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100-Meter - Hand Timed

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
11.7Stanislawa Walasiewicz, POLWarsaw26 Aug 1934
11.6Walasiewicz, POLBerlin1 Aug 1937
11.5Francina Blankers-Koen, HOLAmsterdam13 Jun 1948
 Marjorie Jackson, AUSHelsinki22 Jul 1952
11.4Marjorie Jackson, AUSGifu4 Oct 1952
11.3Shirley de la Hunty, AUSWarsaw4 Aug 1955
 Vera Krepkina, SOVKiev13 Sep 1958
 Wilma Rudolph, USARome2 Sep 1960
11.2Wilma Rudolph, USAStuttgart19 Jul 1961
 Wyomia Tyus, USATokyo15 Oct 1964
11.1Irena Kirszenstein, POLPrague9 Jul 1965
 Wyomia Tyus, USAKiev31 Jul 1965
 Barbara Ferrell, USASanta Barbara2 Jul 1967
 Ludmila Samotjosova, SOVLeninakan15 Aug 1968
 Irena Kirszenstein Szewinska, POLMexico City14 Oct 1968
11.0Wyomia Tyus, USAMexico City15 Oct 1968
 Cheng Chi, TAISüdstadt18 Jul 1970
 Renate Meissner, GDRBerlin2 Aug 1970
 Renate Meissner Stecher, GDRBerlin31 Jul 1971
 Renate Meissner Stecher, GDRPotsdam3 Jun 1972
 Ellen Stropahl, GDRPotsdam15 Jun 1972
 Eva Glesková, CZEBudapest1 Jul 1972
10.9Renate Meissner Stecher, GDROstrava7 Jun 1973
10.8Renate Meissner Stecher, GDRDresden20 Jul 1973

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100-Meter - Electronically Timed

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
11.08Wyomia Tyus, USAMexico City15 Oct 1968
11.07Renate Stecher, GDRMunich2 Sep 1972
11.04Inge Helten, GERFürth13 Jun 1976
11.01Annegret Richter, GERMontreal25 Jul 1976
10.88Marlies Oelsner, GDRDresden1 Jul 1977
 Marlies Oelsner Göhr, GDRKarl-Marx-Stadt9 Jul 1982
10.81Marlies Oelsner Göhr, GDRBerlin8 Jun 1983
10.79Evelyn Ashford, USAColorado Springs3 Jul 1983
10.76Evelyn Ashford, USAZurich22 Aug 1984
10.61Florence Griffith Joyner, USAIndianapolis16 Jul 1988
10.49Florence Griffith Joyner, USAIndianapolis17 Jul 1988

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200-Meter - Hand Timed

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
23.6Stanislawa Walasiewicz, POLWarsaw15 Aug 1935
 Marjorie Jackson, AUSHelsinki25 Jul 1952
23.4Marjorie Jackson, AUSHelsinki25 Jul 1952
23.2Betty Cuthbert, AUSSydney16 Sep 1956
 Betty Cuthbert, AUSHobart7.3.1960
22.9Wilma Rudolph, USACorpus Christi9 Jul 1960
 Margaret Burvill, AUSPerth22 Feb 1964
22.7Irena Kriszenstein, POLWarsaw8 Aug 1965
22.5Irena Kriszenstein Szewinska, POLMexico City18 Oct 1968
22.4Chi Cheng, TAIMunich12 Jul 1970
 Renate Stecher, GDRMunich7 Sep 1972
22.1Renate Stecher, GDRDresden21 Jul 1973

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200-Meter - Electronically Timed

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
22:21Irena Szewinska, POLPotsdam13 Jun 1974
22:06Marita Koch, GDRErfurt28 May 1978
22:02Marita Koch, GDRLeipzig3 Jun 1979
21:71Marita Koch, GDRKarl-Marx-Stadt10 Jun 1979
 Marita Koch, GDRPotsdam21 Jul 1984
 Heike Drechsler, GDRJena29 Jun 1986
 Heike Drechsler, GDRStuttgart29 Aug 1986
21:56Florence Griffith Joyner, USASeoul29 Sep 1988
21:34Florence Griffith Joyner, USASeoul29 Sep 1988

