Women’s Best-Ever Marks-For-Place

compiled by T&FN — as of October 15, 2024

i = indoor mark

100 METERS
1 10.54 Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) Pre Classic 21
2 10.64 ——Thompson-Herah Lausanne 21
3 10.72 Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith (Côte d’Ivoire) Monaco 22
4 10.80 Sha’Carri Richardson (US) Pre Classic 23
5 10.83 TeeTee Terry (US) Pre Classic 23
6 10.85 Natasha Morrison (Jamaica) Pre Classic 23
7 10.93 ——Ta Lou-Smith World Champs 22
8 11.00 Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain) World Champs 23
9 11.03 Tamari Davis (US) World Champs 23
10 11.73 Helen Miles (Great Britain) Great Britain AAA 92
Wind-aided:
1 10.49 Florence Griffith Joyner (US) Olympic Trials qf 88
4 10.78 ——Davis USATF 22
5 10.82 Tamara Clark (US) USATF 22
200 METERS
1 21.34 Florence Griffith Joyner (US) Olympic Games 88
2 21.66 Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) World Champs 15
3 21.87 Gabby Thomas (US) Olympic Games 21
4 21.94 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) Olympic Games 21
5 22.07 Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain) World Champs 15
6 22.17 Gwen Torrence (US) Olympic Games 88
7 22.30 Mujinga Kambundji (Switzerland) Olympic Games 21
8 22.42 Galina Malchugina (Soviet Union) Olympic Games 88
9 22.89 Joanna Atkins (US) London 18
Wind-aided:
9 22.53 Kennedy Blackmon (US) NCAA 23
400 METERS
1 47.60 Marita Koch (East Germany) World Cup 85
2 48.27 Olga Bryzgina (Soviet Union) World Cup 85
3 48.98 Natalia Kaczmarek (Poland) Olympic Games 24
4 49.28 Pauline Davis-Thompson (Bahamas) Olympic Games 96
Rhasidat Adeleke (Ireland) Olympic Games 24
5 49.29 Amber Anning (Great Britain) Olympic Games 24
6 49.77 Fatima Yusuf (Nigeria) Olympic Games 96
Alexis Holmes (US) Olympic Games 24
7 49.83 Sada Williams (Barbados) Olympic Games 24
8 49.96 Henriette Jæger (Norway) Olympic Games 24
9 50.96 Shamier Little (US) Olympic Trials 24
800 METERS
1 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) Munich 83
2 1:54.81 Olga Mineyeva (Soviet Union) Olympic Games 80
3 1:55.46 Tatyana Providokhina (Soviet Union) Olympic Games 80
4 1:55.74 Anita Weiss (East Germany) Olympic Games 76
5 1:56.44 Svetlana Styrkina (Soviet Union) Olympic Games 76
6 1:56.9 Olga Dvirna (Soviet Union) Podolsk 82
7 1:57.3 Lyubov Gurina (Soviet Union) Podolsk 82
8 1:57.3 ——Providokhina Podolsk 82
9 1:57.5 Tatyana Pozdnyakova (Soviet Union) Podolsk 82
10 1:59.0 Zamira Zaytseva (Soviet Union) Podolsk 82
11 1:59.13 Yelena Medvedyeva (Soviet Union) Izvestia 84
12 1:59.55 Lyudmila Veselkova (Soviet Union) Izvestia 84
1000 METERS
1 2:28.98 Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) Van Damme 96
2 2:29.66 Maria Mutola (Mozambique) Van Damme 96
3 2:31.06 Ciara Mageean (Ireland) Monaco 20
4 2:31.11 Jemma Reekie (Great Britain) Monaco 20
5 2:32.12 Halimah Nakaayi (Uganda) Monaco 20
6 2:32.30 Sofia Ennaoui (Poland) Monaco 20
