List of world records in athletics

World records in athletics are ratified by World Athletics. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking.

Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians. The only non-metric track distance for which official records are kept is the mile run.

The criteria which must be satisfied for ratification of a world record are defined by World Athletics in Part III of the Competition Rules.^[1] These criteria also apply to national or other restricted records and also to performances submitted as qualifying marks for eligibility to compete in major events such as the Olympic Games.

The criteria include:

• The dimensions of the track and equipment used must conform to standards. In road events, the course must be accurately measured, by a certified measurer.
• Except in road events (road running and race walking), the performance must be set in a single-sex race,^[2] with the sole exception of the mixed-sex 4 × 400 m relay, introduced by World Athletics in 2017.^[3]
• All team members in a relay race must be of the same nationality.
• Pacemakers are allowed, provided they have not been lapped; lapped athletes must give way.
• Drug testing immediately after the performance is now required for ratification of a record. Existing records which predate this requirement are still extant. Athletes who pass the immediate test but are later found to have been using banned substances have their performances invalidated.
• In running events up to 200 m in distance and in horizontal jump events, wind assistance is permitted only up to 2.0 m/s. In decathlon or heptathlon, average wind assistance of less than 2.0 m/s is required across all applicable disciplines; and maximum of 4.0 m/s in any one event. As an exception, according to rule 36.2, specific event organizers may choose to ignore wind velocity readings exclusively for their specific event records (e.g. a performance in a 100 m race at a meeting with a wind reading of +2.4 m/s may be considered that specific meeting record, but will not be considered as a world record).^[1]
• In running events up to 800 m in distance, photo finish fully automatic timing is required.
• There is no restriction on altitude; since the thinner atmosphere of higher altitude provides less air resistance, locations such as Mexico City and Sestriere have previously been the sites of records in the sprint and jump events. See effects of high altitude on humans. Records set at high altitude venues are often marked with an "A" though that does not disqualify it as a record. Under those circumstances, a "sea level" best is also tracked by statisticians. Long-distance races run at altitude, with less oxygen available to the athlete, have been shown to be to the athlete's disadvantage.
• In road events, the course is not required to be a circuit, but the overall decrease in elevation between the start and finish shall not exceed 1:1000, i.e. 1 m/km.
• In road events, the start and finish points of a course, measured along a theoretical straight line between them, shall not be further apart than 50% of the race distance.

Witnessing a world record brings great pleasure for athletics fans, and athletes' personal sponsors and promoters of major meetings such as the Diamond League and its predecessor, the IAAF Golden League have offered bonuses to athletes breaking a record.

Some middle-distance runners have specialized in acting as pacemakers in longer races, receiving a fee without even finishing the race, and possibly a bonus if a record results. This is a useful occupation for athletes who are capable of running accurately to a specified pace, but not capable of the fastest times to become champions in their own right.

In the pole vault record bonuses create an incentive for an athlete capable of beating a record by a large margin to instead break it by the minimum amount (one centimetre), multiple times, at multiple meetings, in order to accumulate multiple bonuses. This has been done by Sergey Bubka and more recently Armand Duplantis in the men's pole vault, and Yelena Isinbayeva in the women's pole vault.^[4] Some commentators have complained that neither athlete ever posted as high a mark as they were capable of.^[5] In most other disciplines, this issue does not arise, since it is practically impossible to deliberately break a record by a small margin.

World Athletics (then IAAF) commenced the recognition of world records in 1912, and indoor world records after 1987. In 2000, IAAF rule 260.18a (formerly 260.6a) was amended, so that "world records" (as opposed to "indoor world records") can be set in a facility "with or without roof". This rule was not applied retroactively,^[6] and has, thus far, only affected the men's and women's pole vault, women's 2,000 m and women's triple jump. The women's vault record has been advanced 9 times indoors by three different women, each ratified as a world record. The last record to be set indoors was in 2004. Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed by five consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020, Duplantis surpassed Bubka's outdoor world best (the old 6.14 m record), with a 6.15 m vault and continued to improve the world record after.

As new events are advanced to world record status, World Athletics might delay declaring initial performances as the official world record until sufficient athletes have had the opportunity to perform.

