European records in athletics

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This is a list of European records in athletics.

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[edit] Outdoor

[edit] Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Place
100 m 9.86 Francis Obikwelu Flag of Portugal Portugal August 22, 2004 Athens, Greece
200 m 19.72 Pietro Mennea Flag of Italy Italy September 12, 1979 Mexico City, Mexico
400 m 44.33 Thomas Schönlebe Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany September 3, 1987 Rome, Italy
800 m 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer Flag of Denmark Denmark August 24, 1997 Cologne, Germany
1000 m 2:12.18 Sebastian Coe Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom July 11, 1981 Oslo, Norway
1500 m 3:28.95 Fermín Cacho Flag of Spain Spain August 13, 1997 Zürich, Switzerland
Mile 3:46.32 Steve Cram Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom July 27, 1985 Oslo, Norway
2000 m 4:51.39 Steve Cram Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom August 4, 1985 Budapest, Hungary
3000 m 7:26.62 Mohammed Mourhit Flag of Belgium Belgium August 18, 2000 Monaco, Monaco
5000 m 12:49.71 Mohammed Mourhit Flag of Belgium Belgium August 25, 2000 Brussels, Belgium
10,000 m 26:52.30 Mohammed Mourhit Flag of Belgium Belgium September 3, 1999 Brussels, Belgium
20,000 m 57:18.4 Dionisio Castro Flag of Portugal Portugal March 31, 1990 La Flèche, France
Half Marathon 59:52 Fabián Roncero Flag of Spain Spain April 1, 2001 Berlin, Germany
25,000 m 1:13:57.6 Stéphane Franke Flag of Germany Germany March 30, 1999 Walnut, USA
30,000 m 1:31.30.4 James Alder Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom September 5, 1970 London, Great Britain
Marathon 2:06.36 António Pinto
Benoit Zwierzchiewski		 Flag of Portugal Portugal
Flag of France France		 April 16, 2000
April 6, 2003		 London, England, UK
Paris, France
3000 m
steeplechase		 8:04.95 Simon Vroemen Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands August 26, 2005 Brussels, Belgium
110 m hurdles 12.91 Colin Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom August 20, 1993 Stuttgart, Germany
400 m hurdles 47.37 Stéphane Diagana Flag of France France July 5, 1995 Lausanne, Switzerland
High jump 2.42 m Patrik Sjöberg Flag of Sweden Sweden June 30, 1987 Stockholm, Sweden
Pole vault 6.14 m Sergei Bubka Flag of Ukraine Ukraine July 31, 1994 Sestriere, Italy
Long jump 8.86 m Robert Emmiyan Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union May 22, 1987 Tsakhkadzor, USSR
Triple jump 18.29 m Jonathan Edwards Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom August 7, 1995 Gothenburg, Sweden
Shot put 23.06 m Ulf Timmermann Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany May 22, 1988 Chania, Greece
Discus 74.08 m Jürgen Schult Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany June 6, 1986 Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Hammer 86.74 m Yuriy Sedykh Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union August 30, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany
Javelin 98.48 m (Current design) Jan Železný Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic May 25, 1996 Jena, Germany
104.80 m (old design) Uwe Hohn Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany 20 July 1984 East Berlin, East Germany
Decathlon 9026 pts Roman Šebrle Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic May 27, 2001 Götzis, Austria
10.64 s (100 m), 8.11 m (long jump), 15.33 m (shot put), 2.12 m (high jump), 47.79 s (400 m), 13.92 s (110 m hurdles), 47.92 m (discus), 4.80 m (pole vault), 70.16 m (javelin), 4:21.98 min (1500 m)
20 000 m walk (track) 1:18:35.2 Stefan Johansson Flag of Sweden Sweden May 15, 1992 Fana, Norway
2 hours walk (track) 29 572 m Maurizio Damilano Flag of Italy Italy October 3, 1992 Cuneo, Italy
30000 m walk (track) 2:01:44.1 Maurizio Damilano Flag of Italy Italy October 3, 1992 Cuneo, Italy
50000 m walk (track) 3:40:57.9 Thierry Toutain Flag of France France September 29, 1996 Héricourt, France
20 km walk (road) 1:17:16 Vladimir Kanaykin Flag of Russia Russia September 29, 2007 Saransk, Russia
50 km walk (road) 3:34:14[1] Denis Nizhegorodov Flag of Russia Russia May 11, 2008 Cheboksary, Russia
4x100 m relay 37.73 Jason Gardener
Darren Campbell
Marlon Devonish
Dwain Chambers		 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom August 29, 1999 Seville, Spain
4x200 m relay 1:21.10 Stefano Tilli
Carlo Simionato
Giovanni Bongiorni
Pietro Mennea		 Flag of Italy Italy September 29, 1983 Cagliari, Italy
4x400 m relay 2:56.60 Iwan Thomas
Jamie Baulch
Mark Richardson
Roger Black		 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom August 3, 1996 Atlanta, USA
4x800 m relay 7:03.89 Peter Elliot
Garry Cook
Steve Cram
Sebastian Coe		 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom August 30, 1982 London, Great Britain
4x1500 m relay 14:38.8 Thomas Wessinghage
Harald Hudak
Michael Lederer
Karl Fleschen		 Flag of West Germany West Germany August 17, 1977 Cologne, West Germany

