Best-Ever Women’s Marks-for-Place
compiled by Jim Rorick as of September 19, 2012
OG = Olympic Games; OT = U.S. Olympic Trials; WC = World Championships; WIC = World Indoor Championships; WAF = World Athletics Final; i = indoor mark
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| 100 METERS | |||
| 1. | 10.61 | Florence Griffith-Joyner (US) | OT 88 |
| 2. | 10.75 | Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) | WC 09 |
| 3. | 10.81 | Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) | OG 12 |
| 4. | 10.85 | Tianna Madison (US) | OG 12 |
| 5. | 10.88 | Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) | OG 92 |
| 6. | 10.94 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Trinidad) | OG 12 |
| 7. | 11.00 | Murielle Ahoure (Côte d’Ivoire) | OG 12 |
| 8. | 11.01 | Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) | OG 12 |
| 9. | 11.20 | Bianca Knight (US) | Reebok 08 |
| 10. | 11.93 | Tara Mastin (US) | TAC 81 |
| • | Wind-aided: | ||
| 1. | 10.49 | —Griffith-Joyner | OTqf 88 |
| 9. | 11.18 | Sheri-Ann Brooks (Jamaica) | Reebok 09 |
| 200 METERS | |||
| 1. | 21.34 | Florence Griffith-Joyner (US) | OG 88 |
| 2. | 21.72 | Grace Jackson (Jamaica) | OG 88 |
| 3. | 21.95 | Heike Drechsler (East Germany) | OG 88 |
| 4. | 21.99 | Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) | OG 88 |
| 5. | 22.09 | Silke Möller (East Germany) | OG 88 |
| 6. | 22.17 | Gwen Torrence (US) | OG 88 |
| 7. | 22.33 | Maya Azarashvili (Soviet Union) | OG 88 |
| 8. | 22.42 | Galina Malchugina (Soviet Union) | OG 88 |
| 9. | 23.18 | LaShaunte’a Moore (US) | USATF 05 |
| 400 METERS | |||
| 1. | 47.60 | Marita Koch (East Germany) | World Cup 85 |
| 2. | 48.27 | Olga Bryzgina (Soviet Union) | World Cup 85 |
| 3. | 49.10 | Fali Ogunkoya (Nigeria) | OG 96 |
| 4. | 49.28 | Pauline Davis (Bahamas) | OG 96 |
| 5. | 49.55 | Jearl Miles Clark (US) | OG 96 |
| 6. | 49.77 | Fatima Yusuf (Nigeria) | OG 96 |
| 7. | 50.12 | —Ogunkoya | OG 00 |
| 8. | 50.65 | Natalya Nazarova (Russia) | OG 04 |
| Amantle Montsho (Botswana) | WC 09 | ||
| 9. | 51.04 | Natalya Antyukh (Russia) | Golden Gala 06 |
| 800 METERS | |||
| 1. | 1:53.28 | Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) | Munich 83 |
| 2. | 1:54.81 | Olga Mineyeva (Soviet Union) | OG 80 |
| 3. | 1:55.46 | Tatyana Providokhina (Soviet Union) | OG 80 |
| 4. | 1:55.74 | Anita Weiss (East Germany) | OG 76 |
| 5. | 1:56.44 | Svetlana Styrkina (Soviet Union) | OG 76 |
| 6. | 1:56.9 | Olga Dvirna (Soviet Union) | Podolsk 82 |
| 7. | 1:57.3 | Lyubov Gurina (Soviet Union) | Podolsk 82 |
| 8. | 1:57.3 | —Providokhina | Podolsk 82 |
| 9. | 1:57.5 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova (Soviet Union) | Podolsk 82 |
| 10. | 1:59.0 | Zamira Zaytseva (Soviet Union) | Podolsk 82 |
| 10-11 | 2:00.24 | Katya Kostetskaya (Russia) | Moscow 12 |
| Yekaterina Martynova (Russia) | Moscow 12 | ||
| 11. | 2:00.58 | Nina Ruchayeva (Soviet Union) | Leningrad 83 |
