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List of South African records in athletics

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The following are the national records in athletics in South Africa maintained by Athletics South Africa (ASA).

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Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 y	9.41+ (-0.4 m/s)	Simon Magakwe	17 June 2014	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic
100 m	9.84 (+1.2 m/s)	Akani Simbine	6 July 2021	Gyulai István Memorial	Székesfehérvár, Hungary	^[1]
150 m	15.04 A (+0.7 m/s)	Akani Simbine	17 February 2024	Simbine Curro Classic Shoot-Out	Pretoria, South Africa	^[2]
200 m	19.69 A (-0.5 m/s)	Clarence Munyai	16 March 2018	National Championships	Pretoria, South Africa	^[3]
200 m straight	19.84 (+0.6 m/s)	Wayde van Niekerk	4 June 2017	Boost Boston Games	Boston, United States	^[4]
300 m	30.81 ^[WB]	Wayde Van Niekerk	28 June 2017	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[5]
400 m	43.03	Wayde van Niekerk	14 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	^[6]
600 m	1:15.58 A	Reinhardt van Rensburg	30 January 2015	Eaglesclub Classic Shootout	Pretoria, South Africa
	1:15.03	André Olivier	24 August 2014	Diamond League	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[7]
	1:15.13	Hezekiél Sepeng	September 2000		Gold Coast, Australia	^[8]
	1:15.57	Hendrick Mokganyetsi	15 June 1997		Leeds, United Kingdom	^[9]
800 m	1:42.69	Hezekiél Sepeng	3 September 1999	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
1000 m	2:15.86	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	7 August 2007	DN Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
1500 m	3:31.93	Johan Cronje	8 September 2013	Rieti Meeting	Rieti, Italy	^[10]
Mile	3:50.70	Johan Cronje	31 May 2014	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	^[11]
Mile (road)	3:57.35	Ryan Mphahlele	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	^[12]
2000 m	4:56.41	Johan Fourie	22 April 1985		Stellenbosch, South Africa	^[13]
3000 m	7:40.99	Jerry Motsau	17 June 2021	Meeting Città di Nembro	Nembro, Italy	^[14]
5000 m	13:04.88	Elroy Gelant	22 May 2016	Fanny Blankers-Koen Games	Hengelo, Netherlands	^[15]
5 km (road)	13:24	Ryan Mphahlele	29 April 2023	Adizero Road to Records	Herzogenaurach, Germany	^[16]
5 km (road)	13:18	Maxime Chaumeton	9 December 2023		Dammam, Saudi Arabia	^{[citation needed]}
10000 m	27:29.94	Hendrick Ramaala	22 February 1999		Port Elizabeth, South Africa
	27:23.10	Adriaan Wildschutt	6 May 2023	On Track Fest	Walnut, United States	^[17]
	26:55.54	Adriaan Wildschutt	16 March 2024	The TEN	San Juan Capistrano, United States	^[18]
10 km (road)	27:35	Precious Mashele	2 April 2023	ABSA Gqeberha10k	Gqeberha, South Africa	^[19]
15 km (road)	42:18+	Stephen Mokoka	17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	^[20]
10 miles (road)	46:11	Hendrick Ramaala	20 September 1998	Glen Dimplex Cross Border Challenge	Newry, United Kingdom	^[21]
20 km (road)	56:34+	Stephen Mokoka	17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	^[22]
One hour	20386 m	Kevin Shaw	2 October 1978		Bellville, South Africa
Half marathon	59:36	Stephen Mokoka	17 October 2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	^[23]
Half marathon	59:20 a	Hendrick Ramaala	26 March 2000	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal
25 km (road)	1:15:02	Lusapho April	9 May 2010	BIG 25	Berlin, Germany	^[24]
30 km (road)	1:30:54	Melikhaya Frans	4 March 2017	NMBM Human Race	Uitenhage, South Africa	^[25]
Marathon	2:06:33	Gert Thys	14 February 1999	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan
50 km (road)	2:39:04	Tete Dijana	26 February 2023	Nedbank Runified Breaking Barriers 50km	Gqeberha, South Africa	^[26]
