List of European records in athletics

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European records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the European Athletic Association. Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians. Records are kept for events in track and field, road running, and racewalking.

Key to tables

Key:   Pending ratification   Record not kept by European Athletics   Not ratified or later rescinded by European Athletics

# = not recognised by European Athletics or/and World Athletics
a = aided road course according to World Athletics rule 31.21.3 (separation between start and finish points more than 50% of race distance or the decrease in elevation greater than one in a thousand)
est = estimate
WB = world best

Outdoor

Men

Jakob Ingebrigtsen holds the 2000m and 3000m world record, the two mile world best, along with the 1,500m and mile European records.
Sergey Bubka's world and European records in pole vault have dominated the sport, marking him as one of the world's best athletes.
Jonathan Edwards broke the triple jump world record three times.
Marcell Jacobs set the European record in the 100 metres winning the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
More information Event, Record ...
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref. Video
100 m 9.80 (+0.1 m/s) Marcell Jacobs  Italy 1 August 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan [1]
150 m (straight) 14.66 (+0.3 m/s) Zharnel Hughes  Great Britain 18 May 2024 Atlanta City Games Atlanta, United States [2]
200 m 19.72 A (+1.8 m/s) Pietro Mennea  Italy 12 September 1979 Universiade Mexico City, Mexico
400 m 43.44 Matthew Hudson-Smith  Great Britain 7 August 2024 Olympic Games Paris, France [3]
800 m 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer  Denmark 24 August 1997 Weltklasse in Köln Cologne, Germany
1000 m 2:12.18 Sebastian Coe  Great Britain 11 July 1981 Bislett Games Oslo, Norway
1500 m 3:26.73 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 12 July 2024 Herculis Fontvieille, Monaco [4]
Mile 3:43.73 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 16 September 2023 Prefontaine Classic Eugene, United States [5]
Mile (road) 3:51.3 h Elliot Giles  Great Britain 1 September 2024 New Balance Kö Meile Düsseldorf, Germany [6]
2000 m 4:43.13 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 8 September 2023 Memorial Van Damme Brussels, Belgium [7]
3000 m 7:17.55 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 25 August 2024 Kamila Skolimoswka Memorial Chorzów, Poland [8]
Two miles 7:54.10 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 9 June 2023 Meeting de Paris Paris, France [9]
5000 m 12:44.27 Andreas Almgren  Sweden 15 June 2025 BAUHAUS-galan Stockholm, Sweden [10]
5 km (road) 12:51 Jimmy Gressier  France 4 April 2026 Urban Trail de Lille Lille, France [11]
10,000 m 26:46.57 Mo Farah  Great Britain 3 June 2011 Prefontaine Classic Eugene, United States [12]
10 km (road) 26:45 Andreas Almgren  Sweden 11 January 2026 10K Valencia Ibercaja Valencia, Spain [13]
26:43 Yann Schrub  France 22 February 2026 10K Facsa Castelló Castellón de la Plana, Spain [14]
15 km (road) 41:56+ Julien Wanders   Switzerland 8 February 2019 RAK Half Marathon Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates [15]
10 miles 45:14 Charles Hicks  Great Britain 6 April 2025 USA 10 Mile Road Running Championships Washington, United States [16]
20,000 m (track) 56:20.02+ Bashir Abdi  Belgium 4 September 2020 Memorial Van Damme Brussels, Belgium [17]
20 km (road) 56:03+ Julien Wanders   Switzerland 8 February 2019 RAK Half Marathon Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates [18]
Half marathon 58:41 Andreas Almgren  Sweden 26 October 2025 Valencia Half Marathon Valencia, Spain [19]
One hour 21330 m Mo Farah  Great Britain 4 September 2020 Memorial van Damme Brussels, Belgium [20]
25,000 m (track) 1:12:46.5 h Sondre Nordstad Moen  Norway 11 June 2020 Bislett Impossible Games Oslo, Norway [21]
25 km (road) 1:13:25+ Bashir Abdi  Belgium 1 March 2020 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan [22]
30,000 m (track) 1:31:30.4 h Jim Alder  Great Britain 5 September 1970 London, United Kingdom
30 km (road) 1:27:53 + Bashir Abdi  Belgium 24 October 2021 Rotterdam Marathon Rotterdam, The Netherlands [23]
Marathon 2:03:36 Bashir Abdi  Belgium 24 October 2021 Rotterdam Marathon Rotterdam, The Netherlands [24]
50 km (track) 3:01:51+ Aleksandr Sorokin  Lithuania 23 April 2022 Centurion RC 100 Bedford, United Kingdom [25]
50 km (road) 2:53:51 Aleksandr Sorokin  Lithuania 3 July 2022 Alytus, Lithuania [26]
2:46:09 Alex Milne  Great Britain 14 March 2026 IAU 50 km World Championships New Delhi, India [27]
50 miles (track) 4:51:49 Don Ritchie  Great Britain 12 March 1983 Road Runners Club Track 50 Miles London, United Kingdom [28]
6 hours (track) 98.496 km+ Aleksandr Sorokin  Lithuania 23 April 2022 Centurion RC 100 Bedford, United Kingdom [29]
100 km (track) 6:05:41 Aleksandr Sorokin  Lithuania 23 April 2022 Centurion RC 100 Bedford, United Kingdom [29]
100 km (road) 6:05:35 Aleksandr Sorokin  Lithuania 14 May 2023 Nord Security World's Fastest Run Vilnius, Lithuania [30]
6:04:10#[a] Aleksandr Sorokin  Lithuania 26 August 2025 Chasing 100 Nardò Ring, Italy [31]
150 km (track) 10:27:48+ Aleksandr Sorokin  Lithuania 24 April 2021 Centurion Running Track 100 Mile Ashford, United Kingdom [32]
