To view nbcolympics.com fully make sure you have Macromedia Flash Player version 7 or higher. Click here to download.
|
Men's Track and Field Records | |||
|
Event |
World Record |
Olympic Record |
American Record |
|
100m |
9.69 Usain Bolt, JAM Aug. 16, 2008 |
9.69 Usain Bolt, JAM Aug. 16, 2008 |
9.77 Tyson Gay June 28, 2008 |
|
200m |
19.30 Usain Bolt, JAM Aug. 20, 2008 |
19.30 Usain Bolt, JAM Aug. 20, 2008 |
19.32 Michael Johnson Aug. 1, 1996 |
|
400m |
43.18 Michael Johnson, USA Aug. 26, 1999 |
43.49 Michael Johnson, USA July 29, 1996 |
43.18 Michael Johnson Aug. 26, 1999 |
|
800m |
1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer, DEN Aug. 24, 1997 |
1:42.58 Vebjorn Rodal, NOR July 31, 1996 |
1:42.60 Johnny Gray Aug. 28, 1985 |
|
1500m |
3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj, MAR July 14, 1998 |
3:32.07 Noah Ngeny, KEN Sept. 29, 2000 |
3:29.30 Bernard Lagat Aug. 28, 2005 |
|
5000m |
12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele, ETH May 31, 2004 |
12:57.82 Kenenisa Bekele, ETH Aug 23, 2008 |
12:58.21 Bob Kennedy Aug. 14, 1996 |
|
10,000m |
26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele, ETH Aug. 26, 2005 |
27:01.17 Kenenisa Bekele, ETH Aug. 17, 2008 |
27:13.98 Meb Keflezighi May 4, 2001 |
|
Marathon |
2:04:26 Haile Gebrselassie, ETH Sept. 30, 2007 (Berlin) |
2:06.32 Samuel Kamau Wansiru, KEN Aug 24, 2008 |
2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi April 14, 2002 (London) |
|
20km racewalk |
1:17:25.6 Bernardo Segura, MEX May 7, 1994 |
1:18:59 Robert Korzeniowski, POL Sept. 22, 2000 |
1:23:40.0 Tim Seaman Aug. 19, 2000 |
|
50km racewalk |
3:35:47 Nathan Deakes, AUS Dec. 2, 2006 |
3:38:29 Vyacheslav Ivanenko, URS Sept. 30, 1988 |
3:48:04 Curt Clausen, USA May 2, 1999 |
|
110m hurdles |
12.87 Dayron Robles, CUB June 12, 2008 |
12.91 Liu Xiang, CHN Aug. 27, 2004 |
12.90 Dominique Arnold, USA July 11, 2006 |
|
400m hurdles |
46.78 Kevin Young, USA Aug. 6, 1992 |
46.78 Kevin Young, USA Aug. 6, 1992 |
46.78 Kevin Young, USA Aug. 6, 1992 |
|
3000m steeplechase |
7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen, QAT Sept. 3, 2004 |
8:05.51 Julius Kariuki, KEN Sept. 30, 1988 |
8:08.82 Daniel Lincoln, USA July 14, 2006 |
|
High Jump |
2.45m (8'0½") Javier Sotomayor, CUB July 27, 1993 |
2.39m (7'10") Charles Austin, USA July 28, 1996 |
2.40m (7'10½") Charles Austin, USA Aug. 7, 1991 |
|
Pole Vault |
6.14m (20'1¾") Sergey Bubka, UKR July 31, 1994 |
5.96m (19'6½") Steve Hooker, AUS Aug. 22, 2008 |
6.03m (19'9¼") Jeff Hartwig, USA June 14, 2000 |
|
Long Jump |
8.95m (29'4½") Mike Powell, USA Aug. 30, 1991 |
8.90m (29'2½") Bob Beamon, USA Oct. 18, 1968 |
8.95m (29'4½") Mike Powell, USA Aug. 30, 1991 |
|
Triple Jump |
18.29m (60'0¼") Jonathan Edwards, GBR Aug. 7, 1995 |
18.09m (59'4¼") Kenny Harrison, USA July 27, 1996 |
18.09m (59'4¼") Kenny Harrison, USA July 27, 1996 |
|
Shot Put |
23.12m (75'10¼") Randy Barnes, USA May 20, 1990 |
