List_of_World_Athletics_Championships_records

List of World Athletics Championships records

List of World Athletics Championships records

Overview of World Athletics Championships records

The World Athletics Championships is a biennial event which began in 1983. Organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the World Championships are a competition comprising track and field athletics events available to male and female athletes from any of the IAAF's 213 member federations. Championship records are set when an athlete achieves the best mark in an event at one of the editions of the Championships. World, area, and national records have been set at the championships over the course of its history.

Athletes competing at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium where the first and tenth editions of the Championships were staged.

Competitors at the World Championships come from around the globe and records have been broken by athletes from all six continents. The United States has been the most successful competitor at the World Championships in both medals and records.

Four athletes hold multiple records:

  • Usain Bolt holds records in the 100 and 200 metres as well as the 4 × 100 relay
  • Michael Johnson holds individual and relay records in the 400 metres
  • Jackie Joyner-Kersee broke both the heptathlon and long jump records
  • Jarmila Kratochvílová set the records in the 400 and 800 metres at the inaugural Championships in 1983, which are still unbeaten and are the two oldest records of the Championships.

Men

Colin Jackson broke the 110 metre hurdles world record in 1993; a record which stood for over a decade.
Mike Powell's world record long jump at the 1991 Championships has never been bettered.
Double record holder Michael Johnson has held the 400 metres world record with his run in Seville for over 20 years.
  • Key to tables:

  not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics

  • Note: World records in bold are current world records, those in bold italics are former world records

Statistics are correct as of August 2023

More information Event, Record ...
Key:
WR World record AR Area record NR National record PB Athlete's personal best

Decathlon disciplines

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Women

Tirunesh Dibaba was only 20 when she won two gold medals and set the 5000 metres record.
Yelena Isinbayeva broke the pole vault world record for the thirteenth time in 2005.
  • Note:World records in bold are current world records, those in bold italics are former world records

Statistics are correct as of August 2023

More information Event, Record ...
Key:
WR World record AR Area record NR National record PB Athlete's personal best

Heptathlon disciplines

More information Event, Record ...

Mixed

  • Note: World records in bold are current world records, those in bold italics are former world records
More information Event, Record ...

See also

References

General

Specific

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    "800 Metres Men – Final – Results" (PDF). IAAF. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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    "Men's Marathon Final Race Analysis" (PDF). World Athletics. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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    "Men's 400m Hurdles Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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    "High Jump Result – 14th IAAF World Championships". IAAF. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
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    "Men's Shot Put Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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    "Men's Discus Throw Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
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    Note: The original Championships Record of 83.89 metres, set at the 2005 edition also by Ivan Tsikhan, was later retroactively annulled after his re-tested sample taken at those championships showed use of a prohibited substance. Revision of results following sanctions of Tsikhan and Ostapchuk
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    "Men's Decathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
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    "Men's 35km Race Walk Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
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    "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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    Results – 4 X 400 METRES – Men – Final Archived 2009-06-26 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (1993-08-22). Retrieved on 2009-05-08.
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    "Men's Decathlon – Discus Throw Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
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    "Javelin Throw Men − Decathlon − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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    "200m Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
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    "1500 Metres Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
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    "5000m Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
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    "100 Metres Hurdles Results". World Athletics. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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    "35 km Race Walk Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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    "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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    "Women's 4×100m Relay Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
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    "Heptathlon – High Jump Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
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    "High Jump Women − Heptathlon − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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    "Women's Heptathlon – High Jump Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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    "Heptathlon – Javelin Throw Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
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    "Heptathlon – 800m Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
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    "Mixed 4 x 400 Metres Relay Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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