Milkha Singh holds the national record for the men's 100-meter dash with a time of 10.0 seconds, set in 1960.

P.T. Usha won the first gold medal for India in athletics at the Asian Games in 1982, in the women's 400-meter hurdles.

Gurbachan Singh Randhawa won the gold medal in the men's 800-meter race at the 1960 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics.

Vikas Gowda is the only Indian athlete to have won a medal in the men's discus throw at the World Championships in Athletics, winning a bronze medal in 2009.

Anju Bobby George holds the national record for the women's javelin throw with a distance of 68.43 meters, set in 2002.

Anju Bobby George is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the women's long jump at the World Championships in Athletics, winning a bronze medal in 2003.

Makhan Singh holds the national record for the men's 400-meter hurdles with a time of 48.64 seconds, set in 1998.

Seema Punia is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the women's shot put at the Asian Games, winning a bronze medal in 2006.

Renjith Maheswary holds the national record for the men's triple jump with a distance of 17.30 meters, set in 2016.

Jagdish Bishnoi is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the men's decathlon at the Asian Games, winning a bronze medal in 2010.

Swapna Barman holds the national record for the women's heptathlon with a score of 6026 points, set in 2018.

P.T. Usha is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the women's 1500-meter race at the Asian Games, winning a bronze medal in 1986.

Srinu Bugatha holds the national record for the men's pole vault with a height of 5.75 meters, set in 2018.

K.T. Irfan is the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the men's 20-kilometer walk at the Asian Games, winning a bronze medal in 2014.

Priyanka Goswami holds the national record for the women's 20-kilometer walk with a time of 1:28:45, set in 2021.