List of Mexican records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Mexico maintained by its national athletics federation: Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo (FMAA).

Outdoor

  Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by FMAA   Not ratified or later rescinded by FMAA

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.21 (+0.1 m/s)	Carlos Villaseñor García	11 July 1997	National Championships	Toluca, Mexico
	10.21 (+0.8 m/s)	José Carlos Herrera	29 August 2014	National Championships	Xalapa, Mexico	[1]
150 m (bend)	16.30 A NWI	Genaro Rodríguez	28 January 2017		Mexico City, Mexico	[2]
200 m	20.17 (+0.9 m/s)	José Carlos Herrera	16 April 2016	Mt. SAC Relays	Norwalk, United States	[3]
300 m	32.31	Alejandro Cárdenas	21 July 1974		Marietta, United States	[4]
400 m	44.31	Alejandro Cárdenas	26 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain
600 m	1:15.94	Jesús Tonatiú López	17 March 2018		Gurabo, Puerto Rico	[5]
800 m	1:43.44	Jesús Tonatiú López	9 July 2021	American Track League	Atlanta, United States	[6]
1500 m	3:36.67	Pablo Solares	30 May 2009	Reebok Grand Prix	New York City, United States
Mile	3:57.34	Juan Luis Barrios	17 July 2013	Morton Games	Finglas, Ireland	[7]
2000 m	5:03.4+	Arturo Barrios	10 July 1989		Nice, France
3000 m	7:35.71	Arturo Barrios	10 July 1989		Nice, France
Two miles	8:23.81	Juan Luis Barrios	10 June 2007	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States
5000 m	13:07.79	Arturo Barrios	14 July 1989		London, United Kingdom
5 km (road)	13:18	Armando Quintanilla	31 March 1996	Carlsbad 5000	Carlsbad, United States	[8]
10,000 m	27:08.23	Arturo Barrios	18 August 1989	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany
10 km (road)	27:41	Arturo Barrios	1 March 1986	Continental Homes 10K	Phoenix, United States
15 km (road)	42:36	Arturo Barrios	29 June 1986	Cascade Run Off	Portland, United States
10 miles	46:44	Dionicio Cerón	2 April 1989		Washington, United States
		Arturo Barrios	27 August 1994		Flint, United States
20,000 m (track)	56:55.6	Arturo Barrios	30 March 1991		La Fleche, France
20 km (road)	58:26+	Juan Carlos Romero	11 October 2009	World Half Marathon Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[9]
One hour	21101 m	Arturo Barrios	30 March 1991		La Fleche, France
Half marathon	1:00:14 a	Armando Quintanilla	21 January 1996	Tokyo Half Marathon	Tokyo, Japan
	1:00:28	Germán Silva	24 September 1994	World Half Marathon Championships	Oslo, Norway
25 km (road)	1:16:26+	Andrés Espinosa	28 September 2003	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Berlin
	1:14:54+	Juan Luis Barrios	6 March 2011	Lala Marathon	Torreón, Mexico
30 km (road)	1:30:19+	Juan Luis Barrios	6 March 2011	Lala Marathon	Torreón, Mexico
	1:31:46+	Andrés Espinosa	28 September 2003	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany
Marathon	2:07:19 a	Andrés Espinosa	18 April 1994	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States
	2:08:30	Dionicio Cerón	2 April 1995	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom
110 m hurdles	13.64 A (±0.0 m/s)	Genaro Rodríguez [fr]	31 March 2018	Encuentro Atlético FMA	Mexico City, Mexico	[10]
400 m hurdles	49.32	Fernando Vega	11 July 2019	Universiade	Naples, Italy	[11]
	49.27	Guillermo Campos	11 May 2024	Ibero-American Championships	Cuiabá, Brazil	[12]
3000 m steeplechase	8:25.69	Salvador Miranda	8 July 2000	Encuentro Nacional de Fondo	Barakaldo, Spain
High jump	2.31 m	Edgar Rivera	2 June 2021	P-T-S Meeting	Šamorín, Slovakia	[13][14]
