{"id":3696,"date":"2018-04-15T19:38:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T19:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/?page_id=3696"},"modified":"2025-05-01T17:27:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T00:27:40","slug":"womens-world-records","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trackandfieldnews.com\/records\/womens-world-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s World Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Records are those officially ratified by the IAAF. We have also listed the statistically best-acceptable marks in other non-ratified events that are \u201cfrequently\u201d contested (+).\u00a0If the ratified WR is altitude-aided\u2014i.e., made at an altitude over 1000 meters in an event where the thinner air has a positive effect\u2014we sub-list the unofficial best.<\/p>\n<p>Symbols: (A) = altitude over 1000 meters;\u00a0i = indoors;\u00a0m = meters;\u00a0M = miles;\u00a0p = mark pending ratification;\u00a0y = yards<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"recordhed\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">Track Events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>100<\/td>\n<td>10.49<\/td>\n<td>Florence Griffith Joyner (US)<\/td>\n<td>Indianapolis, Indiana<\/td>\n<td>7\/16\/88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">[T&amp;FN believes the 10.49 race was illegally wind-aided and should never have been accepted as the WR.<br \/>\nWe believe the real fastest is 10.54 Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) Eugene, Oregon 8\/21\/21]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>200<\/td>\n<td>21.34<\/td>\n<td>Florence Griffith Joyner (US)<\/td>\n<td>Seoul, South Korea<\/td>\n<td>9\/29\/88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>300+<\/td>\n<td>34.41<\/td>\n<td>Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas)<\/td>\n<td>Ostrava, Czechia<\/td>\n<td>6\/20\/19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>400<\/td>\n<td>47.60<\/td>\n<td>Marita Koch (East Germany)<\/td>\n<td>Canberra, Australia<\/td>\n<td>10\/06\/85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>600+<\/td>\n<td>1:21.63<\/td>\n<td>Mary Moraa (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Berlin, Germany<\/td>\n<td>9\/01\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>800<\/td>\n<td>1:53.28<\/td>\n<td>Jarmila Kratochv\u00edlov\u00e1 (Czechoslovakia)<\/td>\n<td>Munich, Germany<\/td>\n<td>7\/26\/83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>1000<\/td>\n<td>2:28.98<\/td>\n<td>Svetlana Masterkova (Russia)<\/td>\n<td>Brussels, Belgium<\/td>\n<td>8\/23\/96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>1500<\/td>\n<td>3:49.04<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Faith Kipyegon (Kenya)<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Paris, France<\/td>\n<td>7\/07\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Mile<\/td>\n<td>4:07.64<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Faith Kipyegon (Kenya)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"s2\">Fontvieille, Monaco<\/span><\/td>\n<td>7\/21\/23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>2000<\/td>\n<td>5:19.70<\/td>\n<td>Jessica Hull (Australia)<\/td>\n<td>Fontvieille, Monaco<\/td>\n<td>7\/13\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Steeple<\/td>\n<td>8:44.32<\/td>\n<td>Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Fontvieille, Monaco<\/td>\n<td>7\/20\/18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>3000<\/td>\n<td>8:06.11<\/td>\n<td>Junxia Wang (China)<\/td>\n<td>Beijing, China<\/td>\n<td>9\/13\/93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">[T&amp;FN thinks the marks made in this meet are flawed and believes the \u201creal\u201d fastest<br \/>\nshould be listed as 8:16.60i Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) Stockholm, Sweden 2\/06\/14]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>2 Miles+<\/td>\n<td>8:58.58<\/td>\n<td>Meseret Defar (Ethiopia)<\/td>\n<td>Brussels, Belgium<\/td>\n<td>9\/14\/07<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>5000<\/td>\n<td>14:00.21<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia)<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Eugene, Oregon<\/td>\n<td>9\/17\/23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>10,000<\/td>\n<td>28:54.14<\/td>\n<td>Beatrice Chebet (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Eugene, Oregon<\/td>\n<td>5\/25\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>20,000+<\/td>\n<td>1:05:26.6<\/td>\n<td>Tegla Loroupe (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Borgholzhausen, Germany<\/td>\n<td>9\/03\/00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Hour<\/td>\n<td>18,930m | 11M, 1341y<\/td>\n<td>Sifan Hassan (Netherlands)<\/td>\n<td>Brussels, Belgium<\/td>\n<td>9\/04\/20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>100 Hurdles<\/td>\n<td>12.12<\/td>\n<td>Tobi Amusan (Nigeria)<\/td>\n<td>Eugene, Oregon<\/td>\n<td>7\/24\/22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>400 Hurdles<\/td>\n<td>50.37<\/td>\n<td>Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (US)<\/td>\n<td>St.