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Track - Men | ||||
| Distance | Record | Athlete | Location | Date | 30 mi | 2:42:00 | Jeff Norman (GB) | Timperley | June 7, 1980 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 km | 2:48:06 | Jeff Norman (GB) | Timperley | June 7, 1980 |
| 40 mi | 3:48:35 | Don Ritchie (GB) | Hendon | Oct. 16, 1982 |
| 50 mi | 4:51:49 | Don Ritchie (GB) | Hendon | March 12, 1983 |
| 100 km | 6:10:20 | Don Ritchie (GB) | London | Oct. 28, 1978 |
| 150 km | 10:36:42 | Don Ritchie (GB) | London | Oct. 15, 1977 |
| 100 mi | 11:30:51 | Don Ritchie (GB) | London | Oct. 15, 1977 |
| 200 km | 15:10:27 | Yiannis Kouros (Aus) | Adelaide | Oct. 4, 1997 |
| 500 km | 60:23:00 | Yiannis Kouros (Gr) | Colac | Nov. 26-29, 1984 |
| 500 mi | 105:42:09 | Yiannis Kouros (Gr) | Colac | Nov. 26-30, 1984 |
| 1000 km | 136:17:00 | Yiannis Kouros (Gr) | Colac | Nov. 26-Dec. 1, 1984 |
| 1500 km | 10d 17:28:26 | Piotr Silkin (Lit) | Nanango | March 11-22, 1998 |
| 1000 mi | 11d 13:54:58 | Piotr Silkin (Lit) | Nanango | March 11-23, 1998 |
| 12 hours | 100mi 1602y* | Yiannis Kouros (Gr) | Montauban | March 15, 1985 |
| 24 hours | 188mi 1038y* | Yiannis Kouros (Aus) /TD> | Adelaide | Oct. 4-5, 1997 |
| 48 hours | 294mi 710y* | Yiannis Kouros (Aus) | Surgeres | May 3-5, 1996 |
| 6 days | 635mi 147y* | Yiannis Kouros (Gr) | New York | July 2-8, 1984 |
Notes:
* - metric distances of 162.4, 303.506, 473.796 and 1,022.068 kilometers respectively.
6 days records: Jean Gilles Boussiquet ran 640 miles, 21 yards (1,030 kilometers) on an indoor track at La Rochelle, on November 16-22, 1992. Yiannis Kouros ran unvalidated 635 miles, 1,385 yards at Colac on November 26-December 1, 1984.
Road - Men | ||||
| Distance | Record | Athlete | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 mi | 2:37:31 | Thompson Magawane (SA) | Kirstenbosch | April 2, 1988 |
| 50 km | 2:43:38 | Thompson Magawane (SA) | Kirstenbosch | April 2, 1988 |
| 40 mi | 3:45:39 | Andy Jones (Can) | Houston | Feb. 23, 1991 |
| 50 mi | 4:50:51 | Bruce Fordyce (SA) | Chicago | Oct. 14, 1984 |
| 1000 km | 5d 2:27 | Yiannis Kouros (Gr) | Sydney-Melbourne | May 18-26, 1989 |
| 6 days | 639 mi * | Yiannis Kouros (Gr) | Flushing | May 20-26, 1988 |
Notes:
Records listed where superior to track bests on properly measured road courses.
* - metric distance of 1,028.37 kilometers.
50 mile record: Bruce Fordyce ran 4:50:21 at the point-to-point London to Brighton race, on September 25, 1983.
1,000 miles record: Yiannis Kourous's 10 days and 10:10:35 at Flushing, New York, on May 20-31, 1988, only one stop time taken.
12 hours record: Yiannis Kouros's 101 miles at Flushing, New York, on November 7, 1984 cannot be validated.
6 days record: Yiannis Kouros ran uncertified 658 miles, 1,144 yards in the first six days of the Sydney to Melbourne race in March, 1987.
Track - Women | ||||
| Distance | Record | Athlete | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 mi | 3:12:25 | Carolyn Hunter-Rowe (GB) | Barry | March 3, 1996 |
| 50 km | 3:18:52 | Carolyn Hunter-Rowe (GB) | Barry | March 3, 1996 |
| 40 mi | 4:26:43 | Carolyn Hunter-Rowe (GB) | Barry | March 6, 1993 |
| 50 mi | 5:55:41 | Valentina Liakhova (Rus) | Nantes | Sep. 28, 1996 |
| 100 km | 7:23:28 | Valentina Liakhova (Rus) | Nantes | Sep. 28, 1996 |
| 150 km | 13:45:54 | Hilary Walker (GB) | Blackpool | Nov. 5-6, 1988 |
| 100 mi | 14:29:44 | Ann Trason (US) | Santa Rosa | March 18-19, 1989 |
| 200 km | 19:49:36 | Irina Reutovich (Rus) | Verona | Sep. 25-26, 1999 |
| 200 mi | 39:09:03 | Hilary Walker (GB) | Blackpool | Nov. 5-7, 1988 |
| 500 km | 77:53:46 | Eleanor Adams (GB) | Colac | Nov. 13-15, 1989 |
| 500 mi | 130:59:58 | Sandra Barwick (NZ) | Campbelltown | Nov. 18-23, 1990 |
| 1000 km | 8d 00:27:06 | Eleanor Robinson (GB) | Nanango | March 11-18, 1998 |
| 1000 mi | 13d 01:54:02 | Eleanor Robinson (GB) | Nanango | Mar. 11-24, 1998 |
| 12 hours | 91mi 1258y* | Ann Trason (US) | Hayward | Aug. 3, 1991 |
| 24 hours | 150mi 1336y* | Irina Reutovich (Rus) | Moscow | May 9-10, 1998 |
| 48 hours | 234mi 1428y* | Sue Ellen Trapp (US) | Surgeres | May 2-4, 1997 |
| 6 days | 549mi 110y* | Sandra Barwick (NZ) | Campbelltown | Nov. 18-24, 1990 |
Notes:
* - metric distances of 147.6, 242.624, 377.892 and 883.631 kilometers, respectively.
