List of Namibian records in athletics explained

The following are the national records in athletics in Namibia maintained by Namibia national athletics federation, Athletics Namibia (AN).

Outdoor

Key to tables:

+ = en route to a longer distance
h = hand timing
NWI = no wind information
A = affected by altitude
OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference)
a = aided road course

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	9.86 (-0.4 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks	3 July 1996	Athletissima	Lausanne, Switzerland
150 m (bend)	14.99 (+0.3 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks	20 August 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	^[1]
200 m	19.68 (+0.4 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks	1 August 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States
300 m	32.68	Gideon Ernst Narib	17 October 2020	Narib Golden Spikes GP 1	Windhoek, Namibia	^[2]
400 m	45.80	Mahmad Bock	30 April 2022		Gaborone, Botswana
800 m	1:46.62	Daniel Nghipandulwa	10 April 2011	Yellow Pages South African Championships	Durban, South Africa	^[3]
1500 m	3:45.35	Reinholdt Iita	5 June 1998		Kotka, Finland
3000 m	8:13.86	Ruben Indongo	9 June 2004		Saint-Maur, France
5000 m	13:46.91	Luketz Swartbooi	12 March 1994		Fullerton, United States
5 km (road)	14:04	Luketz Swartbooi	2 April 1995	Carlsbad 5000	Carlsbad, United States	^[4]
10000 m	28:38.2	Mynhardt Mbeumuna Kauanivi	9 April 2016		Swakopmund, Namibia
10 km (road)	27:51	Luketz Swartbooi	26 March 1994		Mobile, United States
15 km (road)	42:44	Luketz Swartbooi	26 February 1994		Tampa, United States
10 miles (road)	47:47	Luketz Swartbooi	8 April 1995	Trevira Twosome	New York City, United States	^[5]
20 km (road)	59:05	Ruben Indongo	12 October 2008		Paris, France
Half marathon	1:01:10	Daniel Paulus	4 June 2022	Nelson Mandela Bay Half Marathon	Gqeberha, South Africa	^[6]
Marathon	2:09:08	Luketz Swartbooi	18 April 1994	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States
	2:08:40	Daniel Paulus	2 April 2023	Daegu Marathon	Daegu, South Korea	^[7]
110 m hurdles	14.12	Flip Bredenhann	19 November 1980		Sasolburg, South Africa
400 m hurdles	49.05	Willie Smith	16 March 2001		Roodepoort, South Africa
			5 April 2002		Germiston, South Africa
3000 m steeplechase	9:31.23	Frank Tuihaleni Kayele	19 June 1992		Windhoek, Namibia
High jump	2.18 m	Max Schäfer	16 April 1988		Bloemfontein, South Africa
Pole vault	4.84 m	Johan Mostert	25 February 1984		Windhoek, South West Africa
Long jump	8.24 m (+0.4 m/s)	Stephan Louw	12 January 2008		Germiston, South Africa
	8.27 m (+0.7 m/s)	Chenault Lionel Coetzee	15 April 2023	Namibian Championships	Windhoek, Namibia
Triple jump	16.78 m (+0.8 m/s)	Roger Haitengi	13 February 2016	Nkwalu Invitational	Johannesburg, South Africa	^[8]
Shot put	17.10 m	Derreck Wiggill	19 April 1969		Bloemfontein, South Africa
Discus throw	57.65 m	Ryan Williams	28 May 2022		Sasolburg, South Africa
Hammer throw	52.78 m	Walter Mostert	23 January 1982		Windhoek, South West Africa
Javelin throw	78.32 m	Strydom van der Wath	9 May 2015	South African Open Championships	Potchefstroom, South Africa	^[9]
Decathlon	6647 pts	Timon Dresselhaus	14–15 May 2021	Southland Conference Championships	Humble, United States	^[10]
20 km walk (road)	1:42:05	Elvin Alberts	1 July 1995		Windhoek, Namibia
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	39.22	Even Tjiviju Hitjivirue Kaanjuka Dantago Gurirab Jesse Urikhob	15 September 2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	^[11]
4 × 400 m relay	3:07.83	Thasiso Auchamub Warren Goreseb Ernst Narib Mahmad Bock	27 April 2019	International Meet	Gaborone, Botswana	^[12]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m	7.57 (+1.0 m/s)	Keshia Kalomo	30 January 2016		Kingston, Jamaica
