10,156 athletes · 151 federations

Athletes

Every athlete with a row on a published list. Profiles show best marks in our data, list appearances and records held.

Record holders

Athletes holding a current world record on a published event

SWE · Men's Pole Vault

2:20:43WR

Massimo Stano

ITA · Men's 35 km Walk

JPN · Men's 20 km Walk

2:09:56WR

Ruth Chepng'etich

KEN · Women's Marathon

2.10WR

Yaroslava Mahuchikh

UKR · Women's High Jump

All athletes

Showing 1–50 of 10,156

Athlete	Country	Sex	Best list	Rank	Mark	Lists
Usain Bolt WR	JAM	M	Men's 100m all-time	#1	9.58	25
Elaine Thompson-Herah	JAM	W	Women's 100m all-time	#1	10.54	20
Florence Griffith Joyner WR	USA	W	Women's 200m all-time	#1	21.34	12
Wayde van Niekerk WR	RSA	M	Men's 400m all-time	#1	43.03	18
Marita Koch WR	GDR	W	Women's 400m all-time	#1	47.60	26
David Rudisha WR	KEN	M	Men's 800m all-time	#1	1:40.91	11
Jarmila Kratochvílová WR	CZE	W	Women's 800m all-time	#1	1:53.28	17
Hicham El Guerrouj WR	MAR	M	Men's 1500m all-time	#1	3:26.00	14
Faith Kipyegon WR	KEN	W	Women's 1500m all-time	#1	3:48.68	27
Joshua Cheptegei WR	UGA	M	Men's 5000m all-time	#1	12:35.36	36
Beatrice Chebet WR	KEN	W	Women's 5000m all-time	#1	13:58.06	13
Ja'Kobe Tharp WR	USA	M	Men's 110mH all-time	#1	12.75	4
Tobi Amusan	NGR	W	Women's 100mH all-time	#1	12.12	9
Alison dos Santos WR	BRA	M	Men's 400mH all-time	#1	45.80	13
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone WR	USA	W	Women's 400mH all-time	#1	50.37	19
Lamecha Girma WR	ETH	M	Men's 3000mSC all-time	#1	7:52.11	12
Beatrice Chepkoech WR	KEN	W	Women's 3000mSC all-time	#1	8:44.32	18
Javier Sotomayor WR	CUB	M	Men's High Jump all-time	#1	2.45	19
Yaroslava Mahuchikh WR	UKR	W	Women's High Jump all-time	#1	2.10	9
Armand Duplantis WR	SWE	M	Men's Pole Vault all-time	#1	6.30	11
Yelena Isinbayeva WR	RUS	W	Women's Pole Vault all-time	#1	5.06	13
Mike Powell WR	USA	M	Men's Long Jump all-time	#1	8.95	10
Galina Chistyakova WR	RUS	W	Women's Long Jump all-time	#1	7.52	15
Jonathan Edwards WR	GBR	M	Men's Triple Jump all-time	#1	18.29	15
Yulimar Rojas WR	VEN	W	Women's Triple Jump all-time	#1	15.67	9
Ryan Crouser WR	USA	M	Men's Shot Put all-time	#1	23.56	13
Natalya Lisovskaya WR	RUS	W	Women's Shot Put all-time	#1	22.63	11
Mykolas Alekna WR	LTU	M	Men's Discus all-time	#1	75.56	6
Gabriele Reinsch WR	GER	W	Women's Discus all-time	#1	76.80	6
Yuriy Syedikh	RUS	M	Men's Hammer all-time	#1	86.74	15
Anita Włodarczyk WR	POL	W	Women's Hammer all-time	#1	82.98	19
Jan Železný WR	CZE	M	Men's Javelin all-time	#1	98.48	17
Barbora Špotáková WR	CZE	W	Women's Javelin all-time	#1	72.28	18
Kevin Mayer WR	FRA	M	Men's Decathlon all-time	#1	9126	11
Jackie Joyner-Kersee WR	USA	W	Women's Heptathlon all-time	#1	7291	27
Berihu Aregawi WR	ETH	M	Men's 5 km all-time	#1	12:49	15
Yomif Kejelcha	ETH	M	Men's 10 km all-time	#1	26:31	36
Agnes Jebet Ngetich WR	KEN	W	Women's 10 km all-time	#1	28:46	17
Jacob Kiplimo WR	UGA	M	Men's Half Marathon all-time	#1	56:42	30
Letesenbet Gidey WR	ETH	W	Women's Half Marathon all-time	#1	1:02:52	22
Sabastian Sawe WR	KEN	M	Men's Marathon all-time	#1	1:59:30	14
Ruth Chepng'etich WR	KEN	W	Women's Marathon all-time	#1	2:09:56	30
Toshikazu Yamanishi WR	JPN	M	Men's 20 km Walk all-time	#1	1:16:10	13
Yelena Lashmanova WR	RUS	W	Women's 20 km Walk all-time	#1	1:23:39	10
Massimo Stano WR	ITA	M	Men's 35 km Walk all-time	#1	2:20:43	12
María Pérez WR	ESP	W	Women's 35 km Walk all-time	#1	2:37:15	13
Yohann Diniz WR	FRA	M	Men's 50 km Walk all-time	#1	3:32:33	16
Jim Hines	USA	M	Men's 100m 1968	#1	9.95	2
Silvio Leonard	CUB	M	Men's 100m 1977	#1	9.98	5
Pietro Mennea	ITA	M	Men's 100m 1979	#1	10.01	8