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400-Meter - Hand Timed

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
57.0Marlene Matthews, AUSSydney6 Jan 1957
 Marise Chamberlain, NZLChristchurch16 Feb 1957
56.3Nancy Boyle, AUSSydney24 Feb 1957
55.2Polina Lazareva, SOVMoscow10 May 1957
54.0Maria Itkina, SOVMinsk8 Jun 1957
53.6Maria Itkina, SOVMoscow6 Jul 1957
53.4Maria Itkina, SOVKrasnodar12 Sep 1959
 Maria Itkina, SOVBelgrad14 Sep 1962
51.9Sin Kim Dan, PRKPjongjang23 Oct 1962
51.7Nicole Duclos, FRAAthens18 Sep 1969
 Colette Besson, FRAAthens18 Sep 1969
51.0Marilyn Neufville, JAMEdinburgh25 Jul 1970
49.9Irena Szewinska, POLRome22 Jun 1974

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400-Meter - Electronically Timed

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
50:14Riitta Salin, FINRome4 Sep 1974
49:77Christina Brehmer, GDRDresden9 May 1976
49:75Irena Szewinska, POLBygdoszsz22 Jun 1976
49:29Irena Szewinska, POLMontreal29 Jul 1976
49:19Marita Koch, GDRLeipzig2 Jul 1978
49:03Marita Koch, GDRPotsdam19 Aug 1978
48:94Marita Koch, GDRPrague31 Aug 1978
48:89Marita Koch, GDRPotsdam29 Jul 1979
48:60Marita Koch, GDRTurin4 Aug 1979
48:16Marita Koch, GDRAthens8 Sep 1982
47:99Jarmila Kratochvilova, CZEHelsinki10 Aug 1983
47:60Marita Koch, GDRCanberra6 Oct 1985

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800-Meter Run

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
2:16.8Lina Batschauer-Radke, GERAmsterdam2 Aug 1928
2:15.9Anna Larsson, SWEStockholm28 Aug 1944
2:14.8Anna Larsson, SWEHälsingborg19 Aug 1945
2:13.8Anna Larsson, SWEStockholm30 Aug 1945
2:13.0Jevdokia Vasiljeva, SOVMoscow17 Jul 1950
2:12.2Valentina Pomogajeva, SOVMoscow26 Jul 1951
2:12.0Nina Pletneva, SOVMinsk26 Aug 1951
2:08.5Nina Pletneva, SOVKiev15 Jun 1952
2:07.3Nina Pletneva Otkalenko, SOVMoscow27 Aug 1953
2:06.6Nina Pletneva Otkalenko, SOVKiev16 Sep 1954
2:05.0Nina Pletneva Otkalenko, SOVZagreb24 Sep 1955
2:04.3Ludmila Shevtsova, SOVMoscow3 Jul 1960
 Ludmila Shevtsova, SOVRome7 Sep 1960
2:01.2Dixie Willis, AUSPerth3.3.1962
2:01.1Ann Packer, GBRTokyo20 Oct 1964
2:01.0Judy Pollock, AUSHelsinki28 Jun 1967
2:00.5Vera Nikolic, YUGLondon20 Jul 1968
1:58.5Hildegard Falck, GERStuttgart11 Jul 1971
1:57.5Svetla Zlateva, BULAthens24 Aug 1973
1:56.0Valentina Gerasimova, SOVKiev12 Jun 1976
1:54.9Tatjana Kazankina, SOVMontreal26 Jul 1976
1:54.85Nadesha Olizarenko, SOVMoscow12 Jun 1980
1:53.43Nadesha Olizarenko, SOVMoscow27 Jul 1980
1:53.28Jarmila Kratochvilova, CZEMunich26 Jul 1983