100 miles (track) 11:14:56+ Aleksandr Sorokin  Lithuania 24 April 2021 Centurion Running Track 100 Mile Ashford, United Kingdom [32]
100 miles (road) 10:51:39+ Aleksandr Sorokin  Lithuania 6 January 2022 Spartanion Race Tel Aviv, Israel [33]
12 hours (track) 170.309 km Aleksandr Sorokin  Lithuania 24 April 2021 Centurion Running Track 100 Mile Ashford, United Kingdom [32]
12 hours (road) 177.410 km Aleksandr Sorokin  Lithuania 6 January 2022 Spartanion Race Tel Aviv, Israel [33]
24 hours (road) 319.614 km Aleksandr Sorokin  Lithuania 18 September 2022 IAU 24 Hour European Championships Verona, Italy [34]
48 hours (road) 485.099 km Matthieu Bonne  Belgium 30 May–1 June 2025 UltraPark Weekend 48 Hour Pabianice, Poland [35]
6 days (road) 1045.519 km Matthieu Bonne  Belgium 5–11 September 2024 6 Day World Championships Balatonfüred, Hungary [36]
110 m hurdles 12.91 (+0.5 m/s) Colin Jackson  Great Britain 20 August 1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany
300 m hurdles 33.05 Karsten Warholm  Norway 26 April 2025 Xiamen Diamond League Xiamen, China [37]
400 m hurdles 45.94 Karsten Warholm  Norway 3 August 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan [38]
2000 m steeplechase 5:10.68 WB Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad  France 30 June 2010 Alma Athlé Tour Reims, France [39]
3000 m steeplechase 8:00.09 Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad  France 6 July 2013 Meeting Areva Saint-Denis, France [40]
High jump 2.42 m Patrik Sjöberg  Sweden 30 June 1987 BAUHAUS-galan Stockholm, Sweden
Bohdan Bondarenko  Ukraine 14 June 2014 Adidas Grand Prix New York City, United States [41]
Pole vault 6.30 m Armand Duplantis  Sweden 15 September 2025 World Championships Tokyo, Japan [42]
Long jump 8.86 m A (+1.9 m/s) Robert Emmiyan  Soviet Union 22 May 1987 Tsaghkadzor, Soviet Union
Triple jump 18.29 m (+1.3 m/s) Jonathan Edwards  Great Britain 7 August 1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden [43]
Shot put 23.06 m Ulf Timmermann  East Germany 22 May 1988 Chania, Greece
Discus throw 74.35 m Mykolas Alekna  Lithuania 14 April 2024 Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational Ramona, United States [44][45]
Hammer throw 86.74 m Yuriy Sedykh  Soviet Union 30 August 1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany
Javelin throw 98.48 m (current design) Jan Železný  Czech Republic 25 May 1996 Jena, Germany
104.80 m (old design) Uwe Hohn  East Germany 20 July 1984 Berlin, Germany
Decathlon 9126 pts Kevin Mayer  France 15–16 September 2018 Décastar Talence, France [46]
100m Long jump Shot put High jump 400m 110m H Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
10.55 (+0.3 m/s) 7.80 m (+1.2 m/s) 16.00 m 2.05 m 48.42 13.75 (−1.1 m/s) 50.54 m 5.45 m 71.90 m 4:36.11
3000 m walk (track) 10:43.84 Tom Bosworth  Great Britain 21 July 2018 Diamond League London, United Kingdom [47]
5000 m walk (track) 18:02.38 Gabriel Bordier  France 10 June 2025 Meeting International de Montreuil Montreuil, France [48]
5 km walk (road) 18:21 Robert Korzeniowski  Poland 15 September 1990 Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany
10,000 m walk (track) 37:23.99 Gabriel Bordier  France 2 August 2025 French Championships Talence, France [49]
10 km walk (road) 37:11 Roman Rasskazov  Russia 28 May 2000 Saransk, Russia [50]
20,000 m walk (track) 1:18:35.2 Stefan Johansson  Sweden 15 May 1992 Bergen, Norway
20 km walk (road) 1:17:02 Yohann Diniz  France 8 March 2015 French Championships Arles, France [51]
1:16:43 [b] Sergey Morozov  Russia 8 June 2008 Saransk, Russia
Half Marathon walk 1:23:00 Francesco Fortunato  Italy 8 May 2026 Poděbrady Walking Poděbrady, Czech Republic [52]
2 hours walk (track) 29572 m + Maurizio Damilano  Italy 3 October 1992 Cuneo, Italy
30,000 m walk (track) 2:01:44.1 Maurizio Damilano  Italy 3 October 1992 Cuneo, Italy
35 km walk (road) 2:20:43 Massimo Stano  Italy 18 May 2025 European Race Walking Team Championships Poděbrady, Czech Republic [53]
50,000 m walk (track) 3:35:27.20 Yohann Diniz  France 12 March 2011 Reims, France [54]
50 km walk (road) 3:32:33 Yohann Diniz  France 15 August 2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland [55]
4 × 100 m relay 37.36 Adam Gemili
Zharnel Hughes
Richard Kilty
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake		  Great Britain 5 October 2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar [56]
4 × 200 m relay 1:20.66 Christophe Lemaitre
Yannick Fonsat
Ben Bassaw
Ken Romain		  France 24 May 2014 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas [57]
4 × 400 m relay 2:55.83 Alex Haydock-Wilson(44.51)
Matthew Hudson-Smith(43.09)
Lewis Davey(44.90)
Charlie Dobson (43.33)		  Great Britain 10 August 2024 Olympic Games Paris, France [58]
4 × 800 m relay 7:03.89 Peter Elliott
Garry Cook
Steve Cram
Sebastian Coe		  Great Britain 30 August 1982 London, United Kingdom
Distance medley relay 9:24.07 Mateusz Demczyszak (1200 m)
Łukasz Krawczuk (400 m)
Adam Kszczot (800 m)
Marcin Lewandowski (1600 m)		  Poland 3 May 2015 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas [59]
4 × 1500 m relay 14:38.8 h Thomas Wessinghage
Harald Hudak
Michael Lederer
Karl Fleschen		  West Germany 17 August 1977 Cologne, West Germany
Marathon road relay (Ekiden) 2:02.34 Yuriy Abramov (13:47)
Yevgeny Rybakov (28:29)
Pavel Naumov (14:19)
Dmitry Maksimov (29:47)
Sergey Ivanov (14:30)
Anatoly Rybakov (21:42)		  Russia 23 November 2005 International Chiba Ekiden Chiba, Japan
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Women

Only American, Ivorian and Jamaican sprinters have run faster than Christine Arron's 100 metres record.
Paula Radcliffe has two world records and three European records to her name in the long distance events.
Yelena Isinbayeva has broken her own world and European pole vault record numerous times.
Barbora Špotáková broke her national record, then the European record, then finally the world record in the javelin throw.
More information Event, Record ...
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref. Video
100 m 10.73 (+2.0 m/s) Christine Arron  France 19 August 1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary
150 m (bend) 16.42+ (−0.4 m/s) Dina Asher-Smith  Great Britain 28 August 2025 Weltklasse Zürich Zurich, Switzerland [60]
200 m 21.63 (+0.2 m/s) Dafne Schippers  Netherlands 28 August 2015 World Championships Beijing, China [61]
300 m 34.14+ Marita Koch  East Germany 6 October 1985 World Cup Canberra, Australia
35.46 Kathy Cook  Great Britain 18 August 1984 London, United Kingdom
Henriette Jæger  Norway 22 May 2024 Trond Mohn Games Bergen, Norway [62][63]
400 m 47.60 Marita Koch  East Germany 6 October 1985 World Cup Canberra, Australia
800 m 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 26 July 1983 Munich, West Germany
1000 m 2:28.98 Svetlana Masterkova  Russia 23 August 1996 Memorial Van Damme Brussels, Belgium
1500 m 3:51.95 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 5 October 2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar [64]
Mile run 4:12.33 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 12 July 2019 Diamond League Monaco, Monaco [65]
Mile (road) 4:30.3 h Wo Marissa Damink  Netherlands 1 September 2024 New Balance Kö Meile Düsseldorf, Germany [66]
2000 m 5:25.36 Sonia O'Sullivan  Ireland 8 July 1994 Edinburgh, United Kingdom
3000 m 8:18.49 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 30 June 2019 Prefontaine Classic Stanford, United States [67]
Two miles 9:16.73 Konstanze Klosterhalfen  Germany 27 May 2022 Prefontaine Classic Eugene, United States [68]
5000 m 14:13.42 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 23 July 2023 Anniversary Games London, United Kingdom [69]
5 km (road) 14:44 Wo Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 17 February 2019 5 km Herculis Monaco [70]
14:39 Mx Diane van Es  Netherlands 9 February 2025 Monaco run Monaco [71]
14:32 Mx Nadia Battocletti  Italy 3 May 2025 Tokyo : Speed : Race Tokyo, Japan [72]
10,000 m 29:06.82 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 6 June 2021 FBK Games Hengelo, Netherlands [73]
10 km (road) 30:19 Wo Eilish McColgan  Great Britain 22 May 2022 Great Manchester Run Manchester, United Kingdom [74]
30:07 Mx Megan Keith  Great Britain 22 February 2026 10K Facsa Castelló Castellón de la Plana, Spain [75]
30:05 Mx Lonah Chemtai Salpeter  Israel 1 September 2019 Tilburg 10 Miles Tilburg, Netherlands [76]
29:50 Mx Klara Lukan  Slovenia 18 April 2026 10 km en Ruta Villa de Laredo Laredo, Spain [77]
15 km (road) 46:25+ Wo Melat Yisak Kejeta  Germany 17 October 2020 World Half Marathon Championships Gdynia, Poland [78]
46:09+ Mx Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 16 September 2018 Copenhagen Half Marathon Copenhagen, Denmark [79]
10 miles (road) 50:43 Eilish McColgan  Great Britain 17 October 2021 Great South Run Portsmouth, United Kingdom
One hour 18930 m Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 4 September 2020 Memorial van Damme Brussels, Belgium [20]
20,000 m (track) 1:06:55.5 Rosa Mota  Portugal 14 May 1983 Lisbon, Portugal
20 km (road) 1:02:04+ Wo Melat Yisak Kejeta  Germany 17 October 2020 World Half Marathon Championships Gdynia, Poland [80]
1:01:56+ Mx Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 16 September 2018 Copenhagen Half Marathon Copenhagen, Denmark [81]
Half marathon 1:05:18 Wo Melat Yisak Kejeta  Germany 17 October 2020 World Half Marathon Championships Gdynia, Poland [82]
1:05:15 Mx Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 16 September 2018 Copenhagen Half Marathon Copenhagen, Denmark [83]
25,000 m (track) 1:28:22.60 Helena Javornik  Slovenia 19 July 2006 Maribor, Slovenia
25 km (road) 1:18:06+ Mx Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 8 October 2023 Chicago Marathon Chicago, United States [84]
30,000 m (track) 1:47:05.6 Karolina Szabó  Hungary 22 April 1988 Budapest, Hungary
30 km (road) 1:34:00+ Mx Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 8 October 2023 Chicago Marathon Chicago, United States [85]
Marathon 2:13:44 Mx Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 8 October 2023 Chicago Marathon Chicago, United States [86]
2:17:42 Wo Paula Radcliffe  Great Britain 17 April 2005 London Marathon London, United Kingdom [87]
50 km 3:07:20 Alyson Dixon  Great Britain 1 September 2019 50 km World Championships Brasov, Romania [88]
50 miles 5:55:41+ Valentina Liakhova  Russia 28 September 1996 100 km Track Trophy Nantes, France [89]
100 km (road) 7:04:03 Mx Floriane Hot  France 27 August 2022 IAU 100 km World Championships Berlin, Germany [90]
100 miles (track) 14:25:45+ Edit Bérces  Hungary 21–22 September 2002 Verona 24 Hour Verona, Italy [91][92]
100 miles (road) 12:37:04 Mx Caitriona Jennings  Ireland 9 November 2025 Tunnel Hill Trail Races Vienna, United States [93]
12 hours (road) 153.600 km Satu Lipiäinen  Finland 20 May 2023 Ultra run Kokkola, Finland [94]