100 km (road)	6:25:07	Bruce Fordyce	4 February 1989		Stellenbosch, South Africa
110 m hurdles	13.11 (+1.8 m/s)	Antonio Alkana	5 June 2017	Josef Odložil Memorial	Prague, Czech Republic	^[27]
200 m hurdles (straight)	22.10 (+1.8 m/s)	L. J. van Zyl	9 May 2015	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	^[28]
200 m hurdles (bend)	22.6 h A OT	Hendrik Serfontein	23 March 1967		Bloemfontein, South Africa
300 m hurdles	34.8 h	Ockert Cilliers	8 May 2005		Pliezhausen, Germany
400 m hurdles	47.66 A	L. J. van Zyl	25 February 2011	Yellow Pages Invitation Series II	Pretoria, South Africa	^[29]^[30]^[31]
400 m hurdles	47.66	L. J. van Zyl	31 May 2011	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[32]^[33]
2000 m steeplechase	5:26.46	Ruben Ramolefi	30 June 2010	Meeting de la ville de Reims	Reims, France	^[34]
3000 m steeplechase	8:11.50	Ruben Ramolefi	29 August 2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	^[35]
High jump	2.38 m	Jacques Freitag	5 March 2005		Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Pole vault	6.03 m	Okkert Brits	18 August 1995		Cologne, Germany
Long jump	8.65 m A (+1.3 m/s)	Luvo Manyonga	22 April 2017	South African Championships	Potchefstroom, South Africa	^[36]
Triple jump	17.35 m (+0.2 m/s)	Godfrey Mokoena	14 September 2014	IAAF Continental Cup	Marrakech, Morocco	^[37]
Shot put	21.97 m	Janus Robberts	2 June 2001		Eugene, United States
Discus throw	70.32 m	Frantz Kruger	26 May 2002		Salon-de-Provence, France
Hammer throw	80.63 m	Chris Harmse	15 April 2005		Durban, South Africa
Javelin throw	88.75 m	Marius Corbett	21 September 1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Decathlon	8398 pts	Willem Coertzen	30–31 May 2015	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	^[38]
Decathlon	10.99 (+0.3 m/s) (100 m), 7.46 m (-1.0 m/s) (long jump), 14.14 m (shot put), 2.03 m (high jump), 48.73 (400 m) / 14.17 (+1.5 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 44.84 m (discus), 4.60 m (pole vault), 68.43 m (javelin), 4:22.22 (1500 m)
3000 m walk (track)	10:47.08	Lebogang Shange	21 July 2018	Diamond League	London, United Kingdom	^[39]
5000 m walk (track)	18:55.60	Lebogang Shange	30 June 2017	Honvéd Kupa	Budapest, Hungary	^[40]
10000 m walk (track)	40:32.78	Chris Britz	10 April 1995		Krugersdorp, South Africa
10 km walk (road)	43:09	Tebatso Mashimbyi	24 February 2018	Central Gauteng Championships	Germiston, South Africa	^[41]
20000 m walk (track)	1:23:20.86	Lebogang Shange	21 June 2015	British Championships	Bedford, United Kingdom	^[42]
20 km walk (road)	1:19:18	Lebogang Shange	13 August 2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	^[43]
30 km walk (road)	2:14:28	Chris Britz	25 August 1994		Victoria, Australia
35 km walk (road)	2:32:52	Wayne Snyman	15 January 2022	ASA 35km Race Walking Championships & Interprovicial Challenge	Cape Town, South Africa	^[44]
35 km walk (road)	2:31:15	Wayne Snyman	24 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	^[45]
50 km walk (road)	3:53:09	Marc Mundell	20 March 2021	Dudinská Päťdesiatka	Dudince, Slovakia	^[46]
4 × 100 m relay	37.65	South Africa Thando Dlodlo Simon Magakwe Clarence Munyai Akani Simbine	4 October 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[47]
4 × 200 m relay	1:20.42	South Africa Simon Magakwe Chederick van Wyk Sinesipho Dambile Akani Simbine	12 May 2019	IAAF World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	^[48]
4 × 400 m relay	2:59.21	South Africa Oscar Pistorius Ofentse Mogawane Willem de Beer Shane Victor	1 September 2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	^[49]
4 × 800 m relay	7:04.70	South Africa Gideon van Oudtshoorn Hezekiel Sepeng Jurgens Kotze Johan Botha	6 June 1999		Stuttgart, Germany