  Awaiting ratification   not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics

h = hand timing
+ = en route to a longer distance
A = affected by altitude
OT = oversized track
X = annulled due to doping violations
# = not officially ratified by World Athletics
a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28
est = estimate
i = set indoors (overall world record tables only)

Event	Perf.	W	N	Average Speed	Pts	Athlete(s)	Nat.	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	R	V	P
				mph (kph)
100 m	9.58	+0.9		23.35 (37.58)	1356	Usain Bolt	JAM	16 Aug 2009	World Championships	Berlin	GER	[7][8]	[1]	P
200 m	19.19	−0.3		23.31 (37.52)	1352	Usain Bolt	JAM	20 Aug 2009	World Championships	Berlin	GER	[7][9]	[2]	P
400 m	43.03			20.79 (33.47)	1321	Wayde van Niekerk	RSA	14 Aug 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	[10][11]	[3]	P
800 m	1:40.91			17.734 (28.540)	1301	David Rudisha	KEN	9 Aug 2012	Olympic Games	London	GBR	[12][13]	[4]	P
1000 m	2:11.96			16.952 (27.281)	1250	Noah Ngeny	KEN	5 Sep 1999	Rieti Meeting	Rieti	ITA	[14]	[5]	P
1500 m	3:26.00			16.288 (26.214)	1302	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	14 Jul 1998	Golden Gala	Rome	ITA	[15]	[6]	P
Mile	3:43.13			16.134 (25.965)	1292	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	7 Jul 1999	Golden Gala	Rome	ITA	[16]	[7]	P
Mile (Road)	3:56.13			15.25 (24.54)	1123	Hobbs Kessler	USA	1 Oct 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga	LAT	[17][18]	[8]
	3:54.56			15.35 (24.70)	1142	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	KEN	27 Apr 2024	Adizero: Road to Records	Herzogenaurach	GER	[18] [19]	[9]
2000 m	4:43.13			15.80 (25.43)	1307	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	NOR	8 Sep 2023	Memorial van Damme	Brussels	BEL	[20][21]	[10]
3000 m	7:20.67			15.229 (24.508)	1299	Daniel Komen	KEN	1 Sep 1996	Rieti Meeting	Rieti	ITA	[22]	[11]	P
5000 m	12:35.36			14.807 (23.830)	1302	Joshua Cheptegei	UGA	14 Aug 2020	Herculis	Monaco	MON	[23][24]	[12]	P
5 km (road)	12:49.00			14.54 (23.41)	1250	Berihu Aregawi	ETH	31 Dec 2021	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona	ESP	[25][26]		P
10,000 m	26:11.00			14.239 (22.915)	1306	Joshua Cheptegei	UGA	7 Oct 2020		Valencia	ESP	[27][28]	[13]	P
10 km (road)	26:38.00			13.99 (22.52)	1262	Joshua Cheptegei	UGA	1 Dec 2019	10K Valencia Trinidad Alfonso	Valencia	ESP	[29][30]	[14]
	26:33.00			14.04 (22.60)	1270	Berihu Aregawi	ETH	11 Mar 2023		Laredo	ESP	[31][32]
	26:24.00		[a]	14.12 (22.73)	1285	Rhonex Kipruto	KEN	12 Jan 2020	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia	ESP	[33][34]	[15]	P
Half marathon	57:31.00			13.67 (22.01)	1288	Jacob Kiplimo	UGA	21 Nov 2021	EDP Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon	POR	[35][36]		P
One hour (track)	21,330 m			13.254 (21.330)	N/A	Mo Farah	GBR	4 Sep 2020	Diamond League	Brussels	BEL	[37]	[16]	P
Marathon[b]	2:00:35			13.046 (20.995)	1322	Kelvin Kiptum	KEN	8 Oct 2023	Chicago Marathon	Chicago	USA	[38][39]		P
	1:59:40.2		[c]	13.136 (21.156)	N/A	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	12 Oct 2019	INEOS 1:59 Challenge	Vienna	AUT	[40]	[17]
50 km (road)	2:38:43.00			11.74 (18.90)	N/A	CJ Albertson	USA	8 Oct 2022	Ruth Anderson Memorial Endurance Run	San Francisco	USA	[41]
100 km (road)	6:05:35.00			10.198 (16.412)	N/A	Aleksandr Sorokin	LTU	14 May 2023	World's Fastest Run	Vilnius	LTU	[42]		P
110 m hurdles	12.80	+0.3		19.22 (30.94)	1294	Aries Merritt	USA	7 Sep 2012	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels	BEL	[43][44]	[18]	P
