Greek National Records

Men & Women

Greek National Records, Emmanouil Karalis — Emmanouil Karalis. Photo: filip bossuyt from Kortrijk, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Emmanouil “Manolo” Karalis emerged as an exceptional talent from an early age. At 16 years old, he gained international attention after clearing 5.53m at the 2016 Greek Indoor Championships, setting a World Youth Best. Since then, he has consistently ranked among the world’s elite pole vaulters, combining technical consistency with success at major international championships.

On 28 February 2026, Karalis jumped 6.17 meters at the Greek Indoor Championship, becoming the second all time vaulter.

He currently holds the highest-scoring performance in Greek Athletics, according to the World Athletics scoring tables.

Greek National Records (Men & Women), Top World Athletics Scoring by Event Category

Category	Athlete	Event	Score
OVERALL BEST	Emmanouil Karalis	Pole Vault	1314
BEST WOMAN	Chrysopigi Devetzi	Triple Jump	1253
Sprints	Konstantinos Kenteris	200m	1247
Middle Distance	Maria-Gergia Despollari	800m	1175
Long Distance	Maria Alexia Pappas	10000m	1160
Jumps	Emmanouil Karalis	Pole Vault	1314
Throws	Konstantinos Gatsioudis	Javelin Throw	1268
Walking Races	Alexandros Papamichail	50Km Race Walk	1167
Combined Events	Prodromos Korkizoglou	Decathlon	1137

Greek National Records, Men

Event	Performance	Athlete	Date	Venue	Results Score (WA Scoring)
100m	10.11	Angelos Pavlakakis	02/08/1997	Athina	1169
200m	19.85	Konstantinos Kenteris	08/09/2002	München	1247
400m	44.88	George Franks	29/5/2026	Lexington, KY	1188
800m	1:45.00	Panayotis Stroubakos	13/08/1997	Zürich	1173
1500m	3:36.74	Panayotis Stroubakos	24/08/1997	Köln	1151
5000m	13:28.59	Panayotis Papoulias	11/06/1995	Turku	1107
10000m	28:07.17	Spiridon Andriopoulos	29/08/1987	Roma	1121
Half Marathon	1:03:04	Spiridon Andriopoulos	18/12/1988	Palermo	1069
Marathon	2:12:04	Spiridon Andriopoulos	09/10/1988	Berlin	1093
110m hurdles	13.33	Konstantinos Douvalidis	07/07/2015	Székesfehérvár	1198
400m hurdles	47.82	Periklis Iakovakis	06/05/2006	Osaka	1241
3000m steeplechase	8:24.01	Philippos Philippou (CYP)	15/09/1983	Casablanca	1149
10000m Walking	39:37.65	Eleftherios Thanopoulos	27/04/2002	Patra	1144
20000m Walking	1:24.25	Dimitrios Orfanopoulos	23/04/1989	Faliron
20Km Walking	1:21.12	Alexandros Papamichail	04/08/2012	London	1165
35 Km Walking	2:34:48	Alexandros Papamichail	24/07/2022	Eugene	1121
Half Marathon Race Walk	1:29:39	Georgios Kritoulis	15/08/2026	Birmingham	1103
50000m Walking	4:00:15	Christos Karageorgos	07/05/1988	Fana
50Km Walking	3:49.56	Alexandros Papamichail	11/08/2012	London	1167
Marathon Race Walk	3:18.25	Alexandros Papamichail	15/08/2026	Birmingham	1086
High Jump	2.36	Lambros Papakostas	21/06/1992	Athina	1233
Pole Vault	6.17	Emmanouil Karalis	28/02/2026	Athina	1314
Long Jump	8.66	Miltiadis Tentoglou Louis Tsatoumas	26/7/2026 02/06/2007	Volos Kalamata	1282 1282
Triple Jump	17.55	Dimitrios Tsiamis	18/06/2006	Thessaloniki	1223
Shot Put	21.05	Nikolaos Skarvelis	28/06/2020	Scottsdale, AZ	1184
Discus Throw	65.11	Dimitrios Pavlidis	13/04/2025	Ramona, OK	1154
Hammer Throw	80.45	Alexandros Papadimitriou	09/07/2000	Athina	1210
Javelin Throw	91.69	Konstantinos Gatsioudis	24/6/2000	Kuortane	1268
Decathlon	8069	Prodromos Korkizoglou	02/07/2000	Ibach	1137 (10.60/+1.3 – 7.24/+1.1 -14.39-2.01-49.86 / 14.25/+0.4 – 41.82 -5.00 -56.93 -4:50.77)
4x100m relay	38.61	National Team	19/06/1999	Paris	(V.Segkos, A.Alexopoulos, G. Panayotopoulos, C. Hoidis)
4x400m relay	3:02.21	National Team	24/06/2007	München	(D.Regas, G.Doupis, D.Gravalos, P.Iakovakis)