100 m	10.97 (+1.6 m/s)	Christine Mboma	30 April 2022	Gaborone International Meet	Gaborone, Botswana	^[13]
200 m	21.78 (+0.6 m/s)	Christine Mboma	9 September 2021	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	^[14]
300 m	34.60	Beatrice Masilingi	18 February 2023	Curro Simbine Classic Shoot Out	Pretoria, South Africa	^[15]
400 m	49.22	Christine Mboma	17 April 2021	Namibian Championships	Windhoek, Namibia	^[16]
	48.54	Christine Mboma	30 June 2021	Irena Szewińska Memorial	Bydgoszcz, Poland	^[17]
800 m	1:59.15	Agnes Samaria	29 July 2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom
1000 m	2:34.19	Agnes Samaria	30 August 2002	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	^[18]
1500 m	4:05.30	Agnes Samaria	29 July 2008	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco
Mile	4:25.01	Agnes Samaria	14 September 2007	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	^[19]
3000 m	9:21.58	Beata Naigambo	3 May 2005		Windhoek, Namibia
	9:20.34	Beata Naigambo	14 January 2012	Bank Windhoek Grand Prix	Windhoek, Namibia	^[20]
5000 m	15:14.23	Helalia Johannes	24 October 2019	Military World Games	Wuhan, China	^[21]
5 km (road)	16:36	Helalia Johannes	6 December 2020	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	^[22]
10000 m	33:42.19	Elizabeth Mongudhi	25 July 1999		Windhoek, Namibia
10 km (road)	30:59	Helalia Johannes	23 June 2019	Spar Grand Prix Series 10K	Durban, South Africa	^[23]
15 km (road)	49:14	Helalia Johannes	6 December 2020	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	^[24]
20 km (road)	1:07:37	Helalia Johannes	10 March 2019	Nagoya Women's Marathon	Nagoya, Japan	^[25]
Half marathon	1:07:49	Helalia Johannes	4 June 2022	Nelson Mandela Bay Half Marathon	Gqeberha, South Africa	^[26]
25 km (road)	1:21:48	Helalia Johannes	6 December 2020	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	^[27]
30 km (road)	1:38:31	Helalia Johannes	6 December 2020	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	^[28]
Marathon	2:19:52	Helalia Johannes	6 December 2020	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	^[29]
100 m hurdles	14.34 (+1.2 m/s)	Steffi van Wyk	27 April 2012		Johannesburg, South Africa
	14.10	Mercia Venter	18 March 2016	Varsity Athletics Meeting	Johannesburg, South Africa	^[30]
400 m hurdles	58.68	Lilanne Klaasman	17 September 2015	All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	^[31]
3000 m steeplechase	11:17.84	Shiivomwene Shilongo	28 April 2012		Windhoek, Namibia
High jump	1.82 m	Orla Venter	30 April 1993		Gaborone, Botswana
Pole vault	2.30 m	Chenè de Wet	6 April 2013	Top 10 Club Championships	Windhoek, Namibia	^[32]
Long jump	6.05 m	Ronel Moolman	9 April 1994		Windhoek, Namibia
Triple jump	12.11 m	Frieda Iithete	1 April 2022		Windhoek, Namibia
Shot put	15.24 m	Tuane Silver	9 February 2022		Pretoria, South Africa
Discus throw	49.98 m	Charlene Engelbrecht	21 April 2014		Stellenbosch, South Africa
Hammer throw	38.57 m	Karlien Botha	20/21 April 2018		Windhoek, Namibia
Javelin throw	49.41 m	Daria Smith	1 June 2002		Windhoek, Namibia
Heptathlon	4844 pts	Corlia Kruger	24–25 April 2015	USSA Championships	Stellenbosch, South Africa	^[33]
	14.81 (-0.2 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.67 m (high jump), 9.94 m (shot put), 26.49 (-0.9 m/s) (200 m) / 5.52 m (+1.5 m/s) (long jump), 31.87 m (javelin), 2:32.67 (800 m)
	5069 pts	Santie Binneman	2–3 December 1983		Windhoek, South West Africa
20 km walk (road)
35 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay	43.76	Ndawana Haitembu Beatrice Masilingi Nandi Vass Christine Mboma	22 August 2021	World U20 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	^[34]
4 × 400 m relay	3:40.21	Tjipekapora Herunga Globine Mayova Mberihonga Kandovasu Lilianne Klaasman	3 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	^[35]

