300 metres

• Correct as of June 2017.[1]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	30.81	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	28 June 2017	Ostrava	[2]
2	30.85 A	Michael Johnson	United States	24 March 2000	Pretoria
3	30.97	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	27 May 2010	Ostrava	[3]
4	31.20+	Kirani James	Grenada	14 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro	[4]
		LaShawn Merritt	United States
6	31.44	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	28 June 2017	Ostrava	[2]
7	31.48	Roberto Hernández	Cuba	3 September 1990	Jerez de la Frontera	[5]
		Danny Everett	United States			[6]
9	31.56	Douglas Walker	Great Britain	19 July 1998	Gateshead
10	31.58+	Jeremy Wariner	United States	31 August 2007	Osaka	[7]
11	31.61	Anthuan Maybank	United States	13 July 1996	Durham
		Clarence Munyai	South Africa	28 June 2017	Ostrava	[2]
13	31.64	Tony McQuay	United States	11 June 2016	Kingston
14	31.67	John Regis	Great Britain	17 July 1992	Gateshead
15	31.70	Kirk Baptiste	United States	18 August 1984	London
16	31.73	Thomas Jefferson	United States	22 August 1987	London
17	31.74	Gabriel Tiacoh	Ivory Coast	6 August 1986	A Coruña
18	31.77	Tyler Christopher	Canada	20 May 2004	Sainte Anne
19	31.80	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	28 June 2017	Ostrava	[8]
20	31.81	Gil Roberts	United States	11 June 2016	Kingston
21	31.82	Steve Lewis	United States	17 July 1992	Gateshead
22	31.87	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	19 July 1998	Gateshead
		Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	5 July 2012	Naimette-Xhovémont
	31.87 i	Noah Lyles	United States	4 March 2017	Albuquerque	[9]
25	31.88+	Angelo Taylor	United States	31 August 2007	Osaka	[10]
	31.88	Darren Clark	Australia	30 June 1986	Belfast
	31.88 i	Wallace Spearmon	United States	10 February 2006	Fayetteville

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 31.88:

• 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).
• Michael Johnson also ran 31.55+ (1995), 31.56 (1994), 31.64+ (1996), 31.66+ (1999), 31.72 (1993).
• Roberto Hernández also ran 31.69 (1990).
• Isaac Makwala also ran 31.77 (2018).
• Jeremy Wariner also ran 31.72 (2008).

• Correct as of June 2019.[11]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	34.14+	Marita Koch	German Democratic Republic	6 October 1985	Canberra	[12]
2	34.41	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	20 June 2019	Ostrava	[13]
3	34.95+	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	18 August 1982	Zürich	[14]
4	35.00+	Marie-José Pérec	France	27 August 1991	Tokyo	[15]
5	35.01+	Olga Bryzgina	Ukraine	6 October 1985	Canberra	[16]
6	35.24+	Tatána Kocembová	Czechoslovakia	10 August 1983	Helsinki	[17]
7	35.30 A	Ana Guevara	Mexico	3 May 2003	Mexico City
8	35.45 i	Irina Privalova	Russia	17 January 1993	Moscow
9	35.46	Kathy Cook	Great Britain	18 August 1984	London
		Chandra Cheeseborough	United States	18 August 1984	London
11	35.47+	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	United States	26 September 1988	Seoul	[18]
12	35.48 i (OT)	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	4 February 1998	Tampere
13	35.63+	Sanya Richards-Ross	United States	18 August 2009	Berlin	[19]
14	35.69 i	Patricia Hall	Jamaica	14 February 2012	Liévin	[20]
15	35.70	Irena Szewinska	Poland	4 July 1975	London
		Léa Sprunger	Switzerland	25 May 2017	Langenthal	[21]
17	35.71	Donna Fraser	Great Britain	28 August 2000	Gateshead
	35.71 i	Quanera Hayes	United States	7 January 2017	Clemson	[22]
19	35.73+	Novlene Williams-Mills	Jamaica	29 August 2007	Osaka	[23]
20	35.74	Courtney Okolo	United States	23 July 2016	Houston
21	35.78+	Olga Nazarova	Russia	26 September 1988	Seoul	[24]
22	35.81	Silke Knoll	Germany	19 May 1990	Olpe
23	35.82	Cydonie Mothersille	Cayman Islands	14 September 2000	Sydney
24	35.83 i (A)	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	14 March 1981	Pocatello
25	35.90+	Antonina Krivoshapka	Russia	18 August 2009	Berlin	[25]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 35.90:

• Marita Koch also ran 34.66+ (1984).
• Jarmila Kratochvílová also ran 35.06+ (1983).
• Shaunae Miller-Uibo also ran 35.45i (2018), 35.71i (2017).
• Olga Bryzgina also ran 35.47+ (1988).
• Kathy Cook also ran 35.51 (1983), 35.8+ (ht) (1982).
• Svetlana Goncharenko also ran 35.69i (OT) (1999).
• Sanya Richards-Ross also ran 35.83+ (2006).