Malcolm Gladwell’s Decade Records: Here Are The Top 10 Men’s Track & Field Performers of the 2010s in Every Event
By LetsRun.com
October 24, 2019
Two years ago, bestselling author/podcast star/running geek Malcolm Gladwell went on the House of Run podcast and, as he is known to do, proposed an idea: decade records. The thinking behind it: some world records (you probably have an idea of which ones) have stood for decades and may never be broken due to the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Rather than try to figure out who was on drugs and who wasn’t and playing grammatical tango with phrases like “clean world record,” why not look at records another way and organize them by decade? Afterall, within in each decade, presumably the drugs and technology shouldn’t change all that much.
Of course, this doesn’t totally solve the drugs problem (several of the athletes on the lists below have served significant doping bans since recording their performances, which were noted), but it’s an interesting way to contextualize performances and see how they compared against other performances from their own era. A 2:18 men’s marathon doesn’t mean much in the era of Vaporflys and Eliud Kipchoge, but in the 1950s it was a big f—ing deal. Likewise, Salwa Eid Naser‘s 48.14 loses some of its luster when you compare it to the doped-up women’s 400 times of the 1980s. But if you wipe the slate clean at the end of that decade, it becomes a lot more impressive.
With the 2019 track season in the books, we thought it would be cool to take Gladwell’s idea and expand it. Below, we’ve compiled a list of the top 10 performers in the major men’s track & field disciplines (women’s article here) for the decade of the 2010s. Some of the marks date back to the very start of the decade, while some were set earlier this month in the World Championships in Doha. Poke around and see if you can find your favorite runner/thrower/jumper.
Key
Current world records in bold
Current American records in italics
i = indoor performance
2010-2019 Decade world records
Event | Mark | Athlete | Country | Date | Location |
100m | 9.63 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 8/5/12 | London |
200m | 19.26 | Yohan Blake | Jamaica | 9/16/11 | Brussels |
400m | 43.03 | Wayde Van Niekerk | South Africa | 8/14/16 | Rio de Janeiro |
800m | 1:40.91 | David Rudisha | Kenya | 8/9/12 | London |
1500m | 3:26.69 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 7/17/15 | Monaco |
Mile | 3:47.01i | Yomif Kejelcha | Ethiopia | 3/3/19 | Boston |
3,000m | 7:27.36 | Yenew Alamirew | Ethiopia | 5/6/11 | Doha |
5,000m | 12:43.02 | Selemon Barega | Ethiopia | 8/31/18 | Brussels |
10,000m | 26:43.16 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 9/16/11 | Brussels |
110m hurdles | 12.80 | Aries Merritt | USA | 9/7/12 | Brussels |
400m hurdles | 46.92 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 8/29/19 | Zurich |
3,000m steeple | 7:53.64 | Brimin Kipruto | Kenya | 7/22/11 | Monaco |
Half marathon | 58:01 | Geoffrey Kamworor | Kenya | 9/15/19 | Copenhagen |
Marathon | 2:01:39 | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya | 9/16/18 | Berlin |
High jump | 2.43m | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Qatar | 9/5/14 | Brussels |
