List of Irish records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Ireland maintained by Athletics Association of Ireland (AAI)

Outdoor[edit]

Key to tables:
  Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by AAI   Not ratified or later rescinded by AAI

+ = en route to a longer distance

h = hand timing

A = affected by altitude

a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28

Men[edit]

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	10.17 (+0.1 m/s)	Israel Olatunde	16 August 2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	[1][2]
150 m (straight)	15.66 (−0.4 m/s)	Leon Reid	7 September 2019	Great City Games	Newcastle, United Kingdom	[3]
200 m	20.30 (+0.1 m/s)	Paul Hession	21 July 2007	National Senior T&F Championships	Dublin, Ireland
200 m (straight)	20.66 (-0.4 m/s)	Paul Hession	16 May 2010	Great CityGames Manchester	Manchester, United Kingdom	[4]
300 m	32.47	Paul Hession	12 June 2008	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic
400 m	44.77	David Gillick	4 July 2009	Meeting de Atletismo Madrid	Madrid, Spain
500 m	57.91 [5]	Mark English	10 September 2016	Great North CityGames	Newcastle, United Kingdom	[6]
600 m	1:16.14	Mark English	26 May 2015	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava-Vítkovice, Czech Republic	[7]
800 m	1:44.71	Mark English	29 June 2021	VIII Trofeo Diputacion de Castellón-Memorial José Antonio Cansino	Castellon, Spain	[8]
1000 m	2:16.40	Luke McCann	10 August 2022	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[9]
1500 m	3:33.5+	Ray Flynn	7 July 1982	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
Mile	3:49.77	Ray Flynn	7 July 1982	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
2000 m	4:55.06	Marcus O’Sullivan	10 July 1996	Nikaia IAAF Grand Prix	Nice, France
3000 m	7:30.36	Mark Carroll	4 August 1999	Herculis	Monaco
5000 m	13:03.53	Alistair Cragg	16 September 2011	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[10]
5 km (road)	13:26	Alistair Cragg	1 April 2012	27th Carlsbad 5000	Carlsbad, United States	[11]
10000 m	27:39.55	Alistair Cragg	29 April 2007	Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational	Palo Alto, United States
10 km (road)	27:46	John Treacy	2 March 1985	Continental Homes 10-km Road Race	Phoenix, United States
15 km (road)	42:47	John Treacy	26 June 1988	Cascade Run Off 15-km Road Race	Portland, United States
One hour	19625 m	John Treacy	19 September 1987	Monaco One Hour	Fontvieille Monaco
20 km (road)	57:42+	Martin Fagan	14 March 2009	The Hague Half Marathon	The Hague, Netherlands
Half marathon	1:00:49	Alistair Cragg	20 March 2011	New York City Half Marathon	New York City, United States	[12][13]
25 km (road)	1:16:20+	Stephen Scullion	4 October 2020	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[14]
30 km (road)	1:31:53+	Stephen Scullion	4 October 2020	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[15]
Marathon	2:09:15 a	John Treacy	18 April 1988	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States
	2:09:49	Stephen Scullion	4 October 2020	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[16]
50 km (road)	2:59:19	Gary O’Hanlon	17 February 2016	Dondea 50 km Race	Dondea, Ireland
