List of United States records in track and field
Men

List of United States records in track and field

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

100 y	9.10+ (-0.4 m/s)	Justin Gatlin	United States	June 17, 2014	Golden Spike Ostrava	Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic

100 m	9.69 (+2.0 m/s)	Tyson Gay	Adidas	September 20, 2009	Golden Grand Prix	China Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China	[1]

200 m	19.32 (+0.4 m/s)	Michael Johnson	USA National	August 1, 1996	Olympic Games	United States Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, United States	[2]

200 m (straight)	19.41 (−0.4 m/s)	Tyson Gay	United States	May 16, 2010	Manchester City Games	United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom

300 m	30.85 A	Michael Johnson	United States	April 10, 2000	Engen Grand Prix	South Africa Pretoria, South Africa

400 m	43.18	Michael Johnson	USA National	August 26, 1999	World Championships	Spain Olympic Stadium, Seville, Spain	[3]

600 m	1:12.81	Johnny Gray	May 24, 1986	United States Santa Monica, United States

800 m	1:42.60	Johnny Gray	Santa Monica Track Club	August 28, 1985	Germany Koblenz, Germany

1000 m	2:13.9	Rick Wohlhuter	University of Chicago TC	July 30, 1974	Bislett Games	Norway Bislett Stadium, Oslo, Norway

1500 m	3:27.40	Bernard Lagat	Nike	August 6, 2004	Weltklasse Zürich	Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland

Mile	3:46.91	Alan Webb	Nike	July 21, 2007	Atletiek Vlaanderen Meet	Belgium Brasschaat, Belgium	[4]

2000 m	4:52.44	Jim Spivey	Athletics West	September 15, 1987	Athletissima	Switzerland Lausanne, Switzerland

3000 m	7:29.00	Bernard Lagat	Nike	August 29, 2010	Rieti Meeting	Italy Rieti, Italy	[5]

Two miles	8:07.07	Matt Tegenkamp	June 10, 2007	Prefontaine Classic	United States Hayward Field, Eugene, United States	[6]

5000 m	12:53.60	Bernard Lagat	Nike	July 22, 2011	Herculis	Monaco Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monaco

5 km (road)	13:20	Ben True	April 15, 2017	BAA 5K	United States Boston, United States

13:18 #	Bernard Lagat	March 30, 2014	Carlsbad 5000	United States Carlsbad, United States

10000 m	26:44.36	Galen Rupp	Nike	May 30, 2014	Prefontaine Classic	United States Hayward Field, Eugene, United States

10 km (road)	27:48	Mark Nenow	March 2, 1985	Continental Homes 10K	United States Phoenix, United States

27:23 a #	April 1, 1984	Crescent City Classic	United States New Orleans, United States

27:48	Bernard Lagat	May 10, 2015	Great Manchester Run	United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom

15 km (road)	42:22	Todd Williams	March 11, 1995	United States Jacksonville, United States

20000 m (track)	58:25.0	Bill Rodgers	Greater Boston TC	August 9, 1977	United States Boston, United States

Half marathon	59:43	Ryan Hall	ASICS	January 14, 2007	Houston Half Marathon	United States Houston, United States

59:41 a #	Terry Cotton	April 19, 1986	United States Fontana, United States

One hour	12.77 miles / 20547 m	Bill Rodgers	Greater Boston TC	August 9, 1977	United States Boston, United States

25000 m (track)	1:14:11.8+	Bill Rodgers	Greater Boston TC	February 21, 1979	United States Saratoga, California, United States

25 km (road)

1:14:18 X	Mo Trafeh	May 11, 2013	USA 25 km Championships	United States Grand Rapids, United States

1:14:18	Christo Landry	May 10, 2014	USA 25 km Championships	United States Grand Rapids, United States

1:13:25+ a #	Ryan Hall	ASICS	April 18, 2011	Boston Marathon	United States Boston, United States

1:14:13+ #	Khalid Khannouchi	October 10, 2004	Chicago Marathon	United States Chicago, United States

30000 m (track)	1:31:48.9	Bill Rodgers	Greater Boston TC	February 21, 1979	United States Saratoga, California, United States

30 km (road)	1:28:38+	Ryan Hall	ASICS	April 13, 2008	London Marathon	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

1:28:23+ a #	April 18, 2011	Boston Marathon	United States Boston, United States

Marathon	2:05:38	Khalid Khannouchi	New Balance	April 14, 2002	London Marathon	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

2:04:58 a #	Ryan Hall	ASICS	April 18, 2011	Boston Marathon	United States Boston, United States

100 km	6:27:43	Max King	November 21, 2014	IAU 100 km World Championships	Qatar Doha, Qatar

110 m hurdles	12.80 (+0.3 m/s)	Aries Merritt	Reebok	September 7, 2012	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

200 m hurdles	22.74 (-0.8 m/s)	Kevin Young	August 31, 1992	United Kingdom Belfast, United Kingdom

200 m hurdles (straight)	21.9y ht (+1.4 m/s)	Don Styron	April 2, 1960	United States Baton Rouge, United States

22.26 (+2.0 m/s)	Bershawn Jackson	United States	May 15, 2011	Manchester City Games	United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom

400 m hurdles	46.78	Kevin Young	USA National	August 6, 1992	Olympic Games	Spain Barcelona, Spain	[7]

