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High Jump

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
165Jean Shiley, USALos Angeles7 Aug 1932
 Mildred Didrikson, USALos Angeles7 Aug 1932
166Dorothy Odam, GBRBrentwood29 May 1939
 Esther van Heerden, RSAStellenbosch29.3.1941
 Ilsebill Pfenning, SUILugano27 Jul 1941
171Fanny Blankers-Koen, HOLAmsterdam30 May 1943
172Sheila Lerwill, GBRLondon7 Jul 1951
173Aleksandra Tshudina, SOVKiev22 May 1954
174Thelma Hopkins, GBRBelfast5 May 1956
175Iolanda Balas, ROMBucharest14 Jul 1956
176Mildred McDaniel, USAMelbourne1 Dec 1956
 Iolanda Balas, ROMBucharest13 Oct 1957
177Cheng Feng-jung, CHNPeking17 Nov 1957
178Iolanda Balas, ROMBucharest7 Jun 1958
180Iolanda Balas, ROMCluj22 Jun 1958
181Iolanda Balas, ROMPoiana Stalin31 Jul 1958
182Iolanda Balas, ROMBucharest4 Oct 1958
183Iolanda Balas, ROMBucharest18 Oct 1958
184Iolanda Balas, ROMBucharest21 Sep 1959
185Iolanda Balas, ROMBucharest6 Jun 1960
186Iolanda Balas, ROMBucharest10 Jul 1960
187Iolanda Balas, ROMBucharest15.4.1961
188Iolanda Balas, ROMBucharest18 Jun 1961
190Iolanda Balas, ROMBucharest8 Jul 1961
191Iolanda Balas, ROMBucharest16 Jul 1961
192Ilona Gusenbauer, AUTVienna4 Sep 1971
 Ulrike Meyfahrt, GERMunich4 Sep 1972
194Jordanka Blagojeva, BULZagreb24 Sep 1972
 Rosemarie Witschas, GDRBerlin24 Aug 1974
195Rosemarie Witschas, GDRRome8 Sep 1974
196Rosemarie Witschas Ackermann, GDRDresden8 May 1976
 Rosemarie Witschas Ackermann, GDRDresden3 Jul 1977
197Rosemarie Witschas Ackermann, GDRHelsinki14 Aug 1977
 Rosemarie Witschas Ackermann, GDRBerlin26 Aug 1977
200Rosemarie Witschas Ackermann, GDRBerlin26 Aug 1977
201Sara Simenoni, ITABrescia4 Aug 1978
 Sara Simeoni, ITAPrague31 Aug 1978
202Ulrike Meyfahrt, GERAthens8 Sep 1982
203Tamara Bykova, SOVLondon21 Aug 1983
 Ulrike Meyfahrt, GERLondon21 Aug 1983
204Tamara Bykova, SOVPisa25 Aug 1983
205Tamara Bykova, SOVKiev22 Jun 1984
207Ludmila Andonova, BULEast Berlin20 Jul 1984
 Stefka Kostadinova, BULSofia25 May 1986
208Stefka Kostadinova, BULSofia31 May 1986
209Stefka Kostadinova, BULRome30 Aug 1987

