Athletics World Records
Every official world record in fourteen athletics events, each from the day it was set to the day it was broken.
Events 652 totals
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Oct
18
1968
⏱️ Men's 400 m · 43.8 · Lee Evans
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May
30
1969
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:08:33.6 · Derek Clayton
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Jun
14
1969
⏱️ Women's mile · 4:36.8 · Maria Gommers
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Jun
21
1969
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 5.44 m · John Pennel
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Sep
18
1969
⏱️ Women's 400 m · 51.7 · Nicole Duclos
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Feb
28
1970
⏱️ Women's marathon · 3:02:53 · Caroline Walker
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Jun
17
1970
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 5.45 m · Wolfgang Nordwig
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Jul
15
1970
⏱️ Men's long jump · 8.35 m · Josef Schwarz
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Jul
18
1970
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.0 · Chi Cheng
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Jul
23
1970
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:09:28.8 · Ron Hill
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Jul
23
1970
⏱️ Women's 400 m · 51.0 · Marilyn Neufville
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Aug
2
1970
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.0 · Renate Meißner
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Sep
3
1970
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 5.46 m · Wolfgang Nordwig
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Sep
3
1970
⏱️ Women's long jump · 6.84 m · Heide Rosendahl
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Oct
24
1970
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 5.49 m · Christos Papanikolaou
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May
9
1971
⏱️ Women's marathon · 3:01:42 · Elizabeth Bonner
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Jul
3
1971
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.29 m · Pat Matzdorf
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Jul
31
1971
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.0 · Renate Stecher (née Meißner)
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Aug
1
1971
⏱️ Men's 400 m · 44.60 · John Smith
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Aug
20
1971
⏱️ Women's mile · 4:35.3 · Ellen Tittel
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Sep
4
1971
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.92 m · Ilona Gusenbauer
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Sep
19
1971
⏱️ Women's marathon · 2:55:22 · Elizabeth Bonner
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Dec
5
1971
⏱️ Women's marathon · 2:49:40 · Cheryl Bridges
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Apr
8
1972
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 5.51 m · Kjell Isaksson
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Apr
15
1972
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 5.54 m · Kjell Isaksson
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