| Asian Distance Records | |||||||
| 800m | |||||||
| 2:00,4 (?.) | Noto (JPN) | ??.??.1924 | |||||
| 2:00,4 (?.) | Nawara (JPN) | ??.??.1925 | |||||
| 1:58,6 (?.) | Kuwata (JPN) | ??.??.1927 | |||||
| 1:58,2 (?.) | Yashiba (JPN) | ??.??.1930 | |||||
| 1:58,0 (?.) | S. Fujieda (JPN) | ??.??.1932 | |||||
| 1:56,8 (?.) | S. Fujieda (JPN) | ??.??.1933 | |||||
| 1:54,0 (?.) | Kumio Aochi (JPN) | ??.??.1934 | |||||
| 1:53,5 (?.) | Yoshikawa Muroya (JPN) | 27.07.1951 | Sagayatani | ||||
| 1:53,5 (2.) | Yoshikawa Muroya (JPN) | 29.07.1951 | Yahata (JPN) | ||||
| 1:53,5 (2.) | Yoshikawa Muroya (JPN) | 16.08.1951 | Sendai (JPN) | ||||
| 1:51,8 (?.) | Shegeharu Suzuki (JPN) | 03.09.1955 | Kassel (FRG) | ||||
| 1:51,6 (?.) | Li Chung-lin (CHI) | 22.07.1956 | Kiyev | ||||
| 1:51,6 (?.) | Li Chung-lin (CHI) | ??.??.1957 | |||||
| 1:51,0 (?.) | Li Chung-lin (CHI) | ??.??.1958 | |||||
| 1:50,9 (?.) | Kuniaki Watanabe (JPN) | ??.??.1959 | |||||
| 1:50,6 (1.) | Daljit Singh (IND) | 10.12.1960 | Lakhnau (IND) | ||||
| 1:50,9 (1.) | Mamoru Morimoto (JPN) | ISTAF (B) | 09.06.1962 | Berlin, West | |||
| 1:49,8 (1.) | Mamoru Morimoto (JPN) | 26.06.1963 | Mainz (FRG) | ||||
| 1:49,6 (2.) | Mamoru Morimoto (JPN) | ISTAF (A) | 30.06.1963 | Berlin, West | |||
| 1:48,1 (1.) | Mamoru Morimoto (JPN) | 07.09.1963 | Porto Allegre | ||||
| 1:47,4 (1.) | Mamoru Morimoto (JPN) | Internationales Sportfest | 11.06.1964 | Mainz (FRG) | |||
| 1:47,57 (1.) | Sri Ram Singh (IND) | Asian Games | 15.09.1974 | Teheran | |||
| 1:47,3 (1.) | Sri Ram Singh (IND) | 17.09.1973 | Patiala | ||||
| 1:45,86 (q.) | Sri Ram Singh (IND) | Olympic Games/h | 23.07.1976 | Montréal | |||
| 1:45,77 (7.) | Sri Ram Singh (IND) | Olympic Games | 25.07.1976 | Montréal | |||
| 1:44,14 (1.) | Lee Jin-il (KOR) | National Championships | 17.06.1994 | Seoul | |||
| 1:43,11 (1.) | Youssef Saad Kamel (KEN/BRN) | Weltklasse in Zürich / Golden League (rB) | 06.08.2004 | Zürich | |||
| 1:42,79 (2.) | Youssef Saad Kamel (KEN/BRN) | Herculis / Golden League | 19.07.2008 | Monaco | |||
| 1000m | |||||||
| 2:22,8 (?.) | Kuniaki Watanabe (JPN) | 23.08.1959 | Darmstadt (FRG) | ||||
| 2:21,1 (?.) | Muhammad Younis (PAK) | 13.08.1970 | Aachen (FRG) | ||||
| 2:21,7 (?.) | Takashi Ishii (JPN) | 13.11.1977 | Narita | ||||
| 2:18,91 (?.) | Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman (QAT) | 28.07.1995 | Lindau (GER) | ||||
| 2:16,5 ( - ) | Rashid Ramzi (MOR/BRN) | Golden Gala / Golden League | 14.07.2006 | Roma | in 1500m | ||
| 2:15,23 (1.) | Belal Mansoor Ali (KEN/BRN) | Dagens Nyheter Galan | 07.08.2007 | Stockholm | |||
