List of French records in athletics

Key to tables:  Awaiting ratification  Record not kept by FFA  Not ratified or later rescinded by FFA

+ = en route to a longer distance
h = hand timing
Mx = mark was made in a mixed race
a = automatic timing but hundredths not known
A = affected by altitude
NWI = no wind information

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
100 y	9.43+ (-0.5 m/s)	Jimmy Vicaut	27 June 2013	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[1]
100 m	9.86 (+1.3 m/s)	Jimmy Vicaut	4 July 2015	Meeting Areva	Saint-Denis, France	[2]
	9.86 (+1.8 m/s)		7 June 2016	Meeting Pro Athlé Tour	Montreuil, France	[3]
150 m (straight)	14.90 (-1.0 m/s)	Christophe Lemaitre	25 May 2013	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	[4]
150 m (bend)	15.76 (+0.9 m/s)	Abdallah Kounta	5 May 2024	Internationales Läufermeeting	Pliezhausen, Germany	[5]
200 m	19.80 (+0.8 m/s)	Christophe Lemaitre	3 September 2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	[6]	[1]
300 m	31.96	Marc Foucan	29 June 1999		Strasbourg, France
400 m	44.46	Leslie Djhone	29 August 2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	[7]
600 m	1:13.21	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	5 June 2016	British Grand Prix	Birmingham, Great Britain	[8]
800 m	1:42.53	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	18 July 2014	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[9]
1000 m	2:13.96	Mehdi Baala	27 June 2003		Strasbourg, France
1500 m	3:28.98	Mehdi Baala	5 September 2003	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
Mile	3:48.64	Azeddine Habz	16 September 2023	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[10]
Mile (road)	3:56.57	Maël Gouyette	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	[11]
2000 m	4:53.12	Mehdi Baala	23 June 2005		Strasbourg, France
3000 m	7:30.78	Mustapha Essaïd	8 August 1998	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco
Two miles	8:31.29	Etienne Daguinos	9 June 2023	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France	[12]
5000 m	12:56.09	Jimmy Gressier	21 July 2023	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[13]
	12:54.97	Jimmy Gressier	30 May 2024	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway	[14]
5 km (road)	13:12	Jimmy Gressier	12 February 2023	Monaco Run – 5 km Herculis	Monaco	[15]
10,000 m	27:17.29	Julien Wanders	17 July 2019	Ethiopian Trials	Hengelo, Netherlands	[16]
10 km (road)	27:13	Julien Wanders	12 January 2020		Valencia, Spain
	27:07	Jimmy Gressier	17 March 2024	10K Route de Lille	Lille, France	[17]
15 km (road)	41:56+	Julien Wanders	8 February 2019	RAK Half Marathon	Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	[18]
10 miles (road)	46:48	Abdellah Béhar	20 September 1998	Glen Dimplex Cross Border Challenge	Newry, United Kingdom	[19]
20,000 m (track)	57:50.25+	Morhad Amdouni	19 September 2020		Lucciana, France	[citation needed]
20 km (road)	56:03+	Julien Wanders	8 February 2019	RAK Half Marathon	Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	[20]
One hour	20772 m	Morhad Amdouni	19 September 2020		Lucciana, France	[21]
Half marathon	59:13	Julien Wanders	8 February 2019	RAK Half Marathon	Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	[22]
25,000 m (track)	1:15:56.7+	Dominique Chauvelier	13 June 1992		La Flèche, France
25 km (road)	1:13:29+	Morhad Amdouni	3 April 2022	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	[23]
30,000 m (track)	1:31:53.2	Dominique Chauvelier	13 June 1992		La Flèche, France
