Current world records in track and field athletics, covering sprints, middle distance, long distance, hurdles, and field events for male and female athletes.
Event | Gender | Record | Athlete | Country | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Male | 9.58 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 2009-08-16 | Berlin |
| 100m | Female | 10.49 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | USA | 1988-07-16 | Indianapolis |
| 200m | Male | 19.19 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 2009-08-20 | Berlin |
| 200m | Female | 21.34 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | USA | 1988-09-29 | Seoul |
| 400m | Male | 43.03 | Wayde van Niekerk | South Africa | 2016-08-14 | Rio de Janeiro |
| 400m | Female | 47.60 | Marita Koch | East Germany | 1985-10-06 | Canberra |
| 800m | Male | 1:40.91 | David Rudisha | Kenya | 2012-08-09 | London |
| 800m | Female | 1:53.28 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | Czechoslovakia | 1983-07-26 | Munich |
| 1500m | Male | 3:26.00 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 1998-07-14 | Rome |
| 1500m | Female | 3:49.11 | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya | 2023-06-02 | Florence |
| Mile | Male | 3:43.13 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 1999-07-07 | Rome |
| Mile | Female | 4:07.64 | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya | 2023-06-21 | Monaco |
| 5000m | Male | 12:35.36 | Joshua Cheptegei | Uganda | 2020-08-14 | Monaco |
| 5000m | Female | 14:00.21 | Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia | 2023-06-09 | Eugene |
| 10000m | Male | 26:11.00 | Joshua Cheptegei | Uganda | 2020-10-07 | Valencia |
| 10000m | Female | 28:54.14 | Almaz Ayana | Ethiopia | 2016-08-12 | Rio de Janeiro |
| Marathon | Male | 2:00:35 | Kelvin Kiptum | Kenya | 2023-10-08 | Chicago |
| Marathon | Female | 2:11:53 | Tigst Assefa | Ethiopia | 2023-09-24 | Berlin |
| 110m Hurdles | Male | 12.80 | Aries Merritt | USA | 2012-09-07 | Brussels |
| 100m Hurdles | Female | 12.12 | Keni Harrison | USA | 2016-07-22 | London |
| 400m Hurdles | Male | 45.94 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 2021-08-03 | Tokyo |
| 400m Hurdles | Female | 50.68 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | USA | 2022-07-22 | Eugene |
| High Jump | Male | 2.45 | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 1993-07-27 | Salamanca |
| High Jump | Female | 2.09 | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | 1987-08-30 | Rome |
| Long Jump | Male | 8.95 | Mike Powell | USA | 1991-08-30 | Tokyo |
| Long Jump | Female | 7.52 | Galina Chistyakova | Soviet Union | 1988-06-11 | Leningrad |
| Triple Jump | Male | 18.29 | Jonathan Edwards | UK | 1995-08-07 | Gothenburg |
| Triple Jump | Female | 15.74 | Inessa Kravets | Ukraine | 1995-08-10 | Gothenburg |
| Pole Vault | Male | 6.21 | Armand Duplantis | Sweden | 2024-09-17 | Brussels |
| Pole Vault | Female | 5.00 | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | 2009-08-28 | Zurich |
| Shot Put | Male | 23.37 | Randy Barnes | USA | 1990-05-20 | Los Angeles |
| Shot Put | Female | 22.63 | Natalya Lisovskaya | Soviet Union | 1987-06-07 | Moscow |
| Discus Throw | Male | 74.08 | Jürgen Schult | East Germany | 1986-06-06 | Neubrandenburg |
| Discus Throw | Female | 76.80 | Gabriele Reinsch | East Germany | 1988-07-09 | Neubrandenburg |
| Javelin Throw | Male | 98.48 | Jan Železný | Czech Republic | 1996-05-25 | Jena |
| Javelin Throw | Female | 72.28 | Barbora Spotakova | Czech Republic | 2008-09-13 | Stuttgart |