Women’s world records in sport
List with the current women’s world records for various sports such as athletics, swimming, and other. The list shows the athlete, her nationality, and the mark obtained in the corresponding discipline. Disciplines marked with (1) have different rules for men and women. Also take a look at men’s world records.
Sport | Discipline | Country | Competitor | World Record | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 10 Kilometres | ke | Joyciline Jepkosgei | 00h 29m 43s 000ms | September 9, 2017 |
| Athletics | 10,000 Metres | et | Almaz Ayana | 00h 29m 17s 450ms | August 12, 2016 |
| Athletics | 10,000 Metres Race Walk | su | Nadezhda Ryashkina | 00h 41m 56s 230ms | July 24, 1990 |
| Athletics | 100 Kilometres | jp | Tomoe Abe | 06h 33m 11s 000ms | June 25, 2000 |
| Athletics | 100 Metres | us | Florence Griffith-joyner | 00h 00m 10s 490ms | July 16, 1988 |
| Athletics | 100 Metres Hurdles | us | Kendra Harrison | 00h 00m 12s 200ms | July 22, 2016 |
| Athletics | 1000 Metres | ru | Svetlana Masterkova | 00h 02m 28s 980ms | August 23, 1996 |
| Athletics | 1500 Metres | et | Genzebe Dibaba | 00h 03m 50s 070ms | July 17, 2015 |
| Athletics | 20 Kilometres Race Walk | cn | Hong Liu | 01h 24m 38s 000ms | June 6, 2015 |
| Athletics | 20,000 Metres | ke | Tegla Loroupe | 01h 05m 26s 600ms | September 3, 2000 |
| Athletics | 20,000 Metres Race Walk | ru | Olimpiada Ivanova | 01h 26m 52s 300ms | September 6, 2001 |
| Athletics | 200 Metres | us | Florence Griffith-joyner | 00h 00m 21s 340ms | September 29, 1988 |
| Athletics | 2000 Metres | et | Genzebe Dibaba | 00h 05m 23s 750ms | February 7, 2017 |
| Athletics | 25,000 Metres | ke | Tegla Loroupe | 01h 27m 05s 900ms | September 21, 2002 |
| Athletics | 30,000 Metres | ke | Tegla Loroupe | 01h 45m 50s 000ms | June 6, 2003 |
| Athletics | 3000 Metres | cn | Junxia Wang | 00h 08m 06s 110ms | September 13, 1993 |
| Athletics | 3000 Metres Race Walk | ro | Claudia Iovan | 00h 11m 40s 330ms | January 30, 1999 |
| Athletics | 3000 Metres Steeplechase | ke | Beatrice Chepkoech | 00h 08m 44s 320ms | July 20, 2018 |
| Athletics | 400 Metres | dd | Marita Koch | 00h 00m 47s 600ms | October 6, 1985 |
| Athletics | 400 Metres Hurdles | us | Dalilah Muhammad | 00h 00m 52s 200ms | July 28, 2019 |
| Athletics | 4x100 Metres Relay | us | Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter | 00h 00m 40s 820ms | August 10, 2012 |
| Athletics | 4x1500 Metres Relay | ke | Mercy Cherono, Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon, Irene Jelagat, Hellen Onsando Obiri | 00h 16m 33s 580ms | May 24, 2014 |
| Athletics | 4x200 Metres Relay | us | LaTasha Jenkins, LaTasha Colander-Richardson, Nanceen Perry, Marion Jones | 00h 01m 27s 460ms | April 29, 2000 |
| Athletics | 4x400 Metres Relay | su | Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina | 00h 03m 15s 170ms | October 1, 1988 |
| Athletics | 4x800 Metres Relay | su | Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina, Lyudmila Borisova, Irina Podyalovskaya | 00h 07m 50s 170ms | August 5, 1984 |
| Athletics | 5 Kilometres | nl | Sifan Hassan | 00h 14m 44s 000ms | February 17, 2019 |
