United Kingdom Track and Field All-Time Lists

BRITISH WORLD RECORD BREAKERS

This section only includes records formally ratified by the IAAF or FSFI (in italics). Outdoor Records were first ratified in 1921, Indoor & Junior Records in 1987, Road Best Performances in 2003 and Road Records in 2004. See Compilation Notes for details of abbreviations.

OUTDOOR

1 30 Dec 1870 London (LB) 21 miles 20 miles Walk 2:47:52.0+ Thomas Griffith
2 22 Sep 1894 London (SB) 2 hours 20 miles 1:51:54.0+ George Crossland
3 5 Aug 1901 Dublin (Bb), IRL   LJ 7.61 Peter O'Connor (IRE)
4 21 Jul 1902 London (SB)   15 miles 1:20:04.6 Fred Appleby
5 21 May 1903 London (SB) handicap 3 miles 14:17.6 Alf Shrubb
6 12 May 1904 London (SB)   5 miles 24:33.4 Alf Shrubb
7 11 Jun 1904 Glasgow (IP) handicap 2 miles 9:09.6 Alf Shrubb
8 13 Jun 1904 Glasgow (IP)   4 miles 19:23.4 Alf Shrubb
9 13 Jul 1904 Manchester (F?)   2 miles Walk 13:11.4 George Larner
10 5 Nov 1904 Glasgow (IP) handicap 6 miles 29:59.4+ Alf Shrubb
11       7 miles 35:04.6+ Alf Shrubb
12       8 miles 40:16.0+ Alf Shrubb
13       9 miles 45:27.6+ Alf Shrubb
14       10 miles 50:40.6+ Alf Shrubb
15       1 hour 18,742m Alf Shrubb
16 19 Aug 1905 Brighton (PP)   3 miles Walk 20:25.8+ George Larner
17       4 miles Walk 27:14.0 George Larner
18 30 Sep 1905 London (SB) handicap 5 miles Walk 36:00.2+ George Larner
19       6 miles Walk 43:26.2+ George Larner
20       7 miles Walk 50:50.8+ George Larner
21       8 miles Walk 58:18.4+ George Larner
22       1 hour Walk 13,275m George Larner
23 17 Jul 1908 London (WC) OG 9 miles Walk 1:07:37.8+ George Larner
24       10 miles Walk 1:15:57.4 George Larner
25 16 Jul 1910 London (CP)   440yH 56.8 Gerard Anderson
26 20 May 1911 London (HH) 25 miles 15 miles Walk 1:59:12.6+ Harold Ross
27       2 hours Walk 24,256m+ Harold Ross
28       25 miles Walk 3:37:06.8 Sidney Schofield
29 12 May 1913 London (SB) 50 miles 2 hours 33,057m+ Harry Green
30       25 miles 2:29:04.0+ Harry Green
31 4 Jul 1914 London (SB) AAA =200 21.2y Willie Applegarth
32       =220y 21.2 Willie Applegarth
33 1 May 1920 Philadelphia PA, USA PennR 4x880y 7:50.4 Oxford & Cambridge U (Wilfred Tatham, Hyla "Henry" Stallard, William Milligan, Bevil Rudd SAF)
  30 Oct 1921 Paris (P), FRA FRAvENG 100y 11.8 Mary Lines
        4x220y 1:53.0 ENG (Agnes Garton, Hilda Hatt, Alice Cast, Mary Lines)
  17 Jul 1922 London (Pa)   100y 11.6 Mary Lines
        440y 64.4 Mary Lines
  2 Aug 1922 Torquay handicap 880y 2:45.0 Nelly Hicks
  20 Aug 1922 Paris (P), FRA FSFI =100y 11.6 (h1) Mary Lines
        200 27.8+ Alice Cast
        220y 28.0+ Alice Cast
        250 35.8+ Alice Cast (during 300)
        100 12.8+ Mary Lines (1st leg of relay)
