WORLD VETERANS/MASTERS RECORDSI
MEN – aged 35 or more
100 metres 9.97A Linford Christie (2.4.60) GBR Johannesburg 23 Sep 1995
200 metres 20.11 Linford Christie (2.4.60) GBR Villeneuve dAscq 25 Jun 1995
400 metres 45.68 Alvin Harrison (20.1.74) USA San Juan 5 Apr 2009
800 metres 1:43.36 Johnny Gray (19.6.60) USA Zrich 16 Aug 1995
1000 metres 2:18.8+ William Tanui (22.2.64) KEN Rome 7 Jul 1999
1500 metres 3:32.45 William Tanui (22.2.64) KEN Athna 16 Jun 1999
1 mile 3:52.04 Marcus OSullivan (22.12.61) IRL Berlin 26 Aug 1997
2000 metres 4:58.3+ e William Tanui (22.2.64 KEN Monaco 4 Aug 1999
4:57.31i William Tanui Sindelfingen 28 Feb 1999
3000 metres 7:37.23 John Kibowen (21.4.69) KEN Doha 14 May 2004
5000 metres 13:01.32 John Kibowen (21.4.69) KEN Roma 2 Jul 2004
10000 metres 26:51.20 Haile Gebrselassie (18.4.73) ETH Hengelo 24 May 2008
20000 metres 57:44.4+ Gaston Roelants (5.2.37) BEL Bruxelles 20 Sep 1972
1 Hour 20,784m Gaston Roelants (5.2.37) BEL Bruxelles 20 Sep 1972
Half Marathon 59:10 dh Paul Tergat (17.6.69) KEN Lisboa 13 Mar 2005
61:00 Brahim Lahlafi (5.4.68) FRA Paris 11 Mar 2007
Marathon 2:03:59 Haile Gebrselassie (18.4.73) ETH Berlin 28 Sep 2008
3000m steeple 8:04.95 Simon Vroemen (11.5.69) NED Bruxelles 26 Aug 2005
110m hurdles 12.96 Allen Johnson (1.3.71) USA Athna 17 Sep 2006
400m hurdles 48.13 Danny McFarlane (24.2.72) JAM Monaco 28 Jul 2009
High jump 2.31 Dragutin Topic (12.3.71) SRB Kragujevac 28 Jul 2009
Pole vault 5.88i Jeff Hartwig (25.9.67) USA Jonesboro 22 Feb 2004
5.85 sq Derek Miles (28.9.72) USA Berlin 7 Sep 2008
Long jump 8.50 Larry Myricks (10.3.56) USA New York 15 Jun 1991
8.50 Carl Lewis (1.7.61) USA Atlanta 29 Jul 1996
Triple jump 17.92 Jonathan Edwards (10.5.66) GBR Edmonton 6 Aug 2001
Shot 22.67 Kevin Toth (29.12.67) USA Lawrence 19 Apr 2003
Discus 71.56 Virgilijus Alekna (13.2.72) LTU Kaunas 25 Jul 2007
Hammer 83.62 Igor Astapkovich (4.1.63) BLR Staiki 20 Jun 1998
Javelin 92.80 Jan Zelezny (16.6.66) CZE Edmonton 12 Aug 2001
Decathlon 8241 Kip Janvrin (8.7.65) USA Eugene 22 Jun 2001
(10.98, 7.01, 14.21, 1.89, 48.41, 14.72, 45.59, 5.20, 60.41, 4:14.96)
20 km walk 1:18:44 Vladimir Andreyev (7.9.66) RUS Cheboksary 12 Jun 2004
20000m t walk 1:20:55.4+ Maurizio Damilano (6.4.57) ITA Cuneo 3 Oct 1992
50 km walk 3:36:03 Robert Korzeniowski (30.7.68) POL Saint-Denis 27 Aug 2003
50000m t walk 3:49:29.7 Alain Lemercier (11.1.57) FRA Franconville 3 Apr 1994
MEN – aged 40 or more
100 metres 10.29 Troy Douglas (30.11.62) NED Leiden 7 Jun 2003
