African Records Mixed

Event

Gender

Indoor/Outdoor

Name

Record

Nationality

Date

10 km walk(road) Women Outdoor Susan Vermeulen 45:05.4 #  South Africa 1999 Apr 17
10 km (road) Men Outdoor Leonard Patrick Komon 26:44:00  Kenya 2010 Sep 26
10 km (road) Women Outdoor Isabella Ochichi 30:27 a  Kenya 2005 Mar 26
10 miles (road) Men Outdoor Haile Gebrselassie 44:23:00  Ethiopia 2005 Sep 04
100 km Road Men Outdoor Bruce Fordyce 6:25:07  South Africa 1989 Feb 04
100 km (road) Women Outdoor Helene Joubert 7:31:47 #  South Africa 1995 Sep 16
100 km (road) Women Outdoor Davera Magson 8:28:26  South Africa 2007 Sep 22
100 m Men Indoor Frankie Fredericks 10.05  Namibia 1996 Feb 12
100 m Men Outdoor Olusoji Fasuba 9.85 (+1.7 m/s)  Nigeria 2006 May 12
100 m Women Outdoor Blessing Okagbare 10.79 (+1.1 m/s)  Nigeria 2013 Jul 27
100 m hurdles Women Outdoor Glory Alozie 12.44 (+0.4 m/s)  Nigeria 1998 Aug 08
100 m hurdles Women Outdoor Glory Alozie 12.44 (0.0 m/s)  Nigeria 1998 Aug 28
100 m hurdles Women Outdoor Glory Alozie 12.44 (+0.7 m/s)  Nigeria 1999 Aug 28
1000 m Men Indoor Ayanleh Souleiman 02:14.2  Djibouti 2016 Feb 17
1000 m Men Outdoor Noah Ngeny 02:12.0  Kenya 1999 Sep 05
1000 m Women Outdoor Maria de Lurdes Mutola 02:29.3  Mozambique 1995 Aug 25
1000 m Women Indoor Maria Mutola 02:30.9  Mozambique 1999 Feb 25
10000 m Men Outdoor Kenenisa Bekele 26:17.5  Ethiopia 2005 Aug 26
10000 m Men Indoor Mark Bett 27:50.3  Kenya 2002 Feb 10
10000 m Women Outdoor Meselech Melkamu 29:53.8  Ethiopia 2009 Jun 14
10000 m walk(track) Women Outdoor Grace Wanjiru Njue 44:41.8 (ht)  Kenya 2016 Mar 05
110 m hurdles Men Outdoor Lehann Fourie 13.24 (+0.3 m/s)  South Africa 2012 Sep 07
15 km (road) Men Outdoor Leonard Patrick Komon 41:13:00  Kenya 2010 Nov 21
15 km (road) Women Outdoor Florence Kiplagat 46:14+  Kenya 2015 Feb 15
1500 m Men Outdoor Hicham El Guerrouj 03:26.0  Morocco 1998 Jul 14
1500 m Men Indoor Hicham El Guerrouj 03:31.2  Morocco 1997 Feb 02
1500 m Women Outdoor Genzebe Dibaba 03:50.1  Ethiopia 2015 Jul 17
1500 m Women Indoor Genzebe Dibaba 03:55.2  Ethiopia 2014 Feb 01
20 km walk (road) Men Outdoor Hatem Ghoula 1:19:02  Tunisia 1997 May 10
20 km walk(road) Women Outdoor Grace Wanjiru Njue 1:34:19 AM  Kenya 2010 Aug 01
20 km walk(road) Women Outdoor Grace Wanjiru Njue 1:28:15 A #[b]  Kenya 2011 Jul 15
20 km (road) Men Outdoor Zersenay Tadese 55:21+  Eritrea 2010 Mar 21
20 km (road) Women Outdoor Florence Kiplagat 1:01:54+  Kenya 2015 Feb 15
200 m Men Outdoor Frank Fredericks 19.68 (+0.4 m/s)  Namibia 1996 Aug 01
200 m Men Indoor Frank Fredericks 19.92  Namibia 1996 Feb 18
200 m Women Indoor Murielle Ahouré 22.8  Ivory Coast 2009 Mar 13
200 m Women Outdoor Evette de Klerk 22.06 (+0.7 m/s) A #  South Africa 1989 Apr 08
200 m Women Outdoor Mary Onyali 22.07 (-0.1 m/s)  Nigeria 1996 Aug 14