        4x100 51.4+ GBR (Mary Lines, Nora Callebout, Daisy Leach, Muriel Porter)
        4x110y 51.8 GBR (Mary Lines, Nora Callebout, Daisy Leach, Muriel Porter)
  23 Sep 1922 Waddon WAAA 220y 26.8 Mary Lines
34 30 Sep 1922 London (CP)   880y 2:26.6 Mary Lines
  6 Aug 1923 Brentwood   =HJ 1.485 Sophie Elliott-Lynn (doubtful performance)
  18 Aug 1923 Bromley (Oxo) WAAA 440y 62.4 Mary Lines
        120yH 18.8 Mary Lines
        880y Walk 4:35.0 Edith Trickey
  23 Sep 1923 Paris (P), FRA FRAvGBR =100y 11.4 Rose Thompson
        250 35.4 Vera Palmer
        4x200 1:51.6+ GBR (Vera Palmer, Rose Thompson, Eileen Edwards, Gladys Elliott)
        4x220y 1:52.4 GBR (Vera Palmer, Rose Thompson, Eileen Edwards, Gladys Elliott)
  28 Jun 1924 London (Wo) WAAA 880y Walk 4:17.4 Edith Trickey
35 11 Jul 1924 Colombes, FRA OG 400 47.6 Eric Liddell (deleted 1926)
36 12 Jul 1924 Colombes, FRA OG 4x100 42.0 (h1) GBR (Harold Abrahams, Walter Rangeley, Lancelot Royle, William Nichol)
  16 Jul 1924 London (BP)   440y 60.8 Eileen Edwards
  21 Jul 1924 Brussels, BEL   250 34.0 Eileen Edwards
  4 Aug 1924 London (SB)   1000 3:08.2 Edith Trickey
  20 Aug 1924 London (SB)   220y 26.2 Eileen Edwards
  11 Jul 1925 London (SB) WAAA HJ 1.524 Phyllis Green
  1 Aug 1925 London (SB) ENGvCANvTCH 250 33.8 Vera Palmer
  19 Jun 1926 London (SB) WAAA 880y Walk 4:06.0 Daisy Crossley
37 26 Jun 1926 London (SB) handicap 300y 30.6 Guy Butler
38       600y 1:10.4 Douglas Lowe
  14 Jul 1926 Paris (?), FRA   1000 Walk 5:13.8 Daisy Crossley
  2 Aug 1926 London (Ch)   HJ 1.552 Phyllis Green
  2 Aug 1926 London (SB) BG LJ 5.485 Muriel Gunn
  27 Aug 1926 Gothenburg, SWE FSFI 250 33.4 Eileen Edwards
  28 Aug 1926 Gothenburg, SWE FSFI 880y Walk 4:03.0+ Daisy Crossley
        1000 Walk 5:10.0 Daisy Crossley
39 29 Aug 1926 Gothenburg, SWE FSFI 4x110y 49.8 GBR (Dorothy Scouler, Florence Haynes, Eileen Edwards, Rose Thompson)
  3 Oct 1926 Paris (P), FRA Inv 200 26.0 Eileen Edwards
  12 Jun 1927 Berlin (SCC), GER   200 25.4 Eileen Edwards
40 2 Jul 1927 London (SB) AAA =440yH 54.2 Lord Burghley
  20 Jul 1927 London (??)   Standing LJ 2.57 Barbara Halliday
  1 Aug 1927 London (SB) BG LJ 5.575 Muriel Gunn
  14 Aug 1928 London (??)   10x110y 2:08.4 London Olympiades A.C.
41 25 Aug 1929 Berlin (SCC), GER   25000 1:23:45.8 Ernie Harper
42 7 Sep 1929 London (SB) handicap 1000y 2:11.2 Cyril Ellis
  16 May 1931 London (SB) handicap 1000 3:04.4 Gladys Lunn
43 30 Aug 1931 Cologne, GER GERvGBR 4x1500 15:55.6 GBR (Aubrey Harris, Harry Hedges, Jerry Cornes, Reg Thomas)
44 7 May 1932 Birmingham (FD) RWA 20 miles Walk 2:43:38.0R Albert Plumb
45 2 Aug 1932 Los Angeles CA, USA OG 800 1:49.8 Tommy Hampson
46 31 Aug 1932 London (WC)   5 miles Walk 35:47.2+ Alfred Pope