24 hours	244.664 km	Eoin Keith	20 July 2013	Energia 24 Hour Race	Belfast, United Kingdom
110 m hurdles	13.30 (+0.6 m/s)	Peter Coghlan	7 August 1999		Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
200 m hurdles (straight)	23.19 (+2.0 m/s)	Thomas Barr	18 May 2018	Great CityGames Manchester	Manchester, United Kingdom	[17]
400 m hurdles	47.97	Thomas Barr	18 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[18]
3000 m steeplechase	8:24.09	Brendan Quinn	30 August 1985	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
High jump	2.30 m	Adrian O’Dwyer	24 June 2004	IAAF African Circuit International Meeting of Algiers	Algiers, Algeria
Pole vault	5.36 m	Brian McGovern	23 March 2013	ASU Invitational	Tempe, United States	[19]
Long jump	8.07 m (+1.4 m/s)	Ciaran McDonagh	21 August 2005	Resisprint International Meeting	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Triple jump	15.99 m (+1.4 m/s)	Samuel Okantey	2 May 2015	Rankin/Poehlein Invitational	West Lafayette, United States	[20]
Shot put	20.50 m	Eric Favors	5 August 2022		Kutztown, United States	[21]
Discus throw	67.89 m	Nick Sweeney	4 September 1998		Helsingborg, Sweden
Hammer throw	77.80 m	Declan Hegarty	28 April 1985	Mt. SAC Relays	Walnut, United States
Javelin throw	82.75 m	Terry McHugh	5 August 2000	London Grand Prix	London, United Kingdom
Decathlon	7882 pts	Carlos O’Connell	4–5 June 1988	2nd Mount St Mary’s College Alumni Decathlon	Emmitsburg, United States
	10.89 (100 m), 7.50 m (long jump), 13.05 m (shot put), 1.92 m (high jump), 48.84 (400 m) / 14.59w (110 m hurdles), 41.70 m (discus), 4.40 m (pole vault), 54.96 m (javelin), 4:21.75 (1500 m)
3000 m walk (track)	10:58.47	Alex Wright	8 July 2014	63rd Cork City Sports	Cork, Ireland	[22]
5000 m walk (track)	18:59.37	Robert Heffernan	30 June 2007	Grand Prix Meeting	Barcelona, Spain
10000 m walk (track)	38:27.57	Robert Heffernan	21 July 2008	National Senior T&F Championships	Santry, Ireland
10 km walk (road)	39:15	Robert Heffernan	17 September 2011		A Coruña, Spain
20000 m walk (track)	1:23:51.12	Bobby O’Leary	14 July 1991	National Senior T&F Championships	Santry, Ireland
20 km walk (road)	1:19:22	Robert Heffernan	10 May 2008	IAAF World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	[23]
30 km walk (road)	2:07:48	Robert Heffernan	30 January 2011	Woodie’s DIY National 30k Walking Championships	Cork, Ireland	[24]
35 km walk (road)	2:44:25	Brendan Boyce	5 March 2022	Race Walking Team Championships	Muscat, Oman	[25]
50 km walk (road)	3:37:54	Robert Heffernan	11 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[26]
4 × 100 m relay	39.26	Ireland John McAdorey Gary Ryan Tom Comyns Paul Brizzel	29 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia
4 × 400 m relay	3:01.26	Ireland Brian Gregan Brian Murphy Thomas Barr Mark English	29 August 2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	[27]
Distance medley relay	9:24.10	Paul Robinson 2:52.8 (1200m) Brian Gregan 45.9 (400m) Mark English 1:46.7 (800m) Ciarán Ó Lionáird 3:58.7 (1600 m)	27 April 2013	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States	[28]
4×mile relay	15:49.08	Eamonn Coghlan Ray Flynn Frank O’Mara Marcus O’Sullivan	17 August 1985	GOAL National Sports Day Event	Dublin, Ireland	[29]

