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List of World Athletics Championships records

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The World Athletics Championships is a biennial event which began in 1983. Organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the World Championships are a competition comprising track and field athletics events available to male and female athletes from any of the IAAF's 213 member federations. Championship records are set when an athlete achieves the best mark in an event at one of the editions of the Championships. World, area, and national records have been set at the championships over the course of its history.

Competitors at the World Championships come from around the globe and records have been broken by athletes from all six continents. The United States has been the most successful competitor at the World Championships in both medals and records.

Four athletes hold multiple records:

Usain Bolt holds records in the 100 and 200 metres as well as the 4 × 100 relay
Michael Johnson holds individual and relay records in the 400 metres
Jackie Joyner-Kersee broke both the heptathlon and long jump records
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone holds records in the 400 meters, 400 metres hurdles as well as the 4 × 400 relay

Men

Key to tables:
Note: World records in bold are current world records, those in bold italics are former world records Statistics are correct as of September 2025

Event	Record	Name	Location	Date	Video
100 m	9.58	Usain Bolt	GER Berlin	16 August 2009	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By1JQFxfLMM
200 m	19.19	Usain Bolt	GER Berlin	20 August 2009	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EiPCfPROtE
400 m	43.18 **	Michael Johnson	ESP Sevilla	26 August 1999	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV8yVHO6cFY
800 m	1:41.86	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	JPN Tokyo	20 September 2025	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LCVtjvMud0
1500 m	3:27.65	Hicham El Guerrouj	ESP Sevilla	24 August 1999	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6jrqsbD3Pc
5000 m	12:52.79	Eliud Kipchoge	FRA Paris	31 August 2003	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMZdOdriRdk
10,000 m	26:46.31	Kenenisa Bekele	GER Berlin	17 August 2009
Marathon	2:05:36	Tamirat Tola	USA Eugene	17 July 2022
110 m hurdles	12.91 WR	Colin Jackson	GER Stuttgart	20 August 1993
400 m hurdles	46.29	Alison dos Santos	USA Eugene	19 July 2022
3000 m steeplechase	8:00.43	Ezekiel Kemboi	GER Berlin	18 August 2009
High jump	2.41 m	Bohdan Bondarenko	RUS Moscow	15 August 2013
Pole vault	6.30 m WR	Armand Duplantis	JPN Tokyo	15 September 2025
Long jump	8.95 m	Mike Powell	JPN Tokyo	30 August 1991
Triple jump	18.29 m	Jonathan Edwards	SWE Gothenburg	7 August 1995
Shot put	23.51 m	Ryan Crouser	HUN Budapest	19 August 2023
Discus throw	71.46 m	Daniel Ståhl	HUN Budapest	21 August 2023
Hammer throw	84.70 m	Ethan Katzberg	JPN Tokyo	16 September 2025
Javelin throw	92.80 m	Jan Železný	CAN Edmonton	12 August 2001
Decathlon	9045 pts **	Ashton Eaton	CHN Beijing	28–29 August 2015
20 km walk (road)	1:17:21 **	Jefferson Pérez	FRA Paris	23 August 2003
35 km walk (road)	2:23:14	Massimo Stano	USA Eugene	24 July 2022
4 × 100 m relay	37.04	JAM
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt	KOR Daegu	4 September 2011		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc2wgjdfe_U
4 × 400 m relay	2:54.29	USA
Andrew Valmon
Quincy Watts
Butch Reynolds
Michael Johnson	GER Stuttgart	22 August 1993		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDycCUeZ0BA

World record	Area record	National record	Athlete's personal best

Past events

Event	Record	Name	Location	Date	Ref.
50 km walk (road)
(defunct since 2019)	3:33:12	Yohann Diniz	GBR London	13 August 2017

Decathlon disciplines

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Championships	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.23	Ashton Eaton	United States	28 August 2015	2015 World Championships	Beijing, China
Long jump	8.07 m	Tomáš Dvořák	Czech Republic	6 August 2001	2001 World Championships	Edmonton, Canada
Shot put	17.54 m	Mike Smith	Canada	5 August 1997	1997 World Championships	Athens, Greece
High jump	2.25 m	Christian Schenk	East Germany	3 September 1987	1987 World Championships	Rome, Italy	title=World Championships Combined Best Performances	website=World Athletics	url=https://worldathletics.org/records/by-category/world-championships-combined-best-performances#menoutdoor	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811055153/https://worldathletics.org/records/by-category/world-championships-combined-best-performances#menoutdoor	archive-date=2023-08-11	url-status=dead	access-date=2025-06-09}}
400 m	45.00	Ashton Eaton	United States	28 August 2015	2015 World Championships	Beijing, China
110 m hurdles	13.55	Frank Busemann	Germany	6 August 1997	1997 World Championships	Athens, Greece
Discus throw	56.15 m	Leo Neugebauer	Germany	21 September 2025	2025 World Championships	Tokyo, Japan
Pole vault	5.50 m	Sébastien Levicq	France	25 August 1999	1999 World Championships	Seville, Spain
Javelin throw	79.05 m	Niklas Kaul	Germany	3 October 2019	2019 World Championships	Doha, Qatar
1500 m	4:11.82	Beat Gähwiler	Switzerland	30 August 1991	1991 World Championships	Tokyo, Japan