| 2:14,72 (2.) | Youssef Saad Kamel (KEN/BRN) | Dagens Nyheter Galan | 22.07.2008 | Stockholm | |||
| 1500m | |||||||
| 4:14,2 (?.) | Shomon Nawada (JPN) | ??.??.1924 | |||||
| 4:07,8 (1.) | Shomon Nawada (JPN) | 17.05.1925 | Manila | ||||
| 4:07,0 (?.) | Tsuchiya (JPN) | ??.??.1927 | |||||
| 4:06,0 (?.) | Seichiro Tsuda (JPN) | 24.05.1930 | Tokyo | ||||
| 4:03,0 (1.) | Seichiro Tsuda (JPN) | 27.10.1931 | Tokyo | ||||
| 4:00,4 (2.) | Hideo Tanaka (JPN) | 16.09.1934 | Osaka | ||||
| 3:58,0 (1.) | Hideo Tanaka (JPN) | 20.06.1935 | Tokyo | ||||
| 3:57,8 (2.) | Kiyoshi Nakamura (JPN) | 23.08.1936 | Paris, Colombés | ||||
| 3:56,8 (1.) | Kiyoshi Nakamura (JPN) | 05.06.1937 | Tokyo | ||||
| 3,59,8 (?.) | Yu Si-Wei | 08.09.1937 | Nagoya | ||||
| 3:55,8 (?.) | Yoshikawa Muroya (JPN) | 18.07.1951 | Jingu | ||||
| 3:54,4 (?.) | Shyun Yamada (JPN) | 15.05.2005 | Omuta | date??? | |||
| 3:56,2 (?.) | Choi Yun-chil (SKOR) | 02.05.1954 | Manila | ||||
| 3:52,1 (?.) | Kuniaki Watanabe (JPN) | 06.09.1959 | Torino | ||||
| 3:48,84 (1.) | Mohinder Singh (IND) | Asian Games | 28.08.1962 | Jakarta | HT 3:48,6 | ||
| 3:46,0 (2.) | Satsuo Iwashita (JPN) | Internationale Sportwoche | 15.10.1963 | Tokyo | |||
| 3:44,8 (3.) | Taketsugu Saruwatari (JPN) | Internationales Sportfest | 11.06.1964 | Mainz (FRG) | ?? | ||
| 3:44,8 (?.) | Satsuo Iwashita (JPN) | 26.06.1964 | Praha | ?? | |||
| 3:45,8 (1.) | Satsuo Iwashita (JPN) | International | 20.06.1964 | Budapest | |||
| 3:43,7 (1.) | Edward Sequeira (IND) | 27.11.1966 | New Delhi | ||||
| 3:43,7 (?.) | Sardara Singh (IND) | 27.11.1966 | New Delhi | not in annual | |||
| 3:43,3 (4.) | Yuval Wishnitzer (ISR) | 02.07.1969 | Milano | ||||
| 3:41,4 (?.) | Muhammad Younis (PAK) | 11.08.1970 | Köln | ||||
| 3:40,9 (1.) | Vladimir Dovbyenko (KZK) | Prav / (r2) | 22.06.1974 | Moskva | ** | ||
| 3:38,4 (6.) | Takashi Ishii (JPN) | Bislett Games | 30.06.1976 | Oslo | |||
| 3:38,24 (5.) | Takashi Ishii (JPN) | World Cup | 03.09.1977 | Düsseldorf | |||
| 3:37,54 (4.) | Vladimir Salsin (KZK) | Izv | 24.06.1984 | Kiyev | ** | Kalsin?? | |
| Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman (QAT) | |||||||
| 3:38,12 (9.) | Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman (QAT) | World Championships | 01.09.1991 | Tokyo | |||
| 3:36,85 (1.) | Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman (QAT) | Night of Athletics | 11.08.1991 | Hechtel (BEL) | |||
| 3:34,57 (2.) | Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman (QAT) | International | 06.09.1991 | Rieti | |||
