World And Olympic Athletic Record List

Notice! This is the past olympic record holder list (prior to Beijing Olympic Games) To see current olympic and world record list go to: Beijing 2008 record holders

Athletic Records Table
The table below contains Olympic And World Records in all athletic events included in official Olympic program.

The newest World record belongs to Yelena Isinbayeva (Pole Vault Women's 5.04 m, 29 July 2008).
The oldest World record belongs to Jarmila Kratochvílová (800m track race 1:53.28, 26 July 1983).
Bob Beamon is the record holder of the oldest olympic record (Long Jump 8.90 m, 18 Oct 1968 !!!, Mexico). His record stood for 23 years !!! and was finally broken by Mike Powel in 1991 (8.95 m - current world record)

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Event	WR/OR	Record	[m/s]	Record Holder		Date	Place
100m	WR Man	9.72	10.29	Usain Bolt	JAM	31 May 2008	New York, USA
	OR Man	9.84	10.16	Donovan Bailey	CAN	27 Jul 1996	Atlanta, GA, USA
	WR Women	10.49	9.53	Florence Griffith Joyner	USA	16 Jul 1988	Indianapolis, USA
	OR Women	10.62	9.42	Florence Griffith Joyner	USA	24 Sep 1988	Seoul, S. Korea
200m	WR Man	19.32	10.35	Michael Johnson	USA	1 Aug 1996	Atlanta, GA, USA
	OR Man	19.32	10.35	Michael Johnson	USA	01 Aug 1996	Atlanta, GA, USA
	WR Women	21.34	9.37	Florence Griffith Joyner	USA	29 Sep 1988	Seoul, S. Korea
	OR Women	21.34	9.37	Florence Griffith Joyner	USA	29 Sep 1988	Seoul, S. Korea
400m	WR Man	43.18	9.26	Michael Johnson	USA	26 Aug 1999	Seville, Spain
	OR Man	43.49	9.20	Michael Johnson	USA	29 Jul 1996	Atlanta, GA, USA
	WR Women	47.60	8.40	Marita Koch	GDR	6 Oct 1985	Canberra, Australia
	OR Women	48.25	8.29	Marie José Pérec	FRA	29 Jul 1996	Atlanta, GA, USA
800m	WR Man	1:41.11	7.91	Wilson Kipketer	DEN	24 Aug 1997	Cologne, Germany
	OR Man	1:42.58	7.80	Vebjørn Rodal	NOR	31 Jul 1996	Atlanta, GA, USA
	WR Women	1:53.28	7.06	Jarmila Kratochvílová	CSK	26 Jul 1983	Munich, Germany
	OR Women	1:53.43	7.05	Nadezhda Olizarenko	URS	27 Jul 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union
1500m	WR Man	3:26.00	7.28	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	5 Sep 1999	Rome, Italy
	OR Man	3:32.07	7.07	Noah Ngeny	KEN	29 Sep 2000	Sydney, Australia
	WR Women	3:50.46	6.51	Qu Yunxia	CHN	11 Sep 1993	Beijing, China
	OR Women	3:53.96	6.41	Paula Ivan	ROM	26 Sep 1988	Seoul, S. Korea
5000m	WR Man	12:37.35	6.60	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	31 May 2005	Hengelo, Netherlands
	OR Man	13:05.59	6.36	Saïd Aouita	MAR	11 Aug 1984	Los Angeles, CA, USA
	WR Women	14:11.15	5.87	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	6 Jun 2008	Oslo, Norway
	OR Women	14:40.79	5.68	Gabriela Szabo	ROM	25 Sep 2000	Sydney, Australia
10000m	WR Man	26:17.53	6.34	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	26 Aug 2005	Brussels, Belgium
