List of Cape Verdean records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Cape Verde maintained by Cape Verde's national athletics federation: Federação Caboverdiana de Atletismo (FCA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by FCA   Not ratified or later rescinded by FCA

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.75 NWI	Denielsan Martins	23 January 2014	Lusophony Games	Bambolim, India	[1]
	10.75 (+1.4 m/s)	Claudino Tavares	31 May 2018		Marinha Grande, Portugal
	10.2 h	Eskilson Nascimento	13 May 2017	CAA Region 2 African Championships	Conakry, Guinea	[2]
	10.4 h					[3]
	10.69 (−0.5 m/s) (Semifinal)	Ronaldinho Oliveira	3 June 2023	Trofeo de Atletismo Ciudad de Salamanca Memorial Carlos Gil Perez	Salamanca, Spain	[4]
	10.69 (+1.6 m/s) (Final)	Ronaldinho Oliveira	3 June 2023	Trofeo de Atletismo Ciudad de Salamanca Memorial Carlos Gil Perez	Salamanca, Spain	[5]
200 m	21.65 (−2.2 m/s)	Eskilson Nascimento	26 July 2017	Jeux de la Francophonie	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	[6]
	21.5[a] h (+0.7 m/s)	Ronaldinho Oliveira	1 July 2015		Lisbon, Portugal
400 m	47.96	Salvador Lopes Goncalves	10 September 2000		Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg
800 m	1:49.94	Samuel Freire	17 June 2017		Lisbon, Portugal
1500 m	3:45.94	Samuel Freire	24 June 2017		Bilbao, Spain
3000 m	8:07.40	Samuel Freire[b]	1 June 2019		Lisbon, Portugal
Two miles	8:56.53	Ruben Sança	10 April 2010	George Davis Invitational	Lowell, United States	[7]
5000 m	14:05.39	Ruben Sança	16 April 2010[c]	Mt. SAC Relays	Walnut, United States	[8]
5 km (road)	14:10.35	Ruben Sança	27 February 2010	Armagh International Road Race	Armagh, United Kingdom	[9]
10,000 m	29:09.51	Nelson Cruz	28 June 2008		Lisbon, Portugal
10 km (road)	28:54	Sérgio Dias	10 December 2016	Grande Prémio de Natal	Lisbon, Portugal	[10]
15 km (road)	45:33	Nelson Cruz	15 January 2012	Portuguese 15k Road Running Championships	Benavente, Portugal	[11]
Half marathon	1:04:16	Nelson Cruz	27 July 2008		Pombal, Portugal
Marathon	2:18:47	Ruben Sança	10 April 2011	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	[12]
	2:17:39[d]	Nelson Cruz	16 April 2006		Lisbon, Portugal
110 m hurdles	13.78	Henry Andrade	11 May 1996		Modesto, United States
400 m hurdles	49.26	Jordin Andrade	11 June 2016	Jamaica National Racer's Grand Prix	Kingston, Jamaica	[13]
3000 m steeplechase	9:42.80	António Zeferino	25 June 1995		Maia, Portugal
High jump	2.05 m	Stephane Varela	11 January 2014		Lisbon, Portugal
Pole vault	4.60 m	José Rosa	26 June 2010		Lisbon, Portugal
Long jump	7.57 m	Nelson Évora	25 May 2002		Lisbon, Portugal
Triple jump	16.15 m (−0.2 m/s)	Nelson Évora	10 June 2001		Braga, Portugal
Shot put	11.96 m	José Rosa	7 May 2011		Rio Maior, Portugal
Discus throw	40.64 m	José Rosa	12 June 2011		Luso, Portugal
Hammer throw	34.10 m	Roque Semedo	23 January 2016		Funchal, Portugal
Javelin throw	62.35 m	Egner Tavares	25 June 2013		Lumiar, Portugal
Decathlon	6101 pts	José Rosa	11–12 June 2011		Luso, Portugal
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110m H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.25 5.93 m 11.77 m 1.84 m 56.16 m 16.76 40.64 m 4.00 m 49.01 m 5:29.77
20 km walk (road)	1:57:45	Nílson Tavares	14 September 2011		Maputo, Mozambique
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	41.7 h	Cape Verde B. Carvalho R. Gonçalves A. Santos Denielsan Martins	14 July 2017		Praia, Cape Verde
4 × 400 m relay	3:20.62	Cape Verde Bruno Moniz Izequiel Evora Maurízio Alves Samuel Freire	25 January 2014	Lusophony Games	Bambolim, India	[14]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	11.91 (+1.7 m/s)	Michaela Rodrigues	20 May 2022	Ibero-American Championships	La Nucia, Spain	[15]
200 m	25.07 NWI	Lidiane Lopes	25 January 2014	Lusophony Games	Bambolim, India	[16]
400 m	54.50	Vera Barbosa	9 May 2009		Osaka, Japan
800 m	2:17.9	Carla Rodrigues	18 June 2002		Lisbon, Portugal
1500 m	4:16.06	Carla Mendes	20 June 2019	Meeting Iberoamericano de Atletismo	Huelva, Spain	[17]
3000 m	10:01.09	Sonia Lopes	19 June 2003		Ferrara, Italy
5000 m	17:41.29	Sonia Lopes	6 June 2004		Mestre, Italy
10,000 m	37:46.59	Sonia Lopes	11 May 2003		Lumezzane, Italy
Half marathon	1:18:01	Sonia Lopes	21 October 2007		Cremona, Italy
Marathon	2:58:00	Sonia Lopes	27 April 2003		Padua, Italy
100 m hurdles	14.97	Cláudia Moreira	14 July 2002		Lisbon, Portugal
400 m hurdles	1:01.24	Vera Barbosa	9 July 2008		Lisbon, Portugal
3000 m steeplechase	10:58.77	Sonia Lopes[e]	19 May 2007		Marcon, Italy
High jump	1.62 m	Vera Barbosa	21 January 2006		Lisbon, Portugal
Pole vault	2.30 m	Cleisa Tavares	25 April 2007		Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
Long jump	5.50 m (+1.9 m/s)	Claudina Borges	27 June 2010		Lisbon, Portugal
	5.50 m (+1.7 m/s)		4 July 2010		Setúbal, Portugal
			11 July 2010		Lisbon, Portugal
Triple jump	11.85 m	Luciliana Évora	4 August 2000		Almada, Portugal
Shot put	15.12 m	Antónia Borges[f]	8 August 2004		Huelva, Spain
Discus throw	43.79 m	Sónia Borges[g]	6 June 2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	[18]
Hammer throw	41.48 m	Antónia Borges[h]	10 June 2004		Beija, ?
Javelin throw	39.90 m	Ionilde Mendes	27 May 2007		Seixal, Portugal
Heptathlon	3632 pts w	Ana Correia	24–25 April 2010		Rio Maior, Portugal
	100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m 17.46w 1.36 m 9.29 m 27.82w 4.35 m w 26.46 m 2:30.44
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	48.36	J. de Pina A. Almeida M. Barreto M. do Rosário	28/29 July 2019		Praia, Cape Verde
4 × 400 m relay

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	6.95 (1st)	Jordin Andrade	16 January 2016	UW Preview	Seattle, United States	[19]
	6.95 (2nd)					[20]
200 m	21.81	Jordin Andrade	11 February 2017	BSU Challenge	Nampa, United States	[21]
400 m	48.02	Jordin Andrade	8 February 2020	South Carolina Invitational	Columbia, United States	[22]
	47.03 A [i]	Jordin Andrade	28 February 2015	Mountain West Championships	Albuquerque, United States	[23]
800 m	1:53.44	Mauricio Alves	2 February 2014		Pombal, Portugal
1000 m	2:28.29	Ruben Sança	25 February 2006	NEICAAA Championships	Boston, United States	[24]
1500 m	4:05.98	Andrelino Furtado	5 February 2011		Pombal, Portugal
Mile	4:07:37	Ruben Sança	13 February 2009	Boston University Valentine Invitational	Boston, United States	[25]
3000 m	8:07.50 [j]	Ruben Sança	28 January 2011	Boston University Terrier Classic	Boston, United States	[26]
5000 m	13:56.46 [k]	Ruben Sança	29 January 2010	Boston University Terrier Classic	Boston, United States	[27]
60 m hurdles	7.75	Henry Andrade	13 March 1993	World Championships	Toronto, Canada
High jump	1.97 m	Nelson Évora	5 February 2000		Espinho, Portugal
Pole vault	4.40 m	José Rosa	9 January 2011		Alpiarça, Portugal
	4.40 m [l]		27 February 2011		Pombal, Portugal
	4.40 m		4 February 2012		Espinho, Portugal
	4.40 m [m]		19 February 2012		Espinho, Portugal
Long jump	7.50 m	Nelson Évora	10 February 2002		Espinho, Portugal
Triple jump	15.61 m	Nelson Évora	3 March 2001		Lisbon, Portugal
Shot put	12.58 m [n][o]	José Rosa	26 February 2011		Pombal, Portugal
Heptathlon	4968 pts	José Rosa	26–27 February 2011		Pombal, Portugal
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 7.14 6.34 m 12.58 m 1.91 m 9.10 4.40 m 3:01.01
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.87	Lidiane Gomes-Lopes	31 January 2015		Val-de-Reuil, France
200 m	25.11	Lidiane Gomes-Lopes	1 February 2015		Val-de-Reuil, France
400 m	55.84	Vera Barbosa	14 February 2009		Pombal, Portugal
800 m	2:20.08	Nadia Goncalves	7 March 2004		Espinho, Portugal
1500 m
3000 m	11:37.38	Sonia Lopes	9 March 2001	World Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	[28]
60 m hurdles	9.53	Claudia Moreira	16 January 2005		Alpiarca, Portugal
High jump	1.55 m	Kidline Gomes	16 February 2019		Braga, Portugal
	1.61 m[p]	Claudina Borges	9 January 2011		Pombal, Portugal	[29]
Pole vault	2.40 m[q]	Cleisa Tavares	30 January 2010		Pombal, Portugal
Long jump	5.66 m[r]	Evelise Veiga	27 January 2012		Pombal, Portugal
Triple jump	11.89 m[s]	Luciliana Évora	4 March 2001		Lisbon, Portugal
Shot put	15.15 m	Vanda Rodrigues	28 February 2009		Pombal, Portugal
Pentathlon	2482 pts	Ana Correia	27 December 2008		Pombal, Portugal
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 10.94 1.27 m 8.52 m 4.60 m 2:31.87
	3092 pts	Claudina Borges	9 January 2011		Pombal, Portugal	[30]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 10.11 1.61 m 8.75 m 5.27 m 3:00.18
3000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Notes

1. 21.74 by other sources
2. undefined citizenship, per World Athletics profile Freire starts for Portugal
3. by World Athletics sources; 15 April 2010 by other sources
4. downhill
5. Sonia Lopes gained Italian citizenship on 1 August 2007
6. Antónia Borges transferred to Portugal in 2005
7. Sónia Borges transferred to Portugal in 2005
8. Antónia Borges transferred to Portugal in 2005
9. not recognized by World Athletics
10. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
11. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
12. record set during heptathlon competition
13. record set during heptathlon competition
14. record set during heptathlon competition
15. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
16. record set during heptathlon competition
17. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
18. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
19. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record