Athletics: Indian national record holders in each track and field event
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National records were broken in two events this month.
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All athletes, wearing the blue jersey and representing India, aim a benchmark which they forever strive to achieve. This motivates in delivering good performances, while representing the country at prestigious international competitions.
While the world record should be the eventual aim, what better than the national record to gauge the calibre of an athlete, in a country as populous as ours. India has seen an increase in the field of athletics from men and men over the years.
Speaking about athletics, track events demand great speed like the 100m and 200m sprint, while others demand endurance such as the 20km racewalk. Field events requires immense strength like the discus throw, while some demand flexibility in events like high jump.
Sporting disciplines in athletics like the decathlon for men and heptathlon for women, need a mixture of all these qualities. Indian athletics has now the athletes grabbing worldwide attention with their performances.
In athletics, few national records have remained intact for long. In some other events, we have seen various athletes competing with each other, thus repeatedly improving the national record.
There has also been some brilliant sportsmen and sportswomen who have broken their own records a number of times in athletics.
Here is the list of distinguished track and field athletes, who have the prestige of holding the national record at the time of writing (September 17, 2026), in their respective events.
Indian National Record holders in each athletics track and field event
Men
100m
Gurindervir Singh holds the national record in the 100m sprint. He achieved it with a timing of 10.09 secs in May 2026 at the Federation Cup in Ranchi.
200m
Animesh Kujur holds the national record in the 200m sprint. He achieved it in May last year at the Asian Athletics Championships, with a timing of 20.32 secs.
400m
Vishal Thennarasu holds the national record in the 400m run. He clocked a timing of 44.98 secs at the Federation Cup 2026 in Ranchi.
800m
Mohammed Afsal holds the national record in the 800m event. He achieved it at the Memoriał Czesława Cybulskiego, Poland in 2025, with a timing of 1:44.93.
1500m
Jinson Johnson holds the national record in the 1500m discipline. The record stands at 3:35.24, set at the ISTAF Berlin meet in September 2019.
5000m
Gulveer Singh holds the national record in men’s 5000m with a timing of 12:59.77 that he set at the Boston University Terrier DMR Challenge in February last year. It is worth noting that this was an indoor event.
10,000m
Gulveer Singh also holds the national record in the 10,000m run. He achieved it at the Ten 2025 Athletics Meet in the USA, with a timing of 27:00.22.
3000m Steeplechase
Avinash Sable has bettered his own national record multiple times in the 3000m Steeplechase event. He clocked his current personal best of 8:09.91 at the Paris Diamond League in July 2024.
110m Hurdles
Tejas Shirse holds the 110m Hurdles national record with a timing of 13.27 secs achieved earlier this year at the Indian Athletics Series 9, held in Ludhiana.
400m Hurdles
Ayyasamy Dharun holds the 400m Hurdles national record. He achieved it in March 2019 at the Federation Cup 2019, with a timing of 48.80 secs.
20km Racewalk
Akshdeep Singh holds the national record in the 20km Racewalk. He achieved it at the National Open Race Walking Championships, with a timing of 1:19:38, in January 2024.
50km Racewalk
Sandeep Kumar set the national record in the 50km Racewalk, in February 2017, at the National Race Walking Championships. He clocked a timing of 3:55:59.
4 x 100m relay
The quartet of Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar, Amlan Borgohain hold the national record in the event, with a timing of 38.69s achieved at the Indian Open Relay Competition, Chandigarh in April 2025.
4 x 400m relay
The quartet of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh put on a mind-boggling show in August 2023 at the Qualifiers of the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, setting the national record with a timing of 2:59.05.
High Jump
Sarvesh Kushare holds the national record in high jump. He completed a record jump of 2.31m in June this year at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships, Bhubaneswar.
Pole Vault
Dev Meena also achieved the national record at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships, Bhubaneswar, clearing 5.46m.
Long Jump
Jeswin Aldrin is the national record holder in long jump. He scaled a whopping distance of 8.42m in March 2023 at the Indian Open Throws Competition in Bellary, Karnataka.
Triple Jump
Praveen Chithravel holds the national record in triple jump. He holds the record by virtue of a 17.37m leap in May 2023 at the Prueba de confrontacion in Cuba.
Javelin Throw
Who else can it be, but India’s golden boy, Neeraj Chopra with the national record in javelin throw. He threw a masive distance of 90.23m in May last year at the Doha Diamond League.
