{
 "updated": "2026-10-21",
 "note": "Current world records with sources, checked monthly by onlineclock.app. pending=true means set but not yet ratified by the governing body.",
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   "id": "athletics-100-m-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "100 m",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "9.58",
   "seconds": 9.58,
   "dist": 100.0,
   "holder": "Usain Bolt",
   "nat": "JAM",
   "date": "2009-08-16",
   "place": "Berlin, Germany",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "Wind +0.9",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-200-m-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "200 m",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "19.19",
   "seconds": 19.19,
   "dist": 200.0,
   "holder": "Usain Bolt",
   "nat": "JAM",
   "date": "2009-08-20",
   "place": "Berlin, Germany",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "Wind -0.3",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-400-m-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "400 m",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "43.03",
   "seconds": 43.03,
   "dist": 400.0,
   "holder": "Wayde van Niekerk",
   "nat": "RSA",
   "date": "2016-08-14",
   "place": "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-800-m-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "800 m",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "1:40.91",
   "seconds": 100.91,
   "dist": 800.0,
   "holder": "David Rudisha",
   "nat": "KEN",
   "date": "2012-08-09",
   "place": "London, United Kingdom",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-1500-m-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "1500 m",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "3:26.00",
   "seconds": 206.0,
   "dist": 1500.0,
   "holder": "Hicham El Guerrouj",
   "nat": "MAR",
   "date": "1998-07-14",
   "place": "Rome, Italy",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500_metres"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-mile-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "Mile",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "3:42.66",
   "seconds": 222.66,
   "dist": 1609.344,
   "holder": "Josh Kerr",
   "nat": "GBR",
   "date": "2026-07-18",
   "place": "London, United Kingdom",
   "pending": true,
   "note": "Pending ratification; ratified record is 3:43.13 by Hicham El Guerrouj (Rome, 1999)",
   "source": "https://worldathletics.org/news/report/london-athletics-meet-2026-josh-kerr-world-mile-record"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-3000-m-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "3000 m",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "7:17.55",
   "seconds": 437.55,
   "dist": 3000.0,
   "holder": "Jakob Ingebrigtsen",
   "nat": "NOR",
   "date": "2024-08-25",
   "place": "Chorzów, Poland",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-5000-m-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "5000 m",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "12:35.36",
   "seconds": 755.36,
   "dist": 5000.0,
   "holder": "Joshua Cheptegei",
   "nat": "UGA",
   "date": "2020-08-14",
   "place": "Monaco",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-10-000-m-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "10,000 m",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "26:11.00",
   "seconds": 1571.0,
   "dist": 10000.0,
   "holder": "Joshua Cheptegei",
   "nat": "UGA",
   "date": "2020-10-07",
   "place": "Valencia, Spain",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10,000_metres"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-half-marathon-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "Half marathon",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "56:51",
   "seconds": 3411,
   "dist": 21097.5,
   "holder": "Yomif Kejelcha",
   "nat": "ETH",
   "date": "2026-08-23",
   "place": "Buenos Aires, Argentina",
   "pending": true,
   "note": "Pending ratification; ratified record is 57:20 by Jacob Kiplimo (Lisbon, 8 Mar 2026). Kiplimo's 56:42 (Barcelona 2025) was never ratified",
   "source": "https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/ratified-world-records-kiplimo-tharp-wanyonyi"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-marathon-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "Marathon",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "1:59:30",
   "seconds": 7170,
   "dist": 42195,
   "holder": "Sabastian Sawe",
   "nat": "KEN",
   "date": "2026-04-26",
   "place": "London, United Kingdom",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "Ratified July 2026; first sub-2 in a record-eligible race",
   "source": "https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/ratified-world-records-sawe-ehammer-charlton-mcrae-yan-duplantis-assefa"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-110-m-hurdles-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "110 m hurdles",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "12.75",
   "seconds": 12.75,
   "dist": 110.0,
   "holder": "Ja'Kobe Tharp",
   "nat": "USA",
   "date": "2026-06-10",
   "place": "Eugene, USA",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "Wind +1.0; ratified Sep 2026 (previous 12.80 Aries Merritt, 2012)",
   "source": "https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/ratified-world-records-kiplimo-tharp-wanyonyi"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-400-m-hurdles-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "400 m hurdles",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "45.80",
   "seconds": 45.8,
   "dist": 400.0,
   "holder": "Alison dos Santos",
   "nat": "BRA",
   "date": "2026-08-27",
   "place": "Zürich, Switzerland",
   "pending": true,
   "note": "Pending ratification; ratified record is 45.94 by Karsten Warholm (Tokyo, 2021)",
   "source": "https://athleticsweekly.com/news/dos-santos-smashes-warholms-400m-hurdles-world-record-in-zurich-1040012802/"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-3000-m-steeplechase-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "3000 m steeplechase",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "7:52.11",
   "seconds": 472.11,
   "dist": 3000.0,
   "holder": "Lamecha Girma",