Women

Note:World records in bold are current world records, those in bold italics are former world records Statistics are correct as of September 2025

Event	Record	Name	Location	Date	Ref.
100 m	10.61	Melissa Jefferson-Wooden	JPN Tokyo	14 September 2025
200 m	21.41	Shericka Jackson	HUN Budapest	25 August 2023
400 m	47.78	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	JPN Tokyo	18 September 2025
800 m	1:54.62	Lilian Odira	JPN Tokyo	21 September 2025
1500 m	3:51.95	Sifan Hassan	QAT Doha	5 October 2019
5000 m	14:26.72	Hellen Obiri	QAT Doha	5 October 2019
10,000 m	30:04.18	Berhane Adere	FRA Paris	23 August 2003
100 m hurdles	12.12 WR	Tobi Amusan	USA Eugene	24 July 2022
12.06	Tobi Amusan	USA Eugene	24 July 2022
400 m hurdles	50.68 **	Sydney McLaughlin	USA Eugene	22 July 2022
3000 m steeplechase	8:51.59	Faith Cherotich	JPN Tokyo	17 September 2025
Marathon	2:18:11	Gotytom Gebreslase	USA Eugene	18 July 2022
High jump	2.09 m **	Stefka Kostadinova	ITA Rome	30 August 1987
Pole vault	5.01 m **	Yelena Isinbayeva	FIN Helsinki	12 August 2005
Long jump	7.36 m	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	ITA Rome	4 September 1987
Triple jump	15.50 m **	Inessa Kravets	SWE Gothenburg	10 August 1995
Shot put	21.24 m	Natalya Lisovskaya	ITA Rome	5 September 1987
Valerie Adams	KOR Daegu	29 August 2011
Discus throw	71.62 m	Martina Hellmann	ITA Rome	31 August 1987
Hammer throw	80.85 m	Anita Włodarczyk	CHN Beijing	27 August 2015
Javelin throw	71.70 m	Olisdeilys Menéndez	FIN Helsinki	14 August 2005
71.99 m DQ	Mariya Abakumova	KOR Daegu	2 September 2011		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktKOfmC_-2g
Heptathlon	7128 pts	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	ITA Rome	31 August – 1 September 1987
20 km walk (road)	1:25:41	Olimpiada Ivanova	FIN Helsinki	7 August 2005
35 km walk (road)	2:38:40	María Pérez	HUN Budapest	24 August 2023
4 × 100 m relay	41.03	USA
Tamari Davis
Twanisha Terry
Gabrielle Thomas
Sha'Carri Richardson	HUN Budapest	26 August 2023
4 × 400 m relay	3:16.61	USA
Isabella Whittaker
Lynna Irby-Jackson
Aaliyah Butler
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	JPN Tokyo	21 September 2025

World record	Area record	National record	Athlete's personal best

Past events

Event	Record	Name	Location	Date
3000 m
(defunct since 1993)	8:28.71	Yunxia Qu	GER Stuttgart	16 August 1993
10,000 m walk (track)
(defunct since 1997)	42:55.49	Annarita Sidoti	GRE Athens	7 August 1997
10 km walk (road)
(defunct since 1995)	42:13	Irina Stankina	SWE Gothenburg	7 August 1995
50 km walk (road)
(defunct since 2019)	4:05:56 **	Inês Henriques	GBR London	13 August 2017

