List of Commonwealth records in athletics

Commonwealth records in athletics are the best marks set in an event by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Outdoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
100 m	9.58 (+0.9 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	16 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[1]
200 m	19.19 (-0.3 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[2]
400 m	43.03	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	14 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[3]
800 m	1:40.91	David Rudisha	Kenya	9 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[4]
1000 m	2:11.96	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	5 September 1999	IAAF Grand Prix	Rieti, Italy
1500 m	3:26.34	Bernard Lagat	Kenya	24 August 2001	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
Mile	3:43.40	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	7 July 1999	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy
2000 m	4:48.74	John Kemboi Kibowen	Kenya	1 August 1998	KBC Night of Athletics	Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
3000 m	7:20.67	Daniel Komen	Kenya	1 September 1996	IAAF Grand Prix	Rieti, Italy
5000 m	12:39.74	Daniel Komen	Kenya	22 August 1997	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
5 km (road)	12:59.5	Sammy Kipketer	Kenya	26 March 2000	15th Carlsbad 5000	Carlsbad, United States
10000 m	26:27.85	Paul Tergat	Kenya	22 August 1997	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
10 km (road)	26:44	Leonard Patrick Komon	Kenya	26 September 2010	Singelloop	Utrecht, Netherlands	[5]
15 km (road)	41:13	Leonard Patrick Komon	Kenya	21 November 2010	Zevenheuvelenloop	Nijmegen, Netherlands	[6]
20000 m (track)	57:28.7	Carl Thackery	Great Britain	31 March 1990		La Flèche, France
20 km (road)	55:31+	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	17 March 2007	City-Pier-City Loop	The Hague, Netherlands
Half marathon	58:33	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	17 March 2007	City-Pier-City Loop	The Hague, Netherlands
One hour	20885 m	Carl Thackery	Great Britain	31 March 1990		La Flèche, France
25000 m (track)	1:12:25.4+	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 June 2011	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[7][8]
25 km (road)	1:11:18	Dennis Kipruto Kimetto	Kenya	6 May 2012	BIG 25	Berlin, Germany	[9][10]
30000 m (track)	1:26:47.4	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 June 2011	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[7][11]
30 km (road)	1:27:13+	Stanley Biwott	Kenya	24 April 2016	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[12]
	1:27:13+	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	24 April 2016	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[13]
35 km (road)	1:41:47+	Dennis Kipruto Kimetto	Kenya	28 September 2014	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[14]
40 km (road)	1:56:29+	Dennis Kipruto Kimetto	Kenya	28 September 2014	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[14]
Marathon	2:02:57	Dennis Kipruto Kimetto	Kenya	28 September 2014	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	[14]
	2:03:02 a # [15]	Geoffrey Mutai	Kenya	18 April 2011	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	[16][17]
	2:03:06 a # [15]	Moses Mosop	Kenya	18 April 2011	Boston Marathon	Boston, United States	[16][17]
100 km	6:24:05	Simon Pride	Great Britain	15 May 1999	100 km de Vendée	Chavagnes-en-Paillers, France
110 m hurdles	12.91 (+0.5 m/s)	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	20 August 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany
400 m hurdles	47.10	Samuel Matete	Zambia	7 August 1991	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland
3000 m steeplechase	7:53.64	Brimin Kipruto	Kenya	22 July 2011	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco	[18]
High jump	2.40 m[19][20]	Derek Drouin	Canada	25 April 2014	Drake Relays	Des Moines, United States	[21]
Pole vault	6.05 m	Dmitri Markov	Australia	9 August 2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	[22]
Long jump	8.62 m (+0.7 m/s)	James Beckford	Jamaica	5 April 1997		Orlando, United States
Triple jump	18.29 m (+1.3 m/s)	Jonathan Edwards	Great Britain	7 August 1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	[23]
Shot put	22.21 m A	Dylan Armstrong	Canada	25 June 2011	Canadian Championships	Calgary, Canada	[24]
Discus throw	70.32 m	Frantz Kruger	South Africa	26 May 2002		Salon-de-Provence, France
