Athletics World Record - Women

Name the world record holders in the respecting event, ratified by the IAAF

As of 19th January 2023

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Event	Nationality	Answer
100m	American	Florence Griffith Joyner
100m Hurdles	Nigerian	Tobi Amusan
200m	American	Florence Griffith Joyner
400m	East German	Marita Koch
400m Hurdles	American	Sydney McLaughlin
800m	Czechoslovakian	Jarmila Kratochvílová
1000m	Russian	Svetlana Masterkova
1500m	Ethiopian	Genzebe Dibaba
1 Mile/1600m	Dutch	Sifan Hassan
2000m	Burundian	Francine Niyonsaba
3000m	Chinese	Wang Junxia
3000m Steeplechase	Kenyan	Beatrice Chepkoech
5000m	Ethiopian	Letesenbet Gidey
5km Road		Ejgayehu Taye
10000m		Letesenbet Gidey
10km Road	Kenyan	Agnes Tirop
60 minutes track	Dutch	Sifan Hassan
Half Marathon	Ethiopian	Letesenbet Gidey
Marathon	Ethiopian	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany
100km Road	Japanese	Tomoe Abe
High Jump	Bulgarian	Stefka Kostadinova

Event	Nationality	Answer
Pole Vault	Russian	Yelena Isinbayeva
Long Jump	Soviet	Galina Chistyakova
Triple Jump	Venezuelan	Yulimar Rojas
Shot Put	Soviet	Natalya Lisovskaya
Discus Throw	East German	Gabriele Reinsch
Hammer Throw	Polish	Anita Włodarczyk
Javelin Throw	Czech	Barbora Špotáková
Heptathlon	American	Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Decathlon	Lithuanian	Austra Skujytė
10000m Walk	Soviet	Nadezhda Ryashkina
20000m Walk	Chinese	Liu Hong
20km Walk Road		Yang Jiayu
50km Walk Road		Liu Hong
4×100 m relay	-	United States Of America
4×200 m relay		United States Of America
4×400 m relay		Soviet Union
4×800 m relay		Soviet Union
Distance medley relay		United States Of America
4×1500 m relay		United States Of America
Road relay/Ekiden		Ethiopia

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