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Men's Track and Field Records | |||
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Event |
World Record |
Olympic Record |
American Record |
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100m |
9.72 Usain Bolt, JAM May 31, 2008 |
9.84 Donovan Bailey, CAN July 27, 1996 |
9.77 Tyson Gay June 28, 2008 |
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200m |
19.32 Michael Johnson, USA Aug. 1, 1996 |
19.32 Michael Johnson, USA Aug. 1, 1996 |
19.32 Michael Johnson Aug. 1, 1996 |
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400m |
43.18 Michael Johnson, USA Aug. 26, 1999 |
43.49 Michael Johnson, USA July 29, 1996 |
43.18 Michael Johnson Aug. 26, 1999 |
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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 |
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1,500m |
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 |
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5,000m |
12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele, ETH May 31, 2004 |
13:05.59 Said Aouita, MAR Aug 11, 1984 |
12:58.21 Bob Kennedy Aug. 14, 1996 |
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10,000m |
26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele, ETH Aug. 26, 2005 |
27:07.34 Haile Gebrselassie, ETH July 29, 1996 |
27:13.98 Meb Keflezighi May 4, 2001 |
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Marathon |
2:04:26 Haile Gebrselassie, ETH Sept. 30, 2007 (Berlin) |
2:09:21 Carlos Lopes, POR Aug 12, 1984 |
2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi April 14, 2002 (London) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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3,000m 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 |
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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 |
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Pole Vault |
6.14m (20'1¾") Sergey Bubka, UKR July 31, 1994 |
5.95m (19'6¼") Tim Mack, USA Aug. 27, 2004 |
6.03m (19'9¼") Jeff Hartwig, USA June 14, 2000 |
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Long Jump |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Javelin |
Jan Zelezny, CZE May 25, 1996 |
90.17m (295'10") Jan Zelezny, CZE Sept. 23, 2000 |
91.29m (299'6") Breaux Greer, USA June 21, 2007 |
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Decathlon |
9,026 points Roman Sebrle, CZE May 26, 2001 |
8,847 points Daley Thompson, GBR Aug. 9, 1984 |
8,891 points Dan O'Brien, USA Sept. 4, 1992 |
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4x100m relay |
37.40 USA Mike Marsh Aug. 8, 1992 |
37.40 USA Mike Marsh Aug. 8, 1992 |
37.40 USA Mike Marsh Aug. 8, 1992 |
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37.40 USA Jon Drummond Aug. 21, 1993 |
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37.40 USA Jon Drummond Aug. 21, 1993 |
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4x400m relay |
2:54.20 USA Jerome Young July 22, 1988 |
2:55.74 USA Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Michael Johnson Steve Lewis Aug. 8, 1992 |
2:54.20 USA Jerome Young July 22, 1988 |
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Women's Track and Field Records | |||
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Event |
World Record |
Olympic Record |
American Record |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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1,500m |
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 |
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5,000m |
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 |
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10,000m |
29:31.78 Wang Junxia, CHN Sept. 8, 1993 |
30:17.49 Gabriela Szabo, ROM Derartu Tulu, ETH |
31:19.89 Lynn Jennings, USA Aug. 7, 1992 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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400m hurdles |
52.34 Yuliya Pechonkina, RUS Aug. 8, 2003 |
52.82 Deon Hemmings, JAM July 31, 1996 |
52.61 Kim Batten, USA Aug. 11, 1995 |
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3,000m steeplechase |
9:01.59 Galina Samitova, RUS July 4, 2004 |
N/A (Will be contested for first time in Beijing) |
9:27.59 Anna Willard, USA July 4, 2008 |
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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 |
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Pole Vault |
5.03m (16'6") Yelena Isinbayeva, RUS July 11, 2008 |
4.91m (16'1¼") Yelena Isinbayeva, RUS Aug. 24, 2004 |
4.92m (16'1¾") Jenn Stuczynski, USA July 6, 2008 |
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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 |
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Triple Jump |
15.50m (50'10¼") Inessa Kravets, UKR Aug. 10, 1995 |
15.33m (50'3½") Inessa Kravets, UKR July 31, 1996 |
14.45m (47'5") Tiombe Hurd, USA July 11, 2004 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Hammer |
77.80m (255'3") Tatyana Lysenko, RUS Aug. 15, 2006 |
71.16m (233'5") Kamila Skolimowska, POL Sept. 29, 2000 |
73.87m (242'4") Erin Gilreath, USA June 25, 2005 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Olympic track and field is contested over 10 days with medals awarded in 26 running events, 3 walking events, 16 field events, the decathlon and heptathlon. The women's steeplechase will make its debut in Beijing.
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