440 y Hurdles	48.7	Jim Bolding	July 25, 1974	Turin International Meeting	Italy Turin, Italy

3000 m steeplechase	8:00.45	Evan Jager	Nike	July 4, 2015	Meeting Areva	France Saint-Denis, France

High jump	2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄4 in)	Charles Austin	unattached	August 7, 1991	Weltklasse Zürich	Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland	[8]

Pole vault	6.05 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	August 12, 2018	European Championships	Germany Berlin, Germany	[9]

Long jump	8.95 m (29 ft 4 1⁄4 in) (+0.3 m/s)	Mike Powell	USA National	August 30, 1991	World Championships	Japan Tokyo, Japan	[10]

Triple jump	18.21 m (59 ft 8 3⁄4 in) (+0.2 m/s)	Christian Taylor	United States	August 27, 2015	World Championships	China Beijing, China

Shot put	23.12 m (75 ft 10 in)	Randy Barnes	Mazda TC	May 20, 1990	Jack in the Box Invitational	United States Westwood, United States	[11]

Discus throw	71.32 m (233 ft 11 3⁄4 in)	Ben Plucknett	Southern California Striders	June 4, 1983	United States Eugene, United States

72.34 m (237 ft 4 in) #	July 7, 1981	Sweden Stockholm, Sweden

Hammer throw	82.52 m (270 ft 8 3⁄4 in)	Lance Deal	New York AC	September 7, 1996	Italy Milan, Italy	[12]

Javelin throw	91.29 m (299 ft 6 in)	Breaux Greer	adidas	June 21, 2007	USA Championships	United States IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium, Indianapolis, United States	[13]

Decathlon

9045 pts	Ashton Eaton	August 28–29, 2015	World Championships	China Beijing, China

5 km walk (road)	19:09	Timothy Seaman	September 13, 2003	Germany Hildesheim, Germany

10000 m walk (track)	39:43.85	Timothy Seaman	New York Athletic Club	April 24, 1999	United States Philadelphia, United States

10 km walk (road)	39:22.7	Timothy Seaman	April 20, 2004	Norway Storetveitmarsjen, Norway

15 km walk (road)	1:01:30+	Timothy Seaman	May 22, 2004	Denmark Vallensbæk, Denmark

20000 m walk (track)	1:23:00.1	Trevor Barron	New York Athletic Club	June 30, 2012	USA Olympic Trials	United States Eugene, United States

20 km walk (road)	1:22:02	Timothy Seaman	May 22, 2004	Denmark Vallensbæk, Denmark

1:21:48 #	Tim Lewis	1986

50 km walk (road)	3:48:04	Curt Clausen	New York Athletic Club	May 2, 1999	France Mézidon, France

4 × 100 m relay	37.38	Jeffery Demps Darvis Patton Trell Kimmons Justin Gatlin	USA National	August 10, 2012	Olympic Games	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

37.38	Mike Rodgers Justin Gatlin Tyson Gay Ryan Bailey	USA National	May 2, 2015	IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

37.04 X	Trell Kimmons Justin Gatlin Tyson Gay Ryan Bailey	USA National	August 11, 2012	Olympic Games	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

4 × 200 m relay	1:18.68	Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Floyd Heard Carl Lewis	Santa Monica Track Club	April 17, 1994	Mt. SAC Relays	United States Walnut, United States

4 × 400 m relay	2:54.29	Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson	USA National	August 22, 1993	World Championships	Germany Stuttgart, Germany	[14]

2:54.20 X	Jerome Young Antonio Pettigrew Tyree Washington Michael Johnson	USA National	July 22, 1998	Goodwill Games	United States Uniondale, United States	[15]

Sprint medley relay (2,2,4,8)	3:10.76	Carl Lewis Ferran Tyler Benny Hollis Johnny Gray	Santa Monica Track Club	April 6, 1985	United States Tempe, United States

4 × 800 m relay	7:02.82	Jebreh Harris 1:47.05 Khadevis Robinson 1:44.03 Samuel Burley 1:46.05 David Krummenacker 1:45.69	United States	August 25, 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

Distance medley relay	9:15.50	Kyle Merber 2:53.56 (1200 m) Brycen Spratling 45.95 (400 m) Brandon Johnson 1:44.75 (800 m) Ben Blankenship 3:51.24 (1600 m)	United States	May 3, 2015	IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

4 × 1500 m relay	14:40.80	Patrick Casey David Torrence Will Leer Leonel Manzano	United States	May 25, 2014	IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

Marathon road relay (Ekiden)	1:59:08	Ryan Hall (13:22) Matt Gonzales (28:15) Ian Dobson (13:46) Brian Sell (28:28) Fernando Cabada (14:11) Josh Moen (21:06)	United States	November 23, 2005	International Chiba Ekiden	Japan Chiba, Japan

4×110m Shuttle hurdles relay	52.94	Jason Richardson Aleec Harris Aries Merritt David Oliver	United States	April 25, 2015	Drake Relays	United States Des Moines, United States

Sentence(s)

Todd Williams set an American record in the 15 km event in a time of 42:22 minutes.

final_sentence: Todd Williams set an American record in the 15 km event in a time of 42:22 minutes.