2024 in the sport of athletics

2024 in athletics is a year of track and field and road and country and mountain, highlighted by the main event of 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

World records

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Indoor

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Event Perf. N Athlete(s) Nat. Date Meeting Location Ctry. R V
Women's 60 m hurdles
7.67
Devynne Charlton  BAH
11 Feb 2024
Millrose Games New York City  USA [1] [1]
A Tia Jones  USA
16 Feb 2024
USA Championships Albuquerque  USA [2]
Men's 60 m hurdles
7.27
A Grant Holloway  USA
16 Feb 2024
USA Championships Albuquerque  USA [2]
Women's 400 m sh
49.24
Femke Bol  NED
18 Feb 2024
Dutch Championships Apeldoorn  NED [3] [2]
Men's 400 m sh 44.49 # Christopher Morales Williams  CAN 24 Feb 2024 SEC Indoor Championships Fayetteville  USA [4]
Women's 400 m sh
49.17
Femke Bol  NED
2 Mar 2024
World Indoor Championships Glasgow  GBR [5] [3]
Women's 60 m hurdles
7.65
Devynne Charlton  BAH
3 Mar 2024
World Indoor Championships Glasgow  GBR [6] [4]

  not ratified by World Athletics

Outdoor

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Event Perf. N Athlete(s) Nat. Date Meeting Location Ctry. R V
Women's 5 km (road)
14:13
Mx Agnes Ngetich  KEN
14 Jan 2024
10K Valencia Ibercaja Valencia  ESP [7]
Women's 10 km (road)
28:46
Mx Agnes Ngetich  KEN
14 Jan 2024
10K Valencia Ibercaja Valencia  ESP [7]
Men's discus throw
74.35 m
Mykolas Alekna  LTU
14 Apr 2024
Oklahoma Throws Series Ramona  USA [8]
Men's distance medley relay
9:14.58
Brannon Kidder
Brandon Miller
Isaiah Harris
Henry Wynne
 USA
19 April 2024
Oregon Relays Eugene  USA [9]
Men's pole vault
6.24 m
Armand Duplantis  SWE
20 Apr 2024
Xiamen Diamond League Xiamen  CHN [10] [5]
Women's marathon 2:16:16 Wo Peres Jepchirchir  KEN
21 Apr 2024
London Marathon London  GBR [11] [6] [7]
Men's mile (road)
3:54.56
Emmanuel Wanyonyi  KEN
27 Apr 2024
Adizero: Road to Records Herzogenaurach  GER [12] [8]
Women's 10,000 m
28:54.14
Beatrice Chebet  KEN
25 May 2024
Prefontaine Classic Eugene  USA [13] [9]
Women's 400 m hurdles
50.65
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone  USA
30 Jun 2024
US Olympic Trials Eugene  USA [14] [10]
Women's high jump
2.10 m
Yaroslava Mahuchikh  UKR
7 July 2024
Meeting de Paris Paris  FRA [15] [11]
Women's 1500 m
3:49.04
Faith Kipyegon  KEN
7 July 2024
Meeting de Paris Paris  FRA [15] [12]
Women's 2000 m
5:19.70
Jessica Hull  AUS
12 Jul 2024
Herculis Monaco  MON [16] [13]
Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay
3:07.41
Vernon Norwood
Shamier Little
Bryce Deadmon
Kaylyn Brown
 USA
2 Aug 2024
Olympic Games Saint-Denis  FRA [17] [14]
Men's pole vault
6.25 m
Armand Duplantis  SWE
5 Aug 2024
Olympic Games Saint-Denis  FRA [18] [15]
Women's 400 m hurdles
50.37
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone  USA
8 Aug 2024
Olympic Games Saint-Denis  FRA [19]

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Men's 3000 m
7:17.55
Jakob Ingebrigtsen  NOR
25 Aug 2024
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Chorzów  POL [21] [17]
Men's pole vault
6.26 m
Armand Duplantis  SWE
25 Aug 2024
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Chorzów  POL [22]
Men's mile (road)
3:51.3
h Elliot Giles  GBR
1 Sep 2024
New Balance KO Meile Düsseldorf  GER [23]
Women's marathon
2:09:56
Mx Ruth Chepngetich  KEN
13 Oct 2024
Chicago Marathon Chicago  USA [24]
Men's 35 km race walk
2:21:47
Masatora Kawano  JPN
27 Oct 2024
All Japan Race Walking competition Takahata  JPN [25]
Men's half marathon
57:30
Yomif Kejelcha  ETH
27 Oct 2024
Valencia Half Marathon Valencia  ESP [26] [18]
Women's 5 km (road)
13:54
Wo Beatrice Chebet  KEN
31 Dec 2024
Cursa dels Nassos Barcelona  ESP [27]

