List of Costa Rican records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Costa Rica maintained by its national athletics federation: Federación Costarricense de Atletismo (FECOA). So far FECOA maintains an official list only in outdoor events.

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by FECOA   Not ratified or later rescinded by FECOA

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.32 (+0.8 m/s)	Bob Colville	1 May 2004		Ypsilanti, United States
200 m	20.20 (+0.2 m/s)	Nery Brenes	16 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[1]
300 m	32.22	Nery Brenes	28 June 2017	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[2]
400 m	44.60	Nery Brenes	23 June 2016	Meeting de Atletismo Madrid	Madrid, Spain	[3]
800 m	1:48.06	Juan Diego Castro	15 May 2021	Big 12 Championships	Manhattan, United States	[4]
1500 m	3:40.25	Juan Diego Castro	15 April 2023	Bryan Clay Invitational	Azusa, United States	[5]
3000 m	8:07.3	Eric Quiros	29 May 2001		Richmond, Canada
5000 m	13:44.99[a]	Eric Quiros	27 May 2000		Victoria, Canada
10,000 m	28:48.4 h	Rafael Angel Perez	8 May 1976		Knoxville, United States
10 km (road)	29:54	Eric Quiros	18 December 1999		Cali, Colombia
15 km (road)	44:30	Ronald Lanzoni	13 July 1986		Utica, United States
20 km (road)	1:00:23	Jose Luis Molina	6 September 1993		New Haven, United States
Half marathon	1:02:57	Jose Luis Molina	22 September 1996		Philadelphia, United States
Marathon	2:13:23	José Luis Molina	3 March 1996	Los Angeles Marathon	Los Angeles, United States
110 m hurdles	14.56	Alex Foster	11 May 1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia
300 m hurdles	35.61	Gerald Drummond	26 April 2025	Xiamen Diamond League	Xiamen, China	[6]
400 m hurdles	48.11	Gerald Drummond	6 May 2023	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[7]
3000 m steeplechase	8:48.59[b]	Francisco Gómez	25 April 2004		Havana, Cuba
High jump	2.15 m	Henry Linton	9 May 2009		San José, Costa Rica	[8]
Pole vault	5.20 m	Róger Borbón	11 July 1998		San Antonio, United States
Long jump	7.59 m (+1.9 m/s)	Rasheed Miller	3 June 2022	Trofeo Nacional Nocturna de Gandía	Valencia, Spain
Triple jump	15.66 m	Vance Parks	14 May 1989		Normal, United States
Shot put	17.22 m	Pablo Abarca	10 June 2022	Meeting USMA	Migne Auxances, France
Discus throw	51.35 m	Roberto Sawyers	30 January 2010		Puerto Rico
	53.27 m[c]	Roberto Sawyers	27 March 2010	Third Qualifying Meet LAI	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	[9]
Hammer throw	77.15 m	Roberto Sawyers	12 June 2016		Liberec, Czech Republic	[10]
Javelin throw	73.22 m	Ivan Sibaja	7 May 2023	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[11]
Decathlon	6663 pts	Noah Swaby	11–12 May 2023	SEC Championships	Baton Rouge, United States
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110m H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 11.62 (+0.4 m/s) 6.47 m (±0.0 m/s) 14.42 m 1.77 m 54.17 18.04 (+2.5 m/s) 44.76 m 3.90 m 57.73 m 4:40.19
5000 m walk (track)	19:48.90	Allan Segura	8 June 2006		San José, Costa Rica
10,000 m walk (track)	41:27.80	Allan Segura	28 March 2009		San José, Costa Rica
20,000 m walk (track)	1:25:06.83[d]	Allan Segura	26 June 2011	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[12]
20 km walk (road)	1:23:12	Allan Segura	10 May 2008	IAAF World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	[13]
35 km walk (road)	2:50:21	Deiby Cordero	23 April 2022	Dudinská Päťdesiatka	Dudince, Slovakia	[14]
50 km walk (road)	4:16:25	Deiby Cordero	20 March 2021	Dudinská Päťdesiatka	Dudince, Slovakia
4 × 100 m relay	40.44	Costa Rica Guzmán Calimore Monge Allen	22 June 2019	Central American Championships	Managua, Nicaragua
4 × 400 m relay	3:05.11	Costa Rica Gary Robinson Nery Brenes Jarlex Lynch Gerald Drummond	24 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	[15]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	11.46 (+1.6 m/s)	Sharolyn Joseph	21 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	[16]
200 m	23.70 (+1.9 m/s)	Sharolyn Joseph	23 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	[17]
400 m	52.57	Zoila Stewart	25 November 1993	Central American and Caribbean Games	Ponce, Puerto Rico
800 m	2:05.98	Maureen Stewart	5 June 1988		San Juan, Puerto Rico
1500 m	4:31.30[e]	Marcela Jackson	19 May 1998		Maracaibo, Venezuela
	4:31.46	Marcela Jackson	16 May 1997		Havana, Cuba
3000 m	9:50.56	Gabriela Traña	8 August 2004		Huelva, Spain
5000 m	17:15.20	Gabriela Traña	7 August 2004		Huelva, Spain
5 km (road)	17:00+	Diana Bogantes	10 June 2023	New York Mini 10K	New York City, United States	[18]
10,000 m	34:35.74	Diana Bogantes	27 June 2021	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[19]
10 km (road)	34:19+	Diana Bogantes	10 June 2023	Mastercard New York Mini 10K	New York City, United States	[20]
15 km (road)	52:57+	Diana Bogantes	3 December 2023	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[21]
20 km (road)	1:09:13+	Diana Bogantes	10 November 2024	B.A.A. Half Marathon	Boston, United States	[22]