	OR Man	27:05.10	6.15	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	20 Aug 2004	Athens, Greece
	WR Women	29:31.78	5.64	Wang Junxia	CHN	8 Sep1993	Beijing, China
	OR Women	30:17.49	5.50	Derartu Tulu	ETH	30 Sep 2000	Sydney, Australia
Marathon (42195m)	WR Man	2:04:26	5.65	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	30 Sep 2007	Berlin, Germany
	OR Man	2:09:21	5.44	Carlos Lopes	POR	12 Aug 1984	Los Angeles, CA, USA
	WR Women	2:15:25	5.19	Paula Radcliffe	UK	13 Apr 2003	London, England, UK
	OR Women	2:23:14	4.91	Naoko Takahashi	JPN	24 Sep 2000	Sydney, Australia
100m Hurdles	WR Man	-	-	-	-	-	-
	OR Man	-	-	-	-	-	-
	WR Women	12.21	8.19	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	20 Aug1988	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
	OR Women	12.37	8.08	Joanna Hayes	USA	24 Aug 2004	Athens, Greece
110m Hurdles	WR Man	12.87	8.55	Dayron Robles	CUB	12 Jun 2008	Ostrava, Czech Republic
	OR Man	12.91	8.52	Xiang Liu	CHN	27 Aug 2004	Athens, Greece
	WR Women		-	-	-	-	-
	OR Women	-	-	-	-	-	-
400m Hurdles	WR Man	46.78	8.55	Kevin Young	USA	6 Aug 1992	Barcelona, Spain
	OR Man	46.78	8.55	Kevin Young	USA	06 Aug 1992	Barcelona, Spain
	WR Women	52.34	7.64	Yuliya Pechonkina	RUS	8 Aug 2003	Tula, Russia
	OR Women	52.77	7.58	Faní Halkiá	GRE	22 Aug 2004	Athens, Greece
3000m Steeplechase	WR Man	7:53.63	6.33	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	QUA	3 Sep 2004	Brussels, Belgium
	OR Man	8:05.51	6.18	Julius Kariuki	KEN	30 Sep 1988	Seoul, S. Korea
	WR Women	9:01.59	5.54	Gulnara Samitova,	RUS	4 Jul 2004	Heraklion, Greece
	OR Women	-	-	-	-	-	-
4x100m Relay	WR Man	37.40	10.70	Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis	USA	8 Aug 1992	Barcelona, Spain
	OR Man	37.40	10.70	Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis	USA	08 Aug 1992	Barcelona, Spain
	WR Women	41.37	9.67	Silke Gladisch Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	GDR	6 Oct 1985	Canberra, Australia
	OR Women	41.60	9.62	Romy Müller Bärbel Wöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr	GDR	01 Aug 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union
4x400m Relay	WR Man	2:54.20	9.18	Jerome Young Antonio Pettigrew Tyree Washington Michael Johnson	USA	22 Jul 1998	New York City, USA
	OR Man	2:55.74	9.10	Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Michael Johnson Steve Lewis	USA	08 Aug 1992	Barcelona, Spain
	WR Women	3:15.17	8.20	Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina	URS	1 Oct 1988	Seoul, S. Korea
	OR Women	3:15.17	8.20	Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina	URS	01 Oct 1988	Seoul, S. Korea
20km Walk	WR Man	1:16:43	4.34	Sergey Morozov	RUS	8 Jun 2008	Saransk, Russia
	OR Man	1:18:59	4.22	Robert Korzeniowski	POL	22 Sep 2000	Sydney, Australia
	WR Women	1:25:41	3.89	Olimpiada Ivanova	RUS	7 Aug 2005	Brisbane, Australia
	OR Women	1:29:05	3.74	Liping Wang	CHN	28 Sep 2000	Sydney, Australia
