List of world records in athletics
Men

List of world records in athletics

Section Title: Men
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Event	Perf.	W	N	Athlete(s)	Nat.	Date	Meeting	Location	Ctry.	R	P

50 m	5.40	+0.2	+	Bruny Surin	CAN	22 Aug 1999	World Championships	Seville	ESP

60 m	6.25	+

6.31	+0.9	+	Usain Bolt	JAM	16 Aug 2009	World Championships	Berlin	GER

100 y	9.0	h	Ivory Crockett	USA	11 May 1974	Knoxville	USA

Houston McTear	USA	9 May 1975	Winter Park	USA

9.07	−0.5	+	Asafa Powell	JAM	27 May 2010	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava	CZE

150 m	14.44	−0.3	+	Usain Bolt	JAM	20 Aug 2009	World Championships	Berlin	GER

150 m straight	14.35	+1.1	Usain Bolt	JAM	17 May 2009	Manchester City Games	Manchester	GBR

200 m straight	19.41	−0.4	Tyson Gay	USA	16 May 2010	Manchester City Games	Manchester	GBR

220 y (straight)	19.5	+1.9	h	Tommie Smith	USA	7 May 1966	Video on YouTube	San Jose	USA

19.54	−0.4	Tyson Gay	USA	16 May 2010	Manchester City Games	Manchester	GBR

300 m	30.81	Wayde van Niekerk	RSA	28 Jun 2017	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava	CZE

440 y	44.5	John Smith	USA	26 Jun 1971	USA Championships	Eugene	USA

500 m	57.69	David Rudisha	KEN	10 Sep 2016	Great North CityGames	Newcastle	GBR

600 m	1:12.81	Johnny Gray	USA	24 May 1986	Santa Monica	USA

Two miles	7:58.61	Daniel Komen	KEN	17 Jul 1997	Hechtel-Eksel	BEL	P

5 km (road)	12:59.5	Sammy Kipketer	KEN	26 Mar 2000	15th Carlsbad 5000	Carlsbad	USA

8 km (road)	21:51	+	Deriba Merga	ETH	18 Feb 2011	RAK Half Marathon	Ras al-Khaimah	UAE

15 km (road)	41:05	Joshua Cheptegei	UGA	18 Nov 2018	Zevenheuvelenloop	Nijmegen	NED

10 miles (road)	44:24	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	4 Sep 2005	Tilburg Ten Miles	Tilburg	NED

20 km (road)	55:21	+	Zersenay Tadese	ERI	21 Mar 2010	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon	POR

25 km (road)	1:11:18	Dennis Kipruto Kimetto	KEN	6 May 2012	BIG 25	Berlin	GER

30 km (road)	1:26:45	+	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	16 Sep 2018	Berlin Marathon	Berlin	GER

35 km (road)	1:41:47	+	Dennis Kipruto Kimetto	KEN	28 Sep 2014	Berlin Marathon	Berlin	GER

40 km (road)	1:55:32	+	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	16 Sep 2018	Berlin Marathon	Berlin	GER

50 km (road)	2:43:38	+	Thompson Magawana	RSA	2 Apr 1988	Cape Town	RSA

90 km (road)	5:20:49	Leonid Shvetsov	RUS	2007	Comrades Marathon	Durban	RSA

100,000 m (track)	6:10:20	Don Ritchie	GBR	28 Oct 1978	London	GBR

2000 m steeplechase	5:10.68	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	FRA	30 Jun 2010	Alma Athlé Tour	Reims	FRA

2500 m steeplechase	7:34.4	h	George Orton	CAN	15 Jul 1900	Olympic Games	Paris	FRA

2590 m steeplechase	7:39.6	h	James Lightbody	USA	29 Aug 1904	Olympic Games	St. Louis	USA

3460 m steeplechase	10:33.4	h	Volmari Iso-Hollo	FIN	1 Aug 1932	Olympic Games	Los Angeles	USA

4000 m steeplechase	12:58.4	h	John Rimmer	GBR	16 Jul 1900	Olympic Games	Paris	FRA

200 m hurdles	22.55	Laurent Ottoz	ITA	31 May 1995	Milan	ITA

200 m hurdles straight	21.9	+1.4	h	Don Styron	USA	2 Apr 1960	Baton Rouge	USA

22.10	+2.0	Andy Turner	GBR	15 May 2011	Manchester City Games	Manchester	GBR

22.10	+1.8	Louis Jacobus van Zyl	RSA	9 May 2015	Manchester City Games	Manchester	GBR

220 y hurdles straight	21.9	+1.4	h	Don Styron	USA	2 Apr 1960	Baton Rouge	USA

300 m hurdles	34.48	Chris Rawlinson	GBR	30 Jun 2002	Sheffield	GBR

440 y hurdles	48.7	Jim Bolding	USA	25 Jul 1974	Turin	ITA

Standing long jump	12 ft 3 in	Byron Jones	USA	23 Feb 2015	NFL scouting combine	Indianapolis	USA

Standing triple jump	10.95 m	Tydree Lewis	USA	31 Oct 2011

Weight throw	25.41 m	Lance Deal	USA	20 Feb 1993	Azusa	USA

Icosathlon	14571 pts	Joseph Detmer	USA	25 Sep 2010	World Championships	Lynchburg	USA

1500 m walk (track)	5:12.0	+	Antanas Grigaliūnas	LTU	12 May 1990	Vilnius	LTU

Mile walk (track)	5:31.08	Tom Bosworth	GBR	9 Jul 2017	London Grand Prix	London	GBR

3000 m walk (track)	10:47.11	Giovanni De Benedictis	ITA	19 May 1990	San Giovanni Valdarno	ITA

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

50 mile walk (road)	7:44:47.2	Shaul Ladany	ISR	1972	New Jersey	USA

4×110 y relay	38.6	A	Earl McCullouch Fred Kuller O.J. Simpson Lennox Miller (JAM)	17 Jun 1967	NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Championships	Provo	USA

Swedish relay	1:46.59	Christopher Williams Usain Bolt Davian Clarke Jermaine Gonzales	JAM	25 Jul 2006	DN Galan	Stockholm	SWE

4×110m shuttle hurdles relay	52.94	Jason Richardson Aleec Harris Aries Merritt David Oliver	USA	25 Apr 2015	Drake Relays	Des Moines	USA

Sprint medley relay (2-2-4-8)	3:10.76	Carl Lewis Ferran Tyler Benny Hollis Johnny Gray	USA	6 Apr 1985	Tempe	USA

4×mile relay	15:49.08	Eamonn Coghlan Ray Flynn Frank O'Mara Marcus O'Sullivan	IRL	17 Aug 1985	Dublin	IRL

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Jim Bolding is the World record holder in the 440-yard hurdles.

final_sentence: Jim Bolding is the World record holder in the 440-yard hurdles.