List of Commonwealth Games records in athletics
Men's records

List of Commonwealth Games records in athletics

Section Title: Men's records
Table Section Text: None

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Date	Games	Ref

100 m	9.88	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	17 September 1998	1998 Kuala Lumpur

200 m	19.97	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	26 August 1994	1994 Victoria

400 m	44.24	Kirani James	Grenada	30 July 2014	2014 Glasgow

800 m	1:43.22	Steve Cram	England	31 July 1986	1986 Edinburgh

1500 m	3:32.16 WR	Filbert Bayi	Tanzania	2 February 1974	1974 Christchurch

5000 m	12:56.41	Augustine Choge	Kenya	20 March 2006	2006 Melbourne

10000 m	27:19.62	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	13 April 2018	2018 Gold Coast

Marathon	2:09:12 PB	Ian Thompson	England	31 January 1974	1974 Christchurch

110 m hurdles	13.08	Colin Jackson	Wales	28 January 1990	1990 Auckland

23 August 1994	1994 Victoria

400 m hurdles	48.05 PB	Louis van Zyl	South Africa	23 March 2006	2006 Melbourne

3000 m steeplechase	8:10.08	Conseslus Kipruto	Kenya	13 April 2018	2018 Gold Coast

High jump	2.36 m NR	Clarence Saunders	Bermuda	1 February 1990	1990 Auckland

Pole vault	5.80 m	Steven Hooker	Australia	24 March 2006	2006 Melbourne

Long jump	8.41 m (+0.6 m/s)	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	11 April 2018	2018 Gold Coast

Triple jump	17.86 m	Jonathan Edwards	England	28 July 2002	2002 Manchester

Shot put	22.45 m	Tomas Walsh	New Zealand	8 April 2018	2018 Gold Coast

Discus throw	68.20 m	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica	13 April 2018	2018 Gold Coast

Hammer throw	80.26 m NR	Nick Miller	England	8 April 2018	2018 Gold Coast

Javelin throw	88.75 m	Marius Corbett	South Africa	21 September 1998	1998 Kuala Lumpur

Javelin throw(old design)	89.48 m	Mike O'Rourke	New Zealand	9 October 1982	1982 Brisbane

Decathlon	8663 pts	Daley Thompson	England	27–28 July 1986	1986 Edinburgh

20 km walk	1:19:34	Dane Bird-Smith	Australia	8 April 2018	2018 Gold Coast

50 km walk	3:42:53	Nathan Deakes	Australia	24 March 2006	2006 Melbourne

4 × 100 m relay	37.58	Usain Bolt Kemar Bailey-Cole Nickel Ashmeade Jason Livermore	Jamaica	2 August 2014	2014 Glasgow

4 × 400 m relay	2:59.03	Michael McDonald Roxbert Martin Gregory Haughton Davian Clarke	Jamaica	21 September 1998	1998 Kuala Lumpur

Sentence(s)

Frankie Fredericks ran the 200 metres in a time of 19.97 seconds which is a Commonwealth Games record.

final_sentence: Frankie Fredericks ran the 200 metres in a time of 19.97 seconds which is a Commonwealth Games record.