Half marathon	1:12:46	Diana Bogantes	10 November 2024	B.A.A. Half Marathon	Boston, United States	[23]
25 km (road)	1:28:41+	Diana Bogantes	3 December 2023	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[24]
30 km (road)	1:46:49+	Diana Bogantes	3 December 2023	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[25]
Marathon	2:32:08	Diana Bogantes	3 December 2023[f]	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[26]
100 m hurdles	12.64 (+0.3 m/s)	Andrea Vargas	6 October 2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	[27]
400 m hurdles	56.19	Sharolyn Scott	28 May 2012	48. Internationales Pfingstsportfest	Rehlingen, Germany	[28]
3000 m steeplechase	10:59.80	Gabriela Traña	26 May 2006	Ibero-American Championships	Ponce, Puerto Rico
High jump	1.78 m	Abigail Obando	6 May 2023	Central American Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[29]
Pole vault	3.75 m	Vielka Arias	7 July 2023	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador
Long jump	5.95 m (−1.1 m/s)	Ana María Porras	25 September 2013		Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Triple jump	12.03 m (+0.2 m/s)	Amanda Muñoz	30 May 2021	Costa Rican Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[30]
Shot put	14.90 m	Deisheline Mayers	9 July 2021	NACAC U18 U20 and U23 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[31]
Discus throw	46.40 m	Haydee Grijalba	6 December 2020	Costa Rican Championships	San José, Costa Rica
Hammer throw	51.47 m	Daniela Francini	3 July 2022	Central American Championships	Managua, Nicaragua
Javelin throw	45.89 m	Génova Arias	12 March 2013	Central American Games	San José, Costa Rica
Heptathlon	4954 pts	Ana María Porras	13–14 July 2018	Central American Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m 14.72 (+1.2 m/s) 1.58 m 10.65 m 26.08 (NWI) 5.87 m (+1.3 m/s) 31.50 m 2:30.52
5000 m walk (track)	25:41.47	Karolyn Hernández	11 May 2004		Guatemala
10,000 m walk (track)	44:53.39	Noelia Vargas	29 May 2021	Costa Rican Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[32]
20 km walk (road)	1:30:44	Noelia Vargas	5 June 2021		A Coruña, Spain
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	46.00	Sharolyn Scott Andrea Vargas Desire Bermúdez Keylin Pennant	22 June 2019	Central American Championships	Managua, Nicaragua
4 × 400 m relay	3:40.23	Costa Rica Irma Harris Brown Sharolyn Scott Daniela Rojas Gutierrez Desire Bermudez Villarebia	2 August 2018	CAC Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[33]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	6.71	Bob Colville	8 January 2005		Ann Arbor, United States
200 m	22.07	Bob Colville	28 January 2006		Ypsilanti, United States
			11 February 2006
	21.79 OT		4 February 2006		Akron, United States
400 m	45.11	Nery Brenes	10 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[34]
800 m	1:48.29	Juan Diego Castro	12 February 2021	Texas Tech Shootout	Lubbock, United States	[35]
1000 m	2:24.05	Juan Diego Castro	17 January 2020	Arkansas Invitational	Fayetteville, United States	[36]
1500 m
Mile	3:57.78	Juan Diego Castro	7 February 2021	American Track League #3	Fayetteville, United States	[37]
3000 m	8:26.28	Alvaro Sanabria	13 January 2018	Graduate Classic	Lincoln, United States	[38]
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump	6.45 m	Enrique Colville	29 January 2005		Ypsilanti, United States
Triple jump	13.36 m	Enrique Colville	27 January 2006		Ypsilanti, United States
Shot put	16.49 m	Pablo Abarca	8 January 2022		Vouneuil-sous-Biard, France
Weight throw	21.15 m	Roberto Sawyers	16 February 2013	Millrose Games	New York, United States	[39]
Heptathlon
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
3000 m walk	12:51.93	Sergio Gutierrez	17 March 2006		Linz, Austria
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
60 m	7.48	Sharolyn Joseph-Hamblett	4 February 2017	Hillsdale "Wide-Track" Classic	Hillsdale, United States	[40]
200 m	24.87	Zoila Stewart	28 February 1998		Lincoln, United States
400 m	56.43	Zoila Stewart	27 February 1999		Lincoln, United States
	54.93 OT	Zoila Stewart	24 January 1998		Johnson City, United States
800 m	2:07.72	Maureen Stewart	6 March 1987	World Championships	Indianapolis, United States
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles	8.19	Andrea Vargas	10 February 2018	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States	[41]
	8.16	Andrea Vargas	12 February 2022	American Track League	Louisville, United States	[42]
	8.08	Andrea Vargas	12 February 2022	American Track League	Louisville, United States	[43]
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
3000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Notes

1. by World Athletics source; rounded 13:45.00 by federation source
2. by World Athletics source; rounded 8:48.60 by federation source
3. recognised by World Athletics but not ratified by FECOA
4. by World Athletics and official result source; rounded 1:25:06 by federation source
5. ratified by federation but not recognised by World Athletics
6. by official result and World Athletics sources; 3 October 2023 by FECOA source, a typo