AFRICAN ethnic groups' RECORDS

Athletics > Ethnic Groups > Men > Blacks The first American Black who set a world record was Robert LeGendre (USA), on Long Jump in 1924. The first African Black who set a world record was Kipchoge Keino (Kenya) on 3000 and 5000 metres in 1965.

Event	American Blacks	African Blacks
100 metres	9.58 Usain Bolt, Jam 2009	9.85 Olusoji Fasuba, Nigeria 2006 9.85 F. Omanyala, Nigeria 2021
200 metres	19.19 Usain Bolt, Jam 2009	19.68 Frank Fredericks, Nam 1996
400 metres	43.18 M. Johnson, USA 1999	43.03 van Niekerk SAF 2016
800 metres	1:41.77 J. Cruz, Brasil 1984	1:40.91 D. Rudisha, Kenya 2012
1500 metres	3:29.77 Sydney Maree, USA	3:26.34 B. Lagat, Kenya 2001
5000 metres	12:51.93 J. Night, Canada 2021	12:35.36 J. Cheptegei Uganda 20
10,000 metres	28:06.40 K. Campbell, Jam 2017	26:11.00 J. Cheptegei Uganda 20
3,000 st.	8:26.16 Sanchez, Cuba 2009	7:53.63 Stephen Cherono, Qat 2004
110 hurdles	12.80 A. Merritt, USA 2012	13.11 A. Alkana, SAF 2017
400 hurdles	46.17 R. Benjamin, USA 2021	46.98 A. Samba, Qat 2018
High jump	2,45 J. Sotomayor, Cuba 1993	2,34 K. Kgosiemang, Bot 2008
Pole vault	5,90 Borges Cuba 2011	5,50 K. Gardenne, Mauritius 96
Long jump	8,95 Mike Powell, USA 1991	8,65A Manyonga, SAF 2017
Triple jump	18,21 Taylor, USA 2015	17,82 Zango, Burkina Faso 21
Shot Put	21,96 Richards, Jam 2017	21,80 Enekwechi, Nig 2019
Discus Throw	71,14 Washington, USA	67,80 Adewale Olukoju, Nig 1991
Hammer Throw	77,78 Alb. Sànchez, Cuba 98	66,92 Christian Okoye, Nig 1986
Javelin Throw	90,16 Walcott, TTO 2015	92,72 J. Yego Kenya 2015
Decathlon	9 018 Warner, Canada 2021	8 025 J. Addy, Liberia 2008
4 x 100	36.84 Jamaica OG 2012	37.65 South Africa 2019
4 x 400	2:54.29 USA 1993	2:57.27 Botswana 2021
Total	15	7