List of Commonwealth Games records in athletics

Commonwealth Games records in athletics are set by athletes competing from a range of nations within the Commonwealth of Nations.

The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial event which began in 1930 as the British Empire Games. The Commonwealth Games Federation accepts only athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations and recognises records set at editions of the Commonwealth Games. The athletics events at the Games are divided into four groups: track events (including sprints, middle- and long-distance running, hurdling and relays), field events (including javelin, discus, hammer, pole vault, long and triple jumps), road events and combined events (the triathlon, heptathlon and decathlon). There are also several track and field events held for disabled athletes.

Many Commonwealth Games records were set over distances using imperial measurements, such as the 100 yard dash, and (as a result of metric standardisation in 1966) many records belong to defunct events. The oldest record is George Bailey's 9:52.0 minutes in the seldom used men's two mile steeplechase, which was set at the inaugural Games. The two longest lasting records in current events were both set at the 1974 edition of the Games: Englishman Ian Thompson's record of 2:09:12 hours in the Marathon, and Tanzanian Filbert Bayi's record of 3:32.16 minutes in the 1500 metres, which was also a world record.

Some athletes hold two Commonwealth Games records: Nathan Deakes is the record holder in the 20 km and 50 km walk events, Debbie Ferguson is the 100 metres and part 4×100 m relay record holder, and Jana Pittman-Rawlinson has the 400 metres hurdles and 4×400 m relay records. Adekunle Adesoji and Chantal Petitclerc also hold two records each in the para-sports events.

Men's records

Ato Boldon (left) beat 200 m record holder Frankie Fredericks in 1998 to set the current 100 m record.

Former 50 km walk world record holder Nathan Deakes holds the records for both the 20 km and 50 km walk events.

Current triple jump world record holder Jonathan Edwards set the triple jump Commonwealth record in his home nation in 2002.

Statistics are correct as of 5 May 2009

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Date	Games	Notes	Ref
100 m	9.88	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago		1998 Kuala Lumpur
200 m	19.97	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia		1994 Victoria
400 m	44.52	Iwan Thomas	Wales		1998 Kuala Lumpur
800 m	1:43.22	Steve Cram	England		1986 Edinburgh
1500 m	3:32.16	Filbert Bayi	Tanzania		1974 Christchurch	[WR]	[m 1][1]
5000 m	12:56.41	Augustine Choge	Kenya		2006 Melbourne
10000 m	27:45.39	Wilberforce Talel	Kenya		2002 Manchester
Marathon	2:09:12	Ian Thompson	England		1974 Christchurch	[PB]	[m 2][2]
110 m hurdles	13.08	Colin Jackson	Wales		1994 Victoria
400 m hurdles	48.05	Louis van Zyl	South Africa		2006 Melbourne	[PB]	[3]
3000 m steeplechase	8:14.72	Johnstone Kipkoech	Kenya		1994 Victoria
High jump	2.36 m	Clarence Saunders	Bermuda		1990 Auckland	[NR]	[4]
Pole vault	5.80 m	Steven Hooker	Australia		2006 Melbourne
Long jump	8.39 m	Yusuf Alli	Nigeria		1990 Auckland		[m 3]
Triple jump	17.86 m	Jonathan Edwards	England		2002 Manchester
Shot put	21.02 m	Dylan Armstrong	Canada	7 October 2010	2010 Delhi	(details)	[5]
Discus throw	66.39 m	Frantz Kruger	South Africa		2002 Manchester
Hammer throw	77.53 m	Stuart Rendell	Australia		2006 Melbourne
Javelin throw	89.48 m	Mike O'Rourke	New Zealand		1982 Brisbane
Decathlon	8663 pts	Daley Thompson	England		1986 Edinburgh
Triathlon	1:49:16.33	Bradley Kahlefeldt	Australia		2006 Melbourne
20 km walk	1:19:55	Nathan Deakes	Australia		2006 Melbourne		[6]
50 km walk	3:42:53	Nathan Deakes	Australia		2006 Melbourne		[6]
4×100 m relay	38.20	Dwain Chambers Marlon Devonish Julian Golding Darren Campbell	England		1998 Kuala Lumpur	[NR]	[m 4][7][8]
4×400 m relay	2:59.03	Michael McDonald Roxbert Martin Gregory Haughton Davian Clarke	Jamaica		1998 Kuala Lumpur		[7]

Key:
WR World record	AR Area record	NR National record	PB Athlete's personal best

Notes

1. ^ Bayi's world record stood for over five years, eventually being beaten by Sebastian Coe in 1979 (see World record progression 1500 metres). Furthermore, the time still stands as the Tanzanian national record.
2. ^ Thompson's run was the British record from 1974 until 1983 when it was beaten by Geoff Smith.
3. ^ This jump would have been a national record but it was not ratified by the IAAF.
4. ^ This is the best performance by a team competing for England. However, the Great Britain team which set the current European record comprised all English sprinters.

Women's records

Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie is the 100 m record holder in both the individual and the relay events.

Current Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe broke the 5000 m record on home soil in 2002.

Jana Pittman retained her 400 m hurdles title with a record breaking run.

