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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Jun
29
1956
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.15 m · Charles Dumas
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Jun
30
1956
⏱️ Men's 400 m · 45.2 · Lou Jones
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Jul
14
1956
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.75 m · Iolanda Balaș
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Aug
3
1956
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.1 · Willie Williams
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Aug
4
1956
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.1 · Ira Murchison
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Aug
12
1956
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:18:04.8 · Paavo Kotila
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Aug
20
1956
⏱️ Women's long jump · 6.35 m · Elżbieta Krzesińska
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Oct
20
1956
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.1 · Leamon King
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Oct
27
1956
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.1 · Leamon King
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Nov
27
1956
⏱️ Women's long jump · 6.35 m · Melbourne
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Dec
1
1956
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.76 m · Mildred McDaniel
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Apr
27
1957
⏱️ Men's pole vault · 4.78 m · Robert Gutowski
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Jul
13
1957
⏱️ Men's high jump · 2.16 m · Yuriy Stepanov
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Jul
19
1957
⏱️ Men's mile · 3:57.2 · Derek Ibbotson
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Oct
13
1957
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.76 m · Iolanda Balaş
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Nov
17
1957
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.77 m · Zheng Fengrong
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Jun
7
1958
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.78 m · Iolanda Balaş
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Jun
22
1958
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.80 m · Iolanda Balaş
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Jul
31
1958
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.81 m · Iolanda Balaş
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Aug
6
1958
⏱️ Men's mile · 3:54.5 · Herb Elliott
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Aug
24
1958
⏱️ Men's marathon · 2:15:17.0 · Sergei Popov
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Sep
13
1958
⏱️ Women's 100 m · 11.3 · Vera Krepkina
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Oct
4
1958
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.82 m · Iolanda Balaş
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Oct
18
1958
⏱️ Women's high jump · 1.83 m · Iolanda Balaş
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Apr
18
1959
⏱️ Men's 100 m · 10.1 · Ray Norton
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