List of South African records in athletics
Men

List of South African records in athletics

Section Title: Men
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Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref

100 y	9.41+ (-0.4 m/s)	Simon Magakwe	17 June 2014	Golden Spike Ostrava	Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic

100 m	9.89 (+1.9 m/s)	Akani Simbine	18 July 2016	Gyulai István Memorial	Hungary Székesfehérvár, Hungary

150 m	15.08 A (-0.3 m/s)	Anaso Jobodwana	8 March 2018	South Africa Pretoria, South Africa

200 m	19.84 (+1.2 m/s)	Wayde van Niekerk	10 June 2017	Racers Grand Prix	Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica

19.69 A (-0.5 m/s)	Clarence Munyai	16 March 2018	National Championships	South Africa Pretoria, South Africa

200 m straight	19.84 (+0.6 m/s)	Wayde van Niekerk	4 June 2017	Boost Boston Games	United States Boston, United States

300 m	30.81	Wayde Van Niekerk	28 June 2017	Golden Spike Ostrava	Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic

400 m	43.03	Wayde van Niekerk	14 August 2016	Olympic Games	Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

600 m	1:15.58 A	Reinhardt van Rensburg	30 January 2015	Eaglesclub Classic Shootout	South Africa Pretoria, South Africa

1:15.03 #	André Olivier	24 August 2014	Diamond League	United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom

800 m	1:42.69	Hezekiél Sepeng	3 September 1999	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

1000 m	2:15.86	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	7 August 2007	DN Galan	Sweden Stockholm, Sweden

1500 m	3:31.93	Johan Cronje	8 September 2013	Rieti Meeting	Italy Rieti, Italy

Mile	3:50.70	Johan Cronje	31 May 2014	Prefontaine Classic	United States Eugene, United States

3000 m	7:41.06	Juan Van Deventer	22 July 2008	DN Galan	Sweden Stockholm, Sweden

5000 m	13:04.88	Elroy Gelant	22 May 2016	Fanny Blankers-Koen Games	Netherlands Hengelo, Netherlands

10000 m	27:29.94	Hendrick Ramaala	22 February 1999	South Africa Port Elizabeth, South Africa

10 km (road)	28:00	Matthews Motshwarateu	4 October 1980	United States Purchase, United States

15 km (road)	42:58	Meshack Mogotsi	2 November 1991	South Africa Cape Town, South Africa

Shadrack Hoff	8 July 2001	United States Utica, United States

20 km (road)	57:46	Hendrick Ramaala	18 October 1998	France Paris, France

One hour	20386 m	Kevin Shaw	2 October 1978	South Africa Bellville, South Africa

Half marathon	1:00:07	Hendrick Ramaala	4 October 1997	World Half Marathon Championships	Slovakia Košice, Slovakia

25 km (road)	1:15:02	Lusapho April	9 May 2010	BIG 25	Germany Berlin, Germany

30 km (road)	1:30:54	Melikhaya Frans	4 March 2017	NMBM Human Race	South Africa Uitenhage, South Africa

Marathon	2:06:33	Gert Thys	14 February 1999	Tokyo Marathon	Japan Tokyo, Japan

50 km (road)	2:43:38+	Thompson Magawana	2 April 1988	South Africa Cape Town, South Africa

100 km (road)	6:25:07	Bruce Fordyce	4 February 1989	South Africa Stellenbosch, South Africa

110 m hurdles	13.11 (+1.8 m/s)	Antonio Alkana	5 June 2017	Josef Odložil Memorial	Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic

200 m hurdles (straight)	22.10 (+1.8 m/s)	L. J. van Zyl	9 May 2015	Manchester City Games	United Kingdom Manchester, Great Britain

200 m hurdles (bend)	22.6 (ht) A OT	Hendrik Serfontein	23 March 1967	South Africa Bloemfontein, South Africa

300 m hurdles	34.8 (ht)	Ockert Cilliers	8 May 2005	Germany Pliezhausen, Germany

400 m hurdles	47.66 A	L. J. van Zyl	25 February 2011	Yellow Pages Invitation Series II	South Africa Pretoria, South Africa

