List of men's athletics world records by discipline from 1971

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This is a list of the world records in men's athletics from 1971 onwards by discipline.

100 m

year	date	athlete	country	time	walked in
1983	3rd of July	Calvin Smith	United States	9.93 s	Colorado Springs
1987	August 30th	Carl Lewis	United States	9.93 s (equalization)	Rome , world championships
1988	17th August	Carl Lewis	United States	9.93 s (equalization)	Zurich , Letzigrund Stadium , world class Zurich
1988	September 24th	Carl Lewis	United States	9.92 s	Seoul , Olympic Games
1991	14th June	Leroy Burrell	United States	9.90 s	New York , National Championships
1991	August 25	Carl Lewis	United States	9.86 s	Tokyo , world championships
1994	July 6th	Leroy Burrell	United States	9.85 s	Lausanne , IAAF -Meeting
1996	August 27	Donovan Bailey	Canada	9.84 s	Atlanta , Olympic Games
1999	16th of July	Maurice Greene	United States	9.79 s	Athens , IAAF -Meeting
2005	14th June	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	9.77 s	Athens , IAAF -Meeting
2006	June 11th	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	9.77 s (equalization)	Gateshead , IAAF -Meeting
2006	18th of August	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	9.77 s (equalization)	Zurich , Letzigrund Stadium , world class Zurich
2007	the 9th of September	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	9.74 s	Rieti , IAAF -Meeting
2008	31. May	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	9.72 s	New York City
2008	August 16	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	9.69 s	Beijing , Olympic Games
2009	August 16	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	9.58 s	Berlin , world championships

World records revoked because of doping

• 1987 August 30 - Ben Johnson , Canada 9.83s ( Rome , World Championships )
• 1988 September 24 - Ben Johnson, Canada, 9.79s ( Seoul , Olympic Games )
• 2002 September 14th - Tim Montgomery , USA , 9.78 s ( Paris , Meeting Gaz de France )
• 2006 May 12 - Justin Gatlin , USA, 9.77 s ( Doha , IAAF meeting )

200 m

year	date	athlete	country	time	walked in
1979	12th September	Pietro Mennea	Italy	19.72 s	Mexico city
1996	23rd June	Michael Johnson	United States	19.66 s	Atlanta
1996	August 1st	Michael Johnson	United States	19.32 s	Atlanta
2008	20th of August	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	19.30 s	Beijing
2009	20th of August	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	19.19 s	Berlin

400 m

year	date	athlete	country	time	walked in
1988	17th August	Harry Reynolds	United States	43.29 s	Zurich , Letzigrund Stadium , world class Zurich
1999	26th of August	Michael Johnson	United States	43.18 s	Seville , world championships
2016	August 14th	Wayde van Niekerk	RSA	43.03 s	Rio de Janeiro , Olympic Games

800 m

year	date	athlete	country	time	walked in
1973	May 27th	Rick Wohlhuter	United States	1: 44.0 min	los Angeles
1973	June 27th	Marcello Fiasconaro	Italy	1: 43.7 min	Milan
1974	8th of July	Rick Wohlhuter	United States	1: 43.5 min
1976	July 25th	Alberto Juantorena	Cuba	1: 43.5 min	Montreal
1977	August 21	Alberto Juantorena	Cuba	1: 43.4 min	Sofia
1979	5th July	Sebastian Coe	United Kingdom	1: 42.33 min	Oslo , Bislett Games
1981	June 10th	Sebastian Coe	United Kingdom	1: 41.73 min	Florence , Città di Firenze
1997	13 August	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1: 41.24 min	Zurich , Letzigrund Stadium , world class Zurich
1997	August 24th	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1: 41.11 min	Cologne , ASV meeting
2010	August 22nd	David Rudisha	Kenya	1: 41.09 min	Berlin , ISTAF
2012	August 9	David Rudisha	Kenya	1: 40.91 min	London , 2012 Summer Olympics

1. ↑ ^{a b} End time in an 880 yard run (804.68 m)

