List of Nepalese records in athletics explained

The following are the national records in athletics in Nepal maintained by Nepal Athletics Association and Nepal Amateur Athletics Association (NAAA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:

+ = en route to a longer distance
h = hand timing

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	10.71	Ram Krishna Chaudhari	26 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal
200 m	21.92	Ram Krishna Chaudhari	23 December 1995	South Asian Games	Chennai, India
	21.92	Ram Krishna Chaudhari	28 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal
400 m	48.32	Asha Ram Chaudhari	28 September 1990	Asian Games	Beijing, China
800 m	1:50.25	Som Bahadur Kumal	28 August 2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia
1500 m	3:46.38	Siddhant Adhikari	29 April 2016	Federation Cup	Delhi, India	^[1]
1500 m	3:46.63	Gop Bahadur Adhikari	22 Dec 1993	South Asian Game	Dhaka, Bangladesh
3000 m	8:23.59	Gyan Bahadur Bohara	15 October 1999		New Delhi, India
5000 m	14:04.89	Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari	25 August 2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece
10000m	29:35.06	Deepak Adhikari	30 September 2023	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	^[2]
10 km (road)	29:47	Anish Thapa	24 November 2019	Hyderabad 10K Run	Telangana, India	^[3]
15 km (road)	46:11	Subas Gurung	6 July 2024	Gold Coast Half Marathon	Gold Coast, Australia	^[4]
20 km (road)	1:01:36	Subas Gurung	6 July 2024	Gold Coast Half Marathon	Gold Coast, Australia	^[5]
Half marathon	1:04:55	Subas Gurung	7 July 2024	Gold Coast Half Marathon	Gold Coast, Australia	^[6]
Marathon	2:15:03	Baikuntha Manandhar	22 November 1987	South Asian Games	Calcutta, India
110 m hurdles	16.13	Dhirendra Chaudhari	7 February 2010	South Asian Games	Dhaka, Bangladesh	^[7]
400 m hurdles	53.23	Asha Ram Chaudhari	25 December 1993	South Asian Games	Dhaka, Bangladesh
3000 m steeplechase	8:57.30	Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari	5 April 2004	South Asian Games	Islamabad, Pakistan
	8:55.19	Durga Bahadur Budha	17 October 2022	National Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[8]
High jump	1.98 m	Surya Khatri	12 July 2015	Nepalese Team's Time Trial	Kathmandu, Nepal	^[9]
Pole vault	3.85 m	Rudra Bhattarai	16 September 1994		Kathmandu, Nepal
Long jump	7.09 m	Puspendra Kumar Goit	4 December 2015		Kathmandu, Nepal	^[10]
Triple jump	15.20 m	Sita Ram Chaudhari	25 July 2001		Kathmandu, Nepal
Shot put	13.92 m	Ujr Singh Bista	26 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal
Discus throw	40.68 m	Chabi Ram Shrestha	23 March 1999		Nepalgunj, Nepal
Hammer throw	47.66 m	Tanka Thapamagar	12 July 1999		Kathmandu, Nepal
Javelin throw	70.39 m	Khursed Ahmed Khan	29 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal
Decathlon	5355 pts (ht)	Dambar Singh Kuwar	27–28 September 1987		Pokhara, Nepal
	11.9 (100 m), 5.84 m (long jump), 10.02 m (shot put), 1.78 m (high jump), 53.7 (400 m) / 16.5 (110 m hurdles), 27.68 m (discus), 2.80 m (pole vault), 34.08 m (javelin), 4:37.1 (1500 m)
20 km walk (road)	1:40:48	Ganga Bahadur Shahi	10 January 1997		Chandragadhi, Nepal
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	41.17	Lila Shrestha Suresh Pandey Ram Krishna Chaudhari Govinda Thapa	23 December 1995	South Asian Games	Madras, India
4 × 400 m relay	3:14.89	Dhani Ram Chaudhari Lila Shrestha Prem Mahat Khem Bahadur Khatri	29 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	12.19	Devi Maya Paneru	26 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal
200 m	25.00	Devi Maya Paneru	28 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal
400 m	59.57	Tulasa Khatri	22 October 2019	Military World Games	Wuhan, China
	58.10	Ramita Kumari Tharu	18 October 2022	National Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[11]
800 m	2:11.05	Raj Kumari Pandey	23 October 1989	South Asian Games	Islamabad, Pakistan
1500 m	4:33.94	Saraswati Bhattarai	12 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	^[12]
