ALL-TIME WORLD WOMEN'S TOP 10 LISTS
As of May 8, 2000.
Key to abbreviations: (A)=mark made at altitude over 1000m (in affected events only); i=mark made indoors; '=road mark made on aided course; t=mark made on track; #=relay team whose members are of mixed citizenship.
100 METERS
10.49 .. Florence Griffith Joyner (US) '88
10.65(A) ........... Marion Jones (US) '98
10.73 .......... Christine Arron (Fra) '98
10.74 ............ Merlene Ottey (Jam) '96
10.76 ............ Evelyn Ashford (US) '84
10.77 .......... Irina Privalova (Rus) '94
10.78(A) ............ Dawn Sowell (US) '89
10.79 ................ Li Xuemei (Chn) '97
................... Inger Miller (US) '99
10.81 .............. Marlies Göhr (EG) '83200 METERS
21.34 .. Florence Griffith Joyner (US) '88
21.62(A) ........... Marion Jones (US) '98
21.64 ............ Merlene Ottey (Jam) '91
21.71 ............... Marita Koch (EG) '79
................ Heike Drechsler (EG) '86
21.72 ............ Grace Jackson (Jam) '88
.................. Gwen Torrence (US) '92
21.74 .............. Marlies Göhr (EG) '84
................... Silke Möller (EG) '87
21.75 .......... Juliet Cuthbert (Jam) '92400 METERS
47.60 ............... Marita Koch (EG) '85
47.99 .... Jarmila Kratochvílová (Cze) '83
48.25 ......... Marie-José Pérec (Fra) '96
48.27 ............. Olga Bryzgina (SU) '85
48.59 ......... Tatána Kocembová (Cze) '83
48.63 ............ Cathy Freeman (Aus) '96
48.83 ............ Valerie Brisco (US) '84
49.04+ ......... Olga Nazarova II (SU) '88
49.05 ..... Chandra Cheeseborough (US) '84
49.10 ............ Fali Ogunkoya (Ngr) '96800 METERS
1:53.28 .. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Cze) '83
1:53.43 ..... Nadezhda Olizarenko (SU) '80
1:54.44 ............. Ana Quirot (Cub) '89
1:54.81 ........... Olga Mineyeva (SU) '80
1:54.94 ....... Tatyana Kazankina (SU) '76
1:55.05 .......... Doina Melinte (Rom) '82
1:55.19 ........... Maria Mutola (Moz) '94
1:55.26 ............. Sigrun Grau (EG) '87
1:55.32 ....... Christine Wachtel (EG) '87
1:55.42 ...... Nikolina Shtereva (Bul) '761000 METERS
2:28.98 .... Svetlana Masterkova (Rus) '96
2:29.34 ........... Maria Mutola (Moz) '95
2:30.67 ....... Christine Wachtel (EG) '90
2:30.6 ..... Tatyana Providokhina (SU) '78
2:30.85 ........... Martina Steuk (EG) '80
2:31.50 ....... Natalya Artyomova (SU) '91
2:31.51 .......... Sandra Gasser (Swi) '89
2:31.5 .......... Maricica Puica (Rom) '86
2:31.65 ............. Olga Dvirna (SU) '82
2:31.6 ............ Beate Liebich (EG) '801500 METERS
3:50.46 .............. Qu Yunxia (Chn) '93
3:50.98 ............... Jiang Bo (Chn) '97
3:51.34 ........... Lang Yinglai (Chn) '97
3:51.92 ............ Wang Junxia (Chn) '93
3:52.47 ....... Tatyana Kazankina (SU) '80
3:53.91 ............... Yin Lili (Chn) '97
3:53.96 ............. Paula Ivan (Rom) '88
3:53.97 .............. Lan Lixin (Chn) '97
3:54.23 ............. Olga Dvirna (SU) '82
3:54.52 ............. Zhang Ling (Chn) '97MILE
4:12.56 .... Svetlana Masterkova (Rus) '96
4:15.61 ............. Paula Ivan (Rom) '89
4:15.8 ........ Natalya Artyomova (SU) '84
