World Records—Women

    Track 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

10/06/85

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

9:01.59

Gulnara Samitova (Russia)

Tula, Russia

8/10/03

3000

8:06.11

Junxia Wang (China)

Beijing, China

9/13/93

5000

14:24.68

Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey)

Bergen, Norway

6/11/04

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

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

17:09.75

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

    Field Events

High Jump

2.09 | 6-10.25

Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria)

Rome, Italy

8/30/87

Pole Vault

4.92 | 16-1.75

Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia)

Brussels, Belgium

9/03/04

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

76.07 | 249-7

Mihaela Melinte (Romania)

Rüdlingen, Switzerland

8/29/99

Javelin

71.54 | 234-8

Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba)

Réthimno, Greece

7/01/01

    Multi Event

Heptathlon

7291

Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US)

Seoul, South Korea

9/23-24/88

12.69, 1.86 (6-1.25), 15.80 (51-10), 22.56 [4264],
7.27 (23-10.25), 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

46:57

Elana Meyer (South Africa)

Capetown, South Africa

1/02/91

20K

1:03:26

Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain)

Bristol, England

10/06/01

Half-Marathon

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

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

1:26:22

Yan Wang (China)

Guangzhou, China

11/19/01

1:26:22

Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia)

Cheboksary, Russia

5/18/03