1000 m

year	date	athlete	country	time	walked in
1974	30th July	Rick Wohlhuter	United States	2: 13.9 min
1980	July 1	Sebastian Coe	United Kingdom	2: 13.4 min	Oslo , Bislett Games
1981	July 11th	Sebastian Coe	United Kingdom	2: 12.18 min	Oslo , Oslo Games
1999	5th September	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	2: 11.96 min	Rieti

1500 m

year	date	athlete	country	time	walked in
1974	February 2nd	Filbert Bayi	Tanzania	3: 32.16 min	Christchurch , British Commonwealth Games
1979	15th of August	Sebastian Coe	United Kingdom	3: 32.1 min	Zurich , Letzigrund Stadium , world class Zurich
1980	August 27	Steve Ovett	United Kingdom	3: 31.36 min	Koblenz , International Evening Sports Festival
1983	August 28th	Sidney Maree	United States	3: 31.24 min	Cologne
1983	September 4th	Steve Ovett	United Kingdom	3: 30.77 min	Rieti , Invitation Event / Meeting
1985	16th of July	Steve Cram	United Kingdom	3: 29.67 min	Nice
1985	August 23	Said Aouita	Morocco	3: 29.46 min	Berlin
1992	September 6th	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	3: 28.86 min	Rieti
1995	July 12	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	3: 27.37 min	Nice
1998	July 14th	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	3: 26.00 min	Rome , Golden Gala

3000 m

year	date	athlete	country	time	walked in
1972	September 14th	Emil Puttemans	Belgium	7: 37.6 min	Aarhus
1974	3rd August	Brendan Foster	United Kingdom	7: 35.2 min	Gateshead
1978	June 27th	Henry Rono	Kenya	7: 32.1 min	Oslo
1989	20th of August	Said Aouita	Morocco	7: 29.45 min	Cologne
1992	August 16	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	7: 28.96 min	Cologne
1994	August 2nd	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	7: 25.11 min	Monte Carlo
1996	September 1	Daniel Komen	Kenya	7: 20.67 min	Rieti

5000 m

year	date	athlete	country	time	walked in
1972	September 14th	Let Virén	Finland	13: 16.4 min	Helsinki
1972	September 20th	Emil Puttemans	Belgium	13: 13.0 min	Brussels
1977	5th July	Dick Quax	New Zealand	13: 12.86 min	Stockholm , DN Galan
1978	April 8th	Henry Rono	Kenya	13: 08.4 min	Berkeley
1981	13.september	Henry Rono	Kenya	13:06:20 min	Knarvik
1982	7th of July	David Moorcroft	United Kingdom	13:00, 41 min	Oslo , Bislett Games
1985	July 27th	Said Aouita	Morocco	13:00, 40 min	Oslo , Bislett Games
1987	22nd of July	Said Aouita	Morocco	12: 58.39 min	Rome , Golden Gala
1994	June 4th	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	12: 56.96 min	Hengelo , FBK Games
1995	6th of June	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	12: 55.30 min	Rome , Golden Gala
1995	August 16	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	12: 44.39 min	Zurich , Letzigrund Stadium , world class Zurich
1997	13 August	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	12: 41.86 min	Zurich , Letzigrund Stadium , world class Zurich
1997	August 22nd	Daniel Komen	Kenya	12: 39.74 min	Brussels , Van Damme Memorial
1998	June 13th	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	12: 39.36 min	Helsinki
2004	31. May	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	12: 37.35 min	Hengelo , FBK Games
2020	August 14th	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	12: 35.36 min	Monaco , Stade Louis II , Herculis