22.47m (73'8¾") Ulf Timmermann, GDR Sept. 23, 1988 |
23.12m (75'10¼") Randy Barnes, USA May 20, 1990 |
|
Discus |
74.08m (243'0") Jurgen Schult, GDR June 6, 1986 |
69.40m (227'8") Lars Riedel, GER July 31, 1996 |
72.34m (237'4") Ben Plucknett, USA July 7, 1981 |
|
Hammer |
86.74m (284'7") Yuriy Syedikh, URS Aug. 30, 1986 |
84.80m (278'2") Sergey Litvinov, URS Sept. 26, 1988 |
82.52m (270'9") Lance Deal, USA Sept. 17, 1996 |
|
Javelin |
98.48m (323'1") Jan Zelezny, CZE May 25, 1996 |
90.57m (297'1") Andres Thorkildsen, NOR Aug. 23, 2008 |
91.29m (299'6") Breaux Greer, USA June 21, 2007 |
|
Decathlon |
9,026 points Roman Sebrle, CZE May 26, 2001 |
8,893 points Roman Sebrle, CZE Aug. 19, 2004 |
8,891 points Dan O'Brien, USA Sept. 4, 1992 |
|
4x100m relay |
37.10 JAM Nesta Carter Aug. 22,2008 |
37.10 JAM Nesta Carter Aug. 22,2008 |
37.40 USA Mike Marsh Aug. 8, 1992 |
|
|
|
37.40 USA Jon Drummond Aug. 21, 1993 | |
|
4x400m relay |
2:54.20 USA Jerome Young July 22, 1988 |
2:55.39 USA LaShawn Merritt Aug. 8, 1992 |
2:54.20 USA Jerome Young July 22, 1988 |
|
Women's Track and Field Records | |||
|
Event |
World Record |
Olympic Record |
American Record |
|
100m |
10.49 Florence Griffith-Joyner, USA July 16, 1988 |
10.49 Florence Griffith-Joyner, USA July 16, 1988 |
10.49 Florence Griffith-Joyner, USA July 16, 1988 |
|
200m |
21.34 Florence Griffith-Joyner, USA Sept. 29, 1988 |
21.34 Florence Griffith-Joyner, USA Sept. 29, 1988 |
21.34 Florence Griffith-Joyner, USA Sept. 29, 1988 |
|
400m |
47.60 Marita Koch, GDR Oct. 6, 1985 |
48.25 Marie-Jose Perec, FRA July 29, 1996 |
48.70 Sanya Richards, USA Sept. 17, 2006 |
|
800m |
1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvilova, CZE July 26, 1983 |
1:53.43 Nadezhda Olizarenko, URS July 27, 1980 |
1:56.40 Jearl Miles-Clark, USA Aug. 11, 1999 |
|
1500m |
3:50.46 Qu Junxia, CHN Sept. 11, 1993 |
3:53.96 Paula Ivan, ROM Oct. 1, 1988 |
3:57.12 Mary Slaney, USA July 26, 1983 |
|
5000m |
14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba, ETH June 6, 2008 |
14:40.79 Gabriela Szabo, ROM Sept. 25, 2000 |
14:44.80 Shalane Flanagan, USA April 14, 2007 |
|
10,000m |
29:31.78 Wang Junxia, CHN Sept. 8, 1993 |
29:54.66 Tirunesh Dibaba, ETH Aug. 15, 2008 |
31:19.89 Lynn Jennings, USA Aug. 7, 1992 |
|
Marathon |
2:15:25 Paula Radcliffe, GBR April 13, 2003 (London) |
2:23:14 Naoko Takahashi, JPN Sept. 24, 2000 (Sydney) |
2:19:36 Deena Kastor, USA April 23, 2006 (London) |
|
20km racewalk |
1:26:52.30 Olimpiada Ivanova, RUS Sept. 6, 2001 |
1:29:05.00 Liping Wang, CHN Sept. 28, 2000 |
1:33:28.15 Teresa Vaill, USA June 25, 2005 |
|
100m hurdles |
12.21 Yordanka Donkova, BUL Aug. 20, 1988 |
12.38 Yordanka Donkova, BUL Sept. 30, 1988 |
12.33 Gail Devers, USA July 23, 2000 |
|
400m hurdles |
52.34 Yuliya Pechonkina, RUS Aug. 8, 2003 |
52.64 Melaine Walker, JAM Aug. 20, 2008 |
52.61 Kim Batten, USA Aug. 11, 1995 |
|