| Athletics | 50 Kilometres Race Walk | cn | Hong Liu | 03h 59m 15s 000ms | March 9, 2019 |
| Athletics | 50 Metres | ru | Irina Privalova | 00h 00m 05s 960ms | February 9, 1995 |
| Athletics | 50 Metres Hurdles | dd | Cornelia Oschkenat | 00h 00m 06s 580ms | February 20, 1988 |
| Athletics | 5000 Metres | et | Tirunesh Dibaba | 00h 14m 11s 150ms | June 6, 2008 |
| Athletics | 60 Metres | ru | Irina Privalova | 00h 00m 06s 920ms | February 11, 1993 |
| Athletics | 60 Metres Hurdles | se | Susanna Kallur | 00h 00m 07s 680ms | February 10, 2008 |
| Athletics | 800 Metres | cz | Jarmila Kratochvílová | 00h 01m 53s 280ms | July 26, 1983 |
| Athletics | Decathlon (1) | lt | Austra Skujyté | 8,358 (pts) | April 15, 2005 |
| Athletics | Discus Throw (1) | dd | Gabriele Reinsch | 76.80 (m) | July 9, 1988 |
| Athletics | Distance Medley Relay | us | Treniere Moser, Sanya Richards-Ross, Ajee' Wilson, Shannon Rowbury | 00h 10m 36s 500ms | May 2, 2015 |
| Athletics | Half Marathon | ke | Joyciline Jepkosgei | 01h 04m 51s 000ms | October 22, 2017 |
| Athletics | Hammer Throw (1) | pl | Anita Włodarczyk | 82.98 (m) | August 28, 2016 |
| Athletics | Heptathlon (1) | us | Jackie Joyner-kersee | 7,291 (pts) | September 24, 1988 |
| Athletics | High Jump | bg | Stefka Kostadinova | 2.09 (m) | August 30, 1987 |
| Athletics | Javelin Throw (1) | cz | Barbora Špotáková | 72.28 (m) | September 13, 2008 |
| Athletics | Long Jump | su | Galina Chistyakova | 7.52 (m) | June 11, 1988 |
| Athletics | Marathon | gb | Paula Radcliffe | 02h 15m 25s 000ms | April 13, 2003 |
| Athletics | One Hour | et | Dire Tune | 18,517.00 (m) | June 12, 2008 |
| Athletics | One Mile | nl | Sifan Hassan | 00h 04m 12s 330ms | July 12, 2019 |
| Athletics | Pentathlon (1) | ua | Nataliya Dobrynska | 5,013 (pts) | March 9, 2012 |
| Athletics | Pole Vault | ru | Yelena Isinbayeva | 5.06 (m) | August 28, 2009 |
| Athletics | Road Relay | cn | Jiang Bo, Dong Yanmei, Zhao Fengdi, Ma Zaijie, Lan Lixin, Li Na | 02h 11m 41s 000ms | February 28, 1998 |
| Athletics | Shot Put (1) | su | Natalia Lisovskaya | 22.63 (m) | June 7, 1987 |
| Athletics | Triple Jump | ua | Inessa Kravets | 15.50 (m) | August 10, 1995 |
| Canoeing | C1 200m | ca | Laurence Vincent-Lapointe | 00h 00m 44s 504ms | 2018 |
| Canoeing | C1 4x200m relay | pl | Karolina Naja, Edyta Dzieniszewska, Ewelina Wojnarowska, Marta Walczykiewicz | 00h 02m 47s 793ms | 2014 |
| Canoeing | C1 5000m | ca | Laurence Vincent-Lapointe | 00h 25m 00s 822ms | 2019 |
| Canoeing | C1 500m | by | Alena Nazdrova | 00h 02m 00s 730ms | 2019 |
| Canoeing | C2 200m | by | Daryna Pikuleva, Kamila Bobr | 00h 00m 42s 686ms | 2016 |
| Canoeing | C2 500m | ca | Katie Vincent, Laurence Vincent-Lapointe | 00h 01m 51s 428ms | 2018 |
| Canoeing | K1 1000m | nz | Teneale Hatton | 00h 03m 48s 560ms | 2014 |
| Canoeing | K1 200m | nz | Lisa Carrington | 00h 00m 37s 898ms | 2014 |
| Canoeing | K1 5000m | za | Bridgitte Hartley | 00h 20m 10s 100ms | 2009 |
| Canoeing | K1 500m | by | Volha Khudzenka | 00h 01m 46s 465ms | 2019 |
| Canoeing | K2 1000m | pl | Justyna Iskrzycka, Paulina Paszek | 00h 03m 31s 645ms | 2018 |
| Canoeing | K2 200m | hu | Anna Kárász, Ninetta Vad | 00h 00m 35s 869ms | 2014 |
