Running World Records

Here are all the major running world records for men and women, ranging from 100m to the marathon, and including records run on the track and on the road. Head here to see the top 20 male and female marathon times, and here’s how all the Olympic Records compare to World Records.

WOMEN’S WORLD RECORDS

DISTANCE	TIME	WHO	WHEN	WHERE
100m	00:10.49	Florence Griffith-Joyner	16/07/1988	Indianapolis, USA
200m	00:21.34	Florence Griffith-Joyner	29/11/1988	Seoul, South Korea
400m	00:47.60	Marita Koch	06/10/1985	Canberra, Australia
800m	1:53.28	Jarmila Kratochvilova	06/10/1986	Munich, Germany
1500m	3:49.04	Faith Kipyegon	07/07/2024	Paris, France
Mile (Track)	4:07.64	Faith Kipyegon	21/07/2023	Monaco
Mile (Road)	4:20.98	Diribe Welteji	01/10/2023	Riga, Latvia
5,000m	14:00.21	Gudaf Tsegay	17/09/2023	Eugene, USA
5km Road	14:13.00	Beatrice Chebet	31/12/2023	Barcelona, Spain
10,000m	28:54.14	Beatrice Chebet	25/05/2024	Eugene, USA
10km Road	28:46.00	Agnes Ngetich	14/1/2024	Valencia, Spain
Half Marathon	01:02:52	Letsenbet Gidey	24/10/2021	Valencia, Spain
Marathon	02:11:53	Tigist Assefa	24/09/2023	Berlin, Germany

MEN’S WORLD RECORDS

DISTANCE	TIME	WHO	WHEN	WHERE
100m	00:09.58	Usain Bolt	16/08/2009	Berlin, Germany
200m	00:19.19	Usain Bolt	20/08/2009	Berlin, Germany
400m	00:43.03	Wayne van Niekerk	14/08/2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
800m	01:40.91	David Rudisha	09/09/2012	London, UK
1500m	03:26.00	Hicham El Guerrouj	14/07/1998	Rome, Italy
Mile (Track)	03:43.13	Hicham El Guerrouj	07/07/1999	Rome, Italy
Mile (Road)	03:54.56	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	27/04/2024	Herzog., Germany
5,000m	12:35.36	Joshua Cheptegei	14/08/2020	Monaco
5km Road	12:49.00	Berihu Aregawi	31/12/2021	Barcelona, Spain
10,000m	26:11.00	Joshua Cheptegei	07/10/2020	Valencia, Spain
10km Road	26:33.00	Berihu Aregawi	11/03/2023	Laredo, Spain
Half Marathon	57:31.00	Jacob Kiplimo	21/11/2021	Lisbon, Portugal
Marathon	02:00:35	Kelvin Kiptum	08/10/2023	Chicago, USA

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