List of Panamerican records in athletics
Men
Table:
Event

Record

Athlete

Nationality

Date

Meet

Place

Ref

50 m

5.55 X

Ben Johnson

Canada

31 January 1987

Ottawa, Canada

[86]

5.56 A [WB]

Donovan Bailey

Canada

9 February 1996

Bill Cosby Invitational

Reno, United States

5.56 #[87]

Maurice Greene

United States

13 February 1999

Los Angeles, United States

[88]

55 m

5.99 A [WB]

Obadele Thompson

Barbados

22 February 1997

Colorado Springs, United States

[88]

60 m

6.34 A

Christian Coleman

United States

18 February 2018

USA Championships

Albuquerque, United States

[89]

150 m

14.99

Donovan Bailey

Canada

1 June 1997

Bailey–Johnson 150-metre race

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

[90]

200 m

20.02

Elijah Hall

United States

10 March 2018

NCAA Division I Championships

College Station, United States

[91]

300 m

31.87 A

Noah Lyles

United States

4 March 2017

USA Championships

Albuquerque, United States

[92]

400 m

44.52

Michael Norman

United States

10 March 2018

NCAA Division I Championships

College Station, United States

[91]

500 m

59.82

Roddie Haley

United States

15 March 1986

NCAA Division I Championships

Oklahoma City, United States

[93]

600 m

1:14.91

Casimir Loxsom

United States

27 January 2017

Penn State National Open

University Park, United States

[94]

800 m

1:45.00

Johnny Gray

United States

8 March 1992

Sindelfingen, Germany

1000 m

2:16.76

David Torrence

United States

2 March 2014

Boston University Last Chance Meet

Boston, United States

[95]

1500 m

3:33.34+

Bernard Lagat

United States

11 February 2005

Tyson Invitational

Fayetteville, United States

Mile

3:49.89

Bernard Lagat

United States

11 February 2005

Tyson Invitational

Fayetteville, United States

2000 m

4:54.74

Bernard Lagat

United States

15 February 2014

Millrose Games

New York City, United States

[96]

3000 m

7:30.16

Galen Rupp

United States

21 February 2013

XL Galan

Stockholm, Sweden

[97]

Two miles

8:07.41

Galen Rupp

United States

25 January 2014

BU John Thomas Terrier Invitational

Boston, United States

[98]

5000 m

13:01.26

Galen Rupp

United States

16 January 2014

Boston University Multi-Team Meet

Boston, United States

[99]

Marathon

2:19:01

Malcolm Richards

United States

17 March 2018

The Armory Indoor Marathon

New York City, United States

[100]

50 m hurdles

6.25

Mark McKoy

Canada

5 March 1986

Kobe, Japan

55 m hurdles

6.89

Renaldo Nehemiah

United States

20 January 1979

New York City, United States

60 m hurdles

7.33

Dayron Robles

Cuba

8 February 2008

PSD Bank Meeting

Düsseldorf, Germany

[101]

300 m hurdles

36.02 OT

Dinsdale Morgan

Jamaica

4 February 1998

Pirkkahall

Tampere, Finland

[102]

400 m hurdles

48.78

Felix Sanchez

Dominican Republic

18 February 2012

Meeting National

Val-de-Reuil, France

[103][104]

High jump

2.43 m

Javier Sotomayor

Cuba

4 March 1989

World Championships

Budapest, Hungary

Pole vault

6.02 m

Jeff Hartwig

United States

10 March 2002

Sindelfingen, Germany

Long jump

8.79 m

Carl Lewis

United States

27 January 1984

Millrose Games

New York City, United States

Triple jump

17.83 m

Aliecer Urrutia

Cuba

1 March 1997

Sindelfingen, Germany

Shot put

22.66 m

Randy Barnes

United States

20 January 1989

Los Angeles, United States

Weight throw

25.86 m

Lance Deal

United States

4 March 1995

USA Championships

Atlanta, United States

Discus throw

63.40 m

Fedrick Dacres

Jamaica

13 February 2016

ISTAF Indoor

Berlin, Germany

[105]

Heptathlon

6645 pts

Ashton Eaton

United States

9–10 March 2012

World Championships

Istanbul, Turkey

[106]

6.79 (60 m), 8.16 m (long jump), 14.56 m (shot put), 2.03 m (high jump) / 7.68 (60 m hurdles), 5.20 m (pole vault), 2:32.77 (1000 m)

5000 m walk

18:38.71

Ernesto Canto

Mexico

7 March 1987

World Championships

Indianapolis, United States

4×200 m relay

1:22.71

Thomas Jefferson
Raymond Pierre
Antonio McKay
Kevin Little

United States

3 March 1991

Glasgow, United Kingdom

4×400 m relay

3:00.77

University of Southern California
Zach Shinnick (46.24)
Ray Benjamin (44.35)
Ricky Morgan Jr. (45.67)
Michael Norman (44.52)

United States
Antigua and Barbuda
United States
United States

10 March 2018

NCAA Division I Championships

College Station, United States

[91]

4×800 m relay

7:11.30

Hoka One One New Jersey*New York Track Club
Joe McAsey (1:48.78)
Kyle Merber (1:47.84)
Chris Giesting (1:47.35)
Jesse Garn (1:47.14)

United States

25 February 2018

BU Last Chance Meet

Boston, United States

[107]

Distance medley relay

9:19.93

Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. 2:49.47
Michael Berry 46.40
Erik Sowinski 1:47.60
Patrick Casey 3:56.48

United States

31 January 2015

Armory Track Invitational

New York City, United States

[108]

4×1 mile relay

16:12.81

Hoka New Jersey-New York Track Club
Donn Cabral
Ford Palmer
Graham Crawford
Kyle Merber

United States

18 February 2017

Artie O’Connor College Invitational

New York City, United States

[109]

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