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100-Meter - Hand Timed

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
10.6	Donald Lippincott, USA	Stockholm	06 Jul 1912
	Jackson Scholz, USA	Stockholm	16 Sep 1920
10.4	Charles Paddock, USA	Redlands	23 Apr 1921
	Eddie Tolan, USA	Stockholm	08 Aug 1929
	Eddie Tolan, USA	Copenhagen	25 Aug 1929
10.3	Percy Williams, CAN	Toronto	09 Aug 1930
	Eddie Tolan, USA	Los Angeles	01 Aug 1932
	Ralph Metcalfe, USA	Budapest	12 Aug 1933
	Eulace Peacock, USA	Oslo	06 Aug 1934
	Christiaan Berger, HOL	Amsterdam	26 Aug 1934
	Ralph Metcalfe, USA	Osaka	15 Sep 1934
	Ralph Metcalfe, USA	Dairen	23 Sep 1934
	Takayoshi Yoshioka, JPN	Tokyo	15 Jun 1935
10.2	Jesse Owens, USA	Chicago	20 Jun 1936
	Harold Davis, USA	Compton	06 Jun 1941
	Lloyd La Beach, PAN	Fresno	15 May 1948
	Barney Ewell, USA	Evanston	09 Jul 1948
	Emmanuel McDonald Bailey, GBR	Belgrad	25 Aug 1951
	Heinz Fütterer, GER	Jokohama	31 Oct 1954
	Bobby Joe Morrow, USA	Houston	19 May 1956
	Ira Murchison, USA	Compton	01 Jun 1956
	Bobby Joe Morrow, USA	Bakersfield	22 Jun 1956
	Ira Murchison, USA	Los Angeles	29 Jun 1956
	Bobby Joe Morrow, USA	Los Angeles	29 Jun 1956
10.1	Willie Williams, USA	Berlin	03 Aug 1956
	Ira Murchison, USA	Berlin	04 Aug 1956
	Leamon King, USA	Ontario	20 Oct 1956
	Leamon King, USA	Santa Ana	27 Oct 1956
	Ray Norton, USA	San José	18 Apr 1959
10.0	Armin Hary, GER	Zurich	21 Jun 1960
	Harry Jerome, USA	Saskatoon	15 Jul 1960
	Horacio Esteves, VEN	Caracas	15 Aug 1964
	Robert Hayes, USA	Tokyo	15 Oct 1964
	James Hines, USA	Modesto	27 May 1967
	Enrique Figuerola, CUB	Budapest	17 Jun 1967
	Paul Nash, RSA	Krugersdorp	02 Apr 1968
	Oliver Ford, USA	Albuquerque	31 May 1968
	Charles Greene, USA	Sacramento	20 Jun 1968
	Roger Bambuck, FRA	Sacramento	20 Jun 1968
9.9	James Hines, USA	Sacramento	20 Jun 1968
	Ronnie Ray Smith, USA	Sacramento	20 Jun 1968
	Charles Greene, USA	Sacramento	20 Jun 1968
	Eddie Hart, USA	Eugene	01 Jul 1972
	Reynaud Robinson, USA	Eugene	01 Jul 1972
	Steve Williams, USA	Los Angeles	21 Jun 1972
	Silvio Leonard, CUB	Ostrava	05 Jun 1975
	Steve Williams, USA	Siena	16 Jul 1975
	Steve Williams, USA	Berlin	22 Aug 1975
	Steve Williams, USA	Gainesville	27 Mar 1976
	Harvey Glance, USA	Columbia	03 Apr 1976
	Harvey Glance, USA	Baton Rouge	01 May 1976
	Donald Quarrie, JAM	Modesto	22 May 1976

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100-Meter - Electronically Timed

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
9.95	James Hines, USA	Mexico City	14 Oct 1968
9.93	Calvin Smith, USA	Colorado Springs	03 Jul 1983
	Carl Lewis, USA	Rome	30 Aug 1987
9.92	Carl Lewis, USA	Seoul	24 Sep 1988
9.90	Leroy Burrell, USA	New York	14 Jun 1991
9.86	Carl Lewis, USA	Tokyo	25 Aug 1991
9:85	Leroy Burrell, USA	Lausanne	06 Jul 1994
9:84	Donovan Bailey, CAN	Atlanta	29 Jul 1996
9:79	Maurice Greene, USA	Athens	16 Jun 1999
9:78	Tim Montgomery, USA	Paris	14 Sep 2002

