List of Danish records in athletics

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The following are the national records in athletics in Denmark maintained by Denmark's national athletics federation: Dansk Atletik Forbund (DAF).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by DAF   Not ratified or later rescinded by DAF

Men

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Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref.
100 m 10.11 (−0.1 m/s) Simon Hansen 29 June 2024 Danish Championships Hvidovre, Denmark [1]
200 m 20.49 (−0.2 m/s) Simon Hansen 5 September 2021 Aarhus, Denmark
20.48 A (+0.3 m/s) Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak 11 April 2021 All Comers Meet Lusaka, Zambia [2]
300 m 32.32 Benjamin Lobo Vedel 30 January 2024 ACNW Track & Field League 1 Potchefstroom, South Africa [3]
400 m 45.41 Gustav Lundholm Nielsen [de; no] 14 July 2024 Resisprint International La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland [4]
600 m 1:18.14 Andreas Bube 19 August 2020 Gyulai István Memorial Székesfehérvár, Hungary [5]
800 m 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer 24 August 1997 Cologne, Germany
1000 m 2:16.29 Wilson Kipketer 23 August 1995
1500 m 3:31.17 Robert Kiplagat Andersen 13 August 1997 Weltklasse Zürich Zürich, Switzerland
Mile 3:50.79 Robert Kiplagat Andersen 26 August 1997 ISTAF Berlin, Germany
Mile (road) 4:05.27 Andreas Lindgreen 1 October 2023 World Road Running Championships Riga, Latvia [6]
2000 m 4:59.56 Mogens Guldberg 15 September 1987
3000 m 7:43.78 Mogens Guldberg 13 September 1989 Jerez, Spain
5000 m 13:14.98 Joel Ibler Lillesø 9 August 2025 IFAM Oordegem Oordegem, Belgium [7]
5 km (road) 13:42 Axel Vang Christensen 13 February 2022 5 km Herculis Monaco
10,000 m 27:54.76 Carsten Jørgensen 4 April 1998 Lisbon, Portugal
10 km (road) 28:16 Jacob Sommer Simonsen 12 January 2025 10K Valencia Ibercaja Valencia, Spain [8]
27:55 Joel Ibler Lillesø 4 April 2026 Urban Trail de Lille Lille, France [9]
15 km (road) 43:42 Henrik Jørgensen 13 December 1986
43:32+ Jacob Sommer Simonsen 16 February 2025 Barcelona Half Marathon Barcelona, Spain [10]
10 miles (road) 46:13 Carsten Jørgensen 20 September 1998 Glen Dimplex Cross Border Challenge Newry, United Kingdom [11]
20,000 m (track) 1:00:03.83+ Abdi Hakin Ulad 4 September 2020 Memorial Van Damme Brussels, Belgium [12]
20 km (road) 59:07 Abdi Hakin Ulad 24 March 2018 Valencia, Spain
58:07+ Jacob Sommer Simonsen 16 February 2025 Barcelona Half Marathon Barcelona, Spain [13]
One hour 19985 m Abdi Hakin Ulad 4 September 2020 Memorial Van Damme Brussels, Belgium [14]
Half marathon 1:01:11 Jacob Sommer Simonsen 16 February 2025 Barcelona Half Marathon Barcelona, Spain [15]
25 km (road) 1:15:38+ Jacob Sommer Simonsen 29 September 2024 Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany [16]
Marathon 2:07:51 Jacob Sommer Simonsen 29 September 2024 Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany [17]
100 km (road) 6:52:19 Mads Lund Skaaning 26 April 2025 Viborg, Denmark [18]
24 hours 266.940 km Emil Krog Ingerslev 1–2 June 2024 Sæby, Denmark [19]
278.132 km Emil Krog Ingerslev 18–19 October 2025 IAU 24 Hour World Championship Albi, France [20]
110 m hurdles 13.50 (+1.0 m/s) Andreas Martinsen 20 June 2017 Copenhagen Athletics Games Copenhagen, Denmark [21]
200 m hurdles 23.1 h Claus Hirsbro 20 May 1992
400 m hurdles 50.01 Nicolai Hartling 10 August 2019 European Team Championships Varaždin, Croatia [22]
2000 m steeplechase 5:34.02 Ole Hesselbjerg 3 September 2024 Copenhagen Athletics Games Copenhagen, Denmark [23]
3000 m steeplechase 8:20.42 Ole Hesselbjerg 8 June 2021 Paavo Nurmi Games Turku, Finland [24]
High jump 2.28 m Janick Klausen 20 June 2019 Essen, Germany [25]
Pole vault 5.75 m Piotr Buciarski 27 April 2002 Fort-de-France, France
Long jump 8.25 m (+0.5 m/s) Morten Jensen 3 July 2005 Gothenburg, Sweden
Triple jump 16.88 m (+0.6 m/s) Anders Møller 7 August 2011 Danish Championships Copenhagen, Denmark [26]
Shot put 21.61 m Joachim Olsen 13 June 2007 Copenhagen, Denmark
Discus throw 61.30 m Steen Hedegård 30 August 1977 Copenhagen, Denmark
Hammer throw 77.02 m Jan Bielecki 8 September 2002 Bad Köstritz, Germany
Javelin throw 81.22 m Kenneth Pedersen 5 August 1989 Copenhagen, Denmark
Decathlon 7994 pts Lars Warming 18–19 June 1988 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria
100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
11.08 7.31 m 13.54 m 1.93 m 48.03 14.34 42.60 m 4.70 m 51.94 m 4:17.35
20 km walk (road) 1:22:18 Claus Jørgensen 11 May 1996 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
50 km walk (road) 3:51:46 Jacob Sørensen 15 June 2002 Dublin, Ireland
4 × 100 m relay 38.16  Denmark
Simon Hansen
Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak
Kojo Musah
Frederik Schou-Nielsen		 5 August 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan [27]
4 × 200 m relay 1:25.53 IF Sparta
Christian Trajkovski
Bernie Bengtsson
Henrik Paulsen
Lars Pedersen		 3 June 1989 Østerbro, Denmark
1:25.53 IF Sparta
Christian Trajkovski
Henrik Paulsen
Karsten Krygermeier
Lars Pedersen		 19 May 1990 Østerbro, Denmark
4 × 400 m relay 3:03.95  Denmark
Gustav Lundholm Nielsen
Joel Frederik von d'Ahe
Sebastian Højriis Monneret
Benjamin Vedel		 15 June 2025 Sparkassen Gala Regensburg, Germany [28]
4 × 800 m relay 7:27.3 h Århus 1900
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4 × 1500 m relay 15:18.5 h IF Sparta
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Women

