World Records—WomenWorld Records as ratified by the IAAF
Symbols:
(A) = mark made at over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)
i = made indoors
M = miles
m = meters
p = mark still pending ratification
| Track Events |
| 100 | 10.49 | Florence Griffith Joyner (US) | Indianapolis, Indiana | 7/16/88 | | | (T&FN believes the 10.49 is illegally wind-aided and should never have been accepted as the World Record;
we think Griffith Joyner's 10.61 the next day should be the recognized mark) | | 200 | 21.34 | Florence Griffith Joyner (US) | Seoul, South Korea | 9/29/88 | | 400 | 47.60 | Marita Koch (East Germany) | Canberra, Australia | 10/06/85 | | 800 | 1:53.28 | Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) | 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 | 5:25.35 | Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) | Edinburgh, Scotland | 7/08/94 | | Steeplechase | 8:58.81 | Gulnara Galkina (Russia) | Beijing, China | 8/17/08 | | 3000 | 8:06.11 | Junxia Wang (China) | Beijing, China | 9/13/93 | | 2 Miles | 8:58.58 | Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) | Brussels, Belgium | 9/14/07 | | 5000 | 14:11.15 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | Oslo, Norway | 6/06/08 | | 10,000 | 29:31.78 | Junxia Wang (China) | Beijing, China | 9/08/93 | | 20,000 | 1:05:26.6 | Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) | Borgholzhausen, Germany | 9/03/00 | | Hour | 18,340m (11M,696y) | Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) | Borgholzhausen, Germany | 8/07/98 | | | 18.517 | Dire Tune (Ethiopia) | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 6/12/08 | | 25,000 | 1:27:05.9 | Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) | Mengerskirchen, Germany | 9/02/02 | | 30,000 | 1:45:50.0 | Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) | Warstein, Germany | 6/06/03 | | 100 Hurdles | 12.21 | Yordanka Donkova (Bulgaria) | Stara Zagora, Bulgaria | 8/20/88 | | 400 Hurdles | 52.34 | Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) | Tula, Russia | 8/08/03 | | Relay Events |
| 4 x 100 | 41.37 | East Germany | Canberra, Australia | 10/06/85 | | | (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 | 10/01/88 | | | (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 | 8/05/84 | | | (Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina, Lyudmila Borisova, Irina Podyalovskaya) | | 4 x 1500 | 17:08.34p | Tennessee | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 4/24/09 | | | [Chanelle Price 4:19.5, Phoebe Wright 4:19.0, Rolanda Bell 4:19.6, Sarah Bowman 4:10.2]
(note: this is not an official IAAF event, even though it is on the men’s side] | | | 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) | | Sprint Medley | 3:34.56p | Jamaica | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 4/25/09 | | | (Sherri-Ann Brooks, Rosemarie Whyte, Moya Thompson 51.7, Kenia Sinclair 1:57.43)
[note: this is not an official IAAF event] | | Field Events |
| High Jump | 2.09 | 6-10.25 | Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) | Rome, Italy | 8/30/87 | | Pole Vault | 5.06 | 16-7.25 | Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) | Zürich, Switzerland | 8/28/09 | | Long Jump | 7.52 | 24-8.25 | Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union) | St. Petersburg, Russia | 6/11/88 | | Triple Jump | 15.50 | 50-10.25 | Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) | Göteborg, Sweden | 8/10/95 | | Shot | 22.63 | 74-3 | Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) | Moscow, Russia | 6/07/87 | | Discus | 76.80 | 252-0 | Gabriele Reinsch (East Germany) | Neubrandenburg, Germany | 7/09/88 | | Hammer | 77.96 | 255-9 | Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) | Berlin, Germany | 8/22/09 | | Javelin | 72.28 | 237-2 | Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) | Stuttgart, Germany | 9/13/08 | | Multi Event |
| Heptathlon | 7291 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) | Seoul, South Korea | 9/23-24/88 | | | (12.69, 1.86/6-1¼, 15.80/51-10, 22.56 [4264],
7.27/23-10¼, 45.66/149-10, 2:08.51 [3027]) | | Road Events |
| 10K | 30:21 | Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2/23/03 | | 15K | 46:28 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | Nijmegen, Holland | 11/15/09 | | 20K | 62:57 | Lornah Kiplagat (Holland) | Udine, Italy | 10/14/07 | | Half-Marathon | 66:25 | Lornah Kiplagat (Holland) | Udine, Italy | 10/14/07 | | 25K | 1:22:13 | Mizuki Noguchi (Japan) | Berlin, Germany | 9/25/05 | | 30K | 1:38:49 | Mizuki Noguchi (Japan) | Berlin, Germany | 9/25/05 | | Marathon | 2:15:25 | Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) | London, England | 4/13/03 | | 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) | | Walk Events |
| 10,000 | 41:56.23 | Nadezhda Ryashkina (SU) | Seattle, Washington | 7/24/90 | | 10K Road | 41:04:00 | Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia) | Sochi, Russia | 4/20/96 | | 20,000 | 1:26:52.3 | Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia) | Brisbane, Australia | 9/06/01 | | 20K Road | 1:25:41 | Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia) | Helsinki, Finland | 8/07/05 |
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