List of Swiss records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Switzerland maintained by its national athletics federation: Swiss Athletics (SA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by SA   Not ratified or later rescined by SA

+ = en route to a longer distance
Mx = mark was made in a mixed race

Men

Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref
100 m 10.08 (+0.1 m/s) Alex Wilson 30 June 2019 Résisprint La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
9.84 (+1.9 m/s) Alex Wilson 18 July 2021 Georgia Games Marietta, United States
150 m 15.05 (+1.9 m/s) Silvan Wicki 13 June 2020 Langenthal, Switzerland
200 m 19.98 (+1.5 m/s) Alex Wilson 30 June 2019 Résisprint La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
19.89 (+1.8 m/s) Alex Wilson 18 July 2021 Georgia Games Marietta, United States
300 m 32.29 Kevin Widmer 2 August 1995 Langenthal, Switzerland
400 m 44.99 Mathias Rusterholz 3 July 1996 Athletissima Lausanne, Switzerland
600 m 1:14.72 André Bucher 1 September 1999 Bellinzona, Switzerland
800 m 1:42.55 André Bucher 17 August 2001 Weltklasse Zürich Zürich, Switzerland
1000 m 2:15.63 André Bucher 24 May 2001 Langenthal, Switzerland
1500 m 3:31.75 Pierre Délèze 21 August 1985 Weltklasse Zürich Zürich, Switzerland
Mile 3:50.38 Pierre Délèze 25 August 1982 Koblenz, Germany
3000 m 7:35.12 Jonas Raess 10 September 2023 Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb, Croatia
5000 m 13:07.54 Markus Ryffel 11 August 1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States
5 km (road) 13:29 Julien Wanders 17 February 2019 5 km Herculis Monaco
13:12 Dominic Lobalu 31 December 2023 Cursa dels Nassos Barcelona, Spain
10000 m 27:17.29 Julien Wanders 17 July 2019 Ethiopian Trials Hengelo, Netherlands
10 km (road) 27:13 Julien Wanders 12 January 2020 10K Valencia Ibercaja Valencia, Spain
27:13 Dominic Lobalu 14 January 2024 10K Valencia Ibercaja Valencia, Spain
15 km (road) 41:56+ Julien Wanders 8 February 2019 RAK Half Marathon Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
20000 m 59:14.02 Stéphane Schweickhardt 15 April 1998 Martigny, Switzerland
20 km (road) 56:03+ Julien Wanders 8 February 2019 RAK Half Marathon Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Half marathon 59:13 Julien Wanders 8 February 2019 RAK Half Marathon Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
One hour 20264 m Stéphane Schweickhardt 15 April 1998 Martigny, Switzerland
25000 m (track) 1:18:54.8 Stéphane Schweickhardt 7 September 1988 Sion, Switzerland