400 m hurdles	45.94			19.477 (31.345)	1341	Karsten Warholm	NOR	3 Aug 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	JPN	[45][46]	[19]	P
3000 m steeplechase	7:52.11			14.215 (22.876)	1295	Lamecha Girma	ETH	9 Jun 2023	Meeting de Paris	Paris	FRA	[47][48]	[20]	P
High jump	2.45 m				1314	Javier Sotomayor	CUB	27 Jul 1993	Gran Premio Diputación	Salamanca	ESP	[49]	[21]	P
Pole vault	6.23 m				1330	Armand Duplantis	SWE	17 Sep 2023	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene	USA	[50][51]	[22]	P
	6.24 m				1333	Armand Duplantis	SWE	20 Apr 2024	Xiamen Diamond League	Xiamen	CHN	[51] [52]	[23]	P
Long jump	8.95 m	+0.3			1346	Mike Powell	USA	30 Aug 1991	World Championships	Tokyo	JPN	[53]	[24]	P
Triple jump	18.29 m	+1.3			1303	Jonathan Edwards	GBR	7 Aug 1995	World Championships	Gothenburg	SWE	[54][55]	[25]	P
Shot put	23.56 m				1334	Ryan Crouser	USA	27 May 2023	USATF LA Grand Prix	Los Angeles	USA	[56][57]	[26]	P
Discus throw	74.08 m				1320	Jürgen Schult	GDR	6 Jun 1986		Neubrandenburg	GDR	[58]	[27]	P
	74.35 m				1325	Mykolas Alekna	LTU	14 Apr 2024	Oklahoma Throws Series	Ramona	USA	[58] [59]	[28]
Hammer throw	86.74 m				1307	Yuriy Sedykh	URS	30 Aug 1986	European Championships	Stuttgart	FRG	[60]	[29]	P
Javelin throw	98.48 m		[d]		1365	Jan Železný	CZE	25 May 1996		Jena	GER	[61]	[30]	P
Decathlon	9126 pts		[e]		1302	Kevin Mayer	FRA	16 Sep 2018	Décastar	Talence	FRA	[62][63]	[31]	P
20,000 m walk (track)	1:17:25.60		[f]	9.630 (15.499)	1247	Bernardo Segura	MEX	7 May 1994		Bergen	NOR	[64]
20 km walk (road)	1:16:36.00			9.734 (15.666)	1266	Yusuke Suzuki	JPN	15 Mar 2015	Asian Race Walking Championships	Nomi	JPN	[65][66]		P
2 hours walk (track)	29,572 m		+	9.188 (14.786)	N/A	Maurizio Damilano	ITA	3 Oct 1992		Cuneo	ITA
30,000 m walk (track)	2:01:44.10			9.188 (14.786)	N/A	Maurizio Damilano	ITA	3 Oct 1992		Cuneo	ITA
35 km walk (road)	2:21:31			9.221 (14.839)	1257	Vladimir Kanaykin	RUS	19 Feb 2006		Sochi	RUS	[67]
50,000 m walk (track)	3:35:27.20			8.652 (13.924)	N/A	Yohann Diniz	FRA	12 Mar 2011		Reims	FRA	[68]
50 km walk (road)	3:32:33.00			8.770 (14.114)	1269	Yohann Diniz	FRA	15 Aug 2014	European Championships	Zürich	SUI	[69][70]	[32]	P
4 × 100 m relay	36.84			24.288 (39.088)	1318	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt	JAM	11 Aug 2012	Olympic Games	London	GBR	[71][72]	[33]	P
4 × 200 m relay	1:18.63			22.759 (36.627)	1272	Nickel Ashmeade Warren Weir Jermaine Brown Yohan Blake	JAM	24 May 2014	World Relays	Nassau	BAH	[73][74]	[34]	P
4 × 400 m relay	2:54.29			20.535 (33.048)	1288	Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson	USA	22 Aug 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart	GER	[g] [75][76]	[35]	P
4 × 800 m relay	7:02.43			16.945 (27.271)	1244	Joseph Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kombich Wilfred Bungei	KEN	25 Aug 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels	BEL	[77]	[36]
Distance medley relay	9:15.50		[h]	16.108 (25.923)	N/A	Kyle Merber Brycen Spratling Brandon Johnson Ben Blankenship	USA	3 May 2015	World Relays	Nassau	BAH	[78]
	9:14.58		[i]	16.134 (25.966)	N/A	Brannon Kidder Brandon Miller Isaiah Harris Henry Wynne	USA	19 April 2024	Oregon Relays	Eugene	USA	[79]
4 × 1500 m relay	14:22.22			15.566 (25.052)	1311	Collins Cheboi Silas Kiplagat James Kiplagat Magut Asbel Kiprop	KEN	25 May 2014	World Relays	Nassau	BAH	[80][81]	[37]
Road relay 42.195 km	1:57:06.00		[j]	13.434 (21.620)	N/A	Josephat Ndambiri Martin Mathathi Daniel Muchunu Mwangi Mekubo Mogusu Onesmus Nyerre John Kariuki	KEN	23 Nov 2005	Chiba Ekiden	Chiba	JPN