47.66	31 May 2011	Golden Spike Ostrava	Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic

3000 m steeplechase	8:11.50	Ruben Ramolefi	29 August 2011	World Championships	South Korea Daegu, South Korea

High jump	2.38 m	Jacques Freitag	5 March 2005	South Africa Oudtshoorn, South Africa

Pole vault	6.03 m	Okkert Brits	18 August 1995	Germany Cologne, Germany

Long jump	8.65 m A (+1.3 m/s)	Luvo Manyonga	22 April 2017	South African Championships	South Africa Potchefstroom, South Africa

Triple jump	17.35 m (+0.2 m/s)	Godfrey Mokoena	14 September 2014	IAAF Continental Cup	Morocco Marrakech, Morocco

Shot put	21.97 m	Janus Robberts	2 June 2001	United States Eugene, United States

Discus throw	70.32 m	Frantz Kruger	26 May 2002	France Salon-de-Provence, France

Hammer throw	80.63 m	Chris Harmse	15 April 2005	South Africa Durban, South Africa

Javelin throw	88.75 m	Marius Corbett	21 September 1998	Commonwealth Games	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Decathlon	8398 pts	Willem Coertzen	30–31 May 2015	Hypo-Meeting	Austria Götzis, Austria

10.99 (+0.3 m/s) (100 m), 7.46 m (-1.0 m/s) (long jump), 14.14 m (shot put), 2.03 m (high jump), 48.73 (400 m) / 14.17 (+1.5 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 44.84 m (discus), 4.60 m (pole vault), 68.43 m (javelin), 4:22.22 (1500 m)

3000 m walk (track)	11:10.22	Wayne Snyman	11 February 2017	QA Norma Croker Shield	Australia Brisbane, Australia

10:47.08	Lebogang Shange	21 July 2018	Diamond League	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

5000 m walk (track)	19:29.94	Chris Britz	27 March 1997	South Africa Pietersburg, South Africa

10000 m walk (track)	40:32.78	Chris Britz	10 April 1995	South Africa Krugersdorp, South Africa

20000 m walk (track)	1:23:20.86	Lebogang Shange	21 Jun 2015	British Championships	United Kingdom Bedford, Great Britain

20 km walk (road)	1:19:18	Lebogang Shange	13 August 2017	World Championships	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

30 km walk (road)	2:14:28	Chris Britz	25 August 1994	Australia Victoria, Australia

50 km walk (road)	3:54:12	Marc Mundell	12 December 2015	Australian 50 km Walking Championships	Australia Melbourne, Australia

4×100 m relay	38.35	South Africa Henricho Bruintjies Simon Magakwe Ncincihli Titi Akani Simbine	2 August 2014	Commonwealth Games	United Kingdom Glasgow, Great Britain

38.24	South Africa Henricho Bruintjies Emile Erasmus Anaso Jobodwana Akani Simbine	14 April 2018	Commonwealth Games	Australia Gold Coast, Australia

4×200 m relay	1:22.06	South Africa Marcus La Grange Mathew Quinn Josef van der Linde Paul Gorries	1 March 2002	South Africa Port Elizabeth, South Africa

4×400 m relay	2:59.21	South Africa Oscar Pistorius Ofentse Mogawane Willem de Beer Shane Victor	1 September 2011	World Championships	South Korea Daegu, South Korea

4×800 m relay	7:04.70	South Africa Gideon van Oudtshoorn Hezekiel Sepeng Jurgens Kotze Johan Botha	6 June 1999	Germany Stuttgart, Germany

4×1500 m relay	14:50.82	South Africa Matthews Temane Deon Brummer Henning Gericke Johan Fourie	15 October 1984	South Africa Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Sentence(s)

Thys is the holder of the South African record with his best of 2:06:33 for the 1999 Tokyo Marathon.

final_sentence: Thys is the holder of the South African record with his best of 2:06:33 for the 1999 Tokyo Marathon.