| World Records | ||
| Männer | ||
| 4 x 100 Meter | 37,04 | Jamaika |
| Area Records | ||
| Männer | ||
| Stabhochsprung | 5,90 | Lázaro Borges , CUB |
| 50 km Straßengehen | 3:49:32 | Andrés Chocho , ECU |
| Frauen | ||
| 100 Meter Hürden | 12,36 | Sally Pearson , AUS |
| 12,28 | Sally Pearson , AUS | |
| 400 Meter Hürden | 52,47 | Lashinda Demus , USA |
| Stabhochsprung | 4,85 | Fabiana Murer , BRA |
| Kugelstoßen | 21,24 | Valerie Adams , NZL |
| Speerwerfen | 68,38 | Sunette Viljoen , RSA |
| 4 x 100 Meter | 42,92 | Brasilien |
| National Records | ||
| Männer | ||
| 100 Meter | 10,55 | Keiron Rogers , AIA |
| 200 Meter | 19,80 | Christophe Lemaitre , FRA |
| 800 Meter | 1:46,38 | Moussa Camara , MLI |
| 1:49,10 | Edgar Cortez , NCA | |
| 1500 Meter | 3:36,96 | Eduar Villanueva , VEN |
| 3:39,61 | Chaminda Indika Wijekoon , SRI | |
| Marathon | 2:38:33 | Sangay Wangchuk , BHU |
| 3000 Meter Hindernis | 8:11,50 | Ruben Ramolefi , RSA |
| Hochsprung | 2,31 | Darvin Edwards , LCA |
| Stabhochsprung | 5,75 | Konstadínos Filippídis , GRE |
| Zehnkampf | 8256 | Mihail Dudaš , SRB |
| 7860 | Kun-Woo Kim , KOR | |
| 50 km Straßengehen | 3:47:13 | Chil-Sung Park , KOR |
| 4 x 100 Meter | 38,47 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 38,94 | Südkorea | |
| 39,04 | Puerto Rico | |
| 4 x 400 Meter | 2:59,21 | Südafrika |
| 3:04,05 | Südkorea | |
| Frauen | ||
| 100 Meter | 11,21 | Ezinne Okparaebo , NOR |
| 12,47 | Martina Pretelli , SMR | |
| 12,28 | Martina Pretelli , SMR | |
| 400 Meter | 49,56 | Amantle Montsho , BOT |
| 54,81 | Ambwene Simukonda , MAW | |
| 800 Meter | 1:59,17 | Fantu Magiso , ETH |
| 10000 Meter | 31:21,57 | Shitaye Eshete , BRN |
| 100 Meter Hürden | 12,56 | Tiffany Porter , GBR |
| 400 Meter Hürden | 58,54 | Amailya Sharoyan , ARM |
| 1:02,78 | Jessica Aguilera , NCA | |
| 3000 Meter Hindernis | 9:11,97 | Habiba Ghribi , TUN |
| 9:24,06 | Binnaz Uslu , TUR | |
| Hochsprung | 1,95 | Deirdre Ryan , IRL |
| 1,95 | Doreen Amata , NGR | |
| Stabhochsprung | 4,80 | Martina Strutz , GER |
| 4,70 | Yarisley Silva , CUB | |
| 4,50 | Nicole Büchler , SUI | |
| 4,40 | Yun-hee Choi , KOR | |
| Speerwerfen | 71,99 | Maria Abakumova , RUS |
| 4 x 100 Meter | 41,70 | Jamaika |
| 42,50 | Trinidad/Tobago | |
| 43,44 | Niederlande | |
| 4 x 400 Meter | 3:18,71 | Jamaika |
| 3:27,48 | Irland | |