July 2026
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TrackEmmanuel Wanyonyi breaks the 1000 m world record in Monaco, 2:11.83 in his first try
On his debut at the distance, the Olympic 800 m champion took 0.13 off Noah Ngeny's 1999 mark; Jake Wightman was second in 2:12.77.
TrackAgnes Ngetich runs 8:08.95 for 3000 m in Monaco, the third-fastest time ever
The world cross country champion went through 2000 m in 5:24.08 and finished 15 seconds clear of Aleshign Baweke; Faith Kipyegon was fourth.
RoadStrintzos runs 2:06:20 at Gold Coast: Australian record, first home win since 2006
The 26-year-old from Melbourne took 73 seconds off the course record and beat a Japanese chase pack; Almaz Kebebe, 20, won the women's race in 2:24:53.
UltraSantos Gabriel Rueda and Katarzyna Dombrowska win the 163 km Val d'Aran by UTMB
Rueda ran 21:32:05 through 10,000 m of Pyrenean climbing after a Friday afternoon start in Vielha; Dombrowska led the women from start to finish in 27:33:14.
TrackCameron Myers runs 3:46.06, an Oceanian record, to win the Bowerman Mile
The Australian beat Yared Nuguse by half a second at Hayward Field, the first Australian to win the race; Robert Farken set a German record in seventh.
TrackNikki Hiltz outkicks Faith Kipyegon in the Prefontaine mile, 4:17.49 to 4:17.80
At Hayward Field, Hiltz ran a world-leading 4:17.49 to beat the world record holder and Dorcus Ewoi in a five-deep sprint for the line.
RoadPatrick Kiprop repeats and Tsigie Gebreselama wins by a second at Peachtree
Kiprop ran 27:37 for his second straight Peachtree 10K title; Gebreselama beat Melknat Wudu 31:02 to 31:03 in front of more than 50,000 runners.
TrackBrandon Miller beats Lutkenhaus in Eugene as Parker Wolfe wins a slow two miles
Day one of the Prefontaine Classic went to the kickers: Miller 1:43.68 for 800 m, Wolfe 8:10.13 for two miles, Wilma Nielsen 4:05.60 for 1500 m.
June 2026
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TrackCameron Myers runs 3:28.00 in Paris, an Oceanian record, and Grant Fisher wins the 5000 m
The 20-year-old Australian took nearly two seconds off his best in a non-Diamond 1500 m; Fisher's 12:54.80 beat Jacob Krop and Andreas Almgren by 0.58.
TrackArop runs 1:41.84 and Werro 1:53.80 in Paris, the third-fastest women's 800 m in history
At Stade Charléty, Werro took her own Diamond League record under 1:54 again and finished half a second from the 1983 world record; Arop ran a world lead.
TrailRémi Bonnet and Tove Alexandersson win the Marathon du Mont-Blanc in Chamonix
Bonnet ran 3:33:14 for 42 km and 2,540 m of climbing, two and a half minutes clear of Frédéric Tranchand; Alexandersson won the women's race by 23 minutes.
UltraJenn Lichter breaks Courtney Dauwalter's Western States record in her first 100-miler
Lichter ran 15:28:05, a minute and a half inside the 2023 mark, after going clear on the climb to Devil's Thumb; Riley Brady was second, Marianne Hogan third.
UltraVincent Bouillard runs 13:46:15 at Western States, 23 minutes under Jim Walmsley's record
On the third-coolest finish day in race history, the 2024 UTMB champion passed Francesco Puppi at Quarry Road and three men broke 14 hours.
UltraHannes Namberger and Sunmaya Budha set course records at the Lavaredo 120K
Namberger broke away on the last descent to Cortina for 11:45:31; Budha caught Lucy Bartholomew near Croda da Lago and won in 13:33:18.
UltraLouison Coiffet beats Ben Dhiman by 40 seconds over the 90 km du Mont-Blanc
Nine and a half hours, 88.8 km and 6,256 m of climbing around Chamonix; Candice Fertin-Baccon won the women's race in 11:53:31.
TrailPhilemon Kiriago breaks the Broken Arrow 23K record; Mădălina Florea wins $30,000
Kiriago surged in the last minute to beat Elhousine Elazzaoui by 13 seconds in 1:42:59; Florea led the women from the Stairway to Heaven descent.
RoadAmanuel Mesel wins Grandma's Marathon in 2:11:21 and Dakotah Popehn takes her third title
The Eritrean beat Elisha Barno by 89 seconds in Duluth; Popehn, from Hopkins, Minnesota, ran 2:28:51 to win the women's race by 45 seconds.
TrailAnna Gibson and Patrick Kipngeno win the Broken Arrow Ascent up the Stairway to Heaven
Gibson passed Joyce Njeru in the last metres to win the uphill in 43:15 and the US title; Kipngeno ran 37:59 with Cam Smith second.
TrackNoah Lyles runs 14.67 for 150 m in Ostrava, a quarter of a second under the world best
At the Golden Spike, Lyles beat Kishane Thompson's mark from earlier this year; Audrey Werro ran 1:54.45 and Nathan Green a 3:49.44 mile, both meeting records.
TrailChris Lundy wins the 115th Dipsea outright, 7.4 miles of stairs and trail to the beach
On the handicapped race from Mill Valley, Lundy's adjusted 45:43 beat every man in the field; Eddie Owens was first man and second overall in 47:30.
RoadGerda Steyn wins a fifth Comrades in 5:44:53, five minutes inside her own up run record
Steyn dropped Nobukhosi Tshuma on the last climb to win by eight minutes, her fourth straight title; Irvette van Zyl was third.
RoadGeorge Kusche runs 5:15:56 at Comrades, nine minutes inside an 18-year-old up run record
Kusche passed Mbuti Mollo with 10 km left on the climb to Pietermaritzburg; the top five all beat Leonid Shvetsov's 2008 mark of 5:24:49.
TrackSanu Jallow runs a collegiate 800 m record of 1:56.85; Georgia wins the NCAA women's team
The Arkansas runner beat Athing Mu's 2021 mark in Eugene; Mercyline Kirwa won the 10,000 m, Rosemary Longisa the 1500 m, and Georgia scored 50 points.
TrackHabtom Samuel doubles at the NCAA Championships and Arkansas takes the men's title
The New Mexico junior won the 10,000 m and 5000 m in Eugene; Simeon Birnbaum won the 1500 m, Colin Sahlman the 800 m, and Arkansas scored 56 points.