| 3:34,12 (6.) | Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman (QAT) | Weltklasse in Zürich / Golden Four | 19.08.1992 | Zürich | |||
| 3:33,29 (4.) | Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman (QAT) | Weltklasse in Zürich / Golden Four | 04.08.1993 | Zürich | |||
| 3:32,73 (2.) | Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman (QAT) | Internationales des ASV Köln / GP | 21.08.1994 | Köln | |||
| 3:32,10 (8.) | Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman (QAT) | Weltklasse in Zürich / Golden Four | 13.08.1997 | Zürich | |||
| 3:30,25 (1.) | Rashid Ramzi (MOR/BRN) | Golden Gala / Golden League | 02.07.2004 | Roma, SO | |||
| 3:30,00 (1.) | Rashid Ramzi (MOR/BRN) | Golden Gala / Golden League | 08.07.2005 | Roma, SO | |||
| 3:29,14 (2.) | Rashid Ramzi (MOR/BRN) | Golden Gala / Golden League | 14.07.2006 | Roma, SO | |||
| 1 Mile | |||||||
| 4:07,7 (?.) | Mohamed Younis (PAK) | 23.11.1970 | Lahore | ||||
| 4:04,5 (1.) | Mohamed Younis (PAK) | 12.09.1971 | Aachen (FRG) | ||||
| 3:59,7 (?.) | Takashi Ishii (JPN) | 10.12.1977 | Melbourne | ||||
| 3:58,58 (8.) | Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman (QAT) | McVities Challenge / Emsley Carr Trophy | 15.09.1991 | Sheffield | |||
| 3:51,32 (4.) | Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman (QAT) | Bislett Games / Golden Four | 22.07.1994 | Oslo | |||
| 3:51,12 (6.) | Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman (QAT) | Weltklasse in Zürich / Golden Four | 16.08.1995 | Zürich | |||
| 3:47,97 (1.) | Daham Najim Bashir (QAT) | Bislett Games / Golden League | 29.07.2005 | Oslo | |||
| 2000m | |||||||
| 5:34,2 (5.) | Yamashita (JPN) | 11.08.1939 | Helsinki | ||||
| 5:08,2 (?.) | Tosh. Shigenari (JPN) | 03.11.1977 | Tsukuba | ||||
| 4:55,57 (2.) | Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman (QAT) | Golden Gala / GP | 08.06.1995 | Roma | |||
| 3000m | |||||||
| 8:58,0 (4.) | Kohei Murakoso (JPN) | 29.07.1935 | Viipuri (FIN) | ||||
| 8:00,8 (1.) | Keisuke Sawaki (JPN) | 18.08.1965 | Hamburg | nicht Lübeck!! | |||
| 7:57,0 (3.) | Keisuke Sawaki (JPN) | 19.06.1966 | Warszawa | ||||
| 7:56,5 (2.) | Keisuke Sawaki (JPN) | International | 30.06.1968 | Gimo (SWE) | OF 7:56,6 | ||
| 7:54,0 (1.) | Takao Nakamura (JPN) | 11.07.1979 | Troisdorf (FRG) | ||||
| 7:52,10 (8.) | Hisatoshi Shintaku (JPN) | Bislett Games / GP | 04.07.1987 | Oslo | |||
| 7:49,92 (3.) | Shuichi Yoneshige (JPN) | International | 05.07.1988 | Lappeenranta (FIN) | |||
| 7:38,20 (1.) | Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman (QAT) | ISTAF / GP | 27.08.1993 | Berlin | |||
| 7:30,76 (4.) | Jamal Bilal Salem (QAT) | 13.05.2005 | Doha | ||||