10,000 m

year	date	athlete	country	time	walked in
1972	September 3	Let Virén	Finland	27: 38.4 min	Munich , Summer Olympic Games
1973	July 13th	David Bedford	United Kingdom	27: 30.8 min	London , Amateur Athletic Association (of England) Championships
1977	June 30th	Samson Kimobwa	Kenya	27: 30.5 min	Helsinki
1978	June 11th	Henry Rono	Kenya	27: 22.4 min	Vienna
1984	2nd July	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	27: 13.81 min	Stockholm
1989	18th of August	Arturo Barrios	Mexico	27: 08.23 min	Berlin , International Stadium Festival
1993	5th July	Richard Chelimo	Kenya	27: 07.91 min	Stockholm , DN Galan
1993	10th of July	Yobes Ondieki	Kenya	26: 58.38 min	Oslo , Bislett Games
1994	22nd of July	William Sigei	Kenya	26: 52.23 min	Oslo , Bislett Games
1995	June 5th	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	26: 43.53 min	Hengelo , FBK Games
1996	August 23	Salah Hissou	Morocco	26: 38.08 min	Brussels , Van Damme Memorial
1997	July 4th	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	26: 31.32 min	Oslo , Bislett Games
1997	August 22nd	Paul Tergat	Kenya	26: 27.85 min	Brussels , Van Damme Memorial
1998	June 1st	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	26: 22.75 min	Hengelo , FBK Games
2004	8th June	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	26: 20.31 min	Ostrava , Golden Spike
2005	26th of August	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	26: 17.54 min	Brussels , Van Damme Memorial

20 km walking

year	date	athlete	country	time	walked in
1972	30th July	Paul Nihill	United Kingdom	1:24:50 h	Douglas
1976	30th May	Daniel Bautista	Mexico	1:23:40 h	Bydgoszcz
1978	July 19	Anatoly Solomin	Soviet Union	1:23:30 h	Vilnius
1978	August 30th	Roland Wieser	German Democratic Republic	1:23:12 h	Prague
1979	May 13th	Vadim Zwetkow	Soviet Union	1:22:19 h	Klaipeda
1979	May 19th	Daniel Bautista	Mexico	1:22:16 h	Valencia
1979	June 9th	Daniel Bautista	Mexico	1:22:04 h	Vretstorp
1979	the 9th of September	Reima saloons	Finland	1:21:01 h	Raisio
1980	March 30	Daniel Bautista	Mexico	1:21:00 h	Xalapa
1980	April 27	Domingo Colin	Mexico	1:19:35 h	Cherkassy
1983	September 24th	Jozef Pribilinec	Czechoslovakia	1:19:30 h	Mountains
1987	May 3rd	Carlos Mercenario	Mexico	1:19:24 h	New York City
1987	June 21st	Axel Noack	German Democratic Republic	1:19:12 h	Karl Marx City
1988	30th July	Mikhail Shchennikov	Soviet Union	1:19:08 h	Kiev
1990	May 26	Andrei Perlow	Soviet Union	1:18:20 h	Moscow
1990	16th September	Pavol Blažek	Czechoslovakia	1:18:13 h	Hildesheim
1994	7th of April	Bu Lingtang	People's Republic of China	1:18:04 h	Beijing
1999	8th of May	Julio Martínez	Guatemala	1:17:46 h	Eisenhüttenstadt
2002	April 28	Francisco Javier Fernández	Spain	1:17:22 h	Turku
2003	August 23	Jefferson Perez	Ecuador	1:17:21 h	Paris
2007	September 29th	Vladimir Kanaikin	Russia	1:17:16 h	Saransk
2015	March, 15	Yūsuke Suzuki	Japan	1:16:36 h	Nomi

50 km of walking

year	date	athlete	country	time	walked in
1972	June 27th	Bernd Kannenberg	BR Germany	3:52:45 h	Bremen
1978	April 23	Raúl González	Mexico	3:45:52 h	Mixhuca
1978	June 11th	Raúl González	Mexico	3:41:20 h	Poděbrady
1983	May 13th	José Marín	Spain	3:40:46 h	Valencia
1984	20. February	Ronald Weigel	German Democratic Republic	3:38:31 h	Berlin
1986	25th June	Ronald Weigel	German Democratic Republic	3:38:17 h	Potsdam
1989	5th of August	Andrei Perlow	Soviet Union	3:37:41 h	Leningrad
2000	May 21	Valery Spitsyn	Russia	3:37:26 h	Moscow
2003	August 27	Robert Korzeniowski	Poland	3:36:03 h	Paris
2006	2. December	Nathan Deakes	Australia	3:35:47 h	Geelong
2008	May 11th	Denis Nischegorodov	Russia	3:34:14 h	Cheboksary
2015	August 14th	Yohann Diniz	France	3:32:33 h	Zurich , European Championship

