This section provides context and methodology details for the data presented:
- **Data Scope:** This table focuses exclusively on each instance where a Male athlete set a "women's" or "female" record. This includes instances of the same record that has been set and reset by the same athlete, records that are unofficial, records that have been revoked, and records that are no longer held by the male athlete. Recording each instance demonstrates male advantage and the exclusion of a female athlete from the record board. Significant rankings are also included where a male athlete has been celebrated on an all-time list, but is lower than the first position (n=6). Rankings are not included in the total count.
- **Link Verification:** The provided links are to external sources. These sources include official results directly from the event webpages, sites that aggregrate athletic results from various organizations (such as MileSplit.com), news stories, and social media posts from team and athlete accounts. Archived links (Ar.) are provided in the case that these results are removed or websites are no longer functional. Not all pages were able to be archived. When possible, archived links can most often be found in the second (2) link.
- **Athlete Verification:** Athletes have been verified as male through the use of public sources: news articles, personal declarations from the athletes, name changes, past photos, and other public records including job history, school records, and family records. In the case of males with DSDs, athletes are included if they have previously failed a sex/gender test.
- **Athlete Identification:** "DSD" refers to male athletes with a disorder of sexual development. These athletes are male but may have been mistaken for female at birth due to underdeveloped male genitalia. "Trans-identified" refers to male athletes who have had healthy male development but deny that they are men and boys and claim to be something else, typically "women" or "nonbinary". "Other" refers to males who do not belong in either of the former categories but participate on female teams due to rule exceptions.
- **Sorting:** The table is sorted by **Date (newest first)** by default.
Other Notes:
- Records continue to be broken and reset. The status of all records are as of June 1st, 2025. The list may be updated periodically to reflect current record status.
- Please use the "Status" dropdown to view records currently held by male athletes.
- Many organizations do not publicly display records. As such, many instances may be missing.
- Many high school track and field records have been taken from Athletic.net. School performance lists on this website may be incomplete.
- "Location" refers to the state/country the record applies to. For instance, a school record set for a school in Virginia will have a location of "USA-Virginia". Record locations may differ from the location of the competition in which they were set. World record locations will refer to the country of the athlete.