47       6 miles Walk 43:07.0+ Alfred Pope
48       10000 Walk 44:42.4+ Alfred Pope
49       7 miles Walk 50:28.8+ Alfred Pope
50       8 miles Walk 58:04.6+ Alfred Pope
51       1 hour Walk 13,308m Alfred Pope
52 18 Sep 1933 Glasgow (IP?)   2 hours 33,653m Ernie Harper
53 26 May 1934 London (WC) CAU 10 miles Walk 1:14:30.6 Frank Redman
  23 Jun 1934 Birmingham (PB) handicap 1000 3:00.6 Gladys Lunn
54 20 Jul 1935 Enfield (DP) handicap 3000 Walk 12:38.2 Bert Cooper
55 14 Sep 1935 London (BP)   5000 Walk 21:52.4 Bert Cooper
56 5 Oct 1935 London (WC)   30 miles Walk 4:29:31.8 Harold Whitlock
57 25 Jul 1936 Birmingham (PB) BirchSp(hc) 880y 2:17.4 Olive Hall
58 28 Aug 1937 Motspur Park handicap 1 mile 4:06.4 Sydney Wooderson
59 20 Aug 1938 Motspur Park handicap 800 1:48.4+ Sydney Wooderson
60       880y 1:49.2 Sydney Wooderson
61 29 May 1939 Brentwood SC HJ 1.66 Dorothy Odam
62 5 Jun 1948 Motspur Park   5 miles Walk 35:43.4 Harry Churcher
63 16 Jun 1949 London (WC)   5 miles Walk 35:33.0 Harry Churcher
64 6 Aug 1949 London (WC)   3x800 7:07.8y Southern Counties (Dorothy Born, Valerie Winn, Eileen Garritt)
65       3x880y 7:07.8 Southern Counties (Dorothy Born, Valerie Winn, Eileen Garritt)
66 7 Jul 1951 London (WC) WAAA HJ 1.72 Sheila Lerwill
67 17 Jul 1951 London (WC)   4x220y 1:43.9 Spartan Ladies A.C. (Valerie Robins, Bettie Turner, June Foulds, Sylvia Cheeseman)
68 4 Aug 1951 London (WC) GBRvFRA-10k 5 miles Walk 35:24.0+ Roland Hardy
69 25 Aug 1951 Belgrade, SCG YUGvGBR =100 10.2 McDonald Bailey
70 19 Sep 1951 Motspur Park   4x220y 1:43.4 Spartan Ladies A.C. (June Foulds, Valerie Robins, Valerie Ball, Sylvia Cheeseman)
71 26 Sep 1951 London (WC) LvGothenburg-ns 4x880y 7:30.6 GBR (Bill Nankeville, Albert Webster, Frank Evans, John Parlett)
72       4x220y 1:41.4 GBR (Sylvia Cheeseman, Margaret Brian, Barbara Foster, Dorothy Hall)
73 31 May 1952 London (WC) CAU-7M 5 miles Walk 35:15.0+ Roland Hardy
74 28 Jun 1952 Ilford Gibson 3x880y 7:00.6 Ilford A.C. (Muriel Lee, Phyllis Green, Joan Dryden)
75 17 Sep 1952 London (WC) ICity 880y 2:14.5 Valerie Ball
76       =4x200 1:39.7 Southern Counties (Shirley Hampton, Ann Johnson, June Foulds, Sylvia Cheeseman)
77 10 Jul 1953 London (WC) AAA 6 miles 28:19.4 Gordon Pirie
78 1 Aug 1953 London (WC) GBRvFRA-ns 4x1 mile 16:41.0 GBR (Chris Chataway, Bill Nankeville, Don Seaman, Roger Bannister)
79 3 Aug 1953 London (WC) GBRvFRA-ns 3x880y 6:49.0 GBR "B" (Norah Smalley, Christine Slemon, Diane Leather)
80 23 Sep 1953 London (WC) Inv 4x1500 15:27.2 ENG (Ralph Dunkley, David Law, Gordon Pirie, Bill Nankeville)
81 30 Sep 1953 London (WC) ENGvNED 4x220y 1:39.9 ENG (Anne Pashley, Jean Newboult, Shirley Hampton, Ann Johnson)
