The following are the national records in athletics in Russia maintained by All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF).
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Men EventRecordAthleteDateMeetPlace100 m10.10Nikolay Yushmanov7 June 1986Brothers Znamensky MemorialLeningrad, Soviet Union10.10 Andrey Yepishin8 August 2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden200 m20.23 Vladimir Krylov3 September 1987World ChampionshipsRome, Italy400 m44.56Aleksey Danilov21 July 2025Athletics Match meeting U18, U20Brest, Belarus800 m1:42.47Yuriy Borzakovskiy24 August 2001Memorial Van DammeBrussels, Belgium1000 m2:15.50Yuriy Borzakovskiy22 July 2008DN GalanStockholm, Sweden1500 m3:32.28Vyacheslav Shabunin30 June 2000Golden GalaRome, ItalyMile3:49.83Vyacheslav Shabunin29 June 2001Golden GalaRome, Italy2000 m4:57.18Vyacheslav Shabunin29 June 1997Meeting du NordVilleneuve-d'Ascq, France3000 m7:39.24Vyacheslav Shabunin12 July 1995Nikaia IAAF Grand PrixNice, France5000 m13:11.99Valeriy Abramov9 September 1981IAAF Grand PrixRieti, Italy13:11.95Vladimir Nikitin24 July 2021Valeriy Abramov MemorialDolgoprudny, Russia5 km (road)14:09Vyacheslav Shabunin2 March 2006Armagh 5k International Road RaceArmagh, United Kingdom10,000 m27:48.30Vladimir Nikitin9 August 2025Russian ChampionshipsKazan, Russia10 km (road)27:40Vladimir Nikitin20 September 2025Moscow MarathonMoscow, Russia15 km (road)43:00Standard20,000 m (track)1:00:16.2Vladimir Merkushin30 May 1970Moscow, Soviet Union59:02.0 Rashid Sharafetdinov2 May 1971Leningrad, Soviet Union20 km (road)58:00StandardOne hour19894 mVladimir Merkushin30 May 1970Moscow, Soviet Union20000 mRashid Sharafetdinov2 May 1971Leningrad, Soviet UnionHalf marathon1:00:43Vladimir Nikitin5 September 2021Yaroslavl, Russia25,000 m (track)1:17:34.0 Albert Ivanov27 September 1955Moscow, Soviet Union25 km (road)1:15.00Standard1:14:43Grigoriy Andreyev13 March 2005Seoul International MarathonSeoul, South Korea30,000 m (track)1:34:32.2 Viktor Baykov22 June 1963Moscow, Soviet Union30 km (road)1:30:00StandardMarathon2:08:08Vladimir Nikitin3 May 2026Kazan MarathonKazan, Russia50 km2:45:00Standard100 km6:08:24Nikolay Volkov1 October 2023Nizhny Novgorod, Russia110 m hurdles12.92 Sergey Shubenkov2 July 2018Gyulai István MemorialSzékesfehérvár, Hungary400 m hurdles48.05Denis Kudryavtsev25 August 2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China3000 m steeplechase8:15.54Pavel Potapovich4 July 2003Meeting Gaz de FranceSaint-Denis, FranceHigh jump2.40 mVyacheslav Voronin5 August 2000London Grand PrixLondon, United Kingdom2.41 m Ivan Ukhov9 May 2014Qatar Athletic Super Grand PrixDoha, QatarPole vault6.05 mMaksim Tarasov16 June 1999Athens Grand PrixAthens, GreeceLong jump8.56 m Aleksandr Menkov16 August 2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, RussiaTriple jump17.77 m Aleksandr Kovalenko18 July 1987Soviet ChampionshipsBryansk, Soviet UnionShot put22.24 mSergey Smirnov21 June 1986USSR vs. GDR Athletics MatchTallinn, Soviet UnionDiscus throw71.86 mYuriy Dumchev29 May 1983VIII Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSRMoscow, Soviet UnionHammer throw86.74 m () Yuriy Sedykh30 August 1986European ChampionshipsStuttgart, West Germany86.04 mSergey Litvinov3 July 1986Dresden, East GermanyJavelin throw92.61 mSergey Makarov30 June 2002Norwich Union ClassicSheffield, United KingdomDecathlon8698 ptsGrigoriy Degtyaryev21–22 June 1984Soviet Combined Events ChampionshipsKiev, Soviet Union3000 m walk (track)11:03.01Vladimir Andreyev13 July 199731st World Formia MeetingFormia, Italy10,000 m walk (track)37:47.39Sergey Kozhevnikov19 June 2026Saransk, Russia10 km walk (road)37:11Roman Rasskazov28 May 2000Saransk, Russia20,000 