compiled by T&FN Staff
(marks updated December 31, 2020)
(¶ = World Record performance)
(i = mark made indoors)
| Track Events | ||
| 100 | 10.85 | Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) |
| 200 | 21.98 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas) |
| 400 | 50.42(A) | Beatrice Masilingi (Namibia) |
| (low-altitude) | 50.50 | Lynna Irby (US) |
| 800 | 1:57.68 | Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) |
| 1000 | 2:29.15 | Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) |
| 1500 | 3:57.40 | Laura Muir (Great Britain) |
| Mile | 4:16.85i | Elle Purrier (US) |
| (outdoor) | 4:21.81 | Cory McGee (US) |
| Steeple | 9:06.14 | Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) |
| 3000 | 8:22.54 | Hellen Obiri (Kenya) |
| 5000 | 14:06.62 ¶ | Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) |
| 10,000 | 29:36.67 | Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) |
| 100 Hurdles | 12.68 | Nadine Visser (Netherlands) |
| 12.68 | Visser | |
| 400 Hurdles | 53.79 | Femke Bol (Netherlands) |
| Road Events | ||
| Half-Marathon | 64:31 ¶ | Yeshaneh Ababel (Ethiopia) |
| Marathon | 2:17:16 | Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya) |
| 20K Walk | 1:26:43 | Elvira Khasanova (Russia) |
| 50K Walk | 3:50:42 | Yelena Lashmanova (Russia) |
| Relay Events | ||
| 4 x 100 | 43.47 | Sprintec (Jamaica) |
| 4 x 400 | 3:29.36i | Alabama |
| (outdoor) | 3:29.60 | Cuba |
| 4 x 1500 | 16:27.02 ¶ | Nike Bowerman TC (US) |
| Field Events | ||
| High Jump | 6-8¾ | 2.05i | Mariya Lasitskene (Russia) |
| (outdoor) | 6-6¾ | 2.00 | Yuliya Levchenko (Ukraine) |
| 6-6¾ | 2.00 | Levchenko | |
| 6-6¾ | 2.00 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) | |
| Pole Vault | 16-2¾ | 4.95i | Anzhelika Sidorova (Russia) |
| (outdoor) | 16-1¾| 4.92 | Katie Nageotte (US) |
| Long Jump | 23-2½ | 7.07i | Malaika Mihambo (Germany) |
| (outdoor) | 23-¾ | 7.03 | Mihambo |
| Triple Jump | 50-7½ | 15.43i | Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) |
| (outdoor) | 48-3¼ | 14.71 | Rojas |
| Shot | 64-7¾ | 19.70i | Lijiao Gong (China) |
| (outdoor) | 64-1 | 19.53 | Auriole Dongmo (Portugal) |
| 64-1 | 19.53 | Gong | |
| Discus | 230-2 | 70.15 | Valarie Allman (US) |
| Hammer | 247-6 | 75.45 | Hanna Malyshik (Belarus) |
| Javelin | 221-10 | 67.61 | Huihui Lu (China) |
| Heptathlon | 6419 | Ivona Dadic (Austria) |
