Latest revision as of 20:52, 25 June 2026

[edit] National marks

[edit] 60m

[edit] Men/ indoor

6.60 seconds Gurindervir Singh, 2026

6.67 seconds Elakiya Dasan of Tamil Nadu, 2018

[edit] 100m

[edit] 100m: men

10.09s Gurindervir Singh, 2026: 23 May

10.15s Animesh Kujur 2026, 22nd May New national record later on the same day.

10.17s Gurindervir Singh 2026, 22nd May This was the national record for a short while on that day. 10.18s Animesh Kujur 20??

10.2 seconds Gurindervir Singh 2025

Previous records

The Times of India, April 29, 2016

Men’s 100 metre national record 1952- October 2023
From: [From the archives, Oct 12, 2023: The Times of India]
Note: Anil Kumar had also created a national record in 1999 with 10.33 seconds.

See graphic:

Men’s 100 metre national record 1952- October 2023

10.26 sec : AmiyaMallick. It was heartbreak for Mallick. An extraordinary day for the athlete from Odisha was spoiled due to apulled muscle during the semifinals. Such was his form that he set a new meet record in the heats with 10.35 in the morning before improving the timings to 10.26 sec to set a national record in the semifinals despite pulling a muscle during the race.The injury affected his performance in the final as he finished fourth at 10.51.The earlier record was jointly held by AN Quereshi and Anil Kumar at 10.30.The qualification mark for Rio Games for men 10.16 secs.

(NOTE: Manikanta’s personal best was 10.22s in 2025 But by then Gurindervir Singh Headset the new national record.)

[edit] 100m: women

11.29 sec / 2018: Dutee Chand, age 22 (By way of comparison, the gold medal winners in the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games had clocked 11.33 and 11.48 respectively.)

11.28 seconds Dutee Chand 2019

Previous: 11.33 Sec/ 2016 Odisha sprinter Dutee Chand, then age 20, set a new national record in in the Federation Cup athletics in 2016. Dutee, who has had her share of upheavals in the past, having to fight her way back to the track after winning a court case against the international body (IAAF) following her ouster from the sport due to a hyperandrogenism charge, missed out an Olympic berth by a 100th of a second. The 11.33 seconds that she returned was enough to eclipse the existing record of 11.38 secs set by Rachita Mistry in 2000. The qualification mark for the Rio Olympic Games for women was 11.32 secs

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[edit] 200m

[edit] Men

20.27sec Animesh Kujur

20.32s Animesh Kujur, 2025 May

20.40 seconds Animesh Kujur in early 2025

20.45 seconds: Dharambir Singh (at the fourth Indian GP, Bengaluru, 2016).See Note below

20.52 Amlan Borgohain 2022

20.63 Muhammed Anas Yahiya

20.66s Dharambir Singh: (Asian meet in Wuhan, China, 2015). Dharambir has served a two-year ban for doping in 2012.

Caution While both entries for Dharambir Singh Have been taken from extremely reliable sources like India Times- The Times of India, for some reason other equally reliable sources do not mention his records at all, perhaps because of the doping ban

[edit] Women

22.82s, Saraswati Saha, 2002

23.26 s Dhanalakshmi Sekar, 2021 Federation Cup, meet record

23.30s PT Usha, 1998 Federation Cup, meet record

[edit] 400m

[edit] Men

44.98s Vishal TK, 2026: 23 May

45.12s TK Vishal, 2025

45.21s Muhammed Anas Yahiya, 2019

[edit] Women

July 13, 2018: The Hindu

Hima Das 51.46s in 2018

The 18-year-old from Assam, who had clocked the fastest times in the two earlier rounds at Tampere, once again produced a strong finish to bring the historic gold in 51.46s.

India’s long wait for a track gold at an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships is over. Hima Das, who virtually went into the final as the top seed, lived up to that billing taking the women’s 400m gold at the world under-20 athletics championships at Tampere (Finland) on Thursday.

The 18-year-old from Assam, who had clocked the fastest times in the two earlier rounds at Tampere, once again produced a strong finish to bring the historic gold in 51.46s.

She was slightly behind around the 300m but as the others appeared to fade away, Hima – who personal best stands at 51.13s, proved that she had enough gas in the tank to take the medal that mattered.

Two years ago, when javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra stunned the country by winning the under-20 World in Poland, nobody had an inkling that a track gold was just one edition away.

But Hima is no stranger to the big stage. Around this time last year, she took the fifth spot in the 200m at the Youth Worlds in Nairobi. And she was sixth in the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast in April.

Sreeshankar sixth

Kerala’s junior national record holder M. Sreeshankar, who went into the men’s long jump as the world’s fourth best junior jumper this year with his personal best 7.99m, finished sixth on Wednesday night with 7.75m, which came in his second attempt.