m walk (track)1:19:22.5Aleksey Pershin7 May 1988Fana, Norway20 km walk (road)1:17:16Vladimir Kanaykin29 September 2007IAAF World Race Walking Challenge FinalSaransk, Russia1:16:43 Sergey Morozov8 June 2008Russian Race Walking ChampionshipsSaransk, Russia30,000 m walk (track)2:08:21.0German Skurygin9 September 2002Russian Race Walking Championships (track)Izhevsk, Russia35 km walk (road)2:21:31Vladimir Kanaykin19 February 2006Russian Winter Race Walking ChampionshipsAdler, Russia50,000 m walk (track)3:48:59.0Vladimir Rezaev2 May 1980Fana, Norway50 km walk (road)3:34:14Denis Nizhegorodov11 May 2008World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia4 × 100 m relay38.46Innokentiy ZharovVladimir KrylovOleg FatunAleksandr Goremykin1 September 1990European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia4 × 200 m relay1:21.63IvanovAndrey FedorivOleg FatunGrigoryev5 June 1993Pearl European RelaysPortsmouth, United Kingdom4 × 400 m relay2:59.45Artyom DenmukhametovPavel TrenikhinDenis KudryavtsevPavel Ivashko29 August 2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China2:59.38 Maksim DyldinPavel IvashkoNikita UglovVladimir Krasnov17 August 2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland2:58.06 Maksim DyldinVladislav FrolovAnton KokorinDenis Alekseyev23 August 2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China4 × 800 m relay7:11.96Sergey MelnikovSergey SamoylovAndrey LoginovAleksey Oleynikov5 June 1993Pearl European RelaysPortsmouth, United Kingdom7:07.40MasunovKostetskiyMatvetevKalinkin5 August 1984Moscow, Soviet Union4 × 1500 m relay15:12.51Saint PetersburgA. StoroshevT. PetrovN. HvorostuhinA. Haritonov16 September 2016Adler, Russia14:45.63KalutskieyYakovlyevLegedaLotarev4 August 1985Leningrad, Soviet UnionMarathon road relay (Ekiden)2:02.34 Yuriy Abramov (13:47)Yevgeny Rybakov (28:29)Pavel Naumov (14:19)Dmitry Maksimov (29:47)Sergey Ivanov (14:30)Anatoly Rybakov (21:42)23 November 2005International Chiba EkidenChiba, Japan
Women EventRecordAthleteDateMeetPlaceVideo100 y10.45 Yevgeniya Polyakova27 May 2010Golden Spike OstravaOstrava, Czech Republic100 m10.77 Irina Privalova6 July 1994AthletissimaLausanne, Switzerland200 m21.87 Irina Privalova25 July 1995HerculisMonaco300 m35.78Olga Nazarova26 September 1988Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea400 m49.11Olga Nazarova25 September 1988Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea600 m1:23.78Natalya Khrushchelyova2 September 2003Meeting de LiégeNaimette-Xhovémont, Belgium800 m1:53.43Nadezhda Olizarenko27 July 1980Olympic GamesMoscow, Soviet Union1000 m2:28.98Svetlana Masterkova23 August 1996Memorial Van DammeBrussels, Belgium1500 m3:52.47Tatyana Kazankina13 August 1980Weltklasse ZürichZürich, SwitzerlandMile4:12.56Svetlana Masterkova14 August 1996Weltklasse ZürichZürich, Switzerland2000 m5:28.72Tatyana Kazankina4 August 1984Moscow, Soviet Union3000 m8:22.62Tatyana Kazankina26 August 1984Leningrad, Soviet Union5000 m14:23.75Liliya Shobukhova19 July 2008Russian ChampionshipsKazan, Russia5 km (road)15:15Yelena Romanova13 June 1993Schweizer FrauenlaufBern, Switzerland10,000 m30:23.07Alla Zhilyaeva23 August 2003World ChampionshipsSaint-Denis, France10 km (road)31:26Alevtina Ivanova5 August 2006Beach to Beacon 10KCape Elizabeth, United States15 km (road)48:31Lyudmila Petrova8 August 1998"Russia" 15 km International RunMoscow, Russia20 km (road)1:05:48 Liliya Shabalova-Shobukhova9 October 2011Chicago MarathonChicago, United StatesHalf marathon1:08:45Lyubov Morgunova12 June 2000BroloppetMalmö, Sweden25 km (road)1:23:24Galina Bogomolova22 October 2006Chicago MarathonChicago, United States1:22:08 Liliya Shobukhova9 October 2011Chicago MarathonChicago, United