List of Romanian records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Romania maintained by its national athletics federation: Federatia Romana de Atletism (FRA).
Outdoor
Key to tables :
Awaiting ratification
Record not kept by FRA
Not ratified or later rescinded by FRA
Men
Event
Record
Athlete
Date
Meet
Place
Ref.
100 m
10.21 (+0.2 m/s )
Daniel Cojocaru
17 June 1994
Bucharest , Romania
150 m (bend)
15.80 NWI
Marian Tanase
6 May 2023
Concurs National de Probe Neclasice
Târgu Jiu , Romania
[ 1]
200 m
20.70 (+1.0 m/s )
Florin Suciu
24 July 2005
Novi Sad , Serbia and Montenegro
300 m
33.26
Mihai Dringo
3 June 2023
Trond Mohn Games
Bergen , Norway
[ 2]
400 m
45.27
Mihai Dringo
3 August 2023
Summer World University Games
Chengdu , China
[ 3]
800 m
1:44.93
Cătălin Tecuceanu
14 September 2021
Hanžeković Memorial
Zagreb , Croatia
[ 4]
1500 m
3:34.13
Alexandru Vasile
13 June 1997
Bucharest , Romania
Mile
3:57.73
Ioan Zaizan
17 July 2013
Morton Games
Finglas , Ireland
[ 5]
3000 m
7:53.19
Valentin Coroja
18 June 1989
Warsaw , Poland
5000 m
13:15.0
Ilie Floroiu
23 July 1978
Bucharest , Romania
5 km (road)
14:06
Ștefan Iulius Gavril
16 February 2020
5 km Herculis
Monte Carlo , Monaco
[ 6]
10,000 m
27:40.06
Ilie Floroiu
29 August 1978
European Championships
Prague , Czechoslovakia
10 km (road)
28:38
Dorin Andrei Rusu
25 September 2022
Brașov Running Festival
Brașov , Romania
[ 7]
15 km (road)
44:48
Nicolae Negru
28 October 2000
Tulsa , United States
One hour
19707 m
Nicolae Mustață
17 October 1971
Bucharest , Romania
20 km (road)
1:02:01
Cristenel Irimia
2 September 2007
Zalău , Romania
Half marathon
1:01:45
Nicolae Negru
4 October 1997
World Half Marathon Championships
Košice , Slovakia
25 km (road)
1:18:14
Constantin Ștefan
27 April 1975
Hluboka , Czechoslovakia
Marathon
2:12:30
Cătălin Andreica
3 September 1978
European Championships
Prague , Czechoslovakia
50 km (road)
2:52:27
Ilie Corneschi
17 April 2021
Bucharest , Romania
100 km (road)
6:41:07
Julian Filipov
11 September 2021
Netherlands
6-hour run (road)
85.563 km
Claudiu Gorgan
17 April 2021
Bucharest , Romania
12-hour run (road)
132.473 km
Vadim Balan
17 April 2021
Bucharest , Romania
24-hour run (road)
277.476 km
Julian Filipov
17–18 April 2021
Bucharest , Romania
110 m hurdles
13.34 (+1.0 m/s )
George Boroi
18 June 1993
Bucharest , Romania
300 m hurdles
35.4 h
Mugur Matescu
13 May 1989
Bucharest , Romania
400 m hurdles
49.22
Alejandro Argudín-Zaharia
4 September 1997
Jeux de la Francophonie
Antananarivo , Madagascar
3000 m steeplechase
8:13.26
Florin Ionescu
21 August 1999
World Championships
Seville , Spain
High jump
2.40 m
Sorin Matei
20 June 1990
Bratislava , Czechoslovakia
Pole vault
5.50 m
Tiberiu Agoston
13 June 2003
Pierre-Bénite , France
28 August 2003
Universiade
Daegu , South Korea
Long jump
8.37 m (+1.5 m/s )
Bogdan Tudor
9 July 1995
Bad Cannstatt , Germany