110 m hurdles

year	date	athlete	country	time	walked in
1972	7th of September	Rod Milburn	United States	13.24 s	Munich , Olympic Games
1977	August 21	Alejandro Casañas	Cuba	13.21 s	Sofia
1979	April 14th	Renaldo Nehemiah	United States	13.16 s	San Jose
1979	May 6th	Renaldo Nehemiah	United States	13.00 s	Westwood
1981	August 19th	Renaldo Nehemiah	United States	12.93 s	Zurich , Letzigrund Stadium
1989	August 16	Roger Kingdom	United States	12.92 s	Zurich , Letzigrund Stadium
1993	20th of August	Colin Jackson	United Kingdom	12.91 s	Stuttgart
2004	August 27	Liu Xiang	People's Republic of China	12.91 s (equalization)	Athens , Olympic Games
2006	July 11th	Liu Xiang	People's Republic of China	12.88 s	Lausanne
2008	June 12	Dayron Robles	Cuba	12.87 s	Ostrava
2012	7th of September	Aries Merritt	United States	12.80 s	Brussels , Van Damme Memorial

400 m hurdles

year	date	athlete	country	time	walked in
1972	September 2nd	John Akii-Bua	Uganda	47.82 s	Munich , Olympic Games
1976	July 25th	Edwin Moses	United States	47.63 s	Montreal , Olympic Games
1977	June 11th	Edwin Moses	United States	47.45 s	Westwood
1980	3rd of July	Edwin Moses	United States	47.13 s	Milan
1983	August 31	Edwin Moses	United States	47.02 s	Koblenz , International Evening Sports Festival
1992	6th of August	Kevin Young	United States	46.78 s	Barcelona , Olympic Games

3000 m obstacle

year	date	athlete	country	time	walked in
1972	September 14th	Gärderud is different	Sweden	8: 20.8 min	Helsinki
1973	June 19th	Ben Jipcho	Kenya	8: 19.8 s	Helsinki
1973	June 27th	Ben Jipcho	Kenya	8: 13.91 s	Helsinki
1975	25th June	Gärderud is different	Sweden	8: 10.4 min	Oslo
1975	July 1	Gärderud is different	Sweden	8: 09.70 min	Stockholm
1976	July 28th	Gärderud is different	Sweden	8: 08.02 min	Montreal , Olympic Games
1978	May 13th	Henry Rono	Kenya	8: 05.4 min	Seattle
1989	3rd of July	Peter Koech	Kenya	8: 05.35 min	Stockholm
1992	August 19th	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	8: 02.08 min	Zurich , Letzigrund Stadium
1995	August 16	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	7: 59.18 min	Zurich , Letzigrund Stadium
1997	13 August	Wilson Boit Kipketer	Kenya	7: 59.08 min	Zurich , Letzigrund Stadium
1997	August 24th	Bernard Barmasai	Kenya	7: 55.72 min	Cologne
2001	August 24th	Brahim Boulami	Morocco	7: 55.28 min	Brussels , Van Damme Memorial
2004	September 3	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	Qatar	7: 53.63 min	Brussels , Van Damme Memorial

4 × 100 m relay

year	date	Athletes	country	time	walked in
1983	August 10	Emmit King , Willie Gault , Calvin Smith , Carl Lewis	United States	37.86 s	Helsinki
1984	August 11th	Sam Graddy , Ron Brown , Calvin Smith , Carl Lewis	United States	37.83 s	Los Angeles , Olympic Games
1990	September 1	Max Morinière , Daniel Sangouma , Jean-Charles Trouabal , Bruno Marie-Rose	France	37.79 s	Split
1991	August 7th	Michael Marsh , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell , Carl Lewis	United States	37.67 s	Zurich
1991	September 1	Andre Cason , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell , Carl Lewis	United States	37.50 s	Tokyo , world championships
1992	8th August	Michael Marsh , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell , Carl Lewis	United States	37.40 s	Barcelona , Olympic Games
1993	August 21	Jon Drummond , Andre Cason , Dennis Mitchell , Leroy Burrell	United States	37.40 s (equalization)	Stuttgart , world championships
2008	August 22nd	Nesta Carter , Michael Frater , Usain Bolt , Asafa Powell	Jamaica	37.10 s	Beijing , Olympic Games
2011	September 4th	Nesta Carter , Michael Frater , Yohan Blake , Usain Bolt	Jamaica	37.04 s	Daegu , world championships
2012	August 11th	Nesta Carter , Michael Frater , Yohan Blake , Usain Bolt	Jamaica	36.84 s	London , Olympic Games

