List of African records in athletics
Men

List of African records in athletics

Section Title: Men
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Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref

50 m	5.61+	Deji Aliu	Nigeria	21 February 1999	Meeting Pas de Calais	France Liévin, France

55 m	6.02 A	Leonard Myles-Mills	Ghana	22 February 1997	United States Colorado Springs, United States

60 m	6.45 A	Leonard Myles-Mills	Ghana	20 February 1999	United States Colorado Springs, United States

100 m	10.05	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	12 February 1996	Finland Tampere, Finland

200 m	19.92	Frank Fredericks	Namibia	18 February 1996	Meeting Pas de Calais	France Liévin, France

300 m	32.36	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	28 February 2003	Germany Karlsruhe, Germany

400 m	45.51	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	9 March 1997	World Championships	France Paris, France

45.37 OT	Clement Chukwu	Nigeria	28 February 1998	United States Kent, United States

500 m	1:00.71	Onkabetse Nkobolo	Botswana	17 February 2016	Globen Galan	Sweden Stockholm, Sweden

600 m	1:14.79 A	Michael Saruni	Kenya	19 January 2018	Dr. Martin Luther King Collegiate Invitational	United States Albuquerque, United States

800 m	1:44.21	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	3 February 2018	Millrose Games	United States New York City, United States

1:43.98	Michael Saruni	Kenya	9 February 2019	Millrose Games	United States New York City, United States

1000 m	2:14.20	Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti	17 February 2016	Globen Galan	Sweden Stockholm, Sweden

1500 m	3:31.18	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	2 February 1997	Sparkassen Cup	Germany Stuttgart, Germany

3:31.04	Samuel Tefera	Ethiopia	16 February 2019	Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix	United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom

Mile	3:48.45	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	12 February 1997	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Belgium Ghent, Belgium

3:47.01	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	3 March 2019	Bruce Lehane Invitational	United States Boston, United States

2000 m	4:49.99	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	17 February 2007	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom

3000 m	7:24.90	Daniel Komen	Kenya	6 February 1998	Hungary Budapest, Hungary

Two miles	8:04.35	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	16 February 2008	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom

5000 m	12:49.60	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	20 February 2004	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom

10000 m	27:50.29	Mark Bett	Kenya	10 February 2002	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Belgium Ghent, Belgium

50 m hurdles	6.48+	Shaun Bownes	South Africa	25 February 2001	Meeting Pas de Calais	France Liévin, France

60 m hurdles	7.52	Shaun Bownes	South Africa	23 February 2001	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Belgium Ghent, Belgium

300 m hurdles	34.92 OT	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	9 February 1999	Pirkkahall	Finland Tampere, Finland

400 m hurdles	50.94	Mamadou Hasse	Senegal	12 February 2013	International Meeting Val-de-Reuil	France Val-de-Reuil, France

49.90 OT	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	9 February 2005	Botnia Games	Finland Mustasaari, Finland

2000 m steeplechase	5:13.77 WB	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	13 February 2011	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Belgium Ghent, Belgium

High jump	2.32 m	Anthony Idiata	Nigeria	15 February 2000	Greece Patras, Greece

Pole vault	5.90 m	Okkert Brits	South Africa	16 February 1997	Meeting Pas de Calais	France Liévin, France

1 June 1997	Canada Toronto, Canada

Long jump	8.44 m	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	2 March 2018	World Championships	United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom

Triple jump	17.58 m	Fabrice Zango Hugues	Burkina Faso	27 January 2019	Meeting de Paris	France Paris, France

Shot put	21.47 m	Janus Robberts	South Africa	1 February 2001	United States Norman, United States

Discus throw	63.37 m	Yasser Fathy	Egypt	27 March 2010	Wexiö Indoor Throwing Competition	Sweden Växjö, Sweden

Heptathlon	5911 pts	Larbi Bouraada	Algeria	27–28 February 2010	Championnats de France Elite	France Paris, France

6.89 (60 m), 7.34 m (long jump), 14.00 m (shot put), 1.92 m (high jump) / 8.05 (60 m hurdles), 4.60 m (pole vault), 2:39.86 (1000 m)

5000 m walk	19:39.92	Hedi Téraoui	Tunisia	18 February 2018	French Championships	France Liévin, France

4 × 400 m relay	3:07.95	Tobi Ogunmola Noah Akwu Salihu Isah Cristian Morton	Nigeria	8 March 2014	World Championships	Poland Sopot, Poland

Sentence(s)

Leonard Myles-Mills' 6.45 for the 60 metres is an African record.

final_sentence: Leonard Myles-Mills' 6.45 for the 60 metres is an African record.