4:16.71 ............. Mary Slaney (US) '85
4:17.14i ......... Doina Melinte (Rom) '90
4:17.25 ....... Sonia O'Sullivan (Ire) '94
4:17.33 ......... Maricica Puica (Rom) '85
4:17.57 ........... Zola Pieterse (GB) '85
4:19.30 .......... Gabriel Szabo (Rom) '98
4:19.41 ............. Kirsty Wade (GB) '853000 METERS
8:06.11 ............ Wang Junxia (Chn) '93
8:12.18 .............. Qu Yunxia (Chn) '93
8:16.50 ............ Zhang Linli (Chn) '93
8:19.78 ............... Ma Liyan (Chn) '93
8:21.64 ....... Sonia O'Sullivan (Ire) '94
8:21.84 ........... Zhang Lirong (Chn) '93
8:22.62 ....... Tatyana Kazankina (SU) '84
8:24.31 ......... Gabriela Szabo (Rom) '98
8:25.83 ............. Mary Slaney (US) '85
8:26.48 ........... Zahra Ouaziz (Mor) '995000 METERS
14:28.09 .............. Jiang Bo (Chn) '97
14:29.82 ........... Dong Yanmei (Chn) '97
14:31.48 ........ Gabriela Szabo (Rom) '98
14:32.08 .......... Zohra Ouaziz (Mor) '98
14:32.33 .......... Liu Shixiang (Chn) '97
14:36.08 ............. Gete Wami (Eth) '98
14:36.45 ...... Fernanda Ribeiro (Por) '95
14:37.33 .... Ingrid Kristiansen (Nor) '86
14:39.96 .............. Yin Lili (Chn) '97
14:41.40 ...... Sonia O'Sullivan (Ire) '9510,000 METERS
29:31.78 ........... Wang Junxia (Chn) '93
30:13.37 .......... Zhong Huandi (Chn) '93
30:13.74 .... Ingrid Kristiansen (Nor) '86
30:24.56 ............. Gete Wami (Eth) '99
30:27.13 ........ Paula Radcliffe (GB) '99
30:32.03 ......... Tegla Loroupe (Ken) '99
30:38.09 ........... Dong Yanmei (Chn) '97
30:39.41 ............. Lan Lixin (Chn) '97
30:39.98 .............. Yin Lili (Chn) '97
30:47.22 .......... Dong Zhaoxia (Chn) '97HALF-MARATHON
66:40 ........ Ingrid Kristiansen (Nor)'87
66:43' ............ Masako Chiba (Jpn) '97
66:44' .............. Elana Meyer (SA) '99
66:49' .......... Esther Wanjiru (Ken) '99
66:56 .......... Lornah Kiplagat (Ken) '00
67:11' ............. Liz McColgan (GB) '92
67:12' ........... Tegla Loroupe (Ken) '96
67:48' ........... Kerryn McCann (Aus) '00
67:50' ..... Catherina McKiernan (Ire) '98
67:58 ............... Uta Pippig (Ger) '95MARATHON
2:20:43 .......... Tegla Loroupe (Ken) '99
2:21:06 ..... Ingrid Kristiansen (Nor) '85
2:21:21 .......... Joan Samuelson (US) '85
2:21:45' ............ Uta Pippig (Ger) '94
2:21:47' ....... Naoko Takahashi (Jpn) '98
2:22:12 .......... Eri Yamiguchi (Jpn) '99
2:22:23 .... Catherina McKiernan (Ire) '98
2:22:54 ............ Lidia Simon (Rom) '00
2:22:56 ........ Harumi Hiroyama (Jpn) '00
2:23:21 ............ Fatuma Roba (Eth) '98100 HURDLES
12.21 ......... Yordanka Donkova (Bul) '88
12.25 ......... Ginka Zagorcheva (Bul) '87
12.26 ......... Ludmila Engquist (Rus) '92
12.36 ......... Grazyna Rabsztyn (Pol) '80
12.37 ............... Gail Devers (US) '99
12.39 ............. Vera Komisova (SU) '80
............. Natalya Grigoryeva (SU) '91
12.42 .............. Bettine Jahn (EG) '83
12.43 ............. Lucyna Kalek (Pol) '84
12.44 ............ Gloria Siebert (EG) '87
............... Olga Shishigina (Kaz) '95
.................. Glory Alozie (Ngr) '98400 HURDLES
52.61 ................ Kim Batten (US) '95
