| Event | Record | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | 10.49s | Florence Griffith-Joyner | 94%
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| 200m | 21.34s | Florence Griffith-Joyner | 94%
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| Heptathlon | 7291pts | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | 76%
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| 4x100m relay (country) | 40.82s | USA | 76%
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| 4x200m relay (country) | 1min 27.46s | USA | 76%
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| 4x400m relay (country) | 3min 15.17s | USSR | 71%
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| 4x800m relay (country) | 7min 50.17s | USSR | 71%
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| 4x1 500m relay (country) | 16min 33.58s | Kenya | 65%
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| Pole vault | 5m06 | Elena Isinbaeva | 53%
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| 400m | 47.60 | Marita Koch | 53%
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| High jump | 2m09 | Stefka Kostadinova | 53%
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| 100m hurdles | 12.21s | Yurdanka Donkova | 35%
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| 1 500m | 3min 50.46s | Yunxia Qu | 29%
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| Triple jump | 15m50 | Inessa Kravets | 24%
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| 3 000m | 8min 06.11s | Junxia Wang | 24%
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| 10 000m | 29min 31.78s | Junxia Wang | 24%
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| 5 000m | 14min 11.15s | Tirunesh Dibaba | 24%
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| Hammer throw | 79m58 | Anita Wlodarczyk | 18%
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| Javelin throw | 72m28 | Barbora Špotáková | 18%
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| Discus throw | 76m80 | Gabriele Reinsch | 12%
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| Shot put | 22m63 | Natalya Lisovskaya | 12%
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| 20 000m race walk | 1h 26min 52.3s | Olimpiada Ivanova | 12%
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| 1 000m | 2min 28.98s | Svetlana Masterkova | 12%
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| Long jump | 7m52 | Galina Chistyakova | 6%
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| 3 000m steeplechase | 8min 58.81s | Gulnara Galkina | 6%
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| 800m | 1min 53.28s | Jarmila Kratochv | 6%
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| 10 000m race walk | 41min 56.23s | Nadezhda Ryashkina | 6%
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| 2 000m | 5min 25.36s | Sonia O'Sullivan | 6%
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| 20 000m | 1h 05min 26.6s | Tegla Loroupe | 6%
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| 25 000m | 1h 27min 05.9s | Tegla Loroupe | 6%
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| 30 000m | 1h 45min 50.0s | Tegla Loroupe | 6%
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| 400m hurdles | 52.34s | Yuliya Pechenkina | 6%
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