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Greek National Records, Women

Event	Performance	Athlete	Date	Venue	Results Score (WA Scoring)
100m	10.83	Katerina Thanou	22/08/1999	La Cartuja, Sevilla	1237
200m	22.67	Katerina Koffa	16/06/1996	Athina	1168
400m	50.45	Maria Belimpasaki	11/08/2018	Berlin	1187
800m	1:59.29	Georgia Maria Despollari	11/8/2026	Birmingham	1175
1500m	4:05.63	Konstantina Efentaki	17/07/2004	Madrid	1161
3000m	8:53.95	Konstantina Efentaki	18/2/2005	Birmingham	1148
5000m	15:04.03	Maria Protopapa	25/08/2006	Bruxelles	1155
10000m	31:36.16	Maria Alexia Pappas	12/08/2016	Rio de Janeiro	1160
Half Marathon	1:11.37	Anastasia Marinakou	15/02/2026	Barcelona	1097
Marathon	2:33.40	Maria Polyzou	23/08/1998	Budapest	1083
100m hurdles	12.64	Paraskevi Patoulidou	06/08/1992	Barcelona	1199
400m hurdles	52.77	Fani Chalkia	22/08/2004	Athina	1243
3000m steeplechase	9:30.72	Irini Kokkinariou	13/07/2008	Athina	1167
10,000m Race Walk	42:55.85	Zapounidou Despina	23/04/2016	Drama	1160
10Km Race Walk	44:12	Athina Papagianni	07/08/2005	Helsinki
20Km Race Walk	1:28.12	Antigoni Drisbioti	12/02/2023	Melbourne	1169
35Km Race Walk	2:41:58	Antigoni Drisbioti	22/07/2022	Eugene	1218
Marathon Race Walk	3:22:16	Antigoni Drisbioti	15/08/2026	Birmingham	1210
High Jump	2.03	Niki Bakoyianni	03/08/1996	Atlanta	1249
Pole Vault	4.91	Ekaterini Stefanidi	06/08/2017	London	1242
Long Jump	7.03	Niki Xanthou	18/08/1997	Bellinzona	1224
Triple Jump	15.32	Chrysopigi Devetzi	21/08/2004	Athina	1253
Shot Put	19.10	Irini Terzoglou	14/06/2003	Trikala	1151
Discus Throw	67.72	Ekaterini Voggoli	10/06/2004	Athina	1214
Hammer Throw	72/10	Styliani Papadopoulou	20/07/2008	Nikiti	1127
Javelin Throw	67.51	Mirela Maniani	30/09/2000	Sydney	1217
Heptathlon	6235	Argyro Strataki	28/05/2006	Götzis	1121 (13.93/-1.2 -1.76-13.81 – 24.60/+0.5 / 6.34/+0.7 – 45.16 – 2:15.09)
4x100m relay	43.07	National Team	18/06/1997	Bari	(M.Tsoni, E. Koffa, M. Vassarmidou, E. Thanou)
4x400m relay	3:26.83	National Team	20/06/2004	Bydgoszcz	1169 (O. Kaidatzi, C. Bouda, C. Goudenoudi, F. Halkia)

References

Greek Athletics Federation (SEGAS) – National Records
World Athletics – Athletes Data Base