| 12. | 2:00.67 | Lidiya Volodina (Soviet Union) | Leningrad 83 |
| 1000 METERS | |||
| 1. | 2:28.98 | Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) | Van Damme 96 |
| 2. | 2:29.66 | Maria Mutola (Mozambique) | Van Damme 96 |
| 3. | 2:31.85 | Doina Melinte (Romania) | ISTAF 90 |
| 4. | 2:32.36 | Sandra Gasser (Switzerland) | ISTAF 90 |
| 5. | 2:32.77 | Yvonne Mai (East Germany) | ISTAF 90 |
| 6. | 2:34.04 | Julie Jenkins (US) | ISTAF 90 |
| 7. | 2:35.06 | Ludmila Formanová (Czech Republic) | Nice 99 |
| 8. | 2:35.93 | Christine Wachtel (Germany) | ISTAF 91 |
| 9. | 2:37.33 | Natalya Dukhnova (Belarus) | Van Damme 95 |
| 10. | 2:37.82 | Kutre Dulecha (Ethiopia) | Nice 99 |
| 1500 METERS | |||
| 1. | 3:52.47 | Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) | Zürich 80 |
| 2. | 3:56.14 | Zamira Zaytseva (Soviet Union) | Kyyiv 82 |
| 3. | 3:56.50 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova (Soviet Union) | Kyyiv 02 |
| 4. | 3:56.9 | —Zaytseva | Moscow 80 |
| 5. | 3:57.4 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Soviet Union) | Moscow 80 |
| 6. | 3:58.20 | Anita Weyermann (Switzerland) | Monaco 98 |
| 7. | 3:58.38 | Kutre Dulecha (Ethiopia) | Monaco 98 |
| 8. | 3:58.43 | Suzy Hamilton (US) | Monaco 98 |
| 9. | 4:01.42 | Olga Nelyubova (Russia) | Monaco 98 |
| 10. | 4:02.29 | Zahra Ouaziz (Morocco) | Monaco 98 |
| Carmen Douma-Hussar (Canada) | Rieti 05 | ||
| 11. | 4:02.55 | Olesya Chumakova (Russia) | Rieti 05 |
| 12. | 4:03.50 | Renata Pliś (Poland) | Van Damme 11 |
| • | (for the purposes of his compilation, the Chinese Games marks of ’93 and ’97—which would fill spots 1–10—are ignored, as they defy belief) | ||
| MILE | |||
| 1. | 4:12.56 | Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) | Weltklasse 96 |
| 2. | 4:17.33 | Maricica Puica (Romania) | Weltklasse 85 |
| 3. | 4:17.57 | Zola Pieterse (Great Britain) | Weltklasse 85 |
| 4. | 4:20.35 | Lisa Dobriskey (Great Britain) | Rieti 08 |
| 5. | 4:21.13 | Nuria Fernández (Spain) | Rieti 08 |
| 6. | 4:21.92 | Natalia Rodríguez (Spain) | Rieti 08 |
| 7. | 4:24.85 | Cornelia Bürki (Switzerland) | Van Damme 86 |
| 8. | 4:25.29 | Claudette Groenendaal (US) | Van Damme 86 |
| 9. | 4:26.48 | Erin Donohue (US) | Rieti 08 |
| 10. | 4:26.85 | Sarah Jamieson (Australia) | Rieti 08 |
| 11. | 4:27.43 | Frédérique Quentin (France) | Weltklasse 96 |
| 12. | 4:28.11 | Sinead Delahunty (Ireland) | Weltklasse 96 |
| 2000 METERS | |||
| 1. | 5:25.36 | Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) | Edinburgh 94 |
| 2. | 5:26.93 | Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) | Edinburgh 94 |
| 3. | 5:30.19 | Zola Pieterse (Great Britain) | Talbot 86 |
| 4. | 5:35.59 | Cornelia Bürki (Switzerland) | Talbot 86 |
| 5. | 5:37.86 | Lesley Lehane (US) | Talbot 86 |
| 6. | 5:39.00 | Annette Sergent-Palluy (France) | Talbot 86 |
| 7. | 5:39.52 | Elly van Hulst (Holland) | Talbot 86 |