4 × 1500 m relay	14:50.82	South Africa Matthews Temane Deon Brummer Henning Gericke Johan Fourie	15 October 1984		Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	10.98 (+1.5 m/s)	Carina Horn	4 May 2018	Diamond League	Doha, Qatar	^[50]
200 m	22.06 A (+0.7 m/s)	Evette de Klerk	8 April 1989		Pietersburg, South Africa
300 m	38.53	Rorisang Ramonnye	24 January 2015		Pretoria, South Africa
	36.78	Caster Semenya	14 February 2020		Johannesburg, South Africa	^[51]
	36.48 A	Miranda Coetzee	18 February 2023	Curro Simbine Classic Shoot Out	Pretoria, South Africa	^[52]
	37.02	Heide Seyerling-Quinn	11 September 2000		Sydney, Australia
400 m	49.62	Caster Semenya	8 September 2018	Continental Cup	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[53]
600 m	1:21.77	Caster Semenya	27 August 2017	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin, Germany	^[54]
800 m	1:54.25	Caster Semenya	30 June 2018	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	^[55]
1000 m	2:37.20	Ilze de Kock-Wicksell	7 February 1983		Bloemfontein, South Africa
	2:35.43 A	Caster Semenya	8 March 2018	Athletic Grand Prix Series	Pretoria, South Africa	^[56]
	2:31.01	Caster Semenya	13 July 2018	Diamond League	Rabat, Morocco	^[57]
	2:30.70	Caster Semenya	2 September 2018	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin, Germany	^[58]
1500 m	3:59.92	Caster Semenya	4 May 2018	Diamond League	Doha, Qatar	^[59]
Mile	4:23.38	Zola Budd	4 March 1991		Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Mile (road)	4:39.01 Wo	Carina Viljoen	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	^[60]
2000 m	5:38.07	Zola Budd	8 April 1991		Cape Town, South Africa
3000 m	8:32.00	Elana Meyer	29 April 1991		Durban, South Africa
5000 m	14:44.05	Elana Meyer	22 July 1995		Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
5 km (road)	15:10	Elana Meyer	16 October 1994	Harvard Health Downtown	Providence, United States	^[61]
10000 m	30:52.51	Elana Meyer	10 September 1994		London, United Kingdom
10 km (road)	31:13	Elana Meyer	14 October 2001		Budapest, Hungary
15 km (road)	46:57	Elana Meyer	2 November 1991		Cape Town, South Africa
10 miles (road)	51:16	Colleen De Reuck	5 April 1998	Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run	Washington, D.C., United States	^[62]
20 km (road)	1:05:11	Colleen De Reuck	7 September 1998		New Haven, United States
Half marathon	1:06:44	Elana Meyer	15 January 1999		Tokyo, Japan
25 km (road)	1:27:26	Colleen De Reuck	30 Jan 1994		Pinetown, South Africa
30 km (road)	1:53:01	Monica Drogemoller	17 January 1987		Cape Town, South Africa
30 km (road)	1:43:46+	Gerda Steyn	11 April 2021	Xiamen Marathon & Tuscany Camp Global Elite Race	Siena, Italy	^[63]
Marathon	2:26:35	Colleen De Reuck	29 September 1996	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany
	2:25:15 a	Elana Meyer	18 April 1994	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States
	2:25:28	Gerda Steyn	11 April 2021	Xiamen Marathon & Tuscany Camp Global Elite Race	Siena, Italy	^[64]
50 km (road)	3:04:24 Wo ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Irvette Van Zyl	23 May 2021	Nedbank Runified Race	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	^[65]^[66]
100 km (road)	7:42:05	Lindsay van Aswegen	10 September 2011	25th IAU World Championships	Winschoten, Netherlands	^[67]
100 km (road)	7:31:47	Helene Joubert	16 September 1995		Winschoten, Netherlands
100 m hurdles	12.94 (+1.8 m/s)	Corien Botha	10 July 1998		Salamanca, Spain
	12.91 (+1.0 m/s)	Rikenette Steenkamp	4 June 2018	Josef Odložil Memorial	Prague, Czech Republic	^[68]
	12.81 (-0.6 m/s)	Rikenette Steenkamp	1 July 2018	Resisprint international	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	^[69]
	12.86 (+2.0 m/s)	Corien Botha	30 June 1998		Riga, Latvia	^[70]
	12.55 (+1.0 m/s)	Marione Fourie	2 July 2023	Resisprint International	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	^[71]