200 metres 20.64 Troy Douglas (30.11.62) NED Utrecht 9 Aug 2003
400 metres 47.82 Enrico Saraceni (19.5.64) ITA rhus 25 Jul 2004
47.5u Lee Evans (25.2.47) USA Apr 1989
800 metres 1:50.34 Jim Sorensen (10.5.67) USA Bloomington 30 Jun 2007
1:48.81i Johnny Gray (19.6.60) USA Atlanta 3 Mar 2001
1000 metres 2:26.71i Eamonn Coghlan (21.11.52) IRL Gainesville 21 Jan 1994
1500 metres 3:44.06 Jim Sorensen (10.5.67) USA Los Angeles 4 Jun 2007
1 mile 4:02.53 David Moorcroft (10.4.53) GBR Belfast 19 Jun 1993
3:58.15i Eamonn Coghlan (21.11.52) IRL Boston 20 Feb 1994
3000 metres 8:03.69 Tony Bernardo (9.12.66) AND Palafrugell 26 May 2007
5000 metres 13:43.15 Mohamed Ezzher (26.4.60) FRA Sotteville 3 Jul 2000
10000 metres 28:30.88 Martti Vainio (30.12.50) FIN Hengelo 25 Jun 1991
1 Hour 19.710k Steve Moneghetti (26.9.62) AUS Geelong 17 Dec 2005
Marathon 2:08:46 Andrs Espinosa (4.2.63) MEX Berlin 28 Sep 2003
3000m steeple 8:38.40 Angelo Carosi (20.1.64) ITA Firenze 11 Jul 2004
110m hurdles 13.97 David Ashford (24.1.63) USA Indianapolis 3 Jul 2004
13.79 ? Roger Kingdom (26.8.62) USA Slippery Rock 23 Jun 2004
400m hurdles 52.62 Antnio Dias Ferreira (2.3.60) BRA Rio de Janeiro 23 Jul 2000
High jump 2.15 Glen Conley (9.1.57) USA Albany 2 Aug 1997
2.15A Dalton Grant (8.4.66) GBR Albertville 10 Jul 2008
Pole vault 5.71i Jeff Hartwig (25.9.67) USA Jonesboro 31 May 2008
5.70 Jeff Hartwig Eugene 29 Jun 2008
Long jump 7.68A Aaron Sampson (20.9.61) USA Cedar City, UT 21 Jun 2002
7.57 Hans Schicker (3.10.47) FRG Kitzingen 16 Jul 1989
Triple jump 16.58 Ray Kimble (19.4.53) USA Edinburgh 2 Jul 1993
Shot 21.41 Brian Oldfield (1.6.45) USA Innsbruch 22 Aug 1985
Discus 69.46 Al Oerter (19.9.36) USA Wichita 31 May 1980
Hammer 82.23 Igor Astapkovich (4.1.63) BLR Minsk 10 Jul 2004
Javelin 85.92 Jan Zelezny (16.6.66) CZE Gteborg 9 Aug 2006
Pentathlon 3510 pts Werner Schallau (8.9.38) FRG Gelsenkirchen 24 Sep 1978
6.74, 59.20, 23.0, 43.76, 5:05.7
Decathlon 7525 pts Kip Janvrin (8.7.65) USA San Sebastin 24 Aug 2005
11.56, 6.78, 14.01, 1.80, 49.46, 15.40, 42.70, 4.70, 58.43, 4:25.87
20 km walk 1:21:36 Willi Sawall (7.11.41) AUS Melbourne 4 Jul 1982
20000m t walk 1:24:58.8 Marcel Jobin (3.1.42) CAN Sept Isles 12 May 1984
50 km walk 3:49:06 Jos Marn (21.1.50) ESP Badalona 22 Mar 1992
50000m t walk 3:51:54.5 Jos Marn (21.1.50) ESP Manresa 7 Apr 1990
4x100m 42.20 SpeedWest TC USA Irvine 2 May 2004
(Frank Strong, Cornell Stephenson, Kettrell Berry, Willie Gault)
