List of European records in athletics

European records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the European Athletic Association.

Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others.

Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians.

Records are kept for events in track and field, road running, and racewalking.

a = aided road course according to World Athletics rule 31.21.3 (separation between start and finish points more than 50% of race distance or the decrease in elevation greater than one in a thousand)

Jakob Ingebrigtsen holds the two mile world best and 2000m world record, along with the 1,500m, mile and 3,000m European records.
Sergey Bubka 's world and European records in pole vault have dominated the sport, marking him as one of the world's best athletes.
Jonathan Edwards broke the triple jump world record three times.
Marcell Jacobs set the European record in the 100 metres winning the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics .
Only American, Ivorian and Jamaican sprinters have run faster than Christine Arron 's 100 metres record.
Paula Radcliffe has two world records and three European records to her name in the long distance events .
Yelena Isinbayeva has broken her own world and European pole vault record numerous times.
Barbora Špotáková broke her national record, then the European record, then finally the world record in the javelin throw .
Marcell Jacobs ran 60 metres European record.
Colin Jackson 's European and world record in the 60 metre hurdles remains unbeaten.
Kenyan-born Wilson Kipketer dominated the 800 metres records indoors and outdoors.
Susanna Kallur set the 60 metre hurdles world record in 2008.
Kajsa Bergqvist broke an indoor high jump world record that had lasted over a decade.
World indoor triple jump record holder Tatyana Lebedeva has medalled in the last 3 Olympics .