Women[edit]

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
100 m	11.28 (+2.0 m/s)	Phil Healy	6 June 2018	Dublin Graded Meeting	Santry, Ireland	[30]	[1]
200 m	22.59 (+2.0 m/s)	Rhasidat Adeleke	2 April 2022	Texas A&M vs Texas Dual	College Station, United States	[31]
300 m	37.07	Karen Shinkins	15 August 2001		Brasschaat, Belgium
400 m	50.53	Rhasidat Adeleke	17 August 2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	[32]
800 m	1:59.42	Louise Shanahan	14 May 2022	Irish Milers Club Meeting	Belfast, Ireland	[33]
1000 m	2:31.06	Ciara Mageean	14 August 2020	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[34]
1500 m	3:58.85	Sonia O’Sullivan	25 July 1995	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco
	3:56.63	Ciara Mageean	2 September 2022	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[35]
Mile	4:17.25[36]	Sonia O’Sullivan	22 July 1994	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
2000 m	5:25.36	Sonia O’Sullivan	8 July 1994	TSB Challenge Meadowbank Stadium	Edinburgh, United Kingdom
3000 m	8:21.64	Sonia O’Sullivan	15 July 1994	TSB Grand Prix Crystal Palace	London, United Kingdom
Two miles	9:19.56	Sonia O’Sullivan	27 June 1998	Cork City Sports	Cork, Ireland
5000 m	14:41.02	Sonia O’Sullivan	25 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia
5 km (road)	14:55.4	Sonia O’Sullivan	1 September 2002		London, United Kingdom	[37]
10000 m	30:47.59	Sonia O’Sullivan	6 August 2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany
10 km (road)	30:59	Sonia O’Sullivan	21 May 2000	Avon Running Global 10 km Championship	Milan, Italy
15 km (road)	48:30	Catherina McKiernan	16 November 1997		Nijmegen, Netherlands
20 km (road)	1:11:04	Teresa Duffy	13 March 1999	20 van Alphen	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
	1:03:52+ a	Sonia O’Sullivan	6 October 2002	Great North Run, 22nd Edition	South Shields, United Kingdom
Half marathon	1:08:54	Catherina McKiernan	27 September 1998	Route du Vin Half Marathon, 37th Edition	Grevenmacher, Luxembourg
	1:07:19 a	Sonia O’Sullivan	6 October 2002	Great North Run, 22nd Edition	South Shields, United Kingdom
25 km (road)	1:27:15	Monica Joyce	13 May 1989	River Bank Run, 12th Edition	Grand Rapids, United States
Marathon	2:22:23	Catherina McKiernan	1 November 1998	Amsterdam Marathon	Amsterdam, Netherlands
100 km (road)	7:07:16 Mx	Caitriona Jennings	27 August 2022	IAU 100 km World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[38]
24 hours	229.347 km	Ruthann Sheahan	9 September 2012	World Championships	Katowice, Poland
100 m hurdles	12.65 (-0.5 m/s)	Derval O’Rourke	31 July 2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	[39]
400 m hurdles	54.31	Susan Smith	12 August 1998	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
2000 m steeplechase	6:13.50	Eilish Flanagan	13 June 2021	AAI Games	Dublin, Ireland	[40]
3000 m steeplechase	9:28.29	Roisin McGettigan	28 July 2007	KBC Night of Athletics	Heusden, Netherlands
High jump	1.95 m	Deirdre Ryan	1 September 2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	[41]
Pole vault	4.60 m	Tori Pena	6 June 2013		Chula Vista, United States	[42]
Long jump	6.60 m (+1.0 m/s)	Kelly Proper	8 August 2010	Brussels Grand Prix	Brussels, Belgium	[43]
Triple jump	13.62 m (+0.9 m/s)	Taneisha Scanlon-Robinson	7 June 2005	International T&F Meeting	Bratislava, Slovakia
Shot put	16.99 m	Marita Walton	2 April 1983	Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational	Palo Alto, United States
Discus throw	57.60 m	Patricia Walsh	7 July 1984	National T&F Championships, Santry	Dublin, Ireland
Hammer throw	73.21 m	Eileen O’Keeffe	21 July 2007	National T&F Championships, Santry	Dublin, Ireland
Javelin throw	54.92 m	Anita Fitzgibbon	27 July 2013	National T&F Championships, Santry	Dublin, Ireland	[44]
Heptathlon	6297 pts	Kate O’Connor	24–25 April 2021	Multistars	Lana, Italy	[45]
	100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m 13.94 (-1.0 m/s) 1.80 m 14.23 m 24.94 (-1.2 m/s) 5.84 m (+1.3 m/s) 51.61 m 2:11.76
3000 m walk (track)	12:34.71	Gillian O’Sullivan	11 June 2000	An Riocht AC Inaugural Track Meeting	Castleisland, Ireland
5000 m walk (track)	20:02.60	Gillian O’Sullivan	13 July 2002	National T&F Championships, Santry	Dublin, Ireland
10000 m walk (track)	45:28.75	Gillian O’Sullivan	1 August 1998	International 10 km walk	San Sebastian, Spain
10 km walk (road)	43.22	Olive Loughnane	19 September 2009	IAAF Walking Grand Challenge	Saransk, Russia
20 km walk (road)	1:27:22	Gillian O’Sullivan	1 May 2003	IAAF Grand Prix	Sesto San Giovanni, Italy
4 × 100 m relay	43.80	Ireland Joan Healy Phil Healy Ciara Neville Gina Akpe-Moses	12 August 2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	[46]
4 × 200 m relay	1:35.93	Ireland Aoife Lynch Kate Doherty Sarah Quinn Sophie Becker	2 May 2021	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	[47]
4 × 400 m relay	3:26.06	Ireland Sophie Becker Phil Healy Rhasidat Adeleke Sharlene Mawdsley	19 August 2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	[48]
4×1500 m relay	17:09.09	BMC Ireland Maria Lynch Elaine Fitzgerald Pauline Thom Sonia O’Sullivan	24 June 2000		London, United Kingdom

