Women’s World Records

World Records are those officially ratified by the IAAF. We have also listed the statistically best-acceptable marks in other non-ratified events that are “frequently” contested (+). If the ratified WR is altitude-aided—i.e., made at an altitude over 1000 meters in an event where the thinner air has a positive effect—we sub-list the unofficial best.

Symbols: (A) = altitude over 1000 meters; i = indoors; m = meters; M = miles; p = mark pending ratification; y = yards

 

Track Events
100 10.49 Florence Griffith Joyner (US) Indianapolis, Indiana 7/16/88
[T&FN believes the 10.49 race was illegally wind-aided and should never have been accepted as the WR.
We believe the real fastest is 10.54 Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) Eugene, Oregon 8/21/21]
200 21.34 Florence Griffith Joyner (US) Seoul, South Korea 9/29/88
300+ 34.41 Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas) Ostrava, Czechia 6/20/19
400 47.60 Marita Koch (East Germany) Canberra, Australia 10/06/85
600+ 1:21.77 Caster Semenya (South Africa) Berlin, Germany 8/27/17
1:21.63p Mary Moraa (Kenya) Berlin, Germany 9/01/24
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 3:49.04 Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) Paris, France 7/07/24
Mile 4:07.64 Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) Fontvieille, Monaco 7/21/23
2000 5:19.70 Jessica Hull (Australia) Fontvieille, Monaco 7/13/24
Steeple 8:44.32 Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya) Fontvieille, Monaco 7/20/18
3000 8:06.11 Junxia Wang (China) Beijing, China 9/13/93
[T&FN thinks the marks made in this meet are flawed and believes the “real” fastest
should be listed as 8:16.60i Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) Stockholm, Sweden 2/06/14]
2 Miles+ 8:58.58 Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) Brussels, Belgium 9/14/07
5000 14:00.21 Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia) Eugene, Oregon 9/17/23
10,000 29:01.03 Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) Hengelo, Netherlands 6/08/21
28:54.14p Beatrice Chebet (Kenya) Eugene, Oregon 5/25/24
20,000+ 1:05:26.6 Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) Borgholzhausen, Germany 9/03/00
Hour 18,930m | 11M, 1341y Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) Brussels, Belgium 9/04/20
100 Hurdles 12.12 Tobi Amusan (Nigeria) Eugene, Oregon 7/24/22
400 Hurdles 50.65 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (US) Eugene, Oregon 6/30/24
50.37p Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (US) St.-Denis, France 8/08/24
Relay Events
4 x 100 40.82 United States London, England 8/11/12
(Tianna Bartoletta 11.0, Allyson Felix 9.9, Bianca Knight 10.9, Carmelita Jeter 9.9)
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)
Mixed-Sex 4 x 400 3:07.41 United States  St.-Denis, France 8/02/24
(Vernon Norwood 44.47, Shamier Little 49.32, Bryce Deadmon 44.17, Kaylyn Brown 49.45)
4 x 800 7:50.17 Soviet Union Moscow, Russia 8/05/84
(Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina, Lyudmila Borisova, Irina Podyalovskaya)
4 x 1500 16:27.02 Nike Bowerman TC Portland, Oregon 7/31/20
(Colleen Quigley 4:08, Elise Cranny 4:09, Karissa Schweizer 4:06, Shelby Houlihan 4:04)
800 Medley+ 1:35.20 Team USA Penn Red Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4/28/18
(Destinee Brown, Aaliyah Brown, Kimberlyn Duncan, Raevyn Rogers 50.48)
Sprint Medley+ 3:34.56 Jamaica Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4/25/09
(Sherri-Ann Brooks, Rosemarie Whyte, Moya Thompson 51.7, Kenia Sinclair 1:57.43)
Distance Medley 10:36.50 United States Nassau, Bahamas 5/02/15
(Treniere Moser 3:18.38, Sanya Richards-Ross 50.12, Ajee’ Wilson 2:00.08, Shannon Rowbury 4:27.92)
10:33.85ip United States Boston, Massachusetts 4/15/22
(Heather MacLean 3:14.92, Kendall Ellis 52.04, Roisin Willis 2:03.29, Elle Purrier St. Pierre 4:23.60)
4 x 100H+ 50.50 Team USA Blue Drake Des Moines, Iowa 4/24/15
(Brianna Rollins, Dawn Harper Nelson, Queen Harrison, Kristi Castlin)
Field Events
High Jump 2.09 | 6-10¼ Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) Rome, Italy 8/30/87
2.10 | 6-10¾p Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) Paris, France 7/07/24
Pole Vault 5.06 | 16-7¼ Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) Zürich, Switzerland 8/28/09
Long Jump 7.52 | 24-8¼ Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union) St. Petersburg, Russia 6/11/88
Triple Jump 15.74 | 51-7¾i Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) Belgrade, Serbia 3/20/22
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 82.98 | 272-3 Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) Warsaw, Poland 8/28/16
Javelin 72.28 | 237-2 Barbora Špotáková (Czechia) Stuttgart, Germany 9/13/08
Multi Events
Heptathlon 7291 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) Seoul, South Korea 9/23–24/88
(12.69, 1.86/6-1¼, 15.80/51-10, 22.56 [4264], 7.27/23-10¼, 45.66/149-10, 2:08.51 [3027])
Decathlon 8358 Austra Skujytė (Lithuania) Columbia, Missouri 4/14-15/05
(12.49, 46.19/151-6, 3.10/10-2, 48.78/160-0, 57.19 [3890], 14.22w, 6.12/20-1w, 16.42/53-10½, 1.78/5-10, 5:15.86 [4468])
Road Events
Mile 4:20.98 Diribe Welteji (Ethiopia) Riga, Latvia 10/01/23
5K 14:13 Beatrice Chebet (Kenya) Barcelona, Spain 12/23/23
14:13 Agnes Ngetich (Kenya) Valencia, Spain 1/14/24
   (women-only) 14:13 Beatrice Chebet (Kenya) Barcelona, Spain 12/23/23
10K 29:14 Yalemzerf Yehualaw (Ethiopia) Castellón, Spain 2/27/22
28:46p Agnes Ngetich (Kenya) Valencia, Spain 1/14/24
   (women-only) 30:01 Agnes Tirop (Kenya) Herzogenaurach, Germany 9/12/21
15K+ 44:20 Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) Nijmegen, Netherlands 11/17/19
20K+ 61:25 Joyciline Jepkosgei (Kenya) Prague, Czech Republic 4/01/17
Half-Marathon 62:52 Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) Valencia, Spain 10/24/21
   (women-only) 65:16 Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya) Gdynia, Poland 10/17/20
Marathon 2:11:43 Tigst Assefa (Ethiopia) Berlin, Germany 9/24/23
   (women-only) 2:16:16 Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya) London, England 4/21/24
50K 2:59:54 Desiree Linden (US) Dorena Lake, Oregon 4/13/21
   (women-only) 3:00:30 Emane Seifu (Ethiopia) Gqeberha. South Africa 2/26/23
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 Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia) Sochi, Russia 4/20/96
20,000 1:26:52.3 Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia) Brisbane, Australia 9/06/01
20K (road) 1:23:49 Jiayu Yang (China) Huangshan, China 3/20/21
35,000 Pending
35K (road) 2:37:15 Mária Pérez (Spain) Podébrady, Czechia 5/21/23
50K (road) 3:59:15 Hong Liu (China) Huangshan, China 3/09/19
[3:57:08 Klavdiya Afanasyeva (Russia) ’19 not ratifiable because of lack of international-caliber judges]

as of October 04, 2024