200 m hurdles (straight)	26.16 (+0.3 m/s)	Zeney van der Walt	16 June 2019	Adidas Boost Boston Games	Boston, United States	^[72]
400 m hurdles	53.74	Myrtle Bothma	18 April 1986		Johannesburg, South Africa
2000 m steeplechase	6:34.72	Nolene Conrad	16 May 2016	52nd Internationales Pfingstsportfest	Rehlingen, Germany	^[73]
3000 m steeplechase	9:54.19	Tebogo Masehla	4 June 2011	Memorial Léon Buyle	Oordegem, Belgium	^[74]^[75]
High jump	2.06 m	Hestrie Cloete	31 August 2003	World Championships	Saint-Denis, France	^[76]
Pole vault	4.42 m	Elmarie Gerryts	12 June 2000		Wesel, Germany
Long jump	6.93 m (+1.6 m/s)	Karin Melis Mey	7 July 2007	14th Weitsprung-Meeting der Weltklasse	Bad Langensalza, Germany
Long jump	6.93 m (+0.6 m/s)	Karin Melis Mey	7 June 2008	15th Weitsprung-Meeting der Weltklasse	Bad Langensalza, Germany
Triple jump	13.89 m A (+0.6 m/s)	Patience Ntshingila	24 March 2012	Yellow Pages Interprovincial	Potchefstroom, South Africa	^[77]
	14.03 m A (-1.3 m/s)	Zinzi Chabangu	7 March 2020		Pretoria, South Africa	^{[citation needed]}
	13.90 m A NWI	Patience Ntshingila	29 April 2016	South African University Championships	Polokwane, South Africa	^[78]
Shot put	17.88 m	Drienkie van Wyk	25 January 2002		Germiston, South Africa
Discus throw	64.87 m	Elizna Naude	2 March 2007		Stellenbosch, South Africa
Hammer throw	63.82 m A	Letitia Janse van Vuuren	28 March 2017	Sasol-NWU International Meeting	Sasolburg, South Africa	^[79]
Hammer throw	64.31 m A	Marga Cumming	23 February 2021	ACNW Open Track & Field Meeting	Potchefstroom, South Africa	^[80]^[81]
Javelin throw	69.35 m	Sunette Viljoen	9 June 2012	Adidas Grand Prix	New York City, United States	^[82]
Heptathlon	6181 pts	Janice Josephs	22–23 March 2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia
Heptathlon	13.65 (+2.0 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.70 m (high jump), 11.79 m (shot put), 23.42 (+0.9 m/s) (200 m) / 6.22 m (-1.4 m/s) (long jump), 43.77 m (javelin), 2:10.61 (800 m)
3000 m walk (track)	12:53.19	Nicolene Cronje	20 February 2004		Pretoria, South Africa
5000 m walk (track)	22:19.64	Nicolene Cronje	5 March 2004		Durban, South Africa
5 km walk (road)	22:20	Nicolene Cronje	5 March 2004	ABSA Series	Durban, South Africa	^[83]
10000 m walk (track)	47:32.54 A	Nicolene Cronje	19 March 2005		Pretoria, South Africa
10 km walk (road)	45:05	Susan Vermeulen	17 April 1999		Bloemfontein, South Africa
15 km walk (road)	1:10:31+	Anél Oosthuizen	9 April 2016	Poděbrady Walking Race	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	^[84]
20000 m walk (track)	1:36:18.3 h	Nicolene Cronje	16 April 2004		Durban, South Africa
20 km walk (road)	1:34:49	Anél Oosthuizen	8 April 2017	Poděbrady Walking Race	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	^[85]
20 km walk (road)	1:34:49	Anél Oosthuizen	9 April 2016	Poděbrady Walking Race	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	^[86]
35 km walk (road)	3:42:04	Esther Steenkamp	15 January 2022	ASA 35km Race Walking Championships & Interprovicial Challenge	Cape Town, South Africa	^[87]
50 km walk (road)	5:42:30	Trudi Carstens	7 July 1999		George, South Africa
	4:54:33	Natalie le Roux	21 October 2017	South African 50 km and Interprovincial Championships	Pacaltsdorp, South Africa	^[88]
	4:48:00	Natalie le Roux	5 May 2018	IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, China	^[89]
4 × 100 m relay	43.25	South Africa Wendy Hartman Dikeledi Moropane Susanna Holtshausen Heide Seyerling	18 March 2000		Pietersburg, South Africa
4 × 200 m relay	1:32.72	South Africa Ina van Rensburg Mari-Lise Furstenberg Evette de Klerk Maryke Doubell	9 March 1987		Bloemfontein, South Africa
