List of European records in athletics
Men

List of European records in athletics

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

100 m	9.86 (+0.6 m/s)	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	22 August 2004	Olympic Games	Greece Athens, Greece

9.86 (+1.3 m/s)	Jimmy Vicaut	France	4 July 2015	Meeting Areva	France Saint-Denis, France

9.86 (+1.8 m/s)	7 June 2016	Meeting Pro Athlé Tour	France Montreuil, France

150 m (straight)	14.81 (+0.2 m/s)	Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Great Britain	20 May 2018	Adidas Boost Boston Games	United States Boston, United States

200 m	19.72 A (+1.8 m/s)	Pietro Mennea	Italy	12 September 1979	Universiade	Mexico Mexico City, Mexico	[1]

400 m	44.33	Thomas Schönlebe	East Germany	3 September 1987	World Championships	Italy Rome, Italy

800 m	1:41.11	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	24 August 1997	Germany Cologne, Germany

1000 m	2:12.18	Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	11 July 1981	Bislett Games	Norway Oslo, Norway

1500 m	3:28.81	Mo Farah	Great Britain	19 July 2013	Herculis	France Monaco

Mile	3:46.32	Steve Cram	Great Britain	27 July 1985	Bislett Games	Norway Oslo, Norway

2000 m	4:51.39	Steve Cram	Great Britain	4 August 1985	Hungary Budapest, Hungary

3000 m	7:26.62	Mohammed Mourhit	Belgium	18 August 2000	Herculis	France Monaco

Two miles	8:07.85	Mo Farah	Great Britain	24 August 2014	British Grand Prix	United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom

5000 m	12:49.71	Mohammed Mourhit	Belgium	25 August 2000	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

5 km (road)	13:26	Alistair Cragg	Ireland	1 April 2012	27th Carlsbad 5000	United States Carlsbad, United States

13:29	Julien Wanders	Switzerland	17 February 2019	5km Herculis	Monaco Monaco

10000 m	26:46.57	Mo Farah	Great Britain	3 June 2011	Prefontaine Classic	United States Eugene, United States	[2]

10 km (road)	27:25	Julien Wanders	Switzerland	30 December 2018	Corrida Pedestre Internationale de Houilles	France Paris, France

27:20 a #	Jon Brown	Great Britain	24 September 1995	United States Pittsburgh, United States

15 km (road)	41:56+	Julien Wanders	Switzerland	8 February 2019	RAK Half Marathon	United Arab Emirates Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

20,000 m (track)	57:18.4	Dionisio Castro	Portugal	31 March 1990	France La Flèche, France

20 km (road)	56:03+	Julien Wanders	Switzerland	8 February 2019	RAK Half Marathon	United Arab Emirates Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

Half marathon	59:13	Julien Wanders	Switzerland	8 February 2019	RAK Half Marathon	United Arab Emirates Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

One hour	20944 m	Jos Hermens	Netherlands	1 May 1976	Netherlands Arnhem, Netherlands

25,000 m (track)	1:13:57.6	Stéphane Franke	Germany	30 March 1999	United States Walnut, United States

25 km (road)	1:14:20+	James Theuri	France	5 April 2009	Paris Marathon	France Paris, France

1:14:19 #	Hugh Jones	Great Britain	10 April 1982	Germany Paderborn, Germany

1:13:30+ a #	Steve Jones	Great Britain	20 August 1985	Chicago Marathon	United States Chicago, United States

30,000 m (track)	1:31.30.4	Jim Alder	Great Britain	5 September 1970	London, United Kingdom

30 km (road)	1:28:40+ a #	Steve Jones	Great Britain	20 October 1985	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States

1:29:00+ a #	António Pinto	Portugal	14 April 2002	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom

1:30:08+ #	Julio Rey	Spain	24 April 2005	Hamburg Marathon	Hamburg, Germany

1:30:08+	Sondre Nordstad Moen	Norway	3 December 2017	Fukuoka Marathon	Japan Fukuoka, Japan

Marathon	2:05:11	Mo Farah	Great Britain	7 October 2018	Chicago Marathon	United States Chicago, United States

100 km (road)	6:15:30 #	Jean-Pierre Praet	Belgium	23 June 1989	Torhout, Belgium

6:18:24	Mario Ardemagni	Italy	11 September 2004	Winschoten, Netherlands

3000 m steeplechase	8:00.09	Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad	France	6 July 2013	Meeting Areva	Saint-Denis, France

