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
9
1948
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.2 · Barney Ewell
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Aug
22
1950
⏱️ Men's 400 m · 45.8 · George Rhoden
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Jul
7
1951
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.72 m · Sheila Lerwill
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Aug
25
1951
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.2 · McDonald Bailey
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Jun
14
1952
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:20:42.2 · Jim Peters
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Jul
22
1952
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.5 · Marjorie Jackson
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Oct
4
1952
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.4 · Marjorie Jackson
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Jun
13
1953
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:18:40.4 · Jim Peters
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Jun
27
1953
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.12 m · Walt Davis
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Oct
4
1953
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:18:34.8 · Jim Peters
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Feb
20
1954
⏱️ Women's long jump · 6.28 m · Yvette Williams
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May
6
1954
⏱️ Men's mile · 3:59.4 · Roger Bannister
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May
22
1954
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.73 m · Aleksandra Chudina
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Jun
21
1954
⏱️ Men's mile · 3:58.0 · John Landy
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Jun
26
1954
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:17:39.4 · Jim Peters
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Oct
31
1954
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.2 · Heinz Fütterer
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Mar
18
1955
⏱️ Men's 400 m · 45.4 · Lou Jones
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Aug
4
1955
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.3 · Shirley Strickland
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Sep
11
1955
⏱️ Women's long jump · 6.28 m · Galina Vinogradova
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Nov
18
1955
⏱️ Women's long jump · 6.31 m · Galina Vinogradova
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May
5
1956
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.74 m · Thelma Hopkins
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May
19
1956
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.2 · Bobby Morrow
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Jun
1
1956
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.2 · Compton, USA
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Jun
22
1956
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.2 · Bobby Morrow
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Jun
29
1956
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.2 · Ira Murchison
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