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Athletics
300 metres
World records
Men Letsile Tebogo (BOT) 30.69A (2024)
Women Marita Koch (GDR) 34.14+ (1985)

The 300 metres is an uncommon (meaning not on an Olympic or World Championship program) sprinting event in track and field competitions. The race starts on a straight and therefore comprises two straights and one bend.


Start (green) and end (red) points of a 300-metre race, marked on a running track.
Start (green) and end (red) points of a 300-metre race, marked on a running track.

All-time top 25

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  • + = en route to 400 m performance
  • i = indoor performance
  • A = affected by altitude
  • OT = oversized track (> 200 m in circumference)
  • h = hand timing

Men (outdoor)

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  • Correct as of February 2024.[1][2]
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 30.69 A Letsile Tebogo  Botswana 17 February 2024 Pretoria [3]
2 30.81 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 28 June 2017 Ostrava [4]
3 30.85 A Michael Johnson  United States 24 March 2000 Pretoria
4 30.97 Usain Bolt  Jamaica 27 May 2010 Ostrava [5]
5 31.20+ Kirani James  Grenada 14 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro [6]
LaShawn Merritt  United States
7 31.44 Isaac Makwala  Botswana 28 June 2017 Ostrava [4]
8 31.48 Roberto Hernández  Cuba 3 September 1990 Jerez de la Frontera [7]
Danny Everett  United States [8]
10 31.52 Steven Gardiner  Bahamas 12 May 2022 Ponce [9]
11 31.56 Douglas Walker  Great Britain 19 July 1998 Gateshead
12 31.58+ Jeremy Wariner  United States 31 August 2007 Osaka [10]
13 31.61 Anthuan Maybank  United States 13 July 1996 Durham
Clarence Munyai  South Africa 28 June 2017 Ostrava [4]
15 31.64 Tony McQuay  United States 11 June 2016 Kingston
16 31.67 John Regis  Great Britain 17 July 1992 Gateshead
17 31.70 Kirk Baptiste  United States 18 August 1984 London
18 31.73 Thomas Jefferson  United States 22 August 1987 London
19 31.74 Gabriel Tiacoh  Ivory Coast 6 August 1986 A Coruña
20 31.77 Tyler Christopher  Canada 20 May 2004 Sainte Anne
21 31.80 Pavel Maslák  Czech Republic 28 June 2017 Ostrava [11]
22 31.81 Gil Roberts  United States 11 June 2016 Kingston
Vernon Norwood  United States 12 May 2022 Ponce [12]
24 31.82 Steve Lewis  United States 17 July 1992 Gateshead
25 31.87 Mark Richardson  Great Britain 19 July 1998 Gateshead
Jonathan Borlée  Belgium 5 July 2012 Naimette-Xhovémont

Notes

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Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 31.87:

Men (indoor)

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Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 31.56 Steven Gardiner  Bahamas 27 January 2022 Columbia
2 31.87 A Noah Lyles  United States 3 March 2017 Albuquerque [16]
3 31.88 Wallace Spearmon  United States 9 February 2006 Fayetteville
4 31.92 A Paul Dedewo  United States 3 March 2017 Albuquerque
5 31.94 Kerron Clement  United States 9 February 2006 Fayetteville
LaShawn Merritt  United States 9 February 2006 Fayetteville
7 31.97 Bralon Taplin  Grenada 13 February 2017 Ostrava
8 31.99 Jacory Patterson  United States 14 January 2022 Clemson
9 32.10 Jereem Richards  Trinidad & Tobago 9 February 2018 Boston
10 32.15 Pavel Maslák  Czech Republic 8 February 2014 Gent
11 32.19 Robson Caetano da Silva  Brazil 23 February 1989 Karlsruhe
12 32.32 Torrin Lawrence  United States 21 January 2010 Blacksburg
13 32.35 Rai Benjamin  United States 7 February 2020 New York
14 32.36 Frank Fredericks  Namibia 27 February 2003 Karlsruhe
Brian Faust  United States 13 January 2024 Clemson [17]
16 32.37 Lalonde Gordon  Trinidad & Tobago 3 February 2017 New York
17 32.38 Greg Nixon  United States 9 February 2009 Liévin
18 32.39 Óscar Husillos  Spain 19 January 2018 Salamanca
19 32.40 Matthew Boling  United States 13 January 2023 Clemson
20 32.42 Kahmari Montgomery  United States 11 February 2022 Louisville
21 32.46 A Dontavius Wright  United States 3 March 2017 Albuquerque
32.46 James Benson II  United States 12 January 2023 Fayetteville
23 32.47 Leslie Djhone  France 4 March 2010 Liévin
Karsten Warholm  Norway 27 February 2021 Bærum
Christopher Morales Williams  Canada 13 January 2024 Clemson [18]

