Relació dels records del món a l’aire lliure :
| MASCULINS | ||||
| PROVA | ATLETA | TEMPS | DATA | LLOC |
| 100 | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.58 | 16/08/2009 | Berlín |
| 200 | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.19 | 20/08/2009 | Berlín |
| 400 | Michael Johnson (USA) | 43.18 | 26/08/1999 | Sevilla |
| 800 | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:41.09 | 22/08/2010 | Berlín |
| 1.000 | Noah Ngeny (KEN). | 2:11.96 | 05/09/1999 | Rieti |
| 1.500 | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:26.00 | 14/07/1998 | Roma |
| 5.000 | Kenenisa Bekele (ETI) | 12:37.37 | 31/05/2004 | Hengelo |
| 10.000 | Kenenisa Bekele (ETI) | 26:17.53 | 26/08/2005 | Bruselas |
| Medio Maratón | Zersenay Tadese (ERI) | 58:22:00 | 21/03/2010 | Lisboa |
| Maratón | Dennis Kimetto (KEN) | 2:02:57 | 25/09/2011 | Berlín |
| 100 km. Ruta | Takahiro Sunada (JAP) | 6.13:33 | 21/06/1998 | Tokoro |
| 110 v. | Dayron Robles (CUB) | 12.87 | 12/06/2008 | Ostrava |
| 400 v. | Kevin Young (USA) | 46.78 | 06/08/1992 | Barcelona |
| 3.000 Obstáculos | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) | 7:53.63 | 03/09/2004 | Bruselas |
| Altura | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2,45 | 27/07/1993 | Salamanca |
| Pértiga | Sergey Bubka (UCR) | 6,14 | 31/07/1994 | Sestriere |
| Longitud | Mike Powell (USA) | 8,95 | 30/08/1991 | Tokio |
| Triple | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 18,29 | 07/08/1995 | Goteborg |
| Peso | Randy Barnes (USA) | 23,12 | 20/05/1990 | Westwood |
| Disco | Jurgen Schult (ALE) | 74,08 | 06/06/1986 | Neubradenb |
| Martillo | Yuri Sedykh (URS) | 86,74 | 30/08/1986 | Stuttgart |
| Jabalina | Jan Zelezny (RCH) | 98,48 | 25/05/1996 | Jena |
| Decatlón | Roman Sebrle (RCH) | 9.026 | 27/05/2001 | Goetzis |
| 5 km M. P. | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 18:17.22 | 03/07/1992 | Reims |
| 10 km M. P. | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | 37:53.09 | 27/07/2008 | Tenerife |
| 20 km marcha | Yusuke Suzuki (JAP) | 1h16:36 | 15/03/2015 | |
| 50 km. M. R. | Nathan Deakes (AUS) | 3h.35:47 | 02/12/2006 | Geelong |
| 50 km. M. P. | Thierry Toutain (FRA) | 3h.40:57.9 | 29/09/1996 | Hericourt |
| 4×100 | Carter-Frater-Blake-Bolt (JAM) | 37.04 | 04/09/2011 | Daegu |
| 4×400 | Valmon-Watts-Reynolds-Johnson (USA) | 2:54.29 | 22/08/1993 | Stuttgart |
| FEMENINS | ||||
| PROVA | ATLETA | TEMPS | DATA | LLOC |
| 100 | Florence Giffith (USA) | 10.49 | 16/07/1988 | Indianápolis |
| 200 | Florence Giffith (USA) | 21.34 | 29/09/1988 | Seúl |
| 400 | Marita Koch (GDR) | 47.60 | 06/10/1985 | Canberra |
| 800 | Jarmila Kratochvilova (CHE) | 1.53.28 | 26/07/1983 | Munich |
| 1.000 | Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) | 2.28.98 | 23/08/1996 | Bruselas |
| 1.500 | Qu Yunxia (CHI) | 3.50.46 | 11/09/1993 | Beijing |
| 5.000 | Tirunesh Dibaba | 14:11.15 | 06/06/2008 | Oslo |
| 10.000 | Wang Junxia (CHI) | 29.31.78 | 08/09/1993 | Beijing |
| Mitja Marató | Mary Keitany (KEN) | 1h.05:50 | 18/02/2011 | Ras Al Khaimah |
| Marató | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 2h.15.25 | 13/04/2003 | Londres |
| 100 km. Ruta | Ann Trason (USA) | 7h.00.47 | v16/09/95 | Winschoten |
| 110 v. | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 12.21 | 20/08/1988 | Stara Zagora |
| 400 v. | Yulia Pechyonkina (RUS) | 52.34 | 08/08/2003 | Tula |
| 3.000 Obstacles | Gulnara Galkina (RUS) | 8:58.81 | 17/08/2008 | |
| Alçadad | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2,09 | 30/08/1987 | |
| Perxa | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 5,06 | 28/07/2009 | |
| Llargada | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 7,52 | 11/06/1988 | |
| Triple Salt | Inessa Kravets (UCR) | 15,5 | 10/08/1995 | |
| Pes | Natalia Lisovskaya (URS) | 22,63 | 07/06/1987 | Pekín |
| Disc | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 76,8 | 09/07/1988 | Roma |
| Martell | Betty Heidler (ALE) | 79,42 | 21/05/2011 | Zurich |
| Jabalot | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 71,7 | 14/08/2005 | Leningrado |
| Decatló | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.291 | 24/09/1988 | Goteborg |
| 5 km M. P. | Kerry Saxby (AUS) | 20:13.26 | 25/02/1996 | Moscú |
| 10 km M. P. | Nadezhda Ryashkina (URS) | 41:56.23 | 24/07/1990 | Neubradenburgo |
| Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) | 41:04:00 | 20/04/1996 | Halle | |
| 20 km marxa | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 1h. 25.41 | 07/08/2005 | Helsinki |
| 4×100 | Gladish-Rieger-Auerswald-Gohr (ALE) | 41.37 | 06/10/1985 | Seúl |
| 4×400 | Ledovskaya-O.Nazarova Pinigina-Bryzgina (URSS) | 3.15.17 | 01/10/1988 | Seattle |