52 canonical records · 28 events

World records

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Newest

Women's 100mH · 12.09

Zurich · 27 Aug 2026

Longest standing

Women's 800m · 1:53.28

Munich · 1983 · 43 years

Sprints & hurdles

5 records · women

100m 10.490.0 Florence Griffith Joyner USA Indianapolis · 16 Jul 1988 38 yrs 200m 21.34+1.3 Florence Griffith Joyner USA Seoul · 29 Sep 1988 37 yrs 400m 47.60 Marita Koch GDR Canberra · 6 Oct 1985 40 yrs 100mH 12.090.0 Masai Russell USA Zurich · 27 Aug 2026 0 yrs 400mH 50.37 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone USA Saint-Denis · 8 Aug 2024 2 yrs

Middle & long distance

5 records · women

800m 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH Munich · 26 Jul 1983 43 yrs 1500m 3:48.68 Faith Kipyegon KEN Eugene · 5 Jul 2025 1 yrs 5000m 13:58.06 Beatrice Chebet KEN Eugene · 5 Jul 2025 1 yrs 10,000m 28:54.14 Beatrice Chebet KEN Eugene · 25 May 2024 2 yrs 3000mSC 8:44.32 Beatrice Chepkoech KEN Monaco · 20 Jul 2018 8 yrs

Jumps

4 records · women

High Jump 2.10 Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR Paris · 7 Jul 2024 2 yrs Pole Vault 5.06 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Zürich · 28 Aug 2009 17 yrs Long Jump 7.52+1.4 Galina Chistyakova URS Leningrad · 11 Jun 1988 38 yrs Triple Jump 15.74 Yulimar Rojas VEN Belgrade · 20 Mar 2022 4 yrs

Throws & combined

5 records · women

Shot Put 22.63 Natalya Lisovskaya URS Moscow · 7 Jun 1987 39 yrs Discus 76.80 Gabriele Reinsch GDR Neubrandenburg · 9 Jul 1988 38 yrs Hammer 82.98 Anita Włodarczyk POL Warsaw · 28 Aug 2016 10 yrs Javelin 72.28 Barbora Špotáková CZE Stuttgart · 13 Sep 2008 17 yrs Heptathlon 7291 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Seoul · 24 Sep 1988 37 yrs

Road & race walk

7 records · women

5 km 13:54 Beatrice Chebet KEN Barcelona · 31 Dec 2024 1 yrs 10 km 28:46 Agnes Jebet Ngetich KEN Valencia · 14 Jan 2024 2 yrs Half Marathon 1:02:52 Letesenbet Gidey ETH Valencia · 24 Oct 2021 4 yrs Marathon 2:09:56 Ruth Chepng'etich KEN Chicago · 13 Oct 2024 1 yrs 20 km Walk 1:23:39 Yelena Lashmanova RUS Cheboksary · 9 Jun 2018 8 yrs 35 km Walk 2:37:15 María Pérez ESP Poděbrady · 21 May 2023 3 yrs 50 km Walk 3:57:08 Klavdiya Afanasyeva RUS Cheboksary · 15 Jun 2019 7 yrs

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