52.62 ....... Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) '95
52.74 ............. Sally Gunnell (GB) '93
52.79 ..... Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) '93
52.82 ............ Deon Hemmings (Jam) '96
52.89 ............. Daimí Pernía (Cub) '99
52.90 ........... Nezha Bidouane (Mor) '99
52.94 .......... Marina Stepanova (SU) '86
53.11 ........ Tatyana Ledovskaya (SU) '91
53.17 ..... Debbie Flintoff-King (Aus) '8810K WALK
41:04 ........ Yelena Nikolayeva (Rus) '96
41:16 ................. Wang Yan (Chn) '99
41:17 ........... Irina Stankina (Rus) '97
41:24 ........ Olimpiada Ivanova (Rus) '97
41:29 ........ Larisa Ramazanova (Rus) '95
41:30 ........ Kerry Saxby-Junna (Aus) '88
41:31 ......... Yelena Gruzinova (Rus) '96
41:38 ............. Gao Hongmiao (Chn) '94
............. Rossella Giordano (Ita) '97
41:45 ............... Liu Hongyu (Chn) '9920K WALK
1:27:30 ............. Liu Hongyu (Chn) '95
............ Nadezhda Ryashkina (Rus) '99
1:27:32 ............. Liu Hongyu (Chn) '99
1:27:35 ...... Natalya Fedoskina (Rus) '99
1:27:46 ......... Norica Cîmpean (Rom) '99
1:28:01 ...... Yelena Nikolayeva (Rus) '99
1:28:08 ......... Irina Stankina (Rus) '00
1:28:13 .......... Erica Alfridi (Ita) '97
1:28:18 ............... Kong Yan (Chn) '95
1:28:21 ...... Olimpiada Ivanova (Rus) '994 x 100 METERS
41.37 ................... East Germany '85
41.47 .................. United States '97
41.49 ......................... Russia '93
....................... United States '93
41.52 .................. United States '97
41.53 ................... East Germany '83
41.55 .................. United States '87
41.58 .................. United States '87
41.60 ................... East Germany '80
41.61(A) ............... United States '834 x 200 METERS
1:27.45 ................ United States '00
1:28.15 ................. East Germany '80
1:29.64 ...... Nike International (US) '98
1:30:20 ...... Nike International (US) '97
1:30:23 ...... Nike International (US) '99
1:30.52 ..................... adidas # '98
1:30.8 ....................... Ukraine '79
1:30.93 ................... Texas (US) '99
1:30.97 .................... Nike LA # '94
1:31.01 .......... South Carolina (US) '004 x 400 METERS
3:15.17 ................. Soviet Union '88
3:15.51 ................ United States '88
3:15.92 ................. East Germany '84
3:16.71 ................ United States '93
3:16.87 ................. East Germany '86
3:18.29 ................ United States '84
........................ East Germany '88
3:18.38 ....................... Russia '93
3:18.43 ................. Soviet Union '91
3:18.58 ................. Soviet Union '854 x 800 METERS
7:50.17 ................. Soviet Union '84
7:51.62 ............... Soviet Union B '84
7:52.24 ................. Soviet Union '85
7:52.4 .................. Soviet Union '76
7:54.10 ................. East Germany '76
7:56.6 ........................ Russia '80
............................. Ukraine '80
7:56.9 ................ Leningrad (SU) '80
7:57.08 ....................... Russia '93
