List of African records in athletics
Men

List of African records in athletics

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

100 y	9.40 (nw)	Kofi Okyir	Ghana	12 April 1974	United States Austin, United States

100 m	9.85 (+1.7 m/s)	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	12 May 2006	Qatar Doha, Qatar

150 m (bend)	14.99+ (+0.3 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	20 August 1993	World Championships	Germany Stuttgart, Germany

200 m	19.68 (+0.4 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	1 August 1996	Olympic Games	United States Atlanta, United States

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

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

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

500 m (road)	57.69	David Rudisha	Kenya	10 September 2016	Great North CityGames	United Kingdom Newcastle, United Kingdom

600 m	1:13.10	David Rudisha	Kenya	5 June 2016	British Grand Prix	United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom

800 m	1:40.91	David Rudisha	Kenya	9 August 2012	Olympic Games	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

1000 m	2:11.96	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	5 September 1999	IAAF Grand Prix	Italy Rieti, Italy

1500 m	3:26.00	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	14 July 1998	Golden Gala	Italy Rome, Italy

Mile	3:43.13	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	7 July 1999	Golden Gala	Italy Rome, Italy

2000 m	4:44.79	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	7 September 1999	ISTAF	Germany Berlin, Germany

3000 m	7:20.67	Daniel Komen	Kenya	1 September 1996	IAAF Grand Prix	Italy Rieti, Italy

Two miles	7:58.61	Daniel Komen	Kenya	17 July 1997	Belgium Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium

5000 m	12:37.35	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	31 May 2004	Netherlands Hengelo, Netherlands

5 km (road)	12:59.5	Sammy Kipketer	Kenya	26 March 2000	15th Carlsbad 5000	United States Carlsbad, United States

10000 m	26:17.53	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	26 August 2005	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

10 km (road)	26:44	Leonard Patrick Komon	Kenya	26 September 2010	Singelloop	Netherlands Utrecht, Netherlands

26:41 a	Jacob Kiplimo	Uganda	31 December 2018	San Silvestre Vallecana	Spain Madrid, Spain

15 km (road)	41:13	Leonard Patrick Komon	Kenya	21 November 2010	Zevenheuvelenloop	Netherlands Nijmegen, Netherlands

10 miles (road)	44:23	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	4 September 2005	Netherlands Tilburg, Netherlands

20000 m (track)	56:26.0+	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	27 June 2007	Golden Spike Ostrava	Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic	[1]

20 km (road)	55:21+	Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea	21 March 2010	Lisbon Half Marathon	Portugal Lisbon, Portugal

55:18+	Abraham Kiptum	Kenya	28 October 2018	Valencia Half Marathon	Spain Valencia, Spain

Half marathon	58:18	Abraham Kiptum	Kenya	28 October 2018	Valencia Half Marathon	Spain Valencia, Spain

One hour (track)	21285 m	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	27 June 2007	Golden Spike Ostrava	Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic	[2]

25000 m (track)	1:12:25.4+	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 June 2011	Prefontaine Classic	United States Eugene, United States

25 km (road)	1:11:18	Dennis Kipruto Kimetto	Kenya	6 May 2012	BIG 25	Germany Berlin, Germany

30000 m (track)	1:26:47.4	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 June 2011	Prefontaine Classic	United States Eugene, United States

30 km (road)	1:27:13+	Stanley Biwott	Kenya	24 April 2016	London Marathon	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

1:27:13+	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	24 April 2016	London Marathon	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

1:26:45+	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	16 September 2018	Berlin Marathon	Germany Berlin, Germany

Marathon	2:01:39	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	16 September 2018	Berlin Marathon	Germany Berlin, Germany

2:00:25 #	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	6 May 2017	Breaking2	Italy Monza, Italy

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

100 km (road)	6:24:06	Bongmusa Mthembu	South Africa	27 November 2016	Spain Los Alcázares, Spain

110 m hurdles	13.11 (+1.8 m/s))	Antonio Alkana	South Africa	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	South Africa	9 May 2015	Manchester City Games	United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom

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

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

400 m hurdles	47.10	Samuel Matete	Zambia	7 August 1991	Weltklasse Zürich	Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland

3000 m steeplechase	7:53.64	Brimin Kipruto	Kenya	22 July 2011	Herculis	Monaco Fontvieille, Monaco	[3]

7:53.17 X	Brahim Boulami	Morocco	16 August 2002	Weltklasse Zürich	Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland

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

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

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

Triple jump	17.37 m (+2.0 m/s)	Tarik Bouguetaïb	Morocco	14 July 2007	Morocco Khémisset, Morocco

Shot put	21.97 m	Janus Robberts	South Africa	2 June 2001	Prefontaine Classic	United States Eugene, United States

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

Hammer throw	81.27 m	Mostafa Al-Gamel	Egypt	21 March 2014	Egypt Cairo, Egypt

Javelin throw	92.72 m	Julius Yego	Kenya	26 August 2015	World Championships	China Beijing, China

Decathlon	8521 pts	Larbi Bouraada	Algeria	17–18 August 2016	Olympic Games	Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

3000 m walk (track)	10:47.08	Lebogang Shange	South Africa	21 July 2018	Diamond League	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

5000 m walk (track)	18:05.49	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	1 May 1997	Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia

10000 m walk (track)	38:24.31	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	30 May 1998	Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia

20000 m walk (track)	1:22:51.84	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	8 September 1994	Germany Leutkirch, Germany

20 km walk (road)	1:19:02	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	10 May 1997	Oder-Neisse Grand Prix	Germany Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany

30000 m walk (track)	2:19:21.4	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	12 March 2011	France Reims, France

50000 m walk (track)	4:21:44.5	Abdelouaheb Ferguène	Algeria	25 March 1984	France Toulouse, France

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

4 × 100 m relay	37.94	Osmond Ezinwa Olapade Adeniken Francis Obikwelu Davidson Ezinwa	Nigeria	9 August 1997	World Championships	Greece Athens, Greece

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

4 × 400 m relay	2:58.68	Clement Chukwu Jude Monye Sunday Bada Enefiok Udo-Obong	Nigeria	30 September 2000	Olympic Games	Australia Sydney, Australia

Sprint medley relay (2,2,4,8)	3:16.27	Orukpe Erayokan (200 m) Robert Simmons (200 m) Chidi Okezie (400 m) Sean Obinwa (800 m)	Nigeria	29 April 2017	Penn Relays	United States Philadelphia, United States

4 × 800 m relay	7:02.43	Joseph Mwengi Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kipngetich Kombich Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	25 August 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

Distance medley relay	9:15.56	Elkanah Angwenyi 2:50.8 (1200m) Thomas Musembi 45.8 (400m) Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:46.2 (800m) Alex Kipchirchir 3:52.8 (1600 m)	Kenya	29 April 2006	Penn Relays	United States Philadelphia, United States

4 × 1500 m relay	14:22.22	Collins Cheboi Silas Kiplagat James Kiplagat Magut Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	25 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

Ekiden relay	1:57:06	Josephat Muchiri Ndambiri 13:24/ 5 km Martin Irungu Mathathi 27:12/ 10 km Daniel Muchunu Mwangi 13:59/ 5 km Mekubo Mogusu 27:56/ 10 km Onesmus Nyerre 14:36/ 5 km John Kariuki 19:59/ 7.195 km	Kenya	23 November 2005	Chiba Ekiden	Japan Chiba, Japan

Sentence(s)

Okkert Brits' best of 6.03 m, set in 1995, is the African record.

final_sentence: Okkert Brits' best of 6.03 m, set in 1995, is the African record.