compiled by T&FN Staff
(marks received and verified by 03/09/2008)
| 100 METERS | ||||
| 10.89 | Veronica Campbell (Jam) | Jam Ch | 06/23 | |
| 10.90 | Torri Edwards (US) | adidas Cl | 05/20 | |
| 10.95 | Lisa Barber (US) | adidas Cl | 05/20 | |
| 10.97 | Sanya Richards (US) | Shanghai | 09/28 | |
| 11.01 | Allyson Felix (US) | New York GP | 06/02 | |
| Lauryn Williams (US) | World Ch | 08/27 | ||
| 11.02 | Miki Barber (US) | Pan-Am G | 07/24 | |
| Carmelita Jeter (US) | World Ch | 08/27 | ||
| 11.03 | Kerron Stewart (Jam) | Jam Ch | 06/23 | |
| 11.04 | Christine Arron (Fra) | World Ch | 08/27 | |
| Tezdzhan Naimova (Bul) | Plovdiv | 07/01 | ||
| Wind-aided: | ||||
| 11.04 | Kim Gevaert (Bel) | Heusden | 07/28 | |
| 200 METERS | ||||
| 21.81 | Allyson Felix (US) | World Ch | 08/31 | |
| 22.31 | Sanya Richards (US) | World Ch | 08/29 | |
| Rachelle Smith (US) | New York GP | 06/02 | ||
| 22.32 | Ebonie Floyd (US) | NCAA MW | 05/26 | |
| 22.34 | Veronica Campbell (Jam) | World Ch | 08/31 | |
| 22.38 | Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (Fra) | Fra Ch | 08/05 | |
| 22.41 | Kerron Stewart (Jam) | NCAA ME | 05/26 | |
| 22.43 | Tezdzhan Naimova (Bul) | Bul Ch | 06/17 | |
| 22.46 | LaShaunte’a Moore (US) | adidas Cl | 05/20 | |
| 22.49 | Simone Facey (Jam) | Big 12 | 05/13 | |
| Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bah) | Athens GP | 07/02 | ||
| 400 METERS | ||||
| 49.27 | Sanya Richards (US) | Berlin GP | 09/16 | |
| 49.61 | Christine Ohuruogu (GB) | World Ch | 08/29 | |
| 49.64 | Dee Dee Trotter (US) | USATF | 06/23 | |
| 49.65 | Nicola Sanders (GB) | World Ch | 08/29 | |
| 49.66 | Novlene Williams (Jam) | World Ch | 08/27 | |
| 49.70 | Allyson Felix (US) | Stockholm GP | 08/07 | |
| 49.84 | Natasha Hastings (US) | USATF | 06/23 | |
| 49.93 | Natalya Antyukh (Rus) | World Ch | 08/27 | |
| 50.15 | Ami Mbacké Thiam (Sen) | Rome GP | 07/13 | |
| 50.16 | Ana Guevara (Mex) | World Ch | 08/29 | |
| 800 METERS | ||||
| 1:56.04 | Janeth Jepkosgei (Ken) | World Ch | 08/28 | |
| 1:56.84 | Hasna Benhassi (Mor) | World Ch | 08/26 | |
| 1:56.98 | Maria Mutola (Moz) | World Ch | 08/26 | |
| 1:57.62 | Mayte Martínez (Spa) | World Ch | 08/28 | |
| 1:57.63 | Yuliya Krevsun (Ukr) | WUG | 08/14 | |
| 1:58.11 | Svetlana Usovich (Blr) | World Ch | 08/26 | |
| 1:58.14 | Olga Kotlyarova (Rus) | Rus Ch | 08/03 | |
| 1:58.37 | Svetlana Cherkasova (Rus) | Rus Ch | 08/03 | |