200 m hurdles(straight) Men Outdoor L. J. van Zyl 22.10 (+1.8 m/s)  South Africa 2015 May 09
2000 m Men Outdoor Hicham El Guerrouj 04:44.8  Morocco 1999 Sep 07
2000 m Men Indoor Kenenisa Bekele 04:50.0  Ethiopia 2007 Feb 17
2000 m Women Outdoor Genzebe Dibaba 05:27.5  Ethiopia 2014 Jun 17
2000 m Women Indoor Genzebe Dibaba 5:34.25+  Ethiopia 2014 Feb 06
2000 m steeplechase Men Indoor Paul Kipsiele Koech 5:13.77 [WB]  Kenya 2011 Feb 13
2000 m steeplechase Women Outdoor Virginia Nyambura Nganga 06:02.2  Kenya 2015 Sep 06
20000 m walk(track) Men Outdoor Hatem Ghoula 22:51.8  Tunisia 1994 Sep 08
20000 m walk(track) Women Outdoor Nicolene Cronje 36:18.2  South Africa 2004 Mar 17
20000 m (track) Men Outdoor Haile Gebrselassie 56:26.0+  Ethiopia 2007 Jun 27
20000 m (track) Women Outdoor Tegla Loroupe 05:26.6  Kenya 2000 Sep 03
25 km (road) Men Outdoor Dennis Kipruto Kimetto 1:11:18  Kenya 2012 May 06
25 km (road) Women Outdoor Mary Keitany 1:19:53  Kenya 2010 May 09
25000 m (track) Men Outdoor Moses Mosop 1:12:25.4+  Kenya 2011 Jun 03
25000 m (track) Women Outdoor Tegla Loroupe 27:05.8  Kenya 2002 Sep 21
30 km (road) Men Outdoor Eliud Kipchoge 1:27:13+  Kenya 2016 Apr 24
30 km (road) Women Outdoor Mary Jepkosgei Keitany 1:39:11+  Kenya 2011 Apr 17
30 km (road) Women Outdoor Catherine Ndereba 1:37:56+ #  Kenya 2002 Oct 13
300 m Men Indoor Frankie Fredericks 32.36  Namibia 2003 Feb 28
300 m Men Outdoor Wayde van Niekerk 31.63  South Africa 2015 Jun 07
300 m Women Outdoor Patience Okon George 37.25  Nigeria 2015 Mar 14
300 m Women Indoor Gemma Acheampong 39.5  Ghana 2014 Dec 06
300 m hurdles Men Indoor Llewellyn Herbert 34.92 OT  South Africa 1999 Feb 09
300 m hurdles Women Outdoor Mame Tacko Diouf 38.6 (ht)  Senegal 1999 Feb 21
3000 m Men Indoor Daniel Komen 07:24.9  Kenya 1998 Feb 06
3000 m Men Outdoor Daniel Komen 07:20.7  Kenya 1996 Sep 01
3000 m Women Outdoor Hellen Obiri 08:20.7  Kenya 2014 May 09
3000 m Women Indoor Genzebe Dibaba 08:16.6  Ethiopia 2014 Feb 06
3000 m steeplechase Men Outdoor Brimin Kipruto 07:53.6  Kenya 2011 Jul 22
3000 m steeplechase Women Outdoor Hyvin Jepkemoi 09:00.0  Kenya 2016 May 28
3000 m walk Women Indoor Ada Booyens 15:57.1  South Africa 2010 Mar 06
30000 m walk(track) Men Outdoor Hatem Ghoula 19:21.4  Tunisia 2011 Mar 12
30000 m (track) Men Outdoor Moses Mosop 26:47.4  Kenya 2011 Jun 03
30000 m (track) Women Outdoor Tegla Loroupe 45:50.0  Kenya 2003 Jun 06
35 km (road) Men Outdoor Dennis Kipruto Kimetto 1:41:47+  Kenya 2014 Sep 28
35 km (road) Women Outdoor Mary Keitany 1:56:01+  Kenya 2012 Apr 22
4 miles (road) Women Outdoor Viola Kibiwot 19:14  Kenya 2013 Oct 13
4×100 m relay Women Outdoor Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara-Thompson and Mary Onyali-Omagbemi 42.39  Nigeria 1992 Aug 07
