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
1934
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.7 · Stanisława Walasiewicz
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Aug
26
1934
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.3 · Chris Berger
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Sep
15
1934
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.3 · Ralph Metcalfe
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Sep
23
1934
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.3 · Ralph Metcalfe
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Mar
21
1935
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:26:14 · Sohn Kee-chung
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Mar
31
1935
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:27:49.0 · Fusashige Suzuki
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Apr
3
1935
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:26:44.0 · Yasuo Ikenaka
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Apr
10
1935
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.9 · Helen Stephens
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May
25
1935
⏱️ Men's long jump · 8.13 m · Jesse Owens
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Jun
1
1935
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 4.39 m · Keith Brown
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Jun
1
1935
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.8 · Helen Stephens
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Jun
8
1935
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.6 · Helen Stephens
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Jun
15
1935
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.3 · Takayoshi Yoshioka
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Nov
3
1935
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:26:42 · Sohn Kee-chung
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Jun
19
1936
⏱️ Men's 400 m · 46.1 · Archie Williams
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Jun
20
1936
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.2 · Jesse Owens
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Jul
4
1936
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 4.43 m · George Varoff
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Jul
12
1936
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.07 m · Cornelius Johnson
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Aug
10
1936
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.5 · Helen Stephens
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Sep
26
1936
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.3 · Lennart Strandberg
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May
29
1937
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 4.54 m · Bill Sefton
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Aug
1
1937
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.6 · Stanisława Walasiewicz
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Aug
12
1937
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.09 m · Mel Walker
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Aug
28
1937
⏱️ Men's mile · 4:06.4 · Sydney Wooderson
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May
6
1939
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.5 · Lulu Mae Hymes
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