List of Cuban records in athletics explained

The following are the national records in athletics in Cuba maintained by its national athletics federation: Federación Cubana de Atletismo (FCA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:

+ = en route to a longer distance
h = hand timing
A = affected by altitude
a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	9.98 (+0.6 m/s)	Silvio Leonard	11 August 1977		Guadalajara, Mexico
	9.98 (+1.0 m/s)	Roberto Skyers	22 February 2019	Rafael Fortún Meeting	Camagüey, Cuba	^[1]
	9.90 (0.0 m/s)	Shainer Reginfo Montoya	1 June 2024	XXVI Trofeo de Atletismo Ciudad de Salamanca - Memorial Carlos Gil Perez	Salamanca, Spain	^[2]
200 m	20.02 (+0.3 m/s)	Roberto Skyers	24 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	^[3]
	19.63 (+1.2 m/s)	Reynier Mena	3 July 2022	Resisprint International	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	^[4]
300 m	31.48	Roberto Hernández	3 September 1990		Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
400 m	44.14	Roberto Hernández	30 May 1990		Seville, Spain
500 m	59.32	Orestes Rodriguez	5 February 2013		La Habana, Cuba	^[5]
600 m	1:13.9	Raidel Acea	20 April 2013		La Habana, Cuba
800 m	1:42.85		31 July 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States
1500 m	3:35.03	Maurys Surel Castillo	7 June 2012	8th Meeting Iberoamericano de Atletismo	Huelva, Spain	^[6]
3000 m	7:58.3	Maurys Surel Castillo	20 June 2009		Havana, Cuba
5000 m	13:44.8	Luis Medina	21 June 1977		Prague, Czechoslovakia
10000 m	28:48.96	Alberto Cuba	10 February 1989		Havana, Cuba
10 km (road)	29:45	Aguelmis Rojas	18 December 2010	Corrida de San Fernando	Montevideo, Uruguay	^[7]
Half marathon	1:03:48	Aguelmis Rojas	14 October 2007	World Road Running Championships	Udine, Italy
Marathon	2:10:53	Alberto Cuba	13 December 1992		Ciudad de Mérida, Mexico
110 m hurdles	12.87 (+0.9 m/s)	Dayron Robles	12 June 2008	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	^[8]
300 m hurdles	36.00	Yoao Illas	1 April 2023	Felix Sánchez Classic	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	^[9]
400 m hurdles	47.99	Omar Cisneros	27 October 2011	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	^[10] ^[11]
3000 m steeplechase	8:26.16	José Sanchez	19 June 2009		Havana, Cuba
High jump	2.45 m	Javier Sotomayor	27 July 1993		Salamanca, Spain
Pole vault	5.90 m	Lázaro Borges	29 August 2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	^[12]
Long jump	8.71 m (+1.9 m/s)	Iván Pedroso	18 July 1995		Salamanca, Spain
Triple jump	18.08 m (0.0 m/s)	Pedro Pablo Pichardo	28 May 2015	Copa Cuba-Memorial Barrientos	Havana, Cuba	^[13]
Shot put	20.78 m	Alexis Paumier	29 July 2000		Havana, Cuba
Discus throw	71.06 m	Luis Delís	21 May 1983		Havana, Cuba
Hammer throw	78.02 m	Roberto Janet	28 May 2015	Copa Cuba-Memorial Barrientos	Havana, Cuba	^[14]
Javelin throw	87.20 m	Guillermo Martínez	28 October 2011	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	^[15] ^[16]
Decathlon	8654 pts	Leonel Suárez	3–4 July 2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba
	11.07 (+0.7 m/s) (100 m), 7.42 m (+0.8 m/s) (long jump), 14.39 m (shot put), 2.09 m (high jump), 47.65 (400 m) / 14.15 (−0.6 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 46.07 m (discus), 4.70 m (pole vault), 77.47 m (javelin), 4:27.29 (1500 m)
20 km walk (road)	1:21:45	Jorge Luis Pino	30 July 2002		Matanzas, Cuba
50 km walk (road)	3:52:19	Edel Oliva	24 March 1995	Pan American Games	Mar del Plata, Argentina