30 km (road)	1:27:46+	Morhad Amdouni	18 February 2024	Seville Marathon	Seville, Spain	[24]
Marathon	2:05:22	Morhad Amdouni	3 April 2022	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	[25]
	2:03:47[a]	Morhad Amdouni	18 February 2024	Seville Marathon	Seville, Spain	[26]
110 m hurdles	12.95 (+0.2 m/s)	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	18 July 2014	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[9]
200 m hurdles (straight)	23.51 (+2.0 m/s)	Victor Coroller	18 May 2018	Great CityGames Manchester	Manchester, United Kingdom	[27]
400 m hurdles	47.37	Stéphane Diagana	5 July 1995	Athletissima	Lausanne, Switzerland
2000 m steeplechase	5:10.68 [WB]	Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad	30 June 2010	Alma Athlé Tour	Reims, France	[28]
3000 m steeplechase	8:00.09	Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad	6 July 2013	Meeting Areva	Saint-Denis, France	[29]
High jump	2.34 m A	Mickaël Hanany	22 March 2014	UTEP Springtime	El Paso, United States	[30]
Pole vault	6.05 m[b]	Renaud Lavillenie	30 May 2015	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[31]
Long jump	8.42 m (+0.4 m/s)	Salim Sdiri	12 June 2009		Pierre-Bénite, France
Triple jump	18.04 m (+0.3 m/s)	Teddy Tamgho	18 August 2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[32]
Shot put	20.75 m	Frederic Dagee	26 June 2021	French Championships	Angers, France	[33]
Discus throw	68.90 m	Jean-Claude Retel	17 July 2002		Salon-de-Provence, France
Hammer throw	82.38 m	Gilles Dupray	21 June 2000		Chelles, France
Javelin throw	82.56 m	Pascal Lefevre	28 August 1989	Universiade	Duisburg, Germany
Decathlon	9126 pts	Kevin Mayer	15–16 September 2018	Décastar	Talence, France	[34]
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.55 (+0.3 m/s) 7.80 m (+1.2 m/s) 16.00 m 2.05 m 48.42 13.75 (-1.1 m/s) 50.54 m 5.45 m 71.90 m 4:36.11
5000 m walk (track)	18:18.01	Yohann Diniz	27 June 2008		Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
10000 m walk (track)	38:08.13	Yohann Diniz	12 July 2014		Reims, France
1 hour walk (track)	15395 m	Yohann Diniz	13 March 2010	Critérium régional de l'heure à la marche	Reims, France	[35][36]
20000 m walk (track)	1:19:42.0	Yohann Diniz	25 April 2014		Bogny-sur-Meuse, France
20 km walk (road)	1:17:02	Yohann Diniz	8 March 2015	French Championships	Arles, France	[37]
2 hours walk (track)	29090 m +	Thierry Toutain	24 March 1991		Héricourt, France
30,000 m walk (track)	2:03:56.5	Thierry Toutain	24 March 1991		Héricourt, France
35 km walk (road)	2:28:46	Aurélien Quinion	24 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	[38]
	2:25:57	Aurélien Quinion	28 October 2023	Lusatian International Race-Walking Meeting	Zittau, Germany	[39]
50,000 m walk (track)	3:35:27.20	Yohann Diniz	12 March 2011		Reims, France	[40]
50 km walk (road)	3:32:33	Yohann Diniz	15 August 2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	[41]
4 × 100 m relay	37.79	France Max Moriniére Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose	1 September 1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia
4 × 200 m relay	1:20.66	France Christophe Lemaitre Yannick Fonsat Ben Bassaw Ken Romain	24 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[42]
4 × 400 m relay	2:58.45	France Ludvy Vaillant Gilles Biron David Sombe Téo Andant	27 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[43]
4 × 800 m relay	7:13.6	France R. Sanchez J. Riquelme Philippe Dupont R. Milhau	23 June 1979		Bourges, France
4 × 1500 m relay	14:48.2a	France D. Begouin D. Lequement M. Philippe Philippe Dien	23 June 1979		Bourges, France