82 6 May 1954 Oxford OUvAAA 1 mile 3:59.4 Roger Bannister
83 19 Jun 1954 London (WC) WAAA 880y 2:09.0 Diane Leather
84 10 Jul 1954 London (WC) AAA 3 miles 13:32.2 Fred Green
85       =3 miles 13:32.2 Chris Chataway
86 17 Jul 1954 London (WC) HI-ns 3x880y 6:46.0 GBR (Anne Oliver, Norah Smalley, Diane Leather)
87 13 Oct 1954 London (WC) LvMoscow 5000 13:51.6 Chris Chataway
88 30 Jul 1955 London (WC) GBRvFRG 3 miles 13:23.2 Chris Chataway
89 5 May 1956 Belfast (C)   HJ 1.74 Thelma Hopkins
90 19 Jun 1956 Bergen, NOR Inv 5000 13:36.8 Gordon Pirie
91 22 Jun 1956 Trondheim, NOR Inv =3000 7:55.6 Gordon Pirie
92 4 Sep 1956 Malmö, SWE Inv 3000 7:52.8 Gordon Pirie
93 19 Jul 1957 London (WC) LvNY-ns 1 mile 3:57.2 Derek Ibbotson
94 26 Jul 1958 Cardiff (AP) CG 4x110y 45.3 ENG (Madeleine Weston, Dorothy Hyman, June Paul, Heather Young)
95 2 Aug 1958 London (WC) GBRvBE-ns 440y 55.6 Molly Hiscox
96 27 Sep 1958 London (WC) ENGvFIN 4x1 mile 16:30.6 ENG (Mike Blagrove, Peter Clark, Derek Ibbotson, Brian Hewson)
97 28 May 1960 Wolverhampton Staf 200 20.5y Peter Radford
98       220y 20.5 Peter Radford
99 24 Sep 1960 Welwyn Garden City   880y 2:06.1 Joy Jordan
100 15 Apr 1961 London (Hu) AAA 10 miles 47:47.0 Basil Heatley
101 3 Aug 1963 London (WC) GBRvUSA =4x110y 40.0 GBR (Peter Radford, Dave Jones, Ron Jones, Berwyn Jones)
102 5 Aug 1963 London (WC) GBRvUSA 4x110y 45.2 GBR (Madeleine Cobb, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman)
103 11 Apr 1964 London (Hu) AAA 10 miles 47:26.8 Mel Batty
104 14 Oct 1964 Tokyo, JPN OG LJ 6.76 Mary Rand
105 17 Oct 1964 Walton-on-Thames RRC-2H 30000 1:34:01.8+ Jim Alder
106 20 Oct 1964 Tokyo, JPN OG 800 2:01.1 Ann Packer
107 21 Jul 1965 Bolton   15 miles 1:12:48.2+ Ron Hill
108       25000 1:15:22.6 Ron Hill
109 16 Oct 1965 Walton-on-Thames RRC 30000 1:32:34.6 Tim Johnston
110 12 Nov 1966 Walton-on-Thames   30000 1:32:25.4 Jim Hogan
111 3 Jun 1967 London (Ch) SC 1500 4:17.3+ Anne Smith
112       1 mile 4:37.0 Anne Smith
113 30 Jul 1967 Budapest, HUN HUNvGBR 3x880y 6:25.2 GBR (Rosemary Stirling, Pat Lowe, Pam Piercy)
114 28 Aug 1967 London (WC) Inv 3x800 6:20.0 GBR (Rosemary Stirling, Pat Lowe, Pam Piercy)
115 6 Apr 1968 Leicester AAA 10 miles 47:02.2 Ron Hill
116 24 Aug 1968 London (CP) IAC 4x200 1:33.8 GBR (Maureen Tranter, Della James, Janet Simpson, Val Peat)
117 14 Sep 1968 Portsmouth GBRvRest 4x110y 45.0 GBR (Anita Neil, Maureen Tranter, Janet Simpson, Lillian Board)
118 15 Oct 1968 Mexico City, MEX OG 400H 48.1A David Hemery
119 9 Nov 1968 Leicester 1 hour 10 miles 46:44.0+ Ron Hill
120 22 Jun 1969 London (CP) Sward-ns 4x400 3:37.6 GBR (Jenny Pawsey, Pauline Attwood, Janet Simpson, Lillian Board)
