Recent world records

Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda was the latest athlete to break a world record when he ran the 56:42 performance during the Barcelona Half Marathon on Sunday.

Kiplimo’s record came after six indoor world records were set by Americans Grant Fisher and Yared Nuguse, as well as Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Fisher ran 12:44.09 at Boston University on Sunday, February 14. He improved on Ethiopian great Kenenisa Bekele’s 12:49.60 from 2004. The 27-year-old had just broken the world record for the 3000m event at the Millrose Games clocking 7:22.9.

In that race, French runner Jimmy Gressier, had his own record-setting run, finishing second in 12:54.92 to set a new European indoor record.

In LiƩvin, France, Ingebrigtsen delivered during the Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais meet, destroying the world indoor mile record with a stunning 3:45.14 on Thursday night.

The previous record was 3:46.63. It was set the prior Sunday by American Yared Nuguse at the Millrose Games. The difference? A massive 1.49 seconds. Fellow American Hobbs Kessler also dipped under the old record, finishing second in 3:46.90.

Ingebrigtsen’s 1500m split of 3:29.63 improved his own world indoor record of 3:30.60, set at the same meeting in 2022.

Other Records

Josh Hoey ran a menā€™s 800m North American record finishing in 1:43.90 at the Millrose Games. This performance also made him the third-fastest indoor athlete in history. Only Kenyan Wilson Kipketer and Briton Elliot Giles have ever run faster indoors.

Canada’s Evan Dunfee improved the 20km racewalk North American record in Adelaide, AUS by racing to a 1:17:39 performance. It was a long-saught-after goal of his. Likely was more rewarding as Dunfee has transformed himself from a 50km specialist and now is globally competitive in the shorter distance.

Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay improved the meet record at the Copernicus Cup in Torun, Italy on Sunday bettering her 3:54.77 from 2022, which she set. She finished just 0.83 seconds short of her world indoor record (3:53.09) set in LiĆ©vin in 2021. Following the race, Tsegay said that she had been recovering from flu. Fellow Ethiopian world U20 champion Birke Haylom, finished second in 3:59.92, while Worknesh Mesele completed an Ethiopian sweep with a seasonā€™s best of 4:02.19.

Armand Duplantis of Sweden improved the ISATF Indoor meet record in the pole vault leaping to an astounding 6.10m.

So far this indoor season has produced eight NCAA records, six U.S.A. records, and five world records in events between 800m and 5000m.

On January 19, Weini Kelati ran the Houston Half Marathon in the time of 66:09 for a new North American record. In that same race fellow American Connor Mantz clocked a 59:17 run which has been widely reported as a national record. He bettered Ryan Hall’s time from the 2007 Houston Half Marathon which was 59:43 (*pre-super shoes).

Just six months ago American Bryce Hoppel took down the American 800m record during the Paris Olympic Games. He ran 1:41.67.

Men’s world records

In April last year, Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi improved the world road mile record with his 3:54.56 performance. Five months later Elliot Giles improved the record by more than three seconds going 3:51.3 in DĆ¼sseldorf at the New Balance KO Meile.

In ChorzĆ³w, Poland, Ingebrigtsen bettered the world 3000m record with a 7:17.55 running. This performance came shortly after the Olympic Games had ended.

Lithuanian discus thrower Mykolas Alekna threw to a new world record of 74.35m in Oklahoma in August, 2024.

Japanese racewalker Masatora Kawano sped to a new world record in the 35km event in October. How fast? Just 2:21:47.

At the Oregon Distance Medley Relays in Eugene, OR in April the American team consisting of Brannon Kidder, Brandon Miller, Isaiah Harris, and Henry Wynne sprinted to a 9:14.58 finish.

The women were at it too

Kenyan Faith Kipyegon clocked a new world record time of 3:49.04 at the Paris Diamond League meet. Jessica Hull of Australia took down the 2000m record with her 5:19.70 running at the Monaco Diamond League meet.

At the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Kenyan Beatrice Chebet became the first woman to run sub 29 minutes in a 10,000m event finishing in a jaw-dropping 28:54.14. Fellow Kenyan Agnes Ngetich had gone one better going 28:46 on the road in Valencia in January.

Then there was the marathon in Chicago in October that stopped the internet for a minute where Ruth Chepn’getich ran 2:09:56 to break the world record and be the first woman to run sub 2:11 and sub 2:10 and only the second to run sub 2:12 and 2:13 and 2:14.

Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir ran 2:16:06 for the women’s-only race world record in London in April.

American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke the world record in the 400m hurdles with her 50.37 sprint on her way to a gold medal at the Paris Olympic Games.

Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh took the high jump to new heights with a 2.10m leap during the Paris Games.

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