4x400m 3:20.83 S Allah, K Morning, E Gonera, R Blackwell USA Philadelphia 27 Apr 2001
WOMEN – aged 35 or more
100 metres 10.74 Merlene Ottey (10.5.60) JAM Milano 7 Sep 1996
200 metres 21.93 Merlene Ottey (10.5.60) JAM Bruxelles 25 Aug 1995
400 metres 50.27 Jearl Miles Clark (4.9.66) USA Madrid 20 Sep 2002
800 metres 1:56.53 Lyubov Gurina (6.8.57) RUS Hechtel 30 Jul 1994
1000 metres 2:31.5 Maricica Puica (29.7.50) ROM Poiana Brasov 1 Jun 1986
1500 metres 3:57.73 Maricica Puica (29.7.50) ROM Bruxelles 30 Aug 1985
1 mile 4:17.33 Maricica Puica (29.7.50) ROM Zrich 21 Aug 1985
2000 metres 5:28.69 Maricica Puica (29.7.50) ROM London 11 Jul 1986
3000 metres 8:23.23 Edith Masai (4.4.67) KEN Monaco 19 Jul 2002
5000 metres 14:33.84 Edith Masai (4.4.67) KEN Oslo 2 Jun 2006
10000 metres 30:30.26 Edith Masai (4.4.67) KEN Helsinki 6 Aug 2005
Half Marathon 67:16 Edith Masai (4.4.67) KEN Berlin 2 Apr 2006
Marathon 2:19:19 Irina Mikitenko (23.8.72) GER Berlin 28 Sep 2008
3000m steeple 9:33.93 Minori Hayakari (29.11.72) JPN Heusden 20 Jul 2008
100m hurdles 12.40 Gail Devers (19.11.66) USA Lausanne 2 Jul 2002
400m hurdles 52.94 Marina Styepanova (1.5.50) RUS Tashkent 17 Sep 1986
High jump 2.01 Inga Babakova (27.6.67) UKR Oslo 27 Jun 2003
Pole vault 4.70 Stacy Dragila (25.3.71) USA Chula Vista 22 Jun 2008
Long jump 6.99 Heike Drechsler (16.12.64) GER Sydney 29 Sep 2000
Triple jump 14.51 Yamil Aldama (14.8.72) SUD Rthimno 14 Jul 2008
Shot 21.46 Larisa Peleshenko (29.2.64) RUS Moskva 26 Aug 2000
21.47i Helena Fibingerov (13.7.49) CZE Jablonec 9 Feb 1985
Discus 69.60 Faina Melnik (9.7.45) RUS Donetsk 9 Sep 1980
Hammer 72.36 Olga Kuzenkova (4.10.70) RUS Tula 2 Aug 2007
Javelin 68.34 Steffi Nerius (1.7.72) GER Berlin (Elstal) 31 Aug 2008
Heptathlon 6533 pts Jane Frederick (7.4.52) USA Talence 27 Sep 1987
13.60, 1.82, 15.50, 24.73; 6.29, 49.70, 2:14.88
5000m walk 20:12.41 Elisabetta Perrone (9.7.68) ITA Rieti 2 Aug 2003
10km walk 42:42+ Tamara Kovalenko (5.6.64) RUS Moskva 19 May 2000
10000m t walk 43:26.5 Elisabetta Perrone (9.7.68) ITA Saluzzo 4 Aug 2004
20km walk 1:25:59 Tamara Kovalenko (5.6.64) RUS Moskva 19 May 2000
20000m t walk 1:27:49.3 Yelena Nikolayeva (1.2.66) RUS Brisbane 6 Sep 2001
4x100m 48.63 Desmier, Sulter, Andreas, Apavou FRA Eugene 8 Jun 1989
4x400m 3:50.80 Mitchell, Mathews, Beadnall, Gabriel GBR Gateshead 8 Aug 1999
WOMEN – aged 40 or more
100 metres 10.99 Merlene Ottey (10.5.60) JAM Thessaloniki 30 Aug 2000
200 metres 22.72 Merlene Ottey (10.5.60) SLO Athna 23 Aug 2004