4×1500 m relay Men Outdoor Collins Cheboi, Silas Kiplagat, James Kiplagat Magut and Asbel Kiprop 14:22.2  Kenya 2014 May 25
4×1500 m relay Women Outdoor Mercy Cherono, Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon, Irene Jelagat and Hellen Onsando Obiri 16:33.6  Kenya 2014 May 24
4×200 m relay Women Outdoor Blessing Okagbare, Regina George, Dominique Duncan and Christy Udoh 01:30.5  Nigeria 2015 May 02
4×400 m relay Men Indoor Tobi Ogunmola, Noah Akwu, Salihu Isah and Cristian Morton 03:07.9  Nigeria 2014 Mar 08
4×400 m relay Women Indoor Omolara Omotoso, Patience Okon George, Bukola Abogunloko and Folashade Abugan 03:29.7  Nigeria 2014 Mar 08
4×400 m relay Women Outdoor Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara and Falilat Ogunkoya 03:21.0  Nigeria 1996 Aug 03
4×800 m relay Women Outdoor Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei, Agatha Jeruto Kimaswai, Sylvia Chematui Chesebe, Eunice Jepkoech Sum 08:04.3  Kenya 2014 May 25
40 km (road) Men Outdoor Dennis Kipruto Kimetto 1:56:29+  Kenya 2014 Sep 28
40 km (road) Women Outdoor Mary Keitany 2:11:46+  Kenya 2012 Apr 22
400 m Men Indoor Sunday Bada 45.51  Nigeria 1997 Mar 09
400 m Men Indoor Clement Chukwu 45.37 OT  Nigeria 1998 Feb 28
400 m Men Outdoor Wayde van Niekerk 43.48  South Africa 2015 Aug 26
400 m Women Outdoor Falilat Ogunkoya 49.1  Nigeria 1996 Jul 29
400 m Women Indoor Charity Opara 50.73  Nigeria 1998 Feb 01
400 m hurdles Men Indoor Mamadou Hasse 50.94  Senegal 2013 Feb 12
400 m hurdles Men Outdoor Samuel Matete 47.1  Zambia 1991 Aug 07
400 m hurdles Women Outdoor Nezha Bidouane 52.9  Morocco 1999 Aug 25
400 m hurdles Women Indoor Haissat Lambarki 58.66  Morocco 2012 Jan 29
4x100 m relay Men Outdoor Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu and Davidson Ezinwa 37.94  Nigeria 1997 Aug 09
4x200 m relay Men Outdoor Marcus La Grange, Mathew Quinn, Josef van der Linde and Paul Gorries 01:22.1  South Africa 2002 Mar 01
4x400 m relay Men Outdoor Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada and Enefiok Udo-Obong 02:58.7  Nigeria 2000 Sep 30
4x800 m relay Men Outdoor Joseph Mwengi Mutua, William Yiampoy, Ismael Kipngetich Kombich and Wilfred Bungei 07:02.4  Kenya 2006 Aug 25
5 km (road) Men Outdoor Sammy Kipketer 12:59.5  Kenya 2000 Mar 26
5 km (road) Women Outdoor Meseret Defar 14:46  Ethiopia 2006 Apr 09
50 km walk (road) Men Outdoor Marc Mundell 3:54:12  South Africa 2015 Dec 12
50 m Men Indoor Deji Aliu 5.61+  Nigeria 1999 Feb 21
50 m Women Indoor Chioma Ajunwa 6.04+  Nigeria 1998 Feb 22
50 m hurdles Men Indoor Shaun Bownes 6.48+  South Africa 2001 Feb 25
50 m hurdles Women Indoor Glory Alozie 6.76+  Nigeria 2001 Feb 25
500 m Men Indoor Onkabetse Nkobolo 01:00.7  Botswana 2016 Feb 17
5000 m Men Indoor Kenenisa Bekele 12:49.6  Ethiopia 2004 Feb 20