4 × 200 m relay

year	date	Athletes	country	time	walked in
1989	August 23	Danny Everett , Leroy Burrell , Floyd Heard , Carl Lewis	United States	1: 19.38 min	Koblenz
1992	April 25	Santa Monica Track Club	United States	1: 19.11 min	Philadelphia
1994	17th April	Michael Marsh , Leroy Burrell , Floyd Heard , Carl Lewis	United States	1: 18.68 min	Walnut

4 × 400 m relay

year	date	Athletes	country	time	walked in
1988	October 1	Danny Everett , Steve Lewis , Kevin Robinzine , Butch Reynolds	United States	2: 56.16 min	Seoul Olympic Games
1992	8th August	Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts , Michael Johnson , Steve Lewis	United States	2: 55.74 min	Barcelona Olympic Games
1993	August 22nd	Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts , Butch Reynolds , Michael Johnson	United States	2: 54.29 min	Stuttgart World Championships

World records revoked because of doping

• 1998 July 22nd - Jerome Young , Antonio Pettigrew , Tyree Washington , Michael Johnson , USA ran 2: 54.20 minutes in Hempstead (New York) , revoked on August 12, 2008 

4 × 800 m relay

year	date	Athletes	country	time	walked in
1978	12. August		Soviet Union	7: 08.1 min	Podolsk
1982	August 30th		United Kingdom	7: 03.89 min	London
2006	August 25	Joseph Mutua , William Yiampoy , Ismael Kombich , Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	7: 02.43 min	Brussels , Van Damme Memorial

4 × 1500 m relay

year	date	Athletes	country	time	walked in
1973	August 22nd		New Zealand	14: 40.4 min	Oslo
1977	17th August	Thomas Wessinghage , Harald Hudak , Michael Lederer , Karl Fleschen	BR Germany	14: 38.8 min	Cologne , Müngersdorfer Stadium
2009	September 4th	William Biwott Tanui , Gideon Gathimba , Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono , Augustine Kiprono Choge	Kenya	14: 36.23 min	Brussels , Van Damme Memorial

Discus throw

year	date	athlete	country	Expanse	thrown in
1972	5th of August	Ricky Bruch	Sweden	68.4 m
1975	14th June	John van Reenen	South Africa	68.48 m
1975	3rd of July	John Powell	United States	69.08 m
1976	July 1	Mac Wilkins	United States	70.86 m
1978	September 8th	Wolfgang Schmidt	German Democratic Republic	71.16 m
1983	May 29th	Yuri Dumchev	Russia	71.86 m
1986	6th of June	Jürgen Schult	German Democratic Republic	74.08 m	Neubrandenburg

Triple jump

• 1971 September 4th - Pedro Perez Duenas , Cuba , reached 17.40 m in the men's triple jump
• 1972 October 17th - Viktor Saneyev , Russia , reached 17.44 m in the men's triple jump
• 1975 October 15 - João Carlos de Oliveira , Brazil , reached 17.89 m in the men's triple jump
• 1985 July 16 - Willie Banks , USA , reached 17.97 m in the men's triple jump
• 1995 August 18 - Jonathan Edwards , United Kingdom , reached 17.98 m in the men's triple jump
• 1995 September 6th - Jonathan Edwards , United Kingdom , reached 18.29 m in the men's triple jump

