List of Beninese records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Benin maintained by its national athletics federation: Fédération Béninoise d'Athlétisme (FBA).

Outdoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	10.31 (+1.1 m/s)	Souhalia Alamou	5 June 2004		Lugano, Switzerland
200 m	20.95	Souhalia Alamou	16 May 2004		Cotonou, Benin
400 m	45.82	Mathieu Gnanligo	30 June 2012	African Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin
800 m	1:50.89	Akim Balogoun	21 May 1999		Lagos, Nigeria
1500 m	3:54.12	Ibrahim Ofangobi	16 May 2004		Cotonou, Benin
3000 m	8:38.53	Imorou Zato	22 August 1998	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal
5000 m	14:49.1	Imorou Zato	31 May 1998		Niamey, Niger
10000 m	31:24.6	Imorou Zato	18 July 1997		Cotonou, Benin
Half marathon	1:09:44	Paulin Agbodji	22 February 2003		Dakar, Senegal
Marathon	2:30:13	Patrice Lompo	17 April 2011	Annecy Marathon	Annecy, France	[1]
110 m hurdles	14.68	Brice de Souza	25 June 1988		Narbonne, France
400 m hurdles	50.48	Abdoulaye Chérif Issa	25 April 2006		Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
	49.97 [2]	Issa Ouagadugou	24 April 2007		?
3000 m steeplechase	9:21.21	Mahomet Adam	29 June 2012	African Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin
High jump	2.12 m	Romain Akpo	10 September 2010	1st U-23ECOWAS Games	Abuja, Nigeria	[3]
Pole vault	3.50 m	John Godonou-Dossou	30 June 1957		Dakar, French West Africa
Long jump	7.35 m (+1.9 m/s)	Biliaminou Alao	11 August 1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden
Triple jump	15.70 m	Armand Gbaguidi	29 March 1987		Cotonou, Benin
Shot put	15.90 m	Romainio Houndéladji	22 May 2009		Porto-Novo, Benin
Discus throw	41.84 m	Mathieu Zoumahoun
Hammer throw	21.44 m	Chakirou-Alabi Danialou	17 May 2009		Saint-Quentin, ?
Javelin throw	58.17 m	Vivien Adifon	18 July 2010		Porto-Novo, Benin
Decathlon	4442 pts (ht)	Laurent Tchankpéga	14–15 October 1978		Nevers, France
	11.7 (100 m), 6.01 m (long jump), 7.53 m (shot put), 1.50 m (high jump), 55.5 (400 m) / 20.0 (110 m hurdles), 18.98 m (discus), 2.60 m (pole vault), 33.72 m (javelin), 4:38.5 (1500 m)
	4929 pts [4]	John Godonou-Dossou	December 1962		Porto-Novo, Benin
	(100 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump), (400 m) / (110 m hurdles), (discus), (pole vault), (javelin), (1500 m)
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4x100 m relay	40.17	Benin Issifou Moutalabi Arcadius Fanou Pascal Dangbo Souhalia Alamou	15 September 1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa
4x400 m relay	3:11.71	Benin Blaise de Campos Abdoulaye Chérif Issa D.N. Tevoue Mathieu Gnanligo	27 May 2007		Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	11.55 (+2.0 m/s)	Fabienne Féraez	12 May 2006	Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix	Doha, Qatar
200 m	22.81 (+0.7 m/s)	Fabienne Féraez	16 July 2005		Angers, France
400 m	51.47	Fabienne Féraez	14 July 2006	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy
800 m	2:06.03	Noéllie Yarigo	13 July 2013	French Championships	Paris, France	[5]
1500 m	4:31.63	Bentille Alassane	16 May 2004		Cotonou, Benin
3000 m	10:15.79	Bentille Alassane	13 April 2002		Cotonou, Benin
5000 m	17:24.41	Bentille Alassane	16 May 2004		Cotonou, Benin
10000 m
Marathon
100 m hurdles	13.64 (+0.3 m/s) [6]	Odile Ahouanwanou	10 July 2015	French Championships	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France	[7]
400 m hurdles	57.75	Bimbo Miel Blessing Ayédou	20 April 2011		Saint-Denis, Réunion
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	1.72 m [8]	Odile Ahouanwanou	15 September 2015	All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	[9]
Pole vault
Long jump	6.12 m	Anne Abossèdé Okafor	18 July 2010		Porto-Novo, Benin
Triple jump	12.68 m	Sonya Agbéssi	19 June 1994		Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Shot put	15.15 m	Isabelle Yacoubou	28 May 2004		Tours, France
Discus throw	42.62 m	Sabine Zachèe	8 May 2004		Cotonou, Benin
Hammer throw	21.30 m	Graetta Gbenou	24 April 2010		Grenoble, France
Javelin throw	46.32 m	Adanhoegbe Pascaline	30 June 2012	African Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin	[10]
Heptathlon	5751 pts	Odile Ahouanwanou	12–13 June 2015	TNT – Fortuna Meeting	Kladno, Czech Republic	[11]
	100m H wind High jump Shot put 200m wind Long jump wind Javelin 800m 13.98 (-0.5) 1.70m 13.66m 24.62 (+0.2) 5.78 (0.0) 42.01m 2:26.81
20 km walk (road)
4x100 m relay	46.45	Benin Sidi Gbadamassi Bayo Fabienne Féraez Angele Akpogan Nidjad Inoussa	13 October 2003	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria
4x400 m relay	3:42.85	Benin Souliatou Saka Bimbo Miel Ayedou Claudine Yemalin K. Nasrou	24 May 2009		Porto-Novo, Benin