5000 m Men Outdoor Kenenisa Bekele 12:37.4  Ethiopia 2004 May 31
5000 m Women Outdoor Tirunesh Dibaba 14:11.2  Ethiopia 2008 Jun 06
5000 m Women Indoor Genzebe Dibaba 14:18.9  Ethiopia 2015 Feb 19
5000 m walk Men Indoor Hedi Téraoui 19:51.4  Tunisia 2014 Feb 23
5000 m walk(track) Men Outdoor Hatem Ghoula 18:05.5  Tunisia 1997 May 01
5000 m walk(track) Women Outdoor Shefrawe Aynalem Eshetu 22:59.2  Ethiopia 2011 May 15
5000 m walk(track) Women Outdoor Chaïma Trabelsi 22:12.9 (ht) #  Tunisia 2010 Jun 18
50000 m walk(track) Men Outdoor Abdelouaheb Ferguène 21:44.5  Algeria 1984 Mar 25
60 m Men Indoor Leonard Myles-Mills 6.45 A  Ghana 1999 Feb 20
60 m Women Indoor Murielle Ahouré 6.99  Côte d'Ivoire 2013 Feb 16
60 m hurdles Men Indoor Shaun Bownes 7.52  South Africa 2001 Feb 23
60 m hurdles Women Indoor Glory Alozie 7.82  Nigeria 1999 Feb 16
600 m Men Indoor Mohammed Aman 01:15.3  Ethiopia 2014 Feb 02
600 m Men Outdoor David Rudisha 01:13.1  Kenya 2016 Jun 05
600 m Women Outdoor Maria Mutola 01:22.9  Mozambique 2002 Aug 27
600 m Women Indoor Regina George 01:25.8  Nigeria 2014 Jan 10
800 m Men Indoor Mohammed Aman 01:44.5  Ethiopia 2014 Feb 15
800 m Men Outdoor David Rudisha 01:40.9  Kenya 2012 Aug 09
800 m Women Outdoor Pamela Jelimo 01:54.0  Kenya 2008 Aug 29
800 m Women Indoor Maria Mutola 01:57.1  Mozambique 1999 Feb 21
800 m Women Indoor Maria Mutola 1:56.36 #[c]  Mozambique 1998 Feb 22
Decathlon Men Outdoor Larbi Bouraada 8461 pts  Algeria 2015 Aug 29
Decathlon Women Outdoor Margaret Simpson 6915 pts (ht) #  Ghana 2007 Apr 19
Discus throw Men Indoor Yasser Fathy 63.37 m  Egypt 2010 Mar 27
Discus throw Men Outdoor Frantz Kruger 70.32 m  South Africa 2002 May 26
Discus throw Women Outdoor Elizna Naude 64.87 m  South Africa 2007 Mar 02
Distance medley relay Men Outdoor Elkanah Angwenyi 2:50.8(1200m), Thomas Musembi 45.8 (400m), Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:46.2(800m) and Alex Kipchirchir 3:52.8 (1600 m) 09:15.6  Kenya 2006 Apr 29
Distance medley relay Women Outdoor Selah Jepleting Busienei(1200 m), Joy Nakhumicha Sakari (400 m), Sylivia Chematui Chesebe(800 m) and Virginia Nyambura Nganga(1600 m) 10:43.3  Kenya 2015 May 02
Ekiden relay Men Outdoor Josephat Muchiri Ndambiri13:24/ 5 km, Martin Irungu Mathathi 27:12/ 10 km, Daniel Muchunu Mwangi13:59/ 5 km, Mekubo Mogusu 27:56/ 10 km, Onesmus Nyerre 14:36/ 5 km and John Kariuki 19:59/ 7.195 km 1:57:06  Kenya 2005 Nov 23
Ekiden relay Women Outdoor Philes Ongori, Evelyne Kemunto Kimwei, Sally Kaptich Chepyego, Catherine Ndereba, Jane Wanjiku Gakunyi and Lucy Wangui Kabuu 2:13:35  Kenya 2006 Nov 23
Half marathon Men Outdoor Zersenay Tadese 58:23:00  Eritrea 2010 Mar 21
Half marathon Women Outdoor Florence Kiplagat 1:05:09  Kenya 2015 Feb 15
Hammer throw Men Outdoor Mostafa Al-Gamel 81.27 m[a]  Egypt 2014 Mar 21