7 2:35.06 Ludmila Formanová (Czechia) Nice 99
8 2:35.93 Christine Wachtel (Germany) ISTAF 91
9 2:37.10 Raevyn Rogers (US) Monaco 20
10 2:37.76 ——Wachtel Villeneuve-d’Ascq 93
1500 METERS
1 3:49.04 Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) Paris 24
2 3:50.83 Jessica Hull (Australia) Paris 24
3 3:52.61 Georgia Bell (Great Britain) Olympic Games 24
4 3:52.75 Diribe Welteji (Ethiopia) Olympic Games 24
5 3:53.37 Laura Muir (Great Britain) Olympic Games 24
6 3:56.07 Susan Ejore (Kenya) Olympic Games 24
7 3:56.38 Nikki Hiltz (US) Olympic Games 24
8 3:57.52 Elle St. Pierre (US) Olympic Games 24
9 3:58.08sf Revee Walcott-Nolan (Great Britain) Olympic Games 24
10 3:58.11sf Sintayehu Vissa (Italy) Olympic Games 24
11 3:58.98 Nigist Getachew (Ethiopia) Paris 24
12 3:59.74 Esther Guerrero (Spain) Paris 24
(for the purposes of this compilation, the Chinese National Games marks of ’93 & ’97  are ignored)
MILE
1 4:07.64 Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) Monaco 23
2 4:14.58 Ciara Mageean (Ireland) Monaco 23
3 4:14.79 Freweyni Hailu (Eth) Monaco 23
4 4:15.24 Laura Muir (Great Britain) Monaco 23
5 4:15.34 Jessica Hull (Australia) Monaco 23
6 4:16.35 Nikki Hiltz (US) Monaco 23
7 4:16.38 Melissa Courtney-Bryant (Great Britain) Monaco 23
8 4:16.47 Elise Cranny (US) Monaco 23
9 4:20.04 Janat Chemusto (Uganda) Bislett 23
10 4:21.40 Linden Hall (Australia) London 18
11 4:21.54 Simona Vrzalová (Czechia) London 18
12 4:23.34 Sofia Ennaoui (Poland) London 18
2000 METERS
1 5:19.70 Jessica Hull (Australia) Monaco 24
2 5:25.86 Freweyni Hailu (Ethiopia) Zagreb 21
3 5:26.08 Melissa Courtney-Bryant (Great Britain) Monaco 24
4 5:28.78 Cory McGee (US) Monaco 24
5 5:28.82 Georgia Griffith (Australia) Monaco 24
6 5:31.18 Lucia Stafford (Canada) Monaco 24
7 5:32.63 Agathe Guillemot (France) Monaco 24
8 5:32.86 Marta García (Spain) Monaco 24
9 5:34.99 Axumawit Embaye (Ethiopia) Monaco 24
10 5:43.06 Ciara Mageean (Ireland) Monaco 24
STEEPLE
1 8:44.32 Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya) Monaco 18
2 8:48.03 Peruth Chemutai (Uganda) Rome 24
3 8:55.15 Faith Cherotich (Kenya) Olympic Games 24
4 8:58.67 Alice Finot (France) Olympic Games 24
5 9:00.83 Semba Almayew (Ethiopia) Olympic Games 24
6 9:04.24 ——Chepkoech Olympic Games 24
7 9:04.35 Elizabeth Bird (Great Britain) Olympic Games 24
8 9:06.07 Lomi Muleta (Ethiopia) Olympic Games 24
9 9:08.97 Norah Jeruto (Kazakhstan) Olympic Games 24
10 9:09.59 Lea Meyer (Germany) Olympic Games 24
11 9:10.43 Irene Sánchez-Escribano (Spain) Olympic Games 24
12 9:13.60 Courtney Wayment (US) Olympic Games 24
3000 METERS
1 8:16.60i Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) Stockholm 14
2 8:19.52 Ejgayehu Taye (Ethiopia) Paris 21
3 8:20.27 Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) Pre Classic 19
4 8:21.29 ——Dibaba Pre Classic 19
5 8:24.58 Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) Doha 14
6 8:25.23 Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia) Doha 20