121 20 Sep 1969 Athens (NF), GRE EC 4x400 3:30.8 GBR (Rosemary Stirling, Pat Lowe, Janet Simpson, Lillian Board)
122 13 Jun 1970 Edinburgh BG 4x800 8:27.0 GBR (Rosemary Stirling, Sheila Carey, Pat Lowe, Lillian Board)
123 5 Sep 1970 London (CP) IAC 30000 1:31:30.4 Jim Alder
124       4x800 8:25.0 GBR (Rosemary Stirling, Georgena Craig, Pat Lowe, Sheila Carey)
125 2/3 Sep 1972 Munich, GER OG Pent 4801 Mary Peters
126 13 Jul 1973 London (CP) AAA 10000 27:30.8 Dave Bedford
127 27 Aug 1973 London (CP) GBRvHUN-ns 2 miles 8:13.8 Brendan Foster
128 22 Jun 1974 London (CP) SC-nc =60 7.2 Andrea Lynch
129 3 Aug 1974 Gateshead GateG 3000 7:35.2 Brendan Foster
130 20 Aug 1977 London (CP) WAAA-nc 4x200 1:31.6 GBR (Verona Elder, Donna Hartley, Sharon Colyear, Sonia Lannaman)
131 5 Jul 1979 Oslo, NOR Bisl 800 1:42.4/1:42.33 Sebastian Coe
132 17 Jul 1979 Oslo, NOR OsloG/IAAFG 1 mile 3:49.0 Sebastian Coe
133 15 Aug 1979 Zürich, SUI WK 1500 3:32.1 Sebastian Coe
134 17/18 May 1980 Götzis, AUT Inv Dec 8622 Daley Thompson
135 1 Jul 1980 Oslo, NOR Bisl 1000 2:13.40 Sebastian Coe
136       1 mile 3:48.8 Steve Ovett
137 15 Jul 1980 Oslo, NOR OsloG =1500 3:32.1 Steve Ovett
138 27 Aug 1980 Koblenz, GER R-W 1500 3:31.36 Steve Ovett
139 10 Jun 1981 Florence, ITA CdF 800 1:41.73 Sebastian Coe
140 11 Jul 1981 Oslo, NOR OsloG 1000 2:12.18 Sebastian Coe
141 19 Aug 1981 Zürich, SUI WK 1 mile 3:48.53 Sebastian Coe
142 26 Aug 1981 Koblenz, GER R-W 1 mile 3:48.40 Steve Ovett
143 28 Aug 1981 Brussels, BEL VD/IAAFG 1 mile 3:47.33 Sebastian Coe
144 13 Sep 1981 Knarvik, NOR KnarG 5000 15:14.51 Paula Fudge
145 22/23 May 1982 Götzis, AUT Inv Dec 8704 Daley Thompson
146 7 Jul 1982 Oslo, NOR OsloG 5000 13:00.41 Dave Moorcroft
147 30 Aug 1982 London (CP) BG 4x800 7:03.89 GBR (Peter Elliott, Garry Cook, Steve Cram, Sebastian Coe)
148 7/8 Aug 1982 Athens, GRE EC Dec 8743 Daley Thompson
149 4 Sep 1983 Rieti, ITA Inv 1500 3:30.77 Steve Ovett
150 8/9 Aug 1984 Los Angeles CA, USA OG Dec 8847 Daley Thompson
151 16 Jul 1985 Nice, FRA Nik/GP 1500 3:29.67 Steve Cram
152 27 Jul 1985 Oslo, NOR Bisl/GP 1 mile 3:46.32 Steve Cram
153 4 Aug 1985 Budapest, HUN BCGP 2000 4:51.39 Steve Cram
154 26 Aug 1985 London (CP) ENGv3N-ns 5000 14:48.07 Zola Budd
155 28 Aug 1986 Stuttgart, GER EC (Q) JT 77.44 Fatima Whitbread
156 2 Jul 1990 Stockholm, SWE DNG JT 89.58 Steve Backley
157 20 Jul 1990 London (CP) Pforce JT 90.98R Steve Backley
158 25 Jul 1992 Auckland (NS), NZL Tait JT 91.46 Steve Backley
159 19 Aug 1993 Stuttgart, GER WC 400H 52.74 Sally Gunnell
160 20 Aug 1993 Stuttgart, GER WC 110H 12.91 Colin Jackson
161 18 Jul 1995 Salamanca, ESP GPDdS TJ 17.98 Jonathan Edwards
162 7 Aug 1995 Gothenburg, SWE WC TJ 18.16 Jonathan Edwards
163       TJ 18.29 Jonathan Edwards

