There are currently over 10 world records being held by different male athletes.
Two of those records are being held by Kenyans, among them Sebastian Sawe’s marathon record which was recently ratified by the World Athletes.
The other Kenyan athlete holding a world record in David Rudisha. Rudisha set the 800m world record in 2012.
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt and Joshua Cheptegei hold two different world records.
List of current world record holders
- 100m — 9.58 · Usain Bolt (Aug 16, 2009)
- 200m — 19.19 · Usain Bolt (Aug 20, 2009)
- 400m — 43.03 · Wayde van Niekerk (Aug 14, 2016)
- 800m — 1:40.91 · David Rudisha (Aug 9, 2012)
- 1500m — 3:26.00 · Hicham El Guerrouj (Jul 14, 1998)
- 1 Mile — 3:42.66 · Josh Kerr (Jul 18, 2026)
- 5000m — 12:35.36 · Joshua Cheptegei (Aug 14, 2020)
- 10000m — 26:11.00 · Joshua Cheptegei (Oct 7, 2020)
- Half Marathon — 57:20 · Jacob Kiplimo (Mar 8, 2026)
- Marathon — 1:59:30 · Sabastian Sawe (Apr 26, 2026)
- 50K — 2:38:43 · CJ Albertson (Oct 8, 2022)
- 100K — 6:05:35 · Aleksandr Sorokin (May 14, 2023)
