Olympics Women's Athletics Records
Event | Result | Name | Nation | Games |
100 meters | 10.61 | Elaine Thompson Herah | Jamaica (JAM) | 2020 Tokyo |
200 meters | 21.34 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | United States (USA) | 1988 Seoul |
400 meters | 48.25 | Marie-José Pérec | France (FRA) | 1996 Atlanta |
800 meters | 1:53.43 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | Soviet Union (URS) | 1980 Moscow |
1,500 meters | 3:53:11 | Faith Kipyegon | Kenya (KEN) | 2020 Tokyo |
5,000 meters | 14:26.17 | Vivian Cheruiyot | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2016 Rio |
10,000 meters | 29:17.45 | Almaz Ayana | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2016 Rio |
Marathon | 2:23:07 | TIki Gelana | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2012 London |
100 meter hurdles | 12.26 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 2020 Tokyo |
400 meter hurdles | 51.46 | Sydney McLaughlin | United States (USA) | 2020 Tokyo |
4×100 m relay | 40.82 | Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) | 2012 London |
4×400 m relay | 3:15.27 | Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina | Soviet Union (URS) | 1988 Seoul |
20 km walk | 1:25:02 | Elena Lashmanova | Russia (RUS) | 2012 London |
3,000 m steeplechase | 8:58.81 | Gulnara Galkina-Samitova | Russia (RUS) | 2008 Beijing |
High jump | 2.06 m | Yelena Slesarenko | Russia (RUS) | 2004 Athens |
Long jump | 7.40 m | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | United States (USA) | 1988 Seoul |
Pole vault | 5.05 m | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia (RUS) | 2008 Beijing |
Triple jump | 15.67 m | Yulimar Rojas | Venezuela (VEN) | 2020 Tokyo |
Shot put | 22.41 m | Ilona Slupianek | East Germany (GDR) | 1980 Moscow |
Discus throw | 72.30 m | Martina Hellmann | East Germany (GDR) | 1988 Seoul |
Hammer throw | 82.29 m | Anita Wlodarczyk | Poland (POL) | 2016 Rio |
Javelin throw | 71.53 m | Osleidys Menéndez | Cuba (CUB) | 2004 Athens |
Heptathlon | 7291 pts | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | United States (USA) | 1988 Seoul |
Updated: September 30, 2021 (Post-Tokyo)