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All The Running World Records

BY: Mark Dredge
29 July 2024

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

DISTANCETIMEWHOWHENWHERE
100m00:10.49Florence Griffith-Joyner16/07/1988Indianapolis, USA
200m00:21.34Florence Griffith-Joyner29/11/1988Seoul, South Korea
400m00:47.60Marita Koch06/10/1985Canberra, Australia
800m1:53.28Jarmila Kratochvilova06/10/1986Munich, Germany
1500m3:49.04Faith Kipyegon07/07/2024Paris, France
Mile (Track)4:07.64Faith Kipyegon21/07/2023Monaco
Mile (Road)4:20.98Diribe Welteji01/10/2023Riga, Latvia
5,000m14:00.21Gudaf Tsegay17/09/2023Eugene, USA
5km Road13:54.00Beatrice Chebet31/12/2024Barcelona, Spain
10,000m28:54.14Beatrice Chebet25/05/2024Eugene, USA
10km Road28:46.00Agnes Ngetich14/1/2024Valencia, Spain
Half Marathon01:02:52Letsenbet Gidey24/10/2021Valencia, Spain
Marathon02:09:56Ruth Chepngetich13/10/2024Chicago, USA

MEN’S WORLD RECORDS

DISTANCETIMEWHOWHENWHERE
100m00:09.58Usain Bolt16/08/2009Berlin, Germany
200m00:19.19Usain Bolt20/08/2009Berlin, Germany
400m00:43.03Wayne van Niekerk14/08/2016Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
800m01:40.91David Rudisha09/09/2012London, UK
1500m03:26.00Hicham El Guerrouj14/07/1998Rome, Italy
Mile (Track)03:43.13Hicham El Guerrouj07/07/1999Rome, Italy
Mile (Road)03:51.3Elliot Giles01/00/2024Dusseldorf, Germany
5,000m12:35.36Joshua Cheptegei14/08/2020Monaco
5km Road12:49.00Berihu Aregawi31/12/2021Barcelona, Spain
10,000m26:11.00Joshua Cheptegei07/10/2020Valencia, Spain
10km Road26:33.00Berihu Aregawi11/03/2023Laredo, Spain
Half Marathon57:30.00Yomif Kejelcha27/10/2024Valencia, Spain
Marathon02:00:35Kelvin Kiptum08/10/2023Chicago, USA

Photo Filip Bossuyt

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