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200-Meter - Hand Timed

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
20.6	Andrew Stanfield, USA	Philadelphia	26 May 1951
	Andrew Stanfield, USA	Los Angeles	28 Jun 1952
	Thane Baker, USA	Bakersfield	23 Jun 1956
	Bobby Joe Morrow, USA	Melbourne	27 Nov 1956
	Manfred Germar, GER	Wuppertal	1 Oct 1958
	Ray Norton, USA	Berkeley	19.3.1960
	Ray Norton, USA	Philadelphia	30.4.1960
20.5	Peter Radford, GBR	Wolverhampton	28 May 1960
	Stone Johnson, USA	Palo Alto	2 Jul 1960
	Ray Norton, USA	Palo Alto	2 Jul 1960
	Livio Berruti, ITA	Rome	3 Sep 1960
	Livio Berruti, ITA	Rome	3 Sep 1960
	Paul Drayton, USA	Walnut	23 Jun 1962
20.3	Henry Carr, USA	Tempe	23.3.1963
20.2	Henry Carr, USA	Tempe	4.4.1964
20.0	Tommie Smith, USA	Sacramento	11 Jun 1966
19.8	Tommie Smith, USA	Mexico City	16 Oct 1968
	Don Quarrie, JAM	Cali	3 Aug 1971
	Don Quarrie, JAM	Eugene	7 Jun 1975

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200-Meter - Electronically Timed

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
19.83	Tommie Smith, USA	Mexico City	16 Oct 1968
19.72	Pietro Mennea, ITA	Mexico City	12 Sep 1979
19.66	Michael Johnson, USA	Atlanta	23 Jun 1996
19.32	Michael Johnson, USA	Atlanta	01 Aug 1996

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400-Meter - Hand Timed

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
47.8	Maxey Long, USA	New York	29 Sep 1900
47.4	James Meredith, USA	Cambridge	27 May 1916
47.0	Emerson Spencer, USA	Palo Alto	12 May 1928
46.4	Benjamin Eastman, USA	Palo Alto	26.3.1932
46.2	William Carr, USA	Los Angeles	5 Aug 1932
46.1	Archibald Williams, USA	Chicago	19 Jun 1936
46.0	Rudolf Harbig, GER	Frankfurt am Main	12 Aug 1939
	Glover Klemmer, USA	Philadelphia	29 Jun 1941
	Herbert McKenley, JAM	Berkeley	5 Jun 1948
45.9	Herbert McKenley, JAM	Milwaukee	2 Jul 1948
45.8	George Rhoden, JAM	Eskilstuna	22 Aug 1950
45.4	Louis Jones, USA	Mexico City	18.3.1955
45.2	Louis Jones, USA	Los Angeles	30 Jun 1956
44.9	Otis Davis, USA	Rome	6 Sep 1960
	Carl Kaufmann, GER	Rome	6 Sep 1960
	Adolph Plummer, USA	Tempe	25 May 1963
	Mike Larrabee, USA	Los Angeles	12 Sep 1964
44.5	Tommie Smith, USA	San José	20 May 1967
44.1	Larry James, USA	South Lake Tahoe	14 Sep 1968
43.8	Lee Evans, USA	Mexico City	18 Oct 1968

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400-Meter - Electronically Timed

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
43.86	Lee Evans, USA	Mexico City	18 Oct 1968
43.29	Harry “Butch” Reynolds, USA	Zurich	17 Aug 1988
43.18	Michael Johnson, USA	Seville	26 Aug 1999

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800-Meter Run

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
1:52.8	Melvin E. Sheppard, USA	London	21 Jul 1908
1:51.9	James E. Meredith, USA	Stockholm	08 Jul 1912
1:51.6	Otto Peltzer, GER	London	03 Jul 1926
1:50.6	Séra Martin, FRA	Colombes	14 Jul 1928
1:49.8	Thomas Hampson, GBR	Los Angeles	02 Aug 1932
	Benjamin Eastman, USA	Princeton	16 Jun 1934
1:49.7	Glenn Cunningham, USA	Stockholm	20 Aug 1936
1:49.6	Elroy Robinson, USA	New York	11 Jul 1937
1:48.4	Sydney Wooderson, GBR	Motspur Park	20 Aug 1938
1:46.6	Rudolf Harbig, GER	Milan	15 Jul 1939
1:45.7	Roger Moens, BEL	Oslo	03 Aug 1955
1:44.3	Peter Snell, NZL	Christchurch	03 Feb 1962
	Ralph Doubell, AUS	Mexico City	15 Oct 1968
	David Wottle, USA	Eugene	01 Jul 1972
1:43.7	Marcello Fiasconaro, ITA	Milan	27 Jun 1973
1:43.50	Alberto Juantorena, CUB	Montreal	25 Jul 1976
1:43.44	Alberto Juantorena, CUB	Sofia	21 Aug 1977
1:42.33	Sebastian Coe, GBR	Oslo	05 Jul 1979
1:41.73	Sebastian Coe, GBR	Firenze	10 Jun 1981
	Wilson Kipketer, DEN	Stockholm	07 Jul 1997
1:41.24	Wilson Kipketer, DEN	Zurich	13 Aug 1997
1:41.11	Wilson Kipketer, DEN	Cologne	24 Aug 1997

