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
26
1979
⏱️ Men's long jump · 8.52 m · Larry Myricks
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Oct
21
1979
⏱️ Women's marathon · 2:27:32.6 · Grete Waitz
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Jan
26
1980
⏱️ Women's mile · 4:21.7 · Mary Decker
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Feb
3
1980
⏱️ Women's marathon · 2:31:23 · Joan Benoit
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Apr
26
1980
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:09:01 · Gerard Nijboer
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May
11
1980
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 5.72 m · Władysław Kozakiewicz
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May
11
1980
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.02 · James Sanford
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May
25
1980
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.35 m · Jacek Wszoła
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May
26
1980
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.35 m · Dietmar Mögenburg
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Jun
1
1980
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 5.75 m · Thierry Vigneron
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Jun
29
1980
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 5.75 m · Thierry Vigneron
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Jul
1
1980
⏱️ Men's mile · 3:48.8 · Steve Ovett
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Jul
17
1980
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 5.77 m · Philippe Houvion
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Jul
28
1980
⏱️ Men's long jump · 8.54 m · Lutz Dombrowski
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Jul
30
1980
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 5.78 m · Władysław Kozakiewicz
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Aug
1
1980
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.36 m · Gerd Wessig
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Sep
6
1980
⏱️ Women's marathon · 2:30:57.1 · Patti Catalano
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Oct
26
1980
⏱️ Women's marathon · 2:25:41.3 · Grete Waitz
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Nov
16
1980
⏱️ Women's marathon · 2:30:27 · Joyce Smith
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Mar
29
1981
⏱️ Women's marathon · 2:29:57 · Joyce Smith
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May
16
1981
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.00 · Carl Lewis
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Jun
20
1981
⏱️ Men's long jump · 8.62 m · Carl Lewis
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Jun
20
1981
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 5.80 m · Thierry Vigneron
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Jun
26
1981
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 5.81 m · Vladimir Polyakov
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Aug
19
1981
⏱️ Men's mile · 3:48.53 · Sebastian Coe (2)
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