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Pole Vault

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
123Sara Platt, USAPoughkeepsie15 May 1897
123Ward, USAPoughkeepsie15 May 1897
141H. deGraff, USAPoughkeepsie15 May 1897
148:5Merrill, USAPoughkeepsie1900
149Mildred Vilas, USAPoughkeepsie01 May 1907
160:5Almeda Barr, USAPoughkeepsie07 May 1910
172:5Ruth Spencer, USAPainesville15 May 1911
177:5Hazel Hutaff, USARock Hill03 Apr 1915
185:5Pauline Siebenthal, USABloomington13 May 1915
213:6Mildred Carl, USANew Haven06 Jun 1915
218:5Mildred Carl, USANew Haven06 Jun 1915
220:9Mildred Carl, USANew Haven03 Jun 1919
235Helene Henneke, GERNürnberg17 Jul 1921
235Yelena Goldobina, SOVMoscow07 Sep 1924
253:5Zoya Romanova, SOVMoscow26 Aug 1935
259Diana Bragg, USAPhiladelphiaJul 1952
259Brenda Walker, USAWairoa08 Jan 1969
305Irene Spieker, USA 1979
305Jana Edwards, USAChicago11 Jun 1983
334Jana Edwards, USATillsonburg16 Jul 1983
350Jana Edwards, USAFort Wayne23 Jul 1983
359Jana Edwards, USAFort Wayne23 Jul 1983
372Zhang Chunzen, CHNGuangzhou20 Apr 1988
373Shao Jingmen, CHNGuangzhou04 May 1988
375Zhang Chunzen, CHNNanking10 Jun 1988
376Zhou Minxin, CHNFuzhou22 Apr 1989
380Zhang Chunzhen, CHNGuangzhou09 Sep 1989
380Zhang Chunzhen, CHNBeijing24 Mar 1990
380Wu Weili, CHNBeijing1990
381Zhang Chunzhen, CHNGuangzhou24 Mar 1991
384Shao Jingmen, CHNGuangzhou24 Mar 1991
401Zhang Chuzhen, CHNGuangzhou1991
402Chuzhen, CHNBeijing05 Jun 1991
405Chuzhen, CHNGuangzhou10 Aug 1991
405Sun Caiyun, CHNNanking21 May 1992
407Sun Caiyun, CHN 1994
411Sun Caiyun, CHNGuangzhou21 Mar 1994
412Sun Caiyun, CHNGuangzhou22 Oct 1994
 Sun Caiyun, CHNGuangzhou24 Nov 1994
 Daniela Bartova, CZEDuisburg18 Jun 1995
413Daniela Bartova, CZEWesel24 Jun 1995
414Daniela Bartova, CZEGateshead25 Jun 1995
415Daniela Bartova, CZEOstrava05 Jul 1995
416Daniela Bartova, CZEFeldkirch14 Jul 1995
417Daniela Bartova, CZEGisingen16 Jul 1995
418Daniela Bartova, CZESalzburg22 Jul 1995
 Andrea Müller, GERZittau05 Aug 1995
420Daniela Bartova, CZECologne18 Aug 1995
421Daniela Bartova, CZELinz22 Aug 1995
422Daniela Bartova, CZESalgotarjan11 Sep 1995
423Sun Caiyun, CHNShenzhen05 Nov 1995
425Emma George, AUSMelbourne30 Nov 1995
428Emma George, AUSPerth17 Dec 1995
430Emma George, AUSPerth28 Jan 1996
441Emma George, AUSPerth28 Jan 1996
442Emma George, AUSReims29 Jun 1996
445Emma George, AUSSapporo14 Jul 1996
450Emma George, AUSMelbourne08 Feb 1997
455Emma George, AUSMelbourne20 Feb 1997
457Emma George, AUSAuckland21 Feb 1998
458Emma George, AUSMelbourne14 Mar 1998
459Emma George, AUSBrisbane21 Mar 1998
460Emma George, AUSSydney20 Feb 1999
 Stacy Dragila, USASeville21 Aug 1999
462Stacy Dragila, USAModesto14 May 2000
463Stacy Dragila, USASacramento23 Jul 2000
470Stacy Dragila, USAPocatello27 Apr 2001
471Stacy Dragila, USAPalo Alto09 Jun 2001
481Stacy Dragila, USAPalo Alto09 Jun 2001
482Yelena Isinbajeva, RUSGateshead13 Jul 2003

