WR = world record

CR = championship record

MEN

100 Metres
WR: 9.79 Maurice Greene USA 1999
CR: 9.80 Maurice Greene USA 1999

200 Metres
WR: 19.32 Michael Johnson USA 1996
CR: 19.79 Michael Johnson USA 1995

400 Metres
WR: 43.18 Michael Johnson USA 1999
CR: 43.18 Michael Johnson USA 1999

800 Metres
WR: 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1997
CR: 1:43.06 Billy Konchellah KEN 1987

1500 Metres
WR: 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj MOR 1998
CR: 3:27.65 Hicham El Guerrouj MOR 1999

5000 Metres
WR: 12:39.36 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1998
CR: 12:58.13 Salah Hissou MAR 1999

10,000 Metres
WR: 26:22.75 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1998
CR: 27:12.95 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1995

Marathon
WR: 2:05:42 Khalid Khannouchi MAR 1999
CR: 2:10.03 Rob de Castella AUS 1983

3000m Steeplechase
WR: 7:55.72 Bernard Barmasai KEN 1997
CR: 8:04.16 Moses Kiptanui KEN 1995

110 Metres Hurdles
WR: 12.91 Colin Jackson GBR 1993
CR: 12.91 Colin Jackson GBR 1993

400 Metres Hurdles
WR: 46.78 Kevin Young USA 1992
CR: 47.18 Kevin Young USA 1993

High Jump
WR: 2.45 Javier Sotomayor CUB 1993
CR: 2.40 Javier Sotomayor CUB 1993

Pole Vault
WR: 6.14 Sergey Bubka UKR 1994
CR: 6.05 Dmitriy Markov AUS 2001

Long Jump
WR: 8.95 Mike Powell USA 1991
CR: 8.95 Mike Powell USA 1991

Triple Jump
WR: 18.29 Jonathan Edwards GBR 1995
CR: 18.29 Jonathan Edwards GBR 1995

Shot
WR: 23.12 Randy Barnes USA 1990
CR: 22.23 Werner Gunthor SUI 1987

Discus
WR: 74.08 Jurgen Schult GDR 1986
CR: 69.08 Lars Riedel GER 2001

Hammer
WR: 86.74 Yuriy Sedykh URS 1986
CR: 83.06 Sergey Litvinov URS 1987

Javelin
WR: 98.48 Jan Zelezny CZE 1996
CR: 92.80 Jan Zelezny CZE 2001

Decathlon
WR: 9026 Roman Sebrle CZE 2001
CR: 8837 Thomas Dvorak CZE 1997

20 Kilometres Walk
WR: 1:17:26 Bernardo Segura MEX 1994
CR: 1:19:37 Maurizio Damilano ITA 1991

50 Kilometres Walk
WR: 3:40:57.9 Thierry Toutain FRA 1996
CR: 3:40:53 Hartwig Gauder GDR 1987

4 x 100 Metres Relay
WR: 37.40 United States 1992 & 1993
CR: 37.40 United States 1993

4 x 400 Metres Relay
WR 2:54.20 United States 1998
CR: 2:54.29 United States 1993

WOMEN

100 Metres
WR: 10.49 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA 1988
CR: 10.70 Marion Jones USA 1999

200 Metres
WR: 21.34 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA 1988
CR: 21.74 Silke Gladisch-Moller GDR 1987

400 Metres
WR: 47.60 Marita Koch GDR 1985
CR: 47.99 Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH 1983

800 Metres
WR: 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH 1983
CR: 1:54.68 Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH 1983

1500 Metres
WR: 3:50.46 Qu Yunxia CHN 1993
CR: 3:58.56 Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh URS 1987

5000 Metres
WR: 14:28.09 Jiang Bo CHN 1997
CR: 14:41.82 Gabriela Szabo ROM 1999

10000 Metres
WR: 29.31.78 Wang Junxia CHN 1993
CR: 30:24.56 Gete Wami ETH 1999

Marathon
WR: 2:20.43 Tegla Loroupe KEN 1999
CR: 2:25.17 Rosa Mota POR 1987

100 Metres Hurdles
WR: 12.21 Yordanka Donkova BUL 1988
CR: 12.34 Ginka Zagorcheva BUL 1987

400 Metres Hurdles
WR: 52.61 Kim Batten USA 1995
CR: 52.61 Kim Batten USA 1995

High Jump
WR: 2.09 Stefka Kostadinova BUL 1987
CR: 2.09 Stefka Kostadinova BUL 1987

Pole Vault
WR: 4.81 Stacy Dragila USA 2001
CR: 4.60 Stacy Dragila USA 1999

Long Jump
WR: 7.52 Galina Chistyakova URS 1988
CR: 7.36 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 1987

Triple Jump
WR: 15.50 Inessa Kravets UKR 1995
CR: 15.50 Inessa Kravets UKR 1995

Shot
WR: 22.63 Natalya Lisovskaya URS 1987
CR: 21.24 Natalya Lisovskaya URS 1987

Discus
WR: 76.80 Gabriele Reinsch GDR 1988
CR: 71.62 Martina Opitz-Hellmann GDR 1987

Hammer
WR: 76.07 Mihaela Melinte ROM 1999
CR: n/a - new event

Javelin
WR: 71.54 Osleidys Menendez CUB 2001
CR: n/a with new-style javelin

Heptathlon
WR: 7291 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 1988
CR: 7128 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 1987

4 x 100 Metres Relay
WR: 41.37 German Democratic Republic 1985
CR: 41.47 United States 1997

4 x 400 Metres Relay
WR: 3:15.17 Soviet Union 1988
CR: 3:16.71 United States 1993