3000 m	9:48.14	Raj Kumari Pandey	1 October 1990	Asian Games	Beijing, China
5000 m	16:49.98	Kanchhi Maya Koju	26 November 2010	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	^[13]
10000 m	35:03.43	Kanchhi Maya Koju	25 August 2006	South Asian Games	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Half marathon	1:18:46	Nirmala Bharati	2 April 2006	Berlin Half Marathon	Berlin, Germany
	1:15:17	Santoshi Shrestha	20 January 2023	Bangabandhu International Half Marathon	Dhaka, Bangladesh	^[14]
25 km (road)	1:44:20	Sworupa Khadka	13 October 2013	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	^[15]
30 km (road)	2:05:19	Sworupa Khadka	13 October 2013	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	^[16]
Marathon	2:55:57	Kanchhi Maya Koju	24 September 2016		Kathmandu, Nepal
	2:50:11	Puspa Bhandari	7 December 2019	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	^[17]
	2:48:02	Pushpa Bhandari	20 January 2023	Bangabandhu International Marathon	Dhaka, Bangladesh	^[18]
	2:46:26	Santoshi Shrestha	26 January 2024	Bangabandhu International Marathon	Dhaka, Bangladesh	^[19]
100 m hurdles	17.61 (-0.2 m/s)	Keshari Chaudhari	5 July 2013	Asian Championships	Pune, India	^[20]
	17.5	Sabita Chaudhary	27 February 2012	6th National Games	Dhangadhi, Nepal	^[21]
	15.9	Keshari Chaudhari	10 April 2013	National Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	^[22]
	15.2	Jayarani Tharu	17 October 2022	National Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[23]
400 m hurdles	1:10.78	Chandra Kala Kamat	24 July 1987	Asian Championships	Singapore
	1:07.7	Sabita Chaudhary	2012	National Games
	1:07.2	Jayarani Tharu	25 June 2022	Nepalese Championships	Kathmandu, Nepal	^[24]
	1:04.2	Jayarani Tharu	16 October 2022	National Games	Pokhara, Nepal
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	1.69 m	Keshari Chaudhari	7 February 2010	South Asian Games	Dhaka, Bangladesh	^[25]
Pole vault
Long jump	5.36 m	Keshari Chaudhari	10 April 2013	National Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	^[26]
	5.58 m	Jayarani Tharu	18 October 2022	National Games	Pokhara, Nepal	^[27]
Triple jump	12.20 m	Keshari Chaudhari	11 April 2013	National Games	Kathmandu, Nepal	^[28]
Shot put	11.56 m	Chandra Kala Lamgade	24 December 2016	National Games	Itahari, Nepal	^[29]
Discus throw	40.31 m	Amrita Mahato	8 September 2015	Thailand Open	Bangkok, Thailand	^[30]
Hammer throw
Javelin throw	43.94 m	Chandra Kala Lamgade	25 December 2016	National Games	Itahari, Nepal	^[31]
Heptathlon	2596 pts	Padma Chaudhari	1–2 February 1990		Birgunj, Nepal
	2980 pts ^[32]	Chandra Kala Kamat	28–29 March 1984		Pokhara, Nepal
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	49.13	Bina Shrestha Samigya Shakya Susmita Thapa Devi Maya Paneru	29 September 1999	South Asian Games	Kathmandu, Nepal
4 × 400 m relay	4:02.5	Army Krishna Chaudhary Tulasa Khatri Sangita Meche Saraswati Bhattarai	21 April 2019	National Games	Dang, Nepal	^[33]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m	7.09	Ram Krishna Chaudhari	11 March 2001	World Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	^[34]
200 m	28.97	Ramesh Maharjan	21 March 2017	World Masters Championships	Daegu, South Korea	^[35]
300 m	39.47	Rojit Gurung	8 January 2019	Middlesex League Indoor Meet #5	Boston, United States	^[36]
400 m
600 m	1:25.83	Bishow Thapa	12 February 2023	NHIAA Division II Indoor State Championships	Hanover United States	^[37]
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles	11.04	Shrestha Santosh Kumar	31 October 2007	Asian Indoor Games	Macau
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump	5.68 m	Rojit Gurung	3 January 2020	Middlesex League Indoor Meet #3	Boston, United States	^[38]
Triple jump
Shot put
Heptathlon
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m	4:46.13	Chchaya Khathri	31 October 2007	Asian Indoor Games	Macau
3000 m	10:33.77	Nirmala Bharati	13 November 2005	Asian Indoor Games	Pattaya, Thailand
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon
3000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

