*** WORLD RECORD PROGRESSION ***
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100 Metres [TOP] FSFI era: 13.6 Marie Mejzlíková II TCH Praha 050822 12.8 Mary Lines GBR Paris 200822 12.8 Marie Mejzlíková II TCH Praha 130523 12.7 Emmy Haux GER Frankfurt-am-Main 210525 12.4 Leni Schmidt GER Leipzig 300825 12.2 Leni Junker GER Wiesbaden 130925 12.4 Gundel Wittmann GER Braunschweig 220826 12.2 Leni Junker GER Hannover 290826 12.1 Gertrud Gladitsch GER Stuttgart 030727 12.2 Kinue Hitomi JPN Osaka 200528 12.0 Betty Robinson USA Chicago 020628 12.0 Myrtle Cook CAN Halifax 020728 12.2 Elizabeth Robinson USA Amsterdam 010828 12.0 Tollien Schuurman NED Amsterdam 310830 12.0 Leni Junker/Thymm GER Magdeburg 010831 12.0 Leni Thymm GER Magdeburg 010831 12.0 Leni Thymm GER Magdeburg 020831 11.9 Tollien Schuurman NED Haarlem 050632 11.9 Tollien Schuurman NED Amsterdam 120632 11.9 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Los Angeles 010832 11.9 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Los Angeles 010832 11.9 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Los Angeles 020832 11.9 Hilda Strike CAN Los Angeles 020832 11.9 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Chicago 180832 11.9 Tollien Schuurman NED Amsterdam 160733 11.9 Tollien Schuurman NED Deventer 230733 11.9 Tollien Schuurman NED Bruxelles 130833 11.9 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Bruxelles 130833 11.9 Tollien Schuurman NED Groningen 030933 11.8 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Warszawa 040933 11.8 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Poznañ 170833 11.9 Tollien Schuurman NED Hilversum 010734 11.6 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Warszawa 040834 11.9 Käthe Krauss GER London 110834 11.8 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Poznañ 190834 IAAF era: 11.7 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Warszawa 260834 11.7 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Tokyo 281034 11.9 Helen Stephens USA Fulton 100435 11.9 Helen Stephens USA Warrenton 100535 11.8 Helen Stephens USA St. Louis 010635 11.6 Helen Stephens USA Kansas City 080635 11.6 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Cleveland 100635 11.6 Helen Stephens USA New York 140935 11.5 Helen Stephens USA Memphis 150536 11.5 Helen Stephens USA Dresden 100836 11.6 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Berlin 010837 11.5 Lulu Mae Hymes USA Tuskegee 060539 11.5 Rowena Harrison USA Tuskegee 060539 11.5 Fanny Blankers-Koen NED Amsterdam 050943 11.5 Fanny Blankers-Koen NED Amsterdam 130648 11.5(11.65) Marjorie Jackson AUS Helsinki 220752 11.5 Marjorie Jackson AUS Helsinki 220752 11.5 Fanny Blankers-Koen NED Frechen 280952 11.4 Marjorie Jackson AUS Gifu 041052 11.3 Shirley Strickland AUS Warszawa 040855 11.3 Vera Krepkina URS Kiev 130958 11.3(11.41) Wilma Rudolph USA Roma 020960 11.3 Wilma Rudolph USA Moskva 150761 11.2 Wilma Rudolph USA Stuttgart 190761 11.2a(11.23) Wyomia Tyus USA Tokyo 150464 11.1 Ewa K³obukowska # POL Praha 090765 11.1 Irena Kirszenstein POL Praha 090765 11.1 Wyomia Tyus USA Kiev 310765 11.1 Barbara Ferrell USA Santa Barbara 020767 11.1 Wyomia Tyus USA Ciudad de México 210468 11.1 Lyudmila Samotyosova URS Leninakan 150868 11.1 Margaret Bailes USA Aurora 180868 11.1 Margaret Bailes USA Aurora 180868 11.1a(11.12) Barbara Ferrell USA Ciudad de México 141068 11.1a(11.20) Irena Kirszenstein/Szewiñska POL Ciudad de México 141068 11.0a(11.08) Wyomia Tyus USA Ciudad de México 151068 11.0 Chi Cheng TPE Wien 180770 11.0 Renate Meissner GDR Berlin 020870 11.0 Renate Meissner/Stecher GDR Berlin 310771 11.0 Renate Stecher GDR Potsdam 030672 11.0 Ellen Strophal GDR Potsdam 150672 11.0 Eva Glesková TCH Budapest 010772 11.0 Renate Stecher GDR Potsdam 190872 10.9 Renate Stecher GDR Ostrava 070673 10.9 Renate Stecher GDR Leipzig 300673 10.9 Renate Stecher GDR Dresden 200773 The following mark was the final performance of the hand-timing era to be ratified by the IAAF as a world record: 10.8(11.07) Renate Stecher GDR Dresden 200773 * Questionable sex status # Disqualified from women's competition in 1967 following a femininity control test. In 1970, the IAAF deleted all records by K³obukowska Electric timing (Official from 1 Jan 1975): 12.18 Winsome Cripps AUS Helsinki 210752 12.18 Catherine Hardy USA Helsinki 210752 11.86 Marjorie Jackson AUS Helsinki 210752 11.72 Marjorie Jackson AUS Helsinki 220752 11.65 Marjorie Jackson AUS Helsinki 220752 11.65 Wilma Rudolph USA Roma 010960 11.41 Wilma Rudolph USA Roma 020960 11.23 Wyomia Tyus USA Tokyo 150464 11.21 Wyomia Tyus USA Ciudad de México 141068 11.12 Barbara Ferrell USA Ciudad de México 141068 11.08 Wyomia Tyus USA Ciudad de México 151068 11.07 Renate Stecher GDR München 020972 11.07 Renate Stecher GDR Dresden 200773 11.04 Inge Helten FRG Fürth 130676 11.01 Annegret Richter FRG Montréal 250776 10.88 Marlies Oelsner GDR Dresden 010777 10.88 Marlies Oelsner/Göhr GDR Karl Marx Stadt 090782 10.87 Lyudmila Kondratyeva URS Leningrad 030680 10.81 Marlies Göhr GDR Berlin 080683 10.79 Evelyn Ashford USA Air Force Academy 030783 10.76 Evelyn Ashford USA Zürich 220884 10.49 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA Indianapolis 160788 200 Metres/220 Yards (Turn) [TOP] y denotes 220 yards (= 201.17 m) FSFI era: 28.6 Marie Mejzlíková I TCH Paris 210522 27.8/28.0y Alice Cast GBR Paris 200822 27.0y Mary Lines GBR London 200922 26.8y Mary Lines GBR Waddon 230922 26.8y Gladys Elliott GBR Nottingham 240524 26.2y Eileen Edwards GBR London 200824 26.1y Rosa Grosse CAN Blandford 010825 26.1 Eileen Edwards GBR Stockholm 310826 26.0y Rosa Grosse CAN Toronto 140926 25.8y Eileen Edwards GBR Romford 180926 26.0 Eileen Edwards GBR Paris 031026 25.4 Eileen Edwards GBR Berlin 120627 25.8y Eileen Edwards GBR Reading 090727 25.8y Edna Potter GBR London 230628 25.8y Kinue Hitomi JPN London 140728 25.8y Marion King GBR London 140728 25.8y Agnes Morris CAN Hamilton 010529 25.4y Ivy Walker GBR London 160630 25.4y Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Dallas 040730 25.2y Nellie Halstead GBR London 160830 25.1y Betty Robinson USA Milwaukee 200631 24.6 Tollien Schuurman NED Bruxelles 130833 24.6 Käthe Krauss GER Berlin 010734 24.6 Käthe Krauss GER Nürnberg 280734 24.5 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Warszawa 040834 25.0y Eileen Hiscock GBR London 070834 24.5 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Poznañ 190834 24.8y Barbara Burke SAF Pretoria 220435 24.4 Helen Stephens USA St. Louis 010635 23.6 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Warszawa 040835 IAAF era: 24.3y Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Cleveland 090635 23.6 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Warszawa 150835 24.1 Helen Stephens USA Wuppertal 190836 24.9y Decima Norman AUS Sydney 100238 24.9y Aileen Meagher CAN Sydney 100238 24.5y Decima Norman AUS Sydney 