Hammer throw

• 1971 (October 4th): Walter Schmidt , FRG , reached 76.40 m in the men's hammer throw
• 1974 (September 11th): Alexei Spiridonow , Soviet Union , reached 76.66 m in the men's hammer throw
• 1975 (May 19): Karl-Hans Riehm , FRG , achieved 76.70 m in the men's hammer throw
• 1975 (May 19): Karl-Hans Riehm , FRG , reached 77.76 m in the men's hammer throw
• 1975 (May 19): Karl-Hans Riehm , FRG , reached 78.50 m in the men's hammer throw
• 1978 (August 6th): Karl-Hans Riehm , FRG , reached 80.32 m in the men's hammer throw
• 1980 (June 16): Jurij Sedych , Soviet Union , reached 80.38 m in the men's hammer throw
• 1980 (June 16): Jüri Tamm , Soviet Union , reached 80.46 m in the men's hammer throw
• 1980 (June 16) Jurij Sedych , Soviet Union , reached 80.64 m in the men's hammer throw
• 1980 (June 24th): Sergei Litvinow , Soviet Union , reached 81.66 m in the men's hammer throw
• 1980 (August 31): Jurij Sedych , Soviet Union , reached 81.80 m in the men's hammer throw
• 1982 (July 4th): Sergei Litvinow , Soviet Union , reached 83.98 m in the men's hammer throw
• 1983 (July 21): Sergei Litvinow , Soviet Union , reached 84.14 m in the men's hammer throw
• 1984 (December 3): Jurij Sedych , Soviet Union , reached 86.34 m in the men's hammer throw
• 1986 (July 22): Jurij Sedych , Soviet Union , reached 86.66 m in the men's hammer throw
• 1986 (August 30): Jurij Sedych , Soviet Union , reached 86.74 m in the men's hammer throw

high jump

• 1971 August 3rd - Pat Matzdorf , USA , reached 2.29 m in the men's high jump
• 1973 December 11th - Dwight Stones , USA , reached 2.30 m in the men's high jump
• 1976 August 4th - Dwight Stones , USA , reached 2.32 m in the men's high jump
• 1977 July 2nd - Vladimir Yashchenko , Russia , reached 2.33 m in the men's high jump
• 1978 July 16 - Vladimir Yashchenko , Russia , reached 2.34 m in the men's high jump
• 1980 June 25th - Jacek Wszoła , Poland , reached 2.35 m in the men's high jump
• 1980 June 26th - Dietmar Mögenburg , FRG , reached 2.35 m in the men's high jump
• 1980 August 1st - Gerd Wessig , GDR , reached 2.36 m in the men's high jump
• 1983 June 11th - Zhu Jianhua , China , reached 2.37 m in the men's high jump
• 1983 May 22nd - Zhu Jianhua , China , reached 2.38 m in the men's high jump
• 1984 June 10 - Zhu Jianhua , China , reached 2.39 m in the men's high jump
• 1985 September 10th - Rudolf Powarnitsyn , Russia , reached 2.40 m in the men's high jump
• 1985 September 4th - Igor Paklin , Russia , reached 2.41 m in the men's high jump
• 1987 July 30th - Patrik Sjöberg , Sweden , reached 2.42 m in the men's high jump
• 1988 November 8th - Javier Sotomayor , Cuba , reached 2.43 m in the men's high jump
• 1993 August 27th - Javier Sotomayor , Cuba , reached 2.45 m in the men's high jump

Shot put

• 1973 June 5th - Al Feuerbach , USA , reached 21.82 m in the men's shot put
• 1976 July 10th - Alexandr Baryschnikow , Russia , reached 22.00 m in the men's shot put
• 1978 August 6th - Udo Beyer , GDR , reached 22.15 m in the men's shot put
• 1983 July 25th - Udo Beyer , GDR , reached 22.22 m in the men's shot put
• 1985 October 22nd - Ulf Timmermann , GDR , reached 22.62 m in the men's shot put
• 1986 April 20 - Udo Beyer , GDR , reached 22.64 m in the men's shot put
• 1987 August 12th - Alessandro Andrei , Italy , reached 22.91 m in the men's shot put
• 1988 June 22nd - Ulf Timmermann , GDR , reached 23.06 m in the men's shot put
• 1990 June 20 - Randy Barnes , USA , reached 23.12 meters in the men's shot put

