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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Aug
4
1976
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.32 m · Dwight Stones
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May
1
1977
⏱️ Women's marathon · 2:35:15.4 · Chantal Langlacé
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May
21
1977
⏱️ Women's mile · 4:23.8 · Natalia Mărășescu
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Jun
2
1977
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.33 m · Vladimir Yashchenko
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Jul
1
1977
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 10.88 · Marlies Oelsner
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Jul
3
1977
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.96 m · Rosemarie Ackermann
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Aug
14
1977
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.97 m · Rosemarie Ackermann
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Aug
26
1977
⏱️ Women's high jump · 2.00 m · Rosemarie Ackermann
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Aug
26
1977
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.97 m · Rosemarie Ackermann
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Sep
10
1977
⏱️ Women's marathon · 2:34:47.5 · Christa Vahlensieck
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Sep
13
1977
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.03 · Silvio Leonard
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Feb
5
1978
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:09:05.6 · Shigeru So
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Jun
16
1978
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.34 m · Vladimir Yashchenko
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Jul
2
1978
⏱️ Women's 400 m · 49.19 · Marita Koch
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Aug
4
1978
⏱️ Women's high jump · 2.01 m · Sara Simeoni
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Aug
18
1978
⏱️ Women's long jump · 7.07 m · Vilma Bardauskiené
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Aug
19
1978
⏱️ Women's 400 m · 49.03 · Marita Koch
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Aug
29
1978
⏱️ Women's long jump · 7.09 m · Vilma Bardauskiené
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Aug
31
1978
⏱️ Women's high jump · 2.01 m · Sara Simeoni
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Aug
31
1978
⏱️ Women's 400 m · 48.94 · Marita Koch
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Oct
22
1978
⏱️ Women's marathon · 2:32:29.8 · Grete Waitz
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Jan
27
1979
⏱️ Women's mile · 4:22.1 · Natalia Mărășescu
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Jul
17
1979
⏱️ Men's mile · 3:49.0 · Sebastian Coe
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Jul
29
1979
⏱️ Women's 400 m · 48.89 · Marita Koch
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Aug
4
1979
⏱️ Women's 400 m · 48.60 · Marita Koch
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