American Records--Women

American Records are those ratified by USATF

Symbols:
+ = event not recognized as official
(A) = mark made at over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)
M = miles
m = meters
p = mark still pending ratification

Track Events
100...........10.49.........Florence Griffith Joyner (World Class AC)Indianapolis, Indiana......7/16/88
200...........21.34.........Florence Griffith Joyner (World Class AC)Seoul, South Korea.........9/29/88
400...........48.83.........Valerie Brisco (World Class AC).....Los Angeles, California....8/ 6/84
800...........1:56.40.......Jearl Miles Clark (Reebok)..........Zürich, Switzerland........8/11/99
1000..........2:31.80.......Regina Jacobs (Mizuno)..............Brunswick, Maine...........7/ 3/99
1500..........3:57.12.......Mary Slaney (Athletics West)........Stockholm, Sweden..........7/26/83
Mile..........4:16.71.......Mary Slaney (Athletics West)........Zürich, Switzerland........8/21/85
2000..........5:32.7........Mary Slaney (Athletics West)........Eugene, Oregon.............8/ 3/84
Steeplechase..9:41.94.......Elizabeth Jackson (Nike)............Brisbane, Australia........9/ 4/01
3000..........8:25.83.......Mary Slaney (Athletics West)........Rome, Italy................9/ 7/85
5000..........14:45.35......Regina Jacobs (Nike)................Sacramento, California.....7/21/00
10,000........31:19.89......Lynn Jennings (Nike International)..Barcelona, Spain...........8/ 7/92
..............30:52.32p.....Deena Drossin (Asics)...............Stanford, California.......5/ 3/02
100H..........12.33.........Gail Devers (Nike)..................Sacramento, California.....7/23/00
400H..........52.61.........Kim Batten (Reebok).................Göteborg, Sweden...........8/11/95

Road-Running Events
5K............14:54.........Deena Drossin (Asics)...............Carlsbad, California.......4/ 7/02
8K............25:02.........Lynn Jennings (Nike International)..Washington, D.C............5/12/91
10K...........31:06.........Lynn Jennings (Nike International)..Orlando, Florida...........3/ 3/90
15K...........48:12.........Deena Drossin (Asics)...............Jacksonville, Florida......3/ 9/02
20K...........1:07:07.......Trina Painter (New Balance).........New Haven, Connecticut.....9/ 4/95
Half-Marathon.1:08:34.......Joan Samuelson (Athletics West).....Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.9/17/84
25K...........1:24:43.......Joan Samuelson (Athletics West).....Grand Rapids, Michigan.....5/10/86
30K...........1:47:41.......Kim Jones (Nike)....................Minneapolis, Minnesota.....10/12/86
Marathon......2:21:21.......Joan Samuelson (Athletics West).....Chicago,Illinois...........10/20/85
100K..........7:00:48.......Ann Trason (unat)...................Winschoten, Holland........9/16/95

Walking Events
10K...........44:41.87......Michelle Rohl (Parkside AC).........St. Petersburg, Russia.....7/26/94
(road)........44:17.........Michelle Rohl (Brooks)..............Göteborg, Sweden...........8/ 7/95
20K...........1:38.19.1.....Danielle Kirk (SoCal Walkers).......Sacramento, California.....2/13/00
(road)........1:31:51.......Michelle Rohl (Moving Comfort)......Kenosha, Wisconsin.........5/13/00

Relay Events
4 x 100.......41.47.........National Team.......................Athens, Greece.............8/ 9/97
(Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers)
4 x 200.......1:27.46.......USA Blue............................Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/29/00
(LaTasha Jenkins, LaTasha Colander-Richardson, Nanceen Perry, Marion Jones 20.8)
4 x 400.......3:15.51.......National Team.......................Seoul, South Korea.........10/ 1/88
(Denean Howard 49.7, Diane Dixon 49.2, Valerie Brisco 48.5, Florence Griffith Joyner 48.1)
4 x 800.......8:19.9........National Team.......................Bourges, France............6/24/79
(Robin Campbell 2:04.5, Joetta Clark 2:04.1, Chris Gregorek 2:06.5, Essie Kelley 2:04.8)
4 x 1500......17:22.72......Wisconsin...........................Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/27/90
(Maureen Hartzheim 4:19.6, Pam Hinton 4:25.6, Mary Hartzheim 4:30.1, Suzy Favor Hamilton 4:07.4)
800 Medley....1:36.79.......Wilt's AC...........................Knoxville, Tennessee.......6/20/82
(Brenda Morehead, Jeanette Bolden, Alice Brown, Arlise Emerson 51.5)
Sprint Medley 3:41.97.......Texas...............................Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/29/88
(Barbara Flowers 53.0, Mary Bolden 23.7, Carlette Guidry 22.5, Karol Davidson 2:02.8)
Distance Medley10:48.38......Villanova...........................Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/28/88
(Kathy Franey 3:21.0, Michelle Bennett 52.8, Celeste Halliday 2:04.7, Vicki Huber 4:29.9)
4 x 100H +....53.39.........Illinois............................Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/26/96
(Dawn Riley, Yvonne Harrison, Terra Tyus, Tonya Williams)

Jumping Events
High Jump.....2.03.....6-8........Louise Ritter (Mazda TC)............Austin, Texas..............7/ 8/88
..............2.03.....6-8........Louise Ritter (Mazda TC)............Seoul, South Korea.........9/30/88
Pole Vault....4.81.....15-9 1/4 ..Stacy Dragila (Nike)................Stanford, California.......6/ 9/01
Long Jump.....7.49.....24-7.......Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Honda)........New York, New York.........5/22/94
..............7.49(A)..24-7.......Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Honda)........Sestriere, Italy...........7/31/94
Triple Jump...14.41....47-3 1/2 ..Sheila Hudson (Reebok)..............Stockholm, Sweden..........7/ 8/96

Throwing Events
Shot..........20.18....66-2 1/2 ..Ramona Pagel (Mazda TC).............San Diego, California......6/25/88
Discus........66.10....216-10.....Carol Cady (Stanford TC)............San José, California.......5/31/86
..............69.44p ..227-10.....Suzy Powell (Asics).................La Jolla, California.......º4/27/02
Hammer........70.62....231-8......Dawn Ellerbe (NYAC).................Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/28/01
..............72.01p...236-3......Anna Norgren-Mahon (SoBe)...........Walnut, California.........7/27/02
Javelin.......60.06....197-0......Serene Ross (Purdue)................Stanford, California.......6/21/02
..............60.68p...199-1......Kim Kreiner (Nike)..................Rheinfelden, Germany.......7/26/02

Multi Event
Heptathlon....7291..........Jackie Joyner-Kersee (WC)...........Seoul, South Korea.........9/23-24/88
(12.69, 1.86/6-1 1/4, 15.80/51-10, 22.56 [4264],7.27/23-10 1/4, 45.66/149-10, 2:08.51 [3027])