100238 24.1y Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Cleveland 120638 24.0y Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Cleveland 180639 24.3y Marjorie Jackson AUS Auckland 090250 24.2y Fanny Blankers-Koen NED Brescia 290650 24.0 Fanny Blankers-Koen NED Bruxelles 270850 23.6(23.74) Marjorie Jackson AUS Helsinki 250752 23.4(23.59) Marjorie Jackson AUS Helsinki 250752 24.0y Marjorie Jackson/Nelson AUS Vancouver 050854 23.8y Christa Stubnick GDR Erfurt 290555 23.6y Maria Itkina URS Kiev 220756 23.2 Berry Cuthbert AUS Sydney 160956 23.6y Berry Cuthbert AUS Perth 180158 23.5y Berry Cuthbert AUS Sydney 080358 23.4y Marlene Willard AUS Sydney 220358 23.2y Berry Cuthbert AUS Hobart 070360 22.9 Wilma Rudolph USA Corpus Christi 090760 23.2y Margaret Burvill AUS Perth 120163 22.9y Margaret Burvill AUS Perth 220264 22.7 Irena Kirszenstein POL Warszawa 080865 22.7 Irena Kirszenstein POL Chorzów 010767 22.5a(22.58) Irena Kirszenstein/Szewiñska POL Ciudad de México 181068 22.7y Chi Cheng TPE Portland 130670 22.6y Chi Cheng TPE Los Angeles 030770 22.4(22.62) Chi Cheng TPE München 120770 22.4a(22.40) Renate Stecher GDR München 070972 22.4 Renate Stecher GDR Leipzig 010773 The following mark was the final performance of the hand-timing era to be ratified by the IAAF as a world record: 22.1(22.38) Renate Stecher GDR Dresden 210773 * Questionable gender status Electric timing (Official from 1 Jan 1975): 25.03 Sylvia Cheeseman GBR Helsinki 250752 24.48 Nadezhda Khnykina URS Helsinki 250752 23.74 Marjorie Jackson AUS Helsinki 250752 23.59 Marjorie Jackson AUS Helsinki 250752 23.55 Berry Cuthbert AUS Melbourne 301156 23.30 Wilma Rudolph USA Roma 030960 23.05 Edith McGuire USA Tokyo 191064 22.94 Barbara Ferrell USA Ciudad de México 171068 22.86 Barbara Ferrell USA Ciudad de México 171068 22.58 Irena Szewiñska POL Ciudad de México 181068 22.40 Renate Stecher GDR München 070972 22.38 Renate Stecher GDR Dresden 210773 22.21 Irena Szewiñska POL Potsdam 130674 22.06 Marita Koch GDR Erfurt 280578 22.02 Marita Koch GDR Leipzig 030679 21.71 Marita Koch GDR Karl-Marx-Stadt 100679 21.71 Marita Koch GDR Potsdam 210784 21.71 Heike Drechsler GDR Jena 290686 21.71 Heike Drechsler GDR Stuttgart 290886 21.56 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA Seoul 290988 21.34 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA Seoul 290988 400 Metres/440 Yards [TOP] y denotes 440 yards (= 402.34 m) FSFI era: 64.4y Mary Lines GBR London 170722 62.4y Mary Lines GBR Bromley 180823 60.8y Eileen Edwards GBR London 160724 59.0 Kinue Hitomi JPN Tokyo 050528 60.8y Florence Haynes GBR London 140728 60.6y Marion King GBR London 120729 59.2y Marion King GBR London 130729 58.8y Nellie Halstead GBR London 110731 58.8y Nellie Halstead GBR London 090732 56.8y Nellie Halstead GBR London 090732 56.7 Zoya Petrova URS Kiev 190950 56.0 Zoya Petrova URS Moskva 150751 56.0 Valentina Pomogayeva URS Minsk 290851 55.7 Ursula Jurewitz GDR Berlin 250653 56.6y Pamela Bryant AUS Perth 270254 55.7 Polina Solopova URS Leipzig 120654 55.5 Nina Otkalenko URS Kiev 250754 55.0 Ursula Donath GDR Budapest 060854 56.6y Diane Leather GBR London 210854 54.8 Zinaida Safronova URS Moskva 210755 54.4 Ursula Donath GDR Warszawa 050855 53.9 Maria Itkina URS Bucuresti 011055 56.5y Janet Ruff GBR London 110856 IAAF era: 57.0y Marlene Willard AUS Sydney 060157 57.0y Marise Chamberlain NZL Christchurch 160257 56.3y Nancy Boyle AUS Sydney 240257 55.2 Polina Lazareva URS Moskva 100557 54.0 Maria Itkina URS Minsk 080657 53.6 Maria Itkina URS Moskva 060757 56.1y Marise Chamberlain NZL Christchurch 080358 53.6 Maria Itkina URS Warszawa 140658 55.6y Molly Hiscox GBR London 020858 55.6y Betty Cuthbert AUS Sydney 170159 55.6y Marise Chamberlain NZL Sydney 140359 54.3y Betty Cuthbert AUS Sydney 210359 53.4/53.7y Maria Itkina URS Krasnodar 120959 53.0 Shin Keum-Dan PRK Pyongyang 221060 53.0 Shin Keum-Dan PRK Moskva 300662 53.4 Maria Itkina URS Beograd 140962 51.9 Shin Keum-Dan PRK Pyongyang 231062 53.5y Betty Cuthbert AUS Melbourne 110363 53.3y Betty Cuthbert AUS Brisbane 230363 51.4 Shin Keum-Dan PRK Jakarta 131163 51.2 Shin Keum-Dan PRK Pyongyang 211064 52.4y Judy Amoore AUS Perth 270265 51.7a(51.72) Nicole Duclos FRA Athínai 180969 51.7a(51.74) Colette Besson FRA Athínai 180969 51.0a(51.02) Marilyn Neufville JAM Edinburgh 230770 51.0a(51.08) Monika Zehrt GDR Paris 040772 49.9 Irena Szewiñska POL Warszawa 220674 The following mark was the final performance of the hand-timing era to be ratified by the IAAF as a world record: 52.2y Debra Sapenter USA Bakersfield 290674 Electric timing (Official from 1 Jan 1975): 53.12 Joy Grieveson GBR London 140963 52.77 Ann Packer GBR Tokyo 161064 52.01 Betty Cuthbert AUS Tokyo 171064 51.72 Nicole Duclos FRA Athínai 180969 51.02 Marilyn Neufville JAM Edinburgh 230770 50.98 Jelica Pavlicic YUG Sofia 030874 50.78 Riitta Salin FIN Helsinki 180874 50.14 Riitta Salin FIN Roma 040974 49.77 Christine Brehmer GDR Dresden 090576 49.75 Irena Szewiñska POL Bydgoszcz 220676 49.29 Irena Szewiñska POL Montréal 290776 49.19 Marita Koch GDR Leipzig 020778 49.03 Marita Koch GDR Potsdam 190878 48.94 Marita Koch GDR Praha 310878 48.89 Marita Koch GDR Potsdam 290879 48.60 Marita Koch GDR Torino 040879 48.16 Marita Koch GDR Athínai 080982 47.99 Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH Helsinki 100883 47.60 Marita Koch GDR Canberra 061085 800 Metres/880 Yards [TOP] y denotes 880 yards (= 804.67 m) FSFI era: 2:43.0y Phyllis Hall GBR Birmingham 130522 2:35.8y Lucille Godbold USA Mamaroneck, NY 130522 2:45.0y N. Hicks GBR Torquay 020822 2:30.4/2:31.2y Georgette Lenoir FRA Paris 200822 2:26.6y Mary Lines GBR London 300822 2:26.6y Edith Trickey GBR London 110725 2:24.8y Gladys Lane GBR London 250725 2:24.0y Edith Trickey GBR London 010825 2:23.8y Lina Radke GER Breslau (Wroc³aw) 070827 2:20.4 Inga Gentzel SWE Stockholm 160628 2:19.6 Lina Radke GER Brieg 010728 IAAF era: 2:16.8 Lina Radke GER Amsterdam 020828 2:22.7y est. Ruth Christmas GBR London 050829 2:18.2y Gladys Lunn GBR London 160830 2:16.8 Marie Dollinger GER Magdeburg 020831 2:15.8 est. Märtha Wretman SWE London 110834 2:15.6 Nellie Halstead GBR London 100835 2:17.4y Olive Hall GBR Birmingham 250736 2:15.3 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva URS Kharkov 090938 2:15.3 Kseniya Shilo URS Moskva 260840 2:12.0 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva URS Moskva 050843 2:15.9 Anna Larsson SWE Stockholm 270844 2:14.8 Anna Larsson SWE Hälsingborg 190845 2:13.8 Anna Larsson SWE Stockholm 300845 2:15.6y Anna Larsson SWE Stockholm 050945 2:10.0 Marit Hemstad-Oisted NOR Oslo 160846 2:13.0 Yevdokaiya Vasilyeva URS Moskva 170750 2:12.2 Valentina Pomogayeva URS Moskva 260751 2:12.0 Nina Pletnyova URS Minsk 260851 2:11.7 Polina Solopova URS Kiev 270552 2:08.5 Nina Pletnyova URS Kiev 150652 2:14.4y Enid Harding GBR London 300852 2:14.5y Valerie Ball GBR London 170952 2:08.2 