7 8:26.31 Laura Weightman (Great Britain) Doha 20
8 8:30.00 Mimi Belete (Bahrain) Doha 14
9 8:32.10 Fantu Worku (Ethiopia) Pre Classic 19
10 8:32.96 Margaret Kipkemboi (Kenya) Pre Classic 19
11 8:34.67 Irene Jelegat (Kenya) Van Damme 14
12 8:34.73 ——Belete Van Damme 14
(China National Games ’93, places 1–5, is ignored)
5000 METERS
1 14:00.21 Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia) Pre Classic 23
2 14:05.92 Beatrice Chebet (Kenya) Pre Classic 23
3 14:13.31 Ejgayehu Taye (Ethiopia) Paris 23
4 14:16.54 Medina Eisa (Ethiopia) London 23
5 14:19.45 Alicia Monson (US) London 23
6 14:23.67 Margaret Kipkemboi (Kenya) Paris 23
7 14:31.26 Eilish McColgan (Great Britain) Van Damme 21
8 14:34.88 ——Monson Paris 23
9 14:35.43 Weini Kelati (US) Pre Classic 24
10 14:37.38 Senayet Getachew (Ethiopia) Pre Classic 24
11 14:47.15 Elly Henes (US) London 23
12 14:47.52 Maureen Koster (Netherlands) London 23
10,000 METERS
1 28:54.14 Beatrice Chebet (Kenya) Pre Classic 24
2 29:05.92 Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia) Pre Classic 24
3 29:26.89 Lilian Rengeruk (Kenya) Pre Classic 24
4 29:27.59 Margaret Kipkemboi (Kenya) Pre Classic 24
5 30:04.97 Janeth Chepngetich (Kenya) Pre Classic 24
6 30:06.43 Emmaulate Anyango (Kenya) Pre Classic 24
7 30:07.42 Catherine Amnang’ole (Kenya) Pre Classic 24
8 30:17.77 Bosena Mulate (Ethiopia) World Champs 22
9 30:18.05 Karissa Schweizer (US) World Champs 22
10 30:27.30 Miriam Chebet (Kenya) Pre Classic 24
11 30:34.86 Grace Nawowuna (Kenya) Pre Classic 24
12 30:39.71 Ririka Hironaka (Japan) World Champs 22
100 HURDLES
1 12.12 Tobi Amusan (Nigeria) World Champs sf 22
2 12.27 Keni Harrison (US) World Champs sf 22
3 12.31 Grace Stark (US) Olympic Trials 24
4 12.37 Nia Ali (US) Olympic Trials 24
5 12.38 Tonea Marshall (US) Olympic Trials 24
6 12.39 Keni Harrison (US) Olympic Trials 24
7 12.58 Alaysha Johnson (US) Chorzów DL 23
8 12.65 Cyrena Samba-Mayela (France) Gainesville 24
9 12.73 Marione Fourie (South Africa) Chorzów DL 23
10 13.04 Yanni Wu (China) Xiamen 24
Wind-aided:
1 12.06 ——Amusan World Champs 22
2 12.23 Britany Anderson (Jamaica) World Champs 22
3 12.23 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (Puerto Rico) World Champs 22
4 12.31 Alia Armstrong (US) World Champs 22
5 12.38 Cindy Sember (Great Britain) World Champs 22
7 12.53 Devynne Charlton (Bahamas) World Champs 22
400 HURDLES
1 50.37 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (US) Olympic Games 24
2 51.58 Dalilah Muhammad (US) Olympic Games 21
3 52.03 Femke Bol (Netherlands) Olympic Games 21
4 52.29 Jasmine Jones (US) Olympic Games 24
5 52.68 Rushell Clayton (Jamaica) Olympic Games 24
6 53.29 Shiann Salmon (Jamaica) Olympic Games 24
7 53.88 Savannah Sutherland (Canada) Olympic Games 24
8 54.53 Louise Maraval (France) Olympic Games 24
9 55.47 Sydni Townsend (US) Olympic Trials 24
ONE HOUR
