Deaf world records in athletics are the best marks set in an event by a deaf person in the sport of athletics. The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf is responsible for ratification and it analyses each record before approving it. Records may be set in any continent and at any competition, providing that the correct measures are in place (such as wind-gauges) to allow for a verifiable and legal mark.
Men EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlace100 m10.21Wendell Gaskin, Jr.1 June 1996San Jose, United States200 m20.60Eric Gregory28 May 2022Geneva, United States400 m45.29Wendell Gaskin, Jr.17 July 1994Knoxville, United States800 m1:49.7 Leo Bond III 21 July 1977Bucharest, Romania1000 m2:25.34Javier Soto Rey 29 July 2003Madrid, Spain1500 m3:48.69Baxtone Menjo 17 July 2012Toronto, CanadaMile4:15.6Timo Karvonen 21 August 1979Kuopio, Finland2000 m5:26.2Timo Karvonen 25 August 1979Turku, Finland3000 m8:18.95Ralph Van Houwelingen 10 May 2018Vught, Netherlands5000 m13:52.83Ian Wambui 24 November 2025DeaflympicsTokyo, Japan10,000 m29:07.53Timothy Butler 23 June 1989Birmingham, United Kingdom10 km (road)29:38Ralph Van Houwelingen 12 February 2023Schoorl, Netherlands15 km (road)46:56Vladislav Yakubovskiy 8 August 2009Moscow, Russia20,000 m1:02:05.8 Taieb Tounsi9 July 1988Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France20 km (road)1:05:03Vladislav Yakubovskiy 24 September 2006Korolyov, Russia25,000 m1:22:37.8Pauli Savolainen12 September 1966Jyväskylä, Finland25 km (road)1:21:21.0Nikolay Vasiyiev 27 July 1973Malmö, Sweden30,000 m2:04:17Alfredo de los Mozos7 June 2003Wuppertal, Germany30 km (road)1:38.55Daniel Kiptum 29 July 2017Samsun, TurkeyHalf marathon1:03:49Otto Kingstedt 10 March 2024Ghent, BelgiumOne hour19.302 kmTaieb Tounsi9 July 1988Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, FranceMarathon2:11:31Daniel Kiptum 17 April 2011Zürich, Switzerland100 km (road)9:42:09Jörg Rosenbaum 30 April 2016Wuppertal, Germany3000 m steeplechase8:50.39Rafał Nowak 11 August 2011Bydgoszcz, Poland110 m hurdles14.04 Joshua Hembrough 24 April 2010West Lafayette, United States400 m hurdles49.1 Vyacheslav Skomorokhov 15 October 1968 Mexico City, MexicoHigh jump2.13 mDenis Fedorenkov25 July 2017DeaflympicsSamsun, TurkeyPole vault5.06 mPatrick Southern 15 April 2006Lincoln, United StatesLong jump7.94 mCharles Smith 30 July 1983New Britain, United StatesTriple jump16.15 m Aliaksandr Maistrenka 6 June 2025Republican competition "We Are Together"Brest, BelarusShot put17.41 mVytenis Ivaskevicius 26 July 2019Wattenscheid, GermanyDiscus throw64.48 mMasateru Yugami26 April 2025Oklahoma Throws SeriesRamona, United StatesHammer throw63.71 mMasatoshi Morimoto 18 May 2013Amagasaki, JapanJavelin throw73.47 mJesus Garcia Abreu 13 September 2009Taipei, TaiwanCurrent designPentathlon3182 ptsViktor Bogdanov10 August 1969Belgrade, SerbiaDecathlon7964 ptsDean Barton-Smith 10 March 1992Adelaide, Australia20,000 m walk (track)1:25:37.8Gerhard Sperling 24 June 1972Erfurt, Germany20 km walk (road)1:28:17.4Gerhard Sperling 10 August 1969Belgrade, Serbia50 km walk (road)4:14:44.2Gheorghe Vadraru 22 October 1978Buzău, Romania4 × 100 m relay41.15Shogo SakataYoshifumi AdachiMaki YamadaTakuma Sasaki22 July 2024Taipei, Taiwan41.1 John MilfordGary NambaCurtis GarnerMichael Farnady24 July 1977Bucharest, Romania4 × 200 m relay1:35.7 Marek KrauzeMichael CzarnetzkiMatthias TammAleksandar Markovic(GSV Wuppertal)18 April 1992Paris, France4 × 400 m relay3:12.64Artur AbdrakhmanovKonstantin GrebenshchikovViacheslav RedkinNikita Novikov3 August 2013Sofia, Bulgaria4 × 800 m relay8:27.6 Volker KlocknerDieter NorfChristoph LisseckAxel Krennrich(GSV Wuppertal)26 August 1989Wuppertal, Germany4 × 1500 m relay17:30.4 Dietmar MarschnerDieter NorfChristoph LisseckAxel Krennrich(GSV Wuppertal)26 August 1989Wuppertal, Germany