Pole vault | 6.16mi | Renaud Lavillenie | France | 2/15/14 | Donetsk |
Long jump | 8.69m | Tajay Gayle | Jamaica | 9/28/19 | Doha |
Triple jump | 18.21m | Christian Taylor | USA | 8/27/15 | Beijing |
Shot put | 22.91m | Joe Kovacs | USA | 10/5/19 | Doha |
Discus | 71.86m | Daniel Stahl | Sweden | 6/29/19 | Bottnaryd |
Hammer | 83.93m | Pawel Fajdek | Poland | 8/9/15 | Szczecin |
Javelin | 94.44m | Johannes Vetter | Germany | 7/11/17 | Lucerne |
Decathlon | 9126 points | Kevin Mayer | France | 9/15 – 9/16/18 | Talence |
2010-2019 Decade American records
Event | Mark | Athlete | Date | Location |
100m | 9.74 | Justin Gatlin | 5/15/15 | Doha |
200m | 19.50 | Noah Lyles | 7/5/19 | Lausanne |
400m | 43.45 | Michael Norman | 4/20/19 | Torrance |
800m | 1:42.34 | Donavan Brazier | 10/1/19 | Doha |
1500m | 3:30.40 | Matthew Centrowitz | 7/17/15 | Monaco |
Mile | 3:49.98i | Johnny Gregorek | 3/3/19 | Boston |
3,000m | 7:29.00 | Bernard Lagat | 8/29/10 | Rieti |
5,000m | 12:53.60 | Bernard Lagat | 7/22/11 | Monaco |
10,000m | 26:44.36 | Galen Rupp | 5/30/14 | Eugene |
110m hurdles | 12.80 | Aries Merritt | 9/7/12 | Brussels |
400m hurdles | 46.98 | Rai Benjamin | 8/29/19 | Zurich |
3,000m steeple | 8:00.45 | Evan Jager | 7/4/15 | Paris |
Half marathon | 59:47 | Galen Rupp | 3/11/18 | Rome |
Marathon | 2:06:07 | Galen Rupp | 5/6/18 | Prague |
High jump | 2.37m | Jesse Williams | 6/26/11 | Eugene |
Erik Kynard | 7/4/13 | Lausanne | ||
Erik Kynard | 5/9/14 | Doha | ||
Erik Kynard | 6/26/15 | Eugene | ||
Pole vault | 6.06m | Sam Kendricks | 7/27/19 | Des Moines |
Long jump | 8.58m | Jarrion Lawson | 7/3/16 | Eugene |
Triple jump | 18.21m | Christian Taylor | 8/27/15 | Beijing |
Shot put | 22.91m | Joe Kovacs | 10/5/19 | Doha |
Discus | 69.90m | Jason Young | 3/26/10 | Lubbock |
Hammer | 80.31m | Kibwe Johnson | 6/23/11 | Eugene |
Javelin | 84.09m | Tim Glover | 4/11/15 | Knoxville |
Decathlon | 9045 points | Ashton Eaton | 8/28 – 8/29/15 | Beijing |
Top 10 performers by event
Men’s 100 meters
Time | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
9.63 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 8/5/12 | London | |
9.69 | Yohan Blake | Jamaica | 8/23/12 | Lausanne | |
9.74 | Justin Gatlin | USA | 5/15/15 | Doha | |
9.76 | Christian Coleman | USA | 9/28/19 | Doha | |
9.78 | Tyson Gay | USA | 8/13/10 | London | Banned 1 year for doping in 2013 |
Nesta Carter | Jamaica | 8/29/10 | Rieti | ||
Asafa Powell | Jamaica | 6/30/11 | Lausanne | ||
9.80 | Steve Mullings | Jamaica | 6/4/11 | Eugene | Handed lifetime ban for doping in 2011 |
9.82 | Richard Thompson | Trinidad & Tobago | 6/21/14 | Port of Spain | |
9.84 | Trayvon Bromell | USA | 6/25/15 | Eugene | |
Trayvon Bromell | USA | 7/3/16 | Eugene |
Men’s 200 meters
Time | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
19.26 | Yohan Blake | Jamaica | 9/16/11 | Brussels | |
19.32 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 8/9/12 | London | |
19.50 | Noah Lyles | USA | 7/5/19 | Lausanne | |
19.53 | Walter Dix | USA | 9/16/11 | Brussels | |
19.57 | Justin Gatlin | USA | 6/28/15 | Eugene | |
19.69 | Clarence Munyai | South Africa | 3/16/18 | Pretoria | |
19.70 | Michael Norman | USA | 6/6/19 | Rome | |
19.72 | Tyson Gay | USA | 7/22/10 | Monaco | Banned 1 year for doping in 2013 |