1 18,390m |11.76M Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) Van Damme 20
2 18,571m | 11.53M Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (Israel) Van Damme 20
3 18,341m | 11.39M Eva Cherono (Kenya) Van Damme 20
4 17,974m | 11.16M Helen Tola (Ethiopia) Van Damme 20
5 17,955m | 11.15M Sarah Lahti (Finland) Van Damme 20
HALF-MARATHON
1 1:02:52 Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) Valencia 21
2 1:03:51 Yalemzerf Yehualaw (Ethiopia) Valencia 21
3 1:04:36 Sheila Kiprotich (Kenya) Ra’s al Khaymah 22
4 1:05:09 Joan Chelimo (Kenya) İstanbul 21
5 1:05:41 Yeshaneh Ababel (Ethiopia) World Champs 20
6 1:05:58 Joyciline Jepkosgei (Kenya) World Champs 20
7 1:06:20 Yasemin Can (Turkey) World Champs 20
8 1:06:38 Vivian Kiplagat (Kenya) Ra’s al Khaymah 20
9 1:06:56 Brillian Kipkoech (Kenya) World Champs 20
10 1:07:10 Rosemary Wanjiru (Kenya) World Champs 20
11 1:07:54 Brillian Kipkoech (Kenya) Manama 21
12 1:08:02 Nigsti Haftu (Ethiopia) Manama 21
MARATHON
1 2:09:56 Ruth Chepngetich (Kenya) Chicago 24
2 2:15:37 ——Chepngetich Chicago 23
3 2:16:24 Joyciline Jepkosgei (Kenya) London 24
4 2:16:34 Alemu Megertu (Ethiopia) London 24
5 2:18:11 Fancy Chemutai (Kenya) Valencia 22
6 2:18:47 Tiruye Mesfin (Ethiopia) Valencia 22
7 2:18:52 Tigist Girma (Ethiopia) Valencia 22
8 2:19:44 Helen Tola (Ethiopia) Berlin 23
9 2:20:40 Dolshi Tesfu (Eritrea) Valencia 22
10 2:21:01 Majida Maayouf (Morocco) Valencia 22
11 2:21:34 Eshetu Degefa (Ethiopia) Valencia 22
12 2:21:34 Sinead Diver (Australia) Valencia 22
20K WALK
1 1:23:49 Jiayu Yang (China) Chinese Ch 21
2 1:24:27 Hong Liu (China) Chinese Ch 21
3 1:24:45 Shenjie Qieyang (China) Chinese Ch 21
4 1:25:51 Xiuzhi Lu (China) Chinese Ch 21
5 1:25:59 Liujing Yang (China) Chinese Ch 21
6 1:27:08 Vera Sokolova (Russia) Euro Cup 15
7 1:27:09 Lyudmyla Olyanovska (Ukraine) Euro Cup 15
8 1:27:46 Ana Cabecinha (Portugal) Olympic Games 08
9 1:27:51 Antonella Palmisano (Italy) World Cup 14
10 1:27:54 Marina Pandakova (Russia) World Cup 14
11 1:28:02 Vera Santos (Portugal) World Cup 14
12 1:28:12 Lina Kalutskaya (Russia) World Cup 14
(Marks at ’18 Russian NC & Adler competition ’09—which would fill spots 1 & 4-5—are ignored as questionable)
35K WALK
1 2:37:15 Mária Pérez (Spain) Euro TC 23
2 2:40:03 Katarzyna Zdziebło (Poland) World Champs 22
3 2:40:37 Shenjie Qieyang (China) World Champs 22
4 2:41:58 Antigóni Drisbióti (Greece) World Champs 22
5 2:42:27 Raquel González (Spain) World Champs 22
6 2:42:45 Laura García-Caro (Spain) World Champs 22
7 2:44:28 Maocuo Li (China) World Champs 22
8 2:45:02 Viviane Lyra (Brazil) World Champs 22
9 2:45:09 Serena Sonoda (Japan) World Champs 22
10 2:46:02 Lamei Yin (China) World Champs 22
11 2:49:34 Xueying Bai (China) World Champs 23
12 2:50:39 Magaly Bonilla (Ecuador) World Champs 22
(Marks at ’23 Russian NC—which would fill spot 1—are ignored for lack of international judging)
4 x 100
1 40.82 United States Olympic Games 12
2 41.18 Jamaica World Champs 22