4 × 400 m relay	3:28.49	South Africa Caster Semenya Jeanelle Griessel Wenda Nel Justine Palframan	26 June 2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	^[90] ^[91]
4 × 800 m relay	8:19.47	South Africa Helga van Wermeskerken Ermyntrude Vermeulen Yvonne Goosen Elize Fouche	13 February 1985		Johannesburg, South Africa

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
4 × 400 m relay	3:19.18	South Africa Ukona Khuzwayo Dalene Mpiti Taylon Bieldt Ranti Dikgale	1 May 2021	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	^[92]
4 × 400 m relay	3:18.54	South Africa Amele Nzwanzw Joseph Rogail Tumisang Shezi Nekhubui Shirley	19 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	^[93]

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
50 m	5.62+	Morné Nagel	24 February 2002	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
60 m	6.48	Morné Nagel	27 January 2002		Dortmund, Germany
100 m	10.42	Morné Nagel	12 February 2005		Tampere, Finland
200 m	20.45	Ncincilili Titi	20 January 2018	Clemson Invitational	Clemson, United States	^[94]
400 m	45.67	Derrick Mokaleng	9 February 2019	Texas Tech Shootout	Lubbock, United States	^[95]
600 m	1:17.25 OT	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	12 February 2005		Tampere, Finland
800 m	1:44.91	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	9 March 2008	World Championships	Valencia, Spain	^[96]
1000 m	2:16.71	Johan Botha	3 February 1999		Erfurt, Germany
1500 m	3:36.96	Juan Van Deventer	14 February 2010	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium	^[97]
3000 m	7:39.55 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Elroy Gelant	9 February 2014	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium	^[98]
5000 m	12:56.76	Adriaan Wildschutt	26 January 2024	BU John Thomas Terrier Classic	Boston, United States	^[99]
50 m hurdles	6.48+	Shaun Bownes	25 February 2001	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
55 m hurdles	7.13	Lehann Fourie	11 February 2012	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	^[100]
60 m hurdles	7.52	Shaun Bownes	23 February 2001	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium
300 m hurdles	34.92 OT	Llewellyn Herbert	9 February 1999	Pirkkahalli	Tampere, Finland	^[101]^[102]
400 m hurdles	49.90 OT	Llewellyn Herbert	9 February 2005	Botnia Games	Korsholm, Finland	^[103]
High jump	2.28 m	Jacques Freitag	26 January 2005	Pedro's Cup	Bydgoszcz, Poland
		Jacques Freitag	20 February 2005		Tallinn, Estonia
		Ramsay Carelse	28 February 2006		Tallinn, Estonia
Pole vault	5.90 m	Okkert Brits	16 February 1997	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
Pole vault	5.90^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Okkert Brits	1 June 1997		Toronto, Canada
Long jump	8.44 m	Luvo Manyonga	2 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[104]
Triple jump	16.22 m	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	20 February 2007	GE Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
Shot put	21.47 m	Janus Robberts	1 December 2001		Norman, United States
Weight Throw	19.21 m	Justin Donkin	15 February 2020	Midwest Elite Invitational	Whitewater, United States	^[105]
Heptathlon	4920 pts	Niel Giliomee	22–23 February 2016	Sun Belt Championships	Birmingham, United States	^[106]
Heptathlon	7.25 (60 m), 6.61 m (long jump), 10.74 m (shot put), 1.70 m (high jump) / 8.89 (60 m hurdles), 4.95 m (pole vault), 3:00.19 (1000 m)
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay	3:08.45	South Africa Thapelo Phora Ofentse Mogawane Jon Seeliger Shaun de Jager	19 March 2016	World Championships	Portland, United States	^[107]

List_of_South_African_records_in_athletics

List of South African records in athletics

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Men

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