50km Walk	WR Man	3:34:14	3.89	Denis Nizhegorodov	RUS	11 May 2008	Cheboksary, Russia
	OR Man	3:38:29	3.81	Vyacheslav Ivanenko	URS	30 Sep 1988	Seoul, S. Korea
	WR Women		-	-	-	-	-
	OR Women	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Jump	WR Man	2.45m	-	Javier Sotomayor	CUB	27 Jul 1993	Salamanca, Spain
	OR Man	2.39m	-	Charles Austin	USA	28 Jul 1996	Atlanta, GA, USA
	WR Women	2.09m	-	Stefka Kostadinova	BUL	30 Aug 1987	Rome, Italy
	OR Women	2.06m	-	Yelena Slesarenko	RUS	28 Aug 2004	Athens, Greece
Long Jump	WR Man	8.95m	-	Mike Powell	USA	30 Aug 1991	Tokyo, Japan
	OR Man	8.90m	-	Bob Beamon	USA	18 Oct 1968	Mexico City, Mexico
	WR Women	7.52m	-	Galina Chistyakova	URS	11 Jun 1988	Leningrad, USSR
	OR Women	7.40m	-	Jackie Joyner Kersee	USA	29 Sep 1988	Seoul, S. Korea
Pole Vault	WR Man	6.14m	-	Sergey Bubka	UKR	31 Jul 1994	Sestriere, Italy
	OR Man	5.95m	-	Tim Mack	USA	27 Aug 2004	Athens, Greece
	WR Women	5.04m	-	Yelena Isinbayeva	RUS	29 Jul 2008	Monaco
	OR Women	4.91m	-	Yelena Isinbayeva	RUS	24 Aug 2004	Athens, Greece
Triple Jump	WR Man	18.29m	-	Jonathan Edwards	UK	7 Aug 1995	Göteborg, Sweden
	OR Man	18.09m	-	Kenny Harrison	USA	27 Jul 1996	Atlanta, GA, USA
	WR Women	15.50m	-	Inessa Kravets	UKR	10 Aug 1995	Göteborg, Sweden
	OR Women	15.33m	-	Inessa Kravets	UKR	04 Aug 1996	Atlanta, GA, USA
Shot Put	WR Man	23.12m	-	Randy Barnes	USA	20 May 1990	Westwood, USA
	OR Man	22.47m	-	Ulf Timmermann	GDR	23 Sep 1988	Seoul, S. Korea
	WR Women	22.63m	-	Natalya Lisovskaya	URS	7 Jun 1987	Moscow, USSR
	OR Women	22.41m	-	Ilona Slupianek	GDR	24 Jul 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union
Discus Throw	WR Man	74.08m	-	Jürgen Schult	GDR	6 Jun 1986	Neubrandenburg, Germany
	OR Man	69.89m	-	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	23 Aug 2004	Athens, Greece
	WR Women	76.80m	-	Gabriele Reinsch	GDR	9 Jul 1988	Neubrandenburg, Germany
	OR Women	72.30m	-	Martina Hellmann	GDR	29 Sep 1988	Seoul, S. Korea
Hammer Throw	WR Man	86.74m	-	Yuriy Sedykh	URS	30 Aug 1986	Stuttgart, Germany
	OR Man	84.80m	-	Sergey Litvinov	URS	26 Sep 1988	Seoul, S. Korea
	WR Women	77.80m	-	Tatyana Lysenko	RUS	15 Aug 2006	Tallinn, Estonia
	OR Women	75.02m	-	Olga Kuzenkova	RUS	25 Aug 2004	Athens, Greece
Javelin Throw	WR Man	98.48m	-	Jan železný	CZE	25 May 1996	Jena, Germany
	OR Man	90.17m	-	Jan Zelezný	CZE	23 Sep 2000	Sydney, Australia
	WR Women	71.70m	-	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	14 Aug 2005	Helsinki, Finland
	OR Women	71.53m	-	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	27 Aug 2004	Athens, Greece
Decathlon (Men) Heptatlon (Women)	WR Man	9026	-	Roman šebrle	CZE	27 May 2001	Götzis, Austria
	OR Man	8893	-	Roman šebrle	CZE	24 Aug 2004	Athens, Greece
	WR Women	7291	-	Jackie Joyner Kersee	USA	24 Sep 1988	Seoul, S. Korea
	OR Women	7291	-	Jackie Joyner Kersee	USA	24 Sep 1988	Seoul, S. Korea

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