AllTime Athletics · The full picture
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.
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Current world records
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Nations represented
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Oldest record standing
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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
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records
Where records cluster
Cities where more than one current world record was set. Indoor and outdoor marks count as one place.
Record multipliers
Athletes holding world records in more than one discipline
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