4 × 100 m relay	38.00	Andrés Simón Joel Lamela Joel Isasi Jorge Aguilera	8 August 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain
4 × 200 m relay	1:22.06	O. Rodríguez O. Pellicier R. Acea Y. Lescay	15 February 2014		Havana, Cuba
4 × 400 m relay	2:59.13	Lázaro Martínez Héctor Herrera Norberto Téllez Roberto Hernández	7 August 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
100 m	11.10 (+1.6 m/s)	Liliana Allen	13 July 1992		Salamanca, Spain
200 m	22.68 (+0.7 m/s)	Roxana Díaz	4 July 2007		Salamanca, Spain
300 m	36.50	Roxana Gómez	1 April 2023	Felix Sánchez Classic	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	^[17]
400 m	49.61	Ana Fidelia Quirot	5 August 1991		Havana, Cuba
600 m	1:22.63	Ana Fidelia Quirot	25 July 1997		Guadalajara, Mexico
800 m	1:54.44	Ana Fidelia Quirot	9 September 1989		Barcelona, Spain
1000 m	2:33.21		13 September 1989		Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
1500 m	4:09.57	Adriana Muñoz	7 August 2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
3000 m	9:17.7	Yudelkis Martinez	1 July 2004		Santa Clara, Cuba
5000 m	15:59.44	Yudileyvis Castillo	21 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada
	15:34.94	Yesenia Centeno	7 June 2003		Seville, Spain
10000 m	33:45.76	Yudileyvis Castillo	23 July 2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	^[18]
	33:29.9	Anisleidis Ochoa	16 September 2023		Havana, Cuba
10 km (road)	33:49	Yesenia Centeno	8 April 2001		Barcelona, Spain
Half marathon	1:13:23	Yesenia Centeno	15 June 2003		Seville, Spain
Marathon	2:36:35	Emperatriz Wilson	13 December 1992		Caracas, Venezuela
100 m hurdles	12.61 (+1.4 m/s)	Anay Tejeda	5 July 2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia
400 m hurdles	52.89	Daimí Pernía	25 August 1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain
3000 m steeplechase	9:58.7	Yoslin Ocampo	30 May 2009		Havana, Cuba
High jump	2.04 m	Silvia Costa	9 September 1989		Barcelona, Spain
Pole vault	4.91 m	Yarisley Silva	2 August 2015	17th International Pole Vault Meeting	Beckum, Germany	^[19]
Long jump	6.99 m (+0.4 m/s)	Lissete Cuza	3 June 2000		Jena, Germany
Triple jump	15.28 m		31 August 2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	^[20]	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sINMPcc6aaw
	15.29 m (+0.3 m/s)		11 July 2003	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy
Shot put	20.96 m		2 May 1992		Mexico City, Mexico
Discus throw	70.88 m		8 May 1992		Havana, Cuba
	73.09 m	Yaime Pérez	13 April 2024	Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational	Ramona, United States	^[21] ^[22]
Hammer throw	76.62 m		9 September 2008	Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb, Croatia
Javelin throw	71.70 m		14 August 2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	^[23]
Heptathlon	6742 pts	Yorgelis Rodríguez	26–27 May 2018	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	^[24]
Decathlon	7245 pts	Magalys García	28–29 June 2002		Vienna, Austria
20 km walk (road)	1:33:47	Yarcelis Sánchez	30 July 2002		Matanzas, Cuba
4 × 100 m relay	42.89	Miriam Ferrer Aliuska López Julia Duporty Liliana Allen	22 August 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany
4 × 400 m relay	3:23.21	Roxana Díaz Zulia Calatayud Susana Clement Indira Terrero	23 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	^[25]
4 × 800 m relay	8:15.84	Rose Mary Almanza Arletis Thaureaux Gilda Casanova Sahily Diago	3 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	^[26]
4 × 1500 m relay	24:05.6	Isabel Dickison Guadalupe Rivero Norma Pérez Isis Rodríguez	13 May 1972		Havana, Cuba

