| World Records | ||
| Männer | ||
| 100 Meter | 9,58 | Usain Bolt , JAM |
| 200 Meter | 19,19 | Usain Bolt , JAM |
| Frauen | ||
| Hammerwerfen | 77,96 | Anita Wlodarczyk , POL |
| Area Records | ||
| Männer | ||
| 100 Meter | 9,71 | Tyson Gay , USA |
| 200 Meter | 19,81 | Alonso Edward , PAN |
| 3000 Meter Hindernis | 8:01,18 | Bouabdellah Tahri , FRA |
| Zehnkampf | 8171 | Larbi Bouraada , ALG |
| Frauen | ||
| 100 Meter | 10,73 | Shelly-Ann Fraser , JAM |
| 400 Meter Hürden | 52,42 | Melaine Walker , JAM |
| 3000 Meter Hindernis | 9:12,50 | Jennifer Barringer , USA |
| National Records | ||
| Männer | ||
| 100 Meter | 10,16 | Gerald Phiri , ZAM |
| 11,00 | Hussain Haleem , MDV | |
| 400 Meter | 45,56 | Mohamed Ashour Khouaja , LBA |
| Marathon | 2:47:55 | Sangay Wangchuk , BHU |
| 110 Meter Hürden | 13,18 | Ryan Brathwaite , BAR |
| 13,14 | Ryan Brathwaite , BAR | |
| 13,34 | Dániel Kiss , HUN | |
| 400 Meter Hürden | 48,09 | Javier Culson , PUR |
| 48,66 | Jehue Gordon , TRI | |
| 48,26 | Jehue Gordon , TRI | |
| 49,51 | Andrés Silva , URU | |
| 49,34 | Andrés Silva , URU | |
| 3000 Meter Hindernis | 8:28,67 | Mario Bazán , PER |
| Weitsprung | 8,30 | Greg Rutherford , GBR |
| Dreisprung | 16,70 | Hugo Chila , ECU |
| Diskuswerfen | 69,15 | Piotr Malachowski , POL |
| Zehnkampf | 8406 | Nicklas Wiberg , SWE |
| 8146 | Willem Coertzen , RSA | |
| 20 km Straßengehen | 1:20:03 | Luis López , COL |
| 1:23:06 | Babubhai Panucha , IND | |
| 50 km Straßengehen | 3:41:16 | Trond Nymark , NOR |
| 4 x 100 Meter | 37,62 | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Frauen | ||
| 100 Meter | 13,75 | Asenate Manoa , TUV |
| 200 Meter | 22,83 | Eleni Artymata , CYP |
| 22,64 | Eleni Artymata , CYP | |
| 22,90 | Monique Williams , NZL | |
| 22,96 | Monique Williams , NZL | |
| 400 Meter | 50,71 | Aliann Pompey , GUY |
| 800 Meter | 1:55,45 | Caster Semenya , RSA |
| 2:28,00 | Aishath Reesha , MDV | |
| 1500 Meter | 4:30,56 | Francine Nzilampa , COD |
| Marathon | 2:33:59 | Epiphanie Nyirabarame , RWA |
| 100 Meter Hürden | 12,67 | Derval O'Rourke , IRL |
| 12,94 | Eline Berings , BEL | |
| 400 Meter Hürden | 53,98 | Josanne Lucas , TRI |
| 53,20 | Josanne Lucas , TRI | |
| 59,21 | Déborah Rodríguez , URU | |
| 3000 Meter Hindernis | 9:07,32 | Marta Domínguez , ESP |
| 9:12,52 | Habiba Ghribi , TUN | |
| 9:21,73 | Antje Möldner , GER | |
| 9:18,54 | Antje Möldner , GER | |
| 9:36,63 | Oxana Juravel , MDA | |
| Stabhochsprung | 4,50 | Nicole Büchler , SUI |
| Weitsprung | 6,71 | Shara Proctor , AIA |
| Dreisprung | 14,52 | Biljana Topic , SRB |
| Diskuswerfen | 53,84 | Kazai Suzanne Kragbé , CIV |
| Hammerwerfen | 77,12 | Betty Heidler , GER |
| 4 x 100 Meter | 43,22 | Trinidad & Tobago |