Hammer throw	80.63 m	Chris Harmse	South Africa	15 April 2005		Durban, South Africa
Javelin throw	92.72 m	Julius Yego	Kenya	26 August 2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	[25]
Decathlon	8847 pts	Daley Thompson	Great Britain	7–8 August 1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States
	10.44 (100 m), 8.01 m (long jump), 15.72 m (shot put), 2.03 m (high jump), 46.97 (400 m) / 14.33 (110 m hurdles), 46.56 m (discus), 5.00 m (pole vault), 65.24 m (javelin), 4:35.00 (1500 m)
3000 m walk (track)	10:56.22	Andrew Jachno	Australia	7 February 1991	Melbourne Track Classic	Melbourne, Australia
5000 m walk (track)	18:41.83	Jared Tallent	Australia	28 February 2009	Sydney Track Classic	Sydney, Australia
10000 m walk (track)	38:20.9	David Smith	Australia	15 September 1985		Sydney, Australia
	38:06.6 #			25 September 1986
20000 m walk (track)	1:19:48.1	Nathan Deakes	Australia	4 September 2001		Brisbane, Australia
20 km walk (road)	1:17.33	Nathan Deakes	Australia	23 April 2005		Cixi City, China
50000 m walk (track)	3:43:50.0	Simon Baker	Australia	9 September 1990		Melbourne, Australia
50 km walk (road)	3:35.47	Nathan Deakes	Australia	2 December 2006		Geelong, Australia
4 × 100 m relay	36.84	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt	Jamaica	11 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[26]
4 × 200 m relay	1:18.63	Nickel Ashmeade Warren Weir Jermaine Brown Yohan Blake	Jamaica	24 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[27]
4 × 400 m relay	2:56.72	Chris Brown Demetrius Pinder Michael Mathieu Ramon Miller	Bahamas	10 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[28]
4 × 800 m relay	7:02.43	Joseph Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kombich Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	25 August 2006	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
Distance medley relay	9:15.56	Elkanah Angwenyi 2:50.8 (1200m) Thomas Musembi 45.8 (400m) Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:46.2 (800m) Alex Kipchirchir 3:52.8 (1600 m)	Kenya	29 April 2006	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States
4 × 1500 m relay	14:22.22	Collins Cheboi Silas Kiplagat James Kiplagat Magut Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	25 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[29]
Ekiden relay	1:57:06	Josephat Muchiri Ndambiri 13:24/ 5 km Martin Irungu Mathathi 27:12/ 10 km Daniel Muchunu Mwangi 13:59/ 5 km Mekubo Mogusu 27:56/ 10 km Onesmus Nyerre 14:36/ 5 km John Kariuki 19:59/ 7.195 km	Kenya	23 November 2005	International Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan

Commonwealth best times for non-standard events

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
50 m	5.47+ (+0.9 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	16 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[30]
60 m	6.31+ (+0.9 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	16 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[31]
100 y	9.07+ (-0.5 m/s)	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	27 May 2010	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[32]
150 m (bend)	14.44+ (-0.3 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[33]
150 m (straight)	14.35 (+1.1 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	17 May 2009	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	[34]
300 m	30.97	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	27 May 2010	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[35]
500 m	57.69 [36]	David Rudisha	Kenya	10 September 2016	Great North CityGames	Newcastle, United Kingdom	[37]
600 m	1:13.10	David Rudisha	Kenya	5 June 2016	British Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[38]
Two miles	7:58.61	Daniel Komen	Kenya	19 July 1997	KBC Night of Athletics	Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
10 miles (road)	44:27	Leonard Patrick Komon	Kenya	18 September 2011	27th Dam tot Dam	Zaandam, Netherlands	[39]
2000 m steeplechase	5:14.43	Julius Kariuki	Kenya	21 August 1990		Rovereto, Italy
200 m hurdles "straight"	22.10 (+2.0 m/s) ^[WB]	Andy Turner	Great Britain	15 May 2011	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	[40]
	22.10 (+1.8 m/s) ^[WB]	L. J. van Zyl	South Africa	9 May 2015	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	[41]
200 m hurdles "curve"	22.59 (+0.2 m/s)	Darryl Wohlsen	Australia	14 March 1996		Brisbane, Australia
