| Aug 12, 1939 – Rudolf Harbig runs World Record 400 meters in 46.0 seconds |
| Aug 12, 1960 – Ralph Boston’s 26-11 ¼ long jump breaks Jesse Owens’ 1935 World Record |
| Aug 12, 1975 – New Zealand’s John Walker first sub-3:50 mile in World Record 3:49.4 |
| Aug 14, 1983 – Rob de Castella wins inaugural World Championship Marathon |
| Aug 14, 1985 – Paula Radcliffe wins World Championship Marathon in Helsinki in 2:20:57 |
| Aug 14, 2016 – Wade van Niekerk runs World Record 400 meters in 43.03 seconds |
| Aug 16, 2008 – Usain Bolt wins Beijing Olympic 100 meters in World Record 9.69 |
| Aug 16, 2009 – Usain Bolt wins World Championship 100 meters in World Record 9.58 |
| Aug 17, 1988 – Butch Reynolds runs World Record 400 meters in 43.29 seconds |
| Aug 17, 2013 – Brianna Rollins wins 2013 World Championships Gold Medal 100 meter hurdles |
| Aug 19, 1981 – Sebastian Coe breaks fellow Brit Steve Ovett’s World Record mile in 3:48.53 |
| Aug 19, 2017 – Stephen Sambu wins Falmouth Road race a record fourth straight year |
| Aug 20, 2008 – Usain Bolt sets World Record 200 meters in 19.30 seconds |
| Aug 20, 2009 – Usain Bolt breaks his own 200 meters World Record in 19.19 seconds |
| Aug 21, 1985 – Zola Budd runs World Junior Record mile 4:17.57 |
| Aug 21, 1985 – Mary Decker Slaney runs World Record mile 4:16.71 |
| Aug 22, 1920 – Hannes Kolehmainen wins Olympic Marathon in World Record 2:32:35 |
| Aug 22, 1950 – Jamaica’s George Rhoden runs World Record 400 meters in 45.8 seconds |
| Aug 22, 1993 – U.S. 4 x 400m World Record 2:54.29 (Valmon, Watts, Reynolds, Johnson) |
| Aug 23, 1923 – Finland’s Paavo Nurmi runs World Record mile 4:10.4 |
| Aug 24, 1923 – Finland’s Paavo Nurmi runs World Record 3-mile 14:11.2 |
| Aug 24, 1958 – Russia’s Sergey Popov wins Stockholm Marathon in World Record 2:15:17 |
| Aug 24, 1979 – Evelyn Ashford wins World Cup 200 meters in World Record 21.83 seconds |
| Aug 25, 1991 – Carl Lewis reclaims World Record 100 meters in 9.86 seconds, first sub-9.90 |
| Aug 25, 1991 – Wanda Panfil wins World Championship Marathon |
| Aug 26, 1981 – Steve Ovett breaks fellow Brit Sebastian Coe’s World Record mile in 3:48.40 |
| Aug 26, 1999 – Michael Johnson runs World Record 400 meters in 43.18 seconds |
| Aug 27, 1990 – Rosa Mota wins European Championship Marathon |
| Aug 28, 1937 – Great Britain’s Sydney Wooderson runs World Record mile 4:06.4 |
| Aug 28, 1958 – Herb Elliott runs World Record 1,500 meters in 3:36.0 |
| Aug 28, 1981 - Sebastian Coe breaks Steve Ovett’s 2-day old mile WR in 3:47.33 |
| Aug 29, 1978 – Dave McGillivray ends 3,452 mile charity run - Medford, OR to Medford, MA |
| Aug 29, 2010 – David Rudisha runs World Record 800 meters 1:41.01 |
| Aug 30, 1904 – Thomas Hicks wins third Olympic marathon in St. Louis |
| Aug 30, 1987 – Carl Lewis ties World Record 100 meters in 9.93 seconds |
| Aug 30, 1987 – Yves Pol of France runs marathon backwards in record 3:57:57 |
| Aug 31, 1972 – Lasse Viren wins Olympic 10,000 meters in World Record 27:38.4 |