INDOOR

1 12 Mar 1983 Cosford ENGvUSA 800 1:44.91 Sebastian Coe
2 8 Feb 1986 Cosford GBRvHUN 3000 8:39.79 Zola Budd
3 27 Feb 1990 Seville, ESP MPFV 1500 3:34.20 Peter Elliott
4 3 Mar 1991 Glasgow GBRvUSA 4x200 1:22.11 GBR (Linford Christie, Darren Braithwaite, Ade Mafe, John Regis)
5 22 Feb 1992 Birmingham TSB 5000 15:03.17 Liz McColgan
6 12 Feb 1994 Glasgow GBRvUSA 60H 7.36 Colin Jackson
7 6 Mar 1994 Sindelfingen, GER IHS 60H 7.30 Colin Jackson
8 19 Feb 1995 Liévin, FRA Vittel 200 20.25 Linford Christie
9 28 Feb 1998 Valencia, ESP EI TJ 15.16 Ashia Hansen

JUNIOR

1 28 May 1984 Cwmbran UK 3000 4:04.39 Zola Budd
2 6 Jun 1984 London (CP) OT 3000 8:40.22 Zola Budd
3 7 Sep 1985 Rome, ITA GGala/GPF 3000 8:28.83 Zola Budd (ratified in 1999)
4 5 Jun 1988 Derby UK JT 79.50 Steve Backley
5 20 Sep 1992 Seoul, KOR WJ =HJ 2.37 Steve Smith
6 24 Jul 1997 Ljubljana, SLO EJ 100 10.06 Dwain Chambers

ROAD

1 6 Oct 2001 Bristol WC-HM 20K 1:03:26+ Paula Radcliffe
2 13 Oct 2002 Chicago IL, USA   Marathon 2:17:18 Paula Radcliffe
3 23 Feb 2003 San Juan, PUR   10K 30:21 Paula Radcliffe
4 13 Apr 2003 London AAA/UK Marathon 2:15:25 Paula Radcliffe

MARATHON BEST PERFORMANCES (unratified)

1 26 May 1909 Windsor-London (SB)   Marathon 2:42:31.0 Henry Barrett
2 12 May 1913 London (SB) 50 miles Marathon 2:38:16.2t+ Harry Green
3 3 Oct 1926 Windsor-London (Ch) time trial Marathon 3:40:22 Violet Piercy
4 14 Jun 1952 Windsor-London (Ch) AAA Marathon 2:20:42.2 Jim Peters
5 13 Jun 1953 Windsor-London (Ch) Poly Marathon 2:18:40.4 Jim Peters
6 4 Oct 1953 Turku, FIN   Marathon 2:18:34.8 Jim Peters
7 26 Jun 1954 Windsor-London (Ch) Poly Marathon 2:17:39.4 Jim Peters
8 23 May 1964 Ryde   Marathon 3:27:45 Dale Greig
9 13 Jun 1964 Windsor-London (Ch) Poly Marathon 2:13:55.0 Basil Heatley
10 21 Oct 1984 Chicago IL, USA   Marathon 2:08:05 Steve Jones
11 13 Oct 2002 Chicago IL, USA   Marathon 2:17:18 Paula Radcliffe (ratified on 1st Jan 2003)
12 13 Apr 2003 London AAA/UK Marathon 2:15:25 Paula Radcliffe 

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