Triple jump
17.81 m (+1.0 m/s )
Marian Oprea
5 July 2005
Athletissima
Lausanne , Switzerland
Shot put
21.07 m
Andrei Toader
26 June 2022
Romanian Championships
Craiova , Romania
[ 8]
21.29 m[ a]
Andrei Toader
13 June 2021
Brno , Czech Republic
[ 9] [ 10]
Discus throw
68.12 m
Iosif Nagy
22 May 1983
Zaragoza , Spain
Hammer throw
77.60 m
Nicolae Bândar
1 June 1986
Bucharest , Romania
Javelin throw
86.37 m
Alexandru Novac
5 July 2018
Nembro , Italy
[ 11]
Decathlon
7843 pts h
Vasile Bogdan
7–8 June 1975
Paris, France
10.9 (100 m) , 7.26 m (long jump) , 13.93 m (shot put) , 1.95 m (high jump) , 50.8 (400 m) / 15.0 (110 m hurdles) , 41.46 m (discus) , 4.70 m (pole vault) , 59.80 m (javelin) , 4:19.7 (1500 m)
20 km walk (road)
1:21:06
Costică Bălan
14 June 1996
Bucharest , Romania
35 km walk (road)
2:37:23
Narcis Mihăilă
21 May 2023
European Team Championships
Poděbrady , Czech Republik
[ 12]
50 km walk (road)
3:55:29
Marius Cocioran
16 May 2021
European Race Walking Team Championships
Poděbrady , Czech Republic
4 × 100 m relay
39.18
RomaniaFlorian Homiuc Alexandru Terpezan Ionut Neagoe Petre Rezmiveș
15 July 2018
Erzurum , Turkey
4 × 400 m relay
3:04.23
RomaniaVasile Boboș Florin Suciu Cătălin Cîmpeanu Ioan Vieru
12 August 2006
European Championships
Gothenburg , Sweden
Women
Event
Record
Athlete
Date
Meet
Place
Ref.
100 m
11.30 (+0.5 m/s )
Ionela Târlea
19 June 1999
European Cup Super League
Paris, France
150 m (bend)
18.63 NWI
Alexandra Uta
6 May 2023
Concurs National de Probe Neclasice
Târgu Jiu , Romania
[ 13]
17.85 (+2.0 m/s )
Bianca Răzor
31 August 2013
Amsterdam Open & Flame Games
Amsterdam , Netherlands
[ 14]
200 m
22.35 (+1.3 m/s )
Ionela Târlea
13 May 1999
Doha , Qatar
300 m
36.20 A
Ionela Târlea
3 May 2003
Mexico City , Mexico
400 m
49.88
Ionela Târlea
12 July 1999
Universiade
Palma de Mallorca , Spain
800 m
1:55.05
Doina Melinte
1 August 1982
Bucharest , Romania
1000 m
2:31.5 h
Maricica Puică
1 June 1986
Poiana Brașov , Romania
1500 m
3:53.96
Paula Ivan
1 October 1988
Olympic Games
Seoul , South Korea
Mile
4:15.61
Paula Ivan
10 July 1989
Nice , France
Mile (road)
4:43.0
Cristina Balan
9 September 2023
Brașov Running Festival
Brașov , Romania
[ 15]
2000 m
5:28.69
Maricica Puică
11 July 1986
London, United Kingdom
3000 m
8:21.42
Gabriela Szabo
19 July 2002
Herculis
Fontvieille , Monaco
5000 m
14:31.48
Gabriela Szabo
1 September 1998
ISTAF
Berlin, Germany
10,000 m
31:11.24
Mihaela Botezan
27 August 2004
Olympic Games
Athens , Greece
10 km (road)
31:59.9
Constantina Diță-Tomescu
29 February 2004
San Juan , Puerto Rico
15 km (road)
48:29
Constantina Diță-Tomescu
14 July 2002
Utica , United States
20 km (road)
1:03:23
Constantina Diță-Tomescu
8 October 2006
World Road Running Championships
Debrecen , Hungary
Half marathon
1:07:45
Stella Rutto
21 February 2021
Trabzon , Turkey
25 km (road)
1:21:31+
Constantina Diță-Tomescu