| 8. | 5:40.50 | Mary Knisely (US) | Talbot 86 |
| 9. | 5:43.07 | Christine Benning (Great Britain) | Talbot 86 |
| 10. | 5:44.67 | Anne Hare (New Zealand) | Talbot 86 |
| STEEPLECHASE | |||
| 1. | 8:58.81 | Gulnara Galkina (Russia) | OG 08 |
| 2. | 9:07.41 | Eunice Jepkorir (Kenya) | OG 08 |
| 3. | 9:07.64 | Yekaterina Volkova (Russia) | OG 08 |
| 4. | 9:09.88 | Milcah Chemos (Kenya) | OG 12 |
| 5. | 9:12.50 | Jenny Simpson (US) | WC 09 |
| 6. | 9:12.52 | Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia) | WC 09 |
| 7. | 9:13.16 | Ruth Bisibori (Kenya) | WC 09 |
| 8. | 9:14.62 | Gladys Kipkemboi (Kenya) | WC 09 |
| 9. | 9:18.54 | Antje Möldner (Germany) | WC 09 |
| 10. | 9:22.64 | Zemzem Ahmed (Ethiopia) | WC 09 |
| 11. | 9:25.25 | Jessica Augusto (Portugal) | WC 09 |
| 12. | 9:30.37 | Katarzyna Kowalska (Poland) | WC 09 |
| 3000 METERS | |||
| 1. | 8:21.42 | Gabriela Szabo (Romania) | Monaco 02 |
| 2. | 8:22.20 | Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) | Monaco 02 |
| 3. | 8:23.23 | Edith Masai (Kenya) | Monaco 02 |
| 4. | 8:26.44 | —Szabo | Golden Gala 01 |
| 5. | 8:26.97 | —Radcliffe | Golden Gala 01 |
| 6. | 8:30.39 | Irina Mikitenko (Germany) | Weltklasse 00 |
| 7. | 8:32.80 | Ayelech Worku (Ethiopia) | Van Damme 02 |
| 8. | 8:33.87 | Asmae Leghzaoui (Morocco) | Paris 01 |
| 9. | 8:36.58 | Jo Pavey (Great Britain) | Van Damme 01 |
| 10. | 8:40.15 | Sally Barsosio (Kenya) | Weltklasse 00 |
| 11. | 8:41.86 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | Van Damme 02 |
| 12. | 8:44.38 | —Leghzaoui | Van Damme 01 |
| • | (again, China Games ’93—places 1–5—is ignored) | ||
| 5000 METERS | |||
| 1. | 14:11.15 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | Bislett 08 |
| 2. | 14:22.51 | Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) | Bislett 07 |
| 3. | 14:31.52 | Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) | Paris 10 |
| 4. | 14:31.91 | Sylvia Kibet (Kenya) | Shanghai 10 |
| 5. | 14:37.07 | Jessica Augusto (Portugal) | Paris 10 |
| 6. | 14:38.97 | Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) | Golden Gala 05 |
| 7. | 14:39.80 | —Kibet | Van Damme 10 |
| 8. | 14:42.06 | Ejegayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) | Bislett 09 |
| 9. | 14:44.26 | Belaynesh Fikadu (Ethiopia) | Bislett 09 |
| —Melkamu | Van Damme 10 | ||
| 10. | 14:44.76 | Molly Huddle (US) | Van Damme 10 |
| 11. | 14:50.08 | Pauline Korikwiang (Kenya) | Bislett 09 |
| 12. | 14:50.77 | Grace Momanyi (Kenya) | Bislett 09 |
| 10,000 METERS | |||
| 1. | 29:53.80 | Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) | Utrecht 09 |
| 2. | 29:56.34 | Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) | OG 08 |
| 3. | 30:07.20 | Yingjie Sun (China) | WC 03 |
| 4. | 30:12.53 | Lornah Kiplagat (Holland) | WC 03 |
| 5. | 30:23.07 | Alla Zhilyayeva (Russia) | WC 03 |
| 6. | 30:26.20 | Galina Bogomolova (Russia) | WC 03 |
| 7. | 30:31.55 | Huina Xing (China) | WC 03 |