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
4 × 400 m relay	3:41.83	M. Bock W. Goreseb N. Vass H. Fikunawa	12 March 2022		Windhoek, Namibia
	3:35.29	Ivan Geldenhuys Marry-Angel Khachas Mervin Appolus Mudi-Inosensia Haingura	29 April 2023	Botswana Golden Grand Prix	Gaborone, Botswana	^[36]
	3:30.00		19 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	^[37]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
50 m	5.71	Frankie Fredericks	29 January 1995		Grenoble, France	^[38]
55 m	6.13	Frankie Fredericks	30 January 1993		Provo, United States	^[39]
60 m	6.51	Frankie Fredericks	12 March 1993	World Championships	Toronto, Canada
100 m	10.05	Frankie Fredericks	12 February 1996		Tampere, Finland
200 m	19.92	Frankie Fredericks	18 February 1996	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
300 m	32.36	Frankie Fredericks	28 February 2003		Karlsruhe, Germany
400 m	47.35	Dasheek Akwenye	16 February 2008		Nampa, United States
800 m	1:51.27	Mao Tjiroze	2 February 2002		Pocatello, United States
1000 m	3:01.28	Timon Dresselhaus	25 February 2020		Birmingham, United States
1500 m
3000 m	8:24.59	Luketz Swartbooi	10 February 1995		Pocatello, United States
55 m hurdles		Timon Dresselhaus	13 December 2020	ASU Kickoff Klassic	Jonesboro, United States	^[40]
60 m hurdles	8.45	Timon Dresselhaus	18 January 2020	Samford Indoor Clash	Birmingham, United States	^[41]
			16 January 2021	Arkansas Invitational	Fayetteville, United States	^[42]
	8.36	Timon Dresselhaus	11 February 2022	7th Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic	Pittsburgh, United States	^[43]
High jump	2.08 m	Johannes Blaauw	27 January 2018		Ancona, Italy
Pole vault	4.20 m	Timon Dresselhaus	1 March 2021	Southland Conference Championships	Birmingham, United States	^[44]
Long jump	7.88 m	Stephan Louw	27 February 2004		Chemnitz, Germany
Triple jump
Shot put	13.19 m	Timon Dresselhaus	24 February 2019	Southland Conference Championships	Birmingham, United States	^[45]
Heptathlon	4980 pts	Timon Dresselhaus	24–25 February 2019	Southland Conference Championships	Birmingham, United States	^[46]
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m	7.46	Jolene Jacobs	9 February 2020	Midland Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[47]
200 m	26.77	L. van Rensburg	27 February 1999		Birmingham, United Kingdom
	25.71	Danica van Wyk	4 February 2006		Lubbock, United States
400 m	55.40	Tjipekapora Herunga	12 March 2010	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	^[48]
800 m	1:59.91	Agnes Samaria	15 February 2005		Stockholm, Sweden
1000 m	2:36.99	Agnes Samaria	18 February 2005	Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[49]
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles	9.41	Natalie Louw	28 February 2021		Birmingham, United States
High jump	1.65 m	Natalie Louw	28 February 2021		Birmingham, United States
Pole vault
Long jump	5.41 m	Natalie Louw	28 February 2021		Birmingham, United States
Triple jump	10.61 m	Angelicque Rall	12 March 2004	World Masters Championships	Sindelfingen, Germany
Shot put	11.76 m	Natalie Louw	28 February 2021		Birmingham, United States
Pentathlon	3339 pts	Natalie Louw	28 February 2021		Birmingham, United States
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

• Athletics Namibia website

Notes and References

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7. Web site: Results from ASIA 2023 – 09. AAA. 10 April 2023. 23 May 2023.
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