World-leading marks

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Best marks of the year
Event Men Women
Athlete Mark Notes Athlete Mark Notes
60 metres  Christian Coleman (USA) 6.41 s  Julien Alfred (LCA)
 Ewa Swoboda (POL)
6.98 s
100 metres  Kishane Thompson (JAM) 9.77 s  Sha'Carri Richardson (USA) 10.71 s
200 metres  Letsile Tebogo (BOT) 19.46 s AR  Gabby Thomas (USA) 21.78 s
400 metres  Quincy Hall (USA) 43.40 s  Marileidy Paulino (DOM) 48.17 s AR
800 metres  Emmanuel Wanyonyi (KEN) 1:41.11  Keely Hodgkinson (GBR) 1:54.61 NR
1500 metres  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 3:26.73 AR  Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 3:49.04 WR
3000 metres  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 7:17.55 WR  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 8:17.11 sh
5000 metres  Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) 12:36.73 NR  Beatrice Chebet (KEN) 14:09.52
10,000 metres  Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) 26:31.01  Beatrice Chebet (KEN) 28:54.14 WR
60 metres hurdles  Grant Holloway (USA) 7.27 s A WR  Devynne Charlton (BAH) 7.65 s WR
100/110 metres hurdles  Grant Holloway (USA) 12.86 s  Ackera Nugent (JAM) 12.24 s NR
400 metres hurdles  Rai Benjamin (USA) 46.46 s  Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) 50.37 s WR
3000 metres steeplechase  Lamecha Girma (ETH) 8:01.63  Winfred Yavi (BHR) 8:44.39 AR
10 kilometres  Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) 26:37  Agnes Ngetich (KEN) 28:46 Mx
15 kilometres  Daniel Mateiko (KEN) 40:56+  Agnes Ngetich (KEN) 44:15+ Mx
20 kilometres  Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) 54:32+  Agnes Ngetich (KEN) 59:42+ Mx
Half marathon  Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) 57:30 WR  Agnes Ngetich (KEN) 1:03:04 Mx
25 kilometres  Benson Kipruto (KEN)
 Timothy Kiplagat (KEN)
1:11:39+  Ruth Chepngetich (KEN) 1:16:17+ Mx
Marathon  Sebastian Sawe (KEN) 2:02:05  Ruth Chepng'etich (KEN) 2:09:56 WR
20 kilometres race walk  Koki Ikeda (JPN) 1:16:51  Elvira Chepareva (RUS) 1:24:31
Pole vault  Armand Duplantis (SWE) 6.26 m WR  Molly Caudery (GBR) 4.92 m NR
High jump  Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) 2.37 m  Yaroslava Mahuchikh  (UKR) 2.10 m WR
Long jump  Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) 8.65 m  Malaika Mihambo (GER) 7.22 m
Triple jump  Jordan Díaz (ESP) 18.18 m NR  Thea LaFond (DMA) 15.02 m NR
Shot put  Joe Kovacs (USA) 23.13 m  Sarah Mitton (CAN) 20.68 m NR
Discus throw  Mykolas Alekna (LIT) 74.35 m WR  Yaime Pérez (CUB) 73.09 m AR
Javelin throw  Arshad Nadeem (PAK) 92.97 m AR  Flor Ruiz (COL) 66.70 m AR
Hammer throw  Ethan Katzberg (CAN) 84.38 m NR  Brooke Andersen (USA) 79.92 m
Heptathlon  Simon Ehammer (SUI) 6418 pts sh NR  Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) 6880 pts
Decathlon  Leo Neugebauer (GER) 8961 pts NR
4×100 metres relay  United States
Courtney Lindsey
Kenneth Bednarek
Kyree King
Noah Lyles
37.40 s  Great Britain
Dina Asher-Smith
Imani Lansiquot
Amy Hunt
Daryll Neita
41.55 s =NR
4×400 metres relay  United States
Christopher Bailey
Vernon Norwood
Bryce Deadmon
Rai Benjamin
2:54.43  United States
Shamier Little
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
Gabby Thomas
Alexis Holmes
3:15.27 NR

Awards

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Letsile Tebogo was the World Athletics Out of Stadium & overall Athlete of the Year
Award Winner
World Athletics Athlete of the Year  Letsile Tebogo (BOT)
World Athletics Track Athlete of the Year
World Athletics Field Athlete of the Year  Armand Duplantis (SWE)
World Athletics Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year  Tamirat Tola (ETH)
World Athletics Rising Star  Mattia Furlani (ITA)
Track & Field News Athlete of the Year  Armand Duplantis (SWE)
European Athlete of the Year
European Athletics Rising Star  Niels Laros (NED)
Award Winner
World Athletics Athlete of the Year  Sifan Hassan (NED)
World Athletics Track Athlete of the Year  Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA)
World Athletics Field Athlete of the Year  Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)
World Athletics Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year  Sifan Hassan (NED)
World Athletics Rising Star  Sembo Almayew (ETH)
Track & Field News Athlete of the Year  Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA)
European Athlete of the Year  Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)
European Athletics Rising Star  Adriana Vilagoš (SRB)

Summer Olympics

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World Championships

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Areas, Regional and Continental Championships

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Indoor

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Outdoor

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Race walking
Road running
Cross country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Gold