Swedish relay	1:46.59	Puma Reggae Team Christopher Williams (100m) Usain Bolt (200m) Davian Clarke (300m) Jermaine Gonzales (400 m)	Jamaica	25 July 2006	DN Galan	Stockholm, Stockholm	[42]
4x1 mile relay	15:59.57	Tony Rogers John Bowden Mike Gilchrist John Walker	New Zealand	2 March 1983		Auckland, New Zealand

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
100 m	10.70 (+0.6 m/s)	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	29 June 2012	Jamaican Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	[43]
200 m	21.64 (+0.8 m/s)	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	13 September 1991	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
400 m	48.63	Cathy Freeman	Australia	29 July 1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States
800 m	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	29 August 2008	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	[44]
1000 m	2:29.66	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	23 August 1996	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium
1500 m	3:56.98	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	10 May 2013	Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix	Doha, Qatar	[45]
Mile	4:16.71	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	11 September 2015	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	[46]
2000 m	5:26.93	Yvonne Murray	Great Britain	8 July 1994		Edinburgh, United Kingdom
3000 m	8:22.20	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	19 July 2002	Herculis	Fontvieille, Monaco
5000 m	14:20.87	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	29 July 2011	DN Galan	Stockholm, Sweden	[47]
10000 m	29:32.53	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	12 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[48]
10 km (road)	30:21	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	23 February 2003		San Juan, Puerto Rico
15 km (road)	46:14+	Florence Kiplagat	Kenya	15 February 2015	Barcelona Half Marathon	Barcelona, Spain	[49]
20000 m (track)	1:05:26.6	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	3 September 2000		Borgholzhausen, Germany
20 km (road)	1:01:54+	Florence Kiplagat	Kenya	15 February 2015	Barcelona Half Marathon	Barcelona, Spain	[49]
Half marathon	1:05:09	Florence Kiplagat	Kenya	15 February 2015	Barcelona Half Marathon	Barcelona, Spain	[49]
25000 m (track)	1:27:05.9	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	21 September 2002		Mengerskirchen, Germany
25 km (road)	1:19:53	Mary Keitany	Kenya	9 May 2010	BIG 25	Berlin, Germany	[50]
30000 m (track)	1:45:50.00	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	7 June 2003		Warstein, Germany
30 km (road)	1:36:36+ a # [51]	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	13 April 2003	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom
Marathon	2:15:24.6	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	13 April 2003	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	[52]
100 m hurdles	12.28 (+1.1 m/s)	Sally Pearson	Australia	3 September 2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	[53]
400 m hurdles	52.42	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	20 August 2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	[54]
2000 m steeplechase	6:02.16	Virginia Nyambura Nganga	Kenya	6 September 2015	ISTAF	Berlin, Germany	[55]
3000 m steeplechase	9:00.01	Hyvin Jepkemoi	Kenya	28 May 2016	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	[56]
High jump	2.06 m	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	31 August 2003	World Championships	Saint-Denis, France	[57]
Pole vault	4.80 m	Eliza McCartney	New Zealand	5 March 2016	New Zealand Championships	Dunedin, New Zealand	[58]
Long jump	7.16 m A (-0.1 m/s)	Elva Goulbourne	Jamaica	22 May 2004		Mexico City, Mexico
Triple jump	15.39 m (+0.5 m/s)	Françoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon	17 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	[59]
Shot put	21.24 m	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	29 August 2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	[60]
Discus throw	68.72 m	Daniela Costian	Australia	22 January 1994		Auckland, New Zealand
Hammer throw	75.73 m	Sultana Frizell	Canada	22 May 2014	Tucson Elite Classic	Tucson, United States	[61]
Javelin throw	69.35 m	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	9 June 2012	Adidas Grand Prix	New York City, United States	[62]
Heptathlon	6955 pts	Jessica Ennis	Great Britain	3–4 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	[63]