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1,000-Meter Run

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
2:35.9Gunhild Hoffmeister, GDRPotsdam20 Aug 1972
2:35.0Karin Krebs, GDRPotsdam28 Aug 1974
2:33.8Nikolina Shtereva, BULSofia04 Jul 1976
2:32.0Ulrike Bruns, GDRWest Berlin18 Aug 1978
2:30.67Christine Wachtel, GDRBerlin17 Aug 1990
2:29.34Maria Mutola, MOZBrussels25 Aug 1995
2:28:98Svetlana Masterkova, RUSBrussels23 Aug 1996

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1,500-Meter Run

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
4:17.3Anne Smith, GBRChiswick3 Jun 1967
4:15.6Maria Gommers, HOLSittard24 Oct 1967
4:12.4Paola Pigni, ITAMilan2 Jul 1969
4:10.7Jaroslava Jehlickova, CZEAthens20 Sep 1969
4:09.6Karin Burneleit, GDRHelsinki15 Aug 1971
4:06.9Ludmila Bragina, SOVMoscow18 Jul 1972
4:06.5Ludmila Bragina, SOVMunich4 Sep 1972
4:05.1Ludmila Bragina, SOVMunich7 Sep 1972
4:01.4Ludmila Bragina, SOVMunich9 Sep 1972
3:56.0Tatjana Kazankina, SOVPodolsk28 Jun 1976
3:55.0Tatjana Kazankina, SOVMoscow6 Jul 1980
3:52.47Tatjana Kazankina, SOVZurich13 Aug 1980
3:50.46Tatjana Qu Yunxia, CHNPeking11 Sep 1993

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1-Mile Run

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
4:37.0Anne Smith, GBRLondon03 Jun 1967
4:36.8Maria Gommer, HOLLeicester14 Jun 1969
4:35.3Ellen Tittel, GERSittard20 Aug 1971
4:29.5Paola Cacchi, ITAViareggio08 Aug 1973
4:23.8Natalia Marasescu, ROMBucharest21 May 1977
4:22.09Natalia Marasescu, ROMAuckland27 Jan 1979
4:21.82Maricica Puica, ROMViareggioxx Aug 1981
4:20.89Ludmilla Veselkova, SOVBologna12 Sep 1981
4:18.08Mary Decker, USAParis09 Jul 1982
4:17.44Maricica Puica, ROMRieti16 Sep 1982
4:16.71Mary Decker Slaney, USAZurich21 Aug 1984
4:15.81Paula Ivan, ROMNice10 Jul 1989
4:12.56Svetlana Masterkova, RUSZurich14 Aug 1996

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2,000-Meter Run

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
6:42.0Yevdokiya Vasilyeva, SOVMoscow24 Aug 1937
6:09.6Tamara Dmitriyeva, SOVMoscow13 May 1965
5:51.0Lyudmila Bragina, SOVMoscow12 Aug 1972
5:43.94Natalia Marasescu, ROMAthens17 Apr 1976
5:40.0Lydumila Bragina, SOVCollege Park07 Aug 1976
5:39.0Natalia Marasescu, ROMAuckland13 Jan 1979
5:33.5Maricica Puica, ROMBucharest19 May 1979
5:33.15Zola Budd, GBRLondon13 Jul 1984
5:32.7Mary Decker, USAEugene03 Aug 1984
5:28.72Tatjana Kazankina, SOVMoscow04 Aug 1984
5:28.69Maricica Puica, ROMLondon11 Jul 1986
5:25.36Sonia O'Sullivan, IRLEdinburgh09 Jul 1994