| 1:58.41 | Brigita Langerholc (Slo) | World Ch | 08/26 | |
| 1:58.61 | Kenia Sinclair (Jam) | Eugene GP | 06/10 | |
| 1500 METERS | ||||
| 3:57.30 | Yelena Soboleva (Rus) | Moscow Cup | 06/29 | |
| 3:58.75 | Maryam Jamal (Bhr) | World Ch | 09/02 | |
| 4:00.48 | Gelete Burka (Eth) | Eugene GP | 06/10 | |
| 4:00.69 | Iryna Lishchynska (Ukr) | World Ch | 09/02 | |
| 4:00.7 | Yuliya Fomenko (Rus) | Athens GP | 07/02 | |
| 4:00.82 | Daniela Yordanova (Bul) | World Ch | 09/02 | |
| 4:01.2 | Olga Yegorova (Rus) | Athens GP | 07/02 | |
| 4:01.52 | Maryem Alaoui Selsouli (Mor) | World Ch | 09/02 | |
| 4:02.10 | Viola Kibiwott (Ken) | World Ch | 09/02 | |
| 4:02.8 | Tatyana Tomashova (Rus) | Athens GP | 07/02 | |
| MILE | ||||
| 4:15.63 | Yelena Soboleva (Rus) | Moscow Cup | 06/29 | |
| 4:17.75 | Maryam Jamal (Bhr) | Brussels GP | 09/14 | |
| 4:20.10 | Olga Yegorova (Rus) | Moscow Cup | 06/29 | |
| 4:20.23 | Gulnara Samitova (Rus) | Moscow Cup | 06/29 | |
| 4:20.86 | Anna Alminova (Rus) | Moscow Cup | 06/29 | |
| 4:21.29 | Olesya Chumakova (Rus) | Moscow Cup | 06/29 | |
| 4:22.66 | Lisa Corrigan (Aus) | Melbourne GP | 03/02 | |
| 4:23.40 | Sarah Jamieson (Aus) | Melbourne GP | 03/02 | |
| 4:24.79 | Yuliya Fomenko (Rus) | Brussels GP | 09/14 | |
| 4:24.84 | Tatyana Tomashova (Rus) | Moscow Cup | 06/29 | |
| STEEPLE | ||||
| 9:06.57 | Yekaterina Volkova (Rus) | World Ch | 08/27 | |
| 9:09.19 | Tatyana Petrova (Rus) | World Ch | 08/27 | |
| 9:11.68 | Gulnara Samitova (Rus) | Athens GP | 07/02 | |
| 9:14.52 | Eunice Jepkorir (Ken) | Athens GP | 07/02 | |
| 9:24.51 | Ruth Bosibori (Ken) | Daegu | 10/03 | |
| 9:25.51 | Hanane Ouhaddou (Mor) | Heusden | 07/28 | |
| 9:26.23 | Rosa Morató (Spa) | Heusden | 07/28 | |
| 9:26.25 | Nian Liu (Chn) | Wuhan | 11/02 | |
| 9:26.55 | Yelena Sidorchenkova (Rus) | Rus Ch | 08/01 | |
| 9:26.63 | Donna MacFarlane (Aus) | Oslo GP | 06/15 | |
| 3000 METERS | ||||
| 8:18.69+ | Meseret Defar (Eth) | Brussels GP | 09/14 | |
| 8:23.74i | Meselech Melkamu (Eth) | Stuttgart | 02/03 | |
| 8:28.66 | Vivian Cheruiyot (Ken) | WAF | 09/23 | |
| 8:29.06 | Priscah Jepleting (Ken) | WAF | 09/23 | |
| 8:29.52 | Maryem Alaoui Selsouli (Mor) | Monaco GP | 07/25 | |
| 8:31.50i | Jo Pavey (GB) | Stuttgart | 02/03 | |
| 8:33.25i | Shalane Flanagan (US) | Reeb Boston | 01/27 | |
| 8:34.99 | Kara Goucher (US) | Rieti GP | 09/09 | |
| 8:35.03 | Jen Rhines (US) | Monaco GP | 07/25 | |
| 8:35.31 | Kim Smith (NZ) | Monaco GP | 07/25 | |
| 5000 METERS | ||||
| 14:16.63 | Meseret Defar (Eth) | Oslo GP | 06/15 | |
| 14:22.51 | Vivian Cheruiyot (Ken) | Oslo GP | 06/15 | |
| 14:27.42i | Tirunesh Dibaba (Eth) | Reeb Boston | 01/27 | |
| 14:31.20 | Gelete Burka (Eth) | Ostrava GP | 06/27 | |
| 14:33.83 | Meselech Melkamu (Eth) | Ostrava GP | 06/27 | |
| 14:36.52 | Maryem Alaoui Selsouli (Mor) | Rome GP | 07/13 | |
| 14:40.74 | Florence Kiplagat (Ken) | Hengelo GP | 05/26 | |
| 14:42.00 | Priscah Jepleting (Ken) | Hengelo GP | 05/26 | |
| 14:44.80 | Shalane Flanagan (US) | Mt SAC | 04/13 | |
| 14:45.22 | Ejegayehu Dibaba (Eth) | Oslo GP | 06/15 | |
| 10,000 METERS | ||||
| 31:00.27 | Mestawet Tufa (Eth) | Valkenswaard | 06/26 | |
| 31:06.20 | Florence Kiplagat (Ken) | Utrecht | 05/17 | |
| 31:13.67 | Teyba Erkesso (Eth) | Utrecht | 05/17 | |
| 31:17.30 | Yingying Zhang (Chn) | Wuhan | 11/02 | |
| 31:17.31 | Jen Rhines (US) | Cardinal Inv | 04/29 | |
| 31:18.97 | Ejegayehu Dibaba (Eth) | Barakaldo | 07/14 | |
| 31:20.63 | Kim Smith (NZ) | Cardinal Inv | 04/29 | |
| 31:20.66 | Aheza Kiros (Eth) | Barakaldo | 07/14 | |
| 31:21.25 | Fang Xie (Chn) | Wuhan | 11/02 | |
| 31:22.80 | Nathalie De Vos (Bel) | Utrecht | 05/17 | |
| 100m HURDLES | ||||
| 12.44 | Michelle Perry (US) | Rome GP | 07/13 | |
| 12.45 | Ginnie Powell (US) | New York GP | 06/02 | |
| 12.49 | Perdita Felicien (Can) | World Ch | 08/29 | |
| Susanna Kallur (Swe) | Berlin GP | 09/16 | ||
| 12.50 | Delloreen Ennis-London (Jam) | World Ch | 08/29 | |
| 12.57 | Lolo Jones (US) | Réthymno | 07/18 | |
| 12.63 | Angela Whyte (Can) | adidas Cl | 05/20 | |
| 12.64 | Vonette Dixon (Jam) | World Ch | 08/29 | |
| 12.67 | Dawn Harper (US) | Wattenscheid | 08/12 | |
| Josephine Onyia (Spa) | Rome GP | 07/13 | ||
| Wind-aided: | ||||
| 12.55 | Angela Whyte (Can) | Can Ch | 07/14 | |
| 12.64 | Priscilla Lopes (Can) | Belém GP | 05/20 | |
| MARATHON | ||||
| 2:20:38 | Chunxiu Zhou (Chn) | London | 04/22 | |
| 2:21:37 | Mizuki Noguchi (Jpn) | Tokyo | 11/18 | |
| 2:21:45 | Gete Wami (Eth) | London | 04/22 | |
| 2:23:09 | Paula Radcliffe (GB) | New York | 11/04 | |
| 2:23:12 | Yanan Wei (Chn) | Seoul | 03/18 | |
| 2:23:31 | Salina Kosgei (Ken) | Tokyo | 11/18 | |
| 2:23:48 | Yumiko Hara (Jpn) | Osaka | 01/28 | |
| 2:23:55 | Constantina Tomescu (Rom) | London | 04/22 | |
| 2:24:39 | Mari Ozaki (Jpn) | Osaka | 01/28 | |
| 2:24:43 | Yuri Kano (Jpn) | Osaka | 01/28 | |
| 20K WALK | ||||
| 1:26:47 | Olga Kaniskina (Rus) | IAAF Ch | 09/29 | |
| 1:27:10 | Rita Turova (Blr) | Sesto San Giovanni | 05/01 | |
| 1:27:41 | Kjersti Plätzer (Nor) | Sesto San Giovanni | 05/01 | |
| 1:28:00 | Anisya Kornikova (Rus) | IAAF Ch | 09/29 | |
| 1:28:25 | Hongjuan Song (Chn) | Sesto San Giovanni | 05/01 | |
| 1:28:29 | Yelena Ginko (Blr) | Euro Cup | 05/20 | |
| 1:28:31 | Alena Nartova (Rus) | Adler | 02/17 | |
| 1:28:46 | Tatyana Korotkova (Rus) | IAAF Ch | 09/29 | |
| 1:28:48 | Tatyana Shemyakina (Rus) | Euro U23 | 07/13 | |
| 1:28:51 | Tatyana Sibilyeva (Rus) | Adler | 02/17 | |
| 4 x 100 | ||||
| 41.98 | United States | World Ch | 09/01 | |
| 42.01 | Jamaica | World Ch | 09/01 | |
| 42.75 | Belgium | World Ch | 09/01 | |
| 42.78 | Russia | Euro Cup | 06/23 | |
| 42.82 | Great Britain | World Ch | 09/01 | |
| 42.87 | USA Red Penn | Penn R | 04/28 | |
| 43.05 | Texas A&M | NCAA | 06/08 | |
| 43.08 | Germany | Wattenscheid | 08/12 | |
| 43.09 | France | Euro Cup | 06/23 | |
| 43.14 | LSU | NCAA | 06/08 | |
| 4 x 400 | ||||
| 3:18.55 | United States | World Ch | 09/02 | |
| 3:19.73 | Jamaica | World Ch | 09/02 | |
| 3:20.04 | Great Britain | World Ch | 09/02 | |
| 3:20.25 | Russia | World Ch | 09/02 | |
| 3:21.88 | Belarus | World Ch | 09/02 | |
| 3:24.70 | USA Red Penn | Penn R | 04/28 | |
| 3:26.36 | Poland | Euro Cup | 06/24 | |
| 3:26.58 | Russia U23 | Euro U23 | 07/15 | |
| 3:27.04 | Cuba | World Ch | 09/01 | |
| 3:27.14 | Mexico | World Ch | 09/01 | |
| HIGH JUMP | ||||
| 2.07 | 6-9 1/2 | Blanka Vlasic (Cro) | Stockholm GP | 08/07 |
| 2.05i | 6-8 3/4 | Tia Hellebaut (Bel) | Euro Ind | 03/03 |
| 2.03 | 6-8 | Anna Chicherova (Rus) | World Ch | 09/02 |
| Antonietta Di Martino (Ita) | Milan | 06/24 | ||
| 2.02 | 6-7 1/2 | Ruth Beitia (Spa) | Spa Ch | 08/04 |
| Kajsa Bergqvist (Swe) | Nebiolo M | 06/08 | ||
| Yelena Slesarenko (Rus) | Oslo GP | 06/15 | ||
| i | Venelina Veneva (Bul) | B Bystrica | 02/13 | |
| 2.00 | 6-6 3/4 | Vita Palamar (Ukr) | Shanghai | 09/28 |
| Yekaterina Savchenko (Rus) | Dudelange | 07/01 | ||
| POLE VAULT | ||||
| 4.93i | 16-2 | Yelena Isinbayeva (Rus) | Donets’k | 02/10 |
| 4.88 | 16-0 | Jenn Stuczynski (US) | New York GP | 06/02 |
| 4.82 | 15-9 3/4 | Svetlana Feofanova (Rus) | WAF | 09/22 |
| Monika Pyrek (Pol) | WAF | 09/22 | ||
| 4.75 | 15-7 | Katerina Badurová (CzR) | World Ch | 08/28 |
| 4.72i | 15-5 3/4 | Kym Howe (Aus) | Donets’k | 02/10 |
| Tatyana Polnova (Rus) | Rivas | 06/29 | ||
| i | Anna Rogowska (Pol) | Donets’k | 02/10 | |
| 4.71i | 15-5 1/2 | Yuliya Golubchikova (Rus) | Euro Ind | 03/04 |
| 4.70 | 15-5 | Vanessa Boslak (Fra) | World Ch | 08/28 |
| i | Carolin Hingst (Ger) | Ludwigshafen | 01/14 | |
| LONG JUMP | ||||
| 7.21 | 23-8 | Lyudmila Kolchanova (Rus) | Sochi | 05/27 |
| 7.15 | 23-5 1/2 | Tatyana Lebedeva (Rus) | Madrid GP | 07/21 |
| 7.11 | 23-4 | Irina Simagina (Rus) | Sochi | 05/27 |
| 7.01 | 23-0 | Naide Gomes (Por) | Madrid GP | 07/21 |
| 6.95 | 22-9 3/4 | Maurren Maggi (Bra) | World Ch | 08/27 |
| 6.93 | 22-9 | Karen Mey (SA) | B Langensalza | 07/07 |
| 6.92 | 22-8 1/2 | Oksana Udmurtova (Rus) | Moscow Cup | 06/29 |
| 6.90 | 22-7 3/4 | Bianca Kappler (Ger) | B Langensalza | 07/07 |
| Tatyana Kotova (Rus) | Moscow Cup | 06/29 | ||
| 6.89 | 22-7 1/4 | Natalya Lebusova (Rus) | Sochi | 05/27 |
| Wind-aided: | ||||
| 7.10 | 23-3 1/2 | Tatyana Kotova (Rus) | Euro Clubs | 05/27 |
| 6.96 | 22-10 | Rhonda Watkins’ (Tri) | NCAA | 06/07 |
| TRIPLE JUMP | ||||
| 15.28 | 50-1 3/4 | Yargelis Savigne (Cub) | World Ch | 08/31 |
| 15.14 | 49-8 1/4 | Tatyana Lebedeva (Rus) | Athens GP | 07/02 |
| 15.09 | 49-6 1/4 | Hrísopíyi Devetzí (Gre) | World Ch | 08/29 |
| 14.92 | 48-11 1/2 | Marija Sestak (Slo) | Ljubljana | 06/03 |
| 14.90 | 48-10 3/4 | Limei Xie (Chn) | Urumqi | 09/20 |
| 14.88 | 48-10 | Anna Pyatykh (Rus) | World Ch | 08/31 |
| 14.79 | 48-6 1/4 | Olga Saladuha (Ukr) | WUG | 08/13 |
| 14.71 | 48-3 1/4 | Magdelín Martínez (Ita) | World Ch | 08/31 |
| 14.69 | 48-2 1/2 | Téresa N’Zola (Fra) | Euro Cup | 06/23 |
| Olga Rypakova (Kaz) | Asian Ch | 07/28 | ||
| Wind-aided: | ||||
| 15.10 | 49-6 1/2 | Keila Costa (Bra) | Uberlandia | 05/06 |
| SHOT | ||||
| 20.54 | 67-4 3/4 | Valerie Vili (NZ) | World Ch | 08/26 |
| 20.48 | 67-2 1/4 | Nadezhda Ostapchuk (Blr) | World Ch | 08/26 |
| 20.04 | 65-9 | Petra Lammert (Ger) | Zeven | 05/26 |
| 19.77 | 64-10 1/2 | Nadine Kleinert (Ger) | World Ch | 08/26 |
| 19.69 | 64-7 1/4 | Anna Omarova (Rus) | Euro Cup | 06/24 |
| 19.38 | 63-7 | Ling Li (Chn) | World Ch | 08/26 |
| 19.24 | 63-1 1/2 | Yanina Pravalinskaya (Blr) | Staiki | 06/09 |
| 19.15 | 62-10 | Chiara Rosa (Ita) | Milan | 06/24 |
| 19.13 | 62-9 1/4 | Lijiao Gong (Chn) | Chn Ch | 08/04 |
| 19.11 | 62-8 1/2 | Anna Avdeyeva (Rus) | Znam M | 06/09 |
| DISCUS | ||||