| Canoeing | K2 500m | at | Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz | 00h 01m 37s 071ms | 2011 |
| Canoeing | K4 1000m | hu | Eszter Rasztótsky, Kinga Dékány, Krisztina Fazekas, Natasa Janics | 00h 03m 13s 296ms | 2003 |
| Canoeing | K4 200m | ro | Mariana Limbau, Raluca Ionita, Sanda Toma, Elena Radu | 00h 00m 33s 778ms | 1997 |
| Canoeing | K4 500m | hu | Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Anna Kárász, Ninetta Vad | 00h 01m 28s 219ms | 2014 |
| Finswimming | 100m BF | hu | Petra Senánszky | 00h 00m 45s 160ms | July 22, 2017 |
| Finswimming | 100m IM | cn | Zhu Baozhen | 00h 00m 34s 460ms | August 24, 2009 |
| Finswimming | 100m SF | ru | Ekaterina Mikhailushkina | 00h 00m 38s 060ms | June 27, 2019 |
| Finswimming | 1500 SF | cn | Liu Jiao | 00h 13m 01s 480ms | August 3, 2011 |
| Finswimming | 200m BF | hu | Petra Senánszky | 00h 01m 41s 420ms | June 24, 2016 |
| Finswimming | 200m SF | ru | Valeriya Baranovskaya | 00h 01m 25s 410ms | July 21, 2017 |
| Finswimming | 4×100m SF relay | ru | Ekaterina Mikhailushkina, Anna Ber, Alexsandra Skurlatova, Vera Ilyushina | 00h 02m 34s 540ms | June 26, 2016 |
| Finswimming | 4×200m SF relay | ru | Ekaterina Mikhailushkina, Valeria Baranovskaya, Alena Parshina, Alina Nalbandyan | 00h 05m 55s 650ms | June 29, 2019 |
| Finswimming | 400m BF | sk | Zuzana Hrašková | 00h 03m 44s 650ms | June 29, 2019 |
| Finswimming | 400m IM | cn | Sun Yiting | 00h 02m 56s 480ms | September 28, 2016 |
| Finswimming | 400m SF | cn | Sun Yiting | 00h 03m 12s 100ms | July 16, 2018 |
| Finswimming | 50m AP | cn | Zhu Baozhen | 00h 00m 15s 100ms | July 24, 2009 |
| Finswimming | 50m BF | hu | Petra Senánszky | 00h 00m 20s 520ms | July 21, 2017 |
| Finswimming | 50m SF | kr | Jang Ye-sol | 00h 00m 16s 940ms | June 25, 2016 |
| Finswimming | 800m IM | cn | Liu Jiao | 00h 06m 18s 380ms | September 18, 2011 |
| Finswimming | 800m SF | cn | Liu Jiao | 00h 06m 46s 790ms | August 1, 2011 |
| Short Track Speed Skating | 1000 meters | kr | Shim Suk-hee | 00h 01m 26s 661ms | October 21, 2012 |
| Short Track Speed Skating | 1500 meters | kr | Choi Min-jeong | 00h 02m 14s 354ms | November 12, 2016 |
| Short Track Speed Skating | 3000 meters | kr | Jung Eun-Ju | 00h 04m 46s 983ms | March 15, 2008 |
| Short Track Speed Skating | 3000m relay | nl | Suzanne Schulting, Jorien ter Mors, Lara van Ruijven, Yara van Kerkhof | 00h 04m 03s 471ms | February 20, 2018 |
| Short Track Speed Skating | 500 meters | gb | Elise Christie | 00h 00m 42s 335ms | November 13, 2016 |
| Speed Skating | 1000 meters | us | Brittany Bowe | 00h 01m 11s 610ms | 9 March 2019 |
| Speed Skating | 10000 meters | cz | Martina Sáblíková | 00h 13m 48s 330ms | 15 March 2007 |
| Speed Skating | 1500 meters | jp | Miho Takagi | 00h 01m 49s 830ms | 10 March 2019 |
| Speed Skating | 3000 meters | cz | Martina Sáblíková | 00h 03m 52s 020ms | 9 March 2019 |
| Speed Skating | 500 meters | kr | Lee Sang-hwa | 00h 00m 36s 360ms | 16 November 2013 |
| Speed Skating | 500 meters x 2 | jp | Nao Kodaira | 00h 01m 13s 550ms | 26 February 2017 |
| Speed Skating | 5000 meters | cz | Martina Sáblíková | 00h 06m 42s 010ms | 3 March 2019 |