24 hours (road) 278.621 km[c] Sarah Webster  Great Britain 19 October 2025 IAU 24 Hour World Championship Albi, France [95]
48 hours (road) 436.371 km Patrycja Bereznowska  Poland 30 May–1 June 2025 UltraPark Weekend 48 Hour Pabianice, Poland [96]
100 m hurdles 12.21 (+0.7 m/s) Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria 20 August 1988 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
200 m hurdles (bend) 24.8 h (+0.4 m/s) Yadisleidy Pedroso  Italy 6 April 2013 Caserta, Italy [97]
25.82 (+1.7 m/s) Patricia Girard  France 22 September 1999 Nantes, France [98]
25.6 h (−0.7 m/s) 23 August 2001 Nantes, France [98]
200 m hurdles (straight) 25.05 (+1.0 m/s) Meghan Beesley  Great Britain 17 May 2014 Manchester City Games Manchester, United Kingdom [99]
300 m hurdles 36.86 Femke Bol  Netherlands 31 May 2022 Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava, Czech Republic [100]
400 m hurdles 50.95 Femke Bol  Netherlands 14 July 2024 Resisprint International La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland [101]
Mile steeplechase 4:51.87 Olivia Gürth  Germany 22 August 2025 Memorial Van Damme Brussels, Belgium [102]
2000 m steeplechase 5:52.80 Gesa Felicitas Krause  Germany 1 September 2019 ISTAF Berlin Berlin, Germany [103]
3000 m steeplechase 8:58.67 Alice Finot  France 6 August 2024 Olympic Games Saint-Denis, France [104]
High jump 2.10 m Yaroslava Mahuchikh  Ukraine 7 July 2024 Meeting de Paris Paris, France [105]
Pole vault 5.06 m Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia 28 August 2009 Weltklasse Zürich Zürich, Switzerland
Long jump 7.52 m (+1.4 m/s) Galina Chistyakova  Soviet Union 11 June 1988 Leningrad, Soviet Union
Triple jump 15.50 m (+0.9 m/s) Inessa Kravets  Ukraine 10 August 1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden
Shot put 22.63 m Natalya Lisovskaya  Soviet Union 7 June 1987 Moscow, Soviet Union
Discus throw 76.80 m Gabriele Reinsch  East Germany 9 July 1988 Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Hammer throw 82.98 m Anita Włodarczyk  Poland 28 August 2016 Skolimowska Memorial Warsaw, Poland [106]
Javelin throw 72.28 m
(current design)		 Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic 13 September 2008 World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany [107]
80.00 m (old design) Petra Felke  East Germany 9 September 1988 Potsdam, East Germany
Heptathlon 7032 pts Carolina Klüft  Sweden 25–26 August 2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan [108]
100m H High jump Shot put 200m Long jump Javelin 800m
13.15 (+0.1 m/s) 1.95 m 14.81 m 23.38 (+0.3 m/s) 6.85 m (+1.0 m/s) 47.98 m 2:12.56
5000 m walk (track) 20:01.80 Eleonora Giorgi  Italy 18 May 2014 Italian Clubs League Meet Misterbianco, Italy [109]
5 km walk (road) 19:46 Kjersti Plätzer  Norway 27 August 2006 Internationaler Geher-Cup Hildesheim, Germany
10,000 m walk (track) 41:56.23 Nadezhda Ryashkina  Soviet Union 24 July 1990 Seattle, United States
10 km walk (road) 41:04 Yelena Nikolayeva  Russia 20 April 1996 Sochi, Russia
20,000 m walk (track) 1:26:52.3 Olimpiada Ivanova  Russia 6 September 2001 Brisbane, Australia
20 km walk (road) 1:25:02 Elena Lashmanova  Russia 11 August 2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom [110]
1:23:39 Elena Lashmanova  Russia 9 June 2018 Russian Race Walking Championships Cheboksary, Russia [111]
1:24:31 Elena Lashmanova  Russia 18 February 2019 Russian Winter Race Walking Championships Sochi, Russia [112]
1:24:47 Elmira Alembekova  Russia 27 February 2015 Russian Race Walking Championships Sochi, Russia [113]
1:24:50 X Olimpiada Ivanova  Russia 4 March 2001 Adler, Russia
1:24:56 Olga Kaniskina  Russia 28 February 2009 Adler, Russia
1:24:58 Elena Lashmanova  Russia 25 June 2016 Russian Race Walking Championships Cheboksary, Russia [114]
35 km walk (road) 2:37:15 María Pérez  Spain 21 May 2023 European Race Walking Team Championships Poděbrady, Czech Republic [115]
50 km walk (road) 4:04:50 Eleonora Giorgi  Italy 19 May 2019 European Cup Alytus, Lithuania [116]
3:57:08 #[d] Klavdiya Afanasyeva  Russia 15 June 2019 Russian Race Walking Championships Cheboksary, Russia [117]
4 × 100 m relay 41.37 Silke Gladisch
Sabine Rieger
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr		  East Germany 6 October 1985 World Cup Canberra, Australia
4 × 200 m relay 1:28.15 Marlies Göhr
Romy Schneider-Müller
Bärbel Eckert-Wöckel
Marita Koch		  East Germany 9 August 1980 Jena, East Germany
4 × 400 m relay 3:15.17 Tatyana Ledovskaya
Olga Nazarova
Mariya Pinigina
Olga Bryzgina		  Soviet Union 1 October 1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea
4 × 800 m relay 7:50.17 Nadezhda Olizarenko
Lyubov Gurina
Lyudmila Borisova
Irina Podyalovskaya		  Soviet Union 5 August 1984 Moscow, Soviet Union
Distance medley relay 10:45.32 Katarzyna Broniatowska (1200 m)
Monika Szczęsna (400 m)
Angelika Cichocka (800 m)
Sofia Ennaoui (1600 m)		  Poland 2 May 2015 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas [118]
4 × 1500 m relay 17:19.09 Maria Lynch
Elaine Fitzgerald
Pauline Thom
Sonia O'Sullivan		  Ireland 24 June 2000 London, United Kingdom [119]
Marathon road relay (Ekiden) 2:14:51 Liliya Shobukhova
Inga Abitova
Olesya Syreva
Lidiya Grigoryeva
Galina Bogomolova
Mariya Konovalova		  Russia 23 November 2006 International Chiba Ekiden Chiba, Japan [120]
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Mixed