[edit] Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Place
100 m 10.73 Christine Arron Flag of France France August 19, 1998 Budapest, Hungary
200 m 21.71 Marita Koch
Heike Drechsler		 Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany
Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany		 June 10, 1979

June 29, 1986

 Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany

Jena, East Germany
400 m 47.60 Marita Koch Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany October 6, 1985 Canberra, Australia
800 m 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia July 26, 1983 Munich, West Germany
1000 m 2:28.98 Svetlana Masterkova Flag of Russia Russia August 23, 1996 Brussels, Belgium
1500 m 3:52.47 Tatjana Kazankina Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union August 13, 1980 Zürich, Switzerland
Mile 4:12.56 Svetlana Masterkova Flag of Russia Russia August 14, 1996 Zürich, Switzerland
2000 m 5:25.36 Sonia O'Sullivan Flag of Ireland Ireland July 8, 1994 Edinburgh, Scotland
3000 m 8:21.42 Gabriela Szabo Flag of Romania Romania July 19, 2002 Monaco, Monaco
5000 m 14:24.68 Elvan Abeylegesse Flag of Turkey Turkey June 11, 2004 Fana, Norway
10,000 m 30:01.09 Paula Radcliffe Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom August 6, 2002 Munich, Germany
20,000 m 1:06:55.5 Rosa Mota Flag of Portugal Portugal May 14, 1983 Lisbon,Portugal
Half Marathon 1:06:47 Paula Radcliffe Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom October 7, 2001 Bristol, England, UK
25,000 m 1:28:22.6 Helena Javornik Flag of Slovenia Slovenia July 19, 2007 Maribor, Slovenia
30,000 m 1:47:05.6 Karolina Szabo Flag of Hungary Hungary April 22, 1988 Budapest, Hungary
Marathon 2:15:25 Paula Radcliffe Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom April 13, 2003 London, England, UK
3000 m
steeplechase		 9:01.59 Gulnara Samitova, Flag of Russia Russia July 4, 2004 Heraklion, Greece
100 m hurdles 12.21 s Yordanka Donkova Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria August 20, 1988 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
400 m hurdles 52.34s Yuliya Pechonkina Flag of Russia Russia August 8, 2003 Tula, Russia
High jump 2.09 m Stefka Kostadinova Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria August 30, 1987 Rome, Italy
Pole vault 5.01 m Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia Russia August 12, 2005 Helsinki, Finland
Long jump 7.52 m Galina Chistyakova Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union June 11, 1988 Leningrad, USSR
Triple jump 15.50 Inessa Kravets Flag of Ukraine Ukraine August 10, 1995 Göteborg, Sweden
Discus 76.80 Gabriele Reinsch Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany July 9, 1988 Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Hammer 77.80 m[2] Tatyana Lysenko Flag of Russia Russia August 15, 2006 Tallinn, Estonia
Javelin[3] 70.20 m
(Current design)		 Christina Obergföll Flag of Germany Germany June 23, 2007 Munich, Germany
80.00 m
(old design)		 Petra Felke Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany September 9, 1988 Potsdam, East Germany
Heptathlon 7032 pts Carolina Klüft Flag of Sweden Sweden August 26, 2007 Osaka, Japan
13.15s (100 m hurdles), 1.95 m (high jump), 14.81 m (shot put), 23.38s (200 m), 6.85 m (long jump), 47.98 m (javelin), 2:12.56 (800 m)
5000 m walk (track) 20:02.60 Gillian O'Sullivan Flag of Ireland Ireland July 13, 2002 Dublin, Ireland
10000 m walk (track) 41:56.23 Nadezhda Ryashkina Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union July 24, 1990 Seattle, USA
20000 m walk (track) 1:26:52.3 Olimpiada Ivanova Flag of Russia Russia September 6, 2001 Brisbane, Australia
20 km walk (road) 1:25:41 Olimpiada Ivanova Flag of Russia Russia August 7, 2005 Helsinki, Finland
4x100 m relay 41.37 Silke Gladisch,
Sabine Rieger,
Ingrid Auerswald,
Marlies Göhr		 Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany October 6, 1985 Canberra, Australia
4x200 m relay 1:28.15 Marlies Göhr,
Romy Schneider-Müller,
Bärbel Eckert-Wöckel,
Marita Koch		 Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany August 9, 1980 Jena, East Germany
4x400 m relay 3:15.17 Tatyana Ledovskaya,
Olga Nazarova,
Mariya Pinigina,
Olga Bryzgina		 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union October 1, 1988 Seoul, S. Korea
4x800 m relay 7:50.17 Nadezhda Olizarenko,
Lyubov Gurina,
Lyudmila Borisova,
Irina Podyalovskaya		 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union August 5, 1984 Moscow, USSR