3 41.77 Great Britain Olympic Games 16
4 42.08 Switzerland Olympic Games 21
5 42.12 Trinidad Olympic Games 16
Germany Olympic Games 21
6 42.62 ——Trinidad World Champs 17
7 42.63 Brazil World Champs 17
8 42.92 Italy World Champs 22
9 43.13 USC NCAA 23
4 x 200
1 1:27.46 Nike Penn 00
2 1:28.78 Oregon Florida 17
3 1:29.71 PURE Athletics Florida 17
4 1:29.86 Empire Athletics Florida 17
5 1:31.00 Star Athletics Florida 17
6 1:32.23 France World Relays 14
7 1:33.15 Empire Athletics B Florida 17
8 1:34.57 Rutgers Penn 14
4 x 400
1 3:15.17 Soviet Union Olympic Games 88
2 3:15.51 United States Olympic Games 88
3 3:18.29 East Germany Olympic Games 88
4 3:19.90 Ireland Olympic Games 24
5 3:21.41 France Olympic Games 24
6 3:22.01 Canada Olympic Games 24
7 3:22.40 Belgium Olympic Games 24
8 3:26.92 Cuba Olympic Games 21
9 3:28.35 France World Champs 23
4 x 800
1 7:50.87 Soviet Union Moscow Ch 84
2 7:51.62 Soviet Union B Moscow Ch 84
3 7:56.9 Leningrad (Soviet Union) USSR Ch 80
4 8:05.2 Moscow (Soviet Union) Spartakiade 79
5 8:14.85 Canada Penn 13
6 8:16.27 Canada World Relays 15
7 8:21.39 Italy Euro Relays 93
8 8:24.45 Mexico World Relays 14
4 x 1500
1 16:33.58 Kenya World Relays 14
2 16:55.19 NC State Penn 22
3 17:08.65 Australia World Relays 14
4 17:19.44 Georgetown Penn 23
5 17:19.95 Notre Dame Penn 23
6 17:26.44 New Mexico Penn 23
7 17:27.25 Wisconsin Penn 23
8 17:34.32 Virginia Penn 23
Sprint Medley
1 3:34.56 Jamaica Penn 09
2 3:37.37 Russia Penn 09
3 3:38.36 USA Blue Penn 09
4 3:39.07 USA White Penn 09
5 3:40.38 Great Britain Penn 09
6 3:41.04 World All-Stars Penn 09
7 3:51.22 Tennessee Penn 14
8 3:52.31 Norfolk State Penn 00
Distance Medley
1 10:36.50 United States World Relays 15
2 10:42.79i New York All-Stars New Balance 15
3 10:45.32 Poland World Relays 15
4 10:46.94 Australia World Relays 15
5 10:56.85i Arkansas NCAA Indoor 19
6 11:00.03 Providence Penn 23
7 11:01.49i Notre Dame NCAA Indoor 13
8 11:02.15i Oregon NCAA Indoor 13
4 x 100 Hurdles
1 50.50 USA Blue Drake 15
2 50.50 Drake All-Stars Drake 15
3 52.32 Drake USA Red Drake 15
4 54.60 Texas A&M Penn 98
5 54.97 Auburn Penn 98
HIGH JUMP
1 2.10 6-10¾ Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) Paris 24
2 2.05 6-8¾ Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) Olympic Games 08
       i ——Vlašić Karlsruhe 09
2-3 2.03 6-8 Anna Chicherova (Russia) World Champs 07
Antonietta Di Martino (Italy) World Champs 07
3 2.02 6-7½ Viktoriya Styopina (Ukraine) Olympic Games 04
4 2.01 6-7 Amy Acuff (US) Weltklasse 03
——Vlašić Euro Champs 06
5 2.00 6-6¾ Yekaterina Savchenko (Russia) World Champs 07
6 1.99 6-6¼ Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (Germany) World Champs 15
7-8 1.97 6-5½ ——Chicherova Golden Gala 03
——Vlašić Golden Gala 03
7-11 1.94 6-4¼ Marina Aitova (Kazakhstan) World Champs 07
Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) World Champs 07
Emma Green (Sweden) World Champs 07
Mélanie Melfort (France) World Champs 07