More information Event, Record ...
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref. Video
4 × 100 m relay 40.88 Asha Philip
Kissiwaa Mensah
Jeriel Quainoo
Joe Ferguson		  Great Britain 11 May 2025 World Relays Guangzhou, China [121]
4 × 400 m relay 3:07.43 Eugene Omalla
Lieke Klaver
Isaya Klein Ikkink
Femke Bol		  Netherlands 3 August 2024 Olympic Games Saint-Denis, France [122]
Shuttle hurdle relay 54.27 AK Sloboda, Varaždin
Roko Farkaš
Klara Koščak
Janko Kišak
Jana Koščak		  Croatia 4 May 2024 Croatian Relay Championships Zagreb, Croatia [123]
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Indoor

Men

Marcell Jacobs ran 60 metres European record.
Colin Jackson's European and world record in the 60 metre hurdles remains unbeaten.
Kenyan-born Wilson Kipketer dominated the 800 metres records indoors and outdoors.
More information Event, Record ...
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref. Video
50 m
5.61 Manfred Kokot  East Germany 4 February 1973 East Berlin, East Germany
5.61+ Jason Gardener  Great Britain 16 February 2000 Madrid, Spain
5.59+ Jeremiah Azu  Great Britain 9 March 2025 [citation needed]
60 m 6.41 Marcell Jacobs  Italy 19 March 2022 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia [124]
200 m 20.25 Linford Christie  Great Britain 19 February 1995 Meeting Pas de Calais Liévin, France
400 m 45.05 Thomas Schönlebe  East Germany 5 February 1988 Sindelfingen, West Germany
Karsten Warholm  Norway 2 March 2019 European Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom [125]
45.01 Attila Molnár  Hungary 3 February 2026 Czech Indoor Gala Ostrava, Czech Republic [126]
600 m 1:14.92 Eliott Crestan  Belgium 25 January 2025 LBFA Allianz Championships Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium [127]
800 m 1:42.67 Wilson Kipketer  Denmark 9 March 1997 World Championships Paris, France
1000 m 2:14.52 Mohamed Attaoui  Spain 6 February 2026 Villa de Madrid Indoor Meeting Madrid, Spain [128]
1500 m 3:29.63+ Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 13 February 2025 Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Liévin, France [129]
Mile 3:45.14 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 13 February 2025 Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Liévin, France [129]
2000 m 4:52.41 Pieter Sisk  Belgium 24 January 2026 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Boston, United States [130]
3000 m 7:24.68 Mohamed Katir  Spain 15 February 2023 Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Liévin, France [131]
Two miles 8:00.67 Josh Kerr  Great Britain 11 February 2024 Millrose Games New York City, United States [132]
5000 m 12:54.92 Jimmy Gressier  France 14 February 2025 BU David Hemery Valentine International Boston, United States [133]
50 m hurdles 6.36+ Ladji Doucouré  France 26 February 2005 Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Liévin, France
60 m hurdles 7.30 Colin Jackson  Great Britain 6 March 1994 Sindelfingen, Germany
High jump 2.42 m Carlo Thränhardt  West Germany 26 February 1988 West Berlin, West Germany
2.42 m X Ivan Ukhov  Russia 25 February 2014 Prague Indoor Prague, Czech Republic [134]
Pole vault 6.27 m[e] Armand Duplantis  Sweden 28 February 2025 All Star Perche Clermont-Ferrand, France [135]
6.31 m Mondo Duplantis  Sweden 12 March 2026 Mondo Classic Uppsala, Sweden [136]
Long jump 8.71 m Sebastian Bayer  Germany 8 March 2009 European Championships Turin, Italy [137]
Triple jump 17.92 m (2nd jump) Teddy Tamgho  France 6 March 2011 European Championships Paris, France [138][139]
17.92 m (4th jump)
Shot put 22.55 m Ulf Timmermann  East Germany 11 February 1989 Senftenberg, East Germany
Heptathlon 6558 pts Sander Skotheim  Norway 7–8 March 2025 European Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands [140]
60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
6.93 7.95 m 14.39 m 2.19 m 8.04 5.10 m 2:32.72
6670 pts Simon Ehammer   Switzerland 20–21 March 2026 World Championships Toruń, Poland [141]
60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
6.69 8.15 m 14.87 m 2.02 m 7.52 5.30 m 2:41.04
Mile walk 5:32.34 Perseus Karlström  Sweden 8 February 2025 USA 1 Mile Race Walking Championships New York City, United States [142]
5000 m walk 18:07.08 Mikhail Shchennikov  Russia 14 February 1995 Russian Winter Meeting Moscow, Russia
17:55.65 Francesco Fortunato  Italy 22 February 2025 Italian Championships Ancona, Italy [143]
17:54.48 Francesco Fortunato  Italy 28 February 2026 Italian Championships Ancona, Italy [144]
4 × 200 m relay 1:22.11 Linford Christie
Darren Braithwaite
Ade Mafe