7:57.21 ...................... Romania '934 x 1500 METERS
17:18.10 .................. Villanova# '90
17:22.30 ........ Providence (Ireland) '91
17:22.58 .................. Villanova# '89
17:22.72 .............. Wisconsin (US) '90
17:22.82 .............. Tennessee (US) '90
17:29.32 ................. Villanova # '97
17:30.10 .................. Villanova# '91
17:30.38 ................. Villanova # '00
17:33.79 ................. Villanova # '95
17:36.60 ............... Colorado (US) '96SPRINT MEDLEY
3:41.97 ................... Texas (US) '88
3:42.10 ....... South Sprint Club (US) '96
3:42.39 ................... Texas (US) '00
3:42.88 .............. Arizona State # '95
3:43.11 ................. Florida (US) '91
3:43.34 ............... Arizona State# '94
3:43.55 ............... Tennessee (US) '91
3:43.80 ................. Florida (US) '96
3:44.07 ............... George Mason # '98
3:44.08 ..................... Clemson# '92DISTANCE MEDLEY
10:48.38 .............. Villanova (US) '88
10:53.27 .............. Villanova (US) '84
10:53.37 .............. Villanova (US) '89
10:54.08 .............. Tennessee (US) '90
10:54.34i ............. Villanova (US) '88
10:55.00 .................. Arkansas # '00
10:55.46 .............. Villanova (US) '87
10:55.71 .................... Tulane # '99
10:56.12 .................... BYU (US) '00
10:57.51 .................... BYU (US) '99
4 x 100 HURDLES
52.00 ......................... Russia '92
52.30 ........................ Ukraine '93
53.14+ ......................... LSU # '91
53.39 .................. Illinois (US) '96
53.46 .................. Essex CC (US) '98
53.63 .................. Great Britain '93
53.83 .......................... LSU # '96
53.88 ........................ Miami # '96
53.94+ ......................... LSU # '92
54.01 ................. Texas A&M (US) '97
............................ LSU (US) '99HIGH JUMP
2.09 6-10 1/4..Stefka Kostadinova (Bul) '87
2.07 6-9 1/2....Lyudmila Andonova (Bul) '84
i ................Heike Henkel (Ger) '92
2.05 6-8 3/4.........Tamara Bykova (SU) '84
...............Inga Babakova (Ukr) '95
2.04 6-8 1/4.........Silvia Costa (Cub) '89
i ...............Alina Astafei (Ger) '95
...............Hestrie Cloete (SA) '99
2.03 6-8...........Ulrike Meyfarth (WG) '83
................Louise Ritter (US) '88
.............Tatyana Motkova (Rus) '95
.............Niki Bakogianni (Gre) '96
.............Venelina Veneva (Bul) '98POLE VAULT
4.62i 15-1 3/4........Stacy Dragila (US) '00
4.60 15-1.............Emma George (Aus) '99
4.56i 14-11 1/2.....Nicole Humbert (Ger) '99
4.55 14-11....Anzhela Balakhonova (Ukr) '99
4.51 14-9 1/2.....Daniela Bártová (Cze) '98
........... Zsuzsa Szabó (Hun) '99
4.50 14-9......Tatiana Grigorieva (Aus) '99
i ..................Mel Mueller (US) '99
i ..............Nastja Ryshich (Ger) '99
4.46 14-7 1/2....Yelena Belyakova (Rus) '99
i ................Kellie Suttle (US) '99
LONG JUMP
7.52 24-8 1/4...Galina Chistyakova (SU) '88
7.49 24-7.....Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) '94
7.48 24-6 1/2......Heike Drechsler (EG) '88