References

General

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

Specific

External links

• Nepali Records

Notes and References

1. Web site: 20th Federation Cup 2016 Results. indianathletics.in. 3 October 2022.
2. Web site: Results from ASIA 2023 – 22. AAA. 11 October 2023. 13 October 2023.
3. Web site: Anish Thapa Hyderabad 10K Run 2019 Result . 24 November 2019.
4. Web site: Subas Gurung Gold Coast Half Marathon 2024 Result. timingsports.com. 6 July 2024. 6 July 2024.
5. Web site: Subas Gurung Gold Coast Half Marathon 2024 Result. timingsports.com. 6 July 2024. 6 July 2024.
6. Web site: World Athletics Profile . 18 August 2024.
7. News: National records in Athletics. www.ekantipur.com. 8 February 2010. 7 February 2012.
8. News: Budha and Tharu set new national records in athletics. The Kathmandu Post. 18 October 2022. 13 March 2024.
9. News: Athletes shatter three records. The Himalayan Times. 13 July 2015. 20 June 2016.
10. News: Lamgade, Goit shatter national records. The Himalayan Times. 5 December 2015. 9 November 2017.
11. News: Jayarani Tharu sets third national record. The Kathmandu Post. 19 October 2022. 13 March 2024.
12. Web site: Women's 1500m Heats Results. Rio 2016 official website. 12 August 2016. 12 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920103328/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/A/T/ATW015900_ResultsSummary_2016_08_12_02e9af77_4471_4dfb_bdac_2ca4b6412ad4.pdf. 2016-09-20. dead.
13. Web site: 5000 Metres Results. www.gz2010.cn. 2010-11-26. 2010-11-26. 2010-11-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20101129000620/http://www.gz2010.cn/info/ENG_ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATW05005050000001ENG.html. dead.
14. Web site: Results from ASIA 2023 – 02. AAA. 27 January 2023. 22 May 2023.
15. News: Sworupa Khadka Chicago Marathon Result. www.chicagomarathon.com. 13 October 2013. 20 October 2013.
16. News: Sworupa Khadka Chicago Marathon Result. www.chicagomarathon.com. 13 October 2013. 20 October 2013.
17. Web site: South Asian Games 2019 Athletics Results. sportskeeda.com. 7 December 2020.
18. Web site: Results from ASIA 2023 – 02. AAA. 27 January 2023. 22 May 2023.
19. Web site: Results from ASIA 2024 – 03. AAA. 2 February 2024. 17 March 2024.
20. Web site: 2013 Asian Athletics Championships Complete Results. AFI. 7 July 2013. 11 July 2013.
21. Web site: Three new national records set. www.thehimalayantimes.com. 27 February 2012. 22 March 2012.
22. News: Keshari sets two national records. www.thehimalayantimes.com. 10 April 2013. 6 April 2014.
23. News: Budha and Tharu set new national records in athletics. The Kathmandu Post. 18 October 2022. 13 March 2024.
24. News: Jayarani Tharu creates new national record in women's 400m hurdles. The Kathmandu Post. 26 June 2022. 29 June 2022.
25. News: National records in Athletics. www.ekantipur.com. 8 February 2010. 7 February 2012.
26. News: Keshari sets two national records. www.thehimalayantimes.com. 10 April 2013. 6 April 2014.
27. News: Jayarani Tharu sets third national record. The Kathmandu Post. 19 October 2022. 13 March 2024.
28. News: Keshari breaks national record in triple jump. The Himalayan Times. 11 April 2013. 6 April 2014.
29. News: Rimal clinches first gold, Lamgade shines. The Himalayan Times. Sanjeev Kumar Shah. 25 December 2016. 9 November 2017.
30. News: Nepal wins 2 silver medals in Thailand. myrepublica.com. 9 September 2015. 21 November 2017.
31. News: After shot put, she shatters javelin record. The Himalayan Times. Sanjeev Kumar Shah. 26 December 2016. 9 November 2017.
32. no details available for a conversion from 1971 tabels to 1984 tables
33. News: Official blunder takes gloss out of Shrestha's 5,000m victory. The Kathmandu Post. 22 April 2019. 6 August 2019.
34. Web site: 60 Metres Heats Results. IAAF. 2001-03-11. 2010-12-28. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120812223127/http://www2.iaaf.org/WIC01/results/data/M/60/Rh.html. 2012-08-12.
35. Web site: World Masters Indoor Championships 2017 Results. SF. 21 April 2017. 14 March 2018. 13 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180713184847/http://www.friidrott.se/docs/ResIVVM2017.pdf. dead.
36. Web site: 300m Results. athletic.net. 8 January 2019. 30 March 2020.
37. Web site: 600m Results. Athletic.net. 22 September 2023.
38. Web site: Long Jump Results. athletic.net. 3 January 2020. 30 March 2020.