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Last updated on February 1, 2009
Running| Event | | Time | | Date Set | Location |
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| 100 meters: | World | 10.49 | Florence Griffith Joyner, USA | July 16, 1988 | Indianapolis | | | Olympic | 10.62 | Florence Griffith Joyner, USA | Sept. 24, 1988 | Seoul | | | American | 10.49 | Griffith Joyner (same as World) | — | — | | 200 meters: | World | 21.34 | Florence Griffith Joyner, USA | Sept. 29, 1988 | Seoul | | | Olympic | 21.34 | Griffith Joyner (same as World) | — | — | | | American | 21.34 | Griffith Joyner (same as World) | — | — | | 400 meters: | World | 47.60 | Marita Koch, East Germany | Oct. 6, 1985 | Canberra, AUS | | | Olympic | 48.25 | Marie-Jose Perec, France | July 29, 1996 | Atlanta | | | American | 48.83 | Valerie Brisco | Aug. 6, 1984 | Los Angeles | | 800 meters: | World | 1:53.28 | Jarmila Kratochvilova, Czech. | July 26, 1983 | Munich | | | Olympic | 1:53.42 | Nadezhda Olizarenko, USSR | July 27, 1980 | Moscow | | | American | 1:56.40 | Jearl Miles-Clark | Aug. 11, 1999 | Zurich | | 1000 meters: | World | 2:28.98 | Svetlana Masterkova, Russia | Aug. 23, 1996 | Brussels | | | Olympic | | Not an event | — | — | | | American | 2:31.80 | Regina Jacobs | July 3, 1999 | Brunswick, Me. | | 1500 meters: | World | 3:50.46 | Qu Yunxia, China | Sept. 11, 1993 | Beijing | | | Olympic | 3:53.96 | Paula Ivan, Romania | Oct. 1, 1988 | Seoul | | | American | 3:57.12 | Mary Slaney | July 26, 1983 | Stockholm | | Mile: | World | 4:12.56 | Svetlana Masterkova, Russia | Aug. 14, 1996 | Zurich | | | Olympic | | Not an event | — | — | | | American | 4:16.71 | Mary Slaney | Aug. 21, 1985 | Zurich | | 2000 meters: | World | 5:25.36 | Sonia O'Sullivan, Ireland | July 8, 1994 | Edinburgh | | | Olympic | | Not an event | — | — | | | American | 5:32.7 | Mary Slaney | Aug. 3, 1984 | Eugene, Ore. | | 3000 meters: | World | 8:06.11 | Wang Junxia, China | Sept. 13, 1993 | Beijing | | | Olympic | 8:26.53 | Tatyana Samolenko, USSR | Sept. 25, 1988 | Seoul | | | American | 8:25.83 | Mary Slaney | Sept. 7, 1985 | Rome | | 5000 meters: | World | 14:28.09 | Jiang Bo, China | Oct. 23, 1997 | Shanghai | | | Olympic | 14:40.79 | Gabriela Szabo, Romania | Sept. 25, 2000 | Sydney | | | American | 14:45.35 | Regina Jacobs | July 27, 2000 | Sacramento | | 10,000 meters: | World | 29:31.78 | Wang Junxia, China | Sept. 8, 1993 | Beijing | | | Olympic | 30:17.49 | Derartu Tulu, Ethiopia | Sept. 30, 2000 | Sydney | | | American | 30:50:32p | Deena Drossin | May 3, 2002 | Stanford, Calif. | | Marathon: | World | 2:18:47† | Catherine Ndereba, Kenya | Oct. 7, 2001 | Chicago | | | Olympic | 2:23:14 | Naoko Takahashi, Japan | Sept. 24, 2000 | Sydney | | | American | 2:21:21 | Joan Benoit Samuelson | Oct. 20, 1985 | Chicago |
Note: The Mile run is 1,609.344 meters and the Marathon is 42,194.988 meters (26 miles, 385 yards). †Marathon records are not officially recognized by the IAAF.
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