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3,000-Meter Run

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
8:53.0Ludmila Bragina, SOVMoscow12 Aug 1972
8:52.74Ludmila Bragina, SOVDurham06 Jul 1974
8:46.6Grete Waitz, NOROslo24 Jun 1975
8:45.4Grete Waitz, NOROslo21 Jun 1976
8:27.12Ludmila Bragina, SOVCollege Park07 Aug 1976
8:26.78Svetlana Ulmasova, SOVKiev25 Jul 1982
8:22.26Tatjana Kazankina, SOVLeningrad26 Aug 1984
8:12.19Wang Junxia, CHNPeking12 Sep 1993
8:06.11Wang Junxia, CHNPeking13 Sep 1993

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5,000-Meter Run

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
15:14.51Paula Fudge, GBRKnarvik13 Sep 1981
15:08.26Mary Decker Slaney, USAEugene5 Jun 1982
14:58.89Ingrid Kristiansen, NOROslo28 Jun 1984
14:48.07Zola Budd, GBRLondon26 Aug 1985
14:37.33Ingrid Kristiansen, NORStockholm5 Aug 1986
14:36.45Fernando Ribeiro, PORHechtel22 Jul 1995
14:31.27Dong Yanmei, CHNShanghai21 Oct 1997
14:28.09Jiang Bo, CHNShanghai23 Oct 1997

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10,000-Meter Run

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
32:17.19Jelena Sipatova, SOVMoscow19 Sep 1981
31:35.3Mary Decker Slaney, USAEugene16 Jul 1982
31:35.01Ludmila Bragina, SOVKrasnodar29 May 1983
31:27.57Raisa Sadretdinova, SOVOdessa7 Sep 1983
31:13.78Olga Bondarenko, SOVKiev24 Jun 1984
30:59.42Ingrid Kristiansen, NOROslo27 Jul 1985
30:13.74Ingrid Kristiansen, NOROslo5 Jul 1986
29:31.78Wang Junxia, CHNPeking8 Sep 1993

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Marathon

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
3:40:22Violet Percy, GBRLondon03 Oct 1926
3:37:04Merry Lepper, USACulver City16 Dec 1963
3:27:45Dale Greig, GBRRyde23 May 1964
3:19:33Mildred Sampson, NZLAuckland21 Jul 1964
3:15:22Maureen Wilton, CANToronto06 May 1967
3:07:26Anni Pede, GERWaldniel16 Jul 1967
3:02:53Caroline Walker, USASeaside28 Jun 1970
3:01:42Elizabeth Bonner, USAPhiladelphia09 May 1971
2:46:30Adrienne Beame, AUSWerribee31 Aug 1971
2:46:24Chantal Langlace, FRANeuf Brisach27.10.1974
2:43:54Jacqueline Hansen, USACulver City01.12.1974
2:42:42Liane Winter, GERBoston21 Apr 1975
2:40:15Christa Vahlensieck, GERDulmen03 May 1975
2:38:19Jacqueline Hansen, USAEugene12 Oct 1975
2:35:15Chantal Langlace, FRAOyarzun01 May 1977
2:34:47Christa Vahlensieck, GERWest-Berlin10 Sep 1977
2:32:29Grete Waitz, NORNew York22 Oct 1978
2:27:32Grete Waitz, NORNew York21 Oct 1979
2:25:41Grete Waitz, NORNew York26 Oct 1980
2:25:29Allison Roe, NZLNew York28 Oct 1981
2:25:29Grete Waitz, NORLondon17 Apr 1983
2:22:42Joan Benoit, USABoston18 Apr 1983
2:21:06Ingrid Kristiansen, NORLondon21 Apr 1985
2:20:47Tegla Loroupe, KENRotterdam19 Apr 1998
2:20:43Loroupe, KENBerlin26 Sep 1999
2:19:46Naoko Takahashi, JPNBerlin30 Sep 2001
2:18:47Catherine Ndereba, KENChicago07 Oct 2001
2:17:18Paula Radcliffe, GBRChicago13 Oct 2002
2:15:25Paula Radcliffe, GBRLondon13 Apr 2003

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