After Historic World Athletics Championships Campaign, Have A Look At India's National Record Holders In Various Athletics Events

At the recently concluded World Athletics Championships 2023, Indian Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra made history by giving the country its first-ever World Champion in athletics and 3000 m steeplechase racer Parul Chaudhary also established a new national record in her discipline with timings of 9:15.31 and qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics. After a historic World Championships event for India, let us look at our national record holders in various disciplines in athletics.

100m national record

The 100-meter men's record is held by Amlan Borgohain, who ran the event in 10.25 seconds in the All India Inter Railway Athletics Championship in Raebareli in 2022, as per Olympics.com.

With a time of 11.17 seconds at the Indian Grand Prix IV in Patiala in 2021, Dutee Chand owns the women's 100-meter national record.

200m national record

Amlan Borgohain broke Muhammed Anas Yahiya's previous national record of 20.63 seconds set at a competition in the Czech Republic back in 2018 by clocking 20.52 seconds in the men's 200-meter final of the Federation Cup 2022.

With a time of 22.82 seconds during the National Circuit Meet in Ludhiana in 2002, Saraswati Saha holds the record for the women's division in India.

400m national record

The national record for this competition is held by Muhammad Anas Yahiya in men's competition, who finished in 45.21 seconds in the 2019 Kladno Athletics competition in the Czech Republic.

Hima Das set the benchmark for the women's division at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, with a time of 50.79.

800m national record

The 800-meter men's record is held by Jinson Johnson, who ran the distance in 1:45.65 at the 2018 National Inter-State Championship in Guwahati.

Tintu Luka holds the