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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Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by FBA   Not ratified or later rescinded by FBA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
	10.25 (+1.9 m/s)	William Aguessy	1 June 2024		Limoges, France
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
	3:54.08	Sylvain Azonhin	29 May 2021		Zaria, Nigeria
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
10,000 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
110 m hurdles	14.68 NWI	Brice de Souza	25 June 1988		Narbonne, France
400 m hurdles	50.48	Abdoulaye Chérif Issa	25 April 2006		Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
	49.97	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
Pole vault	3.50 m	John Godonou-Dossou	30 June 1957		Dakar, French West Africa
Long jump	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
	64.95 m	Romaric Huoénou	4 August 2023	Jeux de la Francophonie	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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	John Godonou-Dossou	December 1962		Porto-Novo, Benin
	100 m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400 m 110 m h (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500 m
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
800 m	1:59.12	Noélie Yarigo	17 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	1:58.65	Noélie Yarigo	9 June 2023	Meeting de Paris	Paris, France
1000 m	2:38.61	Noélie Yarigo	2 September 2018	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin, Germany
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
10,000 m
10 km (road)	38:09	Noelie Yarigo	28 March 2016		Brussels, Belgium
Half marathon	1:20:27	Kabiratou Nassam Alassani	2 October 2016	Brussels Half Marathon	Brussels, Belgium
Marathon	2:54:46	Bentille Alassane	6 February 2016	Marathon Selélien	Parakou, Benin
100 m hurdles	13.25 (+1.2 m/s)	Odile Ahouanwanou	19 June 2021	Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen	Ratingen, Germany
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
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	1.78 m	Odile Ahouanwanou	14 July 2017		Marseille, France
	1.79 m	Odile Ahouanwanou	20 March 2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana
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	15.79 m	Odile Ahouanwanou	19 June 2021	Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen	Ratingen, Germany
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	56.75 m	Pascaline Adanhoegbe	8 September 2020	Palio Città della Quercia	Rovereto, Italy
Heptathlon	6274 pts	Odile Ahouanwanou	19–20 June 2021	Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen	Ratingen, Germany
	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

Women

Notes

1. by World Athletics Profile; 3:54.1 h by World Athletics Statistic Handbook
2. Best performance with electronic timing.
3. 50.0 with manual timing according to World Athletics, who does not consider the performance record eligible.
4. record set during heptathlon competition
5. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record
6. record set during pentathlon competition
7. record set during pentathlon competition

References

General

• World Athletics Statistic Handbook 2022: National Outdoor Records
• World Athletics Statistic Handbook 2022: National Indoor Records

Specific

1. "100m Round 1 Heat 1 Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
2. "National Records - Marathon". ARRS. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
3. "1st U-23ECOWAS Games 2010 Day 2 Results" (PDF). www.athleticsafrica.com. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2022. 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. Jon Mulkeen (20 June 2021). "Kazmirek and Ellenwood victorious in Ratingen". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
14. "All time Top lists – 400 Metres Hurdles Women". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
15. "Odile Ahouanwanou Profile". IAAF. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
16. "Women's Heptathlon – High Jump Results". results.accra2023ag.com. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
17. Jon Mulkeen (20 June 2021). "Kazmirek and Ellenwood victorious in Ratingen". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
18. "Javelin Throw WOMEN - RESULTS". Italian Athletics Federation. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
19. Jon Mulkeen (20 June 2021). "Kazmirek and Ellenwood victorious in Ratingen". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
20. "Heptathlon Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
21. "400 Metres Round 1 Results" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
22. Bimbo Miel Ayedou failed a drug test for nandrolone
23. "400m Semifinal Results". IAAF. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
24. Whittington, Jess (8 February 2023). "Tsegay triumphs with No.2 all-time indoor mile in Torun". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
25. Whittington, Jess (8 February 2023). "Tsegay triumphs with No.2 all-time indoor mile in Torun". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
26. "Meeting Elite en Salle 2018 Results" (PDF). meeting-mondeville.com. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
27. "Eaubonne (France), 21-22.1.2017 (indoor)". trackinsun.blogspot.de. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

External links

• FBA official web site

• National records in athletics (track and field)
• Athletics in Benin
• Benin sport-related lists