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Record Statistics

Every current world record across men's, women's, and mixed track & field — at a glance. How long they've stood, where they were set, who holds more than one, which nations have the most, and when the records landed.

Current world records
Nations represented
Oldest record standing
Years of history

How long records stand

Median age
Men: years · Women: years · Gap: years

Where records are set

Off the major stage
of world records set at small, local, or memorial meets — not at Olympics or Worlds
49
records

Where records come from

Historical nations are consolidated: URS into RUS, GDR into GER, TCH into CZE. Popups show the original nation each record was set for.

When records were set

Still standing
world records from the 1980s still stand today
Men
Women
Mixed