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Women

Event	Time			Date Set	Location
50 meters:	World	5.96p	Irina Privalova, Russia	Feb. 9, 1995	Madrid
	American	6.02	Gwen Torrence	Feb. 9, 1996	Reno, NV
60 meters:	World	6.92	Irina Privalova, Russia	Feb. 11, 1993	Madrid
		6.92	Irina Privalova, Russia	Feb. 9, 1995	Madrid
	American	6.95	Gail Devers	Mar. 12, 1993	Toronto
200 meters:	World	21.87	Merlene Ottey, Jamaica	Feb. 13, 1993	Lievin, FRA
	American	22.33	Gwen Torrence	Mar. 2, 1996	Atlanta
400 meters:	World	49.59	Jarmila Kratochvilova, Czech.	Mar. 7, 1982	Milan
	American	50.64	Diane Dixon	Mar. 10, 1991	Seville
800 meters:	World	1:56.40	Christine Wachtel, E. Germany	Feb. 13, 1988	Vienna
	American	1:58.9	Mary Decker	Feb. 22, 1980	San Diego
1000 meters:	World	2:31.23	Maria Mutola, Mozambique	Feb. 25, 1996	Stockholm
	American	2:37.6	Mary Decker Slaney	Jan. 21, 1989	Portland
1500 meters:	World	4:00.27	Doina Melinte, Romania	Feb. 9, 1990	E. Rutherford, N.J.
	American	4:00.8	Mary Decker	Feb. 8, 1980	New York
Mile:	World	4:17.13	Doina Melinte, Romania	Feb. 9, 1990	E. Rutherford, N.J.
	American	4:20.5	Mary Decker	Feb. 19, 1982	San Diego
3000 meters:	World	8:33.82	Elly van Hulst, Holland	Mar. 4, 1989	Budapest
	American	8:40.45	Lynn Jennings	Feb. 23, 1990	New York
5000 meters:	World	15:03.17	Liz McGolgan, Great Britain	Feb. 22, 1992	Birmingham, ENG
	American	15:22.64	Lynn Jennings	Jan. 7, 1990	Hanover, N.H.

Note: The Mile run is 1,609.344 meters.

Event	Time			Date Set	Location
50 meters:	World	6.58	Cornelia Oschkenat, E. Ger.	Feb. 20, 1988	East Berlin
	American	6.67	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Feb. 10, 1995	Reno, Nev.
60 meters:	World	7.69	Lyudmila Narozhilenko, USSR	Feb. 4, 1990	Chelyabinsk, USSR
	American	7.81	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Feb. 5, 1989	Fairfax, Va.

Note: The hurdles for both distances are 2 feet, 9 inches high. There are four hurdles in the 50 meters and five in the 60.

Event		Time		Date Set	Location
3000 meters:	World	11:44.00	Alina Ivanova, Russia	Feb. 7, 1992	Moscow
	American	12:20.79	Debbi Lawrence	Mar. 12, 1993	Toronto

Event	Time			Date Set	Location
4x200 meters:	World	1:32.55	West Germany	Feb. 20, 1988	Dortmund, W. Ger.
	American	1:33.24	National Team	Feb. 12, 1994	Glasgow
4x400 meters:	World	3:26.84	Russia	Mar. 9, 1997	Paris
	American	3:27.66	National Team	Mar. 9, 1997	Paris
4x800 meters:	World	8:18.71	Russia	Feb. 4, 1994	Moscow
	American	8:25.5	Villanova	Feb. 7, 1987	Gainesville, Fla.

Event	Mark			Date Set	Location
High Jump:	World	6- 9¹/2	Heike Henkel, Germany	Feb. 9, 1992	Karlsruhe, GER
	American	6-6³/4	Coleen Sommer	Feb. 13, 1982	Ottawa
Pole Vault:	World	14-5¹/4	Emma George, Australia & Stacy Dragila, USA	Dec. 10, 1996 Mar. 9, 1997	Melbourne Paris
	American	13-6¹/4	Melissa Price	Feb. 17, 1996	Fresno, Calif.
Long Jump:	World	24- 2¹/4	Heike Drechsler, E. Germany	Feb. 13, 1988	Vienna
	American	23- 4³/4	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Mar. 5, 1992	Atlanta
Triple Jump:	World	49- 3³/4p	Yolanda Chen, Russia	Mar. 11, 1995	Barcelona
	American	46- 8¹/4	Sheila Hudson-Strudwick	Mar. 4, 1995	Atlanta
Shot Put:	World	73-10	Helena Fibingerova, Czech.	Feb. 19, 1977	Jablonec, CZE
	American	65- 0³/4	Ramona Pagel	Feb. 20, 1987	Inglewood, Calif.

Note: The international shotput weight for women is 8 lbs. and 13 oz.

	Points			Date Set	Location
Five Events:	World	4991	Irina Byelova, Russia	Feb. 14-15, 1993	Berlin
	American	4632	Kym Carter	Mar. 10, 1995	Barcelona

Note: Byelova's WR times and distances, in order over two days– 60m H (8.22); HJ (6-4); SP (43- 5³/4); LJ (21-1³/4); 800m (2:10.26).