List of Gambian records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in the Gambia maintained by the Gambia Athletics Association (GAA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by GAA   Not ratified or later rescinded by GAA

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.16 (+1.1 m/s)	Suwaibou Sanneh	30 May 2013	Twilight Series #3	New York City, United States	[1]
	10.15 (−1.1 m/s)	Ebrahima Camara	19 June 2022		Thonon-les-Bains, France
	10.15 (+1.5 m/s)	Ebrahima Camara	22 July 2023	Open de France	Bondoufle, France	[2]
150 m	15.68 (+1.0 m/s)	Tijan Ketia	22 September 2020	Miting Ciutat de Barcelona	Barcelona, Spain	[3]
200 m	20.45 (+1.8 m/s)	Adama Jammeh	26 June 2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	[4]
400 m	45.48	Dawda Jallow	3 April 1993		Atlanta, United States
800 m	1:47.20	Edrissa Marong	20 April 2019	African U18 and U20 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
1500 m	3:50.77	Ansu Sowe	25 August 2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	[5]
3000 m	8:32.8 h	Nfamara Njie	18 April 2015		Lecce, Italy
5000 m	14:11.13	Nfamara Njie	18 October 2020	Italian Championships	Modena, Italy	[6]
10,000 m	29:24.43	Nfamara Njie	10 April 2022	Regional 10000m Championships	Correggio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
10 km (road)	29:51	Muhammad Lamin Bah	30 October 2022	1st Marathon Lleida 10k	Lleida, Spain	[7]
		Nfamara Njie	6 October 2024	Arezzo 10	Arezzo, Italy	[8]
Half marathon	1:04:20	Nfamara Njie	16 February 2020	Gensan Giulietta & Romeo Half Marathon	Verona, Italy	[9]
Marathon	2:18:42	Ousman Jaiteh	8 December 2019		Reggio Emilia, Italy
110 m hurdles	14.70 (−1.6 m/s)	Menseh Elliot	30 June 2012	African Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin
400 m hurdles	55.43	Lamin Sanneh	16 May 2015		Dakar, Senegal
	54.26	Habib Jallow	13 May 2017	NSIC Conference Championship	Saint Paul, United States	[10]
3000 m steeplechase	9:25.03	Nfamara Njie	24 September 2017	Ravenna Italian Club Championships	Ravenna, Italy	[11]
High jump	2.18 m	Sheikh Tidiane Faye	November 1974		Banjul, The Gambia
Pole vault	5.40 m	Lamin Krubally	19 September 2020		Zweibrücken, Germany
	5.50 m	Lamin Krubally	18 August 2019	CAS International Meeting	Schifflange, Luxembourg	[12]
Long jump	7.95 m	Babou Saine	26 April 1991		Springfield, United States
Triple jump	15.05 m	Jim Malleh Wadda	July 1978		Banjul, the Gambia
Shot put	12.62 m	Ismaila Kah	31 July 1993		Banjul, the Gambia
Discus throw	36.94 m	Dodou Jatta	4 April 1970		Dakar, Senegal
Hammer throw
Javelin throw	49.60 m	Ismaila Kah	26 June 1993		Banjul, The Gambia
	50.26 m	Abdourahman Gumaneh	7 September 2019	Campionati Nazionali AICS	Cervia, Italy	[13]
Decathlon
	100 m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400 m 110 m h (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500 m
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	39.44	The Gambia Sengan Jobe Momodou Sey Alieu Joof Ebrahima Camara	28 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Turkey
	39.27	The Gambia Sencan Jobe Adama Jammeh Kebba Makkalo Ebrahima Camara	12 August 2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	[14]
	39.24	The Gambia Sencan Jobe Ali̇eu Joof Ebrahima Camara Adama Jammeh	20 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	[15]
4 × 400 m relay	3:13.21	The Gambia K.M. Lamine M. Ismaila J. Bakary Ebrima Ceesay	21 July 2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	11.12 (+1.3 m/s)	Gina Bass	30 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[16]
	11.08 (+0.1 m/s)	Gina Bass	8 June 2022	African Championships	Saint Pierre, Mauritius	[17]
	11.05 (+2.0 m/s)	Gina Bass	2 July 2023	Resisprint International	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	[18]
200 m	22.58 (+1.8 m/s)	Gina Bass	30 August 2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	[19]
400 m	55.32	Adama Njie	12 May 2001		Bakau, The Gambia
800 m	2:05.41	Adama Njie	28 June 2001		Lagos, Nigeria
	2:03.91	Sanu Jallow	2 August 2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	[20]
1500 m	4:45.3	Sokhna Saho	12 May 2017	West Africa Championship	Conakry, Guinea	[21]
3000 m	10:39.20	Mam Touray	11 June 2016		Banjul, The Gambia
5000 m
10,000 m
10 km (road)	37:25	Mariama T Jallow	26 May 2013	Great Manchester Run	Manchester, United Kingdom	[22]
Half marathon	1:22:08	Mariama T Jallow	12 May 2013	Sheffield Half Marathon	Sheffield, United Kingdom	[23]
Marathon	2:45:00	Mariama Jallow	18 September 2016	Kassel Marathon	Kassel, Germany	[24]
100 m hurdles	14.70 (−1.4 m/s)	Nusrat Ceesay	12 June 2013		Huelva, Spain
400 m hurdles	57.24	Nusrat Ceesay[25]	20 April 2012	Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invitational	Azusa, United States	[26]
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	1.65 m	Mama Gassama	11 May 2001		Bakau, The Gambia
			12 October 2003	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria
			10 July 2004		Dakar, Senegal
Pole vault	1.50 m	Hadja Fanta Sidibeh Jambo	19 April 2009		Castellar del Vallès, Spain
Long jump	5.73 m	Fatou Tiyana	29 June 2007		Bakau, The Gambia
	5.91 m	Rohey Singhateh	6 May 2018	MIAA Outdoor Championships	Kearney, United States	[27]
Triple jump	11.02 m	Nusrat Ceesay	4 August 2013		Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
	12.05 m	Rohey Singhateh	5 May 2019	MIAA Outdoor Championships	Warrensburg, Missouri	[28]
Shot put	10.72 m	Mariama Conteh	13 May 2017	West Africa Championships	Conakry, Guinea	[29]
Discus throw	21.24 m	Fatou Ceesay	13 April 1968		Dakar, Senegal
Hammer throw
Javelin throw	25.52 m	Jankey Sowe Dem	5 May 2013		Barcelona, Spain
Heptathlon
	100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	47.18	The Gambia Jabou Jawo Amie Ndow Victoria Decker Georgiana Freeman	11 August 1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States
	43.83	The Gambia Ola Buwaro Wurrie Njadoe Maimuna Jallou Gina Bass	12 August 2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	[30]
4 × 400 m relay	3:52.8	The Gambia	14 May 2017		Conakry, Guinea