Vita Palamar (Ukraine) World Champs 07
8 1.96 6-5 Hanne Haugland (Norway) Olympic Games 96
Yuliya Levchenko (Ukraine) Olympic Games 21
Nadezhda Dubovitskaya (Kazakhstan) World Champs 22
9 1.96 6-5 Marija Vuković (Montenegro) Olympic Games 21
10 1.94 6-4¼ Viktoriya Seryogina (Russia) Golden Gala 03
11 1.94 6-4¼ ——Bergqvist Golden Gala 03
12 1.94 6-4¼ ——Acuff World Champs 07
Qualifying round:
9-10 1.95 6-4¾ Vashti Cunningham (US) Olympic Games 21
Mariya Lasitskene (Russia) Olympic Games 21
9-11 1.95 6-4¾ Svetlana Radzivil (Uzbekistan) World Champs 11
Yelena Slesarenko (Russia) World Champs 11
Xingjuan Zheng (China) World Champs 11
10 1.95i 6-4¾ ——Acuff World Indoor 03
11-13 1.95 6-4¾ Iryna Herashchenko (Ukraine) Olympic Games 21
——Levchenko Olympic Games 21
Maja Nilsson (Sweden) Olympic Games 21
12 1.95 6-4¾ Anna Iljuštšenko (Estonia) World Champs 11
POLE VAULT
1 5.06 16-7¼ Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) Weltklasse 09
1-2 4.90 16-¾ Nina Kennedy (Australia) World Champs 23
Katie Moon (US) World Champs 23
2 4.90i 16-¾ Jenn Suhr (US) USATF Indoor 16
         i Anzhelika Sidorova (Russia) World Indoor 18
Sandi Morris (US) World Champs 19
3 4.85 15-11 ——Morris Continental Cup 18
Katerína Stefanídi (Greece) World Champs 19
Holly Bradshaw (Great Britain) Olympic Games 21
Alysha Newman (Canada) Olympic Games 24
4 4.80i 15-9 Nicole Büchler (Switzerland) World Indoor 16
Alana Boyd (Australia) Olympic Games 16
——Morris Monaco 18
——Bradshaw World Champs 19
——Stefanídi Olympic Games 21
Tina Šutej (Slovenia) World Champs 23
Angelica Moser (Switzerland) Olympic Games 24
5 4.80 15-9 Alysha Newman (Canada) World Champs 19
Amálie Švábíková (Czechia) Olympic Games 24
6 4.80 15-9 Angelica Bengtsson (Sweden) World Champs 19
7 4.75 15-7 Eliza McCartney (New Zealand) Monaco 18
7-10 4.70 15-5 ——Moon World Champs 19
Robeilys Peinado (Venezuela) World Champs 19
——Suhr World Champs 19
Iryna Zhuk (Belarus) World Champs 19
8 4.75 15-7 Ninon Guillon-Romarin (France) Monaco 18
9 4.65 15-3 Silke Spiegelburg (Germany) World Champs 11
Katerína Stefanídi (Greece) Olympic Games 24
10 4.63 15-2¼ Ling Li (China) Van Damme 19
11 4.70 15-5 Yarisley Silva (Cuba) World Champs 19
12 4.70 15-5 ——Guillon-Romarin World Champs 19
Qualifying round:
10-11 4.65 15-3 Elisa Molinarolo (Italy) World Champs 23
——Šutej World Champs 23
LONG JUMP
1 7.52 24-8¼ Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union) Znamenskiy 88
2 7.36 24-1¾ Yelena Belevskaya (Soviet Union) Znamenskiy 88
3 7.20 23-7½ ——Chistyakova Weltklasse 85
4 7.19 23-7¼ Helga Radtke (East Germany) Weltklasse 85
5 7.04 23-1¼ Carol Lewis (US) Weltklasse 85
6 6.99 22-11 Yelena Kokonova (Soviet Union) Znamenskiy 88
7 6.96 22-10 Inessa Kravets (Soviet Union) Znamenskiy 88
8 6.82 22-4½ Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (Ukraine) World Champs 22
9 6.67 21-10¾ Khaddi Sagnia (Sweden) Olympic Games 21
