Running world records

English: Usain Bolt at the World Championship Athletics 2009 in Berlin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Hi I am a runner. And this is my blog. I thought id start out with something simple . here is a list of every world record up to marathon.

Fastest:

100m   9.58    Usain Bolt    Jamaica

200m  19.19   Usain Bolt    Jamaica

400m  43.18   Michael Johnson   United States of America

800 m 1:40.91   David Rudisha Kenya

English: 800 m men final during 2011 World championships Athletics in Daegu (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1  k    2:11.96 Noah Ngeny  Kenya 

1500m aka metric mile  3:26.00  Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco

1600m aka actual mile  3:43.16 Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco

2  k 4:44.79   Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco

3  k 7:20.67 Daniel Komen Kenya

Español: Carlos García y Hicham El Guerrouj- Atenas 2004 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

5 k 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia

10 k 26:17.53  Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia

English: Kenenisa Bekele at the World Championship Athletics 2009 in Berlin (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

half marathon  58:23 zersnay Tadese Eritrea

marathon 2:03:59 Geoffrey Mutai  Kenya