Heptathlon disciplines

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Championships	Place
100 m hurdles	12.58	Kendell Williams	United States	2 October 2019	2019 World Championships	Doha, Qatar
High jump	1.95 m	Carolina Klüft	Sweden	25 August 2007	2007 World Championships	Osaka, Japan
Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium	5 August 2017	2017 World Championships	London, United Kingdom
Yorgelis Rodríguez	Cuba	5 August 2017	2017 World Championships	London, United Kingdom
Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain	2 October 2019	2019 World Championships	Doha, Qatar
Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium
Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium	17 July 2022	2022 World Championships	Eugene, United States
Shot put	17.03 m	Austra Skujytė	Lithuania	25 August 2007	2007 World Championships	Osaka, Japan
200 m	22.84	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	12 August 2013	2013 World Championships	Moscow, Russia
Long jump	7.14 m	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	1 September 1987	1987 World Championships	Rome, Italy
Javelin throw	59.57 m	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands	20 August 2023	2023 World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
800 m	2:04.09	Anna Hall	United States	20 August 2023	2023 World Championships	Budapest, Hungary

Mixed

Note: World records in bold are current world records, those in bold italics are former world records

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date
4 × 400 m relay	3:08.80 WR	Justin Robinson (44.47)
Rosey Effiong (50.38)
Matthew Boling (45.13)
Alexis Holmes (48.82)	United States	19 August 2023	2023 World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
3:08.80	Bryce Deadmon
Lynna Irby-Jackson
Jenoah McKiver
Alexis Holmes	United States	13 September 2025	2025 World Championships	Tokyo, Japan

References

General

Official record tables. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-17.
Competition websites. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-09.

Specific

References

(20 September 2025). "Men's 800m Final Results".
(17 July 2022). "Men's Marathon Final Race Analysis". World Athletics.
(19 July 2022). "Men's 400m Hurdles Final Results". World Athletics.
(15 August 2013). "High Jump Result – 14th IAAF World Championships". [[IAAF]].
(15 September 2025). "Men's Pole Vault Final Results".
(19 August 2023). "Men's Shot Put Final Results". World Athletics.
(21 August 2023). "Men's Discus Throw Final Results". World Athletics.
(16 September 2025). "Men's Hammer Throw Final Results".
(29 August 2015). "Men's Decathlon Results". IAAF.
(24 July 2022). "Men's 35km Race Walk Final Results". World Athletics.
(4 September 2011). "4x100 Metres Results". [[IAAF]].
[http://www2.iaaf.org/results/past/WCH93/data/M/4X4/Rf.html Results – 4 X 400 METRES – Men – Final] {{webarchive. link. (2009-06-26 . [[IAAF]] (1993-08-22). Retrieved on 2009-05-08.)
(13 August 2017). "50km Race Walk Results". IAAF.
"World Championships Combined Best Performances".
(21 September 2025). "Discus Throw Men - Decathlon".
(3 October 2019). "Javelin Throw Men − Decathlon − Summary". [[International Association of Athletics Federations.
(14 September 2025). "Women's 100m Final Results".
(25 August 2023). "200m Final Results". World Athletics.
(18 September 2025). "Women's 400m Final Results".
(21 September 2025). "800m Women - Final".
(5 October 2019). "1500 Metres Women − Final − Results". [[International Association of Athletics Federations.
(5 October 2019). "5000m Women − Final − Results". IAAF.
(24 July 2022). "100 Metres Hurdles Results". [[World Athletics]].
(22 July 2022). "400m Hurldes Final Results". World Athletics.
(17 September 2025). "Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final Results".
(18 July 2022). "Women's Marathon Final Race Analysis". World Athletics.
Peters, Samuel (2005-08-12). [http://www.iaaf.org/history/WCH/season=2005/eventCode=3365/news/kind=100/newsid=31581.html 5.01m Pole Vault WORLD RECORD – Guess who?]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-05-08.
(27 August 2015). "Hammer Throw Results". IAAF.
(2 September 2011). "Javelin Throw Results". [[IAAF]].
"Oregon Stats Book".
(24 August 2023). "35 km Race Walk Results".
(26 August 2023). "Women's 4×100m Relay Results". World Athletics.
(21 September 2025). "Women's 4X400 Metres Relay - Final".
(1995-08-07). "10 km Race Walk Results". [[IAAF]].
(13 August 2017). "50km Race Walk Results". IAAF.
(2 October 2019). "100 Metres Hurdles Women − Heptathlon − Summary". [[International Association of Athletics Federations.
(5 August 2017). "Heptathlon – High Jump Results". IAAF.
(2 October 2019). "High Jump Women − Heptathlon − Summary". [[International Association of Athletics Federations.
(17 July 2022). "Women's Heptathlon – High Jump Results". World Athletics.
(20 August 2023). "Heptathlon – Javelin Throw Results". World Athletics.
(20 August 2023). "Heptathlon – 800m Results". World Athletics.
(19 August 2023). "Mixed 4 x 400 Metres Relay Final Results".
(13 September 2025). "Mixed 4×400m Relay Final Results".

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