Men’s Masters World Records: Outdoors

TIME	ATHLETE	AGE	CTZ	AGE GROUP	LOCATION	DATE
3:57.91	Bernard Lagat	40	USA	40-44	London, GBR	07/25/15
4:10.30	Davide Raineri	46	ITA	45-49	Milan, ITA	09/05/20
4:19.59	Brad Barton	53	USA	50-54	Nashville, TN USA	05/31/19
4:29.60	Robert Godino	55	AUS	55-59	Brisbane, AUS	11/30/24
4:41.81	Andrew Ridley	60	GBR	60-64	Guildford, GBR	07/31/25
4:56.4	Derek Turnbull	65	NZL	65-69	Christchurch, NZL	02/29/92
5:19.75	Joop Rüter	70	NED	70-74	Rotterdam, NED	07/11/03
5:36.09	Cees Stolwijk	75	NED	75-79	Dronten, NED	05/21/25
5:56.93	José Vicente Rioseco López	80	ESP	80-84	Vigo, ESP	07/18/21
6:40.25	Manuel Alonso Domingo	85	ESP	85-89	Sabadell, ESP	05/22/21
8:21.34	David Carr	90	AUS	90-94	Perth, AUS	07/28/22
11:56.04	Antonio Nacca	95	ITA	95-99	Novara, ITA	04/07/19
11:53.45	Fauja Singh	100	GBR	100-plus	Toronto, CAN	10/13/11

Women’s Masters World Records: Outdoors

TIME	ATHLETE	AGE	CTZ	AGE GROUP	LOCATION	DATE
4:23.78	Yekatarina Podkopayeva	40	URS	40-44	Rome, ITA	09/06/93
4:48.42	Yekatarina Podkopayeva	45	URS	45-49	Fukuoka, JPN	09/13/97
4:57.83	Nicole Weijling-Dissel	50	NED	50-54	Lisse, NED	08/27/17
5:08.47	Anne Gilshinan	55	IRL	55-59	Dublin, IRL	08/07/19
5:18.97	Clare Elms	61	GBR	60-64	Wimbledon, GBR	07/23/25
5:54.59	Angela Copson	68	GBR	65-69	Solihull, GBR	07/19/15
6:33.46	Anna Garnier	70	GBR	70-74	Wimbledon, GBR	07/23/25
6:40.32	Sarah Roberts	75	GBR	75-79	Oxford, GBR	05/24/25
7:17.19	Jan Holmquist	80	USA	80-84	Concord, MA USA	06/08/24
9:46.65	Norma Minkowitz	86	USA	85-89	New Britain, CA USA	07/13/24
12:48.59	Heather Lee	93	AUS	90-94	Wollongong, AUS	01/11/20
13:41.36	Heather Lee	96	AUS	95-99	Bass Hill, AUS	03/12/22

Last update: December 2025 – SOURCE: World Masters Athletics (WMA) & BBTM

U.S. Men’s Masters Records: Outdoors

TIME	ATHLETE	AGE	STATE	AGE GROUP	LOCATION	DATE
3:57.91*	Bernard Lagat	40	AZ	40-44	London, GBR	07/25/15
4:16.09	Tony Young	46	WA	45-49	Gresham, OR	05/31/08
4:19.59*	Brad Barton	53	UT	50-54	Nashville, TN	05/31/19
4:36.94	Richard Burns	55	CA	55-59	Portland, OR	06/12/10
4:51.45	Dan King	62	CO	60-64	Mission Viejo, CA	07/18/21
5:04.52	Dan King	65	CO	65-69	Santa Barbara, CA	10/20/24
5:35.03	Gary Patton	70	IA	70-74	Norwalk, CA	06/18/16
5:57.20	Scotty Carter	75	CT	75-79	Dedham, MA	07/12/92
6:49.30	Sherwood Sagedahl	80	MN	80-84	St. Louis Park, MN	07/30/19
8:13.49	Gunnar Linde	85	CA	85-89	Santa Ana, CA	02/16/14
9:42.99	Gunnar Linde	90	CA	90-94	Santa Ana, CA	02/09/19
14:48.20	Herb Kirk	95	WA	95-99	Bozeman, MT	10/06/90

* = world record

U.S. Women’s Masters Records: Outdoors

TIME	ATHLETE	AGE	STATE	AGE GROUP	LOCATION	DATE
4:45.68	Sonja Friend-Uhl	44	TN	40-44	Nashville, TN	06/06/15
4:53.32	Sascha Scott	45	NY	45-49	Syracuse, NY	07/22/21
5:15.55	Kathryn Martin	50	NY	50-54	Alexandria, VA	09/01/02
5:27.09	Marisa Sutera Strange	56	NY	55-59	Clifton Park, NY	07/12/19
5:28.02	Sue Patterson-McDonald	60	CA	60-64	Pomona, CA	06/03/23
5:55.99	Kathryn Martin	65	NY	65-69	Grass Valley, CA	05/20/17
6:38.30	Sharon Gerl	70	OR	70-74	Eugene, OR	05/06/18
6:58.44	Jeanne Daprano	75	GA	75-79	Pasadena, CA	07/21/12
7:17.19*	Jan Holmquist	80	MA	80-84	Concord, MA	06/08/24
9:46.65*	Norma Minkowitz	85	CT	85-89	New Britain, CT	07/13/24
13:04.24	Edna Hyer	90	NY	90-94	Rochester, NY	06/22/24
13:46.13	Colleen Milliman	95	OR	95-99	Eugene, OR	05/07/22

* = world record

Last update: December 2025 – SOURCE: USA Track & Field, BBTM and others

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