World records List of world records in athletics

1 world records

1.1 key tables
1.2 men
1.3 women

world records

the iaaf commenced recognition of world records in 1912, , indoor world records after 1987. in 2000, iaaf rule 260.18a (formerly 260.6a) amended, world records (as opposed indoor world records ) can set in facility or without roof. rule not applied retroactively, , has, far, affected men s , women s pole vault. women s record has been advanced 9 times indoors 3 different women, each ratified world record. last record set indoors in 2004. sergey bubka s 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m not considered world record, because set before new rule came effect. in february 2014, bubka s record surpassed indoors renaud lavillenie jumping 6.16 m qualifies both indoor world record , world record.

key tables

  awaiting ratification   will not ratified iaaf

h = hand timing

+ = en route longer distance

a = affected altitude

ot = oversized track

x = annulled due doping violations

# = not officially ratified iaaf

a = aided road course according iaaf rule 260.28

est = estimate

i = set indoors (overall world record tables only)

men

women

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