World records in athletics ahead of Beijing

Following are the world records in athletics ahead of the world championships in Beijing:

MEN

100 Meters - 9.58, Usain Bolt, Jamaica, Berlin, 16/08/2009

200 Meters - 19.19, Usain Bolt, Jamaica, Berlin, 20/08/2009

400 Meters - 43.18, Michael Johnson, United States, Seville, 26/08/1999

800 Meters - 1:40.91, David Rudisha, Kenya, London, 09/08/2012

1,500 Meters - 3:26.00, Hicham El Guerrouj, Mozambique, Rome, 14/07/1998

5,000 Meters - 12:37.35, Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian, Hengelo, 31/05/2004

10,000 Meters - 26:17.53, Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian, Brussels, 26/08/2005

Marathon - 2:03.38, Patrick Musyoki, Kenya, Berlin, 25/09/2011

3,000 Meters Steeplechase - 7:53.63, Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Qatar, Brussels, 03/09/2004

110 Meters Hurdles - 12.80, Aries Merritt, United States, Brussels, 07/09/2012

400 Meters Hurdles - 46.78, Kevin Young, United States, Barcelona, 06/08/1992

High Jump - 2.45m, Javier Sotomayor, Cuba, Salamanca, 27/07/1993

Pole Vault - 6.14m, Sergey Bubka, Ukraine, Sestriere, 31/07/1994

Long Jump - 8.95m, Mike Powell, United States, Tokyo, 30/08/1991

Triple Jump - 18.29m, Jonathan Edwards, Britain, Gothenburg, 07/08/1995

Shot Put - 23.12m, Randy Barnes, United States, Westwood, 20/05/1990

Discus Throw - 74.08m, Jurgen Schult, Democratic Republic of Germany, Neubrandenburg, 06/06/1986

Hammer Throw - 86.74m, Yuriy Sedykh, Soviet Union, Stuttgart, 30/08/1986

Javelin Throw - 98.48m, Jan Zelezny, Czech Republic, Jena, 25/05/1996

Decathlon - 9,039pts, Ashton Eaton, United States, Eugene, 23/06/2012

20 Kilometers Walk - 1:16.36, Yusuke Suzuki, Japan, Nomi, 15/03/15

50 Kilometers Walk - 3:34:14, Denis Nizhegorodov, Russia, Cheboksary, 11/05/2008

4x100 Meters Relay - 36.84, Jamaica, London, 11/08/2012 (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)

4x400 Meters Relay - 2:54.29, United States, Stuttgart, 22/08/1993 (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson)

WOMEN

100 Meters - 10.49, Florence Griffith-Joyner, United States, Indianapolis, 16/07/1988

200 Meters - 21.34, Florence Griffith-Joyner, United States, Seoul, 29/09/1988

400 Meters - 47.60, Marita Koch, Democratic Republic of Germany, Canberra, 06/10/1985

800 Meters - 1:53.28, Jarmila Kratochvilova, Czech Republic, Munich, 26/07/1983

1,500 Meters - 3:50.07, Genzebe Dibaba, Ethiopia, Monaco, 17/07/15

5,000 Meters - 14:11.15, Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia, Oslo, 06/06/2008

10,000 Meters - 29:31.78, Wang Junxia, China, Beijing, 08/09/1993

Marathon - 2:15:25, Paula Radcliffe, Britain, London, 13/04/2003

3,000 Meters Steeplechase - 8:58.81, Gulnara Galkina, Russia, Beijing, 17/08/2008

100 Meters Hurdles - 12.21, Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria, Stara Zagora, 20/08/1988

400 Meters Hurdles - 52.34, Yuliya Pechenkina, Russia, Tula, 08/08/2003

High Jump - 2.09m, Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria, Rome, 30/08/1987

Pole Vault - 5.06m, Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia, Zurich, 28/08/2009

Long Jump - 7.52m, Galina Chistyakova, Soviet Union, Leningrad, 11/06/1988

Triple Jump - 15.50m, Inessa Kravets, Ukraine, Gothenburg, 10/08/1995

Shot Put - 22.63m, Natalya Lisovskaya, Soviet Union, Moscow, 07/06/1987

Discus - 76.80m, Gabriele Reinsch, Democratic Republic of Germany, Neubrandenburg, 09/07/1988

Hammer - 81.08m, Anita Wlodarczyk, Poland, Wladyslawowo, 01/08/15

Javelin - 72.28m, Barbora Spotakova, Czech Republic, Stuttgart, 13/09/2008

Heptathlon - 7,291pts, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, United States, Seoul, 24/09/1988

20 Kilometers Walk - 1:24.38, Liu Hong, China, La Coruna, 06/06/15

4x100 Meters Relay - 40.82, United States, London, 10/08/2012 (Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter)

4x400 Meters Relay - 3:15.17, Soviet Union, Seoul, 01/10/1988 (Olga V.Nazarova, Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina, Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina)

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