Event	Perf.	W	N	Avg Speed mph (km/h)	Pts	Athlete(s)	Nat.	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	R	V	P
100 m	10.49	0.0	[k]	21.32 (34.32)	1314	Florence Griffith Joyner	USA	16 Jul 1988	US Olympic Trials	Indianapolis	USA	[84]	[38]	P
200 m	21.34	+1.3		20.97 (33.74)	1308	Florence Griffith Joyner	USA	29 Sep 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul	KOR	[85]	[39]	P
400 m	47.60			18.798 (30.252)	1304	Marita Koch	GDR	6 Oct 1985	World Cup	Canberra	AUS	[86]	[40]	P
800 m	1:53.28			15.798 (25.424)	1286	Jarmila Kratochvílová	TCH	26 Jul 1983		Munich	FRG	[87]	[41]	P
1000 m	2:28.98			15.015 (24.164)	1251	Svetlana Masterkova	RUS	23 Aug 1996	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels	BEL	[88]	[42]	P
1500 m	3:49.11			14.645 (23.569)	1295	Faith Kipyegon	KEN	2 Jun 2023	Golden Gala	Florence	ITA	[89][90]	[43]	P
	3:49.04			14.650 (23.577)	1295	Faith Kipyegon	KEN	7 Jul 2024	Meeting de Paris	Paris	FRA	[90] [91]	[44]
Mile	4:07.64			14.537 (23.395)	1286	Faith Kipyegon	KEN	21 Jul 2023	Herculis	Monaco	MON	[92][93]	[45]	P
Mile (Road)	4:20.98		Wo	13.714 (22.071)	1185	Diribe Welteji	ETH	1 Oct 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga	LAT	[94][95]
2000 m	5:21.56			13.912 (22.391)	1241	Francine Niyonsaba	BDI	14 Sep 2021	Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb	CRO	[96][97]	[46]
	5:19.70			13.994 (22.521)	1252	Jessica Hull	AUS	12 Jul 2024	Herculis	Monaco	MON	[98]
3000 m	8:06.11			13.805 (22.217)	1293	Wang Junxia	CHN	13 Sep 1993	Chinese National Games	Beijing	CHN	[99]		P
5000 m	14:00.21			13.312 (21.423)	1282	Gudaf Tsegay	ETH	17 Sep 2023	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene	USA	[100][101]	[47]	P
5 km (road)	14:29.00		Wo	12.87 (20.71)	1224	Senbere Teferi	ETH	12 Sep 2021	5 km Adizero Road to Records	Herzogenaurach	GER	[102][103]		P
	14:13.00		Wo	13.11 (21.10)	1256	Beatrice Chebet	KEN	31 Dec 2023	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona	ESP	[103] [104]
	14:19.00		Mx	13.02 (20.95)	1244	Ejgayehu Taye	ETH	31 Dec 2021	Cursa dels Nassos	Barcelona	ESP	[25][103]
	14:13.00		Mx	13.11 (21.10)	1256	Agnes Ngetich	KEN	14 Jan 2024	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia	ESP	[103] [105]
10,000 m	29:01.03			12.848 (20.677)	1303	Letesenbet Gidey	ETH	8 Jun 2021	Ethiopian Olympic Trials	Hengelo	NED	[106][107]		P
	28:54.14			12.899 (20.760)	1309	Beatrice Chebet	KEN	25 May 2024	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene	USA	[107] [108]	[48]
10 km (road)
	28:46.00		Mx	12.96 (20.86)	1317	Agnes Ngetich	KEN	14 Jan 2024	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia	ESP	[109][110]		P
	30:01.00		Wo	12.42 (19.99)	1247	Agnes Tirop	KEN	12 Sep 2021	Adizero Road to Records	Herzogenaurach	GER	[102][110]
	29:26.00		Wo	12.67 (20.39)	1279	Agnes Ngetich	KEN	18 Nov 2023	Urban Trail de Lille	Lille	FRA	[110] [111]
	29:24.00 [l]		Wo	12.68 (20.41)	N/A	Agnes Ngetich	KEN	10 Sep 2023	Brașov Running Festival	Brașov	ROM	[110] [112][113]
