List of British records in athletics
Men

List of British records in athletics

Section Title: Men
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Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref

100 y	9.30 (+1.6 m/s)	Linford Christie	8 July 1994	United Kingdom Edinburgh, Great Britain

100 m	9.87 (+0.3 m/s)	Linford Christie	15 August 1993	World Championships	Germany Stuttgart, Germany

9.87 X	Dwain Chambers	14 September 2002	IAAF Grand Prix Final	France Paris, France

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

150 m (bend)	14.93+ (+0.3 m/s)	John Regis	20 August 1993	World Championships	Germany Stuttgart, Germany

200 m	19.87 (+1.8 m/s) #	John Regis	31 July 1994	Italy Sestriere, Italy

19.94 (+0.3 m/s)	John Regis	20 August 1993	World Championships	Germany Stuttgart, Germany

200 m (straight)	20.67 (+0.2 m/s)	James Ellington	20 May 2012	Manchester City Games	United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom

300 m	31.56	Douglas Walker	19 July 1998	United Kingdom Gateshead, United Kingdom

400 m	44.36	Iwan Thomas	13 July 1997	United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom

500 m	59.02	Martyn Rooney	10 September 2016	Great North CityGames	United Kingdom Newcastle, United Kingdom

800 m	1:41.73	Sebastian Coe	10 June 1981	Italy Florence, Italy

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

1500 m	3:28.81	Mo Farah	19 July 2013	Herculis	Monaco Fontvieille, Monaco

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

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

3000 m	7:32.62	Mo Farah	5 June 2016	British Grand Prix	United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom

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

5000 m	12:53.11	Mo Farah	22 July 2011	Herculis	Monaco Fontvieille, Monaco

10000 m	26:46.57	Mo Farah	3 June 2011	Prefontaine Classic	United States Eugene, United States

20000 m	57:28.70+	Carl Thackery	31 March 1990	France La Flèche, France

25000 m	1:15:22.60	Ron Hill	21 July 1965	United Kingdom Bolton, United Kingdom

30000 m	1:31:30.40	Jim Alder	5 September 1970	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

50000 m	2:48:06	Jeff Norman	7 June 1980	United Kingdom Timperley, United Kingdom

100 km	6:10:20	Don Ritchie	28 August 1976	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

100 Miles	11:30:51+	Don Ritchie	15 August 1977	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

One hour	20,855 m	Carl Thackery	31 March 1993	France La Flèche, France

2-hour run	37,994 m	Jim Alder	17 August 1964	United Kingdom Walton-on-Thames, United Kingdom

24-hour run	274.480 km	Dave Dowdle	23 May 1982	United Kingdom Gloucester, United Kingdom

48-hour run	401.208 km	Richard Brown	9 May 1991	France Surgères, France

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

200 m hurdles	22.63 (-0.3 m/s)	Colin Jackson	1 June 1991	United Kingdom Cardiff, United Kingdom

200 m hurdles (straight)	22.10 (+2.0 m/s)	Andy Turner	15 May 2011	Great CityGames Manchester	United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom

300 m hurdles	34.48	Chris Rawlinson	30 June 2002	United Kingdom Sheffield, United Kingdom

400 m hurdles	47.82	Kriss Akabusi	6 August 1992	Olympic Games	Spain Barcelona, Spain

2000 m Steeplechase	5:19.86	Mark Rowland	28 August 1988	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

3000 m Steeplechase	8:07.96	Mark Rowland	30 September 1988	Olympic Games	South Korea Seoul, South Korea

High jump	2.37 m	Steve Smith	20 September 1992	South Korea Seoul, South Korea

22 August 1993	World Championships	Germany Stuttgart, Germany

Robbie Grabarz	23 August 2012	Athletissima	Switzerland Lausanne, Switzerland

Pole vault	5.82 m	Steven Lewis	21 July 2012	Janusz Kusociński Memorial	Poland Szczecin, Poland

Long jump	8.51 m (+1.7 m/s)	Greg Rutherford	24 April 2014	United States Chula Vista, United States

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

Shot put	21.92 m #	Carl Myerscough	13 June 2003	United States Sacramento, United States

21.68 m	Geoff Capes	18 May 1980	United Kingdom Cwmbran, United Kingdom

Discus throw	68.24 m	Lawrence Okoye	19 May 2012	Hallesche Werfertage	Germany Halle, Germany

Hammer throw	80.26 m	Nick Miller	8 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Australia Gold Coast, Australia

Javelin throw	91.46 m	Steve Backley	25 January 1992	New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand

Weight throw	23.08 m	Matt Mileham	16 February 1985	United States Fresno, United States

Pentathlon	3841 pts	Barry King	20 May 1970	United States Santa Barbara, United States

Decathlon	8847 pts	Daley Thompson	8–9 August 1984	Olympic Games	United States Los Angeles, United States

10.44 (100 m), 8.01 m (long jump), 15.72 m (shot put), 2.03 m (high jump), 46.97 (400 m) / 14.33 (110 m hurdles), 46.56 m (discus), 5.00 m (pole vault), 65.24 m (javelin), 4:35.00 (1500 m)

Double Decathlon	12043 pts	John Heanley	24 September 2000	United Kingdom Hexham, United Kingdom

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

4 × 200 m relay	1:21.29	Marcus Adam Ade Mafe Linford Christie John Regis	23 June 1989	United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom

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

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

4 × 1500 m relay	14:54.57	Andrew Baddeley Ricky Stevenson Nick McCormick Mark Draper	4 September 2009	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

4 × 1 mile relay	16:17.4	Western Kentucky University Erwin Hartel Chris Ridler Tony Staynings Nick Rose	25 April 1975	Drake Relays	United States Des Moines, United States

Sentence(s)

Thompson's 1984 performance is the UK record.

final_sentence: Thompson's 1984 performance is the UK record.