   "nat": "ETH",
   "date": "2023-06-09",
   "place": "Paris, France",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3000_metres_steeplechase"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-4-x-100-m-relay-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "4 x 100 m relay",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "36.84",
   "seconds": 36.84,
   "dist": 400,
   "holder": "Jamaica (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)",
   "nat": "JAM",
   "date": "2012-08-11",
   "place": "London, United Kingdom",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-4-x-400-m-relay-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "4 x 400 m relay",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "2:54.29",
   "seconds": 174.29,
   "dist": 1600,
   "holder": "United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson)",
   "nat": "USA",
   "date": "1993-08-22",
   "place": "Stuttgart, Germany",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-20-km-race-walk-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "20 km race walk",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "1:16:10",
   "seconds": 4570,
   "dist": 20000.0,
   "holder": "Toshikazu Yamanishi",
   "nat": "JPN",
   "date": "2025-02-16",
   "place": "Kobe, Japan",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_kilometres_race_walk"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-35-km-race-walk-men",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "35 km race walk",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "2:20:43",
   "seconds": 8443,
   "dist": 35000.0,
   "holder": "Massimo Stano",
   "nat": "ITA",
   "date": "2025-05-18",
   "place": "Poděbrady, Czech Republic",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-race-walking-tour/news/massimo-stano-world-35km-race-walk-record-podebrady"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-100-m-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "100 m",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "10.49",
   "seconds": 10.49,
   "dist": 100.0,
   "holder": "Florence Griffith Joyner",
   "nat": "USA",
   "date": "1988-07-16",
   "place": "Indianapolis, USA",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "Wind 0.0",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-200-m-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "200 m",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "21.34",
   "seconds": 21.34,
   "dist": 200.0,
   "holder": "Florence Griffith Joyner",
   "nat": "USA",
   "date": "1988-09-29",
   "place": "Seoul, South Korea",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "Wind +1.3",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-400-m-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "400 m",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "47.60",
   "seconds": 47.6,
   "dist": 400.0,
   "holder": "Marita Koch",
   "nat": "GDR",
   "date": "1985-10-06",
   "place": "Canberra, Australia",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-800-m-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "800 m",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "1:53.28",
   "seconds": 113.28,
   "dist": 800.0,
   "holder": "Jarmila Kratochvílová",
   "nat": "TCH",
   "date": "1983-07-26",
   "place": "Munich, West Germany",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-1500-m-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "1500 m",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "3:48.68",
   "seconds": 228.68,
   "dist": 1500.0,
   "holder": "Faith Kipyegon",
   "nat": "KEN",
   "date": "2025-07-05",
   "place": "Eugene, USA",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500_metres"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-mile-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "Mile",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "4:07.64",
   "seconds": 247.64,
   "dist": 1609.344,
   "holder": "Faith Kipyegon",
   "nat": "KEN",
   "date": "2023-07-21",
   "place": "Monaco",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "Her 4:06.42 at Nike's Breaking4 (Paris, 2025) was an exhibition, not record-eligible",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_run"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-3000-m-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "3000 m",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "8:06.11",
   "seconds": 486.11,
   "dist": 3000.0,
   "holder": "Wang Junxia",
   "nat": "CHN",
   "date": "1993-09-13",
   "place": "Beijing, China",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-5000-m-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "5000 m",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "13:58.06",
   "seconds": 838.06,
   "dist": 5000.0,
   "holder": "Beatrice Chebet",
   "nat": "KEN",
   "date": "2025-07-05",
   "place": "Eugene, USA",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-10-000-m-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "10,000 m",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "28:54.14",
   "seconds": 1734.14,
   "dist": 10000.0,
   "holder": "Beatrice Chebet",
   "nat": "KEN",
   "date": "2024-05-25",
   "place": "Eugene, USA",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10,000_metres"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-half-marathon-mixed-race-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "Half marathon (mixed race)",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "1:02:52",
   "seconds": 3772,
   "dist": 21097.5,
   "holder": "Letesenbet Gidey",
   "nat": "ETH",
   "date": "2021-10-24",
   "place": "Valencia, Spain",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "Set in a mixed-sex race",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_marathon_world_record_progression"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-half-marathon-women-only-race-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "Half marathon (women-only race)",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "1:05:15",
   "seconds": 3915,
   "dist": 21097.5,
   "holder": "Agnes Ngetich",
   "nat": "KEN",
   "date": "2026-09-20",
   "place": "Copenhagen, Denmark",
   "pending": true,
   "note": "Pending ratification; World Road Running Championships. Ratified women-only record is 1:05:16 by Peres Jepchirchir (Gdynia, 2020)",