150 km record: Ann Trason ran 13:21:45 at 93.25 miles (150.07 km) on one running watch, Santa Rosa, on March 18-19, 1989.
200 km record: Eleanor Adams ran 19:28:48 at Melbourne, on August 19-20, 1989, full details of stop times not available.
24 hours record: Irina Reutovich record is pending validation by laptimes; confirmed best is 240.169 km by Eleanor Adams at Melbourne, on August 19-20, 1989. Yelena Siderenkova (Russia) ran 154 miles and 1161 yards (248.9 kilometers) at Podolsk, on February 10-11, 1996 on 133-meter indoor track.
Road - Women | ||||
| Distance | Record | Athlete | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 mi | 3:01:16 | Frith van der Merwe (SA) | Kirstenbosch | March 25, 1989 |
| 50 km | 3:08:39 | Frith van der Merwe (SA) | Kirstenbosch | March 25, 1989 |
| 40 mi | 4:26:13 | Ann Trason (US) | Houston | Feb. 23, 1991 |
| 50 mi | 5:40:18 | Ann Trason (US) | Houston | Feb. 23, 1991 |
| 100 km | 7:00:48 | Ann Trason (US) | Winschoten | Sep. 16, 1995 |
| 100 mi | 13:47:41 | Ann Trason (US) | Flushing | May 4, 1991 |
| 200 km | 19:00:31 | Eleanor Adams (GB) | Milton Keynes | Feb. 3-4, 1990 |
| 1000 mi | 12d 14:38:40 | Sandra Barwick (NZ) | Flushing | Sep. 15-28, 1991 |
| 24 hours | 151mi 706y* | Sigrid Lomsky (Ger) | Basel | May 1-2, 1993 |
Notes:
Records listed where superior to track bests on properly measured road courses.
* - metric distance of 243.657 kilometers.
50 km record: van der Merwe also ran 3:04:30 at Verwoerdburg, on August 5, 1989, on a point-to-point substantially downhill course.
50 miles record: van der Merwe ran 5:54:43 for 89.2-kilometers (56 miles) at Comrades Marathon, on May 31, 1989 (5:18:10 pace).
Track - US Men | ||||
| Distance | Record | Athlete | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 km | 2:52:47.5 | Barney Klecker (MN) | Tucson | Nov. 15, 1981 |
| 40 mi | 4:08:30.2 | Ken Young (IL) | Chicago | May 14, 1972 |
| 50 mi | 5:21:21.7 | Ken Moffitt (CA) | Santa Monica | Sep. 9, 1978 |
| 100 km | 7:00:12 | Bernd Heinrich (Vermont) | Brunswick | Aug. 24, 1985 |
| 100 mi | 12:27:01 | Bernd Heinrich (Vermont) | Ottawa | May 19, 1984 |
| 200 km | 16:55:12 | Rae Clark (CA) | Portland | Sep. 29-30, 1990 |
| 24 hours | 165mi 427y | Rae Clark (CA) | Portland | Sep. 29-30, 1990 |
| 48 hours | 243mi 1089y | Roy Pirrung (WI) | Surgeres | May 2-4, 1997 |
| 6 days | 577mi 1100y | Stu Mittleman (NY) | Boulder | Dec. 27, 1984-Jan. 2, 1985 |
Track - US Women | ||||
| Distance | Record | Athlete | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 km | 3:20:23 | Ann Trason (CA) | Santa Rosa | March 18, 1995 |
| 40 mi | 4:34:55 | Ann Trason (CA) | Nantes | Sep. 28, 1996 |
| 50 mi | 6:09:26 | Donna Perkins (TX) | Nantes | Sep. 28, 1996 |
| 100 km | 7:50:08 | Ann Trason (CA) | Hayward | 03Aug91 |
| 100 mi | 14:29:44 | Ann Trason (CA) | Santa Rosa | March 18, 1989 |
| 200 km | 21:08:47 | Sue Ellen Trapp (FL) | Portland | Sep. 28-29, 1991 |
| 24 hours | 136mi 946y | Sue Ellen Trapp (FL) | Portland | Sep. 28-29, 1991 |
| 48 hours | 234mi 1,428y | Sue Ellen Trapp (FL) | Surgeres | May 2-4, 1997 |
| 6 days | 487mi 1,585y | Donna Hudson (NY) | Colac | Nov. 16-22, 1987 |
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