Masters M80 200 metres world record progression

Former U.S. Olympic coach Payton Jordan of California sets a world record (30.89 seconds) in the M80 age group in the 200-meter dash at the USATF National Masters Championships in 1997 in San Jose, California.

This is the progression of world record improvements of the 200 metres M80 division of Masters athletics.

Key

  Incomplete information   Wind aided   Pending   better indoor records

Hand	Auto	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Birthdate	Location	Date
	29.15 i		Robert Lida	United States	11.11.1936	Daegu	23.03.2017
	29.54	-0.5	Hijiya Hisamitsu	Japan	01.09.1931	Miyazaki	09.09.2012
	30.44	2.8	Hiroo Tanaka	Japan	08.12.1930	Hokkaido	10.06.2012
	30.81		Yoshiyuki Shimizu	Brazil	14.07.1928	Saõ Paulo	16.08.2008
	30.89	-0.6	Payton Jordan	United States	19.03.1917	San Jose	10.08.1997
	31.08	0.3	Fritz Assmy	Germany	11.06.1915	Minden	20.08.1995
	32.14	>2.0	Harry Gathercole	Australia	07.06.1907	Melbourne	29.11.1987
32.9			Josiah Packard	United States	15.12.1903	San Francisco	18.02.1984

References

Masters Athletics 200 m list