Nina Pletnyova/Otkalenko URS Moskva 070653 2:12.6y Ursula Jurewitz GDR Budapest 190853 2:07.3 Nina Otkalenko URS Moskva 270853 2:11.6y Aranka Kazi HUN Budapest 290554 2:09.0y Diane Leather GBR London 190654 2:08.4y Nina Otkalenko URS Moskva 180654 2:06.6 Nina Otkalenko URS Kiev 160954 2:06.4 Nina Otkalenko URS Beograd 190955 2:05.0 Nina Otkalenko URS Zagreb 240955 2:06.6y Nina Otkalenko URS Moskva 100656 2:04.3 Lyudmilla Shevtsova URS Moskva 030760 2:04.3(2:04.50) Lyudmilla Shevtsova URS Roma 070960 2:06.1y Joy Jordan GBR Welwyn Garden City 240960 2:01.2 Shin Keum-Dan PRK Pyongyang 010561 2:01.2/2:02.0y Dixie Willis AUS Perth 030362 1:59.1 Shin Keum-Dan PRK Jakarta 121163 1:58.0 Shin Keum-Dan PRK Pyongyang 050964 2:01.1 Ann Packer GBR Tokyo 201064 2:01.0 Judy Pollock AUS Helsinki 280667 2:02.0y Judy Pollock AUS Stockholm 050767 2:00.5 Vera Nikolic YUG London 200768 1:58.5a(1:58.45) Hildegard Falck FRG Stuttgart 110771 2:02.0y Madeline Jackson USA Philadelphia 130572 1:57.5a(1:57.48) Svetla Zlateva BUL Athínai 240873 1:56.0 Valentina Gerasimova URS Kiev 120676 1:54.9a(1:54.94) Tatyana Kazankina URS Montréal 260776 1:54.9a(1:54.85) Nadezhda Olizarenko URS Moskva 120680 1:53.5a(1:53.43) Nadezhda Olizarenko URS Moskva 270780 Timing to hundredths (Official from 1 Jan 81): 1:53.43 Nadezhda Olizarenko URS Moskva 270780 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH München 260783 1500 Metres [TOP] FSFI era: 5:18.2 Anna Muskina URS Moskva 190827 5:07.0 Anna Muskina URS Alma-Ata 160934 5:02.0 Lydia Freiberg URS Moskva 130736 4:47.2 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva URS Moskva 300736 4:45.2 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva URS Moskva 130937 4:41.8 Anna Zaytseva/Bosenko URS Moskva 100640 4:38.0 Yevdokiya Vasilyeva URS Moskva 170844 4:37.8 Olga Ovsyannikova URS Dnepropetrovsk 150946 4:37.0 Nina Pletnyova URS Leningrad 300852 4:35.4 Phyllis Perkins GBR Hornchurch 170556 4:30.0 Diane Leather GBR Hornchurch 160557 4:29.7 Diane Leather GBR London 190757 4:19.0 Marise Chamberlain NZL Perth 081262 IAAF era: 4:17.3 Ann Smith GBR Chiswick 030667 4:15.6 Maria Gommers NED Sittard 241067 4:12.4 Paola Pigni ITA Milano 020769 4:10.7a(4:10.77) Jaroslava Jehlièková TCH Athínai 200969 4:09.6a(4:09.62) Karin Burneleit GDR Helsinki 150871 4:06.9 Lyudmila Bragina URS Moskva 180772 4:06.5a(4:06.47) Lyudmila Bragina URS München 040972 4:05.1a(4:05.07) Lyudmila Bragina URS München 070972 4:01.4a(4:01.38) Lyudmila Bragina URS München 090972 3:56.0 Tatyana Kazankina URS Podolsk 280676 3:55.0 Tatyana Kazankina URS Moskva 060780 3:52.5a(3:52.47) Tatyana Kazankina URS Zürich 130880 Timing to hundredths (Official from 1 Jan 81): 3:52.47 Tatyana Kazankina URS Zürich 130880 3:50.46 Qu Yungxia CHN Beijing 110993 3000 Metres [TOP] Marks achieved before the event was recognised for record purposes: 14:44.4 Ana Cicanei ROM 27 11:29 est. Joan Hall GBR London 300553 10:56 est. Phyllis Perkins GBR London 220554 10:55 est. Phyllis Perkins GBR London 250655 10:26 est. Leila Buckland GBR London 270855 10:16 est. June Bridgland GBR London 250856 9:44.0 Roberta Picco CAN Don Mills 230766 9:42.8 Paola Pigni ITA Formia 110569 9:38.0 Paola Pigni ITA Milano 020969 9:26.9 Doris Brown USA Bakersfield 100771 9:23.4 Joyce Smith GBR London 160771 9:09.2 Paola Pigni/Cacchi ITA Formia 110572 IAAF era: 8:53.0 Lyudmila Bragina URS Moskva 120872 8:52.8a(8:52.74) Lyudmila Bragina URS Durham, NC 060774 8:46.6 Grete Andersen/Waitz NOR Oslo 240675 8:45.4 Grete Waitz NOR Oslo 210676 8:27.2a(8:27.12) Lyudmila Bragina URS College Park 070876 Timing to hundredths (Official from 1 Jan 81): 8:27.12 Lyudmila Bragina URS College Park 070876 8:26.78 Svetlana Ulmasova URS Kiev 250782 8:22.62 Tatyana Kazankina URS Leningrad 260884 8:22.06 Zhang Linli CHN Beijing 120993 8:12.19 Wang Junxia CHN Beijing 120993 8:06.11 Wang Junxia CHN Beijing 130993 5000 Metres [TOP] Marks achieved before the event was recognised for record purposes: 16:17.4 Paola Pigni ITA Formia 110569 15:53.6 Paola Pigni ITA Milano 020969 15:41.4 Natalya Marasescu ROM Oradea 160377 15:37.0 Janice Merrill USA Mainz 110777 15:35.52 Kathy Mills USA Knoxville 260578 15:08.8 mixed Loa Olafsson DEN Sollerod 300578 15:33.8 Janice Merrill USA Durham 190579 15:30.6 Janice Merrill USA Stanford 220380 15:28.43 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR Oslo 110781 15:24.6 Yelena Sipatova URS Podolsk 060981 IAAF era: 15:14.51 Paula Fudge GBR Knarvik 130981 15:13.22 Anne Audain NZL Auckland 170382 15:08.26 Mary Decker-Tabb USA Eugene 050682 15:01.83 Zola Budd RSA Stellenbosch 050184 14:58.89 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR Oslo 280684 14:48.07 Zola Budd GBR London 260885 14:37.33 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR Stockholm 050886 14:36.45 Fernanda Ribeiro POR Hechtel 220795 14:31.27 Dong Yanmei CHN Shanghai 211097 14:28.09 Jiang Bo CHN Shanghai 231097 14:24.68 Elvan Abeylegesse TUR Bergen 110604 10000 Metres [TOP] Marks achieved before the event was recognised for record purposes: 38:06.4 Ann O'Brien IRL Gormanstown 260367 35:30.5 Paola Pigni ITA Milano 090570 34:51.0 Kathy Gibbons USA Phoenix 120671 35:00.4 Julie Brown USA Los Angeles 290375 34:01.4 Christa Vahlensieck FRG Wolfsburg 200875 33:34.2 mixed Loa Olafsson DEN Hvidovre 190377 33:15.09 Peg Neppel USA Los Angeles 090677 31:45.4 mixed Loa Olafsson DEN Kobenhavn 060478 32:52.5 Mary Shea USA Walnut 150679 32:30.80 Olga Krentser URS Moskva 070881 IAAF era: 32:17.20 Yelena Sipatova URS Moskva 190981 31:35.3 Mary Decker-Tabb USA London 160782 31:35.01 Lyudmila Baranova URS Krasnodar 290583 31:27.58 Raisa Sadreydinova URS Odessa 070983 31:13.78 Olga Krentser/Bondarenko URS Kiev 240684 30:59.42 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR Oslo 270785 30:13.74 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR Oslo 050786 29:31.78 Wang Junxia CHN Beijing 080993 Marathon [TOP] 42,195 kilometres No official records are given here, only unofficial world bests. The IAAF only recognize running records made on a track 3:40:22 Violet Piercy GBR Chiswick 031026 3:37:07 Merry Lepper USA Culver City 161263 3:27:45 Dale Greig GBR Ryde 230564 3:19:33 Mildred Sampson NZL Auckland 210764 3:15:22 Maureen Wilton CAN Toronto 060567 3:07:26.2 Anni Pede-Erdkamp FRG Waldniel 160967 3:02:53 Caroline Walker USA Seaside 280270 3:01:42 Elizabeth Bonner USA Philadelphia 090571 3:00:35 Sara Mae Berman USA Brockton 300571 2:55:22 Elizabeth Bonner USA New York 190971 2:49:40 Cheryl Bridges USA Culver City 051271 2:46:36 Michiko Gorman USA Culver City 021273 2:46:24 Chantal Langlacé FRA Neuf Brisach 271074 2:43:54.5 Jacqueline Hansen USA Culver City 011274 2:42:42 Liane Winter FRG Boston 210475 2:40:15.8 Christa Vahlensieck FRG Dülmen 030575 2:38:19 Jacqueline Hansen USA Eugene 121075 2:35.15.4 Chantal Langlacé FRA Oyarzun 010577 2:34:47.5 Christa Vahlensieck FRG Berlin 100977 2:32:29.8 