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1,000-Meter Run

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
2:32.3	Georg Mickler, GER	Hannover	22 Jun 1913
2:29.1	Anatole Bolin, SWE	Stockholm	22 Sep 1918
2:28.6	Sven Lundgren, SWE	Stockholm	27 Sep 1922
2:26.8	Séra Martin, FRA	Paris	30 Sep 1926
2:25.8	Otto Peltzer, GER	Paris	18 Sep 1927
2:23.6	Jules Ladoumégue, FRA	Paris	19 Oct 1930
2:21.5	Rudolf Harbig, GER	Dresden	24 May 1941
2:21.4	Rune Gustafsson, SWE	Borås	4 Sep 1946
	Marcel Hansenne, FRA	Gothenburg	27 Aug 1948
2:21.3	Olle Åberg, SWE	Copenhagen	10 Aug 1952
2:21.2	Stanislav Jungwirth, TCH	Stará Boleslav	27 Oct 1952
2:20.8	Malvin Whitfield, USA	Eskilstuna	16 Aug 1953
2:20.4	Audun Boysen, NOR	Oslo	17 Sep 1953
2:19.5	Audun Boysen, NOR	Gävle	18 Aug 1954
2:19.0	Audun Boysen, NOR	Gothenburg	30 Aug 1955
	István Rózsavölgyi, HUN	Tata	21 Sep 1955
2:18.1	Dan Waern, SWE	Turku	19 Sep 1958
2:18.0	Dan Waern, SWE	Gävle	10 Aug 1959
2:17.8	Dan Waern, SWE	Karlstad	21 Aug 1959
2:16.7	Siegfried Valentin, GDR	Potsdam	19 Jul 1960
2:16.6	Peter Snell, NZL	Auckland	17 Oct 1964
2:16.2	Jürgen May, GDR	Erfurt	20 Jul 1965
	Franz-Josef Kemper, GER	Hannover	21 Sep 1966
2:16.0	Daniel Malan, RSA	Munich	24 Jun 1973
2:13.9	Rick Wohlhuter, USA	Oslo	30 Jul 1974
2:13.40	Sebastian Coe, GBR	Oslo	01 Jul 1980
2:12.18	Sebastian Coe, GBR	Oslo	11 Jul 1981
2:11.96	Noah Ngeny, KEN	Rieti	05 Sep 1999

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1,500-Meter Run

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
3:55.8	Abel Kiviat, USA	Cambridge	8 Jun 1912
3:54.7	John Zander, SWE	Stockholm	5 Aug 1917
3:52.6	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	Helsinki	19 Jun 1924
3:51.0	Otto Peltzer, GER	Berlin	11 Sep 1926
3:49.2	Jules Ladoumégue, FRA	Paris	5 Oct 1930
	Luigi Beccali, ITA	Turin	9 Sep 1933
3:49.0	Luigi Beccali, ITA	Milan	17 Sep 1933
3:48.8	Bill Bonthron, USA	Milwaukee	30 Jun 1934
3:47.8	John Lovelock, NZL	Berlin	6 Aug 1936
3:47.6	Gunder Hägg, SWE	Stockholm	10 Aug 1941
3:45.8	Gunder Hägg, SWE	Stockholm	17 Jul 1942
3:45.0	Arne Andersson, SWE	Gothenburg	17 Aug 1943
3:43.0	Gunder Hägg, SWE	Gothenburg	7 Jul 1944
	Lennart Strand, SWE	Malmö	15 Jul 1947
	Werner Lueg, GER	Berlin	29 Jun 1952
3:42.8	Wesley Santee, USA	Compton	4 Jun 1954
3:41.8	John Landy, AUS	Turku	21 Jun 1954
3:40.8	Sándor Iharos, HUN	Helsinki	28 Jul 1955
	László Tábori, HUN	Oslo	6 Sep 1955
	Gunnar Nielsen, DEN	Oslo	6 Sep 1955
3:40.6	István Rózsavölgyi, HUN	Tata	3 Aug 1956
3:40.2	Olavi Salsola, FIN	Turku	11 Jul 1957
	Olavi Salonen, FIN	Turku	11 Jul 1957
3:38.1	Stanislav Jungwirth, TCH	Stará Boleslav	12 Jul 1957
3:36.0	Herb Elliott, AUS	Gothenburg	28 Aug 1958
3:35.6	Herb Elliott, AUS	Rome	6 Sep 1960
3:33.1	James Ryun, USA	Los Angeles	8 Jul 1967
3:32.2	Filbert Bayi, TAN	Christchurch	2 Feb 1974
3:32.03	Sebastian Coe, GBR	Zurich	15 Aug 1979
3:31.36	Steve Ovett, GBR	Koblenz	27 Aug 1980
3:31.24	Sydney Maree, USA	Cologne	28 Aug 1983
3:30.77	Steve Ovett, GBR	Rieti	4 Sep 1983
3:29.67	Steve Cram, GBR	Nizza	16 Jul 1985
3:29.46	Said Aouita, MOR	Berlin	23 Aug 1985
3:28.86	Noureddine Morceli, ALG	Rieti	6 Sep 1992
3:27.37	Noureddine Morceli, ALG	Nizza	12 Jul 1995
3:26.00	Hicham El Guerrouj, MOR	Rome	14 Jul 1998

