List of World Athletics Championships records
The World Championships in Athletics is a biennial event which began in 1983. Organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the World Championships are a competition comprising track and field athletics events available to male and female athletes from any of the IAAF's 213 member federations. Championship records are set when an athlete achieves the best mark in an event at one of the editions of the Championships. World, area, and national records have been set at the championships over the course of its history.
Competitors at the World Championships come from around the globe and records have been broken by athletes from all six continents. The United States has been the most successful competitor at the World Championships in both medals and records.
Four athletes hold multiple records: Marion Jones holds both the individual and relay record in the 100 metres, Michael Johnson holds individual and relay records in the 400 metres, Jackie Joyner-Kersee broke both the heptathlon and long jump records in 1987, and Jarmila Kratochvílová set the records in the 400 and 800 metres at the inaugural Championships in 1983. Kratochílová's records have gone unbeaten for over 30 years and are the two oldest records of the Championships.
Men
- Key to tables:
not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics
- Note: World records in bold are current world records, those in bold italics are former world records
Statistics are correct as of October 2019
Event | Record | Name | Location | Date | Ref | Video | ||||||||||||||||||
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100 m | 9.58 (+0.9 m/s) WR | 16 August 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
200 m | 19.19 (−0.3 m/s) WR | 20 August 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
400 m | 43.18 WR | 26 August 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
800 m | 1:42.34 | 1 October 2019 | [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
1500 m | 3:27.65 | 24 August 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5000 m | 12:52.79 | 31 August 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
10000 m | 26:46.31 | 17 August 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Marathon | 2:06:54 | 22 August 2009 | [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||
110 m hurdles | 12.91 (+0.5 m/s) WR | 20 August 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
400 m hurdles | 47.18 | 19 August 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3000 m steeplechase | 8:00.43 | 18 August 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
High jump | 2.41 m | 15 August 2013 | [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pole vault | 6.05 m | 9 August 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Long jump | 8.95 m (+0.3 m/s) WR | 30 August 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Triple jump | 18.29 m (+1.3 m/s) WR | 7 August 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Shot put | 22.91 m | 5 October 2019 | [4] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Discus throw | 70.17 m | 7 August 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hammer throw | 83.63 m[5] | 27 August 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Javelin throw | 92.80 m | 12 August 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Decathlon | 9045 pts WR | 28–29 August 2015 | [6] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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20 km walk (road) | 1:17:21 WR | 23 August 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
50 km walk (road) | 3:33:11 | 13 August 2017 | [7] | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 × 100 m relay | 37.04 | Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt |
4 September 2011 | [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 × 400 m relay | 2:54.29 WR | Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Harry Reynolds Michael Johnson |
22 August 1993 | [9] |
Key: | |||
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WR World record | AR Area record | NR National record | PB Athlete's personal best |
Decathlon disciplines
Women
- Note:World records in bold are current world records, those in bold italics are former world records
Statistics are correct as of October 2019
Event | Record | Name | Location | Date | Ref | Video |
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100 m | 10.70 (–0.1 m/s) | 28 August 1999 | [11] | |||
200 m | 21.63 (+0.2 m/s) | 28 August 2015 | [12] | |||
400 m | 47.99 WR | 10 August 1983 | ||||
800 m | 1:54.68 | 9 August 1983 | ||||
1500 m | 3:51.95 | 5 October 2019 | [13] | |||
3000 m (defunct since 1993) |
8:28.71 | 16 August 1993 | ||||
5000 m | 14:26.72 | 5 October 2019 | [14] | |||
10000 m | 30:04.18 | 23 August 2003 | ||||
100 m hurdles | 12.28 (+1.1 m/s) | 3 September 2011 | [15] | |||
400 m hurdles | 52.16 WR | 4 October 2019 | [16] | |||
3000 m steeplechase | 8:57.84 | 30 September 2019 | [17] | |||
Marathon | 2:20:57 | 14 August 2005 | ||||
High jump | 2.09 m WR | 30 August 1987 | ||||
Pole vault | 5.01 m WR | 12 August 2005 | [18] | |||
Long jump | 7.36 m | 4 September 1987 | ||||
Triple jump | 15.50 m WR | 10 August 1995 | ||||
Shot put | 21.24 m | 5 September 1987 | ||||