| Speed Skating | Mini combination | nl | Joy Beune | 153.776 (pts) | 10 March 2018 |
| Speed Skating | One hour | nl | Carien Kleibeuker | 40,569.56 (m) | 9 December 2015 |
| Speed Skating | Small combination | ca | Cindy Klassen | 154.580 (pts) | 19 March 2006 |
| Speed Skating | Sprint combination | jp | Nao Kodaira | 146.390 (pts) | 26 February 2017 |
| Speed Skating | Team pursuit (6 laps) | jp | Miho Takagi, Ayano Sato, Nana Takagi | 00h 02m 50s 870ms | 8 December 2017 |
| Speed Skating | Team sprint (3 laps) | ru | Angelina Golikova, Olga Fatkulina, Elizaveta Kazelina | 00h 01m 24s 840ms | 1 December 2017 |
| Sport Stacking | 3-3-3 | kr | Si Eun Kim | 00h 00m 01s 424ms | November 6, 2016 |
| Sport Stacking | 3-6-3 | kr | Si Eun Kim | 00h 00m 01s 816ms | June 16, 2018 |
| Sport Stacking | Cycle | kr | Si Eun Kim | 00h 00m 05s 089ms | January 25, 2018 |
| Swimming | 100 Backstroke LCM | us | Smith Regan | 00h 00m 57s 570ms | July 28, 2019 |
| Swimming | 100 Backstroke SCM | hu | Hosszu Katinka | 00h 00m 55s 030ms | December 4, 2014 |
| Swimming | 100 Breaststroke LCM | us | King Lilly | 00h 01m 04s 130ms | July 25, 2017 |
| Swimming | 100 Breaststroke SCM | lt | Meilutyte Ruta | 00h 01m 02s 360ms | October 12, 2013 |
| Swimming | 100 Butterfly LCM | se | Sjoestroem Sarah | 00h 00m 55s 480ms | August 7, 2016 |
| Swimming | 100 Butterfly SCM | se | Sjoestroem Sarah | 00h 00m 54s 610ms | December 7, 2014 |
| Swimming | 100 Freestyle LCM | se | Sjoestroem Sarah | 00h 00m 51s 710ms | July 23, 2017 |
| Swimming | 100 Freestyle SCM | au | Campbell Cate | 00h 00m 50s 250ms | October 26, 2017 |
| Swimming | 100 Medley SCM | hu | Hosszu Katinka | 00h 00m 56s 510ms | August 7, 2017 |
| Swimming | 1500 Freestyle LCM | us | Ledecky Katie | 00h 15m 20s 480ms | May 16, 2018 |
| Swimming | 1500 Freestyle SCM | es | Belmonte Mireia | 00h 15m 19s 710ms | December 12, 2014 |
| Swimming | 200 Backstroke LCM | us | Smith Regan | 00h 02m 03s 350ms | July 26, 2019 |
| Swimming | 200 Backstroke SCM | hu | Hosszu Katinka | 00h 01m 59s 230ms | December 5, 2014 |
| Swimming | 200 Breaststroke LCM | dk | Pedersen Rikke | 00h 02m 19s 110ms | August 1, 2013 |
| Swimming | 200 Breaststroke SCM | us | Soni Rebecca | 00h 02m 14s 570ms | December 18, 2009 |
| Swimming | 200 Butterfly LCM | cn | Liu Zige | 00h 02m 01s 810ms | October 21, 2009 |
| Swimming | 200 Butterfly SCM | es | Belmonte Mireia | 00h 01m 59s 610ms | December 3, 2014 |
| Swimming | 200 Freestyle LCM | it | Pellegrini Federica | 00h 01m 52s 980ms | July 29, 2009 |
| Swimming | 200 Freestyle SCM | se | Sjoestroem Sarah | 00h 01m 50s 430ms | August 12, 2017 |
| Swimming | 200 Medley LCM | hu | Hosszu Katinka | 00h 02m 06s 120ms | August 3, 2015 |
| Swimming | 200 Medley SCM | hu | Hosszu Katinka | 00h 02m 01s 860ms | December 6, 2014 |
| Swimming | 400 Freestyle LCM | us | Ledecky Katie | 00h 03m 56s 460ms | August 7, 2016 |
| Swimming | 400 Freestyle SCM | au | Titmus Ariarne | 00h 03m 53s 920ms | December 14, 2018 |
| Swimming | 400 Medley LCM | hu | Hosszu Katinka | 00h 04m 26s 360ms | August 6, 2016 |
| Swimming | 400 Medley SCM | es | Belmonte Mireia | 00h 04m 18s 940ms | August 12, 2017 |