Mixed[edit]

Men[edit]

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m	6.61	Paul Hession	3 March 2007	European Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
	6.57	Israel Olatunde	19 February 2023	Irish Championships	Abbotstown, Ireland	[50]
100 m	10.36	Paul Hession	27 February 2008		Tampere, Finland
200 m	20.75	Paul Brizzel	2 March 2003		Birmingham, United Kingdom
300 m	34.28	Robert Daly	9 February 2003		Cardiff, United Kingdom
400 m	45.52	David Gillick	3 March 2007	European Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
			20 February 2010	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[51]
500 m	1:00.93	Mark English	17 February 2016	Globen Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	[52]
800 m	1:46.10	Mark English	20 February 2021	Indoor Micro Meet	Dublin, Ireland	[53]
1000 m	2:17.40	Luke McCann	12 February 2022	American Track League	Louisville, United States	[54]
1500 m	3:35.4+[55]	Marcus O’Sullivan	13 February 1988		East Rutherford, United States
	3:33.49	Andrew Coscoran	25 February 2023	World Indoor Tour Final	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[56]
Mile	3:49.78	Eamonn Coghlan	27 February 1983		East Rutherford, United States
2000 m	4:54.07	Eamonn Coghlan	20 February 1987	Los Angeles Times Invitational	Inglewood, United States
3000 m	7:38.59	Alistair Cragg	14 February 2004	Razorback-Tyson Invitational	Fayetteville, United States
5000 m	13:16.77	Brian Fay	3 December 2022	Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener	Boston, United States	[57]
50 m hurdles	6.56	Peter Coghlan	4 March 2001		Sindelfingen, Germany
55 m hurdles	7.21	Peter Coghlan	8 March 1998		Ithaca, United States
60 m hurdles	7.57	Peter Coghlan	26 February 1999		Blacksburg, United States
400 m hurdles	50.50	Thomas Barr	4 February 2018	AAI Games	Dublin, Ireland	[58]
High jump	2.28 m	Brendan Reilly	5 March 2000		Reykjavík, Iceland
		Adrian O’Dwyer	24 February 2004		Budapest, Hungary
Pole vault	5.31 m	Sean Brendan Roth	5 February 2021	Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite	Blacksburg, United States	[59]
Long jump	8.00 m	Ciaran McDonagh	14 January 2006		Blacksburg, United States
Triple jump	16.27 m [60]	Colm Cronin	10 March 1978		Detroit, United States
Shot put	19.68 m	Eric Favors	6 February 2021	South Carolina Invitational	Columbia, United States	[61]
Weight throw	16.43 m	Eric Favors	2 February 2018	Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational	Lynchburg, United States	[62]
Heptathlon	5560 pts	Joseph Naughton	2–3 February 2002		Tallinn, Estonia
	7.23 (60 m), 7.02 m (long jump), 13.90 m (shot put), 2.04 m (high jump) / 8.43 (60 m hurdles), 4.15 m (pole vault), 2:42.85 (1000 m)
Mile walk	5:39.75	Robert Heffernan	15 February 2014	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[63]
3000 m walk	11:06.69	Alex Wright	2 February 2019	Irish Championships	Abbotstown, Ireland	[64]
5000 m walk	18:50.70	Alex Wright	18 February 2017	Irish Championships	Dublin, Ireland	[65]
4 × 200 m relay	1:26.59	Ireland Gary Ryan Mark Howard David McCarthy Paul Hession	10 January 2002		Dublin, Ireland
4 × 400 m relay	3:08.83	Ireland Rob Daly Gary Ryan David Gillick David McCarthy	7 March 2004	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[66]
	3:08.63	Ireland Cillin Greene Cathal Crosbie Brian Gregan Christopher O’Donnell	20 March 2022	World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[67]