Shot Put
Tajinder Pal Singh holds the national record in shot put. He achieved it in June 2023, with a 21.77m throw at the Inter-State Athletics Championships in Bhubaneshwar.
Discus Throw
Vikas Gowda is the national record holder in discus throw. The record stands at 66.28m, which Gowda achieved at the Old Style Discus Challenge in 2012.
Hammer Throw
Nirbhay Choudhary secured the national record in hammer throw this month, with a throw of 71.02m at the Indian Athletics Final Series in New Delhi.
Decathlon
Tejaswin Shankar set the decathlon national record at the Federation Cup 2026, securing 8057 points.
Women
100m
Dutee Chand holds the national record in the 100m sprint. She achieved it in June 2021 in the Indian Grand Prix IV, with a timing of 11.17 secs.
200m
Saraswati Saha holds the national record in the 200m sprint. She achieved it with a timing of 22.82 secs at the National Circuit Meet 2002.
400m
Hima Das holds the national record in the 400m discipline. The record stands at 50.79 secs, set at the Jakarta Asian Games 2018.
800m
Tintu Luka holds the national record in the 800m run. She clocked a timing of 1:59.17 in September 2010 at the Continental Cup.
1500m
K.M. Deeksha holds the national record in the 1500m event. She achieved it at the 2024 Track Fest, with a timing of 4:04.78.
5000m
Parul Chaudhary is the national record holder in the 5000m run. She clocked a timing of 15:04.26 at the Meeting Nikaia, France this year.
10000m
Preeja Sreedharan holds the national record in the 10000m run. She achieved it at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, with a timing of 31:50.47.
3000m Steeplechase
Parul Chaudhary also holds the national record in the 3000m Steeplechase event. She achieved this at the Asian Athletics Championships 2025 in South Korea, clocking 9:12.46.
100m Hurdles
Jyothi Yarraji holds the 100m Hurdles national record, with a timing of 12.78 secs. She achieved this timing at the FISU World University Games 2023, before matching it at the 2024 Motonet GP Jyvaskyla athletics meet in Finland.
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400m Hurdles
P.T. Usha and Vithya Ramraj hold the 400m Hurdles national record. P.T. Usha set the record, with a timing of 55.4 secs at the 1984 Summer Olympics, which was matched by Ramraj at the 2023 Asian Games.
20km Racewalk
Priyanka Goswami holds the national record in the 20km Racewalk. She achieved it at the National Open Race Walking Championships, with a timing of 1:28:45, in February 2021.
4 x 100m relay
The quartet of Dutee Chand, Hima Das, S. Dhanalakshmi and Archana Suseendran hold the national record in the event, with a timing of 43.37 secs achieved at the Indian Grand Prix IV on June 21, 2021.
4 x 400m relay
The record stands with the quartet of Rajwinder Kaur, K. M. Beenamol, Chitra K. Soman, Manjit Kaur. They achieved a record timing of 3:26.89 at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
High Jump
Pooja Singh holds the national record in high jump. She acheived a record jump of 1.93m at the U20 Asian Athletics Championships, Hong Kong few months ago.
Pole Vault
Akin to the men’s event, Rosy Meena Paulraj broke her own national record in pole vault, at the National Open Athletics Championships in 2022 while clearing 4.21m.
Long Jump
Ancy Sojan is the national record holder in long jump. She scaled a distance of 6.88m at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2026, Bhubaneswar.
Triple Jump
Mayookha Johny holds the national record in triple jump. She holds the record by virtue of a 14.11m leap in July 2011 at the Asian Athletics Championships.
Javelin Throw
Annu Rani threw a distance of 63.82m in May 2022, while breaking her own national record at the Indian Open Javelin Throw competition.
Shot Put
Abha Khatua holds the national record in shot put. She achieved it in May 2024 with an 18.41m throw at the Federation Cup.
Discus Throw
Kamalpreet Kaur is the national record holder in discus throw. The record stands at 66.59m, which she achieved in June 2021 at the Indian Grand Prix IV.
Hammer Throw
Tanya Chaudhary set the national record in hammer throw a few days back with a throw of 68.35m at the Indian Athletics Final Series, New Delhi.
Heptathlon
J.J. Shobha set the heptathlon national record at the New Delhi Meet 2004, securing 6211 points.
Mixed Team
4 x 400m relay
The quartet of Muhammad Ajmal, Jyothika Sri, Muhammad Anas Yahiya and Pahal Kiran broke the existing national record in June 2024. They clocked a timing of 3:12.87 at the National inter-state championships.
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