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Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref.
100 m 11.32 (+0.2 m/s) Ida Karstoft 11 June 2022 Copenhagen Open Hvidovre, Sweden
200 m 22.60 (+1.4 m/s) Ida Karstoft 12 April 2024 Tom Jones Memorial Gainesville, United States [29]
300 m 38.74 Sofie Abildtrup 27 August 2002
400 m 52.84 Rikke Rønholt 6 July 2006 Århus, Denmark
800 m 2:00.97 Karen Gydesen 29 June 1994 Helsinki, Finland
1000 m 2:43.7 h Gitte Karlshøj 27 September 1990
1500 m 4:05.34 Sofia Thøgersen 19 August 2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary [30]
Mile 4:30.2 Loa Olafsson 25 May 1978
Mile (road) 4:54.95 Wo Mia Helene Morck 1 October 2023 World Road Running Championships Riga, Latvia [31]
2000 m 5:43.7 h Gitte Karlshøj 18 September 1991
3000 m 8:42.3 h Loa Olafsson 27 June 1978 Bislett Games Oslo, Norway
5000 m 15:07.70 Anna Emilie Møller 14 July 2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden [32]
5 km (road) 15:21 Sofia Thøgersen 16 March 2025 Lille, France [33]
10,000 m 31:45.4 Mx Loa Olafsson 6 April 1978 Copenhagen, Denmark
32:02.89 Dorthe S. Rasmussen 4 September 1983 Knarvik, Norway
10 km (road) 32:06 Dorthe S. Rasmussen 15 January 1983 Miami, United States
15 km (road) 49:08 Dorthe S. Rasmussen 23 June 1991 Portland, United States [34]
20 km (road) 1:07:06 Dorthe S. Rasmussen 28 November 1982
Half marathon 1:09:48 Dorthe S. Rasmussen 24 March 1991
25 km (road) 1:28:32 Annemette Jensen 21 April 1984 Paderborn, Germany
Marathon 2:29:34 Dorthe S. Rasmussen 23 April 1989 London Marathon London, United Kingdom
100 km (road) 7:53.15 Anni Lønstad 16 April 1994 Hanau, Germany
12-hour run 135.050 km Bouchra Lundgren Eriksen 2 June 2024 I Feel Slovenia12Run Kranj, Slovenia [35]
24 hours 231.339 km Anne Marie Geisler Andersen 2 July 2017 IAU 24 Hour World Championship Belfast, United Kingdom [36]
100 m hurdles 12.83 (+2.0 m/s) Mette Graversgaard 24 May 2023 Savona, Italy
200 m hurdles 27.3 h Dorte Wolfsberg 7 July 1981 ? [citation needed]
300 m hurdles 39.42 Sara Petersen 11 June 2020 Impossible Games Oslo, Norway [37]
400 m hurdles 53.55 Sara Petersen 18 August 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [38]
2000 m steeplechase 6:24.51 Sofia Thøgersen 11 September 2021 Hvidovre, Denmark [39]
3000 m steeplechase 9:13.46 Anna Emilie Møller 30 September 2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar [40]
High jump 1.94 m Pia Zinck 8 August 1997 World Championships Athens, Greece
Pole vault 4.55 m Caroline Bonde Holm 17 August 2022 European Championships Munich, Germany [41]
Long jump 6.96 m (+2.0 m/s) Renata Nielsen 5 June 1994 Seville, Spain
Triple jump 13.99 m (+0.8 m/s) Janne Nielsen 13 September 2020 French Championships Albi, France [42]
Shot put 16.97 m Thea Jensen 26 May 2022 Bloomington, United States
Discus throw 62.22 m Lisa Brix Pedersen 24 June 2023 Aalborg, Denmark
Hammer throw 74.22 m Katrine Koch Jacobsen 8 June 2022 Trnava, Slovakia
75.52 m Katrine Koch Jacobsen 14 March 2026 European Throwing Cup Nikosia, Cyprus [43]
Javelin throw 64.83 m Christina Scherwin 9 September 2006 World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany [44]
Heptathlon 5722 pts h Dorte Klein 27–28 August 1983 Århus, Denmark
100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m
14.5w 1.77 m 11.07 m 25.5w 5.89 m 48.38 m 2:18.8
5000 m walk (track) 23:25.4 Gunhild Kristiansen 21 September 1985
10 km walk (road) 48:31 Karin Jensen 19 September 1991
20 km walk (road) 1:45:28 Gunhild Kristiansen 9 May 1986[45] Värnamo, Sweden
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay 43.46  Denmark
Mette Graversgaard
Mathilde Kramer
Astrid Glenner-Frandsen
Ida Karstoft		 22 July 2022 World Championships Eugene, United States [46]
4 × 200 m relay 1:37.80  Denmark
Louise Østergaard
Emma Beiter Bomme
Mathilde Kramer
Mette Graversgaard		 2 May 2021 World Relays Chorzów, Poland [47]
4 × 400 m relay 3:36.2 h  Denmark
Birgitte Jennes
Kirsten Høiler
Pia Lund Hansen
Annelise Damm-Olesen		 19 September 1969 European Championships Athens, Greece
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Mixed