-Denis, France<\/td>\n<td>8\/08\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"recordhed\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">Relay Events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>4 x 100<\/td>\n<td>40.82<\/td>\n<td>United States<\/td>\n<td>London, England<\/td>\n<td>8\/11\/12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">(Tianna Bartoletta 11.0, Allyson Felix 9.9, Bianca Knight 10.9, Carmelita Jeter 9.9)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>4 x 200<\/td>\n<td>1:27.46<\/td>\n<td>United States<\/td>\n<td>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/td>\n<td>4\/29\/00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">(LaTasha Jenkins, LaTasha Colander-Richardson, Nanceen Perry, Marion Jones)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>4 x 400<\/td>\n<td>3:15.17<\/td>\n<td>Soviet Union<\/td>\n<td>Seoul, South Korea<\/td>\n<td>10\/01\/88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">(Tatyana Ledovskaya 50.12, Olga Nazarova 47.82, Maria Pinigina 49.43, Olga Bryzgina 47.80)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Mixed-Sex 4 x 400<\/td>\n<td>3:07.41<\/td>\n<td>United States<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0St.-Denis, France<\/td>\n<td>8\/02\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">(Vernon Norwood 44.47, Shamier Little 49.32, Bryce Deadmon 44.17, Kaylyn Brown 49.45)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>4 x 800<\/td>\n<td>7:50.17<\/td>\n<td>Soviet Union<\/td>\n<td>Moscow, Russia<\/td>\n<td>8\/05\/84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">(Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina, Lyudmila Borisova, Irina Podyalovskaya)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>4 x 1500<\/td>\n<td>16:27.02<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Nike Bowerman TC<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Portland, Oregon<\/td>\n<td>7\/31\/20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"6\">(Colleen Quigley 4:08, Elise Cranny 4:09, Karissa Schweizer 4:06, Shelby Houlihan 4:04)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>800 Medley+<\/td>\n<td>1:35.20<\/td>\n<td>Team USA Penn Red<\/td>\n<td>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/td>\n<td>4\/28\/18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">(Destinee Brown, Aaliyah Brown, Kimberlyn Duncan, Raevyn Rogers 50.48)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Sprint Medley+<\/td>\n<td>3:34.56<\/td>\n<td>Jamaica<\/td>\n<td>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/td>\n<td>4\/25\/09<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">(Sherri-Ann Brooks, Rosemarie Whyte, Moya Thompson 51.7, Kenia Sinclair 1:57.43)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Distance Medley<\/td>\n<td>10:36.50<\/td>\n<td>United States<\/td>\n<td>Nassau, Bahamas<\/td>\n<td>5\/02\/15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">(Treniere Moser 3:18.38, Sanya Richards-Ross 50.12, Ajee\u2019 Wilson 2:00.08, Shannon Rowbury 4:27.92)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">[note: statistically acceptable 10:33.85 by U.S. in \u201922 never ratified]\n(no personnel entry)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>4 x 100H+<\/td>\n<td>50.50<\/td>\n<td>Team USA Blue Drake<\/td>\n<td>Des Moines, Iowa<\/td>\n<td>4\/24\/15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">(Brianna Rollins, Dawn Harper Nelson, Queen Harrison, Kristi Castlin)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"recordhed\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">Field Events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>High Jump<\/td>\n<td>2.10 | 6-10\u00be<\/td>\n<td>Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine)<\/td>\n<td>Paris, France<\/td>\n<td>7\/07\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Pole Vault<\/td>\n<td>5.06 | 16-7\u00bc<\/td>\n<td>Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia)<\/td>\n<td>Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland<\/td>\n<td>8\/28\/09<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Long Jump<\/td>\n<td>7.52 | 24-8\u00bc<\/td>\n<td>Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union)<\/td>\n<td>St. Petersburg, Russia<\/td>\n<td>6\/11\/88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Triple Jump<\/td>\n<td>15.74 | 51-7\u00bei<\/td>\n<td>Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela)<\/td>\n<td>Belgrade, Serbia<\/td>\n<td>3\/20\/22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Shot<\/td>\n<td>22.63 | 74-3<\/td>\n<td>Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union)<\/td>\n<td>Moscow, Russia<\/td>\n<td>6\/07\/87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Discus<\/td>\n<td>76.80 | 252-0<\/td>\n<td>Gabriele Reinsch (East Germany)<\/td>\n<td>Neubrandenburg, Germany<\/td>\n<td>7\/09\/88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Hammer<\/td>\n<td>82.98 | 272-3<\/td>\n<td>Anita W\u0142odarczyk (Poland)<\/td>\n<td>Warsaw, Poland<\/td>\n<td>8\/28\/16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Javelin<\/td>\n<td>72.28 | 237-2<\/td>\n<td>Barbora \u0160pot\u00e1kov\u00e1 (Czechia)<\/td>\n<td>Stuttgart, Germany<\/td>\n<td>9\/13\/08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"recordhed\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">Multi Events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Heptathlon<\/td>\n<td>7291<\/td>\n<td>Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US)<\/td>\n<td>Seoul, South Korea<\/td>\n<td>9\/23\u201324\/88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">(12.69, 1.86\/6-1\u00bc, 15.80\/51-10, 22.56 [4264], 7.27\/23-10\u00bc, 45.66\/149-10, 2:08.51 [3027])<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Decathlon<\/td>\n<td>8358<\/td>\n<td>Austra Skujyt\u0117 (Lithuania)<\/td>\n<td>Columbia, Missouri<\/td>\n<td>4\/14-15\/05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">(12.49, 46.19\/151-6, 3.10\/10-2, 48.78\/160-0, 57.19 [3890], 14.22w, 6.12\/20-1w, 16.42\/53-10\u00bd, 1.78\/5-10, 5:15.86 [4468])<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"recordhed\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">Road Events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Mile<\/td>\n<td>4:20.98<\/td>\n<td>Diribe Welteji (Ethiopia)<\/td>\n<td>Riga, Latvia<\/td>\n<td>10\/01\/23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>5K<\/td>\n<td>13:54<\/td>\n<td>Beatrice Chebet (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Barcelona, Spain<\/td>\n<td>12\/31\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0(women-only)<\/td>\n<td>14:13<\/td>\n<td>Beatrice Chebet (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Barcelona, Spain<\/td>\n<td>12\/23\/23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>10K<\/td>\n<td>28:46<\/td>\n<td>Agnes Ngetich (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Valencia, Spain<\/td>\n<td>1\/14\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0(women-only)<\/td>\n<td>30:01<\/td>\n<td>Agnes Tirop (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Herzogenaurach, Germany<\/td>\n<td>9\/12\/21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td><\/td>\n<td>29:27p<\/td>\n<td>Agnes Ngetich (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Herzogenaurach, Germany<\/td>\n<td>9\/26\/25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>15K+<\/td>\n<td>44:15<\/td>\n<td>Agnes Ngetich (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Valencia, Spain<\/td>\n<td>10\/27\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>10-Mile+ (women-only)<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"s2\">49:53p<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Taylor Roe (US)<\/td>\n<td>Washington, DC<\/td>\n<td>4\/06\/25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>20K+<\/td>\n<td>61:25<\/td>\n<td>Joyciline Jepkosgei (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Prague, Czech Republic<\/td>\n<td>4\/01\/17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Half-Marathon<\/td>\n<td>62:52<\/td>\n<td>Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia)<\/td>\n<td>Valencia, Spain<\/td>\n<td>10\/24\/21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0(women-only)<\/td>\n<td>65:16<\/td>\n<td>Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Gdynia, Poland<\/td>\n<td>10\/17\/20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Marathon<\/td>\n<td>2:09:56<\/td>\n<td>Ruth Chepngetich (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>Chicago, Illinois<\/td>\n<td>10\/13\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0(women-only)<\/td>\n<td>2:16:16<\/td>\n<td>Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya)<\/td>\n<td>London, England<\/td>\n<td>4\/21\/24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td><\/td>\n<td>2:15:50p<\/td>\n<td>Tigst Assefa (Ethiopia)<\/td>\n<td>London, England<\/td>\n<td>4\/27\/25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>50K<\/td>\n<td>2:59:54<\/td>\n<td>Desiree Linden (US)<\/td>\n<td>Dorena Lake, Oregon<\/td>\n<td>4\/13\/21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>\u00a0 \u00a0(women-only)<\/td>\n<td>3:00:30<\/td>\n<td>Emane Seifu (Ethiopia)<\/td>\n<td>Gqeberha. South Africa<\/td>\n<td>2\/26\/23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>100K<\/td>\n<td>6:33:11<\/td>\n<td>Tomoe Abe (Japan)<\/td>\n<td>Lake Saroma, Japan<\/td>\n<td>5\/25\/00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>Ekiden Relay<\/td>\n<td>2:11:41<\/td>\n<td>China<\/td>\n<td>Beijing, China<\/td>\n<td>2\/28\/98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">(Bo Jiang 15:42, Yanmei Dong 31:36, Fenting Zhao 15:16, Zaijie Ma 31:01, Lixin Lan 15:50, Xa Lin 22:16)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"recordhed\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">Walk Events<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>10,000<\/td>\n<td>41:56.23<\/td>\n<td>Nadezhda Ryashkina (SU)<\/td>\n<td>Seattle, Washington<\/td>\n<td>7\/24\/90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>10K (road)<\/td>\n<td>41:04<\/td>\n<td>Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia)<\/td>\n<td>Sochi, Russia<\/td>\n<td>4\/20\/96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>20,000<\/td>\n<td>1:26:52.3<\/td>\n<td>Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia)<\/td>\n<td>Brisbane, Australia<\/td>\n<td>9\/06\/01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>20K (road)<\/td>\n<td>1:23:49<\/td>\n<td>Jiayu Yang (China)<\/td>\n<td>Huangshan, China<\/td>\n<td>3\/20\/21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>35,000<\/td>\n<td>Pending<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>35K (road)<\/td>\n<td>2:37:15<\/td>\n<td>M\u00e1ria P\u00e9rez (Spain)<\/td>\n<td>Pod\u00e9brady, Czechia<\/td>\n<td>5\/21\/23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordline\">\n<td>50K (road)<\/td>\n<td>3:59:15<\/td>\n<td>Hong Liu (China)<\/td>\n<td>Huangshan, China<\/td>\n<td>3\/09\/19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"recordnote\">\n<td colspan=\"5\">[3:57:08 Klavdiya Afanasyeva (Russia) \u201919 not ratifiable because of lack of international-caliber judges]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">as of May 01, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Records are those officially ratified by the IAAF. 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