	29:14.00		Mx	12.83 (20.53)	1290	Yalemzerf Yehualaw	ETH	27 Feb 2022	World Athletics Label road race	Castellón de la Plana	ESP	[110] [114]	[49]
One hour (track)	18,930 m			11.763 (18.930)	N/A	Sifan Hassan	NED	4 Sep 2020	Diamond League	Brussels	BEL	[37]	[50]	P
Half marathon	1:02:52		Mx	12.512 (20.135)	1281	Letesenbet Gidey	ETH	24 Oct 2021	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia	ESP	[115][116][117]		P
	1:05:16		Wo	12.055 (19.400)	1229	Peres Jepchirchir	KEN	17 Oct 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia	POL	[117] [118]	[51]
Marathon[b]	2:11:53.00		Mx	11.920 (19.197)	1318	Tigst Assefa	ETH	24 Sep 2023	Berlin Marathon	Berlin	GER	[119][120][121]		P
	2:16:16.00		Wo	11.544 (18.580)	1272	Peres Jepchirchir	KEN	21 Apr 2024	London Marathon	London	GBR	[121] [122]	[52] [53]
50 km (road)	2:59:54.00		Mx	10.36 (16.68)	N/A	Desiree Linden	USA	13 Apr 2021	Brooks Running 50 km & Marathon	Dorena Lake	USA	[123][124]
	3:00:30.00		Wo	10.33 (16.62)	N/A	Emane Seifu Hayile	ETH	26 Feb 2023	Nedbank Runified Breaking Barriers Ultramarathon	Gqeberha	RSA	[125]
100 km (road)	6:33:11.00		Mx	9.4822 (15.260)	N/A	Tomoe Abe	JPN	25 Jun 2000	Lake Saroma Ultramarathon	Yūbetsu	JPN	[126]
100 m hurdles	12.12	+0.9		18.457 (29.703)	1272	Tobi Amusan	NGR	24 Jul 2022	World Championships	Eugene	USA	[127][128] [129]	[54]	P
400 m hurdles	50.68			17.655 (28.414)	1312	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	USA	22 Jul 2022	World Championships	Eugene	USA	[130][131]	[55]	P
	50.65			17.666 (28.430)	1313	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	USA	30 Jun 2024	US Olympic Trials	Eugene	USA	[131] [132]	[56]	P
3000 m steeplechase	8:44.32			12.799 (20.598)	1285	Beatrice Chepkoech	KEN	20 Jul 2018	Herculis	Monaco	MON	[133][134]		P
High jump	2.09 m				1309	Stefka Kostadinova	BUL	30 Aug 1987	World Championships	Rome	ITA	[135]	[57]	P
	2.10 m				1319	Yaroslava Mahuchikh	UKR	7 Jul 2024	Meeting de Paris	Paris	FRA	[135] [136]	[58]	P
Pole vault	5.06 m				1290	Yelena Isinbayeva	RUS	28 Aug 2009	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich	SUI	[137]	[59]	P
Long jump	7.52 m	+1.4			1333	Galina Chistyakova	URS	11 Jun 1988	Brothers Znamensky Memorial	Leningrad	URS	[138][139]	[60]	P
Triple jump	15.74 m	N/A	i		1297	Yulimar Rojas	VEN	20 Mar 2022	World Championships	Belgrade	SRB	[140][141]		P
Shot put	22.63 m				1372	Natalya Lisovskaya	URS	7 Jun 1987	Brothers Znamensky Memorial	Moscow	URS	[142]	[61]	P
Discus throw	76.80 m				1382	Gabriele Reinsch	GDR	9 Jul 1988		Neubrandenburg	GDR	[143]	[62]	P
Hammer throw	82.98 m				1303	Anita Włodarczyk	POL	28 Aug 2016	Kamila Skolimowska Memorial	Warsaw	POL	[144][145]	[63]	P
Javelin throw	72.28 m		[d]		1306	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	13 Sep 2008	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart	GER	[146][147]	[64]	P
Heptathlon	7291 pts		[m][d]		1331	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	USA	24 Sep 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul	KOR	[148][149]		P