3000m steeplechase |
8:58.81 Gulnara Galkina-Samitova, RUS Aug. 17, 2008 |
8:58.81 Gulnara Galkina-Samitova, RUS Aug. 17, 2008 |
9:22.26 Jenny Barringer, USA Aug. 17, 2008 |
|
High Jump |
2.09m (6'10¼") Stefka Kostadinova, BUL Aug. 30, 1987 |
2.06m (6'9") Yelena Slesarenko, RUS Aug. 28, 2004 |
2.03m (6'7¾") Louise Ritter, USA July 8, 1988; Sept. 30, 1988 |
|
Pole Vault |
5.05m (16'6¾") Yelena Isinbayeva, RUS Aug. 18, 2008 |
5.05m (16'6¾") Yelena Isinbayeva, RUS Aug. 18, 2008 |
4.92m (16'1¾") Jenn Stuczynski, USA July 6, 2008 |
|
Long Jump |
7.52m (24'8¼") Galina Chistyakova, URS June 11, 1988 |
7.40m (24'3½") Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA Sept. 29, 1988 |
7.49m (24'7") Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA May 22, 1994; July 31, 1994 |
|
Triple Jump |
15.50m (50'10¼") Inessa Kravets, UKR Aug. 10, 1995 |
15.39m (50'6") Francoise Mbango Etone, CMR Aug. 17, 2008 |
14.45m (47'5") Tiombe Hurd, USA July 11, 2004 |
|
Shot Put |
22.63m (74'3") Natalya Lisovskaya, URS June 7, 1987 |
22.41m (73'6¼") Ilona Slupianek, GDR July 24, 1980 |
20.18m (66'2½") Ramona Pagel, USA June 25, 1988 |
|
Discus |
76.80m (251'11") Gabriele Reinsch, GDR July 9, 1988 |
72.30m (237'2") Martina Hellmann, GDR Sept. 29, 1988 |
67.67m (222'0") Suzy Powell-Roos, USA April 14, 2007 |
|
Hammer |
77.80m (255'3") Tatyana Lysenko, RUS Aug. 15, 2006 |
76.34m (250'5") Aksana Miankova, BLR Aug. 20, 2008 |
73.87m (242'4") Erin Gilreath, USA June 25, 2005 |
|
Javelin |
71.70m (235'3") Olseidys Menendez, CUB Aug. 14, 2005 |
68.91m (226'1") Trine Hattestad, NOR Sept. 30, 2000 |
64.19m (210'7") Yelena Isinbayeva, RUS Aug. 12, 2005 |
|
Heptathlon |
7,291 points Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA Sept. 23, 1988 |
7,291 points Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA Sept. 23, 1988 |
7,291 points Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA Sept. 23, 1988 |
|
4x100m relay |
41.37 GDR Silke Msller Oct. 6, 1985 |
41.60 GDR Romy Mueller Barbel Wockel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Goehr Aug. 1, 1980 |
41.47 USA Chryste Gaines Marion Jones Inger Miller Gail Devers Aug. 8, 1997 |
|
4x400m relay |
3:15.17 USSR Tatyana Ledovskaya Oct. 1, 1988 |
3:15.17 USSR Tatyana Ledovskaya Oct. 1, 1988 |
3:15.51 USA Denean Howard Diane Dixon Valerie Brisco Florence Griffith Joyner Oct. 1, 1988 |
Runnning from her homeland Before Magdalena Lewy-Boulet qualified for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team, she was a decent swimmer in her native Poland. But then events unfolded that made her flee the communism of the era for the United States. She spoke to NBC Olympics about the immigration process.
Sprinters: Jamaica's national treasure From the ease of Usain Bolt's record-smashing 100m to the sweep in the women's 100m, the world is learning what Jamaicans knew all along: This Caribbean nation is no joke when it comes to track and field.
