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)

Erasmus set a South African record of 38.24 seconds in the relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, taking the silver medals alongside Henricho Bruintjies, Anaso Jobodwana and Akani Simbine.

final_sentence: Erasmus set a South African record of 38.24 seconds in the relay at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, taking the silver medals alongside Henricho Bruintjies, Anaso Jobodwana and Akani Simbine.