World Records--Women

World Records are officially ratified by the IAAF

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

Running Events
100...........10.49.........Florence Griffith Joyner (US).......Indianapolis, Indiana......7/16/88
200...........21.34.........Florence Griffith Joyner (US).......Seoul, South Korea.........9/29/88
400...........47.60.........Marita Koch (East Germany)..........Canberra, Australia........10/6/85
800...........1:53.28.......Jarmila Kratochvílová(Czech.).......Munich, Germany............7/26/83
1000..........2:28.98.......Svetlana Masterkova (Russia)........Brussels, Belgium..........8/23/96
1500..........3:50.46.......Yunxia Qu (China)...................Beijing, China.............9/11/93
Mile..........4:12.56.......Svetlana Masterkova (Russia)........Zürich, Switzerland........8/14/96
2000..........5:25.36.......Sonia O'Sullivan (Ireland)..........Edinburgh, Scotland........7/ 8/94
Steeple.......9:16.51.......Alesya Turova (Belarus).............Gdansk, Poland.............7/17/02
3000..........8:06.11.......Junxia Wang (China).................Beijing, China.............9/13/93
5000..........14:28.09......Jiang Bo (China)....................Shanghai, China............10/23/97
10,000........29:31.78......Junxia Wang (China).................Beijing, China.............9/ 8/93
20,000........1:05:26.6.....Tegla Loroupe (Kenya)...............Borgholzhausen, Germany....9/ 3/00
Hour..........18,340/11M,696Tegla Loroupe (Kenya)...............Borgholzhausen, Germany....8/ 7/98
25,000........1:27:05.9.....Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) ..............Mengerskirchen, Germany....9/ 2/02
30,000........1:47:05.6.....Karolina Szabó (Hungary)............Budapest, Hungary..........4/22/88
100H..........12.21.........Yordanka Donkova (Bulgaria).........Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.....8/20/88
400H..........52.61.........Kim Batten (US).....................Göteborg, Sweden...........8/11/95

Road-Running Events
10K...........30:29.........Asmae Leghzaoui (Morocco)...........New York, New York.........6/ 8/02
15K...........46:57.........Elana Meyer (South Africa)..........Capetown, South Africa.....1 1/2/91
20K...........1:03:26.......Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain).....Bristol, England...........10/6/01
Half-Mar......1:06:44.......Elana Meyer (South Africa)..........Tokyo, Japan...............1/15/99
25K...........1:22:31.......Naoko Takahashi (Japan).............Berlin, Germany............9/30/01
30K...........1:39:02.......Naoko Takahashi (Japan).............Berlin, Germany............9/30/01
Mar...........2:17:18.......Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain).....Chicago, Illinois..........10/13/02
100K..........6:33:11.......Tomoe Abe (Japan)...................Lake Saroma, Japan.........5/25/00
Ekiden Relay..2:11:41.......China...............................Beijing, China.............2/28/98
(Bo Jiang 15:42, Yanmei Dong 31:36, Fenting Zhao 15:16, Zaijie Ma 31:01,
Lixin Lan 15:50, Xa Lin 22:16)

Walking Events
5K............ 20:02.60 ....Gillian O'Sullivan (Ireland) .......Dublin, Ireland............7/13/02
10K...........41:56.23......Nadezhda Ryashkina (SU).............Seattle, Washington........7/24/90
(road)+.......41:04.........Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia)..........Sochi, Russia..............4/20/96
20K...........1:26:52.3.....Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia)..........Brisbane, Australia........9/ 6/01
(road)+.......1:24:50.......Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia)..........Adler, Russia..............3/ 4/01

Relay Events
4 x 100.......41.37.........East Germany........................Canberra, Australia........10/6/85
(Silke Möller, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr)
4 x 200.......1:27.46.......United States.......................Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/29/00
(LaTasha Jenkins, LaTasha Colander-Richardson, Nanceen Perry, Marion Jones)
4 x 400.......3:15.17.......Soviet Union........................Seoul, South Korea.........10/1/88
(Tatyana Ledovskaya 50.12, Olga Nazarova 47.82, Maria Pinigina 49.43, Olga Bryzgina 47.80)
4 x 800.......7:50.17.......Soviet Union........................Moscow, Russia.............8/ 5/84
(Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina, Lyudmila Borisova, Irina Podyalovskaya)
4 x 1500 +....17:09.75......Australia...........................London, England............6/25/00
(Natalie Harvey 4:20.0, Georgie Clarke 4:13.6, Kate Richardson 4:23.3, Sarah Jamieson 4:12.9)

Jumping Events
High Jump.....2.09.....6-10 1/4 ..Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria).......Rome, Italy................8/30/87
Pole Vault....4.81.....15-9 1/4 ..Stacy Dragila (US)..................Stanford, California.......6/ 9/01
Long Jump.....7.52.....24-8 1/4 ..Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union)...St. Petersburg, Russia.....6/11/88
Triple Jump...15.50....50-10 1/4 .Inessa Kravets (Ukraine)............Göteborg, Sweden...........8/10/95

Throwing Events
Shot..........22.63....74-3.......Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union)...Moscow, Russia.............6/ 7/87
Discus........76.80....252-0......Gabriele Reinsch (East Germany).....Neubrandenburg, Germany....7/ 9/88
Hammer........76.07....249-7......Mihaela Melinte (Romania)...........Rüdlingen, Switzerland.....8/29/99
Javelin.......71.54....234-8......Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba)............Réthymnon, Greece..........7/ 1/01

Multi Event
Heptathlon....7291..........Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US)...........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])