110 m hurdles	12.91 (+0.5 m/s)	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	20 August 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany

400 m hurdles	47.37	Stéphane Diagana	France	5 July 1995	Athletissima	Lausanne, Switzerland

High jump	2.42 m	Patrik Sjöberg	Sweden	30 June 1987	Stockholm, Sweden

Bohdan Bondarenko	Ukraine	14 June 2014	Adidas Grand Prix	New York City, United States

Pole vault	6.14 m A	Sergey Bubka	Ukraine	31 July 1994	Sestriere, Italy

Long jump	8.86 m A (+1.9 m/s)	Robert Emmiyan	Soviet Union	22 May 1987	Tsakhkadzor, Soviet Union

Triple jump	18.29 m (+1.3 m/s)	Jonathan Edwards	Great Britain	7 August 1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	[3]

Shot put	23.06 m	Ulf Timmermann	East Germany	22 May 1988	Chania, Greece	[4]

Discus throw	74.08 m	Jürgen Schult	East Germany	6 June 1986	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	[5]

Hammer throw	86.74 m	Yuriy Sedykh	Soviet Union	30 August 1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany

Javelin throw	98.48 m (Current design)	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	25 May 1996	Jena, Germany	[6]

104.80 m (Old design)	Uwe Hohn	East Germany	20 July 1984	East Berlin, East Germany	[7]

Decathlon	9126 pts	Kevin Mayer	France	15–16 September 2018	Décastar	France Talence, France

3000 m walk (track)	10:43.84	Tom Bosworth	Great Britain	21 July 2018	Diamond League	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

5000 m walk (track)	19:00.73	Tom Bosworth	Great Britain	5 July 2015	British Championships	United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom

10000 m walk (track)	37:53:09	Paquillo Fernández	Spain	27 July 2008	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

10 km walk (road)	37:11	Roman Rasskazov	Russia	28 May 2000	Saransk, Russia

20000 m walk (track)	1:18:35.2	Stefan Johansson	Sweden	15 May 1992	Norway Bergen, Norway

20 km walk (road)	1:16:43 #	Sergey Morozov	Russia	8 June 2008	Russia Saransk, Russia

1:17:02	Yohann Diniz	France	8 March 2015	French Championships	France Arles, France

2 hours walk (track)	29572 m +	Maurizio Damilano	Italy	3 October 1992	Italy Cuneo, Italy

30000 m walk (track)	2:01:44.1	Maurizio Damilano	Italy	3 October 1992	Italy Cuneo, Italy

50000 m walk (track)	3:35:27.20	Yohann Diniz	France	12 March 2011	France Reims, France

50 km walk (road)	3:32:33	Yohann Diniz	France	15 August 2014	European Championships	Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland

4×100 m relay	37.47	Chijindu Ujah Adam Gemili Danny Talbot Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Great Britain	12 August 2017	World Championships	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

4×200 m relay	1:20.66	Christophe Lemaitre Yannick Fonsat Ben Bassaw Ken Romain	France	24 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

4×400 m relay	2:56.60	Iwan Thomas Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson Roger Black	Great Britain	3 August 1996	Olympic Games	United States Atlanta, United States

4×800 m relay	7:03.89	Peter Elliot Garry Cook Steve Cram Sebastian Coe	Great Britain	30 August 1982	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

Distance medley relay	9:24.07	Mateusz Demczyszak (1200 m) Łukasz Krawczuk (400 m) Adam Kszczot (800 m) Marcin Lewandowski (1600 m)	Poland	3 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

4×1500 m relay	14:38.8 (ht)	Thomas Wessinghage Harald Hudak Michael Lederer Karl Fleschen	West Germany	17 August 1977	West Germany Cologne, West Germany

Marathon road relay (Ekiden)	2:02.34 #	Yuriy Abramov (13:47) Yevgeny Rybakov (28:29) Pavel Naumov (14:19) Dmitry Maksimov (29:47) Sergey Ivanov (14:30) Anatoly Rybakov (21:42)	Russia	23 November 2005	International Chiba Ekiden	Japan Chiba, Japan

Sentence(s)

The Russian team broke the European record in the International Chiba Ekiden.

final_sentence: The Russian team broke the European record in the International Chiba Ekiden.