25 km (road) 1:13:40+ Tadesse Abraham 24 September 2023 Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany
30 km (road) 1:28:25+ Tadesse Abraham 24 September 2023 Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany
Marathon 2:05:10 Tadesse Abraham 24 September 2023 Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany
110 m hurdles 13.07 (+0.7 m/s) Jason Joseph 10 September 2023 Großes Meeting für die Kleinen Basel, Switzerland
300 m hurdles 34.87 Kariem Hussein 25 May 2017 Nationales Auffahrtsmeeting Langenthal, Switzerland
400 m hurdles 48.13 Marcel Schelbert 28 August 1999 World Championships Seville, Spain
3000 m steeplechase 8:22.24 Christian Belz 4 June 2001 Hengelo, Netherlands
High jump 2.33 m Loïc Gasch 8 May 2021 Lausanne, Switzerland
Pole vault 5.71 m Felix Böhni 11 June 1983 Bern-Neufeld, Switzerland
5.71 m Dominik Alberto 10 July 2021 Landau, Germany
Long jump 8.45 m (+0.2 m/s) Simon Ehammer 28 May 2022 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria
Triple jump 17.13 m (+0.8 m/s) Alexander Martínez Aimes 10 August 2006 Göteborg, Sweden
17.13 m (+1.9 m/s) 12 August 2007 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Shot put 22.75 m Werner Günthör 23 August 1988 Arena Bern-Neufeld, Switzerland
Discus throw 64.04 m Christian Erb 18 September 1988 Norden, West Germany
Hammer throw 80.51 m Patric Suter 17 September 2003 Löffingen, Germany
Javelin throw 82.07 m Stefan Müller 16 September 2006 Bern-Wankdorf, Switzerland
Weight throw 13.67 m Roland Hotz 12 September 2011 2nd European Masters Games Lignano, Italy
Decathlon 8468 pts Simon Ehammer 15–16 August 2022 European Championships Munich, Germany
100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
10.56 (+0.7 m/s) 8.31 m (-1.0 m/s) 14.24 m 2.08 m 47.40 13.75 (0.0 m/s) 34.92 m 5.20 m 53.46 m 4:48.72
20 km walk (road) 1:25:20 Alex Flórez 13 April 2013 Poděbrady Race Walk Poděbrady, Czech Republic
50 km walk (road) 3:59:20 Pascal Charrière 14 April 1996 Fribourg, Switzerland
4 × 100 m relay 38.36 Switzerland
Pascal Mancini
Bradley Lestrade
Felix Svensson
William Reais
21 August 2022 European Championships Munich, Germany
4 × 200 m relay 1:24.37 Switzerland
Steven Gugerli
Pascal Mancini
Reto Schenkel
Suganthan Somasundaram
3 May 2015 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas
4 × 400 m relay 3:02.46 Switzerland
Laurent Clerc
Mathias Rusterholz
Alain Rohr
Marcel Schelbert
28 August 1999 World Championships Seville, Spain

