List of North American records in athletics
Men

List of North American records in athletics

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

100 y	9.10+ (-0.4 m/s)	Justin Gatlin	United States	17 June 2014	Golden Spike Ostrava	Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic

100 m	9.69 (+2.0 m/s)	Tyson Gay	United States	20 September 2009	Shanghai Golden Grand Prix	China Shanghai, China	[1]

200 m	19.32 (+0.4 m/s)	Michael Johnson	United States	1 August 1996	Olympic Games	United States Atlanta, United States	[2]

200 m (straight)	19.41 (−0.4 m/s)	Tyson Gay	United States	16 May 2010	Manchester City Games	United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom

300 m	30.85 A	Michael Johnson	United States	10 April 2000	Engen Grand Prix	South Africa Pretoria, South Africa

400 m	43.18	Michael Johnson	United States	26 August 1999	World Championships	Spain Seville, Spain	[3]

600 m	1:12.81	Johnny Gray	United States	24 May 1986	United States Santa Monica, United States

800 m	1:42.60	Johnny Gray	United States	28 August 1985	Germany Koblenz, Germany

1000 m	2:13.9	Rick Wohlhuter	United States	30 July 1974	Bislett Games	Norway Oslo, Norway

1500 m	3:29.30	Bernard Lagat	United States	28 August 2005	IAAF Grand Prix	Italy Rieti, Italy

Mile	3:46.91	Alan Webb	United States	21 July 2007	Atletiek Vlaanderen Meet	Belgium Brasschaat, Belgium	[4]

2000 m	4:52.44	Jim Spivey	United States	15 September 1987	Athletissima	Switzerland Lausanne, Switzerland

3000 m	7:29.00	Bernard Lagat	United States	29 August 2010	Rieti Meeting	Italy Rieti, Italy	[5]

5000 m	12:53.60	Bernard Lagat	United States	22 July 2011	Herculis	Monaco Fontvieille, Monaco	[6]

5 km (road)	13:20	Ben True	United States	18 April 2017	BAA 5k	United States Boston, United States

13:18 #	Bernard Lagat	United States	30 March 2014	Carlsbad 5000	United States Carlsbad, United States

10000 m	26:44.36	Galen Rupp	United States	30 May 2014	Prefontaine Classic	United States Eugene, United States

10 km (road)	27:48	Mark Nenow	United States	2 March 1985	Continental Homes 10K	United States Phoenix, United States

27:23 a #	1 April 1984	United States New Orleans, United States

27:48	Bernard Lagat	United States	10 May 2015	Great Manchester Run	United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom

15 km (road)	42:22	Todd Williams	United States	11 March 1995	United States Jacksonville, United States

20 km (road)	56:48+	Dathan Ritzenhein	United States	10 October 2009	United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom

Half marathon	59:43	Ryan Hall	United States	14 January 2007	United States Houston, United States

59:41 a #	Terry Cotton	United States	19 April 1986	United States Fontana, United States

25 km (road)	1:14:18 X	Mo Trafeh	United States	11 May 2013	USA 25 km Championships	United States Grand Rapids, United States

1:14:18	Christo Landry	10 May 2014	USA 25 km Championships	United States Grand Rapids, United States

1:13:25+ a #	Ryan Hall	18 April 2011	Boston Marathon	United States Boston, United States

1:14:13+ #	Khalid Khannouchi	10 October 2004	Chicago Marathon	United States Chicago, United States

30 km (road)	1:28:38+	Ryan Hall	United States	13 April 2008	London Marathon	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

1:28:23+ a #	18 April 2011	Boston Marathon	United States Boston, United States

Marathon	2:05:38	Khalid Khannouchi	United States	14 April 2002	London Marathon	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

2:04:58 a #	Ryan Hall	United States	17 April 2011	Boston Marathon	United States Boston, United States

100 km	6:27:43	Max King	United States	21 November 2014	IAU 100 km World Championships	Qatar Doha, Qatar

110 m hurdles	12.80 (+0.3 m/s)	Aries Merritt	United States	7 September 2012	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

200 m hurdles (straight)	21.9y ht (+1.4 m/s)	Don Styron	United States	2 April 1960	United States Baton Rouge, United States

22.26 (+2.0 m/s)	Bershawn Jackson	United States	15 May 2011	Manchester City Games	United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom

400 m hurdles	46.78	Kevin Young	United States	6 August 1992	Olympic Games	Spain Barcelona, Spain	[7]

440 y Hurdles	48.7	Jim Bolding	United States	25 July 1974	Italy Turin, Italy

3000 m steeplechase	8:00.45	Evan Jager	United States	4 July 2015	Meeting Areva	France Saint-Denis, France