Statistics are correct as of 5 May 2009

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Date	Games	Notes	Ref
100 m	10.91	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	27 Jul 2002	2002 !2002 Manchester	[PB][w 1]	[9]
200 m	22.19	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica		1982 !1982 Brisbane
400 m	50.10	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	8 October 2010	2010 Delhi	(details)	[10]
800 m	1:57.35	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	29 Jul 2002	2002 !2002 Manchester
1500 m	4:05.26	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	8 October 2010	2010 Delhi	(details)	[11][10]
5000 m	14:31.42	Paula Radcliffe	England	28 Jul 2002	2002 !2002 Manchester	[w 2]	[12]
10000 m	31:27.83	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	30 Jul 2002	2002 !2002 Manchester	[PB]	[13]
Marathon	2:25:28	Lisa Martin	Australia	31 Jan 1990	1990 !1990 Auckland		[14]
100 m hurdles	12.65 (+1.0 m/s)	Foster-Hylton, BrigitteBrigitte Foster-Hylton	Jamaica	23 March 2006	2006 !2006 Melbourne		[15]
400 m hurdles	53.82	Pittman, JanaJana Pittman	Australia		2006 !2006 Melbourne
3000 m steeplechase	9:19.51	Inzikuru, DorcusDorcus Inzikuru	Uganda		2006 !2006 Melbourne
High jump	1.96 m	Cloete, HestrieHestrie Cloete	South Africa	30 Jul 2002	2002 !2002 Manchester
Pole vault	4.62 m	Howe, KymKym Howe	Australia		2006 !2006 Melbourne
Long jump	6.97 m	Thompson, BronwynBronwyn Thompson	Australia		2006 !2006 Melbourne
Triple jump	14.86 m	Hansen, AshiaAshia Hansen	England	31 Jul 2002	2002 !2002 Manchester
Shot put	20.47 m	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	9 October 2010	2010 Delhi	(details)	[16]
Discus throw	65.92 m	Beatrice Faumuina	New Zealand		1998 !1998 Kuala Lumpur
Hammer throw	68.57 m	Sultana Frizell	Canada	7 October 2010	2010 Delhi	(details)	[5]
Javelin throw	69.80 m	Sanderson, TessaTessa Sanderson	England		1986 !1986 Edinburgh
Heptathlon	6695 pts	Flemming, JaneJane Flemming	Australia		1990 !1990 Auckland	[NR]
Triathlon	1:58:02.69	Snowsill, EmmaEmma Snowsill	Australia		2006 !2006 Melbourne
20 km walk	1:32:46	Jane Saville	Australia	20 March 2006	2006 Melbourne	(details)	[17]
4×100 m relay	42.44	Clarke, TimickaTimicka Clarke Savatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	31 Jul 2002	2002 !2002 Manchester	[w 1]
4×400 m relay	3:25.63	Hewitt, LaurenLauren Hewitt Cathy Freeman Tamsyn Lewis Jana Pittman	Australia	31 Jul 2002	2002 !2002 Manchester

Key:
WR World record	AR Area record	NR National record	PB Athlete's personal best

Notes 

1. ^ ^{a b} Ferguson also finished one hundredth of a second outside of the 200 metres record in 2002. That year, she won gold medals in the 100 and 200 metres, and with the Bahamian team in the 4 x 100 metres relay event.
2. ^ This run was the European 5000 metres record until 2006 when it was broken by Elvan Abeylegesse.

Men's para-sports records

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Games	Notes
00100 !100 metres EAD	10.76	Adesoji, AdekunleAdekunle Adesoji	Nigeria	2002 !2002 Manchester
00200 !100 metres EAD T12	11.07	Adesoji, AdekunleAdekunle Adesoji	Nigeria	2006 !2006 Melbourne
00400 !200 metres EAD T46	22.96	Francis, HeathHeath Francis	Australia	2006 !2006 Melbourne
00800 !800 metres wheelchair	1:44.94	Adams, JeffJeff Adams	Canada	1994 !1994 Victoria
05000 !Discus seated EAD F55–56	34.48 m	Campbell, TantoTanto Campbell	Jamaica	2006 !2006 Melbourne
05000 !Marathon wheelchair	1:37:33	Wiggins, PaulPaul Wiggins	Australia	1994 !1994 Victoria

Women's para-sports records

Event	Record	Name	Nation	Games	Notes
00200 !100 metres EAD T38	14.38	McIntosh, ElizabethElizabeth McIntosh	Australia	2006 !2006 Melbourne
00400 !800 metres EAD T54	1:48.98	Petitclerc, ChantalChantal Petitclerc	Canada	2006 !2006 Melbourne
00800 !800 metres wheelchair	1:52.93	Petitclerc, ChantalChantal Petitclerc	Canada	2002 !2002 Manchester
05000 !Shotput seated EAD F54–58	9.76 m	Iyiazi, NjidekaNjideka Iyiazi	Nigeria	2006 !2006 Melbourne

Records in defunct events

See also

• List of world records in athletics
• List of Olympic records in athletics
• List of World Championships in Athletics records

References

General

• Commonwealth Games Athletics Records. Commonwealth of Nations. Retrieved on 2009-07-27.
• Commonwealth Games Stats. Track & Field News. Retrieved on 2010-10-08.

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External links

• Commonwealth Games official website
• Search record database