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Women

Event		Time		Date Set	Location
50 meters:	World	5.96	Irina Privalova, Russia	Feb. 9, 1995	Madrid
	American	6.02	Gail Devers	Feb. 21, 1999	Lievin, FRA
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
		6.95	Marion Jones	Mar. 7, 1998	Maebashi, JPN
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	1:56.36*	Christine Wachtel, E. Germany	Feb. 13, 1988	Vienna
	American	1:58.9	Mary Slaney	Feb. 22, 1980	San Diego
		1:58.92p	Suzy Hamilton	Feb. 7, 1999	Boston
1000 meters:	World	2:30.94	Maria Mutola, Mozambique	Feb. 25, 1999	Stockholm
	American	2:35.29	Regina Jacobs	Feb. 6, 2000	Boston
1500 meters:	World	4:00.27	Doina Melinte, Romania	Feb. 9, 1990	E. Rutherford, N.J.
	American	4:00.8	Mary Slaney	Feb. 8, 1980	New York
Mile:	World	4:17.14	Doina Melinte, Romania	Feb. 9, 1990	E. Rutherford, N.J.
	American	4:20.5	Mary Slaney	Feb. 19, 1982	San Diego
3000 meters:	World	8:33.82	Elly van Hulst, Holland	Mar. 4, 1989	Budapest
	American	8:39.14	Regina Jacobs	Mar. 7, 1999	Maebashi, JPN
5000 meters:	World	14:47.35	Gabriela Szabo, Romania	Feb. 13, 1999	Dortmund, GER
	American	15:22.64	Lynn Jennings	Jan. 7, 1990	Hanover, N.H.

Note: The Mile run is 1,609.344 meters.

*Maria Mutola's apparent record of 1:56.36 in February 1998 was not ratified by the IAAF because she ran outside of her lane on the final turn.

Event		Time		Date Set	Location
50 meters:	World	6.58	Cornelia Oschkenat, E. Ger.	Feb. 20, 1988	East Berlin
	American	6.67a	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	11:40.33	Claudia Iovan, Romania	Jan. 30, 1999	Bucharest
	American	12:20.79	Debbi Lawrence	Mar. 12, 1993	Toronto

Event		Time		Date Set	Location
4 x 200 meters:	World	1:32.55	West Germany	Feb. 20, 1988	Dortmund, W. Ger.
		1:32.55	Germany	Feb. 21, 1999	Karlsruhe, GER
	American	1:33.24	National Team	Feb. 12, 1994	Glasgow
4 x 400 meters:	World	3:24.25	Russia	Mar. 7, 1999	Maebashi, JPN
	American	3:27.59	National Team	Mar. 7, 1999	Maebashi, JPN
4 x 800 meters:	World	8:18.71	Russia	Feb. 4, 1994	Moscow
	American	8:25.5p	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	6-7	Tisha Waller	Feb. 28, 1998	Atlanta
Pole Vault:	World	15-1³/4	Stacy Dragila USA	Mar. 3 2000	Atlanta
	American	15-1³/4	Dragila (same as World)	—	—
Long Jump:	World	24-2¹/4	Heike Drechsler, E. Germany	Feb. 13, 1988	Vienna
	American	23-4³/4	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Mar. 5, 1994	Atlanta
Triple Jump:	World	49-9	Ashia Hansen, Great Britain	Feb. 28, 1998	Valencia, SPA
	American	46-8¹/4	Sheila Hudson	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, 1992	Berlin
	American	4753	DeDee Nathan	Mar. 4-5, 1999	Maebashi, JPN

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).