| Swimming | 4x100 Freestyle Relay LCM | au | Shayna Jack, Bronte Campbell, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell | 00h 03m 30s 050ms | April 5, 2018 |
| Swimming | 4x100 Freestyle Relay SCM | nl | Inge Dekker, Femke Heemskerk, Maud van der Meer, Ranomi Kromowidjojo | 00h 03m 26s 530ms | December 5, 2014 |
| Swimming | 4x100 Medley Relay LCM | us | Regan Smith, Lilly King, Kelsi Dahlia, Simone Manuel | 00h 03m 50s 400ms | July 28, 2019 |
| Swimming | 4x100 Medley Relay SCM | us | Courtney Bartholomew, Katie Meili, Kelsi Worrell, Simone Manuel | 00h 03m 45s 200ms | December 11, 2015 |
| Swimming | 4x200 Freestyle Relay LCM | au | Ariarne Titmus, Madison Wilson, Brianna Throssell, Emma McKeon | 00h 07m 41s 500ms | July 25, 2019 |
| Swimming | 4x200 Freestyle Relay SCM | nl | Inge Dekker, Femke Heemskerk, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Sharon van Rouwendaal | 00h 07m 32s 850ms | December 3, 2014 |
| Swimming | 4x50 Freestyle Relay SCM | nl | Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk, Tamara van Vliet, Valerie van Roon | 00h 01m 33s 910ms | December 15, 2017 |
| Swimming | 4x50 Medley Relay SCM | us | Olivia Smoliga, Katie Meili, Kelsi Dahlia, Mallory Comerford | 00h 01m 42s 380ms | December 12, 2018 |
| Swimming | 50 Backstroke LCM | cn | Liu Xiang | 00h 00m 26s 980ms | August 21, 2018 |
| Swimming | 50 Backstroke SCM | br | Medeiros Etiene | 00h 00m 25s 670ms | December 7, 2014 |
| Swimming | 50 Breaststroke LCM | us | King Lilly | 00h 00m 29s 400ms | July 30, 2017 |
| Swimming | 50 Breaststroke SCM | jm | Atkinson Alia | 00h 00m 28s 560ms | October 6, 2018 |
| Swimming | 50 Butterfly LCM | se | Sjoestroem Sarah | 00h 00m 24s 430ms | July 5, 2014 |
| Swimming | 50 Butterfly SCM | se | Alshammar Therese | 00h 00m 24s 380ms | November 22, 2009 |
| Swimming | 50 Freestyle LCM | se | Sjoestroem Sarah | 00h 00m 23s 670ms | July 29, 2017 |
| Swimming | 50 Freestyle SCM | nl | Kromowidjojo Ranomi | 00h 00m 22s 930ms | August 7, 2017 |
| Swimming | 800 Freestyle LCM | us | Ledecky Katie | 00h 08m 04s 790ms | August 12, 2016 |
| Swimming | 800 Freestyle SCM | es | Belmonte Mireia | 00h 07m 59s 340ms | August 10, 2013 |
| Track Cycling | 3000m individual pursuit | us | Chloe Dygert | 00h 03m 20s 060ms | 3 March 2018 |
| Track Cycling | 3000m team pursuit | gb | Dani King, Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell | 00h 03m 14s 051ms | 4 August 2012 |
| Track Cycling | 4000 m team pursuit | gb | Katie Archibald, Laura Trott, Elinor Barker, Joanna Rowsell Shand | 00h 04m 10s 236ms | 13 August 2016 |
| Track Cycling | 500 m time trial | mx | Jessica Salazar | 00h 00m 32s 268ms | October 7, 2016 |
| Track Cycling | Flying 200 m time trial | ca | Kelsey Mitchell | 00h 00m 10s 154ms | September 5, 2019 |
| Track Cycling | Flying 500 m time trial | de | Kristina Vogel | 00h 00m 28s 970ms | December 17, 2016 |
| Track Cycling | Hour record | it | Vittoria Bussi | 48,007 (m) | 13 September 2018 |
| Track Cycling | Hour record (UCI best human effort) | fr | Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli | 48,159 (m) | 26 October 1996 |
| Track Cycling | Team sprint (1) | cn | Gong Jinjie, Zhong Tianshi | 00h 00m 31s 928ms | 12 August 2016 |