300 metres

The 300 metres is an uncommon (meaning not on an Olympic or World Championship program) sprinting event in track and field competitions.

All-time top 25
  • + = en route to 400 m performance
  • i = indoor performance
  • A = affected by altitude
  • OT = oversized track (> 200 m in circumference)
  • h = hand timing

Men
  • Correct as of February 2023.[1][2]
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 30.81 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 28 June 2017 Ostrava [3]
2 30.85 A Michael Johnson  United States 24 March 2000 Pretoria
3 30.97 Usain Bolt  Jamaica 27 May 2010 Ostrava [4]
4 31.20+ Kirani James  Grenada 14 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro [5]
LaShawn Merritt  United States
6 31.44 Isaac Makwala  Botswana 28 June 2017 Ostrava [3]
7 31.48 Roberto Hernández  Cuba 3 September 1990 Jerez de la Frontera [6]
Danny Everett  United States [7]
9 31.52 Steven Gardiner  Bahamas 12 May 2022 Ponce [8]
10 31.54 Letsile Tebogo  Botswana 18 February 2023 Pretoria [9]
11 31.56 Douglas Walker  Great Britain 19 July 1998 Gateshead
12 31.58+ Jeremy Wariner  United States 31 August 2007 Osaka [10]
13 31.61 Anthuan Maybank  United States 13 July 1996 Durham
Clarence Munyai  South Africa 28 June 2017 Ostrava [3]
15 31.64 Tony McQuay  United States 11 June 2016 Kingston
16 31.67 John Regis  Great Britain 17 July 1992 Gateshead
17 31.70 Kirk Baptiste  United States 18 August 1984 London
18 31.73 Thomas Jefferson  United States 22 August 1987 London
19 31.74 Gabriel Tiacoh  Ivory Coast 6 August 1986 A Coruña
20 31.77 Tyler Christopher  Canada 20 May 2004 Sainte Anne
21 31.80 Pavel Maslák  Czech Republic 28 June 2017 Ostrava [11]
22 31.81 Gil Roberts  United States 11 June 2016 Kingston
Vernon Norwood  United States 12 May 2022 Ponce [12]
24 31.82 Steve Lewis  United States 17 July 1992 Gateshead
25 31.87 Mark Richardson  Great Britain 19 July 1998 Gateshead
Jonathan Borlée  Belgium 5 July 2012 Naimette-Xhovémont
31.87 i Noah Lyles  United States 4 March 2017 Albuquerque [13]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 31.87:

Women
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 34.14+ Marita Koch  East Germany 6 October 1985 Canberra [16]
2 34.41 Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 20 June 2019 Ostrava [17]
3 34.6h Rita Wilden  West Germany 18 August 1975 Dortmund
4 34.95+ Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 18 August 1982 Zürich [18]
5 35.00+ Marie-José Pérec  France 27 August 1991 Tokyo [19]
6 35.01+ Olga Bryzgina  Ukraine 6 October 1985 Canberra [20]
7 35.24+ Tatána Kocembová  Czechoslovakia 10 August 1983 Helsinki [21]
8 35.30 A Ana Guevara  Mexico 3 May 2003 Mexico City
9 35.45 i Irina Privalova  Russia 17 January 1993 Moscow
10 35.46 Kathy Cook  Great Britain 18 August 1984 London
Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 18 August 1984 London
12 35.47+ Valerie Brisco-Hooks  United States 26 September 1988 Seoul [22]
13 35.48 i OT Svetlana Goncharenko  Russia 4 February 1998 Tampere
14 35.54 i Abby Steiner  United States 11 February 2023 New York City [23]
15 35.63+ Sanya Richards-Ross  United States 18 August 2009 Berlin [24]
16 35.69 i Patricia Hall  Jamaica 14 February 2012 Liévin [25]
17 35.70 Irena Szewinska  Poland 4 July 1975 London
Léa Sprunger  Switzerland 25 May 2017 Langenthal [26]
19 35.71 Donna Fraser  Great Britain 28 August 2000 Gateshead
35.71 i Quanera Hayes  United States 7 January 2017 Clemson [27]
21 35.73+ Novlene Williams-Mills  Jamaica 29 August 2007 Osaka [28]
35.73 i Gabrielle Thomas  United States 13 February 2021 New York City [29]
23 35.74 Courtney Okolo  United States 23 July 2016 Houston
24 35.78+ Olga Nazarova  Russia 26 September 1988 Seoul [30]
25 35.81 Silke-Beate Knoll  West Germany 19 May 1990 Olpe

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 35.81:

References
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  6. "Danny Everett 300m 31.48 RM 3-Sep-1990". 15 March 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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  29. John Mulkeen (14 February 2021). "Area records tumble at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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