Pole vault	5.82 m	Giovanni Lanaro	15 April 2007	Mt. SAC Relays	Walnut, United States
Long jump	8.46 m (+1.3 m/s)	Luis Rivera	12 July 2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	[15]
Triple jump	16.99 m (+1.9 m/s)	Alberto Alvarez	16 April 2016	Mt. SAC Relays	Norwalk, United States	[3]
Shot put	20.86 m	Uziel Muñóz	31 May 2019		Chihuahua, Mexico
Discus throw	63.35 m	Mario Cota	18 June 2016		Chula Vista, United States
Hammer throw	78.68 m A	Diego del Real	24 April 2021	Pista del CARE	Monterrey, Mexico	[16]
Javelin throw	81.45 m	David Carreón	17 May 2018	Elite Classic	Tucson, United States	[17]
	82.68 m A	Juan de la Garza	7 June 1986		Mexico City, Mexico
Decathlon	7614 pts h	Alejandro Cárdenas	10–11 May 1996	Ibero-American Championships	Medellín, Colombia
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110m H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.2 (+0.1 m/s) 7.72 m (+1.3 m/s) 12.55 m 1.74 m 46.33 15.73 (±0.0 m/s) 38.32 m 4.40 m 57.28 m 4:52.35
5000 m walk (track)	18:35.36	Eder Sánchez	2 July 2014	Myting lekkoatletyczny AWF Katowice	Katowice, Poland	[1]
5 km walk (road)	19:17	Eder Sánchez	8 December 2006	Gran Premio Internacional	Granada, Spain
10,000 m walk (track)	38:26.4	Daniel García	17 May 1997		Sønder-Omme, Denmark
	38:24.0	Bernardo Segura	7 May 1994		Fana, Norway
10 km walk (road)	38:31	Eder Sánchez	19 September 2009	IAAF World Race Walking Challenge	Saransk, Russia
20,000 m walk (track)	1:17:25.6[18]	Bernardo Segura	7 May 1994		Bergen, Norway
20 km walk (road)	1:17:56	Alejandro López	8 May 1999		Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
35 km walk (road)	2:29:24	José Luis Doctor	23 April 2022	Dudinská Päťdesiatka	Dudince, Slovakia	[19]
	2:27:11	Ricardo Ortiz	24 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	[20]
	2:26:37	José Luis Doctor	25 March 2023	Dudinská Päťdesiatka	Dudince, Slovakia	[21]
	2:25:08	Andres Olivas	16 March 2025	World Athletics Race Walking Tour	Nomi, Japan	[22]
50,000 m walk (track)	3:41:38.4	Raúl González	25 May 1979		Bergen, Norway
50 km walk (road)	3:41:20	Raúl González	11 June 1978		Poděbrady, Czech Republic
4 × 100 m relay	39.17	Mexico Heber Gallegos Iván Moreno César Ramírez Juan Carlos Alanís	28 August 2017	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	[23]
4 × 400 m relay	3:02.89	Mexico Fernando Vega José Ricardo Jiménez Édgar Ramírez Valente Mendoza	13 July 2019	Universiade	Naples, Italy	[24]
	3:02.87	Mexico Guillermo Campos Édgar Ramírez Valente Mendoza Luis Avilés Ferreiro	4 May 2024	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[25]
4 × 800 m relay	7:20.92	Mexico José Eduardo Rodríguez Alexis Sotelo Gamaliel Moctezuma Jesús Tonatiu López	23 April 2017	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[26]
Distance medley relay	10:00.41	Mexico Edgar Quiroz 3:03.66 (1200 m) Jose Fraire 48.15 (400 m) Bryan Martinez 1:55.13 (800 m) Christopher Sandoval 4:13.47 (1600 m)	26 April 2014	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States	[27]
Marathon road relay (Ekiden)	2:03.48	Mexico David Galindo (14:07) Víctor Rodríguez (30:15) Jesús Primo (14:55) Benjamín Paredes (29:35) Ruben García (14:24) Martín Rodríguez (20:32)	14 April 1996		Copenhagen, Denmark

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
100 m	11.09 A (+1.9 m/s)	Liliana Allen	19 June 1999	IMSS Grand Prix	Mexico City, Mexico
150 m (bend)	18.63 A NWI	Ana Ramírez	28 January 2017		Mexico City, Mexico	[2]