Women

Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref
100 m 10.89 (+0.6 m/s) Mujinga Kambundji 24 June 2022 Swiss Championships Zürich, Switzerland
150 m 16.67 (+0.3 m/s) Ajla del Ponte 20 June 2020 Meilen, Switzerland
200 m 22.05 (+2.0 m/s) Mujinga Kambundji 19 July 2022 World Championships Eugene, United States
300 m 35.70 Léa Sprunger 25 May 2017 Nationales Auffahrtsmeeting Langenthal, Switzerland
400 m 50.52 Léa Sprunger 1 July 2018 Resisprint La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
600 m 1:25.12 Audrey Werro 18 May 2023 Nationales Auffahrts-Meeting Langenthal, Switzerland
800 m 1:57.95 Selina Büchel 4 July 2015 Meeting Areva Saint-Denis, France
1000 m 2:31.51 Sandra Gasser 13 September 1989 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
1500 m 3:58.20 Anita Weyermann 8 August 1998 Herculis Monaco
Mile 4:23.92 Anita Weyermann 1 July 1998 Bellinzona, Switzerland
3000 m 8:35.83 Anita Weyermann 7 July 1999 Rome, Italy
5000 m 14:59.28 Anita Weyermann 5 June 1996 Rome, Italy
5 km (road) 15:34 Chiara Scherrer 8 May 2022 Lausanne, Switzerland
10000 m 31:35.96 Daria Nauer 13 August 1994 Helsinki, Finland
10 km (road) 32:10 Fabienne Schlumpf 26 February 2017 10 km de Payerne Payerne, Switzerland
15 km (road) 48:36+ Wo Fabienne Schlumpf 17 October 2020 World Half Marathon Championships Gdynia, Poland
20 km (road) 1:05:14+ Wo Fabienne Schlumpf 17 October 2020 World Half Marathon Championships Gdynia, Poland
Half marathon 1:08:38 Wo Fabienne Schlumpf 17 October 2020 World Half Marathon Championships Gdynia, Poland
1:08:27 Mx Fabienne Schlumpf 21 March 2021 Itelligence Citylauf Dresden, Germany
25 km (road) 1:25:07+ Fabienne Schlumpf 3 December 2023 Valencia Marathon Valencia, Spain
30 km (road) 1:42:05+ Fabienne Schlumpf 3 December 2023 Valencia Marathon Valencia, Spain
Marathon 2:25:27 Mx Fabienne Schlumpf 24 September 2023 Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany
2:24:30 Mx Fabienne Schlumpf 3 December 2023 Valencia Marathon Valencia, Spain
2:30:17 Wo Fabienne Schlumpf 15 August 2022 European Championships Munich, Germany
100 m hurdles 12.47 (0.0 m/s) Ditaji Kambundji 4 August 2023 CITIUS Meeting Bern, Switzerland
300 m hurdles 38.93 Léa Sprunger 3 August 2016 Internationales Abendmeeting Langenthal, Switzerland
400 m hurdles 54.06 Léa Sprunger 4 October 2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar
2000 m steeplechase 6:12.44 Chiara Scherrer 10 June 2022 Swiss 10000m and Steeplechase Championships Uster, Switzerland
3000 m steeplechase 9:20.28 Chiara Scherrer 18 June 2022 Meeting de Paris Paris, France
High jump 1.97 m Salome Lang 27 June 2021 Swiss Championships Langenthal, Switzerland
Pole vault 4.78 m Nicole Büchler 6 May 2016 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix Doha, Qatar
Long jump 6.84 m (+1.0 m/s) Irène Pusterla 20 August 2011 Gran Premio Mendrisiotto Chiasso, Switzerland
Triple jump 13.49 m (-0.5 m/s) Affessi Fatim 1 July 2018 Resisprint La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Shot put 18.02 m Ursula Stäheli 14 August 1988 Zug, Switzerland
Discus throw 60.60 m Rita Pfister 6 June 1976 Dortmund, West Germany
Hammer throw 67.42 m Nicole Zihlmann 9 July 2018 Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern Lucerne, Switzerland
Javelin throw 58.31 m Géraldine Ruckstuhl 28 May 2017 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria
Weight throw 18.31 m Nicole Zihlmann 2 September 2018 Aosta, Italy
Heptathlon 6515 pts Annik Kälin 17–18 August 2022 European Championships Munich, Germany
100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m
13.23 (-0.5 m/s) 1.74 m 13.56 m 24.14 (-0.2 m/s) 6.73 m (+0.3 m/s) 46.72 m 2:13.73
10000 m walk (track) 45:28:53 Laura Polli 26 July 2015 Swiss Championships Tesserete, Switzerland
20 km walk (road) 1:32:36 Marie Polli 8 March 2009 Lugano, Switzerland
4 × 100 m relay 42.05 Switzerland
Riccarda Dietsche
Ajla Del Ponte
Mujinga Kambundji
Salomé Kora
5 August 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan
4 × 200 m relay 1:31.75 Switzerland
Mujinga Kambundji
Léa Sprunger
Joelle Golay
Fanette Humair
25 May 2014 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas
4 × 400 m relay 3:25.90 Switzerland
Léa Sprunger
Silke Lemmens
Rachel Pellaud
Yasmin Giger
5 August 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan

Mixed

Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref
4 × 400 m relay 3:14.22 Switzerland
Lionel Spitz
Giulia Senn
Ricky Petrucciani
Julia Niederberger
25 June 2023 European Team Championships Chorzów, Poland

