| Sep 1, 1980 – Terry Fox’s ‘Marathon of Hope’ ends in Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Sep 1, 1991 – Hiromi Taniguchi wins World Championship marathon in 2:14:57 |
| Sep 4, 1942 – Gunder Hagg sets his second World Record mile at 4:04.6 |
| Sep 4, 1985 – Igor Paklin of USSR sets World Record high jump 7-11 1/2 |
| Sep 4, 2011 - Jamaica 4x100m relay World Record 37.04 (Carter, Frater, Blake, Bolt) |
| Sep 5, 1992 – Dan O’Brien sets World Record decathlon with 8,891 points |
| Sep 5, 1993 – Morocco’s Noureddine Morceli runs World Record mile 3:44.39 |
| Sep 6, 1960 – Otis Davis and Carl Kaufmann run World Record 400 meters in 44.9 seconds |
| Sep 6, 1980 – Patti Catalano wins Montreal Marathon in World Record 2:30:58 |
| Sep 6, 1987 – Douglas Wakiihuri wins World Championship Marathon in 2:11:48 |
| Sep 9, 2007 – Asafa Powell sets World Record 100 meters in 9.74 seconds |
| Sep 10, 1960 – Abebe Bikila wins Olympic marathon in World Record 2:15:16.2 |
| Sep 10, 1972 – Frank Shorter wins Munich Olympic marathon in 2:12:19.8 |
| Sep 10, 1977 – Chista Vahlensieck wins Berlin Marathon in World Record 2:34:47 |
| Sep 10, 2017 – Jenny Simpson wins her record sixth straight NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile |
| Sep 12, 1979 – Pietro Mennea sets World Record 200 meters in 19.79 seconds |
| Sep 14, 1968 – Lee Evans runs World Record 400 meters in 44.06 seconds |
| Sep 14, 2002 – Tim Montgomery sets World Record 100 meters in 9.78 seconds |