| 68.06 | 223-3 | Franka Dietzsch (Ger) | Halle | 05/19 |
| 67.67 | 222-0 | Suzy Powell (US) | Maui | 04/14 |
| 67.37 | 221-0 | Becky Breisch (US) | Maui II | 04/16 |
| 66.18 | 217-1 | Vera Cechlová (CzR) | Warsaw | 06/17 |
| 65.78 | 215-10 | Darya Pishchalnikova (Rus) | World Ch | 08/29 |
| 65.60 | 215-3 | Nicoleta Grasu (Rom) | Zalau | 05/05 |
| 64.98 | 213-2 | Taifeng Sun (Chn) | Chn WCT | 06/09 |
| 64.97 | 213-2 | Yania Ferrales (Cub) | Uberlandia | 05/06 |
| 64.87 | 212-10 | Elizna Naude (SA) | Stellenbosch | 03/02 |
| Irina Yatchenko (Blr) | Staiki | 07/28 | ||
| HAMMER | ||||
| 78.61 | 257-11 | Tatyana Lysenko (Rus) | Sochi | 05/26 |
| 77.36 | 253-10 | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (Rus) | Sochi | 05/26 |
| 76.83 | 252-0 | Kamila Skolimowska (Pol) | Doha GP | 05/11 |
| 76.36 | 250-6 | Yipsi Moreno (Cub) | Warsaw | 06/17 |
| 76.21 | 250-0 | Yelena Konevtsova (Rus) | Sochi | 05/26 |
| 75.77 | 248-7 | Betty Heidler (Ger) | Halle | 05/19 |
| 75.08 | 246-4 | Ivana Brkljacic (Cro) | Warsaw | 06/17 |
| 74.87 | 245-7 | Yekaterina Khoroshikh (Rus) | Sochi | 05/26 |
| 74.86 | 245-7 | Wenxiu Zhang (Chn) | Chn Ch | 08/03 |
| 73.94 | 242-7 | Oksana Menkova (Blr) | Staiki | 06/02 |
| JAVELIN | ||||
| 70.20 | 230-4 | Christina Obergföll (Ger) | Euro Cup | 06/23 |
| 67.12 | 220-2 | Barbora Spotáková (CzR) | WAF | 09/22 |
| 65.78 | 215-10 | Steffi Nerius (Ger) | Cottbus | 06/20 |
| 65.05 | 213-5 | Goldie Sayers (GB) | Loughborough | 05/20 |
| 64.65 | 212-1 | Sonia Bisset (Cub) | Athens GP | 07/02 |
| 64.29 | 210-11 | Nikola Brejchová (CzR) | World Ch | 08/29 |
| 64.28 | 210-11 | Mariya Abakumova (Rus) | Euro Clubs | 05/26 |
| 64.19 | 210-7 | Kim Kreiner (US) | Fortaleza | 05/16 |
| 63.65 | 208-10 | Indre Jakubaitité (Lit) | Kaunas | 09/14 |
| 63.58 | 208-7 | Paula Tarvainen (Fin) | World Ch | 08/29 |
| HEPTATHLON | ||||
| 7032 | Carolina Klüft (Swe) | World Ch | 08/26 | |
| 6832 | Lyudmyla Blonska (Ukr) | World Ch | 08/26 | |
| 6768w | Tatyana Chernova (Rus) | Arles | 06/03 | |
| 6510 | Kelly Sotherton (GB) | World Ch | 08/26 | |
| 6469 | Jessica Ennis (GB) | World Ch | 08/26 | |
| 6439 | Lilli Schwarzkopf (Ger) | World Ch | 08/26 | |
| 6380 | Austra Skujyté (Lit) | World Ch | 08/26 | |
| 6378 | Jennifer Oeser (Ger) | World Ch | 08/26 | |
| 6343 | Jessica Zelinka (Can) | Götzis | 05/27 | |
| 6327 | Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukr) | World Ch | 08/26 | |