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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May
29
1939
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.66 m · Dorothy Odam
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Jul
30
1939
⏱️ Women's long jump · 6.12 m · Berlin
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Aug
12
1939
⏱️ Men's 400 m · 46.0 · Rudolf Harbig
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Jun
29
1940
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 4.60 m · Cornelius Warmerdam
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Mar
29
1941
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.66 m · Esther van Heerden
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Jun
6
1941
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.2 · Harold Davis
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Jun
6
1941
⏱️ Men's 400 m · 46.0 · Grover Klemmer
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Jun
17
1941
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.11 m · Lester Steers
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Jun
26
1941
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 4.72 m · Cornelius Warmerdam
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Jul
27
1941
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.66 m · Ilsebill Pfenning
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May
23
1942
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 4.77 m · Cornelius Warmerdam
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Jul
1
1942
⏱️ Men's mile · 4:06.2 · Gunder Hägg
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Jul
10
1942
⏱️ Men's mile · 4:06.2 · Arne Andersson
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Sep
4
1942
⏱️ Men's mile · 4:04.6 · Gunder Hägg (2)
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May
30
1943
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.71 m · Fanny Blankers-Koen
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Jul
1
1943
⏱️ Men's mile · 4:02.6 · Arne Andersson (2)
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Sep
5
1943
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.5 · Fanny Blankers-Koen
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Sep
19
1943
⏱️ Women's long jump · 6.25 m · Leiden
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Jul
18
1944
⏱️ Men's mile · 4:01.6 · Arne Andersson (3)
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Jul
17
1945
⏱️ Men's mile · 4:01.4 · Gunder Hägg (3)
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Apr
19
1947
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:25:39 · Suh Yun-bok
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May
15
1948
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.2 · Lloyd LaBeach
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Jun
5
1948
⏱️ Men's 400 m · 46.0 · Herb McKenley
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Jun
13
1948
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.5 · Fanny Blankers-Koen
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Jul
2
1948
⏱️ Men's 400 m · 45.9 · Herb McKenley
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