World Indoor Records—WomenIndoor 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) | Track Events |
| 50 | 5.96 | Irina Privalova (Russia) | Madrid, Spain | 2/09/95 | | 60 | 6.92 | Irina Privalova (Russia) | Madrid, Spain | 2/11/93 | | | 6.92 | Irina Privalova (Russia) | Madrid, Spain | 2/09/95 | | 200 | 21.87 | Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) | Liévin, France | 2/13/93 | | 400 | 49.59 | Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) | Milan, Italy | 3/07/82 | | 800 | 1:55.82 | Jolanda Čeplak (Slovenia) | Vienna, Austria | 3/03/02 | | 1000 | 2:30.94 | Maria Mutola (Mozambique) | Stockholm, Sweden | 2/25/99 | | 1500 | 3:58.28 | Yelena Soboleva (Russia) | Moscow, Russia | 2/18/06 | | Mile | 4:17.14 | Doina Melinte (Romania) | East Rutherford, New Jersey | 2/09/90 | | 3000 | 8:23.72 | Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) | Stuttgart, Germany | 2/03/07 | | 2 Miles | 9:06.26 | Meseret Defar (Ehiopia) | Prague, Czech Republic | 2/26/09 | | | (this event not officially recognized for WRs by the IAAF) | | 5000 | 14:24.37 | Meseret Defar (Ehiopia) | Stockholm, Sweden | 2/18/09 | | 50H | 6.58 | Cornelia Oschkenat (East Germany) | Berlin, East Germany | 2/20/88 | | 60H | 7.68 | Susanna Kallur (Sweden) | Karlsruhe, Germany | 2/10/08 | | Relay Events |
| 4 x 400 | 3:23.37 | Russia | Glasgow, Scotland | 1/28/06 | | | (Yuliya Gushchina 51.75, Olga Kotlyarova 50.40, Olga Zaytseva 51.03, Olesya Krasnomovets 50.19) | | 4 x 800 | 8:18.54 | Russia | Volgograd, Russia | 2/11/07 | | | (Anna Balakshina, Natalya Pantelyeva, Anna Emashova, Olesya Chumakova) | | Distance Medley | 10:50.98 | Tennessee (US) | College Station, Texas | 3/13/09 | | | (Phoebe Wright 3:23.18, Brittany Jones 53.51, Chanelle Price 2:03.18, Sarah Bowman 4:31.11)
(this event not officially recognized for WRs by the IAAF) | | Field Events |
| High Jump | 2.08 | 6-9.75 | Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) | Arnstadt, Germany | 2/04/06 | | Pole Vault | 5.00 | 16-4.75 | Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) | Donets’k, Ukraine | 2/15/09 | | Long Jump | 7.37 | 24-2.25 | Heike Drechsler (East Germany) | Vienna, Austria | 2/13/88 | | Triple Jump | 15.36 | 50-4.75 | Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) | Budapest, Hungary | 3/06/04 | | Shot | 22.50 | 73-10 | Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) | Jablonec, Czechoslovakia | 2/19/77 | | Multi Event |
| Pent | 4991 | Irina Belova (Russia) | Berlin, Germany | 2/15-15/92 | | | (8.22, 1.93/6-4, 13.25/43-5¾, 6.67/21-10¾, 2:10.26) |
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