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Current World Record Holders in Athletics (55)

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

Athlete Nation(s) Sport(s) Era Notes
Yohan Blake JAM ATH 2012—2020 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)
Olga Bryzgina URS
UKR
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—2020 3000 m steeplechase 8:44.32 (2018)
Joshua Cheptegei UGA ATH 2016—2020 5000 m 12:35.36 (2020), 10000 m 26:11.00 (2020)
Michael Cherry USA ATH 2020 4×400 m mixed relay 3:09.34 (2019)
Galina Čisťakovová SVK
URS
UKR		 ATH 1988—1996 long jump 7.52 (1988)
Ryan Crouser USA ATH 2016—2020 shot put 23.37 (2021)
Genzebe Dibaba ETH ATH 2012—2016 1500 m 3:50.07 (2015)
Yohann Diniz FRA ATH 2008—2020 50 km walk 3-32:33 (2014)
Mondo Duplantis SWE ATH 2020 pole vault 6.18i (2020)
Jonathan Edwards GBR ATH 1988—2000 triple jump 18.29 (1995)
Allyson Felix USA ATH 2004—2020 4×100 m relay 40.82 (2012 at the Olympics), 4×400 m mixed relay 3:09.34 (2019)
Michael Frater JAM ATH 2004—2012 4×100 m relay 36.84 (2012 at the Olympics)
Letesenbet Gidey ETH ATH 2020 5000 m 14:06.62 (2020) and 10000 m 29:01.03 (2021)
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)
Keni Harrison USA ATH 2020 100 m hurdles 12.20 (2016)
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—2020 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)
Brigid Kosgei KEN ATH 2020 marathon 2-14:04 (2019)
Stefka Kostadinova BUL ATH/BOK 1988—2005 high jump 2.09 (1987)
Jarmila Kratochvílová CZE
TCH		 ATH 1980 800 m 1:53.28 (1983)
Tatsiana Ledauskaya BLR
URS
EUN		 ATH 1988—1996 4×400 m relay 3:15.18 (1988 at the Olympics)
Nataliya Lisovskaya RUS
URS
EUN		 ATH 1988—1992 shot put 22.63 (1987)
Tianna Madison-Bartoletta USA ATH 2012—2016 4×100 m relay 40.82 (2012 at the Olympics)
Kévin Mayer FRA ATH 2012—2020 decathlon 9126 (2018)
Sydney McLaughlin USA ATH 2016—2020 400 m hurdles 51.46 (2021 at the Olympics)
Aries Merritt USA ATH 2012 110 m hurdles 12.80 (2012)
Olga Nazarova RUS
URS
EUN		 ATH 1988—1992 4×400 m relay 3:15.18 (1988 at the Olympics)
Wayde van Niekerk RSA ATH 2016—2020 400 m 43.03 (2016 at the Olympics)
Courtney Okolo USA ATH 2016 4×400 m mixed relay 3:09.34 (2019)
Mariya Pinigina RUS
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)
Yulimar Rojas VEN ATH 2016—2020 triple jump 15.67 (2021 at the Olympics)
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)
Yury Sedykh 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—2020 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)
Karsten Warholm NOR ATH 2016—2020 400 m hurdles 45.94 (2021 at the Olympics)
Quincy Watts USA ATH 1992 4×400 m relay 2:54.29 (1993)
Anita Włodarczyk POL ATH 2008—2020 hammer throw 82.98 (2016)
Yang Jiayu CHN ATH 2020 20 km walk 1-23:49 (2021)
Jan Železný CZE
TCH		 ATH/IOC 1988—2012 javelin throw 98.48 (1996)