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World Record Holders

Stanford athletes and alums who have broken world records

Men

Event Name Meet Date Mark
400 Meters Bud Spencer Northern California Olympic Tryouts/Stanford, Calif. 5/12/1928 47.0
440 Yards Ben Eastman Los Angeles Athletic Club Dual/Stanford, Calif. 3/26/1932 46.4
880 Yards Ben Eastman Princeton Invitational/Princeton, N.J. 6/16/1934 1:49.8
1,000 Yards (indoor) Ernie Cunliffe Boston Athletic Association Games/Boston, Mass. 1/28/1961 2:07.9
3,000 Meters (indoor) Grant Fisher Millrose Games/New York, N.Y. 2/8/2025 7:22.91
5,000 Meters (indoor) Grant Fisher David Hemery Valentine Invitational/Boston, Mass. 2/14/2025 12:44.09
120-Yard Hurdles Gus Meier NCAA Championships/Chicago, Ill. 6/18/1933 14.2
400-Meter Relay United States (Morris Kirksey) Olympic Games/Antwerp, Belgium 8/22/1920 42.2
400-Meter Relay United States (Hec Dyer) Olympic Games/Los Angeles, Calif. 8/7/1932 40.0
440-Yard Relay Stanford (Eric Frische, Dale Rubin, Bob McIntyre, Larry Questad) West Coast Relays/Fresno, Calif. 5/8/1965 39.7
880-Yard Relay Stanford (Jim Kneubuhl, Stan Hiserman, Ray Malott, Jack Weiershauser) West Coast Relays/Fresno, Calif. 5/15/1937 1:25.0
880-Yard Relay (indoor) Stanford (Ken Curl, John Kessel, Matt Hogsett, John Anderson) Bennion Relays/Pocatello, Idaho 2/17/1973 1:27.4
1,600-Meter Relay United States (Bud Spencer) Olympic Games/Amsterdam, Netherlands 8/5/1928 3:14.2
Mile Relay United States (Bud Spencer) British Empire Dual/London, England 8/11/1928 3:13.4
Mile Relay Stanford (Maynor Shove, Ike Hables, Abe Hables, Ben Eastman) West Coast Relays/Fresno, Calif. 5/8/1931 3:12.6
Two-Mile Relay United States (Ernie Cunliffe) British Commonwealth Dual/London, England 9/14/1960 7:19.4
Distance Medley Relay (indoor) Stanford (Gabe Jennings, Evan Kelty, Michael Stember, Jonathan Riley) NCAA Indoor Championships/Fayetteville, Ark. 3/10/2000 9:28.83
Mile Intermediate Hurdles Relay Stanford (Ken Kring, Reggie Mason, Dave Bagshaw, Matt Hogsett) Quad Meet/Stanford, Calif. 4/17/1974 3:37.8
High Jump George Horine USC Dual/Stanford, Calif. 3/29/1912 6-6 1/8 (1.98)
High Jump George Horine Olympic Trials/Stanford, Calif. 5/18/1912 6-7 (2.00)
Pole Vault Norman Dole Pacific Athletic Association/Berkeley, Calif. 4/23/1904 12-1 1/4 (3.69)
Pole Vault Leland Scott U.C. Relays/Berkeley, Calif. 4/30/1910 12-10 3/16 (3.91)
Pole Vault Leland Scott Colorado Dual/Boulder, Colo. 5/27/1910 12-10 7/8 (3.93)
Shot Put John Lyman USC Dual/Stanford, Calif. 4/21/1934 54-1 (16.48)
Shot Put Terry Albritton All-Comers Meet/Honolulu, Hawaii 2/21/1976 71-8 1/2 (21.85)
Discus Glenn "Tiny" Hartranft   Pacific AAU/San Francisco, Calif. 5/2/1925 157-1 1/2 (47.89)
Discus Eric Krenz Olympic Club Dual/Stanford, Calif. 3/9/1929 163-8 (49.90)
Discus  Eric Krenz PCC South Championships/Stanford, Calif. 5/17/1930 167-5 (51.03)
Javelin Bud Held All-Comers Meet/Pasadena, Calif. 8/8/1953 263-10 (80.41)
Javelin Bud Held California Relays/Modesto, Calif. 5/21/1955 268-2 1/2 (81.75)
Decathlon Bob Mathias AAU Championships/Tulare, Calif. 6/29-30/1950 7,287 (8,042, old table)
Decathlon Bob Mathias Olympic Games/Helsinki, Finland 7/25-26/1952 7,592 (7,887, old table)
Decathlon Bob Toomey Southern Pacific AAU Decathlon/Stanford, Calif. 12/10-11/1969 8,309 (8,417, old table)

Women

Event Name Meet Date Mark
1,500 Meters (indoor) Regina Jacobs Adidas Boston Games/Boston, Mass. 2/1/2003 3:59.98
Two Miles (indoor) Regina Jacobs Boston Indoor Games/Boston, Mass.  2/27/2002 9:23.38
4x1,500-Meter Relay Bowerman TC (Elise Cranny) Bowerman Track Club Intrasquad Meet/Portland, Ore. 7/31/2020 16:27.02