List of Olympic records in athletics

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Athletics records in the Summer Olympic Games have been recorded since 1896.

The modern Summer Olympic Games hand out 149 medals and have been held every four years since the first Games in 1896 and Olympic records are recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in each event. The athletics events, which take place at each Games, are divided into four groups: track events (including sprints, middle- and long-distance running, hurdling and relays), field events (including javelin, discus, hammer, pole vault, long and triple jumps), road events (such as walks and the marathon) and combined events (the heptathlon and the decathlon).[1] Women compete in 23 athletics events during the Games,[2] and men compete in 24; while 21 of the events are the same for both men and women, men exclusively compete in the 50 km walk, the women's combined event is the heptathlon while the men compete in the decathlon, and the short distance hurdles for women is contested over 100 m, ten metres shorter than the men's event.[1]

Some Olympic records have been broken but later rescinded by the IOC. In 1988, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson broke the Olympic and World record in the 100 metres sprint, but was subsequently disqualified after it was discovered that he had used anabolic steroids to enhance his performance. His record was expunged and the gold medal was instead awarded to American Carl Lewis.[3] Hungarian athlete Róbert Fazekas broke the Olympic record in the men's discus in 2004 but was later stripped of both his gold medal and the record after it was deemed that he had "committed an anti-doping rule violation".[4][5]

The longest standing modern Olympic athletics record is Bob Beamon's achievement in the men's long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[6] The jump, at Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)., also broke the existing world record by 55 cm (22 in), and stood as the world record for 23 years until Beamon's compatriot, Mike Powell, jumped farther in the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo.[7] During the 2012 Games, six men's and five women's records were broken.

Note, only those events currently competed for and recognised by the IOC as Summer Olympic events are listed.[8]

Men's records

Black athlete Usain Bolt in a yellow running vest and green shorts just completing a race
Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympics records, two individually and one with the Jamaican 4 x 100m relay team.
File:Sebrle.jpg
Roman Šebrle, current decathlon record holder

♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

List of Men's Olympic records in athletics
Event Record Name Nation Games Date Ref(s)
100 metres 9.63  Usain Bolt  Jamaica (JAM) 2012 London August 5, 2012 [9]
200 metres 19.30  Usain Bolt  Jamaica (JAM) 2008 Beijing August 20, 2008 [10]
400 metres 43.49  Michael Johnson  United States (USA) 1996 Atlanta July 29, 1996 [11]
800 metres ♦1:40.91  David Rudisha  Kenya (KEN) 2012 London August 9, 2012 [12]
1,500 metres 3:32.07  Noah Ngeny  Kenya (KEN) 2000 Sydney September 29, 2000 [13]
5,000 metres 12:57.82  Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia Ethiopia (ETH) 2008 Beijing August 23, 2008 [14]
10,000 metres 27:01.17  Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia Ethiopia (ETH) 2008 Beijing August 17, 2008 [15]
Marathon 2:06:32  Samuel Wanjiru  Kenya (KEN) 2008 Beijing August 24, 2008 [16]
110 metres hurdles 12.91  Liu Xiang  China (CHN) 2004 Athens August 27, 2004 [17]
400 metres hurdles ♦46.78  Kevin Young  United States (USA) 1992 Barcelona August 6, 1992 [18][19]
3,000 m steeplechase 8:05.51  Julius Kariuki  Kenya (KEN) 1988 Seoul September 30, 1988 [20]
4×100 m relay ♦36.84  Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt		  Jamaica (JAM) 2012 London August 11, 2012 [21]
4×400 m relay 2:55.39  LaShawn Merritt
Angelo Taylor
David Neville
Jeremy Wariner		  United States (USA) 2008 Beijing August 23, 2008 [22]
20 km walk 1:18:46  Chen Ding  China (CHN) 2012 London August 4, 2012 [23]
50 km walk 3:35:59  Sergey Kirdyapkin  Russia (RUS) 2012 London August 11, 2012 [24]
High jump 2.39 m  Charles Austin  United States (USA) 1996 Atlanta July 28, 1996 [25]
Long jump 8.90 m  Bob Beamon  United States (USA) 1968 Mexico City October 18, 1968 [6]
Pole vault 5.97 m  Renaud Lavillenie  France (FRA) 2012 London August 10, 2012 [26]
Triple jump 18.09 m  Kenny Harrison  United States (USA) 1996 Atlanta July 27, 1996 [27]
Shot put 22.47 m  Ulf Timmermann  East Germany (GDR) 1988 Seoul September 23, 1988 [28]
Discus throw 69.89 m  Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania (LTU) 2004 Athens August 23, 2004 [29]
Hammer throw 84.80 m  Sergey Litvinov  Soviet Union (URS) 1988 Seoul September 26, 1988 [30]
Javelin throw 90.57 m  Andreas Thorkildsen  Norway (NOR) 2008 Beijing August 23, 2008 [31]
Decathlon 8893 pts  Roman Šebrle  Czech Republic (CZE) 2004 Athens August 24, 2004 [32]

