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Current Olympic Record Holders in Athletics (59)

Athlete Nation(s) Sport(s) Role(s) Era Notes
Virgilijus Alekna LTU ATH Olympics / Other 1996—2012 discus throw 69.89 (2004)
Charles Austin USA ATH Olympics 1992—2000 high jump 2.39 (1996)
Almaz Ayana ETH ATH Olympics / Other 2016 10000 m 29:17.45 (2016)
Bob Beamon USA ATH Olympics 1968 long jump 8.90 (1968)
Kenenisa Bekele ETH ATH Olympics / Other 2004—2012 5000 m 12:57.82 (2008) and 10000 m 27:01.17 (2008)
Yohan Blake JAM ATH Olympics 2012—2020 4×100 m relay 36.84 (2012)
Usain Bolt JAM ATH Olympics / Other 2004—2016 100 m 9.63 (2012), 200 m 19.30 (2008), and 4×100 m relay 36.84 (2012)
Thiago Braz BRA ATH Olympics / YOG 2010—2020 pole vault 6.03 (2016)
Olga Bryzgina URS
UKR
EUN		 ATH Olympics 1988—1992 4×400 m relay 3:15.18 (1988)
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn PUR ATH Olympics 2016—2020 100 m hurdles 12.26 (2020)
Nesta Carter JAM ATH Olympics 2008—2012 4×100 m relay 36.84 (2012)
Chen Ding CHN ATH Olympics 2012—2016 20 km walk 1-18:46 (2012)
Vivian Cheruiyot KEN ATH Olympics 2000—2016 5000 m 14:26.17 (2016)
Ryan Crouser USA ATH Olympics 2016—2020 shot put 23.30 (2020)
Kajetan Duszyński POL ATH Olympics 2020 4×400 m mixed relay 3:09.87 (2020)
Allyson Felix USA ATH Olympics 2004—2020 4×100 m relay 40.82 (2012)
Michael Frater JAM ATH Olympics 2004—2012 4×100 m relay 36.84 (2012)
Tiki Gelana ETH ATH Olympics 2012 marathon 2-23:07 (2012)
Florence Griffith Joyner USA ATH Olympics 1984—1988 200 m 21.34 (1988)
Kenny Harrison USA ATH Olympics 1996 triple jump 18.09 (1996)
Martina Hellmann GDR
GER		 ATH Olympics 1988—1992 discus throw 72.30 (1988)
Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR ATH Olympics 2020 1500 m 3:28.32 (2020)
Yelena Isinbayeva RUS ATH Olympics / Administrator 2000—2016 pole vault 5.05 (2008)
Carmelita Jeter USA ATH Olympics 2012 4×100 m relay 40.82 (2012)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA ATH Olympics 1984—1996 long jump 7.40 (1988) and heptathlon 7291 (1988)
Natalia Kaczmarek POL ATH Olympics 2020 4×400 m mixed relay 3:09.87 (2020)
Conseslus Kipruto KEN ATH Olympics 2016 3000 m steeplechase 8:03.28 (2016)
Faith Kipyegon KEN ATH Olympics 2012—2020 1500 m 3:53.11 (2020)
Sergey Kirdyapkin RUS ATH Olympics 2008—2012 50 km walk 3-35:59 (2012)
Bianca Knight USA ATH Olympics 2012 4×100 m relay 40.82 (2012)
Tatsiana Ledauskaya BLR
URS
EUN		 ATH Olympics 1988—1996 4×400 m relay 3:15.18 (1988)
Sergey Litvinov RUS
URS		 ATH Olympics 1980—1988 hammer throw 84.80 (1988)
Liu Xiang CHN ATH Olympics / Other 2004—2012 110 m hurdles 12.91 (2004)
Tianna Madison-Bartoletta USA ATH Olympics 2012—2016 4×100 m relay 40.82 (2012)
Sydney McLaughlin USA ATH Olympics 2016—2020 400 m hurdles 51.46 (2020)
Osleidys Menéndez CUB ATH Olympics / Other 2000—2008 javelin throw 71.53 (2004)
LaShawn Merritt USA ATH Olympics 2008—2016 4×400 m relay 2:55.39 (2008)
Olga Nazarova RUS
URS
EUN		 ATH Olympics 1988—1992 4×400 m relay 3:15.18 (1988)
David Neville USA ATH Olympics 2008 4×400 m relay 2:55.39 (2008)
Wayde van Niekerk RSA ATH Olympics / Other 2016—2020 400 m 43.03 (2016)
Nadezhda Olizarenko URS
UKR		 ATH Olympics 1980—1988 800 m 1:53.43 (1980)
Marie-José Pérec FRA ATH Olympics / Non-starter / Other 1988—2000 400 m 48.25 (1996)
Mariya Pinigina RUS
URS		 ATH Olympics 1988 4×400 m relay 3:15.18 (1988)
Qieyang Shijie CHN ATH Olympics 2012—2020 20 km walk 1-25:16 (2012)
Yulimar Rojas VEN ATH Olympics 2016—2020 triple jump 15.67 (2020)
David Rudisha KEN ATH Olympics / Other 2012—2016 800 m 1:40.91 (2012)
Gulnara Samitova-Galkina RUS ATH Olympics 2004—2012 3000 m steeplechase 8:58.81 (2008)
Ilona Schoknecht-Slupianek GDR ATH Olympics 1976—1980 shot put 22.41 (1980)
Yelena Slesarenko RUS ATH Olympics 2004—2008 high jump 2.06 (2004)
Justyna Święty-Ersetic POL ATH Olympics 2012—2020 4×400 m mixed relay 3:09.87 (2020)
Angelo Taylor USA ATH Olympics 2000—2012 4×400 m relay 2:55.39 (2008)
Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM ATH Olympics 2016—2020 100 m 10.61 (2020)
Andreas Thorkildsen NOR ATH Olympics 2004—2012 javelin throw 90.57 (2008)
Sammy Wanjiru KEN ATH Olympics 2008 marathon 2-06:32 (2008)
Karsten Warholm NOR ATH Olympics 2016—2020 400 m hurdles 45.94 (2020)
Jeremy Wariner USA ATH Olympics 2004—2008 4×400 m relay 2:55.39 (2008)
Damian Warner CAN ATH Olympics 2012—2020 decathlon 9018 (2020)
Anita Włodarczyk POL ATH Olympics 2008—2020 hammer throw 82.29 (2016)
Karol Zalewski POL ATH Olympics 2016—2020 4×400 m mixed relay 3:09.87 (2020)