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1-Mile Run

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
4:14.4	John Paul Jones, USA	Cambridge	31 May 1913
4:12.6	Norman Taber, USA	Cambridge	16 Jul 1915
4:10.4	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	Stockholm	23 Aug 1923
4:09.2	Jules Ladoumégue, FRA	Paris	04 Oct 1931
4:07.6	John Lovelock, NZL	Princeton	15 Jul 1933
4:06.8	Glenn Cunningham, USA	Princeton	16 Jun 1934
4:06.4	Sydney Wooderson, GBR	Motspur Park	28 Aug 1937
4:06.2	Gunder Hägg, SWE	Gothenburg	01 Jul 1942
	Arne Andersson, SWE	Stockholm	10 Jul 1942
4:04.6	Gunder Hägg, SWE	Stockholm	04 Sep 1942
4:02.6	Arne Andersson, SWE	Gothenburg	01 Jul 1943
4:01.6	Arne Andersson, SWE	Malmö	18 Jul 1944
4:01.4	Gunder Hägg, SWE	Malmö	17 Jul 1945
3:59.6	Roger Bannister, GBR	Oxford	06 May 1954
3:58.0	John Landy, AUS	Turku	21 Jun 1954
3:57.2	Derek Ibbotson, GBR	London	19 Jul 1957
3:54.5	Herbert Elliott, AUS	Dublin	06 Aug 1958
3:54.4	Peter Snell, NZL	Wanganui	27 Jan 1962
3:54.1	Peter Snell, NZL	Auckland	17 Nov 1964
3:53.6	Michel Jazy, FRA	Rennes	09 Jun 1965
3:51.3	James Ryun, USA	Berkeley	17 Jul 1966
3:51.1	James Ryun, USA	Bakersfield	23 Jun 1967
3:51.0	Filbert Bayi, TAN	Kingston	17 May 1975
3:49.4	John Walker, NZL	Gothenburg	12 Aug 1975
3:49.0	Sebastian Coe, GBR	Oslo	17 Jul 1979
3:48.8	Steve Ovett, GBR	Oslo	01 Jul 1980
3:48.53	Sebastian Coe, GBR	Zurich	19 Aug 1981
3:48.40	Steve Ovett, GBR	Koblenz	26 Aug 1981
3:47.33	Sebastian Coe, GBR	Brussels	28 Aug 1981
3:46.32	Steve Cram, GBR	Oslo	27 Jul 1985
3:44.39	Noureddine Morceli, ALG	Rieti	05 Sep 1993
3:43.13	Hicham El Guerrouj, MOR	Rome	07 Jul 1999

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2,000-Meter Run

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
5:30.4	John Zander, SWE	Stockholm	16 Jun 1918
5:26.3	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	Tampere	4 Sep 1922
5:26.0	Edvin Wide, SWE	Stockholm	11 Jun 1925
5:24.6	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	Kuopio	18 Jun 1927
5:23.4	Eino Borg (Purje), FIN	Viipuri	9 Aug 1927
5:21.8	Jules Ladoumégue, FRA	Paris	2 Jul 1931
5:20.4	Miklós Szabó, HUN	Budapest	4 Oct 1936
5:18.4	Henry Kälarne, SWE	Stockholm	2 Jul 1937
5:16.8	Archie San Romani, USA	Helsinki	26 Aug 1937
5:16.4	Gunder Hägg, SWE	Malmö	21 Jul 1942
5:11.8	Gunder Hägg, SWE	Östersund	23 Aug 1942
5:07.0	Gaston Reiff, BEL	Brussels	29 Sep 1948
5:02.2	István Rózsavölgyi, HUN	Budapest	2 Oct 1955
5:01.6	Michel Jazy, FRA	Paris	14 Jun 1962
5:01.2	Josef Odlozil, TCH	Stará Boleslav	8 Sep 1965
4:57.8	Harald Norpoth, GER	Hagen	10 Sep 1966
4:56.2	Michel Jazy, FRA	St. Maur	12 Oct 1966
4:51.4	John Walker, NZL	Oslo	30 Jun 1976
4:51.39	Steve Cram, GBR	Budapest	4 Aug 1985
4:50.81	Said Aouita, MOR	Paris	16 Jul 1987
4:47.88	Noureddine Morceli, ALG	Paris	3 Jul 1995
4:44.79	Hicham El Guerrouj, MOR	Berlin	7 Sep 1999