22 October 2006
Chicago Marathon
Chicago , United States
30 km (road)
1:41:51+
Nuța Olaru
10 October 2004
Chicago Marathon
Chicago , United States
Marathon
2:21:30
Constantina Diță-Tomescu
9 October 2005
Chicago Marathon
Chicago , United States
2:18:04[ b]
Joan Chelimo Melly
17 April 2022
Seoul Marathon
Seoul , South Korea
[ 16]
50 km (road)
3:16:28
Liliana Dragomir
6 June 2021
Palić , Serbia
6-hour run (road)
74 km
Mariana Nenu
22 June 2019
Stadtoldendorf , Germany
12-hour run (road)
123.465 km
Mariana Nenu
6 June 2021
Palić , Serbia
24-hour run (road)
236.325 km
Mara Guler-Cionca
17–18 April 2021
Bucharest , Romania
100 m hurdles
12.62 (+1.2 m/s )
Mihaela Stoica-Pogăceanu
29 June 1990
Villeneuve-d'Ascq , France
200 m hurdles (bend)
25.9 h NWI
Valeria Bufanu
21 October 1970
Bucharest , Serbia
400 m hurdles
53.25
Ionela Târlea
7 July 1999
Golden Gala
Rome, Italy
2000 m steeplechase
6:27.72
Mihaela Blaga
5 May 2024
Internationales Läufermeeting
Pliezhausen , Germany
[ 17]
3000 m steeplechase
9:16.85
Cristina Casandra
17 August 2008
Olympic Games
Beijing , China
[ 18]
High jump
2.02 m
Monica Iagăr
6 June 1998
Budapest , Hungary
17 June 2000
Villeneuve-d'Ascq , France
Pole vault
4.22 m
Gabriela Mihalcea
11 June 1999
Dreux , France
Long jump
7.43 m (+1.4 m/s )
Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu
4 June 1983
Bucharest , Romania
Triple jump
15.16 m (+0.1 m/s )
Rodica Mateescu
4 August 1997
World Championships
Athens , Greece
Shot put
21.00 m
Mihaela Loghin
30 June 1984
Formia , Italy
Discus throw
73.84 m
Daniela Costian
30 April 1988
Bucharest , Romania
Hammer throw
76.07 m
Mihaela Melinte
29 August 1999
Rudlingen , Switzerland
Javelin throw
65.08 m
Ana Mirela Țermure
10 June 2001
Bucharest , Romania
Heptathlon
6619 pts
Liliana Năstase
1–2 August 1992
Olympic Games
Barcelona , Spain
12.86 (100 m hurdles) , 1.82 m (high jump) , 14.34 m (shot put) , 23.70 (200 m) / 6.49 m (long jump) , 41.30 m (javelin) , 2:11.22 (800 m)
10 km walk (road)
42:16
Norica Câmpean
9 May 1999
Calella , Spain
20 km walk (road)
1:27:41
Claudia Ștef
5 June 2004
A Coruña , Spain
35 km walk (road)
2:59:18
Ana Rodean
21 May 2023
European Team Championships
Poděbrady , Czech Republik
[ 19]
4 × 100 m relay
44.18
RomaniaDoina Voinea Lucia Militaru Mihaela Pogăcean Marieta Ilcu
2 August 1985
Stara Zagora , Bulgaria
4 × 400 m relay
3:25.68
RomaniaOtilia Ruicu-Eșanu Alina Râpanu Ana Maria Barbu Ionela Târlea
20 June 1999
European Cup Super League
Paris, France
Swedish relay
2:06.13
RomaniaBianca Tita Stefania Balint Maria Capota Alexandra Uta
29 July 2023
European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
Maribor , Slovenia
[ 20]
4 × 1500 m relay
17:51.48
RomaniaClaudia Bobocea Florina Pierdevară Anca Maria Bunea Lenuța Petronela Simiuc
24 May 2014
IAAF World Relays
Nassau , Bahamas
[ 21]
Mixed
Indoor
Men
Event
Record
Athlete
Date
Meet
Place
Ref.