19.73 | Divine Oduduru | Nigeria | 6/7/19 | Austin | |
19.74 | LaShawn Merritt | USA | 7/8/16 | Eugene |
Men’s 400 meters
Time | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
43.03 | Wayde Van Niekerk | South Africa | 8/14/16 | Rio de Janeiro | |
43.45 | Michael Norman | USA | 4/20/19 | Torrance | |
43.48 | Steven Gardiner | The Bahamas | 10/4/19 | Doha | |
43.64 | Fred Kerley | USA | 7/27/19 | Des Moines | |
43.65 | LaShawn Merritt | USA | 8/26/15 | Beijing | |
43.72 | Isaac Makwala | Botswana | 7/5/15 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | |
43.74 | Kirani James | Grenada | 7/3/14 | Lausanne | |
43.93 | Yousef Masrahi | Saudi Arabia | 8/23/15 | Beijing | Banned 4 years for doping in 2016 |
Rusheen McDonald | Jamaica | 8/23/15 | Beijing | ||
43.94 | Akeem Bloomfield | Jamaica | 6/8/19 | Eugene |
Men’s 800 meters
Time | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
1:40.91 | David Rudisha | Kenya | 8/9/12 | London | |
1:41.73 | Nijel Amos | Botswana | 8/9/12 | London | |
1:42.05 | Emmanuel Korir | Kenya | 7/22/18 | London | |
1:42.23 | Abubaker Kaki | Sudan | 6/4/10 | Oslo | |
1:42.34 | Donavan Brazier | USA | 10/1/19 | Doha | |
1:42.37 | Mohammed Aman | Ethiopia | 9/6/13 | Brussels | |
1:42.51 | Amel Tuka | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 7/17/15 | Monaco | |
1:42.53 | Timothy Kitum | Kenya | 8/9/12 | London | |
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France | 7/18/14 | Monaco | ||
1:42.54 | Ferguson Rotich | Kenya | 7/12/19 | Monaco |
Men’s 1500 meters
All 10 performances on this list were run in Monaco.
Time | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
3:26.69 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 7/17/15 | Monaco | Banned 4 years for doping in 2019 |
3:27.64 | Silas Kiplagat | Kenya | 7/18/14 | Monaco | |
3:28.41 | Timothy Cheruiyot | Kenya | 7/20/18 | Monaco | |
3:28.75 | Taoufik Mahkloufi | Algeria | 7/17/15 | Monaco | |
3:28.79 | Abdelaati Iguider | Morocco | 7/17/15 | Monaco | |
3:28.80 | Elijah Manangoi | Kenya | 7/21/17 | Monaco | |
3:28.81 | Mo Farah | Great Britain | 7/19/13 | Monaco | |
Ronald Kwemoi | Kenya | 7/18/14 | Monaco | ||
3:29.50 | Caleb Ndiku | Kenya | 7/19/13 | Monaco | |
3:29.53 | Amine Laalou | Morocco | 7/22/10 | Monaco |
Banned 2 years for doping in 2012, then 8 years in 2016
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Top American
3:30.40 | Matthew Centrowitz | USA | 7/17/15 | Monaco |
Men’s mile
Time | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
3:47.01i | Yomif Kejelcha | Ethiopia | 3/3/19 | Boston | Indoor world record |
3:47.32 | Ayanleh Souleiman | Djibouti | 5/31/14 | Eugene | |
3:47.88 | Silas Kiplagat | Kenya | 5/31/14 | Eugene | |
3:48.60 | Aman Wote | Ethiopia | 5/31/14 | Eugene | |
3:49.04 | Ronald Kwemoi | Kenya | 5/27/17 | Eugene | |
3:49.08 | Elijah Manangoi | Kenya | 5/27/17 | Eugene | |
3:49.09 | Haron Keitany | Kenya | 6/4/11 | Eugene | |
Abdelaati Iguider | Morocco | 5/31/14 | Eugene | ||
3:49.22 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 6/7/12 | Oslo | Banned 4 years for doping in 2019 |
3:49.43 | James Magut | Kenya | 5/31/14 | Eugene |
Top American
3:49.98i | Johnny Gregorek | USA | 3/3/19 | Boston |
Men’s 3,000 meters
Reminder: Eliud Kipchoge ran track as well.