| 8. | 30:33.75 | —Bogomolova | WC 05 |
| 9. | 30:42.75 | Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) | WC 05 |
| 10. | 30:55.16 | Kara Goucher (US) | OG 08 |
| 11. | 31:01.14 | Kayoko Fukushi (Japan) | OG 08 |
| 12. | 31:04.55 | Jelena Prokopcuka (Latvia) | WC 05 |
| 100 HURDLES | |||
| 1. | 12.21 | Yordanka Donkova (Bulgaria) | Stara Zagora 88 |
| 2. | 12.37 | Dawn Harper (US) | OG 12 |
| 3. | 12.46 | Cornelia Oschkenat (East Germany) | WC 87 |
| 4. | 12.49 | —Donkova | WC 87 |
| 5. | 12.55 | Ginnie Crawford (US) | WC 07 |
| 6. | 12.62 | Glory Alozie (Spain) | OGsf 04 |
| Lolo Jones (US) | WC 07 | ||
| 7. | 12.64 | Vonette Dixon (Jamaica) | WC 07 |
| 8. | 12.66 | Angela Whyte (Canada) | WC 07 |
| 9. | 12.87 | —Dixon | WC 03 |
| 10. | 14.02 | Anne Marchewski (Germany) | TAC 81 |
| • | Wind-aided: | ||
| 2. | 12.37 | Gloria Siebert (East Germany) | NC 02 |
| 400 HURDLES | |||
| 1. | 52.34 | Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) | Tula 03 |
| 2. | 52.62 | Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) | WC 95 |
| 3. | 53.16 | Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) | WC 99 |
| 4. | 53.36 | Andrea Blackett (Barbados) | WC 99 |
| 5. | 53.57 | Tetyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) | Weltklasse 98 |
| 6. | 54.04 | Gudrun Abt (West Germany) | OG 88 |
| —Blackett | Weltklasse 98 | ||
| 7. | 54.23 | Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) | WC 11 |
| 8. | 54.57 | Silvia Rieger (Germany) | OG 96 |
| 9. | 55.84 | Tacko Diouf (Senegal) | Golden Gala 99 |
| HALF-MARATHON | |||
| 1. | 1:05:50 | Mary Keitany (Kenya) | Ra’s al Kaymah 11 |
| 2. | 1:06:48 | —Keitany | WC 07 |
| 3. | 1:07:22 | Aselefech Mergia (Ethiopia) | Ra’s al Kaymah 10 |
| 4. | 1:07:41 | Teyiba Erkesso (Ethiopia) | Ra’s al Kaymah 10 |
| 5. | 1:07:58 | Dire Tune (Ethiopia) | Ra’s al Kaymah 10 |
| 6. | 1:08:16 | Amane Gobena (Ethiopia) | Ra’s al Kaymah 09 |
| 7. | 1:08:39 | Hilda Kibet (Holland) | Ra’s al Kaymah 10 |
| 8. | 1:08:48 | Agnes Kiprop (Ken) | Ra’s al Kaymah 10 |
| 9. | 1:08:55 | Lydia Cheromei (Kenya) | Delhi 10 |
| 10. | 1:09:14 | Alina Gherasim (Romania) | WC 07 |
| 11. | 1:09:15 | Atsede Baysa (Ethiopia) | WC 07 |
| 12. | 1:09:17 | Akane Taira (Japan) | WC 07 |
| • | Aided course: | ||
| 1 | 1:05:40 | Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) | Great North 03 |
| 2 | 1:06:34 | Lorna Kiplagat (Holland) | Lisbon 01 |
| 3 | 1:07:03 | Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) | Lisbon 01 |
| MARATHON | |||
| 1. | 2:15:25 | Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) | London 03 |
| 2. | 2:19:26 | Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) | Chicago 02 |
| 3. | 2:19:52 | Mare Dibaba (Ethiopia) | Dubai 12 |
| 4. | 2:20:30 | Bezunesh Bekele (Ethiopia) | Dubai 12 |
| 5. | 2:20:33 | Aberu Kebede (Ethiopia) | Dubai 12 |
| 6. | 2:21:30 | Lydia Cheromei (Kenya) | Dubai 12 |
| 7. | 2:22:39 | Sharon Cherop (Kenya) | Dubai 12 |
