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List of Commonwealth records in athletics
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Commonwealth records in athletics are the best marks set in an event by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Outdoor
Key to tables:
+ = en route to longer distance
h = hand timing
A = affected by altitude
# = not record eligible
a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28
OT = oversized track
est = estimate
Men
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Place | Ref | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 9.58 (+0.9 m/s) | Usain Bolt |  Jamaica
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16 August 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | [1] | |
| 200 m | 19.19 (-0.3 m/s) | Usain Bolt | Jamaica
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20 August 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | [2] | |
| 300 m | 30.69 A | Letsile Tebogo |  Botswana
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17 February 2024 | Simbine Curro Classic Shoot-Out | Pretoria, South Africa | [3] | |
| 400 m | 43.03 | Wayde van Niekerk |  South Africa
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14 August 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | [4] | |
| 800 m | 1:40.91 | David Rudisha |  Kenya
|
9 August 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | [5] | |
| 1000 m | 2:11.96 | Noah Ngeny | Kenya
|
5 September 1999 | IAAF Grand Prix | Rieti, Italy | ||
| 1500 m | 3:26.34 | Bernard Lagat | Kenya
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24 August 2001 | Memorial Van Damme | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Mile | 3:43.40 | Noah Ngeny | Kenya
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7 July 1999 | Golden Gala | Rome, Italy | ||
| Mile (road) | 3:54.56 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | Kenya
|
27 April 2024 | Adizero: Road to Records | Herzogenaurach, Germany | [6] | |
| 2000 m | 4:48.14 | Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot | Kenya
|
8 September 2023 | Memorial Van Damme | Brussels, Belgium | [7] | |
| 3000 m | 7:20.67 | Daniel Komen | Kenya
|
1 September 1996 | IAAF Grand Prix | Rieti, Italy | ||
| 5000 m | 12:35.36 | Joshua Cheptegei |  Uganda
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14 August 2020 | Herculis | Fontvieille, Monaco | [8] | |
| 5 km (road) | 12:51 | Joshua Cheptegei | Uganda
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16 February 2020 | 5 km Herculis | Monaco | [9] | |
| 10000 m | 26:11.00 | Joshua Cheptegei | Uganda
|
7 October 2020 | Valencia, Spain | [10] | ||
| 10 km (road) | 26:24 | Rhonex Kipruto | Kenya
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12 January 2020 | 10k Valencia Ibercaja | Valencia, Spain | [11] | |
| 15 km (road) | 41:05 | Joshua Cheptegei | Uganda
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18 November 2018 | Zevenheuvelenloop | Nijmegen, Netherlands | [12] | |
| 41:05+ | Geoffrey Kamworor | Kenya
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15 September 2019 | Copenhagen Half Marathon | Copenhagen, Denmark | [13] | ||
| 20000 m (track) | 56:20.30+ | Mo Farah |  Great Britain
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4 September 2020 | Memorial van Damme | Brussels, Belgium | [14] | |
| 20 km (road) | 54:43+ [a] | Kibiwott Kandie | Kenya
|
6 December 2020 | Valencia Half Marathon | Valencia, Spain | [15] | |
| Half marathon | 57:31 | Jacob Kiplimo | Uganda
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21 November 2021 | Lisbon Half Marathon | Lisbon, Portugal | [16] | |
| One hour | 21330 m | Mo Farah | Great Britain
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4 September 2020 | Memorial van Damme | Brussels, Belgium | [17] | |
| 25000 m (track) | 1:12:25.4+ | Moses Mosop | Kenya
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3 June 2011 | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene, United States | [18][19] | |
| 25 km (road) | 1:11:08+ | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya
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25 September 2022 | Berlin Marathon | Berlin, Germany | [20] | |
| 30000 m (track) | 1:26:47.4 | Moses Mosop | Kenya
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3 June 2011 | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene, United States | [18][21] | |
| 30 km (road) | 1:25:40+ | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya
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25 September 2022 | Berlin Marathon | Berlin, Germany | [22] | |
| Marathon | 2:00:35 | Kelvin Kiptum | Kenya
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8 October 2023 | Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | [23] | |
| 2:00:25 #[24] | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya
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6 May 2017 | Breaking2 | Monza, Italy | [25] | ||
| 50 km (road) | 2:40:13 | Stephen Mokoka | South Africa
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6 March 2022 | Nedbank #Runified 50 km | Gqeberha, South Africa | [26] | |
| 100 km (track) | 6:10:20 | Don Ritchie | Great Britain
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28 October 1978 | 100 km Crystal Palace Track Race | London, United Kingdom | [27] | |
| 24 hours | 303506 m | Yiannis Kouros |  Australia
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24 October 1997 | Sri Chinmoy 24 Hour Race | Kensington, Australia | [28] | |
| 110 m hurdles | 12.90 (+0.7 m/s) | Omar McLeod | Jamaica
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24 June 2017 | Jamaican Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | [29] | |
| 400 m hurdles | 47.10 | Samuel Matete |  Zambia
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7 August 1991 | Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase | 7:53.64 | Brimin Kipruto | Kenya
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22 July 2011 | Herculis | Fontvieille, Monaco | [30] | |
| High jump | 2.40 m[31][32] | Derek Drouin |  Canada
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25 April 2014 | Drake Relays | Des Moines, United States | [33] | |
| Pole vault | 6.05 m | Dmitri Markov | Australia
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9 August 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | [34] | |
| Long jump | 8.69 m (+0.5 m/s) | Tajay Gayle | Jamaica
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28 September 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [35] | |
| Triple jump | 18.29 m (+1.3 m/s) | Jonathan Edwards | Great Britain
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7 August 1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | [36] | |
| Shot put | 22.90 m | Tomas Walsh |  New Zealand
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5 October 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | [37] | |
| Discus throw | 70.78 m | Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica
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16 June 2019 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | Rabat, Morocco | [38] | |
| Hammer throw | 80.63 m | Chris Harmse | South Africa
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15 April 2005 | Durban, South Africa | |||
| Javelin throw | 93.07 m | Anderson Peters |  Grenada
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13 May 2022 | Doha Diamond League | Doha, Qatar | [39] | |
| Decathlon | 9018 pts | Damian Warner | Canada
|
4–5 August 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | [40] | |