Time | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
7:27.36 | Yenew Alamirew | Ethiopia | 5/6/11 | Doha | |
7:27.55 | Edwin Soi | Kenya | 5/6/11 | Doha | |
7:27.66 | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya | 5/6/11 | Doha | |
7:28.00i | Augustine Choge | Kenya | 2/5/11 | Stuttgart | |
7:28.00 | Yomif Kejelcha | Ethiopia | 8/18/18 | Gothenburg | |
7:28.70 | Tariku Bekele | Ethiopia | 8/29/10 | Rieti | |
7:28.73 | Ronald Kwemoi | Kenya | 5/5/17 | Doha | |
7:29.00 | Bernard Lagat | USA | 8/29/10 | Rieti | |
7:30.09 | Abdelaati Iguider | Morocco | 8/27/16 | Paris | |
7:30.15 | Vincent Chepkok | Kenya | 5/6/11 | Doha |
Men’s 5,000 meters
Time | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
12:43.02 | Selemon Barega | Ethiopia | 8/31/18 | Brussels | |
12:45.82 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | Ethiopia | 8/31/18 | Brussels | |
12:46.79 | Yomif Kejelcha | Ethiopia | 8/31/18 | Brussels | |
12:46.81 | Dejen Gebremeskel | Ethiopia | 7/6/12 | Paris | |
12:48.64 | Isiah Koech | Kenya | 7/6/12 | Paris | |
12:48.77 | Yenew Alamirew | Ethiopia | 7/6/12 | Paris | |
12:49.04 | Thomas Longosiwa | Kenya | 7/6/12 | Paris | |
12:49.50 | John Kipkoech | Kenya | 7/6/12 | Paris | |
12:51.21 | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya | 5/14/10 | Doha | |
12:51.34 | Edwin Soi | Kenya | 7/19/13 | Monaco |
Top American
12:53.60 | Bernard Lagat | USA | 7/22/11 | Monaco |
Men’s 10,000 meters
Time | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
26:43.16 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 9/16/11 | Brussels | |
26:43.98 | Lucas Rotich | Kenya | 9/16/11 | Brussels | |
26:44.36 | Galen Rupp | USA | 5/30/14 | Eugene | |
26:46.57 | Mo Farah | Great Britain | 6/3/11 | Eugene | |
26:48.35 | Imane Merga | Ethiopia | 6/3/11 | Eugene | |
26:48.36 | Joshua Cheptegei | Uganda | 10/6/19 | Doha | |
26:48.95 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | Ethiopia | 7/17/19 | Hengelo | |
26:48.99 | Josphat Bett | Kenya | 6/3/11 | Eugene | |
26:49.34 | Yomif Kejelcha | Ethiopia | 10/6/19 | Doha | |
26:49.41 | Paul Tanui | Kenya | 5/30/14 | Eugene |
Men’s 110-meter hurdles
Time | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
12.80 | Aries Merritt | USA | 9/7/12 | Brussels | |
12.89 | David Oliver | USA | 7/16/10 | Paris | |
12.90 | Omar McLeod | Jamaica | 6/24/17 | Kingston | |
12.92 | Sergey Shubenkov | Authorized Neutral Athlete | 7/2/18 | Székesfehérvár | |
12.94 | Hansle Parchment | Jamaica | 7/5/14 | Paris | |
Orlando Ortega | Cuba | 7/4/15 | Paris | ||
12.95 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | France | 7/18/14 | Monaco | |
12.97 | Liu Xiang | China | 5/19/12 | Shanghai | |
12.98 | Jason Richardson | USA | 6/30/12 | Eugene | |
Jason Richardson | USA | 8/26/12 | Birmingham | ||
Grant Holloway | USA | 6/7/19 | Austin |
Men’s 400-meter hurdles
Time | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
46.92 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 8/29/19 | Zurich | |
46.98 | Abderrahman Samba | Qatar | 6/30/18 | Paris | |
Rai Benjamin | USA | 8/29/19 | Zurich | ||
47.32 | Bershawn Jackson | USA | 6/26/10 | Des Moines | |
47.54 | Kyron McMaster | British Virgin Islands | 6/30/18 | Paris | |
47.63 | Johnny Dutch | USA | 6/26/10 | Des Moines | |
Felix Sanchez | Dominican Republic | 8/6/12 | London | ||
47.66 | LJ van Zyl | South Africa | 2/25/11 | Pretoria | |
LJ van Zyl | South Africa | 5/31/11 | Ostrava | ||
47.69 | Jehue Gordon | Trinidad & Tobago | 8/15/13 | Moscow | |
47.70 | Michael Tinsley | USA | 8/15/13 | Moscow |
Men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase
A little strange that Conseslus Kipruto, who has dominated the second half of this decade, is only 8th on this list.