Japan’s Yuki Hashioka won the gold with 8.03m and he was the only jumper to cross 8m. Cuban Maikal Y. Vidal, the world leader, took the silver with 7.94m.

Later, Indonesia’s Lalu Muhammed Zohri pulled off a huge surprise, winning the men’s 100m for his country’s first-ever gold at the under-20 Worlds. Running in the eighth lane, Lalu, also the Asian junior champion, clocked 10.18s and emerged as the fastest man.

Hima’s coach Nipon Das, who has been a mentor to the rookie since spotting her in January last year, said her confidence was the key to her success.

“She does not get overawed by anybody and does not care about her opponents. In every race, her goal is to beat the best with better timing,” Nipon told The Hindu.

“Monjai [I wanted this],” Hima had revealed after the race. Nipon pointed out that it was not easy to beat Nirmala, who was six-seven meters ahead in the home stretch.

[edit] 4x100m relay

[edit] Men

38.69 seconds: Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar and Amlan Borgohain at the National Open Relay Carnival, Apr 30, 2025 .

38.89 seconds: Rahamatulla Molla, Suresh Sathya, Shameer Mon and A Qureshi. 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

[edit] 4x400m relay

[edit] Men

2:59.05 seconds (Asian record), 2023 Aug Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi and Rajesh Ramesh. The Times of India added: ‘A lot of credit for the stupendous show should go to Rajesh Ramesh, who ran the anchor leg and got the better of his British counterpart.’

The previous Asian record of 2:59.51 was in the name of Japan .

3:00.25 seconds: India’s earlier national record was achieved by the quartet of Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Rajiv Arokia and Noah Nirmal Tom. Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

3 minutes, 00.91 seconds (2016)

3:02.17 also (2016)

Jul 11 2016 : The Times of India (Delhi) Biju BabuCyriac Bengaluru:

None of the Indian athletes managed to meet the Olympic qualification marks in individual events on Sunday but the men's and women's 4x400m relay squads came up with two stunning performances as they almost booked their berths for the Rio Games in the 3rd Indian Grand Prix here.

Anchored by Arokia Rajiv, the men's quartet, trained by Ukrainian coach Yuri Ogorodnik and also comprising Kunhu Mohammed, Mohammed Anas and A Dharun clocked 3 minutes, 00.91 seconds that shaved off almost two seconds from the the national record time of 3:02.17 set by the same squad in Turkey last month. The new time, clocked with Maldives as the second international team, helped India jump from 18th to 13th spot in the world ranking list. The top-16 nations will make the cut based on the July 12 ranking list.

Rajiv, the 400m bronze winner at the Incheon Asian Games.

The quartet, bettered the 18-year-old [1998?] mark in Turkey .

[edit] Women

3:27.88s 2016)

2016: The women's 4x400m relay squad, who are already in the mix for a Rio berth, enhanced their chances with a winning time of 3:27.88s. The team comprising Nirmala, Tintu Luka, MR Poovamma and Anilda Thomas reclaimed the 12th spot in the ranking list after dropping down to 14th on Sunday morning.

[edit] 800m

[edit] Men

1:45.61 seconds Mohammed Afsal 2025 UAE Athletics Grand Prix

1:45.65s Jinson Johnson (June 2018: National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships in Guwahati)

1:45.77s Sriram Singh: , July 25, 1976 (Montreal Olympics in 1976)

1:45.98s Jinson Johnson (at the fourth Indian GP, Bengaluru, 2016). His previous personal best was 1:46.43s at Hyderabad, 2016.

[edit] 1500m

[edit] Women

4:04.78: KM Deeksha, Sound Running Track Fest in Los Angeles, 2024

4:05.39 Harmilan Kaur Bains, National Open Athletics Championships, Warangal, 2021.

4:06.03 Sunita Rani, Busan Asian Games, 2002.

[edit] 3000m

[edit] 3000m indoor race

[edit] Men

7:38.26 Gulveer Singh 2025, Boston

7:49.47 Surendar Singh, 2008

[edit] Women

8:57.19 Parul Chaudhary 2022

9:04.5 Suriya Loganathan 2016

[edit] 5000m

[edit] Men

13:11.82 seconds Gulveer Singh. 2024 Sept at the Yogibo Athletics Challenge Cup

13:18.92 Gulveer Singh 2024 Portland Track Festival High Performance Meet

13:19.30 Avinash Sable 2023

13:25. 65s Avinash Sable –-2022

13:29. 70 Bahadur Prasad –-1992

13:35. 69 Lakshmanan G –-2017

13:37. 40 Kheta Ram –-2014

13:40. 45 Surendra Singh –-2009

13:54.72s Bahadur Singh in 1994. At the time it was a meet record for the National Open Athletics Championships

[edit] Women

15:04.26 Parul Chaudhary, 2026 June

15:10:35 Parul Chaudhary 2023

15:15. 89 Preeja Sreedharan 2010

[edit] 10,000m

[edit] Men