| 8. | 2:23:13 | Atsede Baysa (Ethiopia) | Dubai 12 |
| 9. | 2:24:24 | Mamitu Deska (Ethiopia) | Dubai 12 |
| 10. | 2:25:18 | Mariya Konovalova (Russia) | London 11 |
| 11. | 2:25:24 | Askale Tafa Magarsa (Ethiopia) | London 11 |
| 12. | 2:25:29 | Azusa Nojiri (Japan) | London 11 |
| 20K WALK | |||
| 1. | 1:25:02 | Yelena Lashmanova (Russia) | OG 12 |
| 2. | 1:25:09 | Anisya Kirdyapkina (Russia) | Sochi 11 |
| Olga Kaniskina (Russia) | OG 12 | ||
| 3. | 1:25:16 | Shenjie Qieyang (China) | OG 12 |
| 4. | 1:26:00 | Hong Liu (China) | OG 12 |
| 5. | 1:26:26 | Anisya Kirdyapkina (Russia) | OG 12 |
| 6. | 1:27:10 | Xiuzhi Lu (China) | OG 12 |
| 7. | 1:27:36 | Elisa Rigaudo (Italy) | OG 12 |
| 8. | 1:27:46 | Ana Cabecinha (Portugal) | OG 08 |
| 9. | 1:28:03 | —Cabecinha | OG 12 |
| 10. | 1:28:14 | María Vasco (Spain) | OG 12 |
| 11. | 1:28:28 | Tatyana Sibileva (Russia) | OG 08 |
| 12. | 1:29:08 | Na Shi (China) | OG 08 |
| • | (Marks at '00 Russian NC and Adler competitions '01, '08, and '09—which would fill spots 1 and 4-5—are ignored as questionable) | ||
| 4 x 100 | |||
| 1. | 40.82 | United States | OG 12 |
| 2. | 41.41 | Jamaica | OG 12 |
| 3. | 41.94 | Jamaica | WC 93 |
| 4. | 42.27 | Russia | OG 96 |
| 5. | 42.50 | Russia | WC 97 |
| 6. | 42.70 | Holland | OG 12 |
| 7. | 42.91 | Brazil | OG 12 |
| 8. | 43.10 | Brazil | WC 11 |
| 4 x 200 | |||
| 1. | 1:27.46 | Nike | Penn 00 |
| 2. | 1:30.01 | USA Blue | Penn 04 |
| 3. | 1:31.26 | South Carolina | Penn 03 |
| 4. | 1:32.42 | Auburn | Penn 03 |
| 5. | 1:33.50 | Houston | Penn 09 |
| 6. | 1:33.91 | Speed Elite | Florida 05 |
| 7. | 1:35.29 | Pitt | Penn 10 |
| 8. | 1:37.84 | Illinois State | Drake 94 |
| 4 x 400 | |||
| 1. | 3:15.17 | Soviet Union | OG 88 |
| 2. | 3:15.51 | United States | OG 88 |
| 3. | 3:18.29 | East Germany | OG 88 |
| 4. | 3:20.25 | Russia | WC 07 |
| 5. | 3:21.88 | Belarus | WC 07 |
| 6. | 3:23.21 | Cuba | OG 08 |
| 7. | 3:23.74 | Nigeria | OG 08 |
| 8. | 3:27.93 | Canada | WC 01 |
| 9. | 3:32.54 | Auburn | NCAA 04 |
| 4 x 800 | |||
| 1. | 7:50.87 | Soviet Union | Moscow Ch 84 |
| 2. | 7:51.62 | Soviet Union B | Moscow Ch 84 |
| 3. | 7:56.9 | Leningrad (Soviet Union) | SU Ch 80 |
| 4. | 8:05.2 | Moscow (Soviet Union) | Spartakiade 79 |
| 5. | 8:16.97 | Germany | Euro R 93 |
| 6. | 8:20.73 | Great Britain | Euro R 93 |
| 7. | 8:21.39 | Italy | Euro R 93 |
| 8. | 8:41.85 | LSU | Penn 07 |
| 4 x 1500 | |||
| 1. | 17:08.34 | Tennessee | Penn 09 |
| 2. | 17:11.80 | Georgetown | Penn 09 |
| 3. | 17:14.55 | Washington | Penn 09 |
| 4. | 17:22.29 | Villanova | Penn 09 |
| 5. | 17:43.34 | Kentucky | Penn 04 |
| 6. | 17:45.20 | Duke | Penn 04 |
| 7. | 17:46.26 | Florida State | Penn 04 |
| 8. | 17:52.63 | —Villanova | Penn 04 |
| Sprint Medley | |||
| 1. | 3:34.56 | Jamaica | Penn 09 |
| 2. | 3:37.37 | Russia | Penn 09 |
| 3. | 3:38.36 | USA Blue | Penn 09 |
| 4. | 3:39.07 | USA White | Penn 09 |
| 5. | 3:40.38 | Great Britain | Penn 09 |
