| MEN'S WORLD RECORDS (OUTDOOR) | ||||
| 100m | Maurice Greene |  USA |
9.79 | 6/16/99 Athens, GRE |
| 200m | Michael Johnson | USA |
19.32 | 8/1/96 Atlanta, GA |
| 400m | Michael Johnson | USA |
43.18 | 8/26/99 Seville, ESP |
| 800m | Wilson Kipketer |  DEN |
1:41.11 | 8/24/97 Cologne, GER |
| Mile | Hicham El Guerrouj |  MAR |
3:43.13 | 7/7/99 Rome, ITA |
| 5,000m | Haile Gebrselassie |  ETH |
12:39.36 | 6/13/98 Helsinki, FIN |
| 10,000m | Haile Gebrselassie | ETH |
26:22.75 | 6/1/98 Hengelo, NED |
| 20km walk (track) | Bernardo Segura |  MEX |
1:17:25.6 | 5/7/94 Fana, NOR |
| 20km walk (road) | Julio Rene Martinez |  GUA |
1:17:46 | 5/8/99* Eisenhuttenstadt, GER |
| Roman Raskazov |  RUS |
1:17:46 | 5/19/00* Moscow, RUS |
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| 110m hurdles | Colin Jackson |  GBR |
12.91 | 8/20/93 Stuttgart, GER |
| 400m hurdles | Kevin Young | USA |
46.78 | 8/6/92 Barcelona, ESP |
| 3000m Steeple | Brahim Boulami | MAR |
7:55.28 | 8/24/01 Bruxelles, BEL |
| High Jump | Javier Sotomayer |  CUB |
2.45m 8-0½ |
7/27/93 Salamanca, ESP |
| Pole Vault | Sergei Bubka |  UKR |
6.14m 20-1¾ |
7/31/94 Sestriere, ITA |
| Long Jump | Mike Powell | USA |
8.95m 29-4½ |
8/30/91 Tokyo, JPN |
| Triple Jump | Jonathan Edwards | GBR |
18.29m 60-0¼ |
8/7/95 Gothenburg, SWE |
| Shot Put | Randy Barnes | USA |
23.12m 75-10¼ |
5/20/90 Los Angeles, CA |
| Discus | Juergen Schult | GDR | 74.08m 243-0 |
6/6/86 Neubrandenburg, GDR |
| Hammer | Yuri Sedykh | URS | 86.74m 284-7 |
8/30/86 Stuttgart, FRG |
| Javelin | Jan Zelezny |  CZE |
98.48m 323-1 |
5/25/96 Jena, GER |
| Decathlon | Roman Sebrle | CZE |
9026 pts. | 5/26-27/01 Goetzis, AUT |
| 4x100m Relay | United States National Team (Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis) |
USA |
37.40 | 8/8/92 Barcelona, ESP |
| United States National Team (Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell) |
USA |
37.40 | 8/21/93^ Stuttgart, GER |
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| 4x400m Relay | U.S. Goodwill Games Team (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson) |
USA |
2:54.20 | 7/22/98 Uniondale, NY |