Decathlon	8358 pts		[n]		N/A	Austra Skujytė	LTU	15 Apr 2005	Audrey Walton Combined Events	Columbia	USA	[150][151]		P
10,000 m walk (track)	41:56.23			8.890 (14.307)	1196	Nadezhda Ryashkina	URS	24 Jul 1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle	USA	[152]
	41:37.90			8.955 (14.412)	1207	Gao Hongmiao	CHN	7 Apr 1994		Beijing	CHN	[152]
20,000 m walk (track)	1:26:52.30			8.583 (13.814)	1193	Olimpiada Ivanova	RUS	6 Sep 2001		Brisbane	AUS	[153][154]
20 km walk (road)	1:23:49			8.896 (14.317)	1248	Yang Jiayu	CHN	20 Mar 2021	Chinese Race Walking Championships	Huangshan	CHN	[155][156]		P
	1:23:39		[o]	8.914 (14.346)	1251	Elena Lashmanova	RUS	9 Jun 2018	Russian Race Walking Championships	Cheboksary	RUS	[156] [157]
35 km walk (road)	2:37:15			8.298 (13.355)	1262	María Pérez	ESP	21 May 2023	European Race Walking Team Championships	Poděbrady	Czech Republic	[158][159]
50,000 m walk (track)	4:29:45.560		[p]	6.910 (11.121)	N/A	Katie Burnett	USA	13 Jul 2019	National Invitational Racewalks	San Diego	USA	[160]
50 km walk (road)	3:59:15			7.791 (12.539)	1244	Liu Hong	CHN	9 Mar 2019	Chinese Race Walk Grand Prix	Huangshan	CHN	[161][162][163]		P
	3:57:08		[o]	7.861 (12.651)	1256	Klavdiya Afanasyeva	RUS	15 Jun 2019	Russian Race Walking Championships	Cheboksary	RUS	[163] [164]
4 × 100 m relay	40.82			21.92 (35.277)	1273	Tianna Madison Allyson Felix Bianca Knight Carmelita Jeter	USA	10 Aug 2012	Olympic Games	London	GBR	[165][166]	[65]	P
4 × 200 m relay	1:27.46			20.461 (32.929)	1233	LaTasha Jenkins LaTasha Colander-Richardson Nanceen Perry Marion Jones	USA	29 Apr 2000	Penn Relays	Philadelphia	USA	[167]
	1:27.05		[q]	20.558 (33.084)	1241	Dina Asher-Smith Rhasidat Adeleke Lanae-Tava Thomas Julien Alfred	GBR  IRL  JAM  LCA	30 Mar 2024	Texas Relays	Austin	USA	[167] [168]
4 × 400 m relay	3:15.17			18.338 (29.513)	1267	Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina	URS	1 Oct 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul	KOR	[169]	[66]	P
4 × 800 m relay	7:50.17			15.225 (24.502)	1260	Irina Podyalovskaya Nadezhda Olizarenko Lyubov Gurina Lyudmila Borisova	URS	5 Aug 1984		Moscow	URS	[170]
Distance medley relay	10:36.50		[r]	14.058 (22.624)	N/A	Treniere Moser Sanya Richards-Ross Ajeé Wilson Shannon Rowbury	USA	2 May 2015	World Relays	Nassau	BAH	[171]
	10:33.85		i[s]	14.117 (22.718)	N/A	Heather McLean Kendall Ellis Roisin Willis Elle Purrier St. Pierre	USA	15 Apr 2022	A Night at the TRACK Presented by New Balance Running	Boston	USA	[172]	[173]
4 × 1500 m relay	16:27.02			13.598 (21.884)	1260	Colleen Quigley Elise Cranny Karissa Schweizer Shelby Houlihan	USA	31 Jul 2020	Bowerman TC Intrasquad Meet IV	Portland	USA	[174][175]	[67]
Road relay 42.195 km	2:11:41.00		Mx[t]	11.946 (19.226)	N/A	Jiang Bo Dong Yanmei Zhao Fengting Ma Zaijie Lan Lixin Li Na	CHN	28 Feb 1998		Beijing	CHN	[176]
	2:16:04.00		Wo	11.561 (18.606)	N/A	Genet Gebregiogios Birhane Adere Ayelech Worku Gete Wami Getenesh Urge Luchia Yischak	ETH	13 Apr 1996		Copenhagen	DEN