marathon

• 1981 August 6th - Robert de Castella , Australia , ran the Fukuoka Marathon in 2:08:18 hours
• 1984 May 21 - Steve Jones , United Kingdom , ran the men's marathon in 2:08:05 hours
• 1985 November 2nd - Carlos Lopes , Portugal , ran the men's marathon in 2:07:12 hours
• 1988 April 17th - Belayneh Dinsamo , Ethiopia , ran the Rotterdam Marathon in 2:06:50 hours.
• 1998 September 20 - Ronaldo da Costa , Brazil , ran the Berlin Marathon in 2:06:05 hours
• 1999 May 24th - Khalid Khannouchi , USA , ran the Chicago Marathon in 2:05:42 hours
• 2002 September 13th - Khalid Khannouchi , USA , ran the London Marathon in 2:05:38 hours
• 2003 September 28th - Paul Tergat , Kenya , ran the Berlin Marathon in 2:04:55 h
• 2007 September 30th - Haile Gebrselassie , Ethiopia , ran the 2007 Berlin Marathon in 2:04:26 h
• 2008 September 28th - Haile Gebrselassie , Ethiopia , ran the Berlin Marathon 2009 in 2:03:59 h
• 2011 September 25th - Patrick Makau Musyoki , Kenya , ran the 2011 Berlin Marathon in 2:03:38 h
• 2013 September 29th - Wilson Kipsang , Kenya , ran the 2013 Berlin Marathon in 2:03:23 hours
• 2014 September 28th - Dennis Kipruto Kimetto , Kenya , ran the 2014 Berlin Marathon in 2:02:57 h
• 2018 September 16 - Eliud Kipchoge , Kenya , ran the 2018 Berlin Marathon in 2:01:39 hours

Javelin throw

• 1972 August 6th - Jānis Lūsis , Soviet Union , reached 93.8 m in the men's javelin throw
• 1973 June 5 - Klaus Wolfermann , FRG , reached 94.08 m in the men's javelin throw
• 1976 August 26th - Miklós Németh , Hungary , reached 94.58 m in the men's javelin
• 1980 September 22nd - Ferenc Paragi , Hungary , reached 96.72 m in the men's javelin throw
• 1983 June 15 - Tom Petranoff , USA , reached 99.72 m in the men's javelin
• 1984 July 20 - Uwe Hohn , GDR , reached 104.8 m in the men's javelin
• since 1986 a new type of spear has been used
• 1986 September 20 - Klaus Tafelmeier , FRG , reached 85.74 m in the men's javelin throw
• 1987 July 31st - Jan Železný , Czechoslovakia , reached 87.66 m in the men's javelin
• 1990 June 24th - Patrik Bodén , Sweden , reached 89.10 m in the men's javelin throw
• 1992 August 25th - Steve Backley , United Kingdom , reached 91.46 m in the men's javelin
• 1993 March 28th - Jan Železný , Czech Republic , reached 95.66 m in the men's javelin throw
• 1996 May 25th - Jan Železný , Czech Republic , reached 98.48 m in the men's javelin