	12.54 (+1.3 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.86 m (high jump), 14.28 m (shot put), 22.83 (-0.3 m/s) (200 m) / 6.48 m (-0.6 m/s) (long jump), 47.49 m (javelin), 2:08.65 (800 m)
Decathlon	6915 pts (ht) #	Margaret Simpson	Ghana	18–19 April 2007		Réduit, Mauritius
	(100 m), (discus), (pole vault), (javelin), (400 m) / (100 m hurdles), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump), (1500 m)
	6878 pts	Jessica Taylor	Great Britain	12–13 September 2015	Kent County Multi-Events Championships	Erith, United Kingdom	[64]
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 12.30 (−2.7) 5.96 (+0.2) 11.48m 1.63m 55.12 14.61 (−1.5) 28.77m 2.50m 34.76m 5:44.32
10000 m walk (track)	41:57.22	Kerry Saxby-Junna	Australia	24 July 1990		Seattle, United States
10 km walk (road)	41:29.71	Kerry Saxby-Junna	Australia	27 August 1988		Canberra, Australia
20000 m walk (track)	1:33:40.2	Kerry Saxby-Junna	Australia	6 September 2001		Brisbane, Australia
20 km walk (road)	1:27:44	Jane Saville	Australia	2 May 2004		Naumburg, Germany
4 × 100 m relay	41.07	Veronica Campbell-Brown Natasha Morrison Elaine Thompson Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	29 August 2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	[65]
4 × 400 m relay	3:18.71	Rosemarie Whyte Davita Prendagast Novlene Williams-Mills Shericka Williams	Jamaica	3 September 2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	[66]
4 × 800 m relay	8:04.28		Kenya	25 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[67]
Distance medley relay	10:43.35	Selah Jepleting Busienei (1200 m) Joy Nakhumicha Sakari (400 m) Sylivia Chematui Chesebe (800 m) Virginia Nyambura Nganga (1600 m)	Kenya	2 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[68]
4 × 1500 m relay	16:33.58	Mercy Cherono Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon Irene Jelagat Hellen Onsando Obiri	Kenya	24 May 2014	2014 IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	[69]
Ekiden relay	2:13:35	Philes Ongori Evelyne Kemunto Kimwei Sally Kaptich Chepyego Catherine Ndereba Jane Wanjiku Gakunyi Lucy Wangui Kabuu	Kenya	23 November 2006	International Chiba Ekiden	Chiba, Japan

Commonwealth best times for non-standard events

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
100 y	9.91+ (+1.1 m/s) ^[WB]	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	31 May 2011	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[70]
150 m (bend)	16.46 (−1.5 m/s)	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	27 September 1989		Trapani, Italy	[71][72]
150 m (straight)	16.57 (+1.1 m/s)	Desiree Henry	Great Britain	10 September 2016	Great North CityGames	Newcastle, United Kingdom	[37]
300m	35.46	Kathy Smallwood-Cook	Great Britain	18 August 1984		London, United Kingdom
500 m	1:06.62 [36]	Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain	10 September 2016	Great North CityGames	Newcastle, United Kingdom	[37]
600 m	1:23.35	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	5 July 2012	Meeting de la Province de Liège	Liège, Belgium	[73][74]
10 miles (road)	50:05+	Mary Keitany	Kenya	18 February 2011	Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon	Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	[75]
200 m hurdles (straight)	25.05 (+1.0 m/s)	Meghan Beesley	Great Britain	17 May 2014	Manchester City Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	[76]
Sprint medley relay	3:34.56	Sherri-Ann Brooks (200 m) Rosemarie Whyte(200 m) Moya Thompson 51.7 (400 m) Kenia Sinclair 1:57.43 (800 m)	Jamaica	April 2009	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
50 m	5.56	Donovan Bailey	Canada	9 February 1996	Bill Cosby Invitational	Reno, United States
60 m	6.42	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	7 March 2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	[77]
150 m	14.99	Donovan Bailey	Canada	1 June 1997	Bailey–Johnson 150-metre race	Toronto, Canada	[78]
200 m	19.92	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	18 February 1996	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
400 m	44.80	Kirani James	Grenada	27 February 2011	SEC Championships	Fayetteville, United States	[79][80]
600 m	1:15.69	Jackson Kivuna	Kenya	6 February 2011	Russian Winter Meeting	Moscow, Russia	[81]
800 m	1:44.71	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	31 January 2004	Sparkassen Cup	Stuttgart, Germany
1000 m	2:15.50	Kennedy Kimwetich	Kenya	6 February 2000	Sparkassen Cup	Stuttgart, Germany
1500 m	3:32.11	Laban Rotich	Kenya	1 February 1998	Sparkassen Cup	Stuttgart, Germany