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Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref.
4 × 400 m relay 3:24.72  Denmark 25 June 2019 Minsk, Belarus
3:23.15  Denmark
Gustav Lindholm Nielsen
Anna Krab Scheibelein
Nick Rostgaard Jensen
Anne Sofie Kirkegaard		 29 June 2025 European Team Championships Maribor, Slovenia [48]
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Indoor

Men

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Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref.
50 m 5.75 Martin Krabbe 18 February 2010 Århus, Denmark [49]
5.5 h Claus Hirsbro 15 January 1994
60 m 6.56 Kojo Musah 30 January 2022 Randers, Norway [50]
200 m 20.97 Benjamin Lobo Vedel 22 February 2019 SEC Championships Fayetteville, United States [51]
300 m 32.51 Benjamin Lobo Vedel 6 January 2018 Orange & Purple Invitational Clemson, United States [52]
400 m 45.67 Benjamin Lobo Vedel 19 March 2022 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia [53]
800 m 1:42.67 Wilson Kipketer 9 March 1997 World Championships Paris, France
1000 m 2:14.96 Wilson Kipketer 20 February 2000 Aviva Indoor Grand Prix Birmingham, United Kingdom
1500 m 3:38.47+ Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen 8 February 2025 Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational Boston, United States [54]
Mile 3:53.80 Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen 8 February 2025 Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational Boston, United States [55]
3000 m 7:44.76 Mogens Guldberg 9 March 1991 World Championships Seville, Spain
5000 m 14:22.54 Lars Juhl 11 March 2000
50 m hurdles 6.77 Andreas Martinsen 12 February 2015 Århus, Denmark [56]
60 m hurdles 7.68 (heat) Andreas Martinsen 3 March 2017 European Championships Belgrade, Serbia [57]
7.68 (final) [58]
High jump 2.27 m[59] Michael Mikkelsen 4 March 1990 European Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom
Janick Klausen 4 March 2011 European Championships Paris, France [60]
Pole vault 5.72 m Martin Voss 25 February 1995 Malmö, Sweden
Long jump 8.18 m Morten Jensen 8 February 2006 Gothenburg, Sweden
Triple jump 17.01 m[59] Anders Møller 25 February 2006 Malmö, Sweden
Shot put 21.63 m[59] Joachim Olsen 25 February 2004 Tallinn, Estonia
Discus throw 53.43 m Andreas Ellegaard 1 March 2015 World Indoor Throwing Växjö, Sweden [61]
Javelin throw 55.82 m David Korczynski 10 March 2012 World Indoor Throwing Växjö, Sweden [62]
Weight throw (35 lb) 21.55 m Jan Bielecki 14 February 1997 Baton Rouge, United States
Heptathlon 5613 pts h Christian Gundersen 3–4 February 2024 Danish Combined Championships Randers, Denmark
60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
7.12 6.86 m 13.38 m 1.83 m 8.25 4.80 m 2:39.40
3000 m walk 11:53.9+ Claus Jørgensen 19 February 1994 Århus, Denmark
5000 m walk 20:14.9 Claus Jørgensen 19 February 1994 Århus, Denmark
10,000 m walk 42:33.4 Claus Jørgensen 20 March 1994 Århus, Denmark
4 × 200 m relay 1:26.50  Denmark
Claus Hirsbro
Lars Pedersen
Peter Voigt
Kenneth Jensen		 25 February 1996
4 × 400 m relay
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Women