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Long Jump

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
598Kinue Hitomi, JPNOsaka20 May 1928
612Christel Schultz, GERBerlin30 Jul 1939
625Francina Blankers-Koen, HOLLeiden19 Sep 1943
628Yvette Williams, NZLGisborne20 Feb 1954
 Galina Vinogradova, SOVMoscow11 Sep 1955
631Vinogradova, SOVTbilisi18 Nov 1955
635Elzbieta Krzesinska, POLBudapest20 Aug 1956
 Elzbieta Krzesinska, POLMelbourne27 Nov 1956
640Hildrun Claus, GDRErfurt7 Aug 1960
642Hildrun Claus, GDRBerlin23 Jun 1961
648Tatjana Shtshelkanova, SOVMoscow16 Jul 1961
653Tatjana Shtshelkanova, SOVLeipzig10 Jun 1962
670Tatjana Shtshelkanova, SOVMoscow4 Jul 1964
676Mary Rand, GBRTokyo14 Oct 1964
682Viorica Viscopoleanu, ROMMexico City14 Oct 1968
684Heidi Rosendahl, GERTorino3 Sep 1970
692Angela Voigt, GDRDresden9 May 1976
699Sigrun Siegl-Thun, GDRDresden19 May 1976
707Vilma Bardauskene, SOVKishinev18 Aug 1978
709Vilma Bardauskene, SOVPrague29 Aug 1978
715Anisoara Cusmir, ROMBucharest1 Aug 1982
720Vali Ionescu, ROMBucharest1 Aug 1982
721Anisoara Cusmir, ROMBucharest15 May 1983
727Anisoara Cusmir, ROMBucharest4 Jun 1983
743Anisoara Cusmir, ROMBucharest4 Jun 1983
744Heike Drechsler, GDREast Berlin22 Sep 1985
745Heike Drechsler, GDRTallin21 Jun 1986
 Heike Drechsler, GDRDresden3 Jul 1986
 Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USAIndianapolis13 Aug 1987
752Galina Tsistjakova, SOVLeningrad 11 Jun 1988 

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Triple Jump

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
13.68Esmeralda Garcia, BRAIndianapolis05 Jun 1986
13.78Sheila Hudson, USABaton Rouge06 Jun 1987
14.04Li Huirong, CHNHammetu11 Oct 1987
14.52Galina Tsistjakova, SOVStockholm03 Jul 1989
14.55Li Huirong, CHNSapporo25 Aug 1990
14.97Jolanda Tshen, RUSMoscow18 Jun 1993
15.09Ana Birjukova, RUSStuttgart21 Aug 1993
15.50Inessa Kravets, UKRGothenburg10 Aug 1995

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Javelin

Old Javelin
RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
46.74Nan Gildele, USAChicago18 Jun 1932
47.24Anneliese Steinheuer, GERFrankfurt am Main21 Jun 1942
48.21Herma Bauma, AUTVienna29 Jun 1947
48.63Herma Bauma, AUTVienna12 Sep 1948
49.59Natalja Smirnitskaja, SOVMoscow25 Jul 1949
53.41Smirnitskaja, SOVMoscow05 Aug 1949
53.56Nadezhda Konjajeva, SOVLeningrad05 Feb 1954
55.11Nadezhda Konjajeva, SOVKiev22 May 1954
55.48Nadezhda Konjajeva, SOVKiev06 Aug 1954
55.73Dana Zátopková, CZEPrague01 Jun 1958
57.40Anna Pazera, AUTCardiff24 Jul 1958
57.49Birute Zalogaitite, SOVTbilisi30 Oct 1958
57.92Elvira Ozolina, SOVLeselidze03 May 1960
59.55Elvira Ozolina, SOVBucharest04 Jun 1960
59.78Elvira Ozolina, SOVMoscow03 Jul 1963
62.40Jelena Gortshakova, SOVTokyo16 Oct 1964
62.70Ewa Gryziecka, POLBucharest11 Jun 1972
65.06Ruth Fuchs, GDRPotsdam11 Jun 1972
66.10Ruth Fuchs, GDREdinburgh07 Sep 1973
67.22Ruth Fuchs, GDRRome03 Sep 1974
69.12Ruth Fuchs, GDRBerlin10 Jul 1976
69.32Kathy Schmidt, USAFürth11 Sep 1977
69.52Ruth Fuchs, GDRDresden13 Jun 1979
69.96Ruth Fuchs, GDRSplit29 Apr 1980
70.08Tatjana Birjulina, SOVPodolsk12 Jul 1980
71.88Antoinetta Todorova, BULZagreb15 Aug 1981
72.40Tiina Lillak, FINHelsinki29 Jul 1982
74.20Sofia Sakorafa, GREKhania26 Sep 1982
74.76Tiina Lillak, FINTampere13 Jun 1983
75.40Petra Felke, GDRSchwerin04 Jun 1985
77.44Fatima Whitbread, GBRStuttgart28 Aug 1986
78.90Petra Felke, GDRLeipzig29 Jul 1987
80.00Felke, GDRPotsdam08 Sep 1988
New javelin
RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
67.09Mirela Manjani-Tzelili, GRESeville28 Aug 1999
68.22Trine Solberg-Hattestad, NORParis30 Jun 2000
69.48Solberg-Hattestad, NOROslo28 Jul 2000
71.54Osleidys Menendez, CUBRethymnon01 Jul 2001

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Discus

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
48.31Gisela Mauermayer, GERDresden11 Jul 1936
53.25Nina Dumbadze, SOVMoscow8 Aug 1948
53.37Dumbadze, SOVGorki27 May 1951
53.61Nina Romashkova, SOVOdessa9 Aug 1952
57.04Nina Dumbadze, SOVTbilisi18 Oct 1952
57.15Tamara Press, SOVRome12 Sep 1960
57.43Tamara Press, SOVMoscow15 Jul 1961
58.06Tamara Press, SOVSofia1 Sep 1961
58.98Tamara Press, SOVLondon20 Sep 1961
59.29Tamara Press, SOVMoscow18 May 1963
59.70Tamara Press, SOVMoscow11 Aug 1965
61.26Liesel Westermann, GERSao Paulo5 Nov 1967
61.64Christine Spielberg, GDRRegis Breitingen26 May 1968
62.54Liesel Westermann, GERWerdohl24 Jul 1968
62.70Liesel Westermann, GERBerlin18 Jun 1969
63.96Liesel Westermann, GERHamburg27 Sep 1969
64.22Faina Melnik, SOVHelsinki12 Aug 1971
64.88Faina Melnik, SOVMunich4 Sep 1971
65.42Faina Melnik, SOVMoscow31 May 1972
65.48Faina Melnik, SOVAugsburg24 Jun 1972
66.76Faina Melnik, SOVMoscow4 Aug 1972
67.32Argentina Menis, ROMConstanza23 Sep 1972
67.44Faina Melnik, SOVRiika25 May 1973
67.58Faina Melnik, SOVMoscow10 Jul 1973
69.48Faina Melnik, SOVEdinburgh7 Sep 1973
69.90Faina Melnik, SOVPrague27 May 1974
70.20Faina Melnik, SOVZurich20 Aug 1975
70.50Faina Melnik, SOVSotshi24.4.1976
70.72Evelin Jahl, GDRDresden12 Aug 1978
71.50Evelin Jahl, GDRPotsdam10 May 1980
71.80Maria Vergova, BULSofia13 Jul 1980
73.26Galina Savinkova, SOVLeselidze21 May 1983
73.36Irina Meszynski, GDRPrague17 Aug 1984
74.56Zdenka Silhava, CZENitra26 Aug 1984
76.80Gaby Reinsch, GDRNeubrandenburg9 Jul 1988

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Shotput

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
14.38Gisela Mauermayer, GERVarsova15 Jul 1934
14.59Tatjana Sevrjukova, SOVMoscow4 Aug 1948
14.86Klavdija Tochonova, SOVTbilisi30 Oct 1949
15.02Anna Andrejeva, SOVPloesti9 Nov 1950
15.28Galina Zybina, SOVHelsinki26 Jul 1952
15.37Galina Zybina, SOVFrunze20 Sep 1952
15.42Galina Zybina, SOVFrunze1 Oct 1952
16.20Galina Zybina, SOVMalmö9 Oct 1953
16.28Galina Zybina, SOVKiev14 Sep 1954
16.29Galina Zybina, SOVLeningrad5 Sep 1955
16.67Galina Zybina, SOVTbilisi15 Nov 1955
16.76Galina Zybina, SOVTashkent13 Oct 1956
17.25Tamara Press, SOVNaltshik26 Apr 1959
17.42Tamara Press, SOVMoscow16 Jul 1960
17.78Tamara Press, SOVMoscow13 Aug 1960
18.55Tamara Press, SOVLeipzig10 Jun 1962
 Tamara Press, SOVBelgrad12 Sep 1962
18.59Tamara Press, SOVKassel19 Sep 1965
18.67Nadezha Tshishova, SOVSotshi28 Apr 1968
18.87Margitta Gummel, GDRFrankfurt/Oder22 Sep 1968
19.07Margitta Gummel, GDRMexico City20 Oct 1968
19.61Margitta Gummel, GDRMexico City20 Oct 1968
19.72Nadezha Tshishova, SOVMoscow30 May 1969
20.09Nadezha Tshishova, SOVChorzow13 Jul 1969
20.10Margitta Gummel, GDRBerlin11 Sep 1969
 Nadezha Tshishova, SOVAthens16 Sep 1969
20.43Nadezha Tshishova, SOVAthens16 Sep 1969
 Nadezha Tshishova, SOVMoscow29 Aug 1971
20.63Nadezha Tshishova, SOVSotshi19 May 1972
21.03Nadezha Tshishova, SOVMunich7 Sep 1972
21.20Nadezha Tshishova, SOVLvov28 Aug 1973
21.57Helena Fibingerova, CZEGottvaldov21 Sep 1974
21.60Marianne Adam, GDRBerlin6 Aug 1975
21.67Marianne Adam, GDRKarl-Marx-Stadt30 May 1976
21.87Ivanka Hristova, BULBelmeken3 Jul 1976
21.89Ivanka Hristova, BULBelmeken4 Jul 1976
21.99Helena Fibingerova, CZEOpava26 Sep 1976
22.32Helena Fibingerova, CZENitra20 Aug 1977
22.36Ilona Slupianek, GDRCelje2 May 1980
22.45Ilona Slupianek, GDRPotsdam11 May 1980
22.53Natalia Lisovskaja, SOVSotshi27 May 1984
22.63Natalia Lisovskaja, SOVMoscow7 Jun 1987

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Hammer Throw

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
66.84Olga Kuzenkova, RUSSotshi23 Feb 1994
66.86Mihaela Melinte, ROMBucharest06 Mar 1995
67.08Olga Kuzenkova, RUSMoscow05 Jun 1995
68.14Olga Kuzenkova, RUSMoscow05 Jun 1995
68.16Olga Kuzenkova, RUSMoscow18 Jun 1995
69.00Mihaela Melinte, ROM 22 Feb 1997
69.58Mihaela Melinte, ROMBucharest08 Mar 1997
71.22Olga Kuzenkova, RUSMunich22 Jun 1997
73.10Olga Kuzenkova, RUSMunich22 Jun 1997
73.14Mihaela Melinte, ROMPoina Brasov16 Jul 1997
75.29Mihaela Melinte, ROMClermont-Ferrand13 May 1999
75.97Mihaela Melinte, ROMClermont-Ferrand13 May 1999
76.07Mihaela Melinte, ROMRüdlingen29 Aug 1999

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Heptathlon

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
6144 (6095)Jekaterina Gordienko, SOVOdessa13-14 Sep 1980
6166 (6104)Jane Frederick, USAWalnut23-24 Apr 1981
6212 (6181)Nadezha Vinogradova, SOVKislovodsk5-6 May 1981
6621 (6670)Ramona Neubert, GDRHalle23-24 May 1981
6716 (6788)Ramona Neubert, GDRKiev27-28 Jun 1981
6772 (6845)Ramona Neubert, GDRHalle19-20 Jun 1982
6836 (6935)Ramona Neubert, GDRMoscow18-19 Jun 1983
6867 (6946)Sabine Paetz, GDRPotsdam5-6 May 1984
1985 table
RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
7148Jackie Joyner, USAMoscow6-7 Jul 1986
7161Jackie Joyner, USAHouston1-2 Aug 1986
7215Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USAIndianapolis16-17 Jul 1988
7291Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USASoul23-24 Sep 1988

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