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3,000-Meter Run

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
8:36.8	Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN	Stockholm	12 Jul 1912
8:33.2	John Zander, SWE	Stockholm	07 Aug 1918
8:28.6	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	Turku	27 Aug 1922
8:27.6	Edvin Wide, SWE	Halmstad	07 Jun 1925
8:25.4	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	Berlin	24 May 1926
8:20.4	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	Stockholm	13 Jul 1926
8:18.8	Janusz Kusocinski, POL	Antwerpen	19 Jun 1932
8:18.4	Henry Nielsen, DEN	Stockholm	24 Jul 1934
8:14.8	Gunnar Höckert, FIN	Stockholm	16 Sep 1936
8:09.0	Henry Kälarne, SWE	Stockholm	14 Aug 1940
8:01.2	Gunder Hägg, SWE	Stockholm	28 Aug 1942
7:58.8	Gaston Reiff, BEL	Gävle	12 Aug 1949
7:55.6	Sándor Iharos, HUN	Budapest	14 May 1955
	Gordon Pirie, GBR	Trondheim	22 Jun 1956
7:52.8	Gordon Pirie, GBR	Malmö	04 Sep 1956
7:49.2	Michel Jazy, FRA	St. Maur	27 Jun 1962
7:49.0	Michel Jazy, FRA	Melun	23 Jun 1965
7:46.0	Siegfried Herrmann, GDR	Erfurt	05 Aug 1965
7:39.6	Kipchoge Keino, KEN	Hälsingborg	27 Aug 1965
7:37.6	Emiel Puttemans, BEL	Aarhus	14 Sep 1972
7:35.2	Brendan Foster, GBR	Gateshead	03 Aug 1974
7:32.1	Henry Rono, KEN	Oslo	27 Jun 1978
7:29.46	Said Aouita, MOR	Cologne	20 Aug 1989
7.28.96	Moses Kiptanui, KEN	Cologne	16 Aug 1992
7:25.11	Noureddine Morceli, ALG	Monte Carlo	02 Aug 1994
7:20.67	Daniel Komen, KEN	Rieti	01 Sep 1996

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2-Mile Run

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
9:17.0	Alfred Shrubb, GBR	London	12 Sep 1903
9:08.4	Alfred Shrubb, GBR	Glasgow	11 Jun 1904
9:08.4	Edvin Wide, SWE	Kramfors	23 Jun 1925
9:01.4	Edvin Wide, SWE	Berlin	12 Sep 1926
8:59.6	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	Helsinki	24 Jun 1931
8:58.4	Don Lash, USA	Princeton	13 Jun 1936
8:57.4	Gunnar Höckert, FIN	Stockholm	24 Sep 1936
8:56.0	Miklos Szabo, HUN	Budapest	30 Sep 1937
8:53.2	Taisto Mäki, FIN	Helsinki	07 Jun 1939
8:47.8	Gunder Hägg, SWE	Stockholm	03 Jun 1942
8:46.4	Gunder Hägg, SWE	Östersund	25 Jun 1944
8:42.8	Gunder Hägg, SWE	Stockholm	04 Aug 1944
8:40.4	Gaston Reiff, BEL	Paris	26 Aug 1952
8:33.4	Sandor Iharos, HUN	London	30 May 1955
8:32.0	Albert Thomas, AUS	Dublin	07 Aug 1958
8:30.0	Murray Halberg, NZL	Jyväskylä	07 Jun 1961
8:29.8	Jim Beatty, USA	Los Angeles	08 Jun 1962
8:29.6	Michel Jazy, FRA	Paris	06 Jun 1963
8:26.4	Bob Schul, USA	Los Angeles	29 Aug 1964
8:22.6	Michel Jazy, FRA	Melun	23 Jun 1965
8:19.8	Ron Clarke, AUS	Västerås	27 Jul 1967
8:19.6	Ron Clarke, AUS	London	24 Aug 1968
8:17.8	Emil Puttemans, BEL	Edinburgh	21 Aug 1971
8:14.0	Lasse Viren, FIN	Stockholm	14 Aug 1972
8:13.8	Brendan Foster, GBR	London	27 Aug 1973
8:13.51	Steve Ovett, GBR	London	15 Sep 1978
8:13.45	Said Aouita, MOR	Turin	28 May 1987
8:12.17	Khalid Skah, MOR	Hechtel	31 Jun 1993
8:09.01	Moses Kiptanui, KEN	Hechtel	30 Jun 1994
8:07.46	Haile Gebrselassie, ETH	Kerkrade	27 May 1995
8:03.54	Daniel Komen, KEN	Lappeenranta	14 Sep 1996
8:01.10	Haile Gebrselassie, ETH	Hengelo	31 May 1997
7:58.61	Daniel Komen, KEN	Hechtel	20 Jul 1997

