Athletics 300 metres
World records
Men	Letsile Tebogo (BOT) 30.69A (2024)
Women	Marita Koch (GDR) 34.14+ (1985)

The 300 metres is an uncommon (meaning not on an Olympic or World Championship program) sprinting event in track and field competitions.

All-time top 25

• + = en route to 400 m performance
• i = indoor performance
• A = affected by altitude
• OT = oversized track (> 200 m in circumference)
• h = hand timing

Men (outdoor)

• Correct as of February 2024.^[1][2]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	30.69 A	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	17 February 2024	Pretoria	[3]
2	30.81	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	28 June 2017	Ostrava	[4]
3	30.85 A	Michael Johnson	United States	24 March 2000	Pretoria
4	30.97	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	27 May 2010	Ostrava	[5]
5	31.20+	Kirani James	Grenada	14 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro	[6]
		LaShawn Merritt	United States
7	31.44	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	28 June 2017	Ostrava	[4]
8	31.48	Roberto Hernández	Cuba	3 September 1990	Jerez de la Frontera	[7]
		Danny Everett	United States			[8]
10	31.52	Steven Gardiner	Bahamas	12 May 2022	Ponce	[9]
11	31.56	Douglas Walker	Great Britain	19 July 1998	Gateshead
12	31.58+	Jeremy Wariner	United States	31 August 2007	Osaka	[10]
13	31.61	Anthuan Maybank	United States	13 July 1996	Durham
		Clarence Munyai	South Africa	28 June 2017	Ostrava	[4]
15	31.64	Tony McQuay	United States	11 June 2016	Kingston
16	31.67	John Regis	Great Britain	17 July 1992	Gateshead
17	31.70	Kirk Baptiste	United States	18 August 1984	London
18	31.73	Thomas Jefferson	United States	22 August 1987	London
19	31.74	Gabriel Tiacoh	Ivory Coast	6 August 1986	A Coruña
20	31.77	Tyler Christopher	Canada	20 May 2004	Sainte Anne
21	31.80	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	28 June 2017	Ostrava	[11]
22	31.81	Gil Roberts	United States	11 June 2016	Kingston
		Vernon Norwood	United States	12 May 2022	Ponce	[12]
24	31.82	Steve Lewis	United States	17 July 1992	Gateshead
25	31.87	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	19 July 1998	Gateshead
		Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	5 July 2012	Naimette-Xhovémont

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 31.87:

• Wayde Van Niekerk also ran 31.03 (2016), 31.04+ (2016) and 31.63 (2015).
• LaShawn Merritt also ran 31.23 (2016), 31.30 (2009), 31.31 (2006), 31.53 (2015), 31.68+ (2007).
• Letsile Tebogo also ran 31.54 A (2023).
• Michael Johnson also ran 31.55+ (1995), 31.56 (1994), 31.64+ (1996), 31.66+ (1999), 31.72 (1993).
• Steven Gardiner also ran 31.56 i (2022), 31.59 (2023), 31.83 (2020).
• Roberto Hernández also ran 31.69 (1990).
• Isaac Makwala also ran 31.77 (2018).
• Jeremy Wariner also ran 31.72 (2008).

Men (indoor)

• Correct as of January 2024.^[13][14][15]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	31.56	Steven Gardiner	Bahamas	27 January 2022	Columbia
2	31.87 A	Noah Lyles	United States	3 March 2017	Albuquerque	[16]
3	31.88	Wallace Spearmon	United States	9 February 2006	Fayetteville
4	31.92 A	Paul Dedewo	United States	3 March 2017	Albuquerque
5	31.94	Kerron Clement	United States	9 February 2006	Fayetteville
		LaShawn Merritt	United States	9 February 2006	Fayetteville
7	31.97	Bralon Taplin	Grenada	13 February 2017	Ostrava
8	31.99	Jacory Patterson	United States	14 January 2022	Clemson
9	32.10	Jereem Richards	Trinidad & Tobago	9 February 2018	Boston
10	32.15	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	8 February 2014	Gent
11	32.19	Robson Caetano da Silva	Brazil	23 February 1989	Karlsruhe
12	32.32	Torrin Lawrence	United States	21 January 2010	Blacksburg
13	32.35	Rai Benjamin	United States	7 February 2020	New York
14	32.36	Frank Fredericks	Namibia	27 February 2003	Karlsruhe
		Brian Faust	United States	13 January 2024	Clemson	[17]
16	32.37	Lalonde Gordon	Trinidad & Tobago	3 February 2017	New York
17	32.38	Greg Nixon	United States	9 February 2009	Liévin
18	32.39	Óscar Husillos	Spain	19 January 2018	Salamanca
19	32.40	Matthew Boling	United States	13 January 2023	Clemson
20	32.42	Kahmari Montgomery	United States	11 February 2022	Louisville
21	32.46 A	Dontavius Wright	United States	3 March 2017	Albuquerque
	32.46	James Benson II	United States	12 January 2023	Fayetteville
23	32.47	Leslie Djhone	France	4 March 2010	Liévin
		Karsten Warholm	Norway	27 February 2021	Bærum
		Christopher Morales Williams	Canada	13 January 2024	Clemson	[18]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 32.47:

• Stephen Gardiner also ran 32.06 (2022) and 32.26 (2019).
• Noah Lyles also ran 32.16 (2017)
• Pavel Maslák also ran 32.19 (2017).
• Jacory Patterson also 32.28 (2020).
• Paul Dedewo also ran 32.38 (2017).
• Lalonde Gordon also ran 32.47 (2014, 2017).

Women (outdoor)

• Correct as of January 2024.^[19][20]

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Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	34.14+	Marita Koch	East Germany	6 October 1985	Canberra	[21]
2	34.41	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	20 June 2019	Ostrava	[22]
3	34.6h	Rita Wilden	West Germany	18 August 1975	Dortmund
4	34.60 A	Beatrice Masilingi	Namibia	18 February 2023	Pretoria	[23]
5	34.94+	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	United States	9 June 2023	Paris	[24]