World Records

Men

Race Name	Record	Pace	Date	Athlete Name	Source
100 Meters	9.58	2:34/mile	Aug 16, 2009	Usain Bolt	IAAF, 2011
200 Meters	19.19	2:34/mile	Aug 20, 2009	Usain Bolt	IAAF, 2011
400 Meters	43.18	2:54/mile	Aug 26, 1999	Michael Johnson	IAAF, 2011
800 Meters	1:41	3:23/mile	Aug 29, 2010	David Lekuta Rudisha	IAAF, 2011
1000 Meters	2:12	3:32/mile	Sep 5, 1999	Noah Ngeny	IAAF, 2011
1500 Meters	3:26	3:41/mile	Jul 14, 1998	Hicham El Guerrouj	IAAF, 2011
Mile	3:43	3:43/mile	Jul 7, 1999	Hicham El Guerrouj	IAAF, 2011
2 Kilometers	4:45	3:49/mile	Sep 7, 1999	Hicham El Guerrouj	IAAF, 2011
3 Kilometers	7:21	3:56/mile	Sep 1, 1996	Daniel Komen	IAAF, 2011
2 Miles	7:58	3:59/mile	Jul 19, 1997	Daniel Komen	alltime-athletics.com, 2011
5 Kilometers	12:37	4:04/mile	May 31, 2004	Kenenisa Bekele	IAAF, 2011
10 Kilometers	26:44	4:18/mile	Sep 26, 2010	Leonard Patrick Komon	IAAF, 2011
15 Kilometers	41:13	4:25/mile	Nov 21, 2010	Leonard Patrick Komon	IAAF, 2011
10 Miles	44:24	4:26/mile	Sep 4, 2005	Haile Gebrselassie	alltime-athletics.com, 2011
20 Kilometers	55:21	4:27/mile	Mar 21, 2010	Zersenay Tadese	IAAF, 2011
Half Marathon	58:23	4:27/mile	Mar 21, 2010	Zersenay Tadese	IAAF, 2011
25 Kilometers	1:11:50	4:37/mile	May 9, 2010	Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei	IAAF, 2011
30 Kilometers	1:27:49	4:43/mile	Sep 20, 2009	Haile Gebrselassie	IAAF, 2011
Marathon	2:03:59	4:44/mile	Sep 28, 2008	Haile Gebrselassie	IAAF, 2011
50 Kilometers	2:43:38	5:16/mile	Apr 12, 1988	Thompson Magawana	IAU, 2011
50 Miles	4:50:21	5:48/mile	1984	Bruce Fordyce	ultrarunning.com, 2011
100 Kilometers	6:13:33	6:01/mile	Jun 21, 1998	Takahiro Sunada	IAAF, 2011
100 Miles	11:28:03	6:53/mile	2002	Oleg Kharitonov	ultrarunning.com, 2011

Women

Race Name	Record	Pace	Date	Athlete Name	Source
100 Meters	10.49	2:49/mile	Jul 16, 1988	Florence Griffith-Joyner	IAAF, 2011
200 Meters	21.34	2:52/mile	Sep 29, 1988	Florence Griffith-Joyner	IAAF, 2011
400 Meters	47.6	3:12/mile	Oct 6, 1985	Marita Koch	IAAF, 2011
800 Meters	1:53	3:48/mile	Jul 26, 1983	Jarmila Kratochvílová	IAAF, 2011
1000 Meters	2:29	4:00/mile	Aug 23, 1996	Svetlana Masterkova	IAAF, 2011
1500 Meters	3:50	4:07/mile	Sep 11, 1993	Yunxia Qu	IAAF, 2011
Mile	4:13	4:13/mile	Aug 14, 1996	Svetlana Masterkova	IAAF, 2011
2 Kilometers	5:25	4:22/mile	Jul 8, 1994	Sonia O'Sullivan	IAAF, 2011
3 Kilometers	8:06	4:21/mile	Sep 13, 1993	Junxia Wang	IAAF, 2011
2 Miles	8:58	4:29/mile	Sep 14, 2007	Meseret Defar	alltime-athletics.com, 2011
5 Kilometers	14:11	4:34/mile	Jun 6, 2008	Tirunesh Dibaba	IAAF, 2011
10 Kilometers	30:21	4:53/mile	Feb 23, 2003	Paula Radcliffe	IAAF, 2011
15 Kilometers	46:28	4:59/mile	Nov 15, 2009	Tirunesh Dibaba	IAAF, 2011
10 Miles	50:39	5:04/mile	Sep 20, 2009	Linet Masai	alltime-athletics.com, 2011
20 Kilometers	1:02:36	5:02/mile	Feb 18, 2011	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	IAAF, 2011
Half Marathon	1:05:50	5:01/mile	Feb 18, 2011	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	IAAF, 2011
25 Kilometers	1:19:53	5:09/mile	May 9, 2010	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	IAAF, 2011
30 Kilometers	1:38:49	5:18/mile	Sep 25, 2005	Mizuki Noguchi	IAAF, 2011
Marathon	2:15:25	5:10/mile	Apr 13, 2003	Paula Radcliffe	IAAF, 2011
50 Kilometers	3:08:39	6:04/mile	Mar 25, 1989	Frith Van Der Merwe	IAU, 2011
50 Miles	5:40:18	6:48/mile	1991	Ann Trason	ultrarunning.com, 2011
100 Kilometers	6:33:11	6:20/mile	Jun 25, 2000	Tomoe Abe	IAAF, 2011
100 Miles	13:47:41	8:17/mile	May 4, 1991	Ann Trason	IAU, 2011

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