| 5000m | |||||||
| 15:22,2 (q.) | Katsuo Okazaki (JPN) | Olympic Games/h1 | 08.07.1924 | Paris, Colombes | |||
| 15:40,6 (?.) | Nagatani (JPN) | ??.??.1926 | |||||
| 15:30,8 (?.) | Masmichi Kitakado (JPN) | ??.??.1929 | |||||
| 15:27,6 (?.) | Masmichi Kitakado (JPN) | laut Athl rek | 27.05.1930 | Tokyo, Jingu | |||
| 15:20,4 (1.) | Masaji Kitamoto (JPN) | 04.10.1931 | Tokyo | ||||
| 15:08,0 (1.) | Masaji Kitamoto (JPN) | 30.04.1932 | Tokyo | ||||
| 14:58,0 (1.) | Kohei Murakoso (JPN) | 02.11.1935 | Tokyo | ||||
| 14:30,0 (4.) | Kohei Murakoso (JPN) | Olympic Games | 07.08.1936 | Berlin | |||
| 14:29,8 (1.) | Tadehiko Fuji (JPN) | 05.06.1957 | Tokyo | ||||
| 14:27,6 (?.) | Jiro Yamauchi (JPN) | 20.10.1957 | Odawara | ||||
| 14:14,8 (2.) | Saburo Yokomizo (JPN) | 06.09.1959 | Torino | ||||
| 13:55,0 (1.) | Satsuo Iwashita (JPN) | 29.08.1964 | Kurayoshi (JPN) | ||||
| 13:45,2 (1.) | Kaisuke Sawaki (JPN) | 27.08.1965 | Budapest | ||||
| 13:36,2 (1.) | Kaisuke Sawaki (JPN) | International | 22.06.1966 | London | 10 | ||
| 13:33,0 (5.) | Kaisuke Sawaki (JPN) | International | 03.07.1968 | Stockholm | 12 | ||
| 13:25,4 (?.) | Toshiaki Kamata (JPN) | World Games | 29.06.1977 | Helsinki | 99% falsch | ||
| 13:25,41 (5.) | Toshiaki Kamata (JPN) | Dagens Nyheter Galan | 05.07.1977 | Stockholm | |||
| 13:24,69 (2.) | Masanari Shintaku (JAP) | 8 Nations | 24.09.1982 | Tokyo | |||
| 13:24,29 (1.) | Toshihiko Seko (JPN) | Peugeot Talbot Games | 11.07.1986 | London | |||
| 13:22,97 (4.) | Shuichi Yoneshige (JPN) | Peugeot Games / GP | 08.07.1988 | London, CP | |||
| 13:20,43 (5.) | Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) | Dagens Nyheter Galan / GP | 02.07.1992 | Stockholm | |||
| 13:13,40 (5.) | Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) | 01.08.1998 | Hechtel (BEL) | ||||
| 12:58,58 (1.) | Moukheld Al-Outaibi (KSA) | Night of Athletics (rA) | 23.07.2005 | Heusden-Zolder (BEL) | |||
| 10000m | |||||||
| 32:51,8 (1.) | Teruji Hasegawa (JPN) | 19.11.1922 | Okayama (JPN) | ||||
| 32:48,6 (1.) | Kikunosuke Tashiro (JPN) | 12.04.1924 | Tokyo | ||||
| 32:38,6 (?.) | Juichi Nagatani (JPN) | 11.04.1925 | Tokyo | ||||
| 32:11,8 (1.) | Juichi Nagatani (JPN) | 19.04.1925 | Tokyo | ||||
| 32:00,4 (1.) | Seichiro Tsuda (JPN) | 02.11.1931 | Tokyo | ||||
| 31:33,6 (1.) | Masaji Kitamoto (JPN) | 28.05.1932 | Tokyo | ||||
| 31:20,2 (1.) | Choshun Ryu (JPN) | 14.04.1934 | Tokyo | ||||
| 31:07,8 (1.) | Kohei Murakoso (JPN) | 03.11.1935 | Tokyo | ||||
| 30:41,6 (?.) | Kohei Murakoso (JPN) | 24.05.1936 | Tokyo | ||||