Women[edit]

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
50 m	6.44	Ailis McSweeney	26 February 2005	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
55 m	7.09	Aoife Hearne	20 February 1999		Providence, United States
60 m	7.17 [b]	Rhasidat Adeleke	11 March 2022	NCAA Division I Championships	Birmingham, United States	[68]
100 m	12.02	Anna Boyle	1 February 2006		Bath, United Kingdom
	11.91	Ailis McSweeney	27 February 2010	Florø Indoor Meet	Florø, Norway	[69]
200 m	22.85 A	Rhasidat Adeleke	4 February 2022	New Mexico Collegiate Classic	Albuquerque, United States	[70]
	22.52 A	Rhasidat Adeleke	21 January 2023	Dr. Martin Luther King Collegiate Invitational	Albuquerque, United States	[71]
300 m	36.87	Rhasidat Adeleke	15 January 2022	Clemson Invitational	Clemson, United States	[72]
400 m	51.58	Karen Shinkins	9 February 2002		Blacksburg, United States
	50.45 A	Rhasidat Adeleke	4 February 2023	New Mexico Collegiate Classic	Albuquerque, United States	[73]
	50.33	Rhasidat Adeleke	25 February 2023	Big 12 Championships	Lubbock, United States	[74]
800 m	2:00.58	Síofra Cléirigh Buttner	21 February 2021	American Track League Meeting #4	Fayetteville, United States	[75]
1000 m	2:40.01	Georgie Hartigan	19 February 2022	Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[76]
1500 m	4:06.42	Ciara Mageean	25 January 2020	World Athletics Indoor Tour	Boston, United States	[77]
Mile	4:28.31	Ciara Mageean	26 January 2019	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States	[78]
2000 m	5:56.32	Monica Joyce	18 January 1985		Los Angeles, United States
3000 m	8:43.74	Mary Cullen	13 February 2009		Allston, United States
5000 m	15:17.28	Sonia O’Sullivan	26 January 1991		Boston, United States
50 m hurdles	6.80	Derval O’Rourke	3 March 2006		Liévin, France
60 m hurdles	7.84	Derval O’Rourke	11 March 2006	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[79]
High jump	1.93 m	Deirdre Ryan	18 January 2009		Leverkusen, Germany
Pole vault	4.45 m A	Tori Pena	20 January 2012		Reno, United States
	4.46 m A	Tori Pena	7 February 2015	New Mexico Classic	Albuquerque, United States	[80]
Long jump	6.59 m	Kelly Proper	6 March 2009	European Championships	Turin, Italy
	6.62 m		23 January 2010	Vienna Gala	Vienna, Austria	[81]
Triple jump	13.28 m	Taneisha Scanlon	12 February 2005		Sheffield, United Kingdom
Shot put	17.06 m [82]	Marita Walton	26 February 1982		New York City, United States
Weight throw	18.66 m A	Aloife Hickey	6 February 2015	New Mexico Classic	Albuquerque, United States	[83]
Discus throw	47.24 m	Clare Fitgerald	10 March 2012	World Indoor Throwing	Växjö, Sweden	[84]
Pentathlon	4230 pts	Grace McKenzie	8 March 2019	NCAA Division I Championships	Birmingham, United States	[85]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.57 1.75 m 11.08 m 5.85 m 2:13.95
3000 m walk	11:35.34 [c]	Gillian O’Sullivan	15 February 2003		Belfast, United Kingdom
4 × 200 m relay	1:37.43	Ireland Ciara Sheehy Martina McCarthy Derval O’Rourke Claire Bergin	10 February 2002		Cardiff, United Kingdom
4 × 400 m relay	3:34.61	Ireland Karen Shinkins Ciara Sheehy Michelle Carey Joanne Cuddihy	7 March 2004	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[86]
	3:30.97	Ireland Sophie Becker Roisin Harrison Sharlene Mawdsley Phil Healy	20 March 2022	World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	[87]

Mixed[edit]

References[edit]

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Specific

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