John Regis		  Great Britain 3 March 1991 Glasgow, United Kingdom
4 × 400 m relay 3:01.77 Karol Zalewski
Rafał Omelko
Łukasz Krawczuk
Jakub Krzewina		  Poland 4 March 2018 World Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom [145]
4 × 800 m relay 7:17.8 h Valeriy Taratynov
Stanislav Meshcherskikh
Aleksey Taranov
Viktor Semyashkin		  Soviet Union 14 March 1971 Sofia, Bulgaria
7:15.77 Moskovskaya Region
Roman Trubetskoy
Dmitriy Bukreyev
Dmitriy Bogdanov
Yuriy Borzakovskiy		  Russia 10 February 2008 Moscow, Russia
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Women

Femke Bol set the 400 metres world record in 2024.
Kajsa Bergqvist broke an indoor high jump world record that had lasted over a decade.
World indoor triple jump record holder Tatyana Lebedeva medalled in 3 Olympics.
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Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref. Video
50 m 5.96+ Irina Privalova  Russia 9 February 1995 Madrid, Spain
60 m 6.92 Irina Privalova  Russia 11 February 1993 Madrid, Spain
9 February 1995 Madrid, Spain
200 m 22.10 Irina Privalova  Russia 19 February 1995 Meeting Pas de Calais Liévin, France
400 m 49.17 Femke Bol  Netherlands 2 March 2024 World Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom [146]
800 m 1:55.82 Jolanda Čeplak  Slovenia 3 March 2002 European Championships Vienna, Austria
1:54.87 Keely Hodgkinson  Great Britain 19 February 2026 Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Liévin, France [147]
1000 m 2:31.93 Laura Muir  Great Britain 18 February 2017 Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix Birmingham, United Kingdom [148]
1500 m 3:57.91 Abeba Aregawi  Sweden 6 February 2014 XL Galan Stockholm, Sweden [149]
3:57.71 X Yelena Soboleva  Russia 9 March 2008 World Championships Valencia, Spain [150]
Mile 4:17.14 Doina Melinte  Romania 9 February 1990 East Rutherford, United States
2000 m 5:30.31 Salomé Afonso  Portugal 19 February 2026 Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Liévin, France [151]
3000 m 8:26.41 Laura Muir  Great Britain 4 February 2017 Weltklasse in Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Germany [152]
Two miles 9:04.84 Laura Muir  Great Britain 11 February 2024 Millrose Games New York City, United States [153]
5000 m 14:30.79 Konstanze Klosterhalfen  Germany 27 February 2020 BU Last Chance Invitational Boston, United States [154]
50 m hurdles 6.58 Cornelia Oschkenat  East Germany 20 February 1988 Berlin, East Germany
60 m hurdles 7.67 Ditaji Kambundji   Switzerland 7 March 2025 European Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands [155]
7.66 X Lyudmila Narozhilenko  Russia 4 March 1993 Seville, Spain
7.63 X 4 March 1993 Seville, Spain
High jump 2.08 m Kajsa Bergqvist  Sweden 4 February 2006 Hochsprung mit Musik Arnstadt, Germany
Pole vault 5.01 m Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia 23 February 2012 XL Galan Stockholm, Sweden [156][157]
Long jump 7.37 m Heike Drechsler  East Germany 13 February 1988 Vienna, Austria
Triple jump 15.36 m Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia 6 March 2004 World Championships Budapest, Hungary [158]
Shot put 22.50 m Helena Fibingerová  Czechoslovakia 19 February 1977 Jablonec, Czechoslovakia
Pentathlon 5055 pts Nafissatou Thiam  Belgium 3 March 2023 European Championships Istanbul, Turkey [159]
60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
8.23 1.92 m 15.54 m 6.59 m 2:13.60
Mile walk 6:16.72 WB Sada Eidikytė  Soviet Union 24 February 1990 Kaunas, Soviet Union [160]
3000 m walk 11:40.33 Claudia Stef  Romania 30 January 1999 Bucharest, Romania
11:35.34 [f] Gillian O'Sullivan  Ireland 15 February 2003 Belfast, United Kingdom
Two miles walk 13:11.88 WB Ileana Salvador  Italy 14 February 1990 Genoa, Italy [160]
5000 m walk 19:53.61 WB Lyudmyla Olyanovska  Ukraine 27 February 2026 Ukrainian Championships Kyiv, Ukraine [161]
10,000 m walk 43:13.00 WB Viktoriya Bartash  Belarus 14 February 2025 Belarusian Championships Mogilev, Belarus [162]
4 × 200 m relay 1:32.41 Yekaterina Kondratyeva
Irina Khabarova
Yuliya Pechonkina
Yuliya Gushchina		  Russia 29 January 2005 Aviva International Match Glasgow, United Kingdom
4 × 400 m relay 3:23.37 Yuliya Gushchina
Olga Kotlyarova
Olga Zaytseva
Olesya Krasnomovets		  Russia 28 January 2006 Aviva International Match Glasgow, United Kingdom
4 × 800 m relay 8:06.24 Team Moscow
Aleksandra Bulanova
Yekaterina Martynova
Yelena Kofanova
Anna Balakshina		  Russia 18 February 2011 Russian Championships Moscow, Russia [163]
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Mixed

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Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref.
4 × 400 m relay 3:15.63 Nick Smidt
Eveline Saalberg
Tony van Diepen
Femke Bol		  Netherlands 6 March 2025 European Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands [164]
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European best (outdoor) for non-standard events

Men

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Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref.
100 y 9.30 (+1.6 m/s) Linford Christie  Great Britain 8 July 1994 Edinburgh, Great Britain [165]
150 m (bend) 14.93+ (+0.3 m/s) John Regis  Great Britain 20 August 1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany
14.8 h Pietro Mennea  Italy 3 September 1979 Cassino, Italy
200 m (straight) 20.48 (−0.6 m/s) Solomon Bockarie  Netherlands 4 September 2016 Urban Memorial Van Damme Brussels, Belgium [166]
300 m 31.56 Douglas Walker  Great Britain 19 July 1998 Gateshead, United Kingdom
500 m (track) 1:00.08 Donato Sabia  Italy 26 May 1984 Busto Arsizio, Italy [167]
500 m (road) 57.91 Mark English  Ireland 10 September 2016 Great North CityGames Newcastle, United Kingdom [168]
600 m 1:13.21 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse  France 5 June 2016 British Grand Prix Birmingham, United Kingdom [169]
200 m hurdles (bend) 22.55 WB Laurent Ottoz  Italy 31 May 1995 Milan, Italy
22.5 h Martin Lauer  West Germany 7 July 1959 Zürich, Switzerland
100,000 m (track) 6:10:20 Don Ritchie  Great Britain 28 October 1978 London, United Kingdom
200 m hurdles (straight) 22.10 (+2.0 m/s) WB Andy Turner  Great Britain 15 May 2011 Manchester City Games Manchester, United Kingdom [170]
1500 m walk (track) 5:12.0+ WB Antanas Grigaliūnas  Lithuania 12 May 1990 Vilnius, Lithuania [171]
Mile walk (track) 5:31.08 WB Tom Bosworth  Great Britain 9 July 2017 London Grand Prix London, United Kingdom [172]
50-mile walk (road) 7:44:47.2 WB Shaul Ladany  Israel 1972 New Jersey, United States [173]
4 × mile relay 15:49.08 Eamonn Coghlan
Ray Flynn
Frank O'Mara
Marcus O'Sullivan		  Ireland 17 August 1985 Dublin, Ireland [174]
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Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref. Video
100 y 10.45+ (+1.5 m/s) Yevgeniya Polyakova  Russia 27 May 2010 Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava, Czech Republic [175]
150 m (straight) 16.57 (+1.1 m/s) Desiree Henry  Great Britain 10 September 2016 Great North CityGames Newcastle, United Kingdom [168]
200 m (straight) 23.29 (+0.2 m/s) Emily Freeman  Great Britain 16 May 2010 Manchester City Games Manchester, United Kingdom [176]
500 m 1:05.9 WB Tatana Kocembova  Czechoslovakia 2 August 1984 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
600 m 1:23.78 Natalya Khrushchelyova  Russia 2 September 2003 Meeting de Liége Naimette-Xhovémont, Belgium [177]
Decathlon 8358 pts WB Austra Skujytė  Lithuania 14–15 April 2005 Columbia, United States
100m (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 400m 100m H (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 1500m
12.49 46.19 m 3.10 m 48.78 m 57.19 14.22 6.12 m 16.42 m 1.78 m 5:15.86
3000 m walk (track) 11:48.24 WB Ileana Salvador  Italy 29 August 1993 Padua, Italy [178]
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European best (indoor) for non-standard events