[edit] Indoor

[edit] Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Place
50 m 5.61 s Manfred Kokot
Jason Gardener		 Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom		 February 4, 1973
February 16, 2000		 Berlin, East Germany
Madrid, Spain
60 m 6.45 s Ronald Pognon Flag of France France February 13, 2005 Karlsruhe, Germany
200 m 20.25 s Linford Christie Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom February 19, 1995 Liévin, France
400 m 45.05 s Thomas Schönlebe Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany February 5, 1988 Sindelfingen, West Germany
800 m 1:42.67 Wilson Kipketer Flag of Denmark Denmark March 9, 1997 Paris, France
1000 m 2:14.96 Wilson Kipketer Flag of Denmark Denmark February 20, 2000 Birmingham, England
1500 m 3:33.32 Andrés Díaz Flag of Spain Spain February 24, 1999 Piraeus, Greece
Mile 3:49.78 Eamonn Coghlan Flag of Ireland Ireland February 27, 1983 East Rutherford, United States
3000 m 7:32.98 Alberto García Flag of Spain Spain February 22, 2003 Seville, Spain
5000 m 13:11.39 Alberto García Flag of Spain Spain February 9, 2003 Ghent, Belgium
50 m hurdles 6.36 s Ladji Doucouré Flag of France France February 26, 2005 Liévin, France
60 m hurdles 7.30 s Colin Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom March 6, 1994 Sindelfingen, Germany
High jump 2.42 m Carlo Thränhardt Flag of West Germany West Germany February 26, 1988 Berlin, East Germany
Pole vault 6.15 m Sergei Bubka Flag of Ukraine Ukraine February 21, 1993 Donetsk, Ukraine
Long jump 8.56 m Yago Lamela Flag of Spain Spain March 7, 1999 Maebashi, Japan
Triple jump 17.83 m Christian Olsson Flag of Sweden Sweden March 7, 2004 Budapest, Hungary
Shot put 22.55 m Ulf Timmermann Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany February 11, 1989 Senftenberg, East Germany
Heptathlon 6438 pts Roman Šebrle Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic February 7, 2004 Budapest, Hungary
6.97 s (60 m), 7.96 m (long jump), 16.28 m (shot put), 2.11 m (high jump), 4.80 m (pole vault), 2:39.67 min (1000 m)
5000 m walk (track) 18:07.08 Mikhail Shchennikov Flag of Russia Russia February 14, 1995 Moscow, Russia
4x200 m
relay		 1:22.11 Linford Christie,
Darren Braithwaite,
Ade Mafe,
John Regis		 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom March 3, 1991 Glasgow, Scotland
4x400 m
relay		 3:03.01 Piotr Haczek,
Jacek Bocian,
Piotr Rysiukiewicz,
Robert Mackowiak		 Flag of Poland Poland March 7, 1999 Maebashi, Japan
4x800 m
relay		 7:17.8 Valeriy Taratynov,
Stanislav Meshcherskikh,
Alexey Taranov,
Viktor Semyashkin		 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union March 14, 1971 Sofia, Bulgaria