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Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref.
50 m 6.33 Dorthe A. Rasmussen 22 February 1981 European Championships Grenoble, France
60 m 7.24 Ida Karstoft 2 March 2022 Aarhus, Denmark
200 m 23.22 Ida Karstoft 13 February 2022 Nordic Indoor Match Uppsala, Sweden [63]
400 m 52.59[a] Sara Petersen 13 February 2016 Nordenkampen Växjö, Sweden [64]
800 m 2:02.33 Heidi Jensen 17 February 2000 GE Galan Stockholm, Sweden
1000 m 2:44.90 Tina Krebs 1 March 1986 Clemson, United States
1500 m 4:10.20 Tina Krebs 9 February 1985 East Rutherford, United States
Mile 4:29.31 Sofia Thøgersen 30 January 2024 Czech Indoor Gala Ostrava, Czech Republic [65]
3000 m 9:00.80 Alberte Kjær Pedersen 4 March 2021 European Championships Toruń, Poland [66]
50 m hurdles 7.28 Mette Graversgaard 28 December 2019 Aarhus, Denmark
60 m hurdles 7.92 Mette Graversgaard 5 March 2023 European Championships Istanbul, Turkey [67]
7.89 Ida Beiter Bomme 22 March 2026 World Championships Toruń, Poland [68]
400 m hurdles 56.66 Sara Petersen 18 February 2012 Meeting National Val-de-Reuil, France [69][70]
High jump 1.90 m Pia Zinck 7 March 1997 World Championships Paris, France
30 January 1998 Arnstadt, Germany
Pole vault 4.50 m Caroline Bonde Holm 19 February 2022 stav- och längdhoppsgala Kalmar, Sweden [71]
Long jump 6.77 m Renata Nielsen 12 March 1995 World Championships Barcelona, Spain
Triple jump 13.72 m Janne Nielsen 29 February 2020 French Championships Liévin, France [72]
Shot put 16.76 m Trine Mulbjerg 28 February 2015 World Indoor Throwing Växjö, Sweden [73]
Discus throw 59.57 m Lisa Brix Pedersen 25 February 2022 Swedish Championships Växjö, Sweden [74]
Javelin throw 47.92 m Nina Otto 10 March 2012 World Indoor Throwing Växjö, Sweden [62]
Pentathlon 4072 pts Tine Bach Ejlersen 3 February 2013 Danish Championships Århus, Denmark [75]
60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
8.67 1.76 m 10.92 m 5.90 m 2:25.28
3000 m walk 14:11.0 Gunhild Klarksen 24 February 1991 Århus, Denmark
5000 m walk 24:55.0 Karin Jensen 10 February 1990 Herning, Denmark
10,000 m walk 51:47.0 Gunhild Kristiansen 17 March 1984 Odense, Denmark
4 × 200 m relay 1:38.55 Århus 1900
Sara Petersen
Martha Danneskjold Rasmussen
Thea Lyng Møller Jensen
Mette Graversgaard		 17 February 2019 Danish Championships Skive, Denmark
4 × 400 m relay
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Notes

  1. [a]
    outdoor mark ratified as absolute record

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