States30 km (road)1:40:12Galina Bogomolova22 October 2006Chicago MarathonChicago, United States1:38:23 Liliya Shobukhova9 October 2011Chicago MarathonChicago, United StatesMarathon2:20:47Galina Bogomolova22 October 2006Chicago MarathonChicago, United States2:18:20 Liliya Shobukhova9 October 2011Chicago MarathonChicago, United States50 Miles5:55:41Valentina Liakhova28 September 1996100 km Track TrophyNantes, France100 km7:10:32Tatyana Zhirkova11 September 2004IAU 100 km World ChampionshipsWinschoten, Netherlands100 m hurdles12.26 Lyudmila Narozhilenko6 June 1992Gran Premio Expo'92Seville, Spain200 m hurdles (straight)26.23 Natalya Antyukh25 May 2013Manchester City GamesManchester, United Kingdom400 m hurdles52.34Yuliya Pechonkina8 August 2003Russian ChampionshipsTula, Russia2000 m steeplechase6:11.84Marina Pluzhnikova25 July 1994Saint Petersburg, Russia3000 m steeplechase8:58.81 ORGulnara Samitova-Galkina17 August 2008Olympic GamesBeijing, ChinaHigh jump2.07 mAnna Chicherova22 July 2011Russian ChampionshipsCheboksary, RussiaPole vault5.06 m Yelena Isinbaeva28 August 2009Weltklasse ZürichZürich, SwitzerlandLong jump7.52 m Galina Chistyakova11 June 1988Brothers Znamensky MemorialLeningrad, Soviet UnionTriple jump15.34 m Tatyana Lebedeva4 July 2004Athens Grand PrixHeraklion, GreeceShot put22.63 m Natalya Lisovskaya7 June 1987Brothers Znamensky MemorialMoscow, Soviet UnionDiscus throw73.28 mGalina Savinkova8 September 1984Soviet ChampionshipsDonetsk, Soviet UnionHammer throw78.51 mTatyana Lysenko5 July 2012Cheboksary, Russia78.80 m Tatyana Lysenko16 August 2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, RussiaJavelin throw70.53 mMariya Abakumova1 September 2013ISTAF BerlinBerlin, Germany71.99 m Mariya Abakumova2 September 2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South KoreaHeptathlon7007 ptsLarisa Turchinskaya10–11 June 1989Soviet Combined Events ChampionshipsBryansk, Soviet UnionDecathlon7742 ptsAnna Snetkova14–15 September 2003Sochi, Russia5000 m walk (track)20:28.05Tatyana Kalmykova12 July 2007World Youth ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic10,000 m walk (track)40:59.93Elvira Chepareva15 August 2024Russian ChampionshipsYekaterinburg, Russia10 km walk (road)41:04Yelena Nikolayeva20 April 1996Russian Winter Race Walking ChampionshipsSochi, Russia20,000 m walk (track)1:26:52.3 Olimpiada Ivanova6 September 2001Goodwill GamesBrisbane, Australia20 km walk (road)1:23:39 Elena Lashmanova9 June 2018Russian Race Walking ChampionshipsCheboksary, Russia35 km walk (road)2:38:24Klavdiya Afanasyeva18 February 2019Sochi, Russia50 km walk (road)3:57:08Klavdiya Afanasyeva15 June 2019Russian Race Walking ChampionshipsCheboksary, Russia4 × 100 m relay41.49Olga BogoslovskayaGalina MalchuginaNatalya Pomoshchnikova-VoronovaIrina Privalova22 August 1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany4 × 200 m relay1:31.49Yuliya SotnikovaMarina ZhirovaElena MizeraZoya Sokolova5 June 1993Pearl European RelaysPortsmouth, United Kingdom4 × 400 m relay3:18.38Yelena RuzinaTatyana AlekseyevaMargarita PonomaryovaIrina Privalova22 August 1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany4 × 800 m relay7:56.6 RSFSRZoya RigelLyubov GurinaYekaterina PodkopayevaTatyana Mishkel8 September 1980Soviet ChampionshipsDonetsk, Soviet Union4 × 1500 m relay17:24.657 September 2008Sotchi, Russia17:22.57Polina DontsovaDarya YachmenyovaGalina EvsikovaYuliya Fomenko7 September 2013Russian ChampionshipsAdler, RussiaMarathon road relay (Ekiden)2:14:51Liliya ShobukhovaInga AbitovaOlesya SyrevaLidiya GrigoryevaGalina BogomolovaMariya Konovalova23 November 2006International Chiba EkidenChiba, Japan
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