10 6.65 21-10 Darya Klishina (Russia) World Champs 15
11 6.63 21-9 Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Great Britain) World Champs 15
12 6.52 21-4¾ Shana Williams (US) World Champs 99
Qualifying round:
9 6.72 22-¾ Tyra Gittens (Trinidad) Olympic Games 21
10 6.71 22-¼ ——Bekh-Romanchuk Olympic Games 21
11 6.68 21-11 Shara Proctor (Great Britain) World Champs 15
12 6.68 21-11 Janay DeLoach (US) World Champs 15
Wind-aided:
1 7.63(A) 25-½ Heike Drechsler (Germany) Sestriere 92
2 7.39(A) 24-3 ——Drechsler Sestriere 94
5 7.07 23-2½ ——Radtke East Germany vs. USSR 86
Irina Valyukevich (SU) Znamenskiy 88
      (A) Valentina Uccheddu (Italy) Sestriere 95
9 6.73 22-1 Ineta Radēviča (Latvia) Madrid 05
10 6.69 21-11½ Bianca Kappler (Germany) Madrid 05
TRIPLE JUMP
1 15.74i 51-7¾ Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) World Indoor 22
2 15.25 50-½ Piyí Devetzí (Greece) Olympic Games 04
3 15.14 49-8¼ Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) Olympic Games 04
4 15.03 49-3¾ Marija Šestak (Slovenia) Olympic Games 08
5 14.99 49-2¼ Yamilé Aldama (Sudan) Olympic Games 04
6 14.87 48-9½ Liadagmis Povea (Cuba) World Champs 23
7 14.85 48-8¾ Magdelin Martínez (Italy) Olympic Games 04
8 14.79 48-6¼ Anna Pyatykh (Russia) Olympic Games 04
9 14.57 47-9¾ Yusmay Bicet (Cuba) Olympic Games 04
10 14.35 47-1 Yelena Hovorova (Ukraine) Olympic Games 04
11 14.34 47-¾ Olga Vasdéki (Greece) Olympic Games 04
12 14.33 47-¼ Qiuyan Huang (China) Olympic Games 04
Qualifying round:
9 14.61 47-11¼ ——Mbango Olympic Games 04
10 14.57 47-9¾ ——Martínez Olympic Games 04
11-12 14.56 47-9¼ ——Hovorova Olympic Games 04
Adelina Gavrila (Romania) Olympic Games 04
SHOT
1 22.63 74-3 Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) Znamenskiy 87
2 21.74 71-4 Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) Leipzig 79
3 21.34 70-¼ Ines Müller (East Germany) East Germany vs. USSR 86
4 21.15 69-4¾ Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) Olympic Games 80
5 20.77 68-1¾ ——Müller Olympic Day 84
6 20.63 67-8¼ Heike Hartwig (East Germany) World Champs 87
7 20.43 67-½ Meisu Li (China) World Champs 87
8 20.29 66-7 Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) World Champs 87
9 19.69 64-7¼ Yuzhen Cong (China) Olympic Games 88
10 19.36 63-6¼ Stephanie Storp (West Germany) World Champs 87
11 19.35 63-6 Zhihong Huang (China) World Champs 87
12 19.19 62-11½ Iris Plotzitzka (West Germany) World Champs 87
Qualifying round:
10 19.53 64-1 Svetla Mitkova (Bulgaria) Olympic Games 88
11 19.45 63-9¾ Bonnie Dasse (US) Olympic Games 88
12 19.40 63-7¾ Natalya Akhrimenko (Soviet Union) Olympic Games 88
DISCUS
1 76.80 252-0 Gabriele Reinsch (East Germany) East Germany vs. Italy 88
2 74.40 244-1 Ilke Wyludda (East Germany) East Berlin 88
3 72.24 237-0 ——Wyludda East Germany vs. Italy 88
4 71.38 234-2 Martina Hellmann (East Germany) East Germany vs. Italy 88
5 68.94 226-2 Maria Petkova (Bulgaria) Olympic Day 84
