List of Commonwealth Games records in athletics
Event Record Name Nation Date Games
100 m T11 11.26 ( +1.5 m/s ) Ananias Shikongo Namibia 12 April 2018 2018 Gold Coast
100 m EAD 10.76 Adekunle Adesoji Nigeria 2002 Manchester
100 m T12 10.80 ( +1.5 m/s ) Ndodomzi Ntutu South Africa 12 April 2018 2018 Gold Coast
100 m T37 11.35 m ( +0.8 m/s ) Charl du Toit South Africa 9 April 2018 2018 Gold Coast
200 m EAD T46 22.96 Heath Francis Australia 2006 Melbourne
800 m wheelchair 1:44.94 Jeff Adams Canada 1994 Victoria
1500 m T54 3:05.76 Richard Chiassaro England 9 April 2018 2018 Gold Coast
Marathon T54 1:30:26 Kurt Fearnley Australia 15 April 2018 2018 Gold Coast
Discus throw seated EAD F55-56 34.48 m Tanto Campbell Jamaica 2006 Melbourne
Men 's para-sports records
The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial event which began in 1930 as the British Empire Games. The Commonwealth Games Federation accepts only athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations and recognises records set at editions of the Commonwealth Games. The athletics events at the Games are divided into four groups: track events (including sprints, middle- and long-distance running, hurdling and relays), field events (including javelin, discus, hammer, pole vault, long and triple jumps), road events and combined events (triathlon, heptathlon and decathlon). There are also several track and field events held for disabled athletes. Many Commonwealth Games records were set over distances using imperial measurements, such as the 100-yard dash, and (as a result of metric standardisation in 1966) many records belong to defunct events. The oldest record is George Bailey's 9:52.0 minutes in the seldom used men's two mile steeplechase, which was set at the inaugural Games. The two longest lasting records in current events were both set at the 1974 edition of the Games: Englishman Ian Thompson's record of 2:09:12 hours in the Marathon, and Tanzanian Filbert Bayi's record of 3:32.16 minutes in the 1500 metres, which was also a world record. Nathan Deakes holds two Commonwealth Games records: the 20 km and 50 km walk events. Adekunle Adesoji and Chantal Petitclerc also hold two records each in the para-sports events.