| | "Event","Performance","Athlete","Nation","Place","Date" |
| | "100 m","9.72","Usain Bolt","Jamaica","New York City NY, USA","May 31" |
| | "100 m","9.69","Usain Bolt","Jamaica","Beijing, China","August 16" |
| | "200 m","19.30","Usain Bolt","Jamaica","Beijing, China","August 20" |
| | "4 x 100 m relay","37.10","Nesta Carter |
| | Michael Frater |
| | Usain Bolt |
| | Asafa Powell","Jamaica","Beijing, China","August 22" |
| | "110 m hurdles","12.87","Dayron Robles","Cuba","Ostrava, Czech Republic","June 12" |
| | "50 km race walk","3:34:14","Denis Nizhegorodov","Russia","Cheboksary, Russia","May 11" |
| | "Marathon","2:03:59","Haile Gebrselassie","Ethiopia","Berlin, Germany","September 28" |
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