Time | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
7:53.64 | Brimin Kipruto | Kenya | 7/22/11 | Monaco | |
7:54.31 | Paul Koech | Kenya | 5/31/12 | Rome | |
7:55.76 | Ezekiel Kemboi | Kenya | 7/22/11 | Monaco | |
7:56.81 | Richard Mateelong | Kenya | 5/11/12 | Doha | |
7:58.15 | Soufiane El Bakkali | Morocco | 7/20/18 | Monaco | |
7:58.41 | Jairus Birech | Kenya | 9/5/14 | Brussels | |
8:00.09 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | France | 7/6/13 | Paris | |
8:00.12 | Conseslus Kipruto | Kenya | 6/5/16 | Birmingham | |
8:00.45 | Evan Jager | USA | 7/4/15 | Paris | |
8:01.36 | Lamecha Girma | Ethiopia | 10/4/19 | Doha |
Men’s half marathon
Time | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
58:01 | Geoffrey Kamworor | Kenya | 9/15/19 | Copenhagen | |
58:18 | Abraham Kiptum | Kenya | 10/28/18 | Valencia | Provisionally suspended for ABP violation in 2019 |
58:23 | Zersenay Tadese | Eritrea | 3/21/10 | Lisbon | |
58:33 | Jemal Yimer | Ethiopia | 10/28/18 | Valencia | |
58:40 | Abraham Cheroben | Bahrain | 9/17/17 | Copenhagen | |
58:42 | Bedan Karoki | Kenya | 2/8/18 | Ras Al Khaimah | |
Erick Kiptanui | Kenya | 4/8/18 | Berlin | ||
Stephen Kiprop | Kenya | 2/8/19 | Ras Al Khaimah | ||
58:44 | Abadi Hadis | Ethiopia | 10/18/18 | Valencia | |
58:46 | Mathew Kisorio | Kenya | 9/18/11 | Philadelphia | Banned 2 years for doping in 2012 |
Top American
59:47 | Galen Rupp | USA | 3/11/18 | Rome |
Men’s marathon
Record-eligible courses only.
Time | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
2:01:39 | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya | 9/16/18 | Berlin | |
2:01:41 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 9/29/19 | Berlin | |
2:02:48 | Birhanu Legese | Ethiopia | 9/29/19 | Berlin | |
2:02:55 | Mosinet Geremew | Ethiopia | 4/28/19 | London | |
2:02:57 | Dennis Kimetto | Kenya | 9/28/14 | Berlin | |
2:03:13 | Emmanuel Mutai | Kenya | 9/28/14 | Berlin | |
2:03:13 | Wilson Kipsang | Kenya | 9/25/16 | Berlin | |
2:03:16 | Mule Wasihun | Ethiopia | 4/28/19 | London | |
2:03:34 | Getaneh Molla | Ethiopia | 1/25/19 | Dubai | |
2:03:36 | Sisay Lemma | Ethiopia | 9/29/19 | Berlin |
Top American
2:06:07 | Galen Rupp | USA | 5/6/18 | Prague |
Men’s high jump
Five-way tie for 10th.