| 6. | 3:41.04 | World All-Stars | Penn 09 |
| 7. | 3:51.48 | Georgetown | Penn 01 |
| 8. | 3:52.31 | Norfolk State | Penn 00 |
| Distance Medley | |||
| 1. | 10:48.38 | Villanova | Penn 88 |
| 2. | 10:50.51 | Tennessee | Penn 08 |
| 3. | 10:56.73i | BYU | NCAA 09 |
| 4. | 10:58.49i | Stanford | NCAA 09 |
| 5. | 11:02.67i | Georgetown | NCAA 09 |
| 6. | 11:02.81i | Oregon | NCAA 09 |
| 7. | 11:05.05i | Michigan | NCAA 09 |
| 8. | 11:06.81i | Washington | NCAA 09 |
| 4 x 100 Hurdles | |||
| 1. | 52.00 | Russia | Euro R 93 |
| 2. | 52.30 | Ukraine | Euro R 93 |
| 3. | 53.63 | Great Britain | Euro R 93 |
| 4. | 54.60 | Texas A&M | Penn 98 |
| 5. | 54.97 | Auburn | Penn 98 |
| HIGH JUMP | |||
| 1. | 2.09 | 6-10¼ | Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) | WC 87 |
| 2. | 2.05 | 6-8¾ | Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) | OG 08 |
| i | | —Vlašić | Karlsruhe 09 | |
| 2-3. | 2.03 | 6-8 | Anna Chicherova (Russia) | WC 07 |
| | | Antonietta Di Martino (Italy) | WC 07 | |
| 3. | 2.03 | 6-8 | Chicherova | OG 08 |
| | | Svetlana Shkolina (Russia) | OG 12 | |
| 4. | 2.01 | 6-7 | Amy Acuff (US) | Weltklasse 03 |
| | | —Vlašić | EC 06 | |
| | | Yelena Slesarenko (Russia) | OG 08 | |
| 5. | 2.00 | 6-6¾ | Yekaterina Savchenko (Russia) | WC 07 |
| 6. | 1.99 | 6-6¼ | Chaunté Lowe (US) | OG 08 |
| 7. | 1.97 | 6-5½ | Svetlana Radzivil (Uzbekistan) | OG 12 |
| 7-8. | 1.97 | 6-5½ | —Chicherova | Golden Gala 03 |
| | | —Vlašic | Golden Gala 03 | |
| 8. | 1.96 | 6-5 | Hanne Haugland (Nor) | OG 96 |
| 9. | 1.96 | 6-5 | Emma Green Tregaro (Sweden) | OG 08 |
| 9-11. | 1.95 | 6-4¾ | —Radzivil | WC 11q |
| . | | | —Slesarenko | WC 11q |
| | | Xingjuan Zheng (China) | WC 11q | |
| 12. | 1.95 | 6-4¾ | Anna Iljuštšenko (Estonia) | WC 11q |
| POLE VAULT | |||
| 1. | 5.06 | 16-7¼ | Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) | Weltklasse 09 |
| 2. | 4.83 | 15-10 | Anna Rogowska (Poland) | Van Damme 05 |
| 3. | 4.82 | 15-9¾ | Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) | WAF 07 |
| 4. | 4.75 | 15-7 | Monika Pyrek (Poland) | WC 07 |
| | | Yuliya Golubchikova (Russia) | OG 08 | |
| 5. | 4.70 | 15-5 | Vanessa Boslak (France) | WC 07 |
| | | —Pyrek | OG 08 | |
| | | Yarisley Silva (Cuba) | WC 11 | |
| 6. | 4.65 | 15-3 | Carolin Hingst (Germany) | OG 08 |
| | | —Isinbaeva | WC 11 | |
| 6-7. | 4.65 | 15-3 | —Golubchikova | WC 07 |
| | | Fabiana Murer (Brazil) | WC 07 | |
| 7. | 4.65 | 15-3 | Silke Spiegelburg (Germany) | OG 08 |
| | | Jiřina Ptáčníková (Czech Republic) | WC 11 | |
| 8. | 4.65 | 15-3 | Nikolía Kiriakopoúlou (Greece) | WC 11 |
| 9. | 4.65 | 15-3 | —Spiegelburg | WC 11 |
| 10. | 4.55 | 14-11 | —Rogowska | WCq 07 |
| | | —Pyrek | WCq 09 | |
| | | —Kiriakopoúlou | WCq 11 | |
| | | Becky Holliday (US) | OG 12 | |
| 10-12. | 4.55 | 14-11 | Kristina Gadschiew (Germany) | WC 11 |
| | | —Pyrek | WC 11 | |
| | | —Rogowska | WC 11 | |
| 11. | 4.55 | 14-11 | —Boslak | WCq 07 |
