IAAF World Championships in Athletics
World records
Table:
Sex

Event

Record

Athlete

Nation

Date

Year

Men
4 × 100 metres relay
37.86
Emmit King
Willie Gault
Calvin Smith
Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
10 August
1983

Women
400 metres
47.99
Jarmila Kratochvílová
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
10 August
1983

Women
High jump
2.09 m
Stefka Kostadinova
Bulgaria (BUL)
30 August
1987

Men
100 metres
9.86
Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
25 August
1991

Men
Long jump
8.95 m
Mike Powell
United States (USA)
30 August
1991

Men
4 × 100 metres relay
37.50
Andre Cason
Leroy Burrell
Dennis Mitchell
Carl Lewis
United States (USA)
1 September
1991

Men
110 metres hurdles
12.91
Colin Jackson
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
20 August
1993

Men
4 × 100 metres relay
37.40
Jon Drummond
Andre Cason
Dennis Mitchell
Leroy Burrell
United States (USA)
21 August
1993

Men
4 × 400 metres relay
2:54.29
Andrew Valmon
Quincy Watts
Butch Reynolds
Michael Johnson
United States (USA)
22 August
1993

Women
400 metres hurdles
52.74
Sally Gunnell
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
19 August
1993

Women
Triple jump
15.09 m
Anna Biryukova
Russia (RUS)
21 August
1993

Men
Triple jump
18.16 m
Jonathan Edwards
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
7 August
1995

Men
Triple jump
18.29 m
Jonathan Edwards
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
7 August
1995

Women
400 metres hurdles
52.61
Kim Batten
United States (USA)
11 August
1995

Women
Triple jump
15.50 m
Inessa Kravets
Ukraine (UKR)
10 August
1995

Men
400 metres
43.18
Michael Johnson
United States (USA)
26 August
1999

Women
Pole vault
4.60 m
Stacy Dragila
United States (USA)
21 August
1999

Men
20 kilometres race walk
1:17:21
Jefferson Pérez
Ecuador (ECU)
23 August
2003

Men
50 kilometres race walk
3:36:03
Robert Korzeniowski
Poland (POL)
27 August
2003

Women
Pole vault
5.01 m
Yelena Isinbaeva
Russia (RUS)
12 August
2005

Women
Javelin throw
71.70 m
Osleidys Menéndez
Cuba (CUB)
14 August
2005

Women
20 kilometres walk
1:25:41
Olimpiada Ivanova
Russia (RUS)
7 August
2005

Men
100 metres
9.58
Usain Bolt
Jamaica (JAM)
16 August
2009

Men
200 metres
19.19
Usain Bolt
Jamaica (JAM)
20 August
2009

Men
4 × 100 metres relay
37.31
Steve Mullings
Michael Frater
Usain Bolt
Asafa Powell
Jamaica (JAM)
22 August
2009

Women
Hammer throw
77.96 m
Anita Włodarczyk
Poland (POL)
22 August
2009

Men
4 × 100 metres relay
37.04
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt
Jamaica (JAM)
4 September
2011

Men
Decathlon
9045 pts
Ashton Eaton
United States (USA)
29 August
2015

Women
50 kilometres race walk
4:05:56
Inês Henriques
Portugal (POR)
13 August
2017

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