| 30:25,0 (4.) | Kohei Murakoso (JPN) | Olympic Games | 02.08.1936 | Berlin | |||
| 30:22,0 (?.) | Masayuki Nunogami (JPN) | 27.04.1957 | Masashino (JPN) | ||||
| 29:57,8 (1.) | Takashi Baba (JPN) | 03.05.1958 | Tokyo | ||||
| 29:27,5 (3.) | Takayuki Nakao (JPN) | 06.10.1962 | Auckland | OF 29:27,6 | |||
| 29:25,0 (5.) | Kokichi Tsuburaya (JPN) | grass track | 15.09.1963 | Sydney | |||
| 29:06,6 (1.) | Teruo Funai (JPN) | 10.11.1963 | Kita-Kyushu (JPN) | ||||
| 28:52,6 (1.) | Kokichi Tsuburaya (JPN) | 27.08.1964 | Sapporo | ||||
| 28:35,2 (2.) | Keisuke Sawaki (JPN) | World Games | 27.06.1968 | Helsinki | |||
| 28:10,47 (8.) | Nobuaki Takao (JPN) | Dagens Nyheter Galan | 30.06.1975 | Stockholm | OF 28:10,6 | ||
| 27:48,63 (5.) | Toshiaki Kamata (JPN) | World Games | 30.06.1977 | Helsinki | |||
| 27:43,44 (1.) | Toshihiko Seko (JPN) | Dagens Nyheter Galan | 07.07.1980 | Stockholm | |||
| 27:42,17 (4.) | Toshihiko Seko (JPN) | Dagens Nyheter Galan / GP | 02.07.1985 | Stockholm | |||
| 27:35,33 (3.) | Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN) | Maailmankisat / GP | 02.07.1987 | Helsinki | |||
| 27:35,09 (6.) | Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) | (rA) | 04.05.2001 | Palo Alto (USA) | |||
| 26:38,76 (3.) | Abdullah Ahmad Hassan (KEN/QAT) | Memorial Van Damme / Golden League | 05.09.2003 | Bruxelles | 6 | ||
| 3000mSt | |||||||
| 9:44,0 (2.) | Tetsuo Imai (JPN) | 15.07.1936 | Hyvinkää (FIN) | ||||
| 9:14,2 (?.) | Susumu Takahashi (JPN) | 31.10.1951 | Hiroshima | ||||
| 9:05,4 (?.) | Susumu Takahashi (JPN) | 31.05.1952 | Yokohama | ||||
| 9:0?,? (?.) | Susumu Takahashi (JPN) | ??.??.1952 | |||||
| 9:0?,? (?.) | Susumu Takahashi (JPN) | ??.??.1952 | |||||
| 9:0?,? (?.) | Susumu Takahashi (JPN) | ??.??.1952 | |||||
| 9:0?,? (?.) | Susumu Takahashi (JPN) | ??.??.1952 | |||||
| 9:01,8 (?.) | Susumu Takahashi (JPN) | 03.05.1953 | Nagoya | ||||
| 9:00,4 (?.) | Osamu Inoue (JPN) | 21.09.1956 | Tokyo | ||||
| 9:00,4 (?.) | Osamu Inoue (JPN) | 01.09.1958 | Tokyo | ||||
| 8:59,0 (1.) | Pan Singh (IND) | 20.02.1960 | Delhi | ||||
| 8:53,4 (?.) | Pan Singh (IND) | 11.12.1960 | Lucknow | ?? | |||
| 8:58,2 (7.) | Saburo Yokomizo (JPN) | ISTAF | 30.06.1963 | Berlin, West | |||
| 8:51,0 (1.) | Saburo Yokomizo (JPN) | 15.09.1963 | Hamm (FRG) | ||||
| 8:51,0 (1.) | Takeshi Saruwatari (JPN) | 30.10.1963 | Yamaguchi (JPN) | ||||
| 8:45,6 (6.) | Taketsugu Saruwatari (JPN) | International | 21.06.1964 | Budapest | |||
| 8:45,4 (1.) | Zenji Okuzawa (JPN) | 23.09.1964 | Kurayoshi | ||||
| 8:44,8 (1.) | Taketsugu Saruwatari (JPN) | 27.10.1965 | Gifu (JPN) | ||||