Event	Perf.	N	Athlete(s)	Nat.	Avg Speed (mph, kph)	Pts	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	R	V	P
4 × 400 m relay	3:08.80		Justin Robinson (44.47) Rosey Effiong (50.38) Matthew Boling (45.13) Alexis Holmes (48.82)	USA	18.957 (30.509)	N/A	19 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest	HUN	[177]	[68]	P

In 2023 World Athletics decided to introduce the new term 'short track' to replace the current term 'indoor' to describe events and performances that are set on a 200m track.^[178] For track and combined events the term "indoor world records" were changed to "world records short track". In some field events, including long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault and shot put indoor world records were eliminated. These changes coming into effect since 1 November 2023.

Event	Perf.	N	Athlete(s)	Nat.	Avg Speed mph (kph)	Pts	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	R	V	P
50 m	5.55	X[u]	Ben Johnson	CAN 20.153 mph (32.432 kph) WA Score: N/A			31 Jan 1987		Ottawa	CAN	[179]
	5.56	A	Donovan Bailey	CAN	20.116 (32.374)	1269	9 Feb 1996	Bill Cosby Invitational	Reno	USA	[180]	[69]
	5.56	#[v]	Maurice Greene	USA 20.116 mph (32.374 kph) WA Score: 1269			13 Feb 1999		Los Angeles	USA	[180] [181]
60 m	6.34	A	Christian Coleman	USA	21.170 (34.069)	1304	18 Feb 2018	USA Championships	Albuquerque	USA	[182][183]	[70]	P
200 m sh	19.92		Frankie Fredericks	NAM	22.459 (36.145)	1303	18 Feb 1996	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin	FRA	[184]	[71]
400 m sh	44.57		Kerron Clement	USA	20.076 (32.309)	1273	12 Mar 2005	NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Championships	Fayetteville	USA	[185]
	44.52	#[v]	Michael Norman	USA	20.098 (32.345)	1277	10 Mar 2018	NCAA Division I Championships	College Station	USA	[185] [186]	[72]
	44.49	[w]	Christopher Morales Williams	CAN	20.112 (32.367)	1279	24 Feb 2024	SEC Championships	Fayetteville	USA	[185] [187]	[188]
800 m sh	1:42.67		Wilson Kipketer	DEN	17.430 (28.051)	1305	9 Mar 1997	World Championships	Paris	FRA	[189]	[73]
1000 m sh	2:14.20		Ayanleh Souleiman	DJI	16.669 (26.826)	1274	17 Feb 2016	Globen Galan	Stockholm	SWE	[190][191]	[74]
1500 m sh	3:30.60		Jakob Ingebrigtsen	NOR	15.933 (25.641)	1292	17 Feb 2022	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin	FRA	[192][193]	[194]
Mile sh	3:47.01		Yomif Kejelcha	ETH	15.858 (25.522)	1304	3 March 2019	Bruce Lehane Invitational	Boston	USA	[195][196]	[75]
3000 m sh	7:23.81		Lamecha Girma	ETH	15.121 (24.335)	1306	15 Feb 2023	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin	FRA	[197][198]	[76]
5000 m sh	12:49.60		Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	14.533 (23.389)	1303	20 Feb 2004	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham	GBR	[199]
50 m hurdles	6.25		Mark McKoy	CAN	17.896 (28.8)	1272	5 Mar 1986		Kobe	JPN	[200]
60 m hurdles	7.27	A	Grant Holloway	USA	18.462 (29.711)	1284	16 Feb 2024	USA Championships	Albuquerque	USA	[201] [202]	[77]	P
High jump	2.43 m		Javier Sotomayor	CUB		1296	4 Mar 1989	World Championships	Budapest	HUN	[203]	[78]	P
Pole vault	6.22 m		Armand Duplantis	SWE		1328	25 Feb 2023	All Star Perche	Clermont-Ferrand	FRA	[204]		P
Long jump	8.79 m		Carl Lewis	USA		1311	27 Jan 1984	Millrose Games	New York City	USA	[205]	[79]
Triple jump	18.07 m		Hugues Fabrice Zango	BUR		1279	16 Jan 2021		Aubière	FRA	[206][207]	[80]
Shot put	22.82 m		Ryan Crouser	USA		1290	24 Jan 2021	American Track League	Fayetteville	USA	[208] [209]	[81]
Heptathlon sh	6645 pts	[x]	Ashton Eaton	USA		1269	10 Mar 2012	World Championships	Istanbul	TUR	[210] [211]
5000 m walk sh	18:07.08		Mikhail Shchennikov	RUS	10.289 (16.558)	1220	14 Feb 1995	Russian Winter Meeting	Moscow	RUS	[212]
4 × 200 m relay sh	1:22.11		Linford Christie Darren Braithwaite Ade Mafe John Regis	GBR	21.795 (35.075)	1195	3 Mar 1991		Glasgow	GBR	[213]
4 × 400 m relay sh	3:01.51	[y]	Amere Lattin Obi Igbokwe Jermaine Holt Kahmari Montgomery	USA	19.719 (31.734)	1228	9 Feb 2019	Clemson's Tiger Paw Invitational	Clemson	USA	[214][215]
	3:00.77	[z] [aa]	Zach Shinnick Rai Benjamin Ricky Morgan Jr. Michael Norman	USA  ATG  USA  USA	19.799 (31.864)	1239	10 Mar 2018	NCAA Division I Championships	College Station	USA	[215] [216]	[82]
	3:01.39	#[v][ab]	Ilolo Izu Robert Grant Devin Dixon Mylik Kerley	USA	19.732 (31.755)	1230	10 Mar 2018	NCAA Division I Championships	College Station	USA	[215] [186]
	3:01.43	[ac] [ad]	Kunle Fasasi Grant Holloway Chantz Sawyers Benjamin Lobo Vedel	NGR  USA  JAM  DEN	19.727 (31.748)	1229	10 Mar 2018	NCAA Division I Championships	College Station	USA	[215] [186]
4 × 800 m relay sh	7:11.30	[ae]	Joe McAsey Kyle Merber Chris Giesting Jesse Garn	USA	16.597 (26.710)	1268	25 Feb 2018	BU Last Chance Meet	Boston	USA	[217] [218]

