WORLD TRACK & FIELD RECORDS
Men's Outdoor World Records
| Event | Name | Country | Performance | Year |
| 100-Meter Dash | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 9.69 | 2008 |
| 200-Meter Dash | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 19.30 | 2008 |
| 400-Meter Dash | Michael Johnson | United States | 43.18 | 1999 |
| 800-Meter Run | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 1:41.11 | 1997 |
| 1000-Meter Run | Noah Ngeny | Kenya | 2:11.96 | 1999 |
| 1500-Meter Run | Hicham el Gherrouj | Morocco | 3:26.00 | 1998 |
| One-Mile Run | Hicham el Gherrouj | Morroco | 3:43.13 | 1999 |
| 3000-Meter Run | Daniel Komen | Kenya | 7:20.67 | 1996 |
| 5000-Meter Run | Kenensia Bekele | Ethiopia | 12:37.35 | 2004 |
| 10,000-Meter Run | Kenensia Bekele | Ethiopia | 26:17.53 | 2005 |
| Marathon | Haile Gebreselassie | Ethiopia | 2:03:59 | 2008 |
| 110-Meter Hurdles | Dayron Robles | Cuba | 12.87 | 2008 |
| 400-Meter Hurdles | Kevin Young | United States | 46.78 | 1992 |
| 3000-Meter Steeplechase | Saif Shaheen | Qatar | 7:53.63 | 2004 |
| 400-Meter Relay | Nesta Carter Asafa Powell |
Jamaica | 37.10 | 2008 |
| 1600-Meter Relay | Quincy Watts Andrew Valmon Butch Reynolds Michael Johnson |
United States | 2:54.29 | 1993 |
| High Jump | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 8'-1/2 | 1993 |
| Long Jump | Michael Powell | United States | 29'4-1/2 | 1991 |
| Triple Jump | Jonathan Edwards | Great Britain | 60'-1/4 | 1995 |
| Pole Vault | Sergei Bubka | Soviet Union | 20'1-3/4 | 1994 |
| Shot | Randy Barnes | United States | 75'10-1/4 | 1990 |
| Discus | Jurgen Schult | East Germany | 243' | 1986 |
| Javelin | Jan Zelesny | Czech Repulbic | 323'1 | 1996 |
| Hammer | Yuriy Syedikh | Soviet Union | 284'7 | 1986 |
| Decathlon | Roman Seberle | Czech Republic | 9026 | 2001 |
Women's Outdoor World Records
| Event | Name | School | Performance | Year |
| 100-Meter Dash | Florence Griffith-Joyner | United States | 10.49 | 1988 |
| 200-Meter Dash | Florence Griffith-Joyner | United States | 21.34 | 1988 |
| 400-Meter Dash | Marita Koch | East Germany | 47.60 | 1998 |
| 800-Meter Run | Jarmilla Kratochvilova | Czechoslovakia | 1:53.28 | 1983 |
| 1000-Meter Run | Svetlana Masterkova | Russia | 2:28.98 | 1996 |
| 1500-Meter Run | Yunxia Qu | China | 3:50.46 | 1993 |
| One-Mile Run | Svetlana Masterkova | Russia | 4:12.56 | 1996 |
| 3000-Meter Run | Junxia Wang | China | 8:06.11 | 1993 |
| 5000-Meter Run | Tirunes Dibaba | Ethiopia | 14:11.15 | 2007 |
| 10,000-Meter Run | Junxia Wang | China | 29:31.78 | 1993 |
| Marathon | Paula Radcliffe | Great Britain | 2:15:25 | 2003 |
| 100-Meter Hurdles | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 12.21 | 1998 |
| 400-Meter Hurdles | Yuliya Pechonkina | Russia | 52.34 | 2003 |
| 3000-Meter Steeplechase | Gulnara Galkina | Russia | 8:58.81 | 2003 |
| 400-Meter Relay | Silke Moller Sabine Rieger Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Gohr |
East Germany | 41.37 | 1985 |
| 1600-Meter Relay | Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Maria Pinigina Olga Bryzgina |
Soviet Union | 3:15.17 | 1988 |
| High Jump | Stefka Kostodinova | Bulgaria | 6'10-1/4 | 1987 |
| Long Jump | Galina Chistyakova | Soviet Union | 24'8-1/4 | 1988 |
| Triple Jump | Inessa Kravets | Ukraine | 50'10-1/4 | 1995 |
| Pole Vault | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | 16'6-3/4 | 2008 |
| Shot | Natalya Lisovskaya | Soviet Union | 74'3 | 1987 |
| Discus | Gabriele Reinsch | East Germany | 252' | 1988 |
| Javelin | Barbora Spotakova | Czech Republic | 237'2 | 2008 |
| Hammer | Tatyana Lysenko | Russia | 255'3 | 2006 |
| Heptathlon | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | United States | 7291 | 1988 |