29 August 2011 | ||||||
Discus throw | 71.62 | 31 August 1987 | ||||
Hammer throw | 80.85 m | 27 August 2015 | [19] | |||
Javelin throw | 71.70 m | 14 August 2005 | ||||
71.99 m | 2 September 2011 | [20] | ||||
Heptathlon | 7128 pts | 31 August – 1 September 1987 | ||||
10000 m walk (track) (defunct since 1997) |
42:55.49 | 7 August 1997 | ||||
10 km walk (road) (defunct since 1995) |
42:13 | 7 August 1995 | [21] | |||
20 km walk (road) | 1:25:41 | 7 August 2005 | ||||
50 km walk (road) | 4:05:56 WR | 13 August 2017 | [22] | |||
4 × 100 m relay | 41.07 | Veronica Campbell-Brown Natasha Morrison Elaine Thompson Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |
29 August 2015 | |||
4 × 400 m relay | 3:16.71 | Gwen Torrence Maicel Malone-Wallace Natasha Kaiser-Brown Jearl Miles |
22 August 1993 | [23] |
Key: | |||
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WR World record | AR Area record | NR National record | PB Athlete's personal best |
Heptathlon disciplines
Event | Record | Athlete | Nation | Date | Championships | Place | Ref |
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100 m hurdles | 12.58 (+0.4 m/s) | Kendell Williams | 2 October 2019 | 2019 World Championships | [24] | ||
High jump | 1.95 m | Carolina Klüft | 25 August 2007 | 2007 World Championships | |||
Nafissatou Thiam | 5 August 2017 | 2017 World Championships | [25] | ||||
Yorgelis Rodríguez | 5 August 2017 | 2017 World Championships | |||||
Katarina Johnson-Thompson | 2 October 2019 | 2019 World Championships | [26] | ||||
Nafissatou Thiam | |||||||
Shot put | 17.03 m | Austra Skujyte | 25 August 2007 | 2007 World Championships | |||
200 m | 22.84 | Dafne Schippers | 12 August 2013 | 2013 World Championships | |||
Long jump | 7.14 m | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | 1 September 1987 | 1987 World Championships | |||
Javelin throw | 58.41 m | Anouk Vetter | 6 August 2017 | 2017 World Championships | [27] | ||
800 m | 2:05.21 | Karolina Tyminska | 30 August 2011 | 2011 World Championships |
Mixed
- Note: World records in bold are current world records, those in bold italics are former world records
Event | Record | Name | Location | Date | Ref |
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4 × 400 m relay | 3:09.34 WR | Wilbert London Allyson Felix Courtney Okolo Michael Cherry |
29 September 2019 | [28] |
See also
References
General
- Official record tables. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-17.
- Competition websites. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-09.
Specific
- "800 Metres Men – Final – Results" (PDF). IAAF. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- "Marathon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 2009-08-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-07. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- "High Jump Result - 14th IAAF World Championships". IAAF. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- "Shot Put Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- Note: The original Championships Record of 83.89 metres, set at the 2005 edition also by Ivan Tsikhan, was later retroactively annulled after his re-tested sample taken at those championships showed use of a prohibited substance. Revision of results following sanctions of Tsikhan and Ostapchuk
- "Men's Decathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- "4x100 Metres Results" (PDF). IAAF. 4 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- Results – 4 X 400 METRES – Men – Final Archived 2009-06-26 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (1993-08-22). Retrieved on 2009-05-08.
- "Javelin Throw Men − Decathlon − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- Official Results - 100 METRES - Women - Final Archived 2012-08-15 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-07.
- "200m Results". IAAF. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- "1500 Metres Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "5000m Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "100 Metres Hurdles Results" (PDF). IAAF. 3 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- "400 Metres Hurdles Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- "3000 Metres Steeplechase Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- Peters, Samuel (2005-08-12). 5.01m Pole Vault WORLD RECORD – Guess who?. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-08.
- "Hammer Throw Results". IAAF. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- "Javelin Throw Results" (PDF). IAAF. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- "10 km Race Walk Results". IAAF. 1995-08-07. Archived from the original on 2010-08-08. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- Results – 4 X 400 METRES – Women – Final Archived 2009-06-26 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (1997-08-22). Retrieved on 2009-05-08.
- "100 Metres Hurdles Women − Heptathlon − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- "Heptathlon – High Jump Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- "High Jump Women − Heptathlon − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- "Heptathlon – Javelin Throw Results" (PDF). IAAF. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- "4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.