[edit] Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Place
50 m 5.96 s Irina Privalova Flag of Russia Russia February 9, 1995 Madrid, Spain
60 m 6.92 s Irina Privalova Flag of Russia Russia February 11, 1993
February 9, 1995		 Madrid, Spain
Madrid, Spain
200 m 22.10 s Irina Privalova Flag of Russia Russia February 19, 1995 Liévin, France
400 m 49.59 s Jarmila Kratochvílová Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia March 7, 1982 Milan, Italy
800 m 1:55.82 Jolanda Čeplak Flag of Slovenia Slovenia March 3, 2002 Vienna, Austria
1000 m 2:32.16 Yuliya Chizhenko Flag of Russia Russia January 25, 2006 Moscow, Russia
1500 m 3:58.28 Yelena Soboleva Flag of Russia Russia February 18, 2006 Moscow, Russia
Mile 4:17.14 Doina Melinte Flag of Romania Romania February 9, 1990 East Rutherford, USA
3000 m 8:27.86 Liliya Shobukhova Flag of Russia Russia February 17, 2006 Moscow, Russia
5000 m 14:47.35 Gabriela Szabo Flag of Romania Romania February 13, 1999 Dortmund, Germany
50 m hurdles 6.58 s Cornelia Oschkenat Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany February 20, 1988 Berlin, Germany
60 m hurdles 7.68 s Susanna Kallur Flag of Sweden Sweden February 10, 2008 Karlsruhe, Germany
High jump 2.08 m Kajsa Bergqvist Flag of Sweden Sweden February 4, 2006 Arnstadt, Germany
Pole vault 4.91 m Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia Russia February 12, 2006 Donetsk, Ukraine
Long jump 7.37 m Heike Drechsler Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany February 13, 1988 Vienna, Austria
Triple jump 15.36 m Tatyana Lebedeva Flag of Russia Russia March 6, 2004 Budapest, Hungary
Shot put 22.50 m Helena Fibingerová Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia February 19, 1977 Jablonec, Czechoslovakia
Pentathlon 4991 pts Irina Belova  Unified Team February 15, 1992 Berlin, Germany
8.22 s (60 m hurdles), 1.93 m (high jump), 13.25 m (shot put), 6.67 m (long jump), 2:10.26 min (800 m)
3000 m walk (track) 11:40.33 Claudia Stef Flag of Romania Romania January 30, 1999 Bucharest, Romania
4x200 m
relay		 1:32.41 Yekaterina Kondratyeva,
Irina Khabarova,
Yuliya Pechonkina,
Yuliya Gushchina		 Flag of Russia Russia January 29, 2005 Glasgow, Scotland
4x400 m
relay		 3:23.37 Yuliya Gushchina,
Olga Kotlyarova,
Olga Zaytseva,
Olesya Krasnomovets		 Flag of Russia Russia January 28, 2006 Glasgow, Scotland
4x800 m
relay		 8:18.71 Olga Kuznetsova,
Yelena Afanasyeva,
Yelena Zaytseva,
Yekaterina Podkopayeva		 Flag of Russia Russia February 4, 1994 Moscow, Russia

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Pending Ratification
  2. ^ Received a 2 year suspension (15.7.2007 - 14.7.2009) and disqualification of all results from 9.5.2007 including her World Record set on May 26, 2007 (78.61)
  3. ^ As with the men's event, the specification of the women's javelin has been changed. On April 1, 1999 the IAAF moved the centre of gravity forward by 3 cm in order to ensure a greater number of legal throws and to allow for more accurate distance measurement.

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