Pole vault

• 1972 July 12th - Kjell Isaksson , Sweden , reached 5.55m in the men's pole vault
• 1972 June 23 - Kjell Isaksson , Sweden , reached 5.59 m in the men's pole vault
• 1972 June 23 - Bob Seagren , USA , reached 5.59 m in the men's pole vault
• 1975 June 28th - David Roberts , USA , reached 5.65 m in the men's pole vault
• 1976 June 29th - Earl Bell , USA , reached 5.67m in the men's pole vault
• 1976 July 22nd - David Roberts , USA , reached 5.70 m in the men's pole vault
• 1980 June 11th - Władysław Kozakiewicz , Poland , reached 5.72 m in the men's pole vault
• 1980 July 1st - Thierry Vigneron , France , reached 5.75 m in the men's pole vault
• 1980 June 29th - Thierry Vigneron , France , reached 5.75m in the men's pole vault
• 1980 July 30th - Władysław Kozakiewicz , Poland , reached 5.78 m in the men's pole vault
• 1981 July 20 - Thierry Vigneron , France , reached 5.80 m in the men's pole vault
• 1981 July 26th - Vladimir Polyakov , Soviet Union , reached 5.81 m in the men's pole vault
• 1983 April 28th - Pierre Quinon , France , reached 5.82m in the men's pole vault
• 1983 May 1st - Thierry Vigneron , France , reached 5.83 m in the men's pole vault
• 1984 June 26th - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , reached 5.85 m in the men's pole vault
• 1984 July 2nd - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , reached 5.88 m in the men's pole vault
• 1984 August 13th - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , reached 5.90 m in the men's pole vault
• 1984 August 31 - Thierry Vigneron , France , reached 5.91 m in the men's pole vault
• 1984 August 31 - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , reached 5.94 m in the men's pole vault
• 1985 June 13th - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , reached 6.00 m in the men's pole vault
• 1986 July 8th - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , reached 6.01 m in the men's pole vault
• 1987 July 23 - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , reached 6.03 m in the men's pole vault
• 1988 June 9th - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , reached 6.05 m in the men's pole vault
• 1988 July 10th - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , reached 6.06 m in the men's pole vault
• 1991 May 6th - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , reached 6.07 m in the men's pole vault
• 1991 June 9th - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , reached 6.08 m in the men's pole vault
• 1991 July 8th - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , reached 6.09 m in the men's pole vault
• 1991 August 5th - Serhiy Bubka , Soviet Union , reached 6.10 m in the men's pole vault
• 1992 June 13th - Serhiy Bubka , Ukraine , reached 6.11m in the men's pole vault
• 1992 April 30th - Serhiy Bubka , Ukraine , reached 6.12 m in the men's pole vault
• 1992 September 19 - Serhiy Bubka , Ukraine , reached 6.13 m in the men's pole vault
• 1994 July 31st - Serhiy Bubka , Ukraine , reached 6.14 m in the men's pole vault
• 2014 February 15 - Renaud Lavillenie , France , reached 6.16 m in the men's pole vault (indoors)

Long jump

• 1968 October 18 - Bob Beamon , USA , reached 8.90 m in the men's long jump
• 1991 August 30th - Mike Powell , USA , reached 8.95 m in the men's long jump

Decathlon

• 1972 May 8th - Mykola Avilov , Soviet Union , reached 8454 points in the men's decathlon.
• 1972 September 8th - Mykola Avilov , Soviet Union , reached 8466 p. In the men's decathlon.
• 1975 August 1st - Bruce Jenner , USA , reached 8524 P. in the men's decathlon.
• 1976 August 30 - Bruce Jenner , USA , reached 8618 p in the men's decathlon.
• 1980 July 14th - Guido Kratschmer , FRG , reached 8649 p. In the men's decathlon.
• 1982 June 23 - Daley Thompson , United Kingdom , reached 8704p in the men's decathlon.
• 1982 August 15th - Jürgen Hingsen , FRG , reached 8723 points in the men's decathlon.
• 1982 September 7th - Daley Thompson , United Kingdom , reached 8774p in the men's decathlon.
• 1983 July 6th - Jürgen Hingsen , FRG , reached 8779 points in the men's decathlon.
• 1984 June 9th - Jürgen Hingsen , FRG , reached 8798 points in the men's decathlon.
• 1984 September 8 - Daley Thompson , United Kingdom , reached 8847p in the men's decathlon.
• 1992 November 5th - Dan O'Brien , USA , reached 8891 points in the men's decathlon.
• 1999 August 4th - Tomáš Dvořák , Czech Republic , reached 8994 points in the men's decathlon.
• 2001 May 27th - Roman Šebrle , Czech Republic , reached 9026 points in the men's decathlon.
• 2012 June 23 - Ashton Eaton , USA , reached 9039 pts in the men's decathlon.
• 2015 August 29th - Ashton Eaton , USA , reached 9045p in the men's decathlon.
• 2018 September 16 - Kevin Mayer , France , reached 9126 pts in the men's decathlon.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ iaaf.org: IAAF Council cancels 4x400m World record , accessed on August 12, 2008