List of Beninese records in athletics

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Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by FBA   Not ratified or later rescinded by FBA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	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	2:24:53	Patrice Lompo	11 February 2012		Parakou, Benin
	2:24:50	Daouda Korongou	11 February 2017		Parakou, Benin	[1]
110 m hurdles	14.68	Brice de Souza	25 June 1988		Narbonne, France
400 m hurdles	50.48 [lower-alpha 1]	Abdoulaye Chérif Issa	25 April 2006		Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
	49.97 [lower-alpha 2]	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, ?
Javelin throw	60.33 m	Romaric Houénou	21 July 2019		Niamey, Niger
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 [4]	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	[5]
800 m	1:59.12	Noélie Yarigo	17 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[6]
1000 m	2:38.61	Noélie Yarigo	2 September 2018	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin, Germany	[7]
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	[8]
Half marathon	1:20:27	Kabiratou Nassam Alassani	2 October 2016	Brussels Half Marathon	Brussels, Belgium	[9]
Marathon	2:54:46	Bentille Alassane	6 February 2016	Marathon Selélien	Parakou, Benin	[10]
100 m hurdles	13.27 (+0.3 m/s)	Odile Ahouanwanou	22 June 2019	Décastar	Talence, France	[11]
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	[12]
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	1.78 m	Odile Ahouanwanou	14 July 2017		Marseille, France	[13]
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
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	[14]
	56.75 m	Pascaline Adanhoegbe	8 September 2020	Palio Città della Quercia	Rovereto, Italy	[15]
Heptathlon	6200 pts	Odile Ahouanwanou	22–23 June 2019	Décastar	Talence, France	[16]
	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	[17]
	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
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	[18]
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump	1.33 m	Dalil Chablis	7 November 2015		Fontainebleau, France
Pole vault
Long jump	6.32 m	Billiaminou Alao	10 March 1995	World Championships	Barcelona, Spain
	7.40 m	Roméo Ntía	1 December 2018		Eaubonne, France
Triple jump
Shot put	14.28 m	Enock Lokossou	4 January 2014		Paris, 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	27.13	Odile Ahouanwanou	9 January 2016		Val-de-Reuil, France
400 m	55.11	Noélie Yarigo	26 January 2014		Bordeaux, France
	54.26 X [19]	Bimbo Miel Ayedou	9 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[20]
800 m	2:02.01	Noélie Yarigo	25 February 2015		Metz, France
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles	8.29	Odile Ahouanwanou	3 February 2018	Meeting Elite en Salle	Mondeville, France	[21]
High jump	1.78 m [22]	Odile Ahouanwanou	22 January 2017		Eaubonne, France	[23]
Pole vault
Long jump	5.92 m	Odile Ahouanwanou	18 February 2017	French Championships	Bordeaux, France
Triple jump	8.66 m	Chimene Anani	19 November 2006		Mondeville, France
Shot put	14.83 m [lower-alpha 3]	Odile Ahouanwanou	18 February 2017	French Championships	Bordeaux, France
Pentathlon	4248 pts	Odile Ahouanwanou	18 February 2017	French Championships	Bordeaux, France
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m 8.72 1.70 m 14.47 m 5.49 m 2:28.96
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 pentathlon competition

References

General

• Beninese National Records 1 December 2018 updated

Specific

1. "National Records - Marathon". ARRS. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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. no details available for a conversion from 1962 to 1984 tables
5. "600m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
6. "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.
7. "1000m Results". IAAF. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
8. "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.
9. "Brussels Half Marathon 2016 Results". chronorace.be. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
10. "Marathon Salésien de Parakou 2016 Results". planete-marathon.fr. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
11. "Talence (France), 22-23.6.2019 -Decastar-". trackinsun.blogspot.com. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
12. "All time Top lists – 400 Metres Hurdles Women". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
13. "Odile Ahouanwanou Profile". IAAF. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
14. "African Championships 2016 – Women's Javelin Throw Results". CAA. 25 June 2016. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
15. "Javelin Throw WOMEN - RESULTS". Italian Athletics Federation. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
16. "MEETING 2019". decastar.fr. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
17. "Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
18. "400 Metres Round 1 Results" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
19. Bimbo Miel Ayedou failed a drug test for nandrolone
20. "400m Semifinal Results". IAAF. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
21. "Meeting Elite en Salle 2018 Results" (PDF). meeting-mondeville.com. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
22. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
23. "Eaubonne (France), 21-22.1.2017 (indoor)". trackinsun.blogspot.de. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

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