Mark | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
2.43m | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Qatar | 9/5/14 | Brussels | |
2.42mi | Ivan Ukhov | Russia | 2/25/14 | Prague | Banned 4 years for doping in 2019 |
2.42m | Bohdan Bondarenko | Ukraine | 6/14/14 | New York | |
2.40mi | Aleksey Dmitrik | Russia | 2/8/14 | Arnstadt | |
2.40m | Derek Drouin | Canada | 4/25/14 | Des Moines | |
Andriy Protsenko | Ukraine | 7/3/14 | Lausanne | ||
Danil Lysenko | Authorized Neutral Athlete | 7/20/18 | Monaco | Provisionally suspended for whereabouts violation in 2018 | |
2.39m | Gianmarco Tamberi | Italy | 7/15/16 | Monaco | |
2.38m | Guowei Zhang | China | 5/30/15 | Eugene | |
2.37m | Jesse Williams | USA | 6/26/11 | Eugene | |
Andrey Silnov | Russia | 7/5/12 | Cheboksary | Under investigation by AIU following sample reanalysis | |
Robbie Grabarz | Great Britain | 8/23/12 | Lausanne | ||
Erik Kynard | USA | 7/4/13 | Lausanne | ||
Erik Kynard | USA | 5/9/14 | Doha | ||
Erik Kynard | USA | 6/26/15 | Eugene | ||
Donald Thomas | The Bahamas | 7/18/16 | Székesfehérvár |
Men’s pole vault
Mark | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
6.16mi | Renaud Lavillenie | France | 2/15/14 | Donetsk | |
6.06m | Sam Kendricks | USA | 7/27/19 | Des Moines | |
6.05m | Mondo Duplantis | Sweden | 8/12/18 | Berlin | |
6.03m | Thiago Braz | Brazil | 8/15/16 | Rio de Janeiro | |
6.02m | Piotr Lisek | Poland | 7/12/19 | Monaco | |
6.01mi | Steven Hooker | Australia | 3/13/10 | Doha | |
6.01m | Bjorn Otto | Germany | 9/5/12 | Aachen | |
6.00mi | Shawn Barber | Canada | 1/15/16 | Reno | |
6.00m | Timur Morgunov | Authorized Neutral Athlete | 8/12/18 | Berlin | |
5.95m | Christopher Nilsen | USA | 6/5/19 | Austin |
Men’s long jump
Mark | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
8.69m | Tajay Gayle | Jamaica | 9/28/19 | Doha | |
8.68m | Juan Miguel Echevarria | Cuba | 6/30/18 | Bad Langensalza | |
8.65m | Luvo Manyonga | South Africa | 4/22/17 | Potchefstroom | |
8.58m | Jarrion Lawson | USA | 7/3/16 | Eugene | |
8.56m | Aleksandr Menkov | Russia | 8/16/13 | Moscow | |
8.54m | Mitchell Watt | Australia | 7/29/11 | Stockholm | |
8.52m | Jeff Henderson | USA | 7/22/15 | Toronto | |
8.51m | Greg Rutherford | Great Britain | 4/24/14 | Chula Vista | |
8.49m | Christian Reif | Germany | 5/31/14 | Weinheim | |
Ruswahl Samaai | South Africa | 4/22/17 | Potchefstroom |
Men’s triple jump
Mark | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
18.21m | Christian Taylor | USA | 8/27/15 | Beijing | |
18.14m | Will Claye | USA | 6/29/19 | Long Beach | |
18.08m | Pedro Pablo Pichardo | Cuba | 5/28/15 | Havana | |
18.04m | Teddy Tamgho | France | 8/18/13 | Moscow | Banned one year in 2014 for whereabouts violations |
17.81m | Phillips Idowu | Great Britain | 7/29/10 | Barcelona | |
17.73mi | Fabrizio Donato | Italy | 3/6/11 | Paris | |
17.72m | Seref Osmanoglu | Ukraine | 7/17/11 | Ostrava | |
17.70mi | Daniele Greco | Italy | 3/2/13 | Gothenburg | |
17.69mi | Yoandri Betanzos | Cuba | 3/14/10 | Doha | |
17.68m | Alexis Copello | Cuba | 7/17/11 | Avila | |
Omar Craddock | USA | 4/20/19 | Long Beach |
Men’s shot put
That was one epic shot put at Worlds this year.