Men

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Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref. Video
55 m 6.13 A Frank Emmelmann  East Germany 3 February 1984 Albuquerque, United States [179]
150 m 15.53 OT Rytis Sakalauskas  Lithuania 11 February 2010 Botnia Games Korsholm, Finland [180][181]
300 m 32.15 Pavel Maslák  Czech Republic 9 February 2014 Indoor Flanders Meeting Ghent, Belgium [182]
500 m 1:00.36 Pavel Maslák  Czech Republic 25 February 2014 Prague Indoor Prague, Czech Republic [134]
2000 m 4:52.90 Sergio Sánchez  Spain 23 January 2010 Oviedo, Spain [183]
10,000 m 28:12.4 h Emiel Puttemans  Belgium 22 February 1975 Pantin, France
55 m hurdles 7.01 Stéphane Caristan  France 27 February 1987 USA Championships New York City, United States [184]
300 m hurdles 34.26 OT [WB] Karsten Warholm  Norway 10 February 2018 Avoimet Pirkanmaan Tampere, Finland [185]
400 m hurdles 50.21 Richard Yates  Great Britain 19 February 2011 Aviva Indoor Grand Prix Birmingham, United Kingdom [186][187]
2000 m steeplechase 5:21.56 Andrei Farnosov  Russia 14 February 2010 Indoor Flanders Meeting Ghent, Belgium [188][189]
3000 m steeplechase 8:17.46 [WB] Aleksandr Zagoruyko  Soviet Union 21 February 1982 Moscow, Soviet Union [190]
Weight throw 25.68 m Libor Charfreitag  Slovakia 5 March 2005 Sterling, United States
Discus throw 69.51 m [WB] Gerd Kanter  Estonia 22 March 2009 World Record Indoor Challenge Växjö, Sweden [191]
Javelin throw 85.78 m (current design) Matti Närhi  Finland 3 March 1996 Kajaani, Finland [192]
3000 m walk 10:30.28 [WB] Tom Bosworth  Great Britain 25 February 2018 Glasgow Grand Prix Glasgow, United Kingdom [193]
Two miles walk 11:54.50 [WB] Valdas Kazlauskas  Soviet Union 24 February 1990 Kaunas, Soviet Union [190]
15,000 m walk 1:00:03.9 [WB] Valdas Kazlauskas  Soviet Union 24 January 1987 Kaunas, Soviet Union [190]
20,000 m walk 1:20:40.0 OT [WB] Ronald Weigel  East Germany 27 January 1980 Senftenberg, East Germany
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Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref. Video
55 m 6.62 [g] Marlies Göhr  East Germany 28 February 1986 New York City, United States [194]
100 y 10.67 Heather Hunte  Great Britain 17 February 1978 Senftenberg, East Germany [195]
100 m 11.15 WB Marita Koch  East Germany 12 January 1980 East Berlin, East Germany
300 m 35.45 WB Irina Privalova  Russia 17 January 1993 Moscow, Russia
500 m 1:05.63 WB Femke Bol  Netherlands 4 February 2023 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Boston, United States [196]
600 m 1:23.41 WB Keely Hodgkinson  Great Britain 28 January 2023 Manchester World Indoor Tour Manchester, United Kingdom [197]
2000 m 5:30.53 Gabriela Szabo  Romania 8 March 1998 Sindelfingen, Germany [198]
Marathon 2:42:30 Laura Manninen  Finland 25 March 2017 The Armory Indoor Marathon New York City, United States [199]
55 m hurdles 7.37 Cornelia Oschkenat  East Germany 27 February 1987 USA Championships New York City, United States [200]
300 m hurdles 40.09 OT WB Stine Tomb  Norway 5 February 2011 Finland-Sweden-Norway Indoor Match Tampere, Finland [201][202]
400 m hurdles 56.66 Sara Slott Petersen  Denmark 18 February 2012 Meeting National Val-de-Reuil, France [203][204]
2000 m steeplechase 5:47.79 Maruša Mišmaš  Slovenia 19 February 2020 Meeting Hauts de France Pas de Calais Liévin, France [205]
3000 m steeplechase 9:07.00 WB Tatyana Petrova  Russia 17 February 2006 Moscow, Russia
9:54.2 WB [h] Marcela Lustigova  Czech Republic 11 February 2010 Botnia Games Korsholm, Finland [206][207]
Weight throw 23.73 m Ida Storm  Sweden 15 February 2017 Malmö, Sweden [208]
Discus throw 65.23 m Mx WB Shanice Craft  Germany 10 February 2023 ISTAF Indoor Berlin, Germany [209]
Javelin throw 57.75 m (current design) Anna Wessman  Sweden 10 March 2012 World Indoor Throwing Växjö, Sweden [210]
64.68 m (old design) Mikaela Ingberg  Finland 5 March 1995 Kajaani, Finland
4 × 100 m relay 44.39 Anne-Kathrin Elbe
Anne Möllinger
Cathleen Tschirch
Marion Wagner		  Germany 31 January 2010 BW-Bank Meeting Karlsruhe, Germany [211]
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See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Non-ratifiable as the athlete ran behind a car, wore unratified prototype shoes, and was paced by rotating pacemakers
  2. [b]
    Not ratified because it did not fulfil the criteria of having the required three international judges present.
  3. [c]
    by IAU source; 278.622 by other sources
  4. [d]
    Not ratified by World Athletics due to lack of international judges.
  5. [e]
    indoor best; outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
  6. [f]
    No international judges.
  7. [g]
    Converted from a time for the slightly shorter 60 yards by adding 0.01
  8. [h]
    This is the fastest indoor steeplechase with a water-jump.

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