Mixed

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
50 m	5.61	Freddy Mayola	16 February 2000		Madrid, Spain
60 m	6.49	Freddy Mayola	16 February 2000		Madrid, Spain
		Yuniel Perez	2 February 2014	Russian Winter Meeting	Moscow, Russia	^[28]
	6.48	Yenns Fernández	28 January 2024		Ancona, Italy	^[29]
200 m	20.46	Iván García	8 March 1997	World Championships	Paris, France
400 m	46.09	Roberto Hernández	7 March 1987	World Championships	Indianapolis, United States
800 m	1:46.32	Norberto Téllez	19 February 1999	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium
1500 m	3:43.06	Maurys Surel Castillo	19 January 2013		Antequera, Spain
Mile	4:05.80	Maurys Surel Castillo	8 February 2014	Orenburg Mile	Orenburg, Russia
3000 m	8:09.09	Maurys Surel Castillo	23 December 2012		Seville, Spain
50 m hurdles	6.36	Anier García	13 February 2000	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
60 m hurdles	7.33	Dayron Robles	8 February 2008	PSD Bank Meeting	Düsseldorf, Germany
400 m hurdles	49.54	Yasmani Copello	12 February 2013	International Meeting Val-de-Reuil	Val-de-Reuil, France	^[30]
High jump	2.43 m	Javier Sotomayor	4 March 1989	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Pole vault	5.72 m	Lázaro Borges	11 February 2012	Pole Vault Stars	Donetsk, Ukraine	^[31]
Long jump	8.62 m	Iván Pedroso	7 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan
Triple jump	17.83 m	Aliecer Urrutia	1 March 1997		Sindelfingen, Germany
Shot put	19.90 m	Paul Ruiz	13 February 1988		Sofia, Bulgaria
Heptathlon	5964 pts	Leonel Suárez	12–13 February 2010		Tallinn, Estonia	^[32]
	7.13 (60 m), 7.13 m (long jump), 14.10 (shot put), 2.02 m (high jump) / 8.15 (60 m hurdles), 4.85 m (pole vault), 2:36.12 (1000 m)
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay	3:12.16	Dorrmann Héctor Herrera Lázaro Martínez Norberto Téllez	20 February 1993		Paris, France

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m	7.12	Liliana Allen	8 March 1991	World Championships	Seville, Spain
200 m	23.79	Liliana Allen	20 February 1990		San Sebastián, Spain
400 m	55.74	Nancy McLeón	20 February 1993		Paris, France
	52.02	Indira Terrero	24 February 2013	Meeting National	Metz, France	^[33]
	54.44	Lisvania Grenot	27 January 2008		Ancona, Italy
	52.60	Roxana Gómez	12 February 2022	PSD Bank Indoor Meeting	Dortmund, Germany	^[34]
800 m	2:04.18	Rose Mary Almanza	9 February 2016		Eaubonne, France	^[35]
1500 m	4:37.87	Dayane Huerta Venet	22 January 2016		Sabadell, Spain
3000 m	9:46.05	Milagros Rodriguez	20 February 1993		Paris, France
60 m hurdles	7.90	Anay Tejeda	10 February 2008	BW-Bank Meeting	Karlsruhe, Germany
High jump	2.01 m	Ioamnet Quintero	5 March 1993		Berlin, Germany
Pole vault	4.82 m	Yarisley Silva	24 April 2013	Drake Relays	Des Moines, United States	^[36]
Long jump	6.79 m	Yargelis Savigne	3 February 2007	Sparkassen Cup	Stuttgart, Germany
Triple jump	15.05 m	Yargelis Savigne	8 March 2008	World Championships	Valencia, Spain	^[37]
Shot put	19.60 m	Belsis Laza	8 March 1989		Piraeus, Greece
Pentathlon	4637 pts	Yorgelis Rodríguez	2 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[38]
3000 m walk	14:11.56	Yaimara Bouzidi	16 February 2008		Bordeaux, France
4 × 400 m relay	3:39.66	Idalmis Bonne Julia Duporty Lency Montelier Nancy McLeon	20 February 1993		Paris, France