Event	Perf.	N	Athlete(s)	Nat.	Avg Speed (mph, kph)	Pts	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	R	V	P
50 m	5.96	+	Irina Privalova	RUS	18.766 (30.201)	1245	9 Feb 1995		Madrid	ESP	[219]
60 m	6.92		Irina Privalova	RUS	19.395 (31.214)	1248	11 Feb 1993		Madrid	ESP	[220]
	6.92		Irina Privalova	RUS	19.395 (31.214)	1248	9 Feb 1995		Madrid	ESP	[220]
200 m sh	21.87		Merlene Ottey	JAM	20.457 (32.922)	1288	13 Feb 1993	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin	FRA	[221]	[83]
400 m sh	49.17		Femke Bol	NED	18.198 (29.286)	1272	2 Mar 2024	World Championships	Glasgow	GBR	[222] [223]	[84]
800 m sh	1:55.82		Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	15.451 (24.866)	1255	3 Mar 2002	European Championships	Vienna	AUT	[224]	[85]
1000 m sh	2:30.94		Maria Mutola	MOZ	14.82 (23.851)	1246	25 Feb 1999	GE Galan	Stockholm	SWE	[225]
1500 m sh	3:53.09		Gudaf Tsegay	ETH	14.395 (23.167)	1285	9 Feb 2021	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais	Liévin	FRA	[226][227]	[86]
Mile sh	4:13.31		Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	14.212 (22.872)	1273	17 Feb 2016	Globen Galan	Stockholm	SWE	[190][228]	[87]
3000 m sh	8:16.60		Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	13.514 (21.748)	1281	6 Feb 2014	XL Galan	Stockholm	SWE	[229][230]	[88]
5000 m sh	14:18.86		Genzebe Dibaba	ETH	13.023 (20.958)	1270	19 Feb 2015	XL Galan	Stockholm	SWE	[231][232]	[89]
50 m hurdles	6.58		Cornelia Oschkenat	GDR	16.998 (27.356)	1231	20 Feb 1988		East Berlin	GDR	[233]
60 m hurdles	7.65		Devynne Charlton	BAH	17.545 (28.235)	1242	3 Mar 2024	World Championships	Glasgow	USA	[234] [235]		P
	7.63	X	Lyudmila Narozhilenko	RUS 17.591 mph (28.309 kph) WA Score: N/A			4 Mar 1993		Seville	ESP
High jump	2.08 m		Kajsa Bergqvist	SWE		1299	4 Feb 2006	Hochsprung mit Musik	Arnstadt	GER	[236]	[90]
Pole vault	5.03 m	#[af]	Jenn Suhr	USA WA Score: 1280			30 Jan 2016	Golden Eagle Multi and Invitational	Brockport	USA	[237][238][239]		P
	5.02 m	A	Jenn Suhr	USA		1277	2 Mar 2013	USA Championships	Albuquerque	USA	[240] [241]		P
Long jump	7.37 m		Heike Drechsler	GDR		1300	13 Feb 1988		Vienna	AUT	[242]
Triple jump	15.74 m		Yulimar Rojas	VEN		1297	20 Mar 2022	World Championships	Belgrade	SRB	[243][244]
Shot put	22.50 m		Helena Fibingerová	TCH		1364	19 Feb 1977		Jablonec	TCH	[245]
Pentathlon sh	5055 pts	[ag]	Nafi Thiam	BEL		1254	3 Mar 2023	European Championships	Istanbul	TUR	[246][247][248]
3000 m walk sh	11:40.33		Claudia Iovan	ROU	9.582 (15.421)	1207	30 Jan 1999		Bucharest	ROU	[249]
	11:35.34	#[ah]	Gillian O'Sullivan	IRL 9.651 mph (15.532 kph) WA Score: 1217			15 Feb 2003		Belfast	GBR	[249]
4 × 200 m relay sh	1:32.41		Yekaterina Kondratyeva Irina Khabarova Yuliya Pechonkina Yuliya Gushchina	RUS	19.365 (31.166)	1181	29 Jan 2005	Aviva International Match	Glasgow	GBR	[250]
4 × 400 m relay sh	3:23.37		Olesya Krasnomovets Olga Zaytseva Olga Kotlyarova Yuliya Gushchina	RUS	17.599 (28.323)	1220	28 Jan 2006	Aviva International Match	Glasgow	GBR	[251]
	3:21.75	A [ai] [aj]	Amber Anning Joanne Reid Rosey Effiong Britton Wilson	GBR  JAM  USA  USA	17.740 (28.550)	1234	11 Mar 2023	NCAA Division I Championships	Albuquerque	USA	[251] [252]
4 × 800 m relay sh	8:05.89		Chrishuna Williams Raevyn Rogers Charlene Lipsey Ajeé Wilson	USA	14.732 (23.709)	1295	3 Feb 2018	Millrose Games	New York City	USA	[253] [254]