Grete Waitz NOR New York 221078 2:27:32.6 Grete Waitz NOR New York 211079 2:25:41.3 Grete Waitz NOR New York 261080 2:25:28.7 Grete Waitz NOR London 170483 2:22:43 Joan Benoit USA Boston 180483 2:21:06 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR London 210485 2:20:47 Tegla Loroupe KEN Rotterdam 190498 2:20:43 Tegla Loroupe KEN Berlin 260999 2:19:46 Naoko Takahashi JPN Berlin 300901 2:18:47 Catherine Ndereba KEN Chicago 071001 Official from 1 Jan 2003: 2:17:18 Paula Radcliffe GBR Chicago 131002 2:15:25 Paula Radcliffe GBR London 130403 3000 Metres Steeplechase [TOP] Marks achieved before the event was recognised for record purposes: 9:55.28 Daniela Petrescu ROM Bucuresti 210698 9:48.88 Yelena Motalova RUS Tula 310799 9:43.64 Cristina Iloc-Casandra ROM Bucuresti 070800 9:40.20 Cristina Iloc-Casandra ROM Reims 300800 9:25.31 Justyna B¹k POL Nice 090701 9:22.29 Justyna B¹k POL Milano 050602 9:21.72 Alesya Turova BLR Ostrava 120602 9:16.51 Alesya Turova BLR Gdañsk 270702 9:08.33 Gulnara Samitova RUS Tula 100803 9:01.59 Gulnara Samitova RUS Iráklio 040704 100 Metres Hurdles [TOP] Marks achieved before the event was recognised for record purposes: 15.1 Connie Pettersson USA Kalispell 280566 14.7 Linda Griffith GBR London 230766 14.3 Mary Rand GBR Cardiff 100966 14.3 Pat Pryce GBR Cardiff 100966 14.3 Pat Jones GBR Cardiff 100966 14.3 Eva Kucmanová TCH Cardiff 100966 13.7 Christine Perera GBR Blackburn 030667 13.5 Pam Kilborn AUS Melbourne 141067 13.5 Maureen Caird AUS Sydney 130168 13.5 Maureen Caird AUS Sydney 020268 13.4 Pam Kilborn AUS Adelaide 090368 13.3 Pam Kilborn AUS Brisbane 130369 IAAF era: 13.3 Karin Balzer GDR Warszawa 200669 13.3 Teresa Sukniewicz POL Warszawa 200669 13.0 Karin Balzer GDR Leipzig 270769 12.9 Karin Balzer GDR Berlin 050969 12.8 Teresa Sukniewicz POL Warszawa 200670 12.8(12.93) Chi Cheng TPE München 120770 12.7 Karin Balzer GDR Berlin 260770 12.7 Teresa Sukniewicz POL Warszawa 200970 12.7 Teresa Sukniewicz POL Warszawa 270970 12.7 Karin Balzer GDR Berlin 250771 12.6 Karin Balzer GDR Berlin 310771 12.5 Annelie Ehrhardt GDR Potsdam 150672 12.5(12.93) Pamela Kilborn/Ryan AUS Warszawa 280672 12.5 Annelie Ehrhardt GDR Berlin 130872 The following mark was the final performance of the hand-timing era to be ratified by the IAAF as a world record: 12.3 Annelie Ehrhardt GDR Dresden 220773 Electric timing (Official from 1 Jan 1975): 13.29 Karin Balzer GDR Athínai 200969 12.93 Chi Cheng TPE München 120770 12.93 Pamela Kilborn/Ryan AUS Warszawa 280672 12.70 Annelie Ehrhardt GDR München 040972 12.59 Annelie Ehrhardt GDR München 080972 12.48 Gra¿yna Rabsztyn POL Fürth 100678 12.48 Gra¿yna Rabsztyn POL Warszawa 180679 12.36 Gra¿yna Rabsztyn POL Warszawa 130680 12.36 Yordanka Donkova BUL Sofia 130886 12.35 Yordanka Donkova BUL Köln 170886 12.29 Yordanka Donkova BUL Köln 170886 12.26 Yordanka Donkova BUL Ljubljana 070986 12.25 Ginka Zagorcheva BUL Drama 080887 12.21 Yordanka Donkova BUL Stara Zagora 200888 400 Metres Hurdles [TOP] Marks achieved before the event was recognised for record purposes: 61.1 Sandra Dyson GBR Bonn 150571 60.7 Libuše Macounová TCH Praha 290971 60.4 Judy Vernon GBR London 210373 59.08 Wendy Koenig USA Phoenix 240373 58.6 Maria Sykora AUT Warley 270573 58.5 Maria Sykora AUT Edinburgh 160673 57.3 Maria Sykora AUT Frankfurt 230673 56.7 Danuta Piecyk POL Warszawa 110873 IAAF era: 56.51 Krystyna Kacperczyk POL Augsburg 130774 55.74 Tatyana Storozheva URS Karl-Marx-Stadt 260677 55.63 Karin Rossley GDR Helsinki 130877 55.44 Krystyna Kacperczyk POL Berlin 180878 55.31 Tatyana Zelentsova URS Podolsk 190878 54.89 Tatyana Zelentsova URS Praha 020978 54.78 Marina Makeyeva URS Moskva 270779 54.28 Karin Rossley GDR Jena 180580 54.02 Anna Ambroziené URS Moskva 110683 53.58 Margarita Ponomaryova URS Kiev 220684 53.55 Sabine Busch GDR Berlin 220985 53.32 Marina Stepanova URS Stuttgart 300886 52.94 Marina Stepanova URS Tashkent 170986 52.74 Sally Gunnell GBR Stuttgart 190893 52.61 Kim Batten USA Göteborg 100895 52.34 Yuliya Pechonkina RUS Tula 080803 High Jump [TOP] FSFI era: 1.45 Elise Constant FRA Caen 260321 1.47 Elise Constant FRA Caen 260321 1.46 Nancy Vorhees USA Simsbury 200522 1.47 Sophie Elliott-Lynn GBR Torquay 020822 1.47 Ivy Lowman GBR Monte Carlo 070423 1.485 Elizabeth Stine USA Leonia 260523 1.485 Ivy Lowman GBR London 140723 1.485 Hilda Hatt GBR London 140723 1.50 Hilda Hatt GBR London 140723 1.485 Sophie Elliott-Lynn GBR Brentwood 060823 1.51 Döring GER Berlin 100624 1.496 Elise Van Truyen BEL London 040824 1.496 Marguerite Patouillet FRA London 040824 1.51 Elise Van Truyen BEL London 040824 1.51 Phyllis Green GBR London 060625 1.51 Phyllis Green GBR Bruxelles 050725 1.524 Phyllis Green GBR London 110725 1.552 Phyllis Green GBR London 020826 1.58 Ethel Catherwood CAN Regina 060926 1.585 Marjorie Clark SAF Pietermaritzburg 031027 1.60 Marjorie Clark SAF London 230628 1.60 Ethel Catherwood CAN Halifax 020728 1.58 Carolina Gisolf NED Bruxelles 030728 1.595 Ethel Catherwood CAN Amsterdam 050828 1.605 Carolina Gisolf NED Maastricht 180829 1.62 Carolina Gisolf NED Amsterdam 120632 1.625 Jean Shiley USA Los Angeles 070832 1.625 Babe Didrikson USA Los Angeles 070832 IAAF era: 1.65 Jean Shiley USA Los Angeles 070832 1.65 Babe Didrikson USA Los Angeles 070832 1.65 Dora Greenwood GBR Southend 080633 1.65 Dorothy Odam GBR Brentwood 010636 1.66 Dorothy Odam GBR Brentwood 290539 1.66 Esther van Heerden SAF Stellenbosch 290341 1.66 Ilsebill Pfenning SUI Lugano 270741 1.67 Fanny Blankers-Koen NED Amsterdam 300543 1.69 Fanny Blankers-Koen NED Amsterdam 300543 1.71 Fanny Blankers-Koen NED Amsterdam 300543 1.72 Sheila Lerwill GBR London 070751 1.73 Aleksandra Chudina URS Kiev 220554 1.74 Thelma Hopkins GBR Belfast 050556 1.75 Iolanda Balas ROM Bucuresti 140756 1.76 Mildred McDaniel USA Melbourne 011256 1.76 Iolanda Balas ROM Bucuresti 131057 1.77 Cheng Feng-Jung CHN Beijing 171157 1.78 Iolanda Balas ROM Bucuresti 070658 1.80 Iolanda Balas ROM Cluj 220658 1.81 Iolanda Balas ROM Poiana Brasov 310758 1.82 Iolanda Balas ROM Bucuresti 041058 1.83 Iolanda Balas ROM Bucuresti 181058 1.84 Iolanda Balas ROM Bucuresti 210959 1.85 Iolanda Balas ROM Bucuresti 060660 1.86 Iolanda Balas ROM Bucuresti 100760 1.87 Iolanda Balas ROM Bucuresti 150461 1.88 Iolanda Balas ROM Warszawa 180661 1.90 Iolanda Balas ROM Budapest 080761 1.91 Iolanda Balas ROM Sofia 160761 1.92 Ilona Gusenbauer AUT Wien 040971 1.92 Ulrike Meyfarth FRG München 040972 1.94 Yordanka Blagoyeva BUL Zagreb 240972 1.94 Rosemarie Witschas GDR Berlin 240874 1.95 Rosemarie Witschas GDR Roma 080974 1.96 Rosemarie Witschas/Ackermann GDR Dresden 080576 1.96 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR Dresden 030776 1.97 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR Helsinki 140877 1.97 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR Berlin 260877 2.00 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR Berlin 260877 2.01 Sara Simeoni ITA Brescia 040878 2.01 Sara Simeoni ITA Praha 310878 2.02 Ulrike Meyfarth FRG Athínai 080982 2.03 Ulrike Meyfarth FRG London 210883 2.03 Tamara Bykova URS London 210883 2.04 Tamara Bykova URS Pisa 250883 2.05 Tamara Bykova URS Kiev 220684 2.07 Ludmilla Andonova BUL Berlin 200784 2.07 Stefka Kostadinova BUL Sofia 250586 2.08 Stefka Kostadinova BUL Sofia 310586 2.09 Stefka Kostadinova BUL Rome 300887 Pole Vault [TOP] Marks achieved before the event was recognised for record purposes: 3.05 Irene Spieker USA 79 3.59 Jana Edwards USA Fort Wayne 230783 3.72 Zhang Chunzhen CHN Guangzhou 200488 3.73 Shao Jingwen CHN Guangzhou 040588 3.75 Zhang Chunzhen CHN Nanjing 100688 3.76 Zhou Minxin CHN Fuzhou 220489 3.80 Zhang Chunzhen CHN Guangzhou 090989 3.81 Zhang Chunzhen CHN Guangzhou 240390 4.00 Zhang Chunzhen CHN Beijing 050691 4.02 Zhang Chunzhen CHN Beijing 050691 4.05 Zhang Chunzhen CHN Guangzhou 190891 IAAF era: 4.05 Sun Caiyun CHN Nanjing 210592 4.11 Sun Caiyun CHN Guangzhou 210393 4.12 Sun Caiyun CHN Guangzhou 221094 4.12 Sun Caiyun CHN Guangzhou 251194 4.12 Daniela Bártová CZE Duisburg 180695 4.13 Daniela Bártová CZE Wesel 240695 4.14 Daniela Bártová CZE Gateshead 020795 4.15 Daniela Bártová CZE Ostrava 060795 4.16 Daniela Bártová CZE Feldkirch 140795 4.17 Daniela Bártová CZE Feldkirch 150795 4.18 Andrea Mülller GER Zittau 050895 4.20 Daniela Bártová CZE Köln 180895 4.21 Daniela Bártová CZE Linz 220895 4.22 Daniela Bártová CZE Salgótarján 110995 4.23 Sun Caiyun CHN Shenzhen 041195 4.25 Emma George AUS Melbourne 301195 4.28 Emma George AUS Perth 171295 4.30 Emma George AUS Perth 280196 4.41 Emma George AUS Perth 280196 4.42 Emma George AUS Reims 290696 4.45 Emma George AUS Sapporo 140796 4.50 Emma George AUS Melbourne 080297 4.55 Emma George AUS Melbourne 200297 4.57 Emma George AUS Auckland 200298 4.58 Emma George AUS Melbourne 140398 4.59 Emma George AUS Brisbane 210398 4.60 Emma George AUS Sydney 200299 4.60 Stacy Dragila USA Sevilla 210899 4.62i Stacy Dragila USA Atlanta 030300 4.60 Stacy Dragila USA Modesto 130500 4.62 Stacy Dragila USA Phoenix 260500 4.70 Stacy Dragila USA Santa Barbara 110600 4.63 Stacy Dragila USA Sacramento 230700 4.63i Stacy Dragila USA New York 020201 4.65i Stacy Dragila USA Pocatello 100201 4.66i Stacy Dragila USA Pocatello 170201 4.70i Stacy Dragila USA Pocatello 170201 4.70 Stacy Dragila USA Pocatello 270401 4.71 Stacy Dragila USA Stanford 090601 4.81 Stacy Dragila USA Stanford 090601 4.82 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Gateshead 130703 4.83i Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Donetsk 150204 4.85i Svetlana Feofanova RUS Athína 220204 4.86i Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Budapest 060304 4.87 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Gateshead 270604 4.88 Svetlana Feofanova RUS Iráklio 040704 4.89 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Birmingham 250704 4.90 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS London 300704 4.91 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Athína 240804 4.92 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Bruxelles 030904 4.93 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Lausanne 050705 4.95 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Madrid 160705 4.96 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS London 220705 5.00 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS London 220705 5.01 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Helsinki 120805 Long Jump [TOP] Marks achieved before the event was recognised for record purposes: 5.54 Maria Kiessling GER München 290521 FSFI era: 5.16 Marie Mejzlíková II TCH Praha 060822 5.30 Marie Mejzlíková II TCH Praha 230923 5.75 Kinue Hitomi JPN Tokyo 050626 5.485 Muriel Gunn GBR London 020826 5.50 Kinue Hitomi JPN Göteborg 280826 5.575 Muriel Gunn GBR London 210926 5.60 Gertrud Gladitsch GER Schwenningen 260627 5.575 Muriel Gunn GBR London 010827 5.62 Gertrud Gladitsch GER Hannover 040927 IAAF era: 5.78 Kinue Hitomi JPN Osaka 200528 5.98 Kinue Hitomi JPN Osaka 200528 6.02 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Cleveland 100730 6.09 Stanis³awa Walasiewicz* POL Worcester, Mass. 280637 6.07 Erika Junghanns GER Weissenfels 021038 6.12 Christel Schulz GER Berlin 300739 6.25 Fanny Blankers-Koen NED Leiden 190943 6.28 Yvette Williams NZL Gisborne 200254 6.28 Galina Vinogradova URS Moskva 110955 6.31 Galina Vinogradova URS Tbilisi 181155 6.35 El¿bieta Duñska/Krzesiñska POL Budapest 200856 6.35 El¿bieta Krzesiñska POL Melbourne 271156 6.36 Hildrun Claus GDR Erfurt 070860 6.40 Hildrun Claus GDR Erfurt 070860 6.42 Hildrun Claus GDR Berlin 230661 6.48 Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Moskva 160761 6.53 Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Leipzig 100662 6.62 Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Bruxelles 061062 6.70 Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Moskva 040764 6.76 Mary Rand GBR Tokyo 141064 6.82 Viorica Viscopoleanu ROM Ciudad de México 141068 6.84 Heide Rosendahl FRG Torino 030970 6.92 Angela Voigt GDR Dresden 090576 6.99 Sigrun Siegl GDR Dresden 190576 7.07 Vilma Bardauskiené URS Kishinyov 180878 7.09 Vilma Bardauskiené URS Praha 290878 7.15 Anisoara Cusmir ROM Bucuresti 010882 7.20 Valy Ionescu ROM Bucuresti 010882 7.21 Anisoara Cusmir/Stanciu ROM Bucuresti 150583 7.27 Anisoara Stanciu ROM Bucuresti 040683 7.43 Anisoara Stanciu ROM Bucuresti 040683 7.44 Heike Drechsler GDR Berlin 220985 7.45 Heike Drechsler GDR Tallinn 220686 7.45 Heike Drechsler GDR Dresden 030786 7.45 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Indianapolis 130887 7.45 Galina Chistyakova URS Leningrad 110688 7.52 Galina Chistyakova URS Leningrad 110688 * Questionable sex status Triple Jump [TOP] Marks achieved before the event was recognised for record purposes: 10.32 Elizabeth Stine USA Mamaronek 130522 10.50 Adrienne Kaenel SUI Geneve 160723 11.62 Kinue Hitomi JPN Harbin 171026 11.66 Rie Yamaguchi JPN 211039 12.22 Mary Bignal GBR Street 180659 12.43 Terri Turner USA Austin 090581 12.47 Terri Turner USA Austin 070582 12.51 Melody Smith USA Austin 060583 12.98 Easter Gabriel USA Baton Rouge 070583 13.15 Terri Turner USA Austin 240384 13.21 Terri Turner USA Baton Rouge 130484 13.58 Wendy Brown USA Austin 300585 13.68 Esmeralda Garcia BRA Indianapolis 050686 13.71 Wendy Brown USA Los Angeles 020587 13.73 Flora Hyacinth ISV Tuscaloosa 170587 13.78 Sheila Hudson USA Baton Rouge 060687 13.85 Sheila Hudson USA San Jose 260687 14.04 Li Huirong CHN Hamamatsu 111087 14.16 Li Huirong CHN Shijiazhuang 230488 14.52 Galina Chistyakova URS Stockholm 030789 IAAF era: 14.54 Li Huirong CHN Sapporo 250890 14.95 Inessa Kravets URS Moskva 100691 15.09 Anna Biryukova RUS Stuttgart 210893 15.50 Inessa Kravets UKR Göteborg 100895 Shot Put [TOP] FSFI era: 10.15 Violette Gouraud-Morris FRA Paris 140724 10.68 Violette Gouraud-Morris