References

General

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

Specific

Notes and References

1. News: Roberto Skyers marca 9.98 segundos e iguala récord nacional en los 100 metros. cibercuba.com. es. 22 February 2019. 14 March 2019.
2. News: Shainer Reginfo Montoya: del 9.90 en Salamanca a 'desertar' en Guadalajara. lagacetadesalamanca.es. Alex G. Santana. Spanish. 12 July 2024. 20 August 2024.
3. Web site: 200m Results. results.toronto2015.org. 24 July 2015. 26 July 2015. 28 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150728050645/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/resTO2015/pdf/TO2015/AT/TO2015_AT_C73A_ATM002101.pdf. dead.
4. News: Mena crushes Cuban 200m record with 19.63 in La Chaux de Fonds. World Athletics. 3 July 2022. 19 July 2022.
5. Web site: La Habana (Cuba), 5.2.2013. trackinsun.blogspot.de. 11 February 2013. 23 February 2013. 25 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130725071531/http://trackinsun.blogspot.de/2013/02/la-habana-cuba-522013.html. dead.
6. Web site: Meeting Iberoamericano de Atletismo 2012 Complste Results. RFEA. 7 June 2012. 9 June 2012.
7. News: San Fernando sin uruguayos en el podio. 180.com.uy. es. 7 January 2011. 2 April 2011.
8. Web site: 110 Metres Hurdles Results. zlatatretra.cz. 12 June 2008. 25 May 2010.
9. Web site: 300m Hurdles Result. World Athletics. 1 April 2023. 1 June 2023.
10. Web site: 400 Metres Hurdles Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20111111000733/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATM04404450000001ENG.htm. dead. 11 November 2011. info.guadalajara2011.org.mx. 27 October 2011. 28 October 2011.
11. News: Cisneros joins sub-48 club with 47.99, Thompson soars to 2.32m – Pan American Games, Day 5. IAAF. Javier Clavelo Robinson. 28 October 2011. 28 October 2011.
12. Web site: Pole Vault Results. IAAF. 29 August 2011. 29 August 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111202211554/http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4147/AT-PV-M-f--A--.RS1.pdf. 2 December 2011.
13. News: Pichardo triple jumps 18.08m in Havana. IAAF. Javier Clavelo Robinson. Phil Minshull. 29 May 2015. 30 May 2015.
14. News: Pichardo triple jumps 18.08m in Havana. IAAF. Javier Clavelo Robinson. Phil Minshull. 29 May 2015. 30 May 2015.
15. Web site: Javelin Throw Results. info.guadalajara2011.org.mx. 28 October 2011. 30 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111031220821/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATM05305350000001ENG.htm. 31 October 2011.
16. News: Robles 13.10, Borges 5.80 and Ibarguen 14.92m in Guadalajara – Pan American Games, Day 6. IAAF. Javier Clavelo Robinson. 29 October 2011. 30 October 2011.
17. Web site: 300m Result. World Athletics. 1 April 2023. 2 June 2023.
18. Web site: 10000m Results. results.toronto2015.org. 23 July 2015. 26 July 2015.
19. Web site: Pole Vault Results. lalive.de. 2 August 2015. 2 August 2015.
20. Web site: Triple Jump Results. IAAF. 31 August 2007. 8 December 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120816233329/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/3653/AT-TJ-W-f--A--.RS1.pdf. 16 August 2012.
21. Web site: Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational 2024 – Women's Discus Throw Results. World Athletics. 15 April 2024.
22. Web site: Perez launches discus 73.09m, Sears clocks 10.77 for 100m. World Athletics. 14 April 2024. 15 April 2024.
23. Web site: Javelin Throw Results. IAAF. 14 August 2005. 8 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20070306221315/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/3365/AT-JT-W-F--A--.RS1.pdf. 6 March 2007. dead.
24. News: World leads for Thiam and Warner in Gotzis. IAAF. Diego Sampaolo. 27 May 2018. 28 May 2018.
25. Web site: 4x400 Metres Results. IAAF. 23 August 2008. 14 April 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120715182206/http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventcode=3659/racedate=08-23-2008/sex=W/discCode=4X4/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detW_4X4_hash_f. 15 July 2012.
26. Web site: Women's 4 × 800 m Relay Results. IAAF. 3 May 2015. 6 May 2015.
27. Web site: Mixed 4×400m Relay Results. sansalvador2023.com. 3 July 2023. 10 July 2023.
28. Web site: 60m Results. ARAF. 2 February 2014. 4 February 2014.
29. Web site: 60m Results. World Athletics. 30 January 2024.
30. News: Talay, Osaghae and Ahoure victorious in Val de Reuil. IAAF. Pierre-Jean Vazel. 13 February 2013. 14 February 2013.
31. Web site: Samsung Pole Vault Stars 2012 Complete Results. EAA. 11 February 2012. 12 February 2012.
32. News: Cuban Athletes Ready for World Indoor Championships. cubaheadlines.com. 1 March 2010. 18 March 2012.
33. Web site: Metz (France), 24.2.2013 –Meeting National en Salle- (Indoor). trackinsun.blogspot.de. 24 February 2013. 24 February 2013.
34. News: 2022 PSD Bank Indoor Meeting Results. World Athletics. 12 February 2022. 13 February 2022.
35. News: Tres cubanos por dejar su huella en Portland. granma.cu. es. 7 March 2016. 4 June 2016.
36. Web site: Pole Vault Results. nmnathletics.com. 24 April 2013. 27 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150204124104/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/15700/livestats/Relays/13/130424F675.htm. 4 February 2015. dead.
37. Web site: Triple Jump Results. IAAF. 8 March 2008. 6 September 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121023001054/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/3656/AT-1500-W-h----.RS4.pdf. 23 October 2012.
38. Web site: Women's Pentathlon Results. IAAF. 2 March 2018. 3 March 2018.