India’s best in track and field events: Meet the national athletics record holders

Indian athletics has witnessed a wave of record-breaking performances in recent years, with several athletes rewriting long-standing national marks across track and field events.

From sprinting and distance running to relays, jumps and throws, a new generation of Indian athletes continues to push the boundaries of the sport nationally and internationally.

Let us look at India's national athletics records across major track and field events.

100m national record

Gurindervir Singh reclaimed the 100m record, courtesy of a 10.09 run at the Federation Cup 2026 in Ranchi. The previous mark of 10.15 belonged to Animesh Kujur, which was set on the preceding day.

In the women's category, Dutee Chand holds the 100m national record with a timing of 11.17 seconds, which she achieved at the Indian Grand Prix IV at Patiala in 2021.

200m national record

Animesh Kujur clocked 20.32 in the men's 200m final of the Asian Athletics Championships 2025 to break his own previous national record of 20.40, set at the Federation Cup earlier in the year.

In the women's category, Saraswati Saha holds the Indian 200m record with a timing of 22.82, which she achieved at the National Circuit Meet in Ludhiana in 2002.

400m national record

Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi clocked 44.98 at the 2026 Federation Cup in Ranchi to better his own previous mark of 45.12 set at the National Inter State Senior Championships 2025.

In the women's category, Hima Das holds the record with a timing of 50.79, which she achieved at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.

800m national record

Mohammed Afsal set the men’s 800m national record with a time of 1:44.93 at the Memoriał Czesława Cybulskiego in Poland in 2025. He eclipsed the previous mark of 1:45.61 set by himself at the UAE Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai in 2025.

In the women's category, Tintu Luka holds the record with a timing of 1:59.17, which she achieved at the 2010 Continental Cup in Split, Croatia.

1500m national record

Jinson Johnson is also the current national record holder in 1500m with a timing of 3:35.24 which he set at the ISTAF Berlin meet in 2019.

In the women's category, KM Deeksha holds the record with a timing of 4:04.78, achieved at the 2024 Track Fest athletics meet in Los Angeles.

3000m national record

Gulveer Singh created a new national mark in the men’s 3000m at the Gyulai István Memorial - Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix 2025 with a time of 7:34.49. He eclipsed the previous record time of 7.38.26 set by himself at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational 2025.

In the women's 3000m category, Parul Chaudhary holds the record with a timing of 8:57.19, achieved at a Los Angeles athletics meet in 2022.

5000m national record

Gulveer Singh holds the national record in the men's 5000m. He clocked 12:59.77 at the Boston University Terrier DMR Challenge 2025 in the USA to set the mark. It is also the Asian 5000m short track record.

In the women's 5000m category, Parul Chaudhary holds the national record of 15:04.26, logged at the Meeting Nikaia 2026 in France.

10000m national record

Gulveer Singh owns the national record in the men’s 10000m after he clocked 27:00.22 at the TEN 2025 meet in the USA.

In the women's category, Preeja Sreedharan holds the record with a timing of 31:50.47, achieved at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.

110m hurdles national record

Tejas Shirse holds the national record in the men’s 110m hurdles with a time of 13.27, setting the mark at the Indian Athletics Series 9 2026 in Ludhiana.

100m hurdles national record

In the women's-only 100m hurdles, Jyothi Yarraji holds the Indian record with a timing of 12.78 seconds. She first set the mark at the FISU World University Games 2023 in Chengdu in August and the matched it at the 2024 Motonet GP Jyvaskyla athletics meet in Finland.

400m hurdles national record

Ayyasamy Dharun broke his own record to set a new national mark with a timing of 48.80 at the 2019 Federation Cup in Patiala.

In the women’s 400m hurdles, Vithya Ramraj holds the national record at 54.75 seconds, set at the Asian Games 2026. The mark broke PT Usha's 42-year-old record of 55.42, set at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics and equalled by Vithya herself in the heats at Hangzhou 2023.

3000m steeplechase national record

Avinash Sable holds the record in the 3000m steeplechase. He clocked a time of 8:09.91 to finish sixth at the Paris Diamond League 2024.

In the women's category, Parul Chaudhary holds the record with a timing of 9:08.67, achieved at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya.

4x100m relay national record

Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar and Amlan Borgohain clocked 38.69 at the National Relay Carnival 2025 in Chandigarh to set the national record.

Meanwhile, the women's team of Archana Suseendran, Dhanalakshmi Sekar, Hima Das and Dutee Chand hold the Indian record with a timing of 43.37, achieved at the Indian GP IV in 2021.

4x400m relay national record

The Indian men's team comprising Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh clocked 2:59.05 at the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest to set the 4x400m relay national record. At the time, it was an Asian record.

Meanwhile, the women's team comprising Chitra Soman, Rajwinder Kaur, K.M. Beenamol and Manjit Kaur hold the record with the timing of 3:26.89, achieved at Athens 2004 Olympics.

4x400m mixed relay national record

Indian quartet of Muhammad Anas, Jyothika Sri Dandi, Muhammad Ajmal and Kiran Pahal set a new national record of 3:12.87 at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships 2024 in Panchkula.

4x100m mixed relay national record

Ragul Kumar, Nithya Gandhe, Animesh Kujur and Sneha Shanuvalli created the mixed 4x100m national record of 41.35 at the World Relays 2026 in Gaborone.

Marathon national record

Sawan Barwal holds the national record in the men's marathon. He clocked 2:11:37 at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, eclipsing his own mark, set just five months earlier in Rotterdam.