FRA Colombes 120725 10.84 Ruth Lange GER Praha 280527 10.86 Grete Heublein GER Lennep 290527 11.18 Ruth Lange GER Breslau (Wroc³aw) 060827 11.32 Ruth Lange GER Breslau 060827 11.37 Ruth Lange GER Berlin 040927 11.52 Ruth Lange GER Berlin 030628 11.86 Grete Heublein GER Düsseldorf 080728 11.96 Grete Heublein GER Berlin 150728 12.26 Gustel Herrmann GER Köln 280728 12.40 Tilly Fleischer GER Höchst 090629 12.85 Grete Heublein GER Frankfurt 210729 12.88 Tilly Fleischer GER Frankfurt 240830 12.88 Grete Heublein GER Paris 280631 13.105 Grete Heublein GER Duisburg 120731 13.16 Grete Heublein GER Barmen 190731 13.19 Grete Heublein GER Bielefeld 160831 13.27 Grete Heublein GER Bielefeld 160831 13.70 Grete Heublein GER Bielefeld 160831 IAAF era: 14.38 Gisela Mauermayer GER Warszawa 150734 14.51 Tatyana Sevryukova URS Frunze 091045 14.89 Tatyana Sevryukova URS Frunze 141045 14.59 Tatyana Sevryukova URS Moskva 040848 14.86 Klavdiya Tochonova URS Tbilisi 301049 15.02 Anna Andreyeva URS Ploesti 091150 15.19 Galina Zybina URS Viipuri 300652 15.28 Galina Zybina URS Helsinki 260752 15.37 Galina Zybina URS Frunze 200952 15.42 Galina Zybina URS Frunze (Bishkek) 011052 16.00 Galina Zybina URS Leningrad 170553 16.10 Galina Zybina URS Leningrad 170553 16.18 Galina Zybina URS Leningrad 170553 16.20 Galina Zybina URS Malmö 091053 16.28 Galina Zybina URS Kiev 140954 16.29 Galina Zybina URS Leningrad 050955 16.32 Galina Zybina URS Tashkent 241055 16.45 Galina Zybina URS Dushanbe 081155 16.67 Galina Zybina URS Tbilisi 151155 16.76 Galina Zybina URS Tashkent 131056 17.25 Tamara Press URS Nalchik 260459 17.42 Tamara Press URS Moskva 160760 17.78 Tamara Press URS Moskva 130860 18.55 Tamara Press URS Leipzig 100662 18.55 Tamara Press URS Beograd 120962 18.59 Tamara Press URS Kassel 190965 18.67 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Sochi 280468 18.87 Margitta Gummel GDR Frankfurt-am-Oder 220968 19.07 Margitta Gummel GDR Ciudad de México 201068 19.61 Margitta Gummel GDR Ciudad de México 201068 19.72 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Moskva 300569 20.09 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Chorzów 130769 20.10 Margitta Gummel GDR Berlin 110969 20.10 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Athínai 160969 20.43 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Athínai 160969 20.43 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Moskva 290871 20.63 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Sochi 190572 21.03 Nadezhda Chizhova URS München 070972 21.20 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Lvov 280873 21.45 Nadezhda Chizhova URS Varna 290973 21.57 Helena Fibingerová TCH Gottwaldov 210974 21.58 Marianne Adam GDR Berlin 060875 21.60 Marianne Adam GDR Berlin 060875 21.67 Marianne Adam GDR Karl-Marx-Stadt 300576 21.87 Ivanka Khristova BUL Belmeken 030776 21.89 Ivanka Khristova BUL Belmeken 040776 21.99 Helena Fibingerová TCH Opava 260776 22.32 Helena Fibingerová TCH Nitra 200877 22.36 Ilona Slupianek GDR Celje 020580 22.45 Ilona Slupianek GDR Potsdam 100580 22.53 Natalya Lisovskaya URS Sotchi 270584 22.60 Natalya Lisovskaya URS Moskva 070687 22.63 Natalya Lisovskaya URS Moskva 070687 Discus Throw [TOP] FSFI era: 27.39 Yvonne Tembouret FRA Paris 230923 27.70 Lucie Petit FRA Paris 140724 28.325 Lucie Petit/Daigré FRA Bruxelles 210724 30.10 Violette Gouraud-Morris FRA London 040824 30.225 Lucienne Velu FRA Paris 140924 31.23 Halina Konopacka POL Warszawa 100525 33.405 Halina Konopacka POL Warszawa 210625 31.15 Marie Vidláková TCH Praha 111025 33.01 Emilie Reuter GER Frankfurt 130526 34.15 Halina Konopacka POL Warszawa 230526 34.90 Halina Konopacka POL Warszawa 080826 38.28 Milly Reuter GER Braunschweig 220826 38.34 Milly Reuter GER Braunschweig 220826 39.18 Halina Konopacka POL Warszawa 040927 39.62 Halina Konopacka POL Amsterdam 310728 39.76 Jadwiga Wajs POL £ódŸ 080532 40.345 Jadwiga Wajs POL Pabianice 150532 40.39 Jadwiga Wajs POL £ódŸ 160532 40.84 Grete Heublein GER Hagen 190632 42.43 Jadwiga Wajs POL £ódŸ 190632 42.56 Jadwiga Wajs POL Pabianice 030533 43.08 Jadwiga Wajs POL Królewska Huta 150733 44.60 Jadwiga Wajs POL Bia³ystok 300733 43.08 Jadwiga Wajs POL London 110834 43.795 Jadwiga Wajs POL London 110834 44.19 Jadwiga Wajs POL Bruxelles 150834 44.34 Gisela Mauermayer GER Ulm 020635 44.51 Gisela Mauermayer GER Nürnberg 040635 44.76 Gisela Mauermayer GER Nürnberg 040635 44.77 Gisela Mauermayer GER München 230635 45.53 Gisela Mauermayer GER München 230635 45.97 Gisela Mauermayer GER Jena 290635 46.10 Gisela Mauermayer GER Jena 290635 47.12 Gisela Mauermayer GER Dresden 250835 47.12 Gisela Mauermayer GER München 140636 47.99 Gisela Mauermayer GER München 140636 IAAF era: 48.31 Gisela Mauermayer GER Berlin 110736 49.11 Nina Dumbadze URS Moskva 180939 49.54 Nina Dumbadze URS Tbilisi 291039 49.88 Nina Dumbadze URS Moskva 140844 50.50 Nina Dumbadze URS Sarpsborg 290846 53.25 Nina Dumbadze URS Moskva 080848 53.37 Nina Dumbadze URS Gori 270551 53.61 Nina Romashkova/Ponomaryova URS Odessa 090852 57.04 Nina Dumbadze URS Tbilisi 181052 57.15 Tamara Press URS Roma 120960 57.43 Tamara Press URS Moskva 150761 58.06 Tamara Press URS Sofia 010961 58.98 Tamara Press URS London 200961 59.29 Tamara Press URS Moskva 180563 59.70 Tamara Press URS Moskva 110865 61.26 Liesel Westermann FRG Sao Paulo 051167 61.64 Christine Spielberg GDR Regis Breitingen 260568 62.54 Liesel Westermann FRG Werdohl 240768 62.70 Liesel Westermann FRG Berlin 180669 63.96 Liesel Westermann FRG Hamburg 270969 64.22 Faina Melnik URS Helsinki 120871 64.88 Faina Melnik URS München 040971 65.42 Faina Melnik URS Moskva 310572 65.48 Faina Melnik URS Augsburg 240672 66.76 Faina Melnik URS Moskva 040872 67.32 Argentina Menis ROM Constanta 230972 67.44 Faina Melnik URS Riga 250573 67.58 Faina Melnik URS Moskva 100773 69.48 Faina Melnik URS Edinburgh 070973 69.90 Faina Melnik URS Praha 270574 70.20 Faina Melnik URS Zürich 200875 70.50 Faina Melnik URS Sochi 240476 70.72 Evelin Jahl GDR Dresden 120878 71.50 Evelin Jahl GDR Potsdam 100580 71.80 Maria Petkova BUL Sofia 130780 73.26 Galina Savinkova URS Leselidze 220583 73.36 Irina Meszynski GDR Praha 170884 74.56 Zdeòka Šilhavá TCH Nitra 260884 76.80 Gabriele Reinsch GDR Neubrandenburg 090788 Unsanctioned meeting: 76.92 Martina Hellmann GDR Kienbaum 060988 78.14 Martina Hellmann GDR Kienbaum 060988 Hammer Throw [TOP] Marks achieved before the event was recognised for record purposes: 17.03 Lucinda Moles ESP Madrid 290631 18.58 Aurora Villa ESP Madrid 181031 22.85 Margareta Moles ESP Madrid 190632 32.08 Rosemary Payne GBR Leicester 200775 32.94 Liselotte Hansen DEN Nykobing 310780 33.12 Sandra Stepp USA Gresham, Or 040481 36.72 Liselotte Hansen DEN Nykobing 190881 38.33 Debbie Lombard USA Stanford 100482 41.99 Carol Cady USA Stanford 100482 48.13 Carol Cady USA Stanford 271182 53.65 Carol Cady USA Berkeley 280484 54.86 Carol Cady USA Berkeley 050584 