
IAAF - Results and Stats - World Records - Olympic Records - Women

Women
Olympic Records

Event 
Perf. 
Wind 
Athlete 
Nat. 
Place 
Date 

100m
10.62 
1.0
Florence GRIFFITH-JOYNER 
USA
Seoul 
1988

200m
21.34 
1.3
Florence GRIFFITH-JOYNER 
USA
Seoul 
1988

400m
48.25 
Marie-Jose PEREC 
FRA
Atlanta 
1996

800m
1:53.43 
Nadezhda OLIZARENKO 
URS
Moscow 
1980

1500m
3:53.96 
Paula IVAN 
ROM
Seoul 
1988

3000m
8:26.53 
Tatyana SAMOLENKO 
URS
Seoul 
1988

5,000m
14:59.88 
Junxia WANG 
CHN
Atlanta 
1996

10,000m
31:01.63 
Fernanda RIBEIRO 
POR
Atlanta 
1996

Marathon
2:24:52 
Joan BENOIT 
USA
Los Angeles 
1984

100m Hurdles
12.38 
0.2
Yordanka DONKOVA 
BUL
Seoul 
1988

400m Hurdles
52.82 
Deon HEMMINGS 
JAM
Atlanta 
1996

10km Walk
41:49 
Yelena NIKOLAYEVA 
CHN
Atlanta 
1996

High Jump
2.05 
Stefka KOSTADINOVA 
BUL
Atlanta 
1996

Long Jump
7.40 
0.9
Jackie JOYNER-KERSEE 
USA
Seoul 
1988

Triple Jump
15.33 
-0.1
Inessa KRAVETS 
UKR
Atlanta 
1996

Shot Put
22.41 
IIona SLUPIANEK 
GDR
Moscow 
1980

Discus
72.30 
Martina HELLMANN 
GDR
Seoul 
1988

Javelin
74.68 
Petra FELKE 
GDR
Seoul 
1988

Heptathlon
7291 
Jackie JOYNER-KERSEE 
(12.69, 1.86, 15.80, 22.56, 7.27, 45.66, 2:08.51) 
USA
Seoul 
1988

4 x 100m Relay
41.60 
(R. Mller, B. Wckel, I. Auerswald, M. Ghr) 
GDR
Moscow 
1980

4 x 400m Relay
3:15.17 
(T. Ledovskaya, O. Nazarova, M. Pinigina, O. Bryzgina) 
URS
Seoul 
1988
  
* Awaiting ratification  

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