The following are the records by Benin in athletics recognised by the Fédération Béninoise d'Athlétisme (FBA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by FBA   Not ratified or later rescinded by FBA

h = hand timing
X = unratified due to doping violation

Men

Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref
100 m 10.31 (+1.1 m/s) Souhalia Alamou 5 June 2004 International Meeting Lugano, Switzerland
200 m 20.95 NWI Souhalia Alamou 16 May 2004 Cotonou, Benin
400 m 45.82 Mathieu Gnanligo 29 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 h Imorou Zato 31 May 1998 Niamey, Niger
10000 m 31:24.6 h Imorou Zato 18 July 1997 Cotonou, Benin
Half marathon 1:09:44 Paulin Agbodji 22 February 2003 Dakar, Senegal
Marathon 2:24:53 Patrice Lompo 11 February 2012 Parakou, Benin
2:24:50 Daouda Korongou 11 February 2017 Parakou, Benin [1]
110 m hurdles 14.68 NWI Brice de Souza 25 June 1988 Narbonne, France
400 m hurdles 50.48 [a] Abdoulaye Chérif Issa 25 April 2006 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
49.97 [b] Abdoulaye Chérif Issa 24 April 2007 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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 [2]
Pole vault 3.50 m John Godonou-Dossou 30 June 1957 Dakar, French West Africa
Long jump 7.59 m (+0.4 m/s) Romeo N'Tia 19 May 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan
7.82 m (+1.3 m/s) Romeo N'tia 28 July 2019 French Championships Saint-Étienne, France [3]
7.97 m NWI Romeo N'tia 15 July 2018 Porto-Novo, Benin
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 43.26 m Romainio Houndéladji 27 December 2015 Porto-Novo, Benin
Hammer throw 21.44 m Chakirou-Alabi Danialou 17 May 2009 Saint-Quentin, France
Javelin throw 60.33 m Romaric Houénou 21 July 2019 Niamey, Niger
61.57 m Dalil Chablis 18 June 2023 Pontoise, France [citation needed]
64.95 m Romaric Huoénou 4 August 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo [4]
Decathlon 4442 pts h 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 [5] John Godonou-Dossou December 1962 Porto-Novo, Benin
100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay 40.17  Benin
Issifou Moutalabi
Arcadius Fanou
Pascal Dangbo
Souhalia Alamou 		15 September 1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa
4 × 400 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
600 m 1:25.78 Noélie Yarigo 27 August 2017 ISTAF Berlin Berlin, Germany [6]
800 m 1:59.12 Noélie Yarigo 17 August 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [7]
1:58.65 Noélie Yarigo 9 June 2023 Meeting de Paris Paris, France [8]
1000 m 2:38.61 Noélie Yarigo 2 September 2018 ISTAF Berlin Berlin, Germany [9]
1500 m 4:31.63 Bentille Alassane 16 May 2004 Cotonou, Benin
3000 m 10:11.02 Kabiratou Nassam Alassani 11 July 2016 Ertvelde, Belgium
5000 m 17:00.05 Kabiratou Nassam Alassani 26 June 2016 Brussels, Belgium
10000 m
10 km (road) 38:09 Noelie Yarigo 28 March 2016 Brussels, Belgium [10]
Half marathon 1:20:27 Kabiratou Nassam Alassani 2 October 2016 Brussels Half Marathon Brussels, Belgium [11]
Marathon 2:54:46 Bentille Alassane 6 February 2016 Marathon Selélien Parakou, Benin [12]
100 m hurdles 13.27 (+0.3 m/s) Odile Ahouanwanou 22 June 2019 Décastar Talence, France [13]
13.25 (+1.2 m/s) Odile Ahouanwanou 19 June 2021 Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen Ratingen, Germany [14]
400 m hurdles 57.75 Bimbo Miel Blessing Ayédou 20 April 2011 Saint-Denis, Réunion
56.66 Bimbo Miel Ayedou 24 July 2011 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso [15]
3000 m steeplechase
High jump 1.78 m Odile Ahouanwanou 14 July 2017 Marseille, France [16]
1.79 m[c] Odile Ahouanwanou 20 March 2024 African Games Accra, Ghana [17]
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 15.24 m Odile Ahouanwanou 24 June 2016 Angers, France
15.79 m Odile Ahouanwanou 19 June 2021 Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen Ratingen, Germany [18]
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 [19]
56.75 m Pascaline Adanhoegbe 8 September 2020 Palio Città della Quercia Rovereto, Italy [20]
Heptathlon 6200 pts Odile Ahouanwanou 22–23 June 2019 Décastar Talence, France [21]
100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m
13.27 (+0.3 m/s) 1.75 m 14.89 m 24.01 (-0.6 m/s) 5.94 m (+1.5 m/s) 44.75 m 2:23.51
6210 pts Odile Ahouanwanou 2–4 October 2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar [22]
100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m
13.45 (+0.4 m/s) 1.77 m 14.13 m 24.05 (+1.0 m/s) 6.00 m (-0.2 m/s) 46.74 m 2:22.89
6274 pts Odile Ahouanwanou 19–20 June 2021 Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen Ratingen, Germany [23][24]
100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m
13.25 (+1.2 m/s) 1.73 m 15.79 m 24.45 (-0.3 m/s) 6.07 m (+0.1 m/s) 48.02 m 2:25.44
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay 46.45  Benin
Sidi Gbadamassi Bayo
Fabienne Féraez
Angele Akpogan
Nidjad Inoussa 		13 October 2003 All-Africa Games Abuja, Nigeria
4 × 400 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 23.08 Geraud Dohou 25 January 2014 Bordeaux, France
400 m 51.20 Yaovi Michael Gougou 9 March 2012 World Championships Istanbul, Turkey [25]
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles 8.99 Gerald-James Tchiakbe 11 February 2012 Eaubonne, France
High jump 1.33 m Dalil Chablis 7 November 2015 Fontainebleau, France
Pole vault
Long jump 7.68 m Romeo N'tia 29 February 2020 Liévin, France
Triple jump
Shot put 15.25 m Enock Lokossou 6 January 2018 Eaubonne, France
Heptathlon
60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Women

Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref
60 m 7.44 Fabienne Féraez 4 February 2005 Eaubonne, France
200 m 24.12 Odile Ahouanwanou 9 January 2022 Pre Regionaux Val-de-Reuil, France
400 m 55.11 Noélie Yarigo 26 January 2014 Bordeaux, France
54.26 X [26] Bimbo Miel Ayedou 9 March 2012 World Championships Istanbul, Turkey [27]
800 m 2:01.01 Noélie Yarigo 17 February 2021 Copernicus Cup Toruń, Poland
1:59.29 Noélie Yarigo 4 February 2023 Meeting de l'Eure Val-de-Reuil, France [28]
1:58.48 Noélie Yarigo 8 February 2023 Copernicus Cup Toruń, Poland [29]
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles 8.29 Odile Ahouanwanou 3 February 2018 Meeting Elite en Salle Mondeville, France [30]
High jump 1.78 m [d] Odile Ahouanwanou 22 January 2017 Eaubonne, France [31]
Pole vault
Long jump 6.09 m [e] Odile Ahouanwanou 23 January 2021 Aubière, France
Triple jump 8.66 m Chimene Anani 19 November 2006 Mondeville, France
Shot put 15.10 m [f] Odile Ahouanwanou 23 January 2021 Aubière, France
Pentathlon 4461 pts Odile Ahouanwanou 23 January 2021 Aubière, France
60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
8.30 1.73 m 15.10 m 6.09 m 2:24.42
3000 m walk
4×400 m relay

Notes

  1. ^ Best performance with electronic timing.
  2. ^ 50.0 with manual timing according to World Athletics, who does not consider the performance record eligible.
  3. ^ record set during heptathlon competition
  4. ^ outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
  5. ^ record set during pentathlon competition
  6. ^ record set during pentathlon competition

References

General
Specific
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  2. ^ "1st U-23ECOWAS Games 2010 Day 2 Results" (PDF). www.athleticsafrica.com. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  3. ^ "26/07/19 - Championnats de France Elite – Longueur / TCM" (in French). French Athletics Federation. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Javelin Throw Results" (PDF). Microplus Informatica. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. ^ no details available for a conversion from 1962 to 1984 tables
  6. ^ "600m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Women's 800m – Round 1 Heat 4 Results" (PDF). Rio 2016 official website. 17 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  8. ^ "800m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  9. ^ "1000m Results". IAAF. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Semi Marathon Jean Paul Cardineau 2016 – 10km Route Results". runperf.com. 28 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Brussels Half Marathon 2016 Results". chronorace.be. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Marathon Salésien de Parakou 2016 Results". planete-marathon.fr. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Talence (France), 22-23.6.2019 -Decastar-". trackinsun.blogspot.com. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  14. ^ Jon Mulkeen (20 June 2021). "Kazmirek and Ellenwood victorious in Ratingen". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  15. ^ "All time Top lists – 400 Metres Hurdles Women". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  16. ^ "Odile Ahouanwanou Profile". IAAF. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  17. ^ "Women's Heptathlon – High Jump Results". results.accra2023ag.com. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  18. ^ Jon Mulkeen (20 June 2021). "Kazmirek and Ellenwood victorious in Ratingen". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  19. ^ "African Championships 2016 – Women's Javelin Throw Results". CAA. 25 June 2016. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  20. ^ "Javelin Throw WOMEN - RESULTS". Italian Athletics Federation. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  21. ^ "MEETING 2019". decastar.fr. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  22. ^ "Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  23. ^ Jon Mulkeen (20 June 2021). "Kazmirek and Ellenwood victorious in Ratingen". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  24. ^ "Heptathlon Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  25. ^ "400 Metres Round 1 Results" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  26. ^ Bimbo Miel Ayedou failed a drug test for nandrolone
  27. ^ "400m Semifinal Results". IAAF. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  28. ^ Whittington, Jess (8 February 2023). "Tsegay triumphs with No.2 all-time indoor mile in Torun". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  29. ^ Whittington, Jess (8 February 2023). "Tsegay triumphs with No.2 all-time indoor mile in Torun". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  30. ^ "Meeting Elite en Salle 2018 Results" (PDF). meeting-mondeville.com. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  31. ^ "Eaubonne (France), 21-22.1.2017 (indoor)". trackinsun.blogspot.de. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

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