Indoor

Men

Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref
50 m 5.63 Pascal Mancini 21 January 2023 Championnats Romands en Salle Aigle, Switzerland
60 m 6.58 Pascal Mancini 18 February 2023 Swiss Championships St. Gallen, Switzerland
200 m 20.96 Felix Svensson 27 February 2022 Swiss Championships Magglingen, Switzerland
300 m 35.9 h Urs Kamber 21 February 1981 Daly City, United States
400 m 45.92 Alain Rohr 13 February 2000 Magglingen, Switzerland
600 m 1:17.00 Robin Oester 4 February 2023 Magglingen, Switzerland
800 m 1:44.93 André Bucher 3 March 2002 European Championships Vienna, Austria
1000 m 2:20.73 Markus Trinkler 26 February 1989 Sindelfingen, Germany
1500 m 3:38.86 Peter Philipp 4 February 2001 Sparkassen Cup Stuttgart, Germany
Mile 3:58.79 Pierre Délèze 12 March 1987 Valencia, Spain
3000 m 7:35.24 Jonas Raess 11 February 2023 Millrose Games New York City, United States
5000 m 13:07.95 Jonas Raess 13 February 2022 David Hemery Valentine Invitational Boston, United States
50 m hurdles 6.52 Ivan Bitzi 5 February 2006 St. Gallen, Switzerland
60 m hurdles 7.41 Jason Joseph 5 March 2023 European Championships Istanbul, Turkey
High jump 2.32 m Roland Dalhäuser 6 March 1982 Milan, Italy
7 March 1987 World Championships Indianapolis, United States
Pole vault 5.62 m Felix Böhni 12 March 1983 Pontiac, United States
Long jump 8.26 m Simon Ehammer 29 January 2022 X-Athletics Multi-Event Aubière, France
Triple jump 16.70 m Alexander Martínez Aimes 25 February 2006 Magglingen, Switzerland
Shot put 22.26 m Werner Günthör 8 February 1987 Magglingen, Switzerland
Weight throw 20.42 m Martin Bingisser 3 March 2007 UW Last Chance Qualifier Seattle, United States
Heptathlon 6363 pts Simon Ehammer 18–19 March 2022 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia
60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
6.72 8.04 m 14.23 m 2.05 m 7.75 5.10 m 2:53.54
5000 m walk 24:09.73 Christopher Burki 13 January 2007 Vittel, France
4 × 400 m relay 3:09.04 Switzerland
Alain Rohr
Cédric El-Idrissi
Martin Leiser
Andreas Oggenfuss
7 March 2004 World Championships Budapest, Hungary

Women

Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref
50 m 6.26 Martina Feusi 27 January 2002 St. Gallen, Switzerland
60 m 6.96 Mujinga Kambundji 18 March 2022 World Championships Belgrade, Serbia
200 m 22.88 Léa Sprunger 18 February 2018 Swiss Championships Magglingen, Switzerland
300 m 36.72 Léa Sprunger 10 February 2019 Meeting Metz Mosell Athlélor Metz, France
400 m 51.28 Léa Sprunger 15 February 2018 Copernicus Cup Toruń, Poland
600 m 1:27.08 Selina Büchel 2 February 2019 Magglingen, Switzerland
800 m 2:00.38 Selina Büchel 5 March 2017 European Championships Belgrade, Serbia
2:00.18 Mx 12 February 2017 St. Gallen, Switzerland
1000 m 2:37.10 Sandra Gasser 13 March 1990 Madrid, Spain
1500 m 4:07.98 Sandra Gasser 14 February 1993 Sindelfingen, Germany
Mile 4:40.35 Molly Renfer 7 February 2014 Boston University David Hemery Valentine Boston, United States
3000 m 9:10.33 Chiara Scherrer 20 February 2021 Swiss Championships Magglingen, Switzerland
5000 m 16:42.53 Martina Tresch 7 February 2014 39th Annual Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational Lincoln, United States
50 m hurdles 6.73 Julie Baumann 7 February 1993 Grenoble, France
60 m hurdles 7.81 Ditaji Kambundji 19 February 2023 Swiss Championships St. Gallen, Switzerland
High jump 1.94 m Salome Lang 16 February 2020 Swiss Championships St. Gallen, Switzerland
Pole vault 4.80 m Nicole Büchler 17 March 2016 World Championships Portland, United States
Long jump 6.71 m Irène Pusterla 5 March 2011 European Championships Paris, France
Triple jump 13.45 m Claudia Vetsch 19 February 1995 Magglingen, Switzerland
Shot put 18.75 m Ursula Stäheli 25 January 1987 Magglingen, Switzerland
Weight throw 18.61 m Nicole Zihlmann 28 January 2020 Int. Indoor Werpwedstrijd Sittard, Netherlands
Pentathlon 4507 pts Annik Kälin 7 February 2021 Swiss Combined Events Championships Magglingen, Switzerland
60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
8.14 1.75 m 13.14 m 6.47 m 2:24.80
3000 m walk 17:38.23 Christine Celant 12 January 2008 Vittel, France
4 × 200 m relay 1:44.39 LC Schaffhausen
Michelle Baumer
Daphne Zubler
Annina Fahr
Lydia Boll
27 January 2018 Sindelfingen, Germany
4 × 400 m relay 3:33.72 Switzerland
Cornelia Halbheer
Léa Sprunger
Fanette Humair
Yasmin Giger
3 March 2019 European Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom