Non-Olympians currently holding a World Record in an Olympic athletics event:
Athlete | Nation(s) | Sport(s) | Era | Notes |
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Almaz Ayana | ![]() |
ATH | 2016 | 10000 m 29:17.45 (2016 at the Olympics) |
Randy Barnes | ![]() |
ATH | 1988—1996 | shot put 23.12 (1990) |
Yohan Blake | ![]() |
ATH | 2012—2016 | 4×100 m relay 36.84 (2012 at the Olympics) |
Usain Bolt | ![]() |
ATH | 2004—2016 | 100 m 9.58 (2009), 200 m 19.19 (2009), 4×100 m relay 36.84 (2012 at the Olympics) |
Olha Bryzhina | ![]() ![]() |
ATH | 1988—1992 | 4×400 m relay 3:15.18 (1988 at the Olympics) |
Nesta Carter | ![]() |
ATH | 2008—2012 | 4×100 m relay 36.84 (2012 at the Olympics) |
Beatrice Chepkoech | ![]() |
ATH | 2016 | 3000 m steeplechase 8:44.32 (2018) |
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei | ![]() |
ATH | 2016 | 5000 m 12:35.36 (2020), 10000 m 26:11.00 (2020) |
Galina Čisťakovová | ![]() ![]() |
ATH | 1988—1996 | long jump 7.52 (1988) |
Genzebe Dibaba | ![]() |
ATH | 2012—2016 | 1500 m 3:50.07 (2015) |
Yohann Diniz | ![]() |
ATH | 2008—2016 | 50 km walk 3-32:33 (2014) |
Jonathan Edwards | ![]() |
ATH | 1988—2000 | triple jump 18.29 (1995) |
Allyson Felix | ![]() |
ATH | 2004—2016 | 4×100 m relay 40.82 (2012 at the Olympics) |
Michael Frater | ![]() |
ATH | 2004—2012 | 4×100 m relay 36.84 (2012 at the Olympics) |
Florence Griffith Joyner | ![]() |
ATH | 1984—1988 | 100 m 10.49 (1988), 200 m 21.34 (1988 at the Olympics) |
Hicham El Guerrouj | ![]() |
ATH/IOC | 1996—2012 | 1500 m 3:26.00 (1998) |
Yelena Isinbayeva | ![]() |
ATH/IOC | 2000—2016 | pole vault 5.06 (2009) |
Carmelita Jeter | ![]() |
ATH | 2012 | 4×100 m relay 40.82 (2012 at the Olympics) |
Michael Johnson | ![]() |
ATH | 1992—2000 | 4×400 m relay 2:54.29 (1993) |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee | ![]() |
ATH | 1984—1996 | heptathlon 7291 (1988 at the Olympics) |
Eliud Kipchoge | ![]() |
ATH | 2004—2016 | marathon 2-01:39 (2018) |
Bianca Knight | ![]() |
ATH | 2012 | 4×100 m relay 40.82 (2012 at the Olympics) |
Marita Koch | ![]() |
ATH | 1976—1980 | 400 m 47.60 (1985) |
Stefka Kostadinova | ![]() |
ATH/BOK | 1988—2005 | high jump 2.09 (1987) |
Jarmila Kratochvílová | ![]() |
ATH | 1980 | 800 m 1:53.28 (1983) |
Inesa Kravets | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
ATH | 1988—1996 | triple jump 15.50 (1995) |
Tatsiana Ledauskaya | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
ATH | 1988—1996 | 4×400 m relay 3:15.18 (1988 at the Olympics) |
Nataliya Lisovskaya | ![]() ![]() |
ATH | 1988—1992 | shot put 22.63 (1987) |
Liu Hong | ![]() |
ATH | 2008—2016 | 20 km walk 1-24:38 (2015) |
Tianna Madison-Bartoletta | ![]() |
ATH | 2012—2016 | 4×100 m relay 40.82 (2012 at the Olympics) |
Kévin Mayer | ![]() |
ATH | 2012—2016 | decathlon 9126 (2018) |
Aries Merritt | ![]() |
ATH | 2012 | 110 m hurdles 12.80 (2012) |
Dalilah Muhammad | ![]() |
ATH | 2016 | 400 m hurdles 52.16 (2019) |
Olga Nazarova | ![]() ![]() |
ATH | 1988—1992 | 4×400 m relay 3:15.18 (1988 at the Olympics) |
Wayde van Niekerk | ![]() |
ATH | 2016 | 400 m 43.03 (2016 at the Olympics) |
Mariya Pinigina | ![]() |
ATH | 1988 | 4×400 m relay 3:15.18 (1988 at the Olympics) |
Mike Powell | ![]() |
ATH | 1988—1996 | long jump 8.95 (1991) |
Gabi Reinsch | ![]() |
ATH | 1988 | discus throw 76.80 (1988) |
Butch Reynolds | ![]() |
ATH | 1988—1996 | 4×400 m relay 2:54.29 (1993) |
David Rudisha | ![]() |
ATH | 2012—2016 | 800 m 1:40.91 (2012 at the Olympics) |
Jürgen Schult | ![]() ![]() |
ATH | 1988—2000 | discus throw 74.08 (1986) |
Yuriy Siedykh | ![]() |
ATH | 1976—1988 | hammer throw 86.74 (1986) |
Javier Sotomayor | ![]() |
ATH | 1992—2000 | high jump 2.45 (1993) |
Barbora Špotáková | ![]() |
ATH | 2004—2016 | javelin throw 72.28 (2008) |
Yusuke Suzuki | ![]() |
ATH | 2012 | 20 km walk 1-16:36 (2015) |
Andrew Valmon | ![]() |
ATH | 1988—1992 | 4×400 m relay 2:54.29 (1993) |
Quincy Watts | ![]() |
ATH | 1992 | 4×400 m relay 2:54.29 (1993) |
Anita Włodarczyk | ![]() |
ATH | 2008—2016 | hammer throw 82.98 (2016) |
Kevin Young | ![]() |
ATH | 1988—1992 | 400 m hurdles 46.78 (1992 at the Olympics) |
Jan Železný | ![]() ![]() |
ATH/IOC | 1988—2012 | javelin throw 98.48 (1996) |