Athletics in France

Athletics in France is governed by Fédération française d'athlétisme founded on 20 November 1920.^[1]

World records[]

Event	Performance	Athlete	Venue	Date
Pole vault	3.69	Fernand Gonder	Paris	23 June 1904
Pole vault	3.74	Fernand Gonder	Bordeaux	6 August 1905
10,000 metres	30:58:8	Jean Bouin	Paris	16 November 1911
Hours	19.219 km	Jean Bouin	Stockholm	6 July 1913
20 km race walk	1:37:57		Paris	13 July 1913
800 metres	1:50:6	Séraphin Martin	Paris	14 July 1928
1500 metres	3:49:2	Jules Ladoumègue	Paris	5 October 1930
100 metres	10:0	Roger Bambuck	Sacramento	20 June 1968
110 metres hurdles	13:0	Guy Drut	Berlin	22 August 1975
Pole vault	5.77 m 5.82 m 5.91 m	Philippe Houvion Pierre Quinon Thierry Vigneron	Paris Cologne Rome	17 July 1980 28 August 1983 31 August 1984
4 x 100 metres relay	37:79	Max Morinière Daniel Sangouma Jean-Charles Trouabal Bruno Marie-Rose	Split	1 September 1990
Pole vault	6.16 m	Renaud Lavillenie	Donetsk	15 February 2014
50 kilometres race walk	3:32:33	Yohann Diniz	Zurich	15 August 2014

The lists are updated to 22 February 2013,^[2] and regards to the 21 individuals Olympic specialities. For high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump and shot put performance also affects indoor competitions (measures are identified by (i) in the tables).

Performance achieved in the current year

#	Athlete	Born	Performance	Venue	Date
1	Renaud Lavillenie	1986	6.16 m (i)	Donetsk	15 February 2014
2	Jean Galfione	1971	6.00 m (i)	Maebashi	6 March 1999
3	Romain Mesnil	1977	5.95 m	Castres	6 August 2003
4	Philippe Collet	1963	5.94 m (i)	Grenoble	10 March 1990
5	Thierry Vigneron	1960	5.91 m	Rome	31 August 1984
6	Ferenc Salbert	1963	5.90 m (i)	Grenoble	14 March 1987
6	Pierre Quinon	1962	5.90 m	Nice	16 July 1985
8	Alain Andji	1974	5.85 m	Bonneuil-sur-Marne	18 May 1997
9	Jérôme Clavier	1983	5.81 m (i)	Villeurbanne	22 January 2011
10	Khalid Lachheb	1975	5.80 m	Lausanne	25 August 1998
10	Gérald Baudouin	1975	5.80 m	Villeneuve d'Ascq	8 July 1994

^ "Historique de l'Athlétisme" (in French). athle.fr. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
^ "National Lists of France (Men)". apulanta.fi. Retrieved 23 February 2013.