400 metres 53.05A Mara Figueirdo (11.11.63) BRA Bogot 10 Jul 2004
53.14 Mara Figueirdo (11.11.63) BRA San Carlos, VEN 19 Jun 2004
800 metres 1:59.25 Yekaterina Podkopayeva (11.6.52) RUS Luxembourg 30 Jun 1994
1000 metres 2:36.16 Yekaterina Podkopayeva (11.6.52) RUS Nancy 14 Sep 1994
2:36.08i Yekaterina Podkopayeva RUS Livin 13 Feb 1993
1500 metres 3:59.78 Yekaterina Podkopayeva (11.6.52) RUS Nice 18 Jul 1994
1 mile 4:23.78 Yekaterina Podkopayeva (11.6.52) RUS Roma 9 Jun 1993
3000 metres 9:11.2 Joyce Smith (26.10.37) GBR London 30 Apr 1978
9:02.83i Lyubov Kremlyova (21.12.61) RUS Moskva 22 Jan 2002
5000 metres 15:20.59 Elena Fidatov (24.7.60) ROM Bucuresti 7 Aug 2000
10000 metres 31:31.18 Edith Masai (4.4.67) KEN Alger 21 Jul 2007
1 hour 16.056k Jackie Fairweather (10.11.67) AUS Canberra 24 Jan 2008
Half Marathon 69:56 Irina Permitina (3.2.68) RUS Novosibirsk 13 Sep 2008
Marathon 2:25:43 Lyudmila Petrova (7.10.68) RUS New York 2 Nov 2008
3000m steeple 10:38.98 Soraya Telles (15.9.58) BRA Rio de Janeiro 5 Jun 1999
100 m hurdles 13.20 Patricia Girard (8.4.68) FRA Paris 14 Jul 2008
400 m hurdles 58.35 Barbara Ghling (20.3.65) GER Erfurt 21 Jul 2007
58.3 h Gowry Retchakan (21.6.60) GBR Hoo 3 Sep 2000
High jump 1.76 Debbie Brill (10.3.53) W45 record CAN Gateshead 6 Aug 1999
1.76A Patricia Porter (27.8.62) USA Albuquerque 6 Jun 2004
Pole vault 3.71 Irie Hill (16.1.69) GBR Lahti 2 Aug 2009
Long jump 6.64 Tatyana Ter-Mesrobian (12.5.68) RUS Sankt-Peterburg 31 May 2008
Triple jump 13.05 Katalin Dek (4.3.68) HUN Budapest 14 Jun 2009
Shot 19.05 Antonina Ivanova (25.12.32) RUS Oryol 28 Aug 1973
19.16i Antonina Ivanova RUS Moskva 24 Feb 1974
Discus 67.89 Iryna Yatchenko (31.10.65) BLR Staiki 29 Jun 2008
Hammer 59.29 Oneithea Lewis (11.6.60) USA Princeton 10 May 2003
Javelin 61.96 Laverne Eve (16.6.65) BAH Monaco 9 Sep 2005
Heptathlon 4359 pts Conceio Geremias (23.7.56) BRA So Caetano do Sul 7 Sep 1997
15.61, 1.57, 12.14, 28.26, 5.49, 32.08, 2:56.10
5000m walk 22:49.06 Suzanne Griesbach (22.4.45) FRA Annecy 9 Aug 1987
10km walk 45:09+ Kerry Saxby-Junna (2.6.61) AUS Edmonton 9 Aug 2001
10000m t walk 46:43.94 Graciela Mendoza (23.3.63) MEX Iquique 14 Jun 2008
20km walk 1:33:04 Graciela Mendoza (23.3.63) MEX Lima 7 May 2005
20000m t walk 1:33:28.15t Teresa Vaill (20.11.62) USA Carson 25 Jun 2005
4x100m 48.22 Cadinot, Barilly, Valouvin, Lapierre FRA Le Touquet 24 Jun 2006
4x400m 3:57.28 Loizou, Kay, Smithe, Cearns AUS Brisbane 14 Jul 2001