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
21
1985
⏱️ Women's mile · 4:16.71 · Mary Decker-Slaney
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Sep
4
1985
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.41 m · Igor Paklin
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Sep
22
1985
⏱️ Women's long jump · 7.44 m · Heike Drechsler
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Oct
6
1985
⏱️ Women's 400 m · 47.60 · Marita Koch
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May
25
1986
⏱️ Women's high jump · 2.07 m · Stefka Kostadinova
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May
31
1986
⏱️ Women's high jump · 2.08 m · Stefka Kostadinova
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Jun
21
1986
⏱️ Women's long jump · 7.45 m · Heike Drechsler
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Jul
3
1986
⏱️ Women's long jump · 7.45 m · Heike Drechsler
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Jul
8
1986
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 6.01 m · Sergey Bubka
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May
3
1987
⏱️ Men's 400 m · 44.10 · Butch Reynolds
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Jun
23
1987
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 6.03 m · Sergey Bubka
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Jun
30
1987
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.42 m · Patrik Sjöberg
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Aug
13
1987
⏱️ Women's long jump · 7.45 m · Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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Aug
30
1987
⏱️ Women's high jump · 2.09 m · Stefka Kostadinova
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Aug
30
1987
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 9.93 · Carl Lewis
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Feb
26
1988
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.42 m · Carlo Thränhardt
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Apr
17
1988
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:06:50 · Belayneh Dinsamo
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Jun
9
1988
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 6.05 m · Sergey Bubka
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Jun
11
1988
⏱️ Women's long jump · 7.52 m · Galina Chistyakova
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Jun
11
1988
⏱️ Women's long jump · 7.45 m · Galina Chistyakova
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Jul
10
1988
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 6.06 m · Sergey Bubka
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Jul
16
1988
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 10.49 · Florence Griffith Joyner
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Jul
17
1988
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 10.61 · Florence Griffith Joyner
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Jul
17
1988
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 10.70 · Florence Griffith Joyner
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Jul
20
1988
⏱️ Men's 400 m · 43.93 · Butch Reynolds
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