200 m	23.02 (+2.0 m/s)	Cecilia Tamayo	16 May 2021	USF Track Complex	Tampa, Florida	[28]
300 m	35.30 A [WB]	Ana Guevara	3 May 2003	GP Banamex Meeting	Mexico City, Mexico	[29]
400 m	48.89	Ana Guevara	27 August 2003	World Championships	Saint-Denis, France	[30]
800 m	2:00.92	Mariela Real	30 May 2021	Portland Track Festival	Portland, United States	[31]
	2:00.31	Valery Tobias	14 April 2023	Brian Clay Invitational	Azusa, United States	[32]
1500 m	4:06.06	Alma Cortes	20 May 2022	Trials of Miles' Track Night	Manhattan, United States	[33]
3000 m	8:53.53	Adriana Fernández	25 June 2000	Adidas Oregon Track Classic	Portland, United States	[34][35]
	8:28.05	Laura Galván	2 September 2023	Xiamen Diamond League	Xiamen, China	[36]
Two miles	9:15.74	Laura Galván	27 May 2022	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[37]
5000 m	15:00.16	Laura Galván	30 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	[38]
	14:49.34	Laura Galván	6 May 2023	Sound Running On Track Fest	Walnut, United States	[39]
	14:43.94	Laura Galván	23 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[40]
10,000 m	31:10.12	Adriana Fernández	1 July 2000	Maine Distance Festival	Brunswick, United States
	31:04.08	Laura Galván	4 March 2023	Sound Running THE TEN	San Juan Capistrano, United States	[41]
5 km (road)	15:05 a	Laura Galván	2 April 2023	Carlsbad 5000	Carlsbad, United States	[42]
10 km (road)	32:20	Sara Cedillo	1 December 2001	Carrera 10K	Mazatlán, Mexico
	31:56 a	Marisol Rosales	3 August 2002	Peoples Beach to Beacon 10K	Cape Elizabeth, United States
	31:55	Citlali Cristian Moscote	12 January 2025	10K Valencia Ibercaja	Valencia, Spain	[43]
15 km (road)	50:00+	Madaí Pérez	22 October 2006	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States
20 km (road)	1:06:38+	Madaí Pérez	22 October 2006	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[44]
Half marathon	1:09:28	Adriana Fernández	9 March 2003	Kyoto Half Marathon	Kyoto, Japan
	1:08:34 a	Olga Appell	24 January 1993	Tokyo Half Marathon	Tokyo, Japan
25 km (road)	1:23:26+	Madaí Pérez	22 October 2006	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[44]
30 km (road)	1:45:05	Madaí Pérez	11 May 2008		Ixtapa, Mexico
	1:40:12+	Madaí Pérez	22 October 2006	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[44]
Marathon	2:22:59	Madaí Pérez	22 October 2006	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	[44]
100 km	8:33:43	Marina Valencia Hernández	14 October 2007	Mexican 100 km Championships	Monterrey, Mexico
100 m hurdles	13.20 A	Sandra Tavares	19 May 1990		Mexico City, Mexico
400 m hurdles	55.11	Zudikey Rodríguez	31 July 2018	CAC Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	[45]
3000 m steeplechase	9:48.33	Ana Narvaez	14 May 2015		Eagle Rock, United States
High jump	1.97 m	Romary Rifka	4 April 2004		Xalapa, Mexico
Pole vault	4.35 m A	Carmelita Correa	18 March 2016	Selectivo Mt. SAC	Mexico City, Mexico	[46]
Long jump	6.74 m A (−0.6 m/s)	Jessamyn Sauceda	7 May 2017		Mexico City, Mexico	[47]
Triple jump	14.02 m A (+1.9 m/s)	Ivonne Rangel	29 April 2018	Copa Autonomía	Querétaro, Mexico	[48]
Shot put	18.04 m	María Orozco	24 May 2018		Querétaro, Mexico
Discus throw	53.66 m	Irais Estrada	22 May 2010	Mexican Championships	San José del Cabo, Mexico	[49][50]
	56.09 m	Verónica Luzania	23 March 2024	Copa Portal	Mexicali, Mexico	[51]
Hammer throw	66.52 m	Sharon Elizabeth Ayala González	16 May 2009		Logan, United States
Javelin throw	59.26 m A	Abigail Gómez Hernandez	13 June 2015	Mexican Championships	Morelia, Mexico	[52]