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5,000-Meter Run

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
14:36.6	Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN	Stockholm	10 Jul 1912
14:35.4	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	Stockholm	12 Sep 1922
14:28.4	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	Helsinki	19 Jun 1924
14:17.0	Lauri Lehtinen, FIN	Helsinki	19 Jun 1932
14:08.8	Taisto Mäki, FIN	Helsinki	16 Jun 1939
13:58.4	Gunder Hägg, SWE	Gothenburg	20 Sep 1942
13:57.2	Emil Zátopek, TCH	Paris	30 May 1954
13:56.6	Vladimir Kuts, SOV	Bern	29 Aug 1954
13:51.6	Christopher Chataway, GBR	London	13 Oct 1954
13:51.2	Vladimir Kuts, SOV	Prague	23 Oct 1954
13:50.8	Sándor Iharos, HUN	Budapest	10 Sep 1955
13:46.8	Vladimir Kuts, SOV	Belgrad	18 Sep 1955
13:40.6	Sándor Iharos, HUN	Budapest	23 Oct 1955
13:36.8	Gordon Pirie, GBR	Bergen	19 Jun 1956
13:35.0	Vladimir Kuts, SOV	Rome	13 Oct 1957
13:34.8	Ronald Clarke, AUS	Hobart	16 Jan 1965
13:33.6	Ronald Clarke, AUS	Auckland	1 Feb 1965
13:25.8	Ronald Clarke, AUS	Los Angeles	4 Jun 1965
13:24.2	Kipchoge Keino, KEN	Auckland	30 Nov 1965
13:16.6	Ronald Clarke, AUS	Stockholm	5 Jul 1966
13:16.4	Lasse Virén, FIN	Helsinki	14 Sep 1972
13:13.0	Emiel Puttemans, BEL	Brussels	20 Sep 1972
13:12.9	Dick Quax, NZL	Stockholm	05 Jul 1977
13:08.4	Henry Rono, KEN	Berkeley	08 Apr 1978
13:06.2	Henry Rono, KEN	Knarvik	13 Sep 1981
13:00.41	David Moorcroft, GBR	Oslo	07 Jul 1982
13:00.40	Said Aouita, MOR	Oslo	27 Jul 1985
12:58.39	Said Aouita, MOR	Rome	22 Jul 1987
12:56.96	Haile Gebrselassie, ETH	Hengelo	04 Jun 1994
12:55.30	Moses Kiptanui, KEN	Rome	08 Jun 1995
12:44.39	Haile Gebrselassie, ETH	Zurich	16 Aug 1995
12:41.86	Gebrselassie, ETH	Zurich	13 Aug 1997
12:39.74	Daniel Komen, KEN	Brussels	22 Aug 1997
12:39.36	Haile Gebrselassie, ETH	Helsinki	13 Jun 1998

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10,000-Meter Run

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
30:58.8	Jean Bouin, FRA	Paris	16 Nov 1911
30:40.2	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	Stockholm	22 Jun 1921
30:35.4	Ville Ritola, FIN	Helsinki	25 May 1924
30:23.2	Ville Ritola, FIN	Paris	6 Jul 1924
30:06.2	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	Kuopio	31 Aug 1924
30:05.6	Ilmari Salminen, FIN	Kouvola	18 Jul 1937
30:02.0	Taisto Mäki, FIN	Tampere	29 Sep 1938
29:52.6	Taisto Mäki, FIN	Helsinki	17 Sep 1939
29:35.4	Viljo Heino, FIN	Helsinki	25 Aug 1944
29:28.2	Emil Zátopek, TCH	Ostrava	11 Jun 1949
29:27.2	Viljo Heino, FIN	Kouvola	1 Sep 1949
29:21.2	Emil Zátopek, TCH	Ostrava	22 Oct 1949
29:02.6	Emil Zátopek, TCH	Turku	4 Aug 1950
29:01.6	Emil Zátopek, TCH	Stará Boleslav	1 Nov 1953
28:54.2	Emil Zátopek, TCH	Brussels	1 Jun 1954
28:42.8	Sándor Iharos, HUN	Budapest	15 Jul 1956
28:30.4	Vladimir Kuts, SOV	Moscow	11 Sep 1956
28:18.8	Pjotr Bolotnikov, SOV	Kiev	15 Oct 1960
28:18.2	Bolotnikov, SOV	Moscow	11 Aug 1962
28:15.6	Ronald Clarke, AUS	Melbourne	18 Dec 1963
27:39.4	Ronald Clarke, AUS	Oslo	14 Jul 1965
27:38.4	Lasse Viren, FIN	Munich	03 Sep 1972
27:30.8	David Bedford, GBR	London	13 Jul 1973
27:30.5	Samson Kimombwa, KEN	Helsinki	30 Jun 1977
27:22.5	Henry Rono, KEN	Vienna	11 Jun 1978
27:13.81	Fernando Mamede, POR	Stockholm	02 Jul 1984
27:08.23	Arturo Barrios, MEX	Berlin	18 Aug 1989
27:07.91	Richard Chelimo, KEN	Stockholm	05 Jul 1993
26:58.38	Yobes Ondieki, KEN	Oslo	11 Jul 1993
26:52.23	William Sigei, KEN	Oslo	22 Jul 1994
26:43.53	Haile Gebrselassie, ETH	Hengelo	05 Jun 1995
26:38.08	Salah Hissou, MOR	Brussels	23 Aug 1996
26:31.32	Haile Gebrselassie, ETH	Oslo	04 Jul 1997
26:27.85	Paul Tergat, KEN	Brussels	22 Aug 1997
26:22.77	Haile Gebrselassie, ETH	Hengelo	01 Jun 1998

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20,000-Meter Run

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
1:07:40.2	Tatu Kolehmainen, FIN	Helsinki	18 May 1913
1:07:11.2	Albin Stenroos, FIN	Helsinki	9 Sep 1923
1:07:07.2	Ville Kyrönen, FIN	Hamina	31 Aug 1924
1:06:29.0	Väinö Sipilä, FIN	Stockholm	19 Jun 1925
1:04:38.4	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	Stockholm	3 Sep 1930
1:04:00.2	Juan Zabala, ARG	Munich	19 Apr 1936
1:03:01.2	Andras Csaplar, HUN	Budapest	26 Oct 1941
1:02:40.0	Viljo Heino, FIN	Turku	22 Sep 1949
1:01:16.0	Emil Zátopek, TCH	Prague	25 Sep 1951
59:52.8	Zátopek, TCH	Stará Boleslav	29 Sep 1951
59:28.6	Mill Balllie, NZL	Auckland	24 Aug 1963
59:22.8	Ron Clarke, AUS	Geelong	27 Oct 1965
58:06.2	Gaston Roelants, BEL	Leuven	28 Oct 1966
57:44.4	Gaston Roelants, BEL	Brussels	20 Sep 1972
57:31.6	Jos Hermens, HOL	Papendal	27 Sep 1975
57:24.2	Jos Hermens, HOL	Papendal	1 May 1976
57:18.4	Dionisio Castro, POR	La Fleche	31 Mar 1990
56:55.6	Arturo Barrios, MEX	La Fleche	30 Mar 1991

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25,000-Meter Run

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
1:26:29.6	Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN	Tampere	10 Oct 1920
1:25:20.0	Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN	Tampere	22 Jun 1922
1:24:24.0	Martti Marttelin, FIN	Tampere	16 Sep 1928
1:23:45.8	Ernie Harper, GBR	Berlin	25 Aug 1929
1:22:28.8	Martti Marttelin, FIN	Viipuri	14 Sep 1930
1:21:27.0	Erkki Tamila, FIN	Joensuu	3 Sep 1939
1:20:14.0	Mikko Hietanen, FIN	Kokkola	23 May 1948
1:19:11.8	Emil Zátopek, TCH	Stará Boleslav	26 Oct 1952
1:17:34.0	Albert Ivanov, SOV	Moscow	27 Sep 1955
1:16:36.4	Emil Zátopek, TCH	Celakovice	29 Oct 1955
1:15:22.6	Ron Hill, GBR	Bolton	21 Jul 1965
1:14:55.6	Seppo Nikkari, FIN	Jyväskylä	14 Oct 1973
1:14:16.8	Pekka Päivärinta, FIN	Oulu	15 May 1975
1:14:12.0	Bill Rodgera, USA	Saratoga	21 Feb 1979
1:13:55.8	Toshihiko Seko, JPN	Christchurch	22.3.1981

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30,000-Meter Run

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
1:48:06.2	Albin Stenroos, FIN	Helsinki	26 Sep 1915
1:47:13.4	Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN	Viipuri	01 Oct 1922
1:46:11.6	Albin Stenroos, FIN	Viipuri	31 Aug 1924
1:43:07.8	Väinö Sipilä, FIN	Tampere	16 Sep 1928
1:42:30.4	Juan Zabala, ARG	Vienna	10 Oct 1931
1:40:57.6	Jose Ribas, ARG	Buenos Aires	27 May 1932
1:40:49.8	Mikko Hietanen, FIN	Jyväskylä	28 Sep 1947
1:40:46.4	Mikko Hietanen, FIN	Jyväskylä	20 Jun 1948
1:39:14.6	Feodosij Vanin, SOV	Tbilisi	01 Nov 1949
1:38:54.0	Jakov Moskatshenkov, SOV	Moscow	03 Oct 1951
1:35:23.8	Emil Zatopek, TCH	Stara Boleslav	26 Oct 1952
1:35:03.6	Antti Viskari, FIN	Lappeenranta	21 Oct 1956
1:35:01.0	Albert Ivanov, SOV	Moscow	06 Jun 1957
1:34:41.2	Aurele Vandendriessche, BEL	Waregem	03 Oct 1962
1:34:32.2	Viktor Baikov, SOV	Moscow	22 Jun 1963
1:34:01.8	Jim Alder, GBR	Walton-on-Thames	17 Oct 1964
1:32:34.6	Tim Johnston, GBR	Walton-on-Thames	16 Oct 1965
1:32:25.4	Jim Hogan, GBR	Walton-on-Thames	12 Nov 1966
1:31:30.4	Jim Alder, GBR	London	05 Sep 1970
1:29:18.8	Toshihiko Seko, JPN	Christchurch	22 Mar 1981

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1-Hour Run

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
18.742	Alf Shrubb, GBR	Glasgow	5 Nov 1904
19.021	Jean Bouin, FRA	Stockholm	06 Jul 1913
19.210	Paavo Nurmi, FIN	Berlin	07 Oct 1928
19.399	Viljo Heino, FIN	Turku	30 Sep 1945
19.558	Emil Zatopek, TCH	Prague	15 Sep 1951
20.052	Emil Zatopek, TCH	Stara Boleslav	29 Sep 1951
20.190	Bill Baillie, NZL	Auckland	24 Aug 1963
20.232	Ron Clarke, AUS	Geelong	27 Oct 1965
20.664	Gaston Roelants, BEL	Leuven	28 Oct 1966
20.784	Gaston Roelants, BEL	Brussels	20 Sep 1972
20.907	Jos Hermens, HOL	Papendal	27 Sep 1975
20.944	Jos Hermens, HOL	Papendal	01 May 1976
21.101	Arturo Barrios, MEX	La Fleche	30 Mar 1991

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Marathon

Rec	Athlete, Country	Site	Date
2:55:18	John Hayes, USA	London	24 Jul 1908
2:52:45	Robert Fowler, USA	New York	01 Jan 1909
2:46:52	James Clark, USA	New York	12 Feb 1909
2:46:04	Albert Raine, USA	New York	1909
2:42:31	Fred Barett, GBR	London	1909
2:38:16	Harry Green, GBR	London	12 May 1913
2:36:06	Alexis Ahlgren, SWE	London	31 May 1913
2:32:35	Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN	Antwerp	22 Aug 1920
2:29:01	Albert Michelson, USA	Port Chester	12 Oct 1925
2:27:49	Fushashige Suzuki, JPN	Tokyo	31 Mar 1935
2:26:44	Yashuo Ikenaka, JPN	Tokyo	03 Apr 1935
2:26:42	Kitei Son, JPN	Tokyo	03 Nov 1935
2:25:39	Yun Bok Suh, KOR	Boston	19 Apr 1947
2:20:42	Jim Peters, GBR	Cheswick	14 Jun 1952
2:18:40	Jim Peters, GBR	Cheswick	13 Jun 1953
2:18:34	Jim Peters, GBR	Turku	04 Oct 1953
2:17:39	Jim Peters, GBR	Cheswick	26 Jun 1954
2:15:17	Sergey Popov, SOV	Stockholm	24 Aug 1958
2:15:16	Abebe Bikila, ETH	Rome	10 Sep 1960
2:15:15	Toru Terasawa, JPN	Beppu	17 Feb 1963
2:14:28	Leonard Edelen, USA	Cheswick	15 Jun 1963
2:13:55	Basil Heatley, GBR	Cheswick	13 Jun 1964
2:12:11	Abebe Bikila, ETH	Tokyo	21 Oct 1964
2:11:00	Morio Shigematsu, JPN	Cheswick	12 Jun 1965
2:09:36	Derek Clayton, AUS	Fukuoka	03 Dec 1967
2:08:34	Derek Clayton, AUS	Antwerp	30 May 1969
2:08:18	Rob de Castella, AUS	Fukuoka	06 Dec 1981
2:08:05	Steve Jones, GBR	Chicago	21 Oct 1984
2:07:12	Carlos Lopes, POR	Rotterdam	20 Apr 1985
2:06:50	Belayneh Dinsamo, ETH	Rotterdam	17 Apr 1988
2:06:05	Ronaldo de Costa, BRA	Berlin	20 Sep 1998
2:05:42	Khalid Khannouchi, MOR	Chicago	24 Oct 1999
2:05:38	Khalid Khannouchi, MOR	London	14 Apr 2002

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