   "source": "https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/9/20/kenyas-ngetich-breaks-women-only-half-marathon-world-record-by-a-second"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-marathon-mixed-race-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "Marathon (mixed race)",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "2:09:56",
   "seconds": 7796,
   "dist": 42195,
   "holder": "Ruth Chepngetich",
   "nat": "KEN",
   "date": "2024-10-13",
   "place": "Chicago, USA",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "Set in a mixed-sex race; record stands despite her 2025 three-year doping ban (offence postdates the record)",
   "source": "https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/10/23/chepngetich-retains-womens-marathon-world-record-despite-three-year-ban"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-marathon-women-only-race-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "Marathon (women-only race)",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "2:15:41",
   "seconds": 8141,
   "dist": 42195,
   "holder": "Tigst Assefa",
   "nat": "ETH",
   "date": "2026-04-26",
   "place": "London, United Kingdom",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "Ratified July 2026",
   "source": "https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/ratified-world-records-sawe-ehammer-charlton-mcrae-yan-duplantis-assefa"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-100-m-hurdles-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "100 m hurdles",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "12.09",
   "seconds": 12.09,
   "dist": 100.0,
   "holder": "Masai Russell",
   "nat": "USA",
   "date": "2026-08-27",
   "place": "Zürich, Switzerland",
   "pending": true,
   "note": "Pending ratification; ratified record is 12.12 by Tobi Amusan (Eugene, 2022)",
   "source": "https://athleticsweekly.com/news/masai-russell-breaks-tobi-amusans-100m-hurdles-world-record-in-zurich-1040012809/"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-400-m-hurdles-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "400 m hurdles",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "50.37",
   "seconds": 50.37,
   "dist": 400.0,
   "holder": "Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone",
   "nat": "USA",
   "date": "2024-08-08",
   "place": "Saint-Denis (Paris), France",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
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   "id": "athletics-3000-m-steeplechase-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "3000 m steeplechase",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "8:44.32",
   "seconds": 524.32,
   "dist": 3000.0,
   "holder": "Beatrice Chepkoech",
   "nat": "KEN",
   "date": "2018-07-20",
   "place": "Monaco",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3000_metres_steeplechase"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-4-x-100-m-relay-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "4 x 100 m relay",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "40.82",
   "seconds": 40.82,
   "dist": 400,
   "holder": "United States (Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter)",
   "nat": "USA",
   "date": "2012-08-10",
   "place": "London, United Kingdom",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-4-x-400-m-relay-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "4 x 400 m relay",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "3:15.17",
   "seconds": 195.17,
   "dist": 1600,
   "holder": "Soviet Union (Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina)",
   "nat": "URS",
   "date": "1988-10-01",
   "place": "Seoul, South Korea",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-20-km-race-walk-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "20 km race walk",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "1:23:49",
   "seconds": 5029,
   "dist": 20000.0,
   "holder": "Yang Jiayu",
   "nat": "CHN",
   "date": "2021-03-20",
   "place": "Huangshan, China",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_kilometres_race_walk"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-35-km-race-walk-women",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "35 km race walk",
   "sex": "Women",
   "time": "2:37:15",
   "seconds": 9435,
   "dist": 35000.0,
   "holder": "María Pérez",
   "nat": "ESP",
   "date": "2023-05-21",
   "place": "Poděbrady, Czech Republic",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "",
   "source": "https://worldathletics.org/news/feature/maria-perez-35km-race-walk-world-record-podebrady"
  },
  {
   "id": "athletics-4-x-400-m-relay-mixed",
   "cat": "Athletics",
   "event": "4 x 400 m relay",
   "sex": "Mixed",
   "time": "3:07.41",
   "seconds": 187.41,
   "dist": 1600,
   "holder": "United States (Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon, Kaylyn Brown)",
   "nat": "USA",
   "date": "2024-08-02",
   "place": "Saint-Denis (Paris), France",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "Mixed-sex relay",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics"
  },
  {
   "id": "swimming-50-m-freestyle-men",
   "cat": "Swimming",
   "event": "50 m freestyle",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "20.88",
   "seconds": 20.88,
   "dist": 50.0,
   "holder": "Cameron McEvoy",
   "nat": "AUS",
   "date": "2026-03-20",
   "place": "Shenzhen, China",
   "pending": false,
   "note": "Broke Cesar Cielo's 20.91 from 2009",
   "source": "https://www.worldaquatics.com/news/4474806/swimming-world-record-cameron-mcevoy-breaks-iconic-50m-freestyle-world-record-cesar-cielo"
  },
  {
   "id": "swimming-100-m-freestyle-men",
   "cat": "Swimming",
   "event": "100 m freestyle",
   "sex": "Men",
   "time": "46.40",
   "seconds": 46.4,
   "dist": 100.0,
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   "note": "Hefei Open 2025",
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   "pending": false,
   "note": "Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 (14–16 Aug); date is competition start",
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   "note": "Guinness World Records",
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