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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Jul
11
1925
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.524 m · Phyllis Green
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Aug
13
1925
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 4.23 m · Charles Hoff
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Aug
30
1925
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 12.4 · Leni Schmidt
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Sep
27
1925
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 4.25 m · Charles Hoff
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Oct
12
1925
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:29:01.8 · Albert Michelsen
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Aug
2
1926
⏱️ Women's long jump · 5.485 m · London
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Aug
2
1926
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.552 m · Phyllis Green
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Aug
22
1926
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 12.4 · Gundel Wittmann
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Aug
28
1926
⏱️ Women's long jump · 5.50 m · Gothenburg
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Aug
29
1926
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 12.2 · Leni Junker
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Sep
6
1926
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.58 m · Ethel Catherwood
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Oct
3
1926
⏱️ Women's marathon · 3:40:22 · Violet Piercy
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May
28
1927
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 4.27 m · Sabin Carr
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Aug
1
1927
⏱️ Women's long jump · 5.575 m · London, United Kingdom
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Apr
28
1928
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 4.30 m · Lee Barnes
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May
12
1928
⏱️ Men's 400 m · 47.0 · Emerson Spencer
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May
20
1928
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 12.2 · Kinue Hitomi
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May
20
1928
⏱️ Women's long jump · 5.98 m · Osaka
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Jun
2
1928
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 12.0 · Betty Robinson
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Jul
2
1928
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 12.0 · Myrtle Cook
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Jul
3
1928
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.58 m · Lien Gisolf
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Jul
7
1928
⏱️ Men's long jump · 7.90 m · Cambridge, United States
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Aug
5
1928
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.595 m · Ethel Catherwood
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Sep
9
1928
⏱️ Men's long jump · 7.93 m · Sylvio Cator
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Jul
5
1929
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:30:57.6 · Harry Payne
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