57.51 Carol Cady USA Berkeley 050584 58.26 Lyubov Vasilyeva URS Moskva 010588 58.52 Carol Cady USA Los Gatos 110688 58.94 Carol Cady USA Los Gatos 100788 58.98 Lyubov Vasilyeva URS Vilnius 280888 61.20 Aya Suzuki JPN Wakayama 300489 61.50 Yelena Pichugina URS Frunze (Bishkek) 300989 61.96 Larisa Baranova URS Adler 110290 62.70 Alla Fyodorova URS Adler 090291 63.08 Larisa Shtyrogrizhnaya URS Adler 240291 64.44 Alla Fyodorova URS Adler 240291 64.44 Olga Kuzenkova RUS Rostov 170592 65.40 Olga Kuzenkova RUS Bryansk 040692 66.84 Olga Kuzenkova RUS Adler 230294 67.34 Svetlana Sudak BLR Minsk 050694 IAAF era: 66.86 Michela Melinte ROM Bucuresti 040395 68.14 Olga Kuzenkova RUS Moskva 050695 68.16 Olga Kuzenkova RUS Moskva 180695 69.46 Olga Kuzenkova RUS Sydney 170296 69.58 Michela Melinte ROM Bucuresti 030397 70.78 Olga Kuzenkova RUS Smolensk 110697 73.10 Olga Kuzenkova RUS München 220697 73.80 Olga Kuzenkova RUS Togliatti 150598 75.29 Michela Melinte ROM Clermont-Ferrand 130599 75.97 Michela Melinte ROM Clermont-Ferrand 130599 76.05 Michela Melinte ROM Rüdlingen 290899 76.07 Michela Melinte ROM Rüdlingen 290899 77.06 Tatyana Lysenko RUS Moskva 150705 Javelin Throw [TOP] FSFI era: 24.95 Marie Mejzlíková I TCH Prostìjov 300722 25.01 Božena Šrámková TCH Praha 060822 25.325 Božena Šrámková TCH Praha 130822 25.50 Marie Janderová TCH Monte Carlo 060423 26.10 Kamila Olmerová TCH Hradec Králové 310523 27.30 Františka Vlachová TCH Jihlava 260823 27.30 Kamila Olmerová TCH Kladno 020923 27.24 Marie Janderová TCH Moravská Ostrava 250524 33.07 Pauline Hascup USA Paterson 260626 35.26 Lillian Copeland USA 310526 35.55 Lillian Copeland USA Pasadena 260726 38.21 Lillian Copeland USA Los Angeles 260227 37.575 Guschi Hargus GER Berlin 120627 38.80 Margaret Jenkins USA Eureka, Calif. 030927 39.35 Margaret Jenkins USA San Jose 150428 38.36 Guschi Hargus GER Bremen 300628 38.40 Elisabeth Schumann GER Köln 280728 38.39 Guschi Hargus GER Berlin 180828 38.585 Elisabeth Schumann GER Kassel 110829 38.87 Elisabeth Schumann GER Duisburg 080929 39.01 Thea Kurze GER Hamburg 210630 40.68 Babe Didrikson USA Dallas 040730 40.27 Ellen Braumüller GER Berlin 120730 42.32 Elisabeth Schumann GER Praha 080830 42.28 Elisabeth Schumann GER Magdeburg 020831 44.64 Elisabeth Schumann GER Berlin 120632 IAAF era: 46.745 Nan Gindele USA Chicago 180632 47.80 Erika Matthes GER Stuttgart 170738 47.24 Annelie Steinheuer GER Frankfurt 210642 48.39 Lyudmila Anokina URS Kiev 150945 48.21 Herma Bauma AUT Wien 290647 50.27 ??? Lyudmila Anokina URS Moskva 220947 50.32 ??? Klavdiya Mayuchaya URS Moskva 230947 48.63 Herma Bauma AUT Wien 120948 49.59 Natalya Smirnitskaya URS Moskva 250749 53.41 Natalya Smirnitskaya URS Moskva 050849 53.56 Nadezhda Konyayeva URS Leningrad 050254 55.11 Nadezhda Konyayeva URS Kiev 220554 55.48 Nadezhda Konyayeva URS Kiev 060854 55.73 Dana Zátopková TCH Praha 010658 57.40 Anna Pazera AUS Cardiff 240758 57.49 Birute Zalogaityté/Kalediené URS Tbilisi 301058 57.92 Elvira Ozolina URS Leselidze 030560 59.55 Elvira Ozolina URS Bucuresti 040660 59.78 Elvira Ozolina URS Moskva 030763 61.38 Elvira Ozolina URS Kiev 270864 62.40 Yelena Gorchakova URS Tokyo 161064 62.70 Ewa Gryziecka POL Bucuresti (17:46) 110672 65.06 Ruth Fuchs GDR Potsdam (18:20) 110672 66.10 Ruth Fuchs GDR Edinburgh 070973 67.22 Ruth Fuchs GDR Roma 030974 69.12 Ruth Fuchs GDR Berlin 100776 69.32 Kate Schmidt USA Fürth 110977 69.52 Ruth Fuchs GDR Dresden 130679 69.96 Ruth Fuchs GDR Split 290480 70.08 Tatyana Biryulina URS Podolsk 120780 71.88 Antoaneta Todorova BUL Zagreb 150881 72.40 Tiina Lillak FIN Helsinki 290782 74.20 Sofia Sakorafa GRE Khania 260982 74.76 Tiina Lillak FIN Tampere 130683 75.26 Petra Felke GDR Schwerin 040685 75.40 Petra Felke GDR Schwerin 040685 77.44 Fatima Whitbread GBR Stuttgart 280886 78.90 Petra Felke GDR Leipzig 290787 80.00 Petra Felke/Meier GDR Potsdam 090988 New javelin - with the centre of gravity moved forward - was introduced from 1 April 1999: 51.84 Elisabet Wahlander SWE Karlstad 140698 60.92 Nikola Tomeèková CZE Potchefstroom 050299 62.44 Xiomara Rivero CUB Habana 160599 63.55 Mirela Tzelili GRE Athínai 160599 64.82 Trine Hattestad NOR Floro 290599 64.99 Mirela Tzelili GRE Athínai 050699 65.44 Tanja Damaske GER Paris 190699 65.49 Trine Hattestad NOR Kuortane 260699 66.45 Olseidys Menéndez CUB Lausanne 020799 66.91 Tanja Damaske GER Erfurt 040799 67.61 Trine Hattestad NOR Fana 280799 68.19 Trine Hattestad NOR Fana 280799 67.09 Mirela Tzelili GRE Sevilla 280899 68.22 Trine Hattestad NOR Roma 300600 69.48 Trine Hattestad NOR Oslo 280700 71.54 Olseidys Menéndez CUB Réthymnon 010701 71.70 Olseidys Menéndez CUB Helskinki 140805 Heptathlon [TOP] Day 1: 100m Hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put, 200m; Day 2: Long Jump, Javelin Throw, 800m Marks achieved before the event was recognised for record purposes: 5831 Liesl Albert FRG Dillingen 07/081078 13.6 14.19 1.58 24.1 6.09 30.16 2:19.6 5848 Nina Vinogradova URS Frunze (Bishkek)29/300979 ??? 14.1 12.71 1.78 25.3 5.95 38.64 2:19.9 5878 Sylvia Barlag NED Longwy 29/300979 ??? 14.1 12.71 1.78 25.3 5.95 38.64 2:19.9 5922 Tatyana Shpak URS Donetsk 29/300580 13.8 12.61 1.75 24.7 6.15 32.60 2:16.5 6073 Nina Golovina URS Pyatigorsk 12/130780 14.0 15.23 1.71 24.0 6.09 29.20 2:11.3 6144 Yekaterina Gordiyenko URS Odessa 13/140980 14.06 14.80 1.74 24.53 6.43 32.08 2:11.4 6212 Nadezhda Vinogradova URS Kislovodsk 05/060581 14.34 14.68 1.72 24.29 6.47 41.54 2:14.7 6621 Ramona Neubert GDR Halle 23/240581 13.58 14.75 1.80 23.70 6.82 40.98 2:07.55 6716 Ramona Neubert GDR Kiev 27/280681 13.70 15.41 1.86 23.58 6.82 40.62 2:06.72 6773 Ramona Neubert GDR Halle 19/200682 13.58 15.10 1.83 23.14 6.84 42.54 2:06.20 6836 Ramona Neubert GDR Moskva 18/190683 13.42 1.82 15.25 23.49 6.79 49.94 2:07.51 Scores hereafter on the 1984 tables: 6946 Sabine Paetz GDR Potsdam 05/060584 12.64 1.80 15.37 23.37 6.86 44.62 2:08.93 7148 Jackie Joyner USA Moskva 06/070786 12.85 1.88 14.76 23.00 7.01 49.86 2:10.02 7158 Jackie Joyner USA Houston 01/020886 13.18 1.88 15.19 22.85 7.03 50.12 2:09.69 7215 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Indianpolis 15/160788 12.71 1.93 15.65 22.30 7.00 50.08 2:20.70 7291 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Seoul 23/240988 12.69 1.86 15.80 22.56 7.27 45.66 2:08.51 10 Kilometres Walk [TOP] This is a list of progressive world best performances set on road courses as the IAAF only recognize walking records made on a track 58:14 Albertine Regel FRA Paris 111126 56:26 Margit Lindström SWE Stockholm 071034 53:17 Sandrah Holm SWE Uppsala 190535 52:56 Birgit Frisk SWE Almunge 210642 51:14 May Holmén SWE Mariestad 090842 51:11 Stina Lindberg SWE Gävle 230842 51:01 Margarita Simu SWE Äppelbo 240672 49:04 Margarita Simu SWE Äppelbo 220675 48:53 Margarita Simu SWE Äppelbo 250678 48:40 Thorill Gylder NOR Softeland 160978 47:24 Thorill Gylder NOR Valer 150979 46:28 Sue Orr AUS Moss 