| | | Aleksandra Kiryashova (Russia) | WCq 09 | |
| | | Alana Boyd (Australia) | OG 12 | |
| 12. | 4.55 | 14-11 | —Spiegelburg | WCq 07 |
| | | —Ptáčníková | OG 12 | |
| LONG JUMP | |||
| 1. | 7.52 | 24-8¼ | Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union) | Znam 88 |
| 2. | 7.36 | 24-1¾ | Yelena Belevskaya (Soviet Union) | Znam 88 |
| 3. | 7.20 | 23-7½ | —Chistyakova | Weltklasse 85 |
| 4. | 7.19 | 23-7¼ | Helga Radtke (East Germany) | Weltklasse 85 |
| 5. | 7.04 | 23-1¼ | Carol Lewis (US) | Weltklasse 85 |
| 6. | 6.99 | 22-11 | Yelena Kokonova (Soviet Union) | Znamenskiy 88 |
| 7. | 6.96 | 22-10 | Inessa Kravets (Soviet Union) | Znamenskiy 88 |
| 8. | 6.76 | 22-2¼ | Ringa Ropo-Junnila (Finland) | EC 90 |
| 9. | 6.68 | 21-11 | Christy Opara-Thompson (Nigeria) | WCq 91 |
| | | Grace Upshaw (US) | OGq 04 | |
| 10. | 6.66 | 21-10¼ | Jackie Edwards (Bahamas) | WCq 91 |
| 11. | 6.63 | 21-9 | Carolina Klüft (Sweden) | OG 04 |
| 12. | 6.62 | 21-8¾ | —Klüft | ECq 10 |
| • | Wind-aided: | ||
| 1. | 7.63(A) | 25-½ | Heike Drechsler (Germany) | Sestriere 92 |
| 5. | 7.07(A) | 23-2½ | Valentina Uccheddu (Italy) | Sestriere 95 |
| 7. | 6.85(A) | 22-5¾ | Ludmila Ninova (Austria) | Sestriere 95 |
| 9. | 6.69 | 21-11½ | Yingnan Guan (China) | WC 01 |
| 11. | 6.63 | 21-9 | Ivana Španović (Serbia) | ECq 10 |
| TRIPLE JUMP | |||
| 1. | 15.50 | 50-10¼ | Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) | WC 95 |
| 2. | 15.32 | 50-3¼ | Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) | OG 08 |
| 3. | 15.23 | 49-11¾ | Piyí Devetzí (Greece) | OG 08 |
| 4. | 15.11 | 49-7 | Olga Rypakova (Kazakhstan) | OG 08 |
| 5. | 15.05 | 49-4½ | Yargelis Savigne (Cuba) | OG 08 |
| 6. | 15.03 | 49-3¾ | Marija Šestak (Slovenia) | OG 08 |
| 7. | 14.85 | 48-8¾ | Magdelin Martínez (Italy) | OG 04 |
| 8. | 14.79 | 48-6¼ | Anna Pyatykh (Russia) | OG 04 |
| 9. | 14.70 | 48-2¾ | Olga Saladuha (Ukraine) | OG 08 |
| 10. | 14.57 | 47-9¾ | —Martínez | OGq 04 |
| 11-12. 14.56 | 47-9¼ | Yelena Govorova (Ukraine) | OGq 04 |
| | | Adelina Gavrila (Romania) | OGq 04 | |
| SHOT | |||
| 1. | 22.63 | 74-3 | Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) | Znam 87 |
| 2. | 21.74 | 71-4 | Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) | Leipzig 79 |
| 3. | 21.34 | 70-¼ | Ines Müller (East Germany) | v SU 86 |
| 4. | 21.15 | 69-4¾ | Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) | OG 80 |
| 5. | 20.77 | 68-1¾ | —Müller | Oly Day 84 |
| 6. | 20.63 | 67-8¼ | Heike Hartwig (East Germany) | WC 87 |
| 7. | 20.43 | 67-½ | Meisu Li (China) | WC 87 |
| 8. | 20.29 | 66-7 | Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) | WC 87 |
| 9. | 19.69 | 64-7¼ | Yuzhen Cong (China) | OG 88 |
| 10. | 19.53 | 64-1 | Svetla Mitkova (Bulgaria) | OGq 88 |
| 11. | 19.45 | 63-9¾ | Bonnie Dasse (US) | OGq 88 |
| 12. | 19.40 | 63-7¾ | Natalya Akhrimenko (Soviet Union) | OGq 88 |
| DISCUS | |||
| 1. | 76.80 | 252-0 | Gabriele Reinsch (East Germany) | v Italy 88 |