Women EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlace100 m11.68 Pamera Losange 7 May 2022Caxias do Sul, Brazil200 m23.87 Pamera Losange 23 November 2025DeaflympicsTokyo, Japan400 m55.35Alena Tsiarentsyeva 31 July 2013Sofia, Bulgaria800 m2:07.5 Rita Windbrake 3 July 1977Bonn, West Germany1000 m2:46.8 Rita Windbrake 10 July 1981Troisdorf, West Germany1500 m4:25.25Rita Windbrake 18 July 1981Gelsenkirchen, West GermanyMile4:59.15Candy Hawkins 18 May 1997Ashford, Great Britain2000 m6:30.39Nele Alder-Baerens 1 May 2003Berlin, Germany3000 m9:40.1 Olga Yakubovskaya 11 July 2008Moscow, Russia5000 m16:23.27Melinda Vernon 13 September 2009Taipei, Taiwan10,000 m33:22.70Melinda Vernon 10 December 2009Melbourne, Australia10 km (road)36:52Nele Alder-Baerens 5 August 2006Berlin, Germany15 km (road)54:18Olga Yakubovskaya 8 August 2009Moscow, Russia20 km (road)1:18:49Nele Alder-Baerens 29 September 2013Berlin, GermanyHalf marathon1:21:43Yang Chunhua 25 November 2025DeaflympicsTokyo, Japan25 km (road)1:38:21Nele Alder-Baerens 29 September 2013Berlin, Germany30 km (road)1:57:54Nele Alder-Baerens 29 September 2013Berlin, GermanyMarathon2:46:07Nele Alder-Baerens 29 September 2013Berlin, Germany100 km (road)7:22:41Nele Alder-Baerens 8 September 2018Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia3000 m steeplechase10:34.95Olga Yakubovskaya 11 September 2009Taipei, Taiwan80 m hurdles11.6Nina Ivanova 13 August 1969Belgrade, Serbia100 m hurdles14.20 Yuliia Shapoval 2 August 2013Sofia, Bulgaria400 m hurdles1:00.22Asya Khaladzhan 24 July 2017Samsun, TurkeyHigh jump1.80 mKristina Karapetyan 29 June 2016Stara Zagora, BulgariaPole vault4.00 mMarie Riveraeau 8 May 2022Caxias do Sul, BrazilLong jump6.24 m Suslaidy Girat Rivero 19 July 2012Toronto, CanadaTriple jump13.63 m Suslaidy Girat Rivero 16 July 2012Toronto, CanadaShot put15.33 mIvana Kristoficova 1 August 2013Sofia, BulgariaDiscus throw58.54 mEdie Boyer 28 July 1995Colorado Springs, United StatesHammer throw66.35 mTrude Raad 23 July 2017Samsun, TurkeyJavelin throw51.30 mLaura Štefanac 17 February 2024Slovenian Winter Throwing ChampionshipsDomžale, SloveniaPentathlon3592 ptsNina Ivanova 21 July 1977Bucharest, RomaniaHeptathlon5085 ptsLeja Glojnarič 21–22 August 2023European Deaf ChampionshipsSzczecin, Poland4 × 100 m relay47.05Alena FilushkinaOxana KlimovaMarina GrishinaKsenia Golovina29 July 2017Samsun, Turkey4 × 200 m relay1:49.84Elke KösterSonja NaberPetra KleinMyriam Brunke (GTSV Essen)30 May 1993Wuppertal, Germany4 × 400 m relay3:48.14Victoria AksenovaEkaterina KudriavtsevaAsya Khaladzhan29 July 2017Samsun, Turkey4 × 800 m relay10:04.7 Ute SchuckBirgit WillmerdingerHeike WeidnerRita Windbrake1 September 1984Berlin, West Germany
Notes
See also List of deaf world records in swimming List of World Deaf Swimming Championships records
References World Deaf Records Men 24 November 2025 updated World Deaf Records Women 25 November 2025 updated
External links Official website of the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf