List of masters athletes

These are athletes who have not competed as a Masters athlete, but by age qualify for and hold Masters records set in elite open level competition.

• Yamilé Aldama  Cuba  Sudan  United Kingdom Holds Masters W35 and W40 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Igor Astapkovich  Belarus has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[7]
• Inha Babakova  Ukraine Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Abdellah Béhar  France Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Mike Boit  Kenya Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Sabine Braun  Germany Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Chris Brown  Bahamas Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Amber Campbell  United States Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Linford Christie  United Kingdom Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Jearl Miles Clark  United States Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis Holds pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Maurizio Damilano  Italy Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[8]
• Yohann Diniz  France Has multiple pending Masters records
• Troy Douglas  Netherlands has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[7]
• Joanne Dow  United States Holds Masters W40 and W45 Records achieved as an Open competitor[9]
• Stacy Dragila  United States Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Heike Drechsler  Germany Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Jonathan Edwards  United Kingdom Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Ludmila Engquist  Sweden Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Johnny Gray  United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Lyubov Gurina  Russia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Alvin Harrison  United States  Dominican Republic Holds a pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Jeff Hartwig  United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Colin Jackson  United Kingdom Held Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Allen Johnson  United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor, set while winning IAAF World Cup
• Meb Keflezighi  United States American M40 Marathon record holder, ran in 2016 Olympics at age 41
• Mary Jepkosgei Keitany  Kenya Pending marathon record set as open competitor
• Robert Korzeniowski  Poland Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[8]
• Inessa Kravets  Ukraine Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Olga Kuzenkova  Russia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• A. G. Kruger  United States Holds Masters M35 Record in Throws Pentathlon as Open competitor
• Bernard Lagat  United States Holds multiple Masters M35 Records achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Carl Lewis  United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Lev Lobodin  Russia Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Carlos Lopes  Portugal Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Edith Masai  Kenya Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Josef Matoušek  Czech Republic  Czechoslovakia Set M35 Javelin record en route to 1960 Olympics
• Danny McFarlane  Jamaica Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Faina Melnik  Soviet Union Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Irina Mikitenko  Germany Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Kathryn Mitchell  Australia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Steffi Nerius  Germany Held Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Brian Oldfield  United States has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[7]
• Merlene Ottey  Slovenia has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records[6]
• Björn Otto  Germany Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Joanne Pavey  United Kingdom Holds multiple Masters Records achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Larisa Peleshenko  Russia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Aurelia Pentón  Cuba Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Elisabetta Perrone  Italy Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[10]
• Yekaterina Podkopayeva  Russia has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records[6]
• Maricica Puică  Romania has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records[6]
• Félix Sánchez  Dominican Republic ran a superior time to M35 World record in the World Championships
• Kerry Saxby-Junna  Australia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[10]
• Marina Stepanova  Soviet Union Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• Jenn Suhr  United States Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
• William Tanui  Kenya Ran a 1500m superior to the M35 record in Open competition
• Dragutin Topic  Serbia Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Kevin Toth Threw shot put further than M35 World Record just before being banned for doping
• Simon Vroemen  Netherlands Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Ibrahima Wade  France Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• John Walker  New Zealand Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
• Jan Železný  Czech Republic has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[7]