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	7.50 m (+1.5 m/s)	Romeo N'Tia	26 June 2015		Reims, France
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	1:59.12	Noéllie Yarigo	17 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[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	54.88 m	Pascaline Adanhoegbe	25 June 2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	[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

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