Menn
100 m:
Tim Montgomery, USA 9,78 Paris 14/9-02
200 m:
Michael Johnson, USA 19,32 Atlanta (OL) 1/8-96
400 m:
Michael Johnson, USA 43,18 Sevilla (VM) 26/8-99
800 m:
Wilson Kipketer, Danmark 1.41,11 Koln 24/8-97
1500 m:
Hicham El-Guerrouj, Marokko 3.26,00 Roma 14/7-98
5000 m:
Haile Gebrselassie, Etiopia 12.39,36 Helsingfors 13/6-98
10.000 m:
Haile Gebrselassie, Etiopia 26.22,75 Hengelo 1/6-98
Maraton (verdensbeste):
Khalid Khannouchi, Marokko 2.05.38 London 14/4-02
110 m hekk:
Colin Jackson, Storbritania 12,91 Stuttgart (VM) 20/8-93
400 m hekk:
Kevin Young, USA 46,78 Barcelona (OL) 6/8-92
3000 m hinder:
Brahin Boulami, Marokko 7.55.28 - Brussel 24/8-01
Høyde:
Javier Sotomayor, Cuba 2,45 Salamanca 27/7-93
Stav:
Sergej Bubka, Ukraina 6,14 Sestriere 31/7-94
Lengde:
Mike Powell, USA 8,95 Tokyo (VM) 30/8-91
Tresteg:
Jonathan Edwards, Storbritannia 18,29 Gøteborg (VM) 7/8-95
Kule:
Randy Barnes, USA 23,12 Los Angeles 25/5-90
Diskos:
Jurgen Schult, Tyskland 74,08 Neubrandenburg 6/6-86
Slegge:
Jurij Sedykh, Ukraina 86,74 Stuttgart 30/8-86
Spyd:
Jan Zelezny, Tsjekkia 98,48 Jena 25/5-96
4 x 100 m:
USA (Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis) 37,40 Barcelona (OL) 8/8-92
USA (Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burell)37,40 Stuttgart (VM) 21/8-93
4 x 400 m:
USA (Kevin Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Tyree Washington og Michael Johnson) 2.54,20 New York 22/7-98
Tikamp:
Roman Sebrle, Tsjekkia 9026 Gotzis 27/5-01
(100 m: 10,64, lengde: 8,11 m, kul: 15,33 m, høye: 2,12 m, 400 m: 47,79, 110 m: 13,92, diskos: 47,92, stav: 4,80 m, spyd: 70,16 m, 1500 m: 4.21,98).
20 km kappgang:
Francisco Fernandez, Spania 1.17.22 Åbo 28/4-02
NY REKORD I VM:
Jefferson Perez 1.17.21 Paris 23/8-03
50 km kappgang:
Robert Korzeniowski, Polen 3.36.03 Paris 28/8-03
NY REKORD I VM:
Robert Korzeniowski, Polen 3.36.39 Munchen 8/8-02
Kvinner
100 m:
Florence Griffith-Joyner, USA 10,49 Indianapolis 16/7-88
200 m:
Florence Griffith-Joyner, USA 21,34 Seoul (OL) 29/9-88
400 m:
Marita Koch, Tyskland 47,60 Canberra 6/10-85
800 m:
Jarmila Kratochvilova, Tsjekkia 1.53,28 Munchen 26/7-83
1500 m:
Qu Yunxia, Kina 3.50,46 Beijing 10/9-93
5000 m:
Jiang Bo, Kina 14.28,09 Shanghai 23/10-97
10.000 m:
Wang Junxia, Kina 29.31,78 Beijing 8/9-93
Maraton (verdensbeste):
Paula Radcliffe, Storbritannia 2.15.25 London 13/4-03
100 m hekk:
Jordanka Donkova, Bulgaria 12,21 Stara Zagora 20/8-88
400 m hekk:
Julia Petsjonkina, Russland 52,34 Tula 8/8-03
Høyde:
Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria 2,09 Roma 30/8-87
Stav:
Jelena Isinbajeba, Russland 4,82 Gateshead 13/7-03
Lengde:
Galina Tsjistjakova, Sovjet 7,52 St. Petersburg 11/6-88
Tresteg:
Inessa Kravetz, Ukraina 15,50 Goteborg (VM) 10/8-95.
Kule:
Natalja Lisovskaja, Sovjet 22,63 Moskva 7/6-89
Diskos:
Gabriele Reinsch, Tyskland 76,80 Neubrandenburg 9/7-88
Spyd:
Osleidys Menendez, Cuba 71,54 Rethymnon, Hellas 1/7-01
Slegge:
Mihaela Melinte, Romania 76,07 Rudlingen 29/8-99
4 x 100 m:
Tyskland (Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald,
Marlies Gohr) 41,37 Canberra 6/10-85
4 x 400 m:
Sovjet (Tatjana Ledovskaja, Olga Nasarova, Maria Pjujgina, Olga Brysglan) 3.15,18 Seoul (OL) 1/10-88
Sjukamp:
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA 7291 (12,69-1,86-15,80-22,56-7,27-45 ,66-2.08,51) Seoul (OL) 23-24/9-88
20 km kappgang:
Olimpiada Ivanova, Russland 1.24.50 Adler 4/3-01