| 2. | 74.40 | 244-1 | Ilke Wyludda (East Germany) | E. Berlin 88 |
| 3. | 72.24 | 237-0 | —Wyludda | v Italy 88 |
| 4. | 71.38 | 234-2 | Martina Hellmann (East Germany) | v Italy 88 |
| 5. | 68.94 | 226-2 | Maria Vergova (Bulgaria) | Oly Day 84 |
| | | Ellina Zvereva (Soviet Union) | OG 88 | |
| 6. | 68.04 | 223-3 | Tsvetanka Khristova (Bulgaria) | Oly Day 84 |
| 7. | 67.26 | 220-8 | —Reinsch | OG 88 |
| 8. | 65.94 | 216-4 | Xuemei Hou (China) | OG 88 |
| 9. | 64.08 | 210-3 | Hourun Yu (China) | OG 88 |
| 10. | 64.08 | 210-3 | Larisa Mikhalchenko (Soviet Union) | OG 88 |
| 11. | 63.42 | 208-1 | Carol Cady (US) | OG 88 |
| 12. | 62.54 | 205-2 | Galina Murashova (Soviet Union) | OGq 88 |
| HAMMER | |||
| 1. | 79.42 | 260-7 | Betty Heidler (Germany) | Halle 11 |
| 2. | 77.60 | 254-7 | Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) | OG 12 |
| 3. | 77.12 | 253-0 | Betty Heidler (Germany) | OG 12 |
| 4. | 76.34 | 250-5 | Wenxiu Zhang (China) | OG 12 |
| 5. | 76.05 | 249-6 | Kathrin Klaas (Germany) | OG 12 |
| 6. | 74.60 | 244-9 | Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) | OG 12 |
| 7. | 74.40 | 244-1 | Oksana Menkova (Belarus) | OG 12 |
| 8. | 74.06 | 243-0 | Zalina Marghieva (Moldova) | OG 12 |
| 9. | 73.06 | 239-8 | Stéphanie Falzon (France) | OG 12 |
| 10. | 72.37 | 237-5 | Joanna Fiodorow (Poland) | OG 12 |
| 11. | 71.67 | 235-1 | —Falzon | OGq 12 |
| 12. | 70.48 | 231-3 | —Fiodorow | OGq 12 |
| JAVELIN | |||
| 1. | 72.28 | 237-2 | Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) | WAF 08 |
| 2. | 71.58 | 234-10 | —Špotáková | WC 11 |
| 3. | 68.38 | 224-4 | Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) | WC 11 |
| 4. | 65.75 | 215-8 | Goldie Sayers (Great Britain) | OG 08 |
| 5. | 65.29 | 214-2 | Steffi Nerius (Germany) | OG 08 |
| 6. | 64.03 | 210-1 | Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) | ISTAF 00 |
| 7. | 63.25 | 207-6 | Mariya Abakumova (Russia) | OGq 12 |
| 8. | 62.77 | 205-11 | Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir (Iceland) | OGq 12 |
| 9. | 62.05 | 203-7 | Katharina Molitor (Germany) | OGq 12 |
| 10. | 61.16 | 200-8 | Taina Kolkkala (Finland) | OGq 04 |
| 11. | 61.04 | 200-3 | Miréla Manjani (Greece) | OGq 04 |
| 12. | 60.97 | 200-0 | Nora Bicet (Cuba) | OGq 04 |
| HEPTATHLON | |||
| 1. | 7291 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) | OG 88 |
| 2. | 6897 | Sabine John (East Germany) | OG 88 |
| 3. | 6858 | Anke Behmer (East Germany) | OG 88 |
| 4. | 6678 | Jane Frederick (US) | Olympic Day 84 |
| 5. | 6599 | Austra Skujytė (Lithuania) | OG 12 |
| 6. | 6576 | Antoinette Nana Djimou (France) | OG 12 |
| 7. | 6480 | Jessica Zelinka (Canada) | OG 12 |
| 8. | 6452 | Kristina Savitskaya (Russia) | OG 12 |
| 9. | 6414 | Laura Ikauniece (Latvia) | OG 12 |
| 10. | 6392 | Hanna Melnychenko (Ukraine) | OG 12 |
| 11. | 6383 | Brianne Theisen (Canada) | OG 12 |
| 12 | 6324 | Dafne Schippers (Holland) | OG 12 |