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Sports > Other Sports > International Sports > 1997-98 Season > Track and Field > World and American Indoor Records

Men

Running

Event		Time		Date Set	Location
50 meters:	World	5.56a	Donovan Bailey, Canada	Feb. 9, 1996	Reno, NV
	American	5.61	James Sanford, USA	Feb. 20, 1981	San Diego
60 meters:	World	6.39	Maurice Greene, USA	Feb. 3, 1998	Madrid
	American	6.39	Greene (same as World)	–	–
200 meters:	World	19.92	Frankie Fredericks, Namibia	Feb. 18, 1996	Lievin, FRA
	American	20.40	Jeff Williams & Kevin Little	Feb. 18, 1996 Mar. 8, 1997	Lievin, FRA Paris
400 meters:	World	44.63	Michael Johnson, USA	Mar. 4, 1995	Atlanta
	American	44.63	Johnson (same as World)	—	—
800 meters:	World	1:42.67	Wilson Kipketer, Kenya	Mar. 9, 1997	Paris
	American	1:45.00	Johnny Gray	Mar. 8, 1992	Sindelfingen, GER
1000 meters:	World	2:15.26	Noureddine Morceli, Algeria	Feb. 22, 1992	Birmingham, ENG
	American	2:18.19	Ocky Clark	Feb. 12, 1989	Stuttgart
1500 meters:	World	3:31.17	Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco	Feb. 2, 1997	Stuttgart
	American	3:38.12	Jeff Atkinson	Mar. 5, 1989	Budapest
Mile:	World	3:48.45	Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco	Feb. 12, 1997	Ghent, BEL
	American	3:51.8	Steve Scott	Feb. 20, 1981	San Diego
3000 meters:	World	7:24.90p	Daniel Komen, Kenya	Feb. 6, 1998	Budapest
	American	7:39.94	Steve Scott	Feb. 10, 1989	E. Rutherford, N.J.
5000 meters:	World	12:51.48p	Daniel Komen, Kenya	Feb. 19, 1998	Stockholm
	American	13:20.55	Doug Padilla	Feb. 12, 1982	New York

Note: The Mile run is 1,609.344 meters.

Hurdles

Event		Time		Date Set	Location
50 meters:	World	6.25	Mark McKoy, Canada	Mar. 5, 1986	Kobe, JPN
	American	6.35	Greg Foster	Jan. 27, 1985	Rosemont, Ill.
		6.35	Greg Foster	Jan. 31, 1987	Ottawa
60 meters:	World	7.30	Colin Jackson, Britain	Mar. 6, 1994	Sindelfingen, GER
	American	7.36	Greg Foster	Jan. 16, 1987	Los Angeles

Note: The hurdles for both distances are 3 feet, 6 inches high. There are four hurdles in the 50 meters and five in the 60.

Relays

Event		Time		Date Set	Location
4x200 meters:	World	1:22.11	Great Britain	Mar. 3, 1991	Glasgow
	American	1:22.71	National Team	Mar. 3, 1991	Glasgow
4x400 meters:	World	3:03.05	Germany	Mar. 10, 1991	Seville
	American	3:03.24	National Team	Mar. 10, 1991	Seville

Field Events

Events		Time		Date Set	Location
High Jump:	World	7-11¹/2	Javier Sotomayor, Cuba	Mar. 4, 1989	Budapest
	American	7-10¹/2	Hollis Conway	Mar. 10, 1991	Seville
Pole Vault:	World	20-2	Sergey Bubka, Ukraine	Feb. 21, 1993	Donyetsk, UKR
	American	19- 3³/4	Billy Olson	Jan. 25, 1986	Albuquerque
Long Jump:	World	28- 10¹/4	Carl Lewis, USA	Jan. 27, 1984	New York
	American	28- 10¹/4	Lewis (same as World)	—	—
Triple Jump:	World	58-6	Aliecer Urrutia, Cuba	Mar. 1, 1997	Sindelfingen, GER
	American	58-3¹/4	Mike Conley	Feb. 27, 1987	New York
Shot Put:	World	74-4¹/4	Randy Barnes, USA	Jan. 20, 1989	Los Angeles
	American	74-4¹/4	Barnes (same as World)	—	—

Note: The international shot put weight for men is 16 lbs.

Heptathlon

		Points		Date Set	Location
Seven Events:	World	6476	Dan O'Brien, USA	Mar. 13-14, 1993	Toronto
	American	6476	O'Brien (same as World)	—	—

Note: O'Brien's WR times and distances, in order over two days— 60m (6.67); LJ (25-8³/4); SP (52-6³/4); HJ (6-11³/4); 60m H (7.85); PV (17-0³/4); 1000m (2:57.96).

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