60 m
6.60
Johann Schromm
14 February 1981
Bucharest , Romania
Catalin Cîmpeanu
9 February 2013
Romanian Championships
Bucharest , Romania
[ 23]
200 m
20.94
Ioan Vieru
18 January 2004
Mannheim , Germany
400 m
45.94
Ioan Vieru
2 March 2002
European Championships
Vienna , Austria
800 m
1:47.21
Petre Drăgoescu
2 March 1985
IAAF Indoor Meeting
Athens , Greece
1500 m
3:40.30
Ioan Zaizan
28 January 2014
Vienna Indoor Classic
Vienna , Austria
[ 24]
3000 m
7:48.47[ d]
Ovidiu Olteanu
6 February 1998
Budapest , Hungary
60 m hurdles
7.50
George Boroi
15 February 1994
Meeting Pas de Calais
Liévin , France
High jump
2.38 m
Sorin Matei
3 February 1995
Wuppertal , Germany
Pole vault
5.61 m[ e]
Tiberiu Agoston
5 March 2001
Toulouse , France
Long jump
8.30 m
Bogdan Țăruș
29 January 2000
Bucharest , Romania
Triple jump
17.74 m
Marian Oprea
18 February 2006
Bucharest , Romania
Shot put
21.04 m
Gheorghe Gușet
18 February 2006
Bucharest , Romania
Heptathlon
5562 pts
Bogdan Popa
1–2 March 2012
Bucharest , Romania
60m
Long jump
Shot put
High jump
60m H
Pole vault
1000m
7.19
7.30 m
11.40 m
2.07 m
8.47
4.80 m
2:55.81
5000 m walk
18:59.24
Costică Bălan
19 February 2000
Bucharest , Romania
4 × 200 m relay
1:27.82
CSM PloieștiCosmin Homiuc Petre Nicolae Rezmives Bogdan Oprina Cristian Radu
12 March 2017
Istanbul , Turkey
4 × 400 m relay
3:10.36
RomaniaAndrei Remus Mihai Dringo Simon Denis Robert Parge
5 March 2022
Balkan Championships
Istanbul , Turkey
[ 25]
Women
Event
Record
Athlete
Date
Meet
Place
Ref.
60 m
7.22
Iolanda Oanțã
7 February 1992
Bucharest , Romania
Mirela Dulgheru
23 January 1993
Bacău , Romania
7.21[ f]
25 January 1992
Bucharest , Romania
200 m
22.39
Ionela Târlea
6 March 1999
World Championships
Maebashi , Japan
300 m
38.34
Bianca Răzor
25 January 2018
Czech Indoor Gala
Ostrava , Czech Republic
[ 26]
400 m
50.56
Ionela Târlea
1 March 1998
European Championships
Valencia , Spain
800 m
1:59.00
Doina Melinte
8 February 1987
Budapest , Hungary
1000 m
2:35.35
Claudia Bobocea
25 February 2023
World Indoor Tour Final
Birmingham , United Kingdom
[ 27]
1500 m
4:00.27+
Doina Melinte
9 February 1990
East Rutherford , United States
Mile
4:17.14
Doina Melinte
9 February 1990
East Rutherford , United States
2000 m
5:30.53
Gabriela Szabo
8 March 1998
Sindelfingen , Germany
[ 28]
3000 m
8:32.88
Gabriela Szabo
18 February 2001
AVIVA Indoor Grand Prix
Birmingham , United Kingdom
Two miles
9:41.07
Margareta Keszeg
28 February 1986
New York City, United States
5000 m
14:47.35
Gabriela Szabo
13 February 1999
Dortmund , Germany
60 m hurdles
7.86
Mihaela Stoica-Pogăceanu
5 March 1988
Budapest , Hungary
5 March 1989
Bacău , Romania
High jump
2.03 m[ g]
Monica Iagăr
23 January 1999
Bucharest , Romania
Pole vault
4.25 m[ h]
Gabriela Mihalcea
13 February 1999
IAAF Indoor Meeting
Athens , Greece
Long jump
6.99 m
Mirela Dulgheru
23 January 1993
Bacău , Romania
Triple jump
14.94 m
Cristina Nicolau
5 February 2000
Bucharest , Romania
Shot put
20.57 m
Mihaela Loghin
22 February 1987
Bucharest , Romania
Pentathlon
4753 pts
Liliana Năstase
10 February 1993
Bacău , Romania
8.17 (60 m hurdles) , 1.75 m (high jump) , 13.94 m (shot put) , 6.67 m (long jump) , 2:14.88 (800 m)
3000 m walk
11:40.33[ i]
Claudia Ștef
30 January 1999
Bucharest , Romania
4 × 200 m relay
1:40.27
CS Rapid București E. Constantinescu M. Lazãr M. Pogãcean I. Oanțã
16 February 1991
Bacău , Romania
4 × 400 m relay
3:30.06
RomaniaAngela Moroșanu Alina Râpanu Maria Rus Ionela Târlea
7 March 2004
World Championships
Budapest , Hungary
[ 29]
Notes
^ not ratified by FRA but recognised by World Athletics
^ not ratified by FRA but recognised by World Athletics
^ by official result source; 3:14.18 by FRA source, a typo
^ outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
^ outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
^ doubtful timing
^ outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
^ outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
^ not ratified by FRA but recognised by World Athletics
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