Notes

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Women (outdoor)

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Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 34.14+ Marita Koch  East Germany 6 October 1985 Canberra [21]
2 34.41 Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 20 June 2019 Ostrava [22]
3 34.6h Rita Wilden  West Germany 18 August 1975 Dortmund
4 34.60 A Beatrice Masilingi  Namibia 18 February 2023 Pretoria [23]
5 34.94+ Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone  United States 9 June 2023 Paris [24]
6 34.95+ Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 18 August 1982 Zürich [25]
7 35.00+ Marie-José Pérec  France 27 August 1991 Tokyo [26]
8 35.01+ Olga Bryzgina  Ukraine 6 October 1985 Canberra [27]
9 35.16 Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic 17 March 2023 Carolina [28]
10 35.24+ Tatána Kocembová  Czechoslovakia 10 August 1983 Helsinki [29]
11 35.29+ Nickisha Pryce  Jamaica 20 July 2024 London [30]
12 35.30 A Ana Guevara  Mexico 3 May 2003 Mexico City
13 35.37+ Lieke Klaver  Netherlands 12 July 2024 Monaco [31]
14 35.38+ Rhasidat Adeleke  Ireland 12 July 2024 Monaco [32]
15 35.46 Kathy Cook  Great Britain 18 August 1984 London
Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 18 August 1984 London
Henriette Jæger  Norway 22 May 2024 Bergen [33]
18 35.47+ Valerie Brisco-Hooks  United States 26 September 1988 Seoul [34]
19 35.51+ Natalia Kaczmarek  Poland 20 July 2024 London [35]
20 35.63+ Sanya Richards-Ross  United States 18 August 2009 Berlin [36]
21 35.70 Irena Szewinska  Poland 4 July 1975 London
Léa Sprunger   Switzerland 25 May 2017 Langenthal [37]
35.70+ Sada Williams  Barbados 21 July 2023 Monaco [38]
24 35.71 Donna Fraser  Great Britain 28 August 2000 Gateshead
25 35.73+ Novlene Williams-Mills  Jamaica 29 August 2007 Osaka [39]

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Women (indoor)

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Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 35.45 Irina Privalova  Russia 16 January 1993 Moscow
Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 2 February 2018 New York
3 35.54 Abby Steiner  United States 10 February 2023 New York
4 35.69 Patricia Hall-Pritchett  Jamaica 13 February 2012 Liévin
5 35.71 Quanera Hayes  United States 6 January 2017 Clemson
6 35.73 Gabby Thomas  United States 12 February 2021 Staten Island
7 35.83 A Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 13 March 1981 Pocatello
35.83 JaMeesia Ford  United States 8 December 2023 Clemson [42]
9 35.95 Brittany Brown  United States 22 February 2019 Staten Island
10 35.99 Lynna Irby-Jackson  United States 12 February 2021 Staten Island
Favour Ofili  Nigeria 4 February 2024 Boston [43]
12 36.06+ Femke Bol  Netherlands 2 March 2024 Glasgow [44]
13 36.12 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone  United States 7 December 2017 Bloomington
Talitha Diggs  United States 13 January 2023 Clemson
15 36.15 A Phyllis Francis  United States 3 March 2017 Albuquerque
16 36.18 A Joanna Atkins  United States 3 March 2017 Albuquerque
17 36.20 Natalia Kaczmarek  Poland 4 February 2022 Spala
18 36.25 Natasha Hastings  United States 13 February 2016 Boston
19 36.27 Ashley Spencer  United States 10 February 2017 New York
36.27+ Lieke Klaver  Netherlands 2 March 2024 Glasgow [45]
21 36.30 Olesya Krasnomovets  Russia 6 January 2006 Yekaterinburg
22 36.33 Allyson Felix  United States 8 February 2007 Fayetteville
Amantle Montsho  Botswana 4 March 2010 Liévin
24 36.38 Antonina Krivoshapka  Russia 31 January 2009 Moscow
25 36.41 Bianca Knight  United States 11 February 2011 Fayetteville
Anna Kiełbasińska  Poland 3 February 2023 Brighton

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