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
100 m	10.73 (+2.0 m/s)	Christine Arron	19 August 1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary
150 m (bend)	16.73 NWI	Rose-Aimée Bacoul	30 July 1984		San Diego, United States
200 m	21.99 (+1.1 m/s)	Marie-José Pérec	2 July 1993		Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
300 m	35.00+	Marie-José Pérec	27 August 1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	[44]
400 m	48.25	Marie-José Pérec	29 July 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States
800 m	1:56.53	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	9 September 1995	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Fontvieille, Monaco
1000 m	2:31.93	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	25 August 1995	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
1500 m	3:59.76	Hind Dehiba	16 July 2010	Meeting Areva	Saint-Denis, France	[45]
Mile	4:26.06	Berenice Cleyet-Merle	21 July 2023	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[46]
Mile (road)	4:34.41 Wo	Berenice Cleyet-Merle	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	[47]
2000 m	5:39.00	Annette Sergent	11 July 1986		London, United Kingdom
3000 m	8:35.41	Bouchra Ghezielle	1 July 2005		Saint-Denis, France
5000 m	14:43.90	Margaret Maury	3 September 2004	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
5 km (road)	14:58	Sara Benfares	2 December 2022		Hyères, France
10000 m	31:35.81	Christelle Daunay	3 June 2012	16th European Cup 10000m	Bilbao, Spain	[48]
10 km (road)	31:15	Liv Westphal	29 December 2019	Corrida de Houilles 10 km	Houilles, France	[49]
15 km (road)	48:38	Christelle Daunay	29 March 2014	World Half Marathon Championships	Copenhagen, Denmark
One hour	17332 m Mx	Valerie Duvialard	23 March 1996		Rouen, France
20 km (road)	1:04:51+	Christelle Daunay	17 October 2010	Reims Half Marathon	Reims, France	[50]
Half marathon	1:08:27	Mekdes Woldu	11 December 2022		Málaga, Spain	[51]
25 km (road)	1:24:01+	Clémence Calvin	14 April 2019	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	[52]
30 km (road)	1:41:00	Clémence Calvin	14 April 2019	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	[53]
Marathon	2:24:22	Christelle Daunay	11 April 2010	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	[54]
	2:24:12[c]	Méline Rollin	18 February 2024	Seville Marathon	Seville, Spain	[55]
	2:23:41	Clémence Calvin	14 April 2019	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	[56]
100 km (road)	7:04:03 Mx	Floriane Hot	27 August 2022	IAU 100 km World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[57]
24 hours	253.581 km	Stephanie Gicquel	17–18 September 2022	IAU 24 Hour European Championships	Verona, Italy	[58]
100 m hurdles	12.56 (+1.2 m/s)	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	29 June 1990		Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
	12.56 (+1.2 m/s)	Cindy Billaud	12 July 2014	French Championships	Reims, France	[59]	[2]
	12.55 (-0.2 m/s)	Cyréna Samba-Mayela	20 April 2024	Xiamen Diamond League	Xiamen, China	[60]
	12.52 (+1.9 m/s)	Cyréna Samba-Mayela	11 May 2024	PURE Athletics Sprint Elite Meet	Clermont, United States	[61]
	12.52 (-0.9 m/s)	Cyréna Samba-Mayela	25 May 2024	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[62]
	12.31 (+0.8 m/s)	Cyréna Samba-Mayela	8 June 2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	[63]
200 m hurdles	25.82 (+1.7 m/s)	Patricia Girard	22 September 1999		Nantes, France
	25.6 h (-0,7 m/s)		23 August 2001		Nantes, France	[64]
400 m hurdles	53.21	Marie-José Pérec	16 August 1995	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
3000 m steeplechase	9:06.15	Alice Finot	27 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[65]
High jump	1.96 m [66]	Maryse Éwanjé-Épée	21 July 1985		Colombes, France
		Melanie Melfort	11 August 2007		Castres, France
Pole vault	4.75 m	Ninon Guillon-Romarin	20 July 2018	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[67]
Long jump	7.05 m (-0.4 m/s)	Eunice Barber	14 September 2003	IAAF World Athletics Final	Fontvieille, Monaco
Triple jump	14.69 m (+2.0 m/s)	Teresa Nzola Meso Ba	23 June 2007	European Cup, Superleague	Munich, Germany
Shot put	18.68 m [66]	Laurence Manfredi	27 July 2000		Castres, France
Discus throw	66.73 m	Mélina Robert-Michon	16 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[68]
Hammer throw	75.38 m	Alexandra Tavernier	21 February 2021	French Winter Long Throws Championships	Salôn-de-Provence, France	[69]
Javelin throw	63.54 m	Mathilde Andraud	21 May 2016	Werfertage	Halle, Germany	[70]
Heptathlon	6889 pts	Eunice Barber	3–4 June 2005		Arles, France
	12.62 (+2.9 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.91 m (high jump), 12.61 m (shot put), 24.12 (+1.2 m/s) (200 m) / 6.78 m (+3.4 m/s) (long jump), 53.07 m (javelin), 2:14.66 (800 m)
Decathlon	8150 pts	Marie Collonvillé	25–26 September 2004	Décastar	Talence, France
	12.48 (+0.4 m/s) (100 m), 34.69 m (discus), 3.50 m (pole vault), 47.19 m (javelin), 56.15 (400 m) / 13.96 (+0.4 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 6.18 m (+1.0 m/s) (long jump), 11.90 m (shot put), 1.80 m (high jump), 5:06.09 (1500 m)
5000 m walk (track)	21:41.72	Emilie Menuet	17 June 2017	Meeting National Michel Musson	Blois, France	[71]
10000 m walk (track)	44:08.73	Clémence Beretta	26 June 2022	French Championships	Caen, France	[72]
	43:35.52[d]	Clémence Beretta	27 January 2024	Supernova	Canberra, Australia	[73][74]
20000 m walk (track)	1:34:57.1	Christine Guinaudeau	26 April 2009		La Londe-les-Maures, France
20 km walk (road)	1:30:20	Clémence Beretta	12 March 2023		Aix-les-Bains, France
50 km walk (road)	4:43:46	Ines Pastorino	14 October 2018		Aschersleben, Germany
4 × 100 m relay	41.78	France Patricia Girard-Léno Muriel Hurtis Sylviane Félix Christine Arron	30 August 2003	World Championships	Saint-Denis, France	[75]
4 × 200 m relay	1:32.16	France Carolle Zahi Estelle Raffai Cynthia Leduc Maroussia Paré	12 May 2019	IAAF World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	[76]
4 × 400 m relay	3:22.34	France Francine Landre Evelyn Elien Viviane Dorsile Marie-José Pérec	14 August 1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland
4 × 800 m relay	8:17.54	France Justine Fedronic Clarisse Moh Lisa Blameble Rénelle Lamote	25 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[77]
Distance medley relay	11:06.33	France Rénelle Lamote (1200 m) Elea-Mariama Diarra (400 m) Clarisse Moh (800 m) Claire Perraux (1600 m)	2 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[78]

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
4 × 400 m relay	3:12.25	France Gilles Biron Louise Maraval Téo Andant Amandine Brossier	19 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[79]

General

• French Athletics Records 3 March 2024 updated

Specific

• FFA web site