| 8:41,6 (1.) | Seiji Tanpo (JPN) | 26.10.1967 | Ageo | ||||
| 8:38,8 (4.) | Taketsuga Saruwatari (JAP) | International | 02.07.1968 | Stockholm | |||
| 8:35,8 (3.) | Taketsugu Saruwatari (JPN) | Pacific Conference Games | 28.09.1969 | Tokyo | |||
| 8:32,4 (1.) | Takahura Koyama (JPN) | 29.05.1971 | Tokyo | ||||
| 8:31,6 (1.) | Takahura Koyama (JPN) | 23.06.1971 | Århus (DEN) | ||||
| 8:29,8 (q.) | Takahura Koyama (JPN) | Olympic Games/h | 01.09.1972 | München | |||
| 8:29,8 (2.) | Takahura Koyama (JPN) | 06.05.1973 | Chiba (JPN) | ||||
| 8:21,6 (2.) | Takahura Koyama (JPN) | Kusocinski Memorial | 22.06.1974 | Warszawa | |||
| 8:19,52 (2.) | Masanari Shintaku (JAP) | Dagens Nyheter Galan | 08.07.1980 | Stockholm | |||
| 8:15,95 (8.) | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari (KSA) | Gatorade Herculis / GP | 02.08.1994 | Monaco | |||
| 8:14,33 (6.) | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari (KSA) | NIKAIA / GP | 12.07.1995 | Nice | |||
| 8:12,95 (3.) | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari (KSA) | World Championships | 11.08.1995 | Göteborg | |||
| 8:09,67 (6.) | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari (KSA) | Weltklasse in Zürich / Golden Four | 16.08.1995 | Zürich | |||
| 8:08,26 (6.) | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari (KSA) | Dagens Nyheter Galan / GP | 07.07.1997 | Stockholm | |||
| 8:08,14 (4.) | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari (KSA) | Dagens Nyheter Galan / GP | 16.07.2002 | Stockholm | |||
| 7:57,38 (1.) | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (KEN/QAT) | 14.09.2003 | Monaco | ||||
| 7:53,63 (1.) | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (KEN/QAT) | Memorial Van Damme / Golden League | 03.09.2004 | Bruxelles | WR | 1 | |
| note: Belal Mansoor Ali was born in Kenya as John Kipkorir Yego, and only got the nationality from Bahrain at the age of ?? | |||||||
| note: Daham Najim Bashir was born in Kenya as David Nyaga | |||||||
| note: Youssef Saad Kamel was born in Kenya as Gregory Konchellah, and only got the nationaluty from Bahrain at the age of 20 | |||||||
| note: Rashid Ramzi was born in Morocco, and only got the nationality from Bahrain at the age of 22 – in 2009, Ramzi tested positive for doping at the Beijing Games | |||||||
| note: Abdullah Ahmad Hassan was born in Kenya as Albert Chepkurui, and only got the nationality from Qatar at the age of 20 | |||||||
| note: Saif Saaeed Saheen was born in Kenya as Stephen Cherono, and only got the nationality from Qatar at the age of 20 | |||||||
| JPN Marathon progression: LA 87 S. 141!! | |||||||