High jump	2.40 m	Charles Austin	United States	7 August 1991	Weltklasse Zürich	Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland	[8]

2.40 m	Derek Drouin	Canada	25 April 2014	Drake Relays	United States Des Moines, United States

Pole vault	6.04 m	Brad Walker	United States	8 June 2008	Prefontaine Classic	United States Eugene, United States	[9][10]

Long jump	8.95 m (+0.3 m/s)	Mike Powell	United States	30 August 1991	World Championships	Japan Tokyo, Japan	[11]

Triple jump	18.21 m (+0.2 m/s)	Christian Taylor	United States	27 August 2015	World Championships	China Beijing, China

Shot put	23.12 m	Randy Barnes	United States	20 May 1990	Jack in the Box Invitational	United States Westwood, United States	[12]

Discus throw	72.34 m ≠	Ben Plucknett	United States	7 July 1981	Sweden Stockholm, Sweden

71.32 m #	Ben Plucknett	United States	4 June 1983	Prefontaine Classic	United States Eugene, United States

Hammer throw	82.52 m	Lance Deal	United States	7 September 1996	Italy Milan, Italy	[13]

Javelin throw	91.29 m	Breaux Greer	United States	21 June 2007	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	United States Indianapolis United States	[14]

Decathlon	9045 pts	Ashton Eaton	United States	28–29 August 2015	World Championships	China Beijing, China

5 km walk (road)	19:09	Timothy Seaman	United States	13 September 2003	Germany Hildesheim, Germany

10 km walk (road)	39:21+	Inaki Gomez	Canada	20 March 2016	Asian Race Walking Championships	Japan Nomi, Japan

15 km walk (road)	59:11+	Inaki Gomez	Canada	20 March 2016	Asian Race Walking Championships	Japan Nomi, Japan

20000 m walk (track)	1:21:57.0	Evan Dunfee	Canada	27 June 2014	Canadian Championships	Canada Moncton, Canada

20 km walk (road)	1:19:20	Inaki Gomez	Canada	20 March 2016	Asian Race Walking Championships	Japan Nomi, Japan

30 km walk (road)	2:04:56	Guillaume Leblanc	Canada	16 June 1990	Canada Sept-Îles, Canada

35 km walk (road)	2:34:39+	Evan Dunfee	Canada	19 August 2016	Olympic Games	Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

50000 m walk (track)	3:52:21.0	Tim Berrett	Canada	20 October 2000	Canada Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

50 km walk (road)	3:41:38	Evan Dunfee	Canada	19 August 2016	Olympic Games	Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

4×100 m relay	37.38	Jeffery Demps Darvis Patton Trell Kimmons Justin Gatlin	United States	10 August 2012	Olympic Games	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

37.38	Mike Rodgers Justin Gatlin Tyson Gay Ryan Bailey	United States	2 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

37.04 X	Trell Kimmons Justin Gatlin Tyson Gay Ryan Bailey	United States	11 August 2012	Olympic Games	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

4×200 m relay	1:18.68	Santa Monica Track Club Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard, Carl Lewis	United States	17 April 1994	Mt. SAC Relays	United States Walnut, United States

4×400 m relay	2:54.29	Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson	United States	22 August 1993	World Championships	Germany Stuttgart, Germany

2:54.20 X	Jerome Young Antonio Pettigrew Tyree Washington Michael Johnson	United States	22 July 1998	Goodwill Games	United States Uniondale, United States	[15]

Sprint medley relay (2,2,4,8)	3:10.76	Carl Lewis Ferran Tyler Benny Hollis Johnny Gray	United States	6 April 1985	United States Tempe, United States

4×800 m relay	7:02.82	Jebreh Harris 1:47.05 Khadevis Robinson 1:44.03 Samuel Burley 1:46.05 David Krummenacker 1:45.69	United States	25 August 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

Distance medley relay	9:15.50	Kyle Merber 2:53.56 (1200 m) Brycen Spratling 45.95 (400 m) Brandon Johnson 1:44.75 (800 m) Ben Blankenship 3:51.24 (1600 m)	United States	3 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

4×1500 m relay	14:40.80	Patrick Casey David Torrence Will Leer Leonel Manzano	United States	25 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

Marathon road relay (Ekiden)	1:59:08	Ryan Hall (13:22) Matt Gonzales (28:15) Ian Dobson (13:46) Brian Sell (28:28) Fernando Cabada (14:11) Josh Moen (21:06)	United States	23 November 2005	International Chiba Ekiden	Japan Chiba, Japan

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Lagat holds North American Records.

final_sentence: Lagat holds North American Records.