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m	6.81	Souhalia Alamou	19 February 2005		Montreal, Canada
200 m	24.90	Yaovi Michael Gougou	18 December 2010		Eaubonne, France
400 m	51.20	Yaovi Michael Gougou	9 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[12]
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump	6.32 m	Billiaminou Alao	10 March 1995	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain
Triple jump
Shot put	14.28 m	Enock Lokossou	4 January 2014		Paris, France
Heptathlon
	(60 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump) / (60 m hurdles), (pole vault), (1000 m)
5000 m walk
4x400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
60 m	7.44	Fabienne Féraez	4 February 2005		Eaubonne, France
200 m
400 m	54.26 X [13]	Bimbo Miel Ayedou	9 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[14]
	55.11	Noélie Yarigo	26 January 2014		Bordeaux, France
800 m	2:05.47	Noélie Yarigo	8 February 2014		Aubiére, France
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump	8.66 m	Chimene Anani	19 November 2006		Mondeville, France
Shot put	14.03 m	Isabelle Yacoubou	13 December 2003		Paris, France
Pentathlon
	(60 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (long jump), (800 m)
3000 m walk
4x400 m relay

ht = hand timing
X = unratified due to doping violation

References

1. "Annecy Marathon 2011 Complete Results". www.sport-info.com. 17 April 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
2. manual timing
3. "1st U-23ECOWAS Games 2010 Day 2 Results" (PDF). www.athleticsafrica.com. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
4. no details available for a conversion from 1962 to 1984 tables
5. "Atlhétisme. Championnats de France (2e journée) : les principaux résultats". www.paris.maville.com. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
6. record set during heptathlon competition
7. "Villeneuve d'Ascq (France), 10-12.7.2015 -National Championships-". trackinsun.blogspot.de. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
8. record set during heptathlon competition
9. "Women's Heptathlon Results" (PDF). brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
10. "African Championships 2012 Complete Results" (PDF). www.resultcaa.org. July 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
11. "TNT–Fortuna Meeting 2015 Results" (PDF). desetiboj-kladno.cz. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
12. "400 Metres Round 1 Results" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
13. Bimbo Miel Ayedou failed a drug test for nandrolone
14. "400m Semifinal Results". IAAF. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

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