| Event | Record | Athlete, Country | Site | Date |
| 50 | 5.56 | Donovan Bailey, Canada | Reno, Nevada | Feb. 9, 1996 |
| | 5.56 | Maurice Greene, USA | Los Angeles, CA | Feb. 13, 1999 |
| 60 | 6.39 | Maurice Greene, USA | Madrid, Spain | Feb. 3, 1998 |
| | 6.39 | Maurice Greene, USA | Atlanta, GA | March 3, 2001 |
| 100* | 10.05 | Frank Fredericks, Namibia | Tampere, Finland | Feb. 12, 1996 |
| 200 | 19.92 | Frank Fredericks, Namibia | Liévin, France | Feb. 18, 1996 |
| 300* | 32.19 | Robson da Silva, Brazil | Karlsruhe, Germany | Feb. 24, 1989 |
| 400 | 44.63 | Michael Johnson, USA | Atlanta, GA | March 4, 1995 |
| 500* | 1:00.17 | Ken Lowery, USA | Indianapolis, IN | Jan. 17, 1987 |
| 600* | 1:15.12 | Nico Motchebon, Germany | Sindelfingen, Germany | Feb. 28, 1999 |
| 800 | 1:42.67 | Wilson Kipketer, Denmark | Paris, Framce | March 9, 1997 |
| 1000 | 2:14.96 | Wilson Kipketer, Denmark | Birmingham, England | Feb. 20, 2000 |
| 1500 | 3:31.18 | Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco | Stuttgart, Germany | Feb. 2, 1997 |
| Mile | 3:48.45 | Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco | Gent, Belgium | Feb. 12, 1997 |
| 2000* | 4:52.86 | Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia | Birmingham, England | Feb. 15, 1998 |
| 3000 | 7:24.90 | Daniel Komen, Kenya | Budapest, Hungary | Feb. 6, 1998 |
| 2M* | 8:04.69 | Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia | Birmingham, England | Feb. 21, 2003 |
| 5000 | 12:50.38 | Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia | Birmingham, England | Feb. 14, 1999 |
| 10,000* | 27:50.29 | Mark Bett, Kenya | Gent, Belgium | Feb. 10, 2002 |
| 50H | 6.25 | Mark McKoy, Canada | Kobe, Japan | March 3, 1986 |
| 60H | 7.30 | Colin Jackson, Great Britain | Sindelfingen, Germany | March 6, 1994 |
| 110H* | 13.34 | Allen Johnson, USA | Moscow, Russia | Feb. 14, 1995 |
| 5000W | 18:07.08 | Mikhail Shchennikov, Russia | Moscow, Russia | Feb. 14, 1995 |
| 4 x 200 | 1:22.11 | Great Britain | Glasgow, Scotland | March 3, 1991 |
| | (Linford Christie, Darren Braithwaite, Ade Mafe, John Regis) | |
| 4 x 400 | 3:02.83 | United States | Maebashi, Japan | March 7, 1999 |
| | (Andre Morris, Dameon Johnson, Deon Minor, Milton Campbell) | |
| 4 x 800 | 7:13.94 | Global Athletics, USA | Roxbury Crossing, MA | Feb. 6, 2000 |
| | (Joey Woody, Karl Paranya, , Rich Kenah, David Krummenacker) | |
| 4 x 1500* | 16:16.67 | New York AC, USA | Hanover, NH | Jan. 10, 1993 |
| | (Brad Horton, Jeff Smith, Brad Schlapak, Bill Burke) | |
| 4 x Mile* | 16:16.67 | New York AC, USA | Hanover, NH | Jan. 10, 1993 |
| | (Brad Horton, Jeff Smith, Brad Schlapak, Bill Burke) | |
| Sprint Medley* | 3:15.10 | United States | Toronto, Ontario | March 14, 1993 |
| | (Mark Everett, James Trapp, Kevin Little, Butch Reynolds) | |
| Distance Medley* | 9:28.83 | Stanford, USA | Fayetteville, AR | March 10, 2000 |
| | (Gabe Jennings, Evan Kelty, Michael Stember, Jonathon Riley) | |
| Event | Record | Athlete, Country | Site | Date |
| 50 | 5.96 | Irina Privalova, Russia | Madrid, Spain | Feb. 9, 1995 |
| 60 | 6.92 | Irina Privalova, Russia | Madrid, Spain | Feb. 11, 1993 |
| | 6.92 | Irina Privalova, Russia | Madrid, Spain | Feb. 9, 1995 |
| 100* | 11.15 | Marita Koch, East Germany | Berlin, Germany | Jan. 12, 1980 |
| 200 | 21.87 | Merlene Ottey, Jamaica | Liévin, France | Feb. 13, 1993 |
| 300* | 35.45 | Irina Privalova, Russia | Moscow, Russia | Jan. 17, 1993 |
| 400 | 49.59 | Jarmila Kratochvílová, Czechoslovakia | Milan, Italy | March 7, 1982 |
| 500* | 1:07.67 | Olga Nazarova, Soviet Union | Moscow, Russia | Jan. 8, 1988 |
| 600* | 1:25.46 | Lyubov Kiryukhina, Soviet Union | Moscow, Russia | Feb. 15, 1987 |
| 800 | 1:55.82 | Jolanda Ceplak, Slovenia | Vienna, Austria | March 3, 2002 |
| 1000 | 2:30.94 | Maria Mutola, Mozambique | Stockholm, Sweden | Feb. 25, 1999 |
| 1500 | 4:00.27 | Doina Melinte, Romania | East Rutherford, NJ | Feb. 9, 1990 |
| | 3:59.98p | Regina Jacobs, USA | Roxbury Crossing, Mass | Feb. 1, 2003 |
| 2000* | 5:30.53 | Gabriela Szabo, Romania | Sindelfingen, Germany | March 8, 1998 |
| Mile | 4:17.14 | Doina Melinte, Romania | East Rutherford, NJ | Feb. 9, 1990 |
| 3000 | 8:29.15 | Berhane Adere, Ethiopia | Stuttgart, Germany | Feb. 3, 2002 |
| 5000 | 14:47.35 | Gabriela Szabo, Romania | Dortmund, Germany | Feb. 13, 1999 |
| | 14:39.39p | Berhane Adere, Ethiopia | Stuttgart, Germany | Jan. 31, 2004 |
| 50H | 6.58 | Cornelia Oschkenat, East Germany | Berlin, Germany | Feb. 20, 1988 |
| 60H | 7.69 | Ludmila Engquist, Soviet Union | Chelyabinsk, Russia | Feb. 4, 1990 |
| 100H* | 13.12 | Annelie Ehrhardt, East Germany | Berlin, Germany | Jan. 1April 76 |
| 3000W | 11:35.34 | Gillian O'Sullivan, Ireland | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Feb. 15, 2003 |
| Event | Record | Team | Site | Date |
| 4 x 200 | 1:32.55 | SC Eintracht Hamm, West Germany | Dortmund, Germany | Feb. 20, 1988 |
| | (Helga Arendt, Silke Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, Gisela Kinzel) | |
| | 1:32.55 | LG Olympia Dortmund, Germany | Karlsruhe, Germany | Feb. 21, 1999 |
| | (Esther Möller, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Andrea Philipp) | |
| 4 x 400 | 3:24.25 | Russia | Maebashi, Japan | March 7, 1999 |
| | (Tatyana Chebykina, Svetlana Goncharenko, Olga Kotlyarova, Olga Nazarova) | |
| 4 x 800 | 8:18.71 | Russia | Moscow, Russia | Feb. 4, 1994 |
| | (Yelena Zaitseva, Olga Kuznetsova, Yelena Afanasyeva, Yekaterina Podkopayeva) | |
| Sprint Medley* | 3:45.90 | United States | Toronto, Ontario | March 14, 1993 |
| | (Joetta Clark-Diggs, Wenda Vereen, Kim Batten, Jearl Miles Clark) | |
| Distance Medley* | 10:54.34 | Villanova | Gainesville, FL | Jan. 30, 1988 |
| | (Celeste Halliday, Michelle DiMuro-Ave, Kathy Franey, Vicki Huber) | |