OP Jaisha holds the record in the women's category with a timing of 2:34:43 set at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.

Half marathon national record

Gulveer Singh holds the men's half marathon record, courtesy his 59:42 seconds run to finish third at the NYC Half Marathon 2026. However, the record isn't recognised by World Athletics due to the nature of the New York course. Officially, the record is held by Avinash Sable, who timed 1:00:30 at the 2020 Delhi Half Marathon.

The women's half marathon record, meanwhile, belongs to Suriya Loganathan, who ran a 1:10:31 race at the 2017 Delhi Half Marathon.

10km race walk national record

Sahil holds the record in the men's 10km race walk with the time 39:25.00 clocked at the 2024 National Open Race Walking Competition in Chandigarh.

Priyanka Goswami holds the record of 43:31.00 in the women's 10km race walk achieved at the 2021 National Open Race Walking Championships in Ranchi.    

20km race walk national record

Akshdeep Singh holds the record in the 20km race walk with a timing of 1:19:55, achieved at the 2023 National Open Race Walking Championships in Jharkhand.

Priyanka Goswami holds the record in the women's category, with a timing of 1:28:45, which she achieved at the 2021 National Race Walking Championships in Ranchi. The feat also earned her a spot at Tokyo 2020.

35km race walk national record

Ram Baboo bettered his own 35km race walk national record at the Dudinska 50 2023 meet in Dudince, Slovakia with a timing of 2:29:56.

Priyanka Goswami holds the record in the women's category, with a timing of 2:56:34 which earned her a 11th-place finish at the 2025 Dudinska 50.

Marathon walk national record

Ram Baboo's time of 3:09:17.00 at the 2026 Indian Open Race Walking Competition in Chandigarh is the national record in the men's marathon walk.

Manju Rani set the women's marathon walk national record of 3:33:24.00 at the 2026 Indian Open Race Walking Competition in Chandigarh.

50km race walk national record

Sandeep Kumar set the national record in the 50km race walk, with a timing of 3:55:59.5, at the 2017 National Race Walking Championships in New Delhi.

Long jump national record

Jeswin Aldrin holds the national record in the men's long jump event thanks to a 8.42m effort he logged at the Indian Open Throws Competition 2023 at Bellary. He broke Murali Sreeshankar's previous record of 8.36m achieved at the Federation Cup 2022.

Ancy Sojan holds the record among women with a jump of 6.88m, achieved at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2026 in Bhubaneswar, breaking Anju Bobby George's 22-year-old record of 6.83m, set at the Athens 2004 Olympics.

Triple jump national record

Praveen Chithravel holds the men's triple jump record, with of 17.37m leap at the Prueba de confrontacion 2023 meet in Cuba. He matched the feat two years later at the Federation Cup 2025 in Kochi.

Mayookha Johny holds the record among women with a leap of 14.11m. She set the mark at the Asian Athletics Championships 2011 in Kobe, Japan.

High jump national record

Sarvesh Kushare set the high jump national record with a leap of 2.31m at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2026 in Bhubaneswar, breaking Tejaswin Shankar's eight-year-old mark of 2.29m set in Texas.

Pooja Singh holds the record among women with a jump of 1.93m at the U20 Asian Athletics Championships 2026 in Hong Kong China. She broke a 14-year-old mark set by Sahana Kumari, who was present at the meet as a member of the Indian coaching team.

Pole vault national record

Dev Meena holds the national record in pole vault with 5.50m, achieved at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. He broke his own previous mark of 5.46m set at the National Inter State Championships earlier in the year.

In the women's event, Sindhushree G holds the record with a 4.25m leap at the National Inter State Championships 2026 in Bhubaneshwar.

Shot put national record

Tajinder Pal Singh Toor threw 21.77m at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2023 in Bhubaneswar to set a new shot put national record. In doing so, he also broke the previous Asian record of 21.49m he achieved in Patiala in 2021. 

In the women's event, Abha Khatua holds the record with a throw of 18.41m, achieved at the 2024 Federation Cup. In the process, she broke her own record, which she jointly held with Manpreet Kaur.

Discus throw national record

Vikas Gowda threw the discus 66.28m far to set a national record at the Old Style Discus Challenge in the USA in 2012.

Kamalpreet Kaur holds the record among women with a throw of 66.59m at the 2021 Indian GP 4 in Patiala.

Hammer throw national record

Nirbhay Choudhary holds the Indian men’s hammer throw national record with a throw of 71.02m, achieved at the Indian Athletics Final Series 2026 in New Delhi. He bettered Neeraj Kumar’s previous mark of 70.73m, set in 2016.

Among women, Tanya Chaudhary holds the national record with a throw of 68.35m, also set at the Indian Athletics Series Final 2026. She bettered the previous mark of 67.02m set by Anushka Yadav at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar earlier in the year.

Javelin throw national record

Neeraj Chopra rewrote his own national record in the javelin throw with an effort of 90.23m at the 2025 Doha Diamond League. It was the first time an Indian athlete breached the 90m mark in the event.

Meanwhile, among the women, Annu Rani set the record by throwing her spear 63.82m at the Indian Open Javelin Throw Competition in 2022.

Decathlon national record

Tejaswin Shankar holds the decathlon national record with 8057 points, achieved at the 2026 Federation Cup in Ranchi.

Heptathlon national record

JJ Shobha holds the record in heptathlon, notching 6211 points, a feat she achieved in 2004 in New Delhi.

Indian national athletics records - men

Indian national athletics records - women

Indian national athletics records - mixed