| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Place | Date | Ref | | 100 m | 10.01 | Darrel Brown |  Trinidad and Tobago | Saint-Denis, France | August 24, 2003 | | Jeffery Demps |  United States | Eugene, Oregon, USA | June 28, 2008 | | 200 m | 19.93 | Usain Bolt |  Jamaica | Hamilton, Bermuda | April 11, 2004 | | 400 m | 43.87 | Steve Lewis | United States | Seoul, South Korea | September 28, 1988 | | 800 m | 1:42.69 | Abubaker Kaki |  Sudan | Oslo, Norway | June 6, 2008 | | 1 000 m | 2:15.00 | Benjamin Kipkurui |  Kenya | Nice, France | July 17, 1999 | | 1 500 m | 3:30.24 | Cornelius Chirchir | Kenya | Monaco | July 19, 2002 | | Mile | 3:49.29 | William Biwott Tanui | Kenya | Oslo, Norway | July 3, 2009 | | 3 000 m | 7:28.79 | Augustine Choge | Kenya | Doha, Qatar | May 13, 2005 | | 5 000 m | 12:52.61 | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya | Oslo, Norway | June 27, 2003 | | 10 000 m | 26:41.75 | Samuel Wanjiru | Kenya | Brussels, Belgium | August 26, 2005 | | 3 000 m steeplechase | 7:58.66 | Stephen Cherono | Kenya | Brussels, Belgium | August 24, 2001 | | 110 m hurdles | 13.08[1] | Wayne Davis | United States | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | July 31, 2009 | | 400 m hurdles | 48.02 | Danny Harris | United States | Los Angeles, USA | June 17, 1984 | | High jump | 2.37 m | Dragutin Topic |  Yugoslavia | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | August 12, 1990 | | Steve Smith |  United Kingdom | Seoul, South Korea | September 20, 1992 | | Pole vault | 5.80 m | Maksim Tarasov |  Soviet Union | Bryansk, USSR | July 14, 1989 | | Raphael Holzdeppe |  Germany | Biberach, Germany | June 28, 2008 | | Long jump | 8.34 m | Randy Williams | United States | Munich, West Germany | September 8, 1972 | | Triple jump | 17.50 m | Volker Mai |  East Germany | Erfurt, East Germany | June 23, 1985 | | Shot put (6 kg) | 22.73 m | David Storl | Germany | Osterode am Harz, Germany | July 15, 2009 | | Discus (1.75 kg) | 70.13 m | Mykyta Nesterenko |  Ukraine | Halle (Saale), Germany | May 24, 2008 | | Hammer (6 kg) | 82.93 m | Javier Cienfuegos |  Spain | Madrid, Spain | June 17, 2009 | | Javelin | 83.87 m | Andreas Thorkildsen |  Norway | Bergen, Norway | June 7, 2001 | | Decathlon | 8397 pts | Torsten Voss | East Germany | Erfurt, East Germany | July 7, 1982 | | 10.76, 7.66 m, 14.41 m, 2.09 m, 48.37, 14.37, 41.76 m, 4.80 m, 61.90 m, 4:34.04 | | 10 000 m race walk | 38:46.4 | Viktor Burayev |  Russia | Moscow, Russia | May 19, 2000 | | 10 km race walk | 38:28[1] | Stanislav Yemelyanov | Russia | Saransk, Russia | September 19, 2009 | | 4 x 100 metres relay | 38.66 | Trell Kimmons
Abidemi Omole
Ivory Williams
LaShawn Merritt | United States | Grosseto, Italy | July 18, 2004 | | 4 x 400 metres relay | 3:01.09 | Brandon Johnson
LaShawn Merritt
Jason Craig
Kerron Clement | United States | Grosseto, Italy | July 18, 2004 | | Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Place | Date | Ref | | 100 m | 10.88 | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | Dresden, East Germany | July 1, 1977 | | 200 m | 22.18 | Allyson Felix | United States | Athens, Greece | August 25, 2004 | | 400 m | 49.42 | Grit Breuer | Germany | Tokyo, Japan | August 27, 1991 | | 800 m | 1:54.01 | Pamela Jelimo | Kenya | Zürich, Switzerland | August 29, 2008 | | 1 000 m | 2:35.4 | Irina Nikitina | Soviet Union | Podolsk, USSR | August 5, 1979 | | Katrin Wühn | East Germany | Potsdam, East Germany | July 12, 1984 | | 1 500 m | 3:51.34 | Lang Yinglai |  China | Shanghai, China | October 18, 1997 | | Mile | 4:17.57 | Zola Pieterse | United Kingdom | Zurich, Switzerland | August 21, 1985 | | 3 000 m | 8:28.83 | Zola Pieterse | United Kingdom | Rome, Italy | September 7, 1985 | | 5 000 m | 14:30.88 | Tirunesh Dibaba |  Ethiopia | Bergen, Norway | June 11, 2004 | | 10 000 m | 30:26.50 | Linet Masai | Kenya | Beijing, China | August 15, 2008 | | 3 000 m steeplechase | 9:24.51 | Ruth Bosibori | Kenya | Daegu, South Korea | October 3, 2007 | | 100 m hurdles | 12.84 | Aliuska López |  Cuba | Zagreb, Croatia | July 16, 1987 | | 400 m hurdles | 54.40 | Wang Xing | China | Nanjing, China | October 21, 2005 | | High jump | 2.01 m | Olga Turchak | Soviet Union | Moscow, USSR | July 7, 1986 | | Heike Balck | East Germany | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | June 18, 1989 | | Pole vault | 4.48 m | Silke Spiegelburg | Germany | Münster, Germany | August 25, 2005 | | Long jump | 7.14 m | Heike Drechsler | East Germany | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | June 4, 1983 | | Triple jump | 14.62 m | Tereza Marinova |  Bulgaria | Sydney, Australia | August 25, 1996 | | Shot put | 20.54 m | Astrid Kumbernuss | East Germany | Orimattila, Finland | July 1, 1989 | | Discus | 74.40 m | Ilke Wyludda | East Germany | Berlin, East Germany | September 13, 1988 | | Hammer | 73.24 m | Zhang Wenxiu | China | Changsha, China | July 24, 2005 | | Javelin | 63.01 m | Vira Rebryk | Ukraine | Bydgoszcz, Poland | July 10, 2008 | | Heptathlon | 6542 pts | Carolina Klüft |  Sweden | München, Germany | August 10, 2002 | | 13.33, 1.89 m, 13.16 m, 23.71, 6.36 m, 47.61 m, 2:17.99 | | 10 000 m race walk | 43:11.34 | Vera Sokolova | Russia | Kaunas, Lithuania | July 21, 2005 | | 10 km race walk | 41:57 | Gao Hongmiao | China | Beijing, China | September 8, 1993 | | 4 x 100 metres relay | 43.29 | Bianca Knight
Jeneba Tarmoh
Elizabeth Olear
Gabrielle Mayo | United States | Eugene, United States | August 8, 2006 | | 4 x 400 metres relay | 3:27.60 | Alexandria Anderson
Ashlee Kidd
Stephanie Smith
Natasha Hastings | United States | Grosseto, Italy | July 18, 2004 | [edit] References - ^ a b Awaiting Ratification
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