Heptathlon	5786 pts	Jessamyn Sauceda	24–25 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	[53]
	100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m 14.09 (-1.7) 1.74m 12.16m 25.11 (+1.5) 6.35 (+1.9) 38.51m 2:23.97
10,000 m walk (track)	43:26:18	Graciela Mendoza	7 October 1989		Hull, Canada
10 km walk (road)	42:42	Graciela Mendoza	25 May 1997		Naumburg, Germany
15 km walk (road)	1:05:14+	María Guadalupe González	7 May 2016	World Race Walking Team Championships	Rome, Italy	[54]
20,000 m walk (track)	1:33:26.74	Maria Guadalupe González	16 June 2017		Monterrey, Mexico
20 km walk (road)	1:26:17	María Guadalupe González	7 May 2016	World Race Walking Team Championships	Rome, Italia	[55]
35 km walk (road)	2:53:01	Alejandra Ortega	23 April 2022	Dudinská Päťdesiatka	Dudince, Slovakia	[56]
	2:52:06	Nadia González	22 July 2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	[57]
	2:50:44	Alejandra Ortega	24 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	[58]
50 km walk (road)	4:20:36	Erika Morales	21 October 2018		Hauppauge, United States
4 × 100 m relay	44.79	Mexico Natali Brito Dania Aguillón Paola Morán Errejón Iza Daniela Flores	28 August 2017	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	[59]
4 × 400 m relay	3:27.14	Mexico Zudikey Rodriguez Gabriela Medina Nallely Vela Ana Guevara	1 September 2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	[60]
4 × 800 m relay	8:24.45	Mexico Gabriela Medina Cristina Guevara Mariel Espinosa Arantza Hernandez	25 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[61]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
55 m	6.46 A	Heber Gallegos	17 January 2014	Texas Tech Open	Lubbock, United States
60 m	6.75	Heber Gallegos	15 February 2019	Texas Tech Matador Qualifier	Lubbock, United States	[62]
	6.75 A	Brandon Heredia	21 February 2025	NAU Tune Up	Flagstaff, United States	[63]
200 m	20.81 A	José Carlos Herrera	24 January 2014	New Mexico Cherry and Silver Invitational	Albuquerque, United States	[64]
			15 February 2014	Don Kirby Collegiate Elite	Albuquerque, United States	[65]
400 m	45.93	Alejandro Cárdenas	9 February 2000		Piraeus, Greece
			17 February 2000	GE Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
800 m	1:48.43	James Eichberger	29 January 2011	Razorback Invitational	Fayetteville, United States	[66]
	1:47.90	Jesús Tonatiú López	5 February 2022	Camel City Invitational	Winston-Salem, United States	[67]
	1:47.41	Jesús Tonatiú López	11 February 2023	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[68]
	1:47.19	Jesús Tonatiú López	25 February 2023	Tracksmith Twilight Indoor	New York City, United States	[69]
1500 m	3:38.93+	Pablo Solares	7 February 2009	Boston Indoor Games	Roxbury, United States
Mile	3:54.52	Pablo Solares	7 February 2009	Boston Indoor Games	Roxbury, United States
3000 m	7:44.31	Fernando Martínez	15 February 2020	BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational	Boston, United States	[70]
5000 m	13:23.61	Juan Luis Barrios	11 February 2012	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[71]
60 m hurdles	8.08	Ricardo Flores	1 February 2014		Houston, United States
	7.90	Luis Rivera	23 February 2014	Estonian Championships	Tartu, Estonia	[72]
High jump	2.30 m [a]	Edgar Rivera	9 February 2016	21st High Jump Meeting	Brno, Czech Republic	[73]
			4 February 2017	High Jump Gala	Hustopeče, Czech Republic	[74]
Pole vault	5.71 m A	Giovanni Lanaro	18 February 2006	Lumberjack Invitational	Flagstaff, United States