110580 45:38 Sally Pierson AUS Melbourne 080582 45:32 Sue Orr/Cook AUS Canberra 100782 45:14 Young Juxu CHN Bergen 240983 44:52 Olga Krishtop URS Penza 050884 44:14 Yan Hong CHN Jian 160385 43:22 Olga Krishtop URS New York 030587 42:52 Kerry Saxby AUS Melbourne 040587 41:30 Kerry Junna-Saxby AUS Canberra 270888 41:29 Larisa Ramazanova RUS Izhevsk 040695 41:04 Yelena Nikolayeva RUS Sochi 200496 20 Kilometres Walk [TOP] This is a list of progressive world best performances set on road courses as the IAAF only recognize walking records made on a track 2:24:00 Antonie Briksová TCH Praha 060931 2:14:07 Antonie Odvárková TCH Praha ?40931 1:59:02 Lina Aebersold SUI Zürich 090634 1:57:35 Marie van Tonder RSA Cape Town 280762 1:57:26 Irma Hansson SWE Kobenhavn 271063 1:54:30 Irma Hansson SWE Kobenhavn 221067 1:53:46 Karin Moller DEN Kobenhavn 271068 1:51:05 Irma Hansson SWE Kobenhavn 121069 1:47:10 Margareta Simu SWE Kobenhavn 220973 1:43:38 Lilian Harpur AUS Adelaide 160777 1:43:20 Thorill Gylder NOR Mixhuca 230478 1:41:42 Susan Cook AUS Melbourne 030280 1:39:31 Susan Cook AUS Melbourne 201281 1:36:36 Susan Cook AUS Melbourne 191282 1:36:23 Susan Cook AUS Canberra 070784 1:36:19 Sally Pierson AUS Melbourne 170784 1:29:40 Kerry Junna-Saxby AUS Värname 130588 1:27:30 Liu Hongyu CHN Beijing 010595 1:27:30 Nadezhda Ryashkina RUS Adler 070299 1:25:18 Tatyana Gudkova RUS Moskva 190500 1:24:50 Olimpiada Ivanova RUS Adler 040301 Official from 1 Jan 2003: 1:26:22 Yan Wang CHN Guangzhou 191101 1:26:22 Yelena Nikolayeva RUS Cheboksary 180503 1:25:41 Olimpiada Ivanova RUS Helsinki 070805 4 x 100 Metres Relay/4 x 110 Yards Relay [TOP] y denotes 4 x 110 yards FSFI era: 53.8y Leonia High School USA Oaksmere 22 53.2 Czechoslovakia TCH Paris 210522 51.4/51.8y Great Britain & N.Ireland GBR Paris 200822 51.0y George School USA Georgetown 24 50.2y Toronto Ladies Club CAN Toronto 190925 50.4 Berliner Sport-Club GER Köln 110726 50.2y Great Britain & N.Ireland GBR Göteborg 290826 49.8y Great Britain & N.Ireland GBR Göteborg 290826 50.0 Viktoria Magdeburg GER Breslau (Wroc³aw) 070827 49.9 Germany GER Berlin 030628 49.8 Germany GER Braunschweig 100628 50.0 Linnets Saint-Maur FRA Paris 150728 49.8 TSV München 1860 GER Berlin 150728 49.3 Canada CAN Amsterdam 040828 48.4 Canada CAN Amsterdam 040828 49.4y Millrose AA USA Dallas 040730 49.4y Illinois Women AA USA Chicago 160732 46.9 United States USA Los Angeles 070832 48.7y Silverwood Lakesiders TC CAN Toronto 030933 48.6y Chicago Park District USA Toronto 020734 46.6 Germany GER Köln 210636 46.5 Germany GER Köln 210636 IAAF era: 49.8y Gr. Britain & N.Ireland GBR Göteborg 090836 46.4 Germany GER Berlin 080836 48.8y Netherlands NED Amsterdam 180544 48.4y New South Wales AUS Sydney 260148 47.4y Netherlands NED Rijswijk 250748 47.3y South Africa SAF Pretoria 260351 46.9y Australia AUS London 050752 46.1(46.22) Australia AUS Helsinki 270752 45.9(46.14) United States USA Helsinki 270752 45.9(46.18) Germany GER Helsinki 270752 46.3y Australia AUS London 040852 45.6 USSR URS Budapest 200953 45.6 USSR URS Moskva 110955 45.2 USSR URS Kiev 270756 45.2 German Democratic Rep. GDR Erfurt 120856 45.2 Gr. Britain & N.Ireland GBR Budapest 290956 45.1 Germany GER Dresden 300956 44.9(45.00) Australia AUS Melbourne 011256 44.9(45.07) Germany GER Melbourne 011256 44.5(44.65) Australia AUS Melbourne 011256 45.6y Australia AUS Sydney 051256 45.3y(45.37)England GBR Cardiff 260758 44.4(44.51) United States USA Roma 070960 44.3 United States USA Moskva 150761 45.2y Gr. Britain & N.Ireland GBR London 050863 44.2 Poland POL £ódŸ 130964 43.6(43.69) Poland # POL Tokyo 211064 43.9(43.92) United States USA Tokyo 211064 43.9 USSR URS Leninakan 160868 45.0y Gr. Britain & N.Ireland GBR Portsmouth 140968 43.6 USSR URS Ciudad de México 270968 43.4a(43.50)United States USA Ciudad de México 191068 43.4a(43.49)Netherlands NED Ciudad de México 191068 42.8a(42.88)United States USA Ciudad de México 201068 44.7y Tennessee State TC USA Bakersfield 090771 42.8a(42.81)Federal Republic of Germ.FRG München 100972 42.6 German Democratic Rep. GDR Potsdam 010973 44.2y USSR URS Durham, NC 050774 42.6 German Democratic Rep. GDR Berlin 240874 The following mark was the final performance of the hand-timing era to be ratified by the IAAF as a world record: 42.5a(42.51) German Democratic Republic GDR Roma 080974 Electric timing (Official from 1 Jan 1975): 42.51 German Democratic Republic GDR Roma 080974 42.50 German Democratic Republic GDR Karl-Marx-Stadt 290576 42.27 German Democratic Republic GDR Potsdam 190878 42.10 German Democratic Republic GDR Karl-Marx-Stadt 100679 42.09 German Democratic Republic GDR Torino 040879 42.09 German Democratic Republic GDR Berlin 090780 41.85 German Democratic Republic GDR Potsdam 130780 41.60 German Democratic Republic GDR Moskva 010880 41.53 German Democratic Republic GDR Berlin 310783 41.37 German Democratic Republic GDR Canberra 061085 Best low altitude marks set while a high-altitude world record (in parentheses) was standing: 43.6a(43.61) German Democratic Republic (42.88) GDR Athínai 200969 43.5 German Democratic Republic (42.88) GDR Berlin 050871 43.3a(43.28) Federal Republic of Germany(42.88) FRG Helsinki150871 42.88 German Democratic Republic (42.88) GDR München 090972 # Record retrospectively disallowed following the exclusion of Ewa K³obukowska 4 x 400 Metres Relay/4 x 440 Yards Relay [TOP] y denotes 4 x 440 yards Marks achieved before the event was recognised for record purposes: 4:09.6y Spartan Ladies AC GBR Ilford 180954 3:49.9y Great Britain & N.Ireland GBR London 140658 3:49.4 Göteborgs KIK SWE Borås 050867 3:47.0 Göteborgs KIK SWE Malmö 200868 IAAF era: 3:47.4 Moskva URS Moskva 300569 3:43.2 Latvia URS Minsk 010669 3:37.6 Great Britain & N.Ireland GBR London 220669 3:47.8y Angel Track Club USA Dayton 060769 3:34.2 France FRA Paris 060769 3:33.9a Federal Republic of Germany FRG Athínai 190969 3:30.8a(3:30.82) Gr. Britain & N.Ireland GBR Athínai 200969 3:30.8a(3:30.85) France FRA Athínai 200969 3:46.2y New York Atoms AC USA New York 130670 3:44.5y New York Atoms AC USA Los Angeles 030770 3:41.2y New York Atoms AC USA Los Angeles 040770 3:38.8y New York Atoms AC USA Bakersfield 100771 3:38.8y Sports International TC USA Bakersfield 100771 3:29.3 German Democratic Republic GDR Helsinki 150871 3:28.8 German Democratic Republic GDR Colombes 050772 3:33.9y United States USA Champaign 120872 3:28.5a(3:28.48) German Democratic Rep. GDR München 090972 3:23.0a(3:22.95) German Democratic Rep. GDR München 100972 3:30.3y Federal Republic of Germany FRG Durham, NC 180775 3:19.2a(3:19.23) German Democratic Rep. GDR Montréal 310776 3:29.1y(3:29.06) USSR URS College Park 070876 Timing to hundredths (Official from 1 Jan 81): 3:19.23 German Democratic Republic GDR Montréal 310776 3:19.04 German Democratic Republic GDR Athínai 110982 3:15.92 German Democratic Republic GDR Erfurt 030684 3:15.17 USSR URS Seoul 011088