7.43 24-4 1/2....Anisoara Stanciu (Rom) '83
7.39 24-3........Yelena Belevskaya (SU) '87
7.37 24-2 1/4......Inessa Kravets (Ukr) '92
7.31 23-11 3/4.....Yelena Kokonova (SU) '85
.................Marion Jones (US) '98
7.26(A) 23-10..........Maurren Maggi (Bra) '99
7.24 23-9........Larisa Berezhnaya (SU) '91TRIPLE JUMP
15.50 50-10 1/4.....Inessa Kravets (Ukr) '95
15.20 49-10 1/2...Sárka Kaspárková (Cze) '97
15.18 49-9 3/4......Iva Prandzheva (Bul) '95
15.16 49-9.........Rodica Mateescu (Rom) '97
i .................Ashia Hansen (GB) '98
15.09 49-6 1/4......Anna Biryukova (Rus) '93
.............Inna Lasovskaya (Rus) '97
15.07 49-5 1/2..Paraskevi Tsiamita (Gre) '99
15.03i 49-3 3/4........Yolanda Chen (Rus) '95
14.94 49-1/4......Tatyana Lebedeva (Rus) '99
i ............Cristina Nicolau (Rom) '00SHOT
22.63 74-3.......Natalya Lisovskaya (SU) '87
22.50i 73-10.....Helena Fibingerová (Cze) '77
22.45 73-8.........Ilona Briesenick (EG) '80
22.19 72-9 3/4........Claudia Losch (WG) '87
21.89 71-10.......Ivanka Khristova (Bul) '76
21.86 71-8 3/4........Marianne Adam (EG) '79
21.76 71-4 3/4............Li Meisu (Chn) '88
21.73 71-3 1/2...Natalya Akhrimenko (SU) '88
21.69 71-2............Vita Pavlysh (Ukr) '98
21.66 71-3/4............Sui Xinmei (Chn) '90DISCUS
76.80 252-0........Gabriele Reinsch (EG) '88
74.56 244-7.........Zdenka Silhavá (Cze) '84
.................Ilke Wyludda (EG) '89
74.08 243-0............Diana Gansky (EG) '87
73.84 242-3........Daniela Costian (Rom) '88
73.36 240-8.........Irina Meszynski (EG) '84
73.28 240-5........Galina Yermakova (SU) '84
73.22 240-3....Tsvetanka Khristova (Bul) '87
73.10 239-10...........Gisela Beyer (EG) '84
72.92 239-3........Martina Hellmann (EG) '87HAMMER
76.07 249-7........Mihaela Melinte (Rom) '99
74.30 243-9.........Olga Kuzenkova (Rus) '99
72.09 236-6..Tatyana Konstantinova (Rus) '99
70.16 230-2............Dawn Ellerbe (US) '99
68.40 224-5........Bianca Achilles (Ger) '99
68.27 223-11......Lyudmila Gubkina (Blr) '99
68.21 223-9.........Svetlana Sudak (Blr) '99
68.11 223-5......Manuela Montebrun (Fra) '99
67.64 221-11.........Katalin Divós (Hun) '99
67.48 221-5..........Alla Davydova (Rus) '96JAVELIN
68.19 223-8........Trine Hattestad (Nor) '99
67.09 220-1.........Mirela Tzelili (Gre) '99
66.91 219-6..........Tanja Damaske (Ger) '99
66.49 218-1......Osleidys Menéndez (Cub) '99
66.37 217-9.....Tatyana Shikolenko (Rus) '99
66.03 216-7..........Louise Currey (Aus) '99
65.17 213-9...........Karen Forkel (Ger) '99
64.61 211-11.......Oksana Makarova (Rus) '99
64.34 211-1........Oksana Yarygina (Rus) '99
64.05 210-1............Sonia Bicet (Cub) '00HEPTATHLON
7291 ....... Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) '88
7007 ............ Larisa Nikitina (SU) '89
6985 .............. Sabine Braun (Ger) '92
6946 ................ Sabine John (EG) '84
6942 .............. Ghada Shouaa (Syr) '96
6935 ............. Ramona Neubert (EG) '83
6861 ............. Eunice Barber (Fra) '99
6859 ......... Natalya Shubenkova (SU) '84
6858 ................ Anke Behmer (EG) '88
6845 .............. Irina Belova (Rus) '92