Women's records

File:Tirunesh Dibaba Victory.jpg
Tirunesh Dibaba is the current Olympic 10,000 m record holder.

♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

List of Women's Olympic records in athletics
Event Record Name Nation Games Date Ref(s)
100 metres 10.62  Florence Griffith-Joyner  United States (USA) 1988 Seoul September 24, 1988 [33]
200 metres ♦21.34  Florence Griffith-Joyner  United States (USA) 1988 Seoul September 29, 1988 [34][35]
400 metres 48.25  Marie-José Pérec  France (FRA) 1996 Atlanta July 29, 1996 [36]
800 metres 1:53.43  Nadezhda Olizarenko  Soviet Union (URS) 1980 Moscow July 27, 1980 [36]
1,500 metres 3:53.96  Paula Ivan  Romania (ROU) 1988 Seoul September 26, 1988 [36]
5,000 metres 14:40.79  Gabriela Szabo  Romania (ROU) 2000 Sydney September 25, 2000 [36]
10,000 metres 29:54.66  Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia Ethiopia (ETH) 2008 Beijing August 15, 2008 [37]
Marathon 2:23:07  Tiki Gelana Ethiopia Ethiopia (ETH) 2012 London August 5, 2012 [36]
100 metres hurdles 12.35  Sally Pearson  Australia (AUS) 2012 London August 7, 2012 [38]
400 metres hurdles 52.64  Melaine Walker  Jamaica (JAM) 2008 Beijing August 20, 2008 [39]
3,000 m steeplechase ♦8:58.81  Gulnara Galkina-Samitova  Russia (RUS) 2008 Beijing August 17, 2008 [40]
4×100 m relay ♦ 40.82  Tianna Madison
Allyson Felix
Bianca Knight
Carmelita Jeter		  United States (USA) 2012 London August 10, 2012 [41]
4×400 m relay ♦3:15.17  Tatyana Ledovskaya
Olga Nazarova
Mariya Pinigina
Olga Bryzgina		  Soviet Union (URS) 1988 Seoul October 1, 1988 [42]
20 km walk ♦1:25:02  Elena Lashmanova  Russia (RUS) 2012 London August 11, 2012 [43]
High jump 2.06 m  Yelena Slesarenko  Russia (RUS) 2004 Athens August 28, 2004 [25]
Long jump 7.40 m  Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States (USA) 1988 Seoul September 29, 1988 [44]
Pole vault 5.05 m  Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia (RUS) 2008 Beijing August 18, 2008 [40][45]
Triple jump 15.39 m  Françoise Mbango Etone  Cameroon (CMR) 2008 Beijing August 17, 2008 [46]
Shot put 22.41 m  Ilona Slupianek  East Germany (GDR) 1980 Moscow July 24, 1980 [28]
Discus throw 72.30 m  Martina Hellmann  East Germany (GDR) 1988 Seoul September 29, 1988 [29]
Hammer throw 78.18 m  Tatyana Lysenko  Russia (RUS) 2012 London August 11, 2012 [47]
Javelin throw 71.53 m  Osleidys Menéndez  Cuba (CUB) 2004 Athens August 27, 2004 [36]
Heptathlon ♦7291 pts  Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States (USA) 1988 Seoul September 24, 1988 [36]

See also

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