Current World Record Holders in Athletics (50)

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Non-Olympians currently holding a World Record in an Olympic athletics event:

Saif Saaeed Shaheen (BRN): 3000 m steeplechase 7:53.63 (2004)
Armand Duplantis (SWE): pole vault 6.18i (2020)
Letesenbet Gidey (ETH): 5000 m 14:06.62 (2020)
Brigid Kosgei (KEN): marathon 2-14:04 (2019)
Kendra Harrison (USA): 100 m hurdles 12.20 (2016)

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