Ellina Zvereva (Soviet Union) Olympic Games 88
6 68.04 223-3 Tsvetanka Khristova (Bulgaria) Olympic Day 84
7 67.26 220-8 ——Reinsch Olympic Games 88
8 65.94 216-4 Xuemei Hou (China) Olympic Games 88
9 64.08 210-3 Hourun Yu (China) Olympic Games 88
10 64.08 210-3 Larisa Mikhalchenko (Soviet Union) Olympic Games 88
11 63.42 208-1 Carol Cady (US) Olympic Games 88
12 61.13 200-6 Daisy Osakue (Italy) World Champs 23
Qualifying round:
12 62.54 205-2 Galina Murashova (Soviet Union) Olympic Games 88
HAMMER
1 82.98 272-3 Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) Warsaw 16
2 77.75 255-1 Brooke Andersen (US) Tucson 22
3 76.34 250-6 Wenxiu Zhang (China) Olympic Games 12
4 76.05 249-6 Kathrin Klaas (Germany) Olympic Games 12
5 75.49 247-8 Annette Echikunwoke (Nigeria) Tucson 21
6. 74.18 243-4 Bianca Ghelber (Romania) Olympic Games 21
7 73.83 242-2 Joanna Fiodorow (Poland) Olympic Games 21
8 73.09 239-9 DeAnna Price (US) Olympic Games 21
9 72.69 238-6 Julia Ratcliffe (New Zealand) Olympic Games 21
10 72.16 236-9 ——Andersen Olympic Games 21
11 71.35 234-1 Gwen Berry (US) Olympic Games 21
12 69.92 229-5 Manuela Montebrun (France) World Champs 09
Qualifying round:
10 72.32 237-3 ——Fiodorow Olympic Games 21
11. 71.72 235-4 ——Ghelber Olympic Games 21
12 71.68 235-2 Sara Fantini (Italy) Olympic Games 21
JAVELIN
1 72.28 237-2 Barbora Špotáková (Czechia) World Athletics Final 08
2 70.03 229-9 Christina Obergföll (Germany) World Champs 05
3 66.18 217-1 Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) Olympic Games 00
4 65.29 214-2 Steffi Nerius (Germany) Olympic Games 08
5 64.60 211-11 Tatsiana Khaladovich (Belarus) Olympic Games 16
6 64.36 211-2 Kathryn Mitchell (Australia) Olympic Games 16
7 64.04 210-1 Huihui Lu (China) Olympic Games 16
8 62.92 206-5 ——Obergföll Olympic Games 16
9 61.85 202-11 Elína Tzénggo (Greece) Olympic Games 24
10 61.84 202-3 Momone Ueda (Japan) Olympic Games 24
11 60.16 197-4 Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir (Iceland) World Champs 17
12 60.32 197-11 Mackenzie Little (Australia) Olympic Games 24
Qualifying round:
8 63.52 208-5 Linda Stahl (Germany) World Champs 15
9 63.23 207-5 Katharina Molitor (Germany) World Champs 15
10 63.15 207-2 ——Lu World Champs 15
11 62.58 205-4 ——Khaladovich World Champs 17
12 62.29 204-1 Lingwei Li (China) World Champs 17
HEPTATHLON
1 7291 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) Olympic Games 88
2 6897 Sabine John (East Germany) Olympic Games 88
3 6858 Anke Behmer (East Germany) Olympic Games 88
4 6691 Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Great Britain) Götzis 17
5 6580 Claudia Salman-Rath (Germany) Götzis 17
6 6615 Anna Hall (US) Olympic Games 24
7 6497 Anouk Vetter (Netherlands) Götzis 17
8 6446 Yorgelis Rodríguez (Cuba) Götzis 17
9 6412 Nafi Thiam (Belgium) Götzis 15
10 6394 ——Vetter Olympic Games 16
11 6383 Antoinette Nana Djimou (France) Olympic Games 16
12 6331 Anastasiya Mokhnyuk (Ukraine) Götzis 15