Hammer throw Women Outdoor Amy Sène 69.70 m  Senegal 2014 May 25
Heptathlon Men Indoor Larbi Bouraada 5911 pts  Algeria 2010 Feb 28
Heptathlon Women Outdoor Margaret Simpson 6423 pts  Ghana 2005 May 29
High jump Men Indoor Anthony Idiata 2.32 m  Nigeria 2000 Feb 15
High jump Men Outdoor Jacques Freitag 2.38 m  South Africa 2005 Mar 05
High jump Women Outdoor Hestrie Cloete 2.06 m  South Africa 2003 Aug 31
High jump Women Indoor Hestrie Cloete 1.97 m  South Africa 2001 Feb 18
Javelin throw Men Outdoor Julius Yego 92.72 m  Kenya 2015 Aug 26
Javelin throw Women Outdoor Sunette Viljoen 69.35 m  South Africa 2012 Jun 09
Long jump Men Indoor Ignisious Gaisah 8.36 m  Ghana 2006 Feb 02
Long jump Men Outdoor Godfrey Khotso Mokoena 8.50 m (+1.3 m/s)  South Africa 2009 Jul 04
Long jump Women Outdoor Chioma Ajunwa 7.12 m (+0.9 m/s)  Nigeria 1996 Aug 02
Long jump Women Indoor Chioma Ajunwa 6.97 m  Nigeria 1997 Feb 05
Marathon Men Outdoor Dennis Kipruto Kimetto 2:02:57  Kenya 2014 Sep 28
Marathon Women Outdoor Mary Keitany 2:18:37  Kenya 2012 Apr 22
Mile Men Indoor Hicham El Guerrouj 03:48.5  Morocco 1997 Feb 12
Mile Men Outdoor Hicham El Guerrouj 03:43.1  Morocco 1999 Jul 07
Mile Women Outdoor Faith Kipyegon 04:16.7  Kenya 2015 Sep 11
Mile Women Indoor Genzebe Dibaba 04:13.3  Ethiopia 2016 Feb 17
One hour (track) Men Outdoor Haile Gebrselassie 21285 m  Ethiopia 2007 Jun 27
One hour (track) Women Outdoor Dire Tune 18517 m  Ethiopia 2008 Jun 12
Pentathlon Women Indoor Eunice Barber 4558 pts  Sierra Leone 2003 Mar 01
Pole vault Men Outdoor Okkert Brits 6.03 m  South Africa 1995 Aug 18
Pole vault Men Indoor Okkert Brits 5.90 m  South Africa 1997 Feb 16
Pole vault Women Outdoor Elmarie Gerryts 4.42 m  South Africa 2000 Jun 12
Pole vault Women Indoor Elmarie Gerryts 4.41 m  South Africa 2000 Feb 20
Shot put Men Indoor Janus Robberts 21.47 m  South Africa 2001 Feb 01
Shot put Men Outdoor Janus Robberts 21.97 m  South Africa 2001 Jun 02
Shot put Women Outdoor Vivian Chukwuemeka 18.43 m  Nigeria 2003 Apr 19
Shot put Women Outdoor Vivian Chukwuemeka 18.86 m X  Nigeria 2012 Jul 01
Shot put Women Indoor Vivian Chukwuemeka 18.13 m A  Nigeria 2006 Feb 04
Triple jump Men Indoor Ajayi Agbebaku 17.00 m  Nigeria 1982 Feb 28
Triple jump Men Outdoor Tarik Bouguetaïb 17.37 m (+2.0 m/s)  Morocco 2007 Jul 14
Triple jump Women Outdoor Françoise Mbango Etone 15.39 m (+0.5 m/s)  Cameroon 2008 Aug 17
Triple jump Women Indoor Yamilé Aldama 14.90 m  Sudan 2004 Mar 06
Two miles Men Indoor Kenenisa Bekele 08:04.4  Ethiopia 2008 Feb 16
Two miles Men Outdoor Daniel Komen 07:58.6  Kenya 1997 Jul 17
Two miles Women Outdoor Meseret Defar 08:58.6  Ethiopia 2007 Sep 14
Two miles Women Indoor Genzebe Dibaba 09:00.5  Ethiopia 2014 Feb 15
Weight throw Women Indoor Precious Ogunleye 21.27 m  Nigeria 2016 Feb 06