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All about Athletics world records: Usain Bolt ran 9.58 s in Berlin in 2009. Bolt also holds the 200 m record with 19.19 s. 'Flo-Jo' ran 10.49 s in 1988, still standing. Sabastian Sawe ran 1:59:30 in London 2026 (as of 2026). Ruth Chepngetich ran 2:09:56 in Chicago 2024 (as of 2026). Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis raised it to 6.31 m in 2026 (as of 2026). Javier Sotomayor cleared 2.45 m in 1993. Mike Powell jumped 8.95 m in Tokyo in 1991. Jonathan Edwards jumped 18.29 m in 1995. Good to know: Bolt set the record at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. Bolt set the 200 m record in Berlin in 2009 too. 'Flo-Jo' has held the record since 1988: one of athletics' oldest. Marathon world records almost only fall on fast, flat courses like Berlin. She was the first woman to break the 2:10-hour barrier. Duplantis has broken his own record many times: usually by a single centimetre. Sotomayor's 2.45 m from 1993 is one of the longest-standing records. In 1991 Powell broke Bob Beamon's 23-year-old record.

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Who holds the men's 100 m world record (9.58 s, 2009)?

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Usain Bolt

Who holds the men's 200 m world record (19.19 s, 2009)?

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Usain Bolt

Who holds the women's 100 m world record (10.49 s, 1988)?

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Florence Griffith-Joyner

Who has held the men's marathon world record since 2026?

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Sabastian Sawe

Who holds the women's marathon world record (2:09:56, 2024)?

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Ruth Chepngetich

Who holds the men's pole vault world record (as of 2026)?

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Mondo Duplantis

Who holds the men's high jump world record (2.45 m, 1993)?

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Javier Sotomayor

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