Mark | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
22.91m | Joe Kovacs | USA | 10/5/19 | Doha | |
22.90m | Ryan Crouser | USA | 10/5/19 | Doha | |
Tom Walsh | New Zealand | 10/5/19 | Doha | ||
22.61m | Darlan Romani | Brazil | 6/30/19 | Stanford | |
22.44m | Darrell Hill | USA | 8/31/17 | Brussels | |
22.41m | Christian Cantwell | USA | 7/3/10 | Eugene | |
22.32m | Michal Haratyk | Poland | 7/28/19 | Warsaw | |
Michal Haratyk | Poland | 8/3/19 | Cetniewo | ||
22.28m | Ryan Whiting | USA | 5/10/13 | Doha | |
22.25m | Konrad Bukowiecki | Poland | 9/14/19 | Chorzow | |
22.22m | Bob Bertemes | Luxembourg | 8/4/19 | Luxembourg |
Men’s discus
Mark | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
71.86m | Daniel Stahl | Sweden | 6/29/19 | Bottnaryd | |
71.84m | Piotr Malachowski | Poland | 6/8/13 | Hengelo | |
71.45m | Gerd Kanter | Estonia | 4/29/10 | Chula Vista | |
70.78m | Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica | 6/16/19 | Rabat | |
70.66m | Robert Harting | Germany | 5/19/12 | Halle | |
70.28m | Virgilijus Alekna | Lithuania | 6/23/12 | Klaipeda | |
69.90m | Jason Young | USA | 3/26/10 | Lubbock | Banned 4 years in 2017 for HGH possession |
69.69m | Zoltán Kővágó | Hungary | 5/23/10 | Shanghai | Banned 2 years in 2012 for avoiding drug test |
Andrius Gudzius | Lithuania | 6/10/18 | Stockholm | ||
68.98m | Lukas Weisshaidinger | Austria | 5/20/18 | Rehlingen |
Men’s hammer
Mark | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
83.93m | Pawel Fajdek | Poland | 8/9/15 | Szczecin | |
82.81m | Ivan Tikhon | Belarus | 5/25/12 | Brest | |
82.69m | Krisztian Pars | Hungary | 8/16/14 | Zurich | |
81.85m | Wojciech Nowicki | Poland | 7/2/18 | Székesfehérvár | |
81.73m | Aleksey Zagorniy | Russia | 6/4/11 | Yerino | |
81.27m | Mostafa El Gamel | Egypt | 3/21/14 | Cairo | |
81.24m | Koji Murofushi | Japan | 8/29/11 | Daegu | |
80.98m | Sergey Litvinov | Russia | 6/13/12 | Moscow | |
80.71m | Kirill Ikonnikov | Russia | 7/5/12 | Cheboksary | Banned 2 years for doping in 2012 |
Dilshod Nazarov | Tajikistan | 5/25/13 | Halle |
Provisionally suspended in 2019 following retest of sample from 2011 Worlds
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Top American
80.31m | Kibwe Johnson | USA | 6/23/11 | Eugene |
Men’s javelin
Mark | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
94.44m | Johannes Vetter | Germany | 7/11/17 | Lucerne | |
93.90m | Thomas Rohler | Germany | 5/5/17 | Doha | |
92.72m | Julius Yego | Kenya | 8/26/15 | Beijing | |
92.06m | Andreas Hofmann | Germany | 6/2/18 | Offenburg | |
91.36m | Chao-Tsun Cheng | Chinese Taipei | 8/26/17 | Taipei | |
90.61m | Andreas Thorkildsen | Norway | 5/29/10 | Byrkjelo | |
Magnus Kirt | Estonia | 6/22/19 | Kuortane | ||
90.16m | Keshorn Walcott | Trinidad & Tobago | 7/9/15 | Lausanne | |
89.73m | Jakub Vadlejch | Czech Republic | 8/12/17 | London | |
89.21m | Ihab Abdelrahman | Egypt | 5/18/14 | Shanghai | Banned 4 years for doping in 2016 |
Top American
84.09m | Tim Glover | USA | 4/11/15 | Knoxville |
Men’s decathlon
Mark | Athlete | Country | Date | Location | Note |
9126 | Kevin Mayer | France | 9/15 – 9/16/18 | Talence | |
9045 | Ashton Eaton | USA | 8/28 – 8/29/15 | Beijing | |
8795 | Damian Warner | Canada | 5/26 – 5/27/18 | Gotzis | |
8725 | Trey Hardee | USA | 6/25 – 6/26/15 | Eugene | |
8691 | Niklaus Kaul | Germany | 10/3 – 10/4/19 | Doha | |
8670 | Michael Schrader | Germany | 8/10 – 8/11/13 | Moscow | |
8663 | Rico Freimuth | Germany | 6/24 – 6/25/17 | Ratingen | |
8616 | Andrey Krauchanka | Belarus | 8/12 – 8/13/14 | Zurich | |
8605 | Arthur Abele | Germany | 6/26 – 6/26/16 | Ratingen | |
8604 | Maicel Uibo | Estonia | 10/3 – 10/4/19 | Doha |
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