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	5.89	Mustapha Manga	21 December 2019	Parmameeting di Natale open	Parma, Italy	[31]
60 m	6.71	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	19 February 2006		Korsholm, Finland
		Sulayman Bah	31 January 2015		Gothenburg, Sweden
	6.63	Ebrahima Camara	13 February 2024	Belgrade Indoor Meeting	Belgrade, Serbia	[32]
200 m	21.30	Momodou Sey	30 January 2022		Boston, United States
400 m	46.62	Dawda Jallow	28 February 1991		Gainesville, United States
800 m	1:51.92	Omar Jammeh	21 January 2018	Baden-Württemberg Championships	Mannheim, Germany	[33]
1500 m	4:06.32	Nfamara Njie	31 January 2015		Bari, Italy
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault	5.30 m	Lamin Krubally	23 February 2020	German Championships	Leipzig, Germany	[34]
	5.30 m[a]	Lamin Krubally	31 January 2020	VIACTIVE RaceArt Meeting	Bochum, Germany	[35]
Long jump	7.81 m	Sheikh Tidiane Faye	5 February 1977		Bloomington, United States
Triple jump	14.91 m	Jim Wadda	25 January 1980		Cosford, United Kingdom
Shot put
Heptathlon
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	8.70	Jankey Sowe	7 February 2010		Oviedo, Spain
	7.16	Gina Bass	4 February 2020	PSD Bank Meeting	Düsseldorf, Germany	[36]
	7.11	Gina Bass	19 February 2020	Meeting Hauts de France Pas de Calais	Liévin, France	[37]
200 m	28.25	Hadja Sidibeh Jambo	11 January 2009		Vilafranca, Spain
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles	11.16	Hadja Sidibeh Jambo	17 January 2009		Vilafranca, Spain
High jump	1.41 m	Hawa Sawaneh	8 February 2015		Val-de-Reuil, France
Pole vault
Long jump	5.05 m	Jankey Sowe	30 January 2010		Vilafranca, Spain
	5.70 m	Rohey Singhateh	6 February 2016	UNK Indoor Invitational	Kearney, United States	[38]
Triple jump	9.11 m	Hawa Sawanah	15 February 2015		Val-de-Reuil, France
	12.13 m	Rohey Singhateh	24 February 2019	MIAA Indoor Championship	Maryville, United States	[39]
Shot put
Pentathlon
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
3000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Notes

1. not recognized by World Athletics

References

General

• World Athletics Statistic Handbook 2022: National Outdoor Records
• World Athletics Statistic Handbook 2022: National Indoor Records

Specific

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