List of Commonwealth Games records in athletics
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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 (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.
Nathan Deakes holds two Commonwealth Games records: the 20 km and 50 km walk events. Adekunle Adesoji and Chantal Petitclerc also hold two records each in the para-sports events.
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Men's records
File:Mens 100m medalists, Sydney2000.jpg (left) beat 200 m record holder Frankie Fredericks in 1998 to set the current 100 m record.]]
File:Osaka07 D8M Nathan Deakes celebrating.jpg holds the record for the 50 km walk event.]]
File:Jonathan Edwards olympics 2000.jpg set the triple jump Commonwealth record in his home nation in 2002.]]
Statistics are correct as of August 2022
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!Event !Record !Name !Nation !Date !Games !{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
100 m
|9.88 {{wind |
0.1}}
|{{flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}} |17 September 1998 | |
200 m
|19.80 {{wind|+1.1}} |{{flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}} |6 August 2022 |
400 m
|44.24 |{{flagu|Grenada}} |30 July 2014 |
800 m
|1:43.22 |{{flagu|England}} |31 July 1986 | |
1500 m
|3:30.12 {{AthAbbr|PB}} |{{flagu|Australia}} |6 August 2022 |
5000 m
|12:56.41 |{{flagu|Kenya}} |20 March 2006 | |
10,000 m
|27:09.19 |{{flagu|Uganda}} |2 August 2022 |
Marathon
|2:09:12 {{AthAbbr|NR|British}}Thompson's run was the British record from 1974 until 1983 when it was beaten by Geoff Smith. |{{flagu|England}} |31 January 1974 |
rowspan=3|110 m hurdles
|13.08 {{wind|+0.5}} |rowspan=2|Colin Jackson |rowspan=2|{{flagu|Wales}} |28 January 1990 | |
13.08 {{wind|+1.6}}
|23 August 1994 | |
13.08 {{wind|+0.9}} {{AthAbbr|PB}}
|{{flagu|Jamaica}} |4 August 2022 |
400 m hurdles
|48.05 {{AthAbbr|PB}} |{{flagu|South Africa}} |23 March 2006 |[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=RSA/athcode=182784/index.html Biography van Zyl, L.J.] IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-05. |
3000 m steeplechase
|8:10.08 |{{flagu|Kenya}} |13 April 2018 |
High jump
|2.36 m {{AthAbbr|NR|Bermudian}} |{{flagu|Bermuda}} |1 February 1990 |[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=HJ/detail.html High Jump All Time]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-05. |
Pole vault
|5.80 m |{{flagu|Australia}} |24 March 2006 | |
Long jump
|8.41 m {{wind|+0.6}} |{{flagu|South Africa}} |11 April 2018 |
Triple jump
|17.86 m {{wind|+0.7}} |{{flagu|England}} |28 July 2002 |
Shot put
|22.45 m |{{flagu|New Zealand}} |8 April 2018 |
Discus throw
|68.20 m |{{flagu|Jamaica}} |13 April 2018 |
Hammer throw
|80.26 m {{AthAbbr|NR|British}} |{{flagu|England}} |8 April 2018 |
Javelin throw
|90.18 m {{AthAbbr|NR|Pakistani}} |{{flagu|Pakistan}} |7 August 2022 |
Decathlon
|8663 pts |{{flagu|England}} |27–28 July 1986 | |
10,000 m walk (track)
|38:36.37 {{AthAbbr|NR|Canadian}} |{{flagu|Canada}} |7 August 2022 |
20 km walk (road)
|1:19:34 |{{flagu|Australia}} |8 April 2018 |
50 km walk (road)
|3:42:53 |{{flagu|Australia}} |24 March 2006 |[http://www.athletics.com.au/fanzone/athleteprofiles/nathan_deakes#stats Athlete Profiles Nathan Deakes]. Athletics Australia. Retrieved on 2009-07-27. |
4 × 100 m relay
|37.58 |Usain Bolt |{{flagu|Jamaica}} |2 August 2014 |
4 × 400 m relay
|2:59.03 |Michael McDonald |{{flagu|Jamaica}} |21 September 1998 |[https://web.archive.org/web/20121024194901/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/1998/commonwealth/news/1998/09/21/track_wrap/ 'I thought I'd won']. Sports Illustrated (1998-09-21). Retrieved on 2009-05-05. |
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{{note label|Note1|WR|WR}}World record
|{{note label|Note2|AR|AR}}Area record |{{note label|Note3|NR|NR}}National record |{{note label|Note4|PB|PB}}Athlete's personal best |
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Women's records
File:Paula Brooklyn NYCM 2007 cropped.jpg holder Paula Radcliffe broke the 5000 m record on home soil in 2002.]]
File:Osaka07 D6A Jana Rawlinson celebrating.jpg retained her 400 m hurdles title with a record breaking run.]]
Statistics are correct as of August 2022
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{{note label|Note5|WR|WR}}World record
|{{note label|Note6|AR|AR}}Area record |{{note label|Note7|NR|NR}}National record |{{note label|Note8|PB|PB}}Athlete's personal best |
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Men's para-sports records
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!Event !Record !Name !Nation !Date !Games !{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
100 m T11
|11.26 {{wind|+1.5}} |{{flagu|Namibia}} |12 April 2018 |
100 m EAD
|10.76 |{{sortname|Adekunle|Adesoji}} |{{NGR}} | | |
100 m T12
|10.80 {{wind|+1.5}} |{{flagu|South Africa}} |12 April 2018 |
100 m T37
|11.35 m {{wind|+0.8}} |{{flagu|South Africa}} |9 April 2018 |
200 m EAD T46
|22.96 |{{sortname|Heath|Francis}} |{{AUS}} | | |
800 m wheelchair
|1:44.94 |{{sortname|Jeff|Adams}} |{{CAN}} | | |
1500 m T54
|3:05.76 |{{flagu|England}} |9 April 2018 |
Marathon T54
|1:30:26 |{{flagu|Australia}} |15 April 2018 |
Discus throw seated EAD F55–56
|34.48 m |{{sortname|Tanto|Campbell}} |{{JAM}} | | |
Women's para-sports records
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!Event !Record !Name !Nation !Date !Games !{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
100 m T38
|12.46 {{wind|+0.9}} |{{flagu|England}} |12 April 2018 |
800 m EAD T54
|1:48.98 |{{sortname|Chantal|Petitclerc}} |{{flagu|Canada}} | | |
800 m wheelchair
|1:52.93 |{{sortname|Chantal|Petitclerc}} |{{flagu|Canada}} | | |
1500 m T54
|3:36.97 |{{flagu|Canada}} |10 April 2018 |
Long jump T38
|4.86 m {{wind|+1.4}} |{{flagu|Wales}} |8 April 2018 |
Shot put seated EAD F54–58
|9.76 m |{{sortname|Njideka|Iyiazi}} |{{flagu|Nigeria}} | | |
Javelin Throw F46
|44.43 m |{{flagu|Wales}} |9 April 2018 |
See also
References
=General=
- [http://www.commonwealth-of-nations.org/xstandard/593-594%20Athletics.pdf Commonwealth Games Athletics Records]. Commonwealth of Nations. Retrieved on 2009-07-27.
- [http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=322&Itemid=115 Commonwealth Games Stats]. Track & Field News. Retrieved on 2010-10-08.
=Specific=
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External links
- [http://www.thecgf.com/ Commonwealth Games official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130529202146/http://www.thecgf.com/records/category.asp Search record database]
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