June 2026
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TrackJa'Kobe Tharp runs 12.75 in an NCAA heat, a 110 m hurdles world record if ratified
The Auburn junior took 0.05 off Aries Merritt's 2012 mark with a legal 1.0 tailwind at Hayward Field, then won Friday's final in 12.90 into a headwind.
TrackCooper Lutkenhaus, 17, beats Emmanuel Wanyonyi by a hundredth in Oslo with 1:42.08
The Texan's world lead at the Bislett Games is the fastest 800 m ever by an under-18; Addisu Yihune ran 12:47.62 for 5000 m and Freweyni Hailu 8:24.22.
TrackAudrey Werro runs 1:53.98 in Stockholm; Keely Hodgkinson's 1:54.33 is a British record
At the BAUHAUS-galan, Werro's Swiss record was the fastest 800 m in Diamond League history; Cooper Lutkenhaus won the men's race in 1:42.70.
RoadAgnes Ngetich runs 30:07 in Central Park, a course record at the New York Mini 10K
Ngetich won her Mini debut by 46 seconds from Tsigie Gebreselama; 10,084 women finished, the first time the race has gone past 10,000.
TrackThree Ethiopians inside 14:19 in Rome as Likina Amebaw runs a world-leading 14:18.41
At the Golden Gala, Amebaw beat Aleshign Baweke and Freweyni Hailu by fractions, Georgia Hunter Bell won the 1500 m and Noah Lyles the 100 m in 9.88.
May 2026
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TrackYared Nuguse holds off world champion Isaac Nader in Rabat; Max Burgin runs 1:42.98
In his first track race of the year Nuguse won the 1500 m in a meeting record 3:30.35; Burgin beat Emmanuel Wanyonyi over 800 m and Audrey Werro ran 1:56.56.
TrackFrederik Ruppert runs 7:57.80 in Rabat, the first European steeplechase under eight
Soufiane El Bakkali won his fifth straight Rabat steeplechase in a world-leading 7:57.25; Ruppert's 7:57.80 behind him is a European record.
RoadPatrick Kiprop and Rebecca Mwangi win the BOLDERBoulder as 47,645 finish in Folsom Field
With three-time champion Conner Mantz not racing, two Kenyans took the Memorial Day 10K pro races in 28:35 and 32:23 at a mile above sea level.
RoadAbeba Aregawi sets a Swedish marathon record of 2:23:12 in the rain in Ottawa
Aregawi won the Ottawa Marathon on 24 May; Kenya's Elvis Cheboi took the men's race in 2:09:22 from a pack of six that included Rory Linkletter.
RoadEliud Kipchoge runs 2:13:29 for 16th in Cape Town, his first marathon on African soil
Cape Town was the first stop of the seven-continent tour he announced after New York; he finished eight and a half minutes behind Mohamed Esa's 2:04:55.
RoadMohamed Esa runs 2:04:55 in Cape Town, the fastest marathon ever on African soil
The Ethiopian took more than three minutes off the course record and 97 seconds off the continental best; the first ten men were all inside the old record.
TrackPeruth Chemutai runs 8:51.06 in Xiamen, the eighth-fastest steeplechase ever
A week after winning by 0.01, Chemutai beat Winfred Yavi and Faith Cherotich; Addisu Yihune ran 12:57.32 for 5000 m and Masai Russell 12.14 in the hurdles.
RoadSuldan Hassan wins Göteborgsvarvet by one second from Sondre Nordstad Moen
The Gothenburg local won the 55,000-runner half marathon in 1:03:30 into a strong wind; Meraf Bahta's 1:13:03 was the first Swedish women's win in 24 years.
TrackIliass Aouani leads from the gun to win the European 10,000 m Cup in 27:50.05
The Italian won by 2.61 seconds in heat above 25 degrees; Poland's Elżbieta Glinka took the women's race in 31:45.36 and Italy's women won the team title.
TrailTove Alexandersson breaks the Zegama-Aizkorri record by eight minutes on her first try
The Swedish orienteer ran 4:08:09 on 17 May to beat Nienke Brinkman's 2022 mark; Elhousine Elazzaoui won the men's race in 3:45:07 by 20 seconds.
TrackIzzy Fry and Joe Wigfield take the British 10,000 m titles in Loughborough
Fry won in 32:12.91 after taking the lead at the bell; refugee-team runner Kadar Omar won the men's race in 28:29.38 with Wigfield first Briton in 28:56.39.
UltraMichael Dunstan and Katarzyna Dombrowska win the UTA100 in the Blue Mountains
Dunstan ran the 100 km in 9:04:19 after his heart-rate monitor died at the front; Dombrowska led almost all day and held on up the Furber Steps for 10:50:55.
TrackFaith Kipyegon opens her season with a 14:24.14 5000 m win by 0.07 in Shaoxing
The world lead came in her first track race of 2026 at the Diamond League opener, with Likina Amebaw 0.07 back and Ethiopians filling the next seven places.
TrackMohamed Abdilaahi takes five seconds off a 28-year-old German 3000 m record in Shaoxing
His 7:25.77 led 14 men under 7:30, the deepest 3000 m ever run; Peruth Chemutai beat Faith Cherotich by 0.01 in the steeplechase and Mark English ran 1:43.85.
TrackKevin Chesang outkicks Hagos Eyob by 0.13 to win the African 10,000 m title in Accra
Kenya's Chesang ran 28:30.44 on day two of the African Championships at the University of Ghana stadium, with three men inside 2.3 seconds of each other.
RoadFukuda and Keetels run furthest as 346,527 people race the Catcher Car
Jo Fukuda's 78.9 km in Fukuoka and Mikky Keetels' 62.2 km in Breda led the world on 10 May, in a run held in 173 countries that raised 9.2 million euros.
RoadMercy Chebwogen runs 2:22:08 on her 30th birthday to break the Copenhagen Marathon record
The debutant took more than a minute off the race record on 10 May; Tadesse Kassa won the men's race in 2:08:26, five seconds outside the course record.
UltraDavid Sinclair and Blandine L'Hirondel break both Transvulcania course records
Sinclair ran 6:32:24 for the 75 km, about 20 minutes under the old mark; L'Hirondel's 7:43:47 took 19 minutes off Ruth Croft's record from 2024.
UltraRachel Entrekin wins the Cocodona 250 outright in 56:09:48, the first woman to do it
She beat every man in the field by 79 minutes and Dan Green's overall course record by more than two hours; Kilian Korth set a men's record of 57:28:36.