World records - Women
Last updated: September 2005
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Event |
Record |
Name/Surname |
Nation |
Date |
Location |
|
100m |
10.49 |
Florence Griffith-Joyner |
USA |
16/7/88 |
Indiana |
|
200m |
21.34 |
Florence Griffith-Joyner |
USA |
29/9/88 |
Seoul |
|
400m |
47.60 |
Marita Koch |
E. GER |
6/10/85 |
Canberra |
|
800m |
1:53.28 |
Jarmila Kratochvilova |
CZE |
26/7/83 |
Munich |
| 1000m | 2:28.98 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 8/23/96 | Brussels |
|
1500m |
3:50.46 |
Qu Yunxia |
CHN |
11/9/93 |
|
| Mile | 4:12.56 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 8/14/96 | Zürich |
| 2000m | 5:25.35 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRE | 7/08/94 | Edinburgh |
|
3000m |
8:06.11 |
Wang Junxia |
CHN |
13/9/93 |
Beijing |
|
5000m |
14:24.68 |
Elvan Abeylegesse |
TUR |
6/11/04 |
Bergen, Norway |
|
10000m |
29:31.78 |
Wang Junxia |
CHN |
8/9/93 |
Beijing |
|
100m h |
12.21 |
Yordanka Donkova |
BUL |
20/8/88 |
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria |
|
400m h |
52.34 |
Yuliya Pechonkina |
RUS |
8/08/03 |
Tula, Russia |
| 3000m S'chase | 9:01.59 | Gulnara Samitova | RUS | 8/10/03 | Tula, Russia |
|
Marathon |
2:15:25 |
GBR |
13/4/03 |
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10000m walk |
41:56.23 |
Nadezhda Ryashkina |
RUS |
24/7/90 |
|
|
20000m walk |
1:26:52 |
Olimpiada Ivanova |
RUS |
6/9/01 |
|
|
4 x 100m |
41.37 |
Gladisch, Rieger, Auerswald, Gohr |
GDR |
6/10/85 |
|
|
4 x 400m |
3:15.17 |
Ledovskaya, Nazarova, Pinigina, Bryzgina |
USR |
1/10/88 |
|
|
High Jump |
2.09m |
Stefka Kostadinova |
BUL |
30/8/87 |
|
|
Pole Vault |
5:01m |
RUS |
8/05 |
Helskini | |
|
Long Jump |
7.52m |
Galina Christyakova |
USR |
11/6/88 |
|
|
Triple Jump |
15.50m |
Inessa Kravets |
UKR |
10/8/95 |
|
|
Shot Putt |
22.63m |
Natalya Lisovskaya |
USR |
7/6/87 |
|
|
Discus Throw |
76.80m |
Gabriele Reinsch |
GDR |
9/7/88 |
|
|
Hammer Throw |
76.07m |
Mihaela Melinte |
ROM |
29/8/99 |
|
|
Javelin |
71.54m |
Osleidys Menendez |
CUB |
1/7/01 |
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|
Heptathlon |
7291 p. |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
USA |
23-24/9/88 |