List of world records in athletics (Women)

Outdoor world records :

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Place

100 m Progression 10.49 Florence Griffith Joyner United States 16 July 1988 Indianapolis, USA

200 m 21.34 Florence Griffith Joyner United States 29 September 1988 Seoul, S. Korea

400 m 47.60 Marita Koch East Germany 6 October 1985 Canberra, Australia

800 m Progression 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia 26 July 1983 Munich, Germany

1000 metres 2:28.98 Svetlana Masterkova Russia 23 August 1996 Brussels, Belgium

1500 metres Progression 3:50.46 Qu Yunxia China 11 September 1993 Beijing, China

Mile Progression 4:12.56 Svetlana Masterkova Russia 14 August 1996 Zürich, Switzerland

2000 metres 5:25.36 Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland 8 July 1994 Edinburgh, Scotland

3000 metres Progression 8:06.11 Wang Junxia China 13 September 1993 Beijing, PR China

5000 metres Progression 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia 6 June 2008 Oslo, Norway

10,000 metres Progression 29:31.78 Wang Junxia China 8 September 1993 Beijing, PR China

10 kilometres (road) 30:21 Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom 23 February 2003 San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA

15 kilometres (road) 46:55 Kayoko Fukushi Japan 5 February 2006 Marugame, Japan

One hour 18.517 km Dire Tune Ethiopia 12 June 2008 Ostrava, Czech Republic

20,000 m 1:05:26.6 Tegla Loroupe Kenya 3 September 2000 Borgholzhausen, Germany

20 kilometres (road) 1:02:57 Lornah Kiplagat Netherlands 14 October 2007 Udine, Italy

Half Marathon (road) 1:06:25 Lornah Kiplagat Netherlands 14 October 2007 Udine, Italy

25,000 m 1:27:05.9 Tegla Loroupe Kenya 21 September 2002 Mengerskirchen, Germany

25 kilometres (road) 1:22:13 Mizuki Noguchi Japan 25 September 2005 Berlin, Germany

30,000 m 1:45:50.0 Tegla Loroupe Kenya 7 June 2003 Warstein, Germany

30 kilometres (road) 1:38:49 Mizuki Noguchi Japan 25 November 2005 Berlin, Germany

Marathon Progression 2:15:25 Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom 13 April 2003 London, England, UK

100 kilometres (road) 6:33:11 Tomoe Abe Japan 25 June 2000 Tokoro, Japan

3000 m steeplechase 8:58.81 Gulnara Samitova Russia 17 August 2008 Beijing, China

100 m hurdles Progression 12.21 s Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria 20 August 1988 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

400 m hurdles Progression 52.34 s Yuliya Pechonkina Russia 8 August 2003 Tula, Russia

High jump Progression 2.09 m Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria 30 August 1987 Rome, Italy

Pole vault Progression 5.05 m Yelena Isinbayeva Russia 18 August 2008 Beijing, China

Long jump 7.52 m Galina Chistyakova Soviet Union 11 June 1988 Leningrad, USSR

Triple jump Progression 15.50 Inessa Kravets Ukraine 10 August 1995 Göteborg, Sweden

Shot put Progression 22.63 Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union 7 June 1987 Moscow, USSR

Discus 76.80 Gabriele Reinsch East Germany 9 July 1988 Neubrandenburg, Germany

Hammer throw 77.80 m[4] Tatyana Lysenko Russia 15 August 2006 Tallinn, Estonia

Javelin 72.28 m (Current design) Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic 13 September 2008 Stuttgart, Germany

80.00 m (old design) Petra Felke East Germany 9 September 1988 Potsdam, Germany

Heptathlon 7291 pts Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States 24 September 1988 Seoul, S. Korea 12.69 s (100 m hurdles), 1.86 m (high jump), 15.80 m (shot put), 22.56 s (200 m), 7.27 m (long jump), 45.66 m (javelin), 2:08.51 (800 m)

Decathlon 8358 pts Austra Skujytė Lithuania 14 April 2005 –15 April 2005 Columbia, USA

12.49 s (100 m), 46.19 m (discus), 3.10 m (pole vault), 48.78 m (javelin), 57.19 s (400 m), 14.22 s (100 m hurdles), 6.12 m (long jump), 16.42 m (shot put), 1.78 m (high jump), 5:15.86 (1500 m)

10000 m walk (track) 41:56.23 Nadezhda Ryashkina Soviet Union 24 July 1990 Seattle, USA

20000 m walk (track) 1:26:52.3 Olimpiada Ivanova Russia 6 September 2001 Brisbane, Australia

20 km walk (road) Progression 1:25:41 Olimpiada Ivanova Russia 7 August 2005 Helsinki, Finland

4x100 m relay 41.37 Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger,Ingrid Auerswald,
Marlies Göhr East Germany 6 October 1985 Canberra, Australia

4x200 m relay 1:27.46 LaTasha Jenkins,LaTasha Colander-Richardson,Nanceen Perry,
Marion Jones United States 29 April 2000 Philadelphia, USA

4x400 m relay 3:15.17 Tatyana Ledovskaya,Olga Nazarova,Mariya Pinigina,Olga Bryzgina Soviet Union 1 October 1988 Seoul, S. Korea

4x800 m relay 7:50.17 Nadezhda Olizarenko,Lyubov Gurina,Lyudmila Borisova,
Irina Podyalovskaya Soviet Union 5 August 1984 Moscow, USSR