	5.71 m		18 February 2009	GE Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
Long jump	8.01 m	Luis Rivera	7 March 2014	World Championships	Sopot, Poland	[75]
Triple jump	16.23 m	Francisco Javier Olivares	8 March 1985		Syracuse, United States
Shot put	20.08 m	Stephen Saenz	9 March 2012	NCAA Division I Championships	Nampa, United States	[76]
Weight throw	18.54 m	Stephen Saenz	3 February 2012	VT Elite Meet	Blacksburg, United States	[77]
Heptathlon	4306 pts	Jorge Rivera	1–2 February 2008		Houston, United States
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 7.79 5.96 m 10.42 m 1.95 m 9.63 3.45 m 2:51.02
5000 m walk	18:38.71	Ernesto Canto	7 March 1987	World Championships	Indianapolis, United States
4 × 400 m relay	3:11.41	Mexico Alejandro Cárdenas Juan Vallín Alberto Araujo Juan Pedro Toledo	8 March 1997	World Championships	Paris, France	[78]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref.
50 m	6.11+	Liliana Allen	13 February 2000	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
60 m	7.08	Liliana Allen	13 February 2000	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
200 m	23.69 (prelim)	Cecilia Tamayo	29 February 2020	American Championships	Birmingham, United States	[79]
	23.69 (final)					[79]
	23.30	Cecilia Tamayo-Garza	11 February 2023	Tyson Invitational	Fayetteville, United States	[80]
300 m	37.63	Paola Morán	12 February 2022	American Track League	Louisville, United States	[81]
400 m	50.93	Ana Guevara	6 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan
800 m	2:06.6 y	Charlotte Bradley	12 January 1979		College Park, United States
1500 m	4:31.89 y	Laura Galván	24 January 2020	BU John Thomas Terrier Classic	Boston, United States	[82]
	4:09.58+	Alma Cortes	11 February 2022	BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational	Boston, United States	[83]
	4:08.96+	Lorena Rangel	15 February 2025	BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational	Boston, United States	[84]
Mile	4:26.56	Lorena Rangel	15 February 2025	BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational	Boston, United States	[85]
3000 m	8:42.29	Laura Galván	29 January 2022	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[86]
	8:40.45	Laura Galván	11 February 2023	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[87]
5000 m	16:16.26	Kathya Garcia	4 March 2011	Columbia Last Chance Meet	New York City, United States	[88]
	16:14.06 OT		11 February 2011	Husky Classic	Seattle, United States	[89]
60 m hurdles	8.43	Jacqueline Tavares	21 February 1999		Spała, Poland
High jump	1.90 m A	Cristina Fink	25 February 1989		Flagstaff, United States
	1.90 m	Romary Rifka	8 March 2008	World Championships	Valencia, Spain	[90]
Pole vault	4.41 m A [b]	Carmelita Correa	12 February 2016	NAU Invitational	Flagstaff, United States	[91]
Long jump	6.37 m	Ivonne Treviño	15 January 2016		Houston, United States
Triple jump	13.20 m A	Ivonne Rangel	2 February 2019	New Mexico Classic	Aubuquerque, United States	[92]
Shot put	15.67 m	Naomi Moica	26 February 2021	Atlantic Sun Championships	Lynchburg, United States	[93]
Pentathlon	4008 pts	Chrystal Ruiz Trevino	9 March 2012	NCAA Division II Championships	Mankato, United States	[94]
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.63 1.73 m 10.38 m 5.72 m 2:21.06
3000 m walk	13:23.45	María Colín	6 March 1987	World Championships	Indianapolis, United States
4 × 400 m relay

Notes

1. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
2. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record