | Stefka Kostadinova BUL • 1987 |
🦘Pole Vault | 6.23m | Armand Duplantis SWE • 2024 | 5.06m | Yelena Isinbayeva RUS • 2009 |