Mile	3:51.61	Nick Willis	New Zealand	7 February 2015	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Boston, United States	[82]
3000 m	7:24.90	Daniel Komen	Kenya	6 February 1998		Budapest, Hungary
Two miles	8:03.40	Mo Farah	Great Britain	21 February 2015	Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[83]
5000 m	12:51.48	Daniel Komen	Kenya	19 February 1998	GE Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
50 m hurdles	6.25	Mark McKoy	Canada	5 March 1986		Kobe, Japan
60 m hurdles	7.30	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	9 March 1994		Sindelfingen, Germany
300 m hurdles	34.92 OT	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	9 February 1999	Pirkkahall	Tampere, Finland	[84][85]
400 m hurdles	50.21	Richard Yates	Great Britain	19 February 2011	Aviva Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[86][87]
2000 m steeplechase	5:13.77	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	13 February 2011	Indoor Flanders Meeting	Ghent, Belgium	[88][89]
High jump	2.38 m	Steve Smith	Great Britain	4 February 1994		Wuppertal, Germany
Pole vault	6.06 m	Steven Hooker	Australia	7 February 2009	Boston Indoor Games	Roxbury, United States
Long jump	8.40 m	James Beckford	Jamaica	9 February 1996		Madrid, Spain
Triple jump	17.75 m	Phillips Idowu	Great Britain	9 March 2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	[90]
Shot put	21.49 m	Carl Myerscough	Great Britain	15 March 2003	NCAA Indoor Championships	Fayetteville, United States
Weight Throw	24.72 m	Scott Russell	Canada	8 February 2002		Ames, United States
Discus throw	65.60 m	Benn Harradine	Australia	12 March 2011	4th World Indoor Throwing	Växjö, Sweden	[91][92]
Heptathlon	6279 pts	Mike Smith	Canada	13–14 March 1993	World Championships	Toronto, Canada
	7.06 (60 m), 7.49 m (long jump), 15.97 m (shot put), 2.10 m (high jump) / 7.98 (60 m hurdles), 4.90 m (pole vault), 2:45.55 (1000 m)
5000 m walk	18:47.56	Tim Berrett	Canada	20 February 1993		Winnipeg, Canada
4 × 200 m relay	1:22.11	Linford Christie Darren Braithwaite Ade Mafe John Regis	Great Britain	3 March 1991		Glasgow, United Kingdom
4 × 400 m relay	3:03.69	Errol Nolan Allodin Fothergill Akheem Gauntlett Edino Steele	Jamaica	9 March 2014	World Championships	Sopot, Poland	[93]
4 × 800 m relay	7:23.13	Kyle Smith Andrew Maloney Matt Lincoln Andrew Heaney	Canada	31 January 2009		University Park, United States

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
50 m	6.00	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	4 February 1994		Moscow, Russia
60 m	6.96	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	14 February 1992		Madrid, Spain
200 m	21.87	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	13 February 1993	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
300 m	35.69	Patricia Hall	Jamaica	14 February 2012	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France	[94]
400 m	50.02	Nicola Sanders	Great Britain	3 March 2007	European Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
800 m	1:57.06	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	21 February 1999	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
	1:56.36 # [95]			22 February 1998
1000 m	2:30.94	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	25 February 1999	GE Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
1500 m	4:02.66	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	16 March 2003	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Mile	4:23.88	Kirsty Wade	Great Britain	5 February 1988		New York City, United States
3000 m	8:30.53	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	21 February 2009	AVIVA Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom
5000 m	14:39.89	Kimberley Smith	New Zealand	27 February 2009		New York City, United States
50 m hurdles	6.67+	Michelle Freeman	Jamaica	13 February 2000	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
60 m hurdles	7.73	Sally Pearson	Australia	10 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[96]
400 m hurdles	1:01.04	Carole Kaboud Mebam	Cameroon	12 February 2012	Meeting National	Val-de-Reuil, France	[97]
High jump	1.99 m	Debbie Brill	Canada	23 January 1982		Edmonton, Canada
Pole vault	4.87 m	Holly Bleasdale	Great Britain	21 January 2012		Villeurbanne, France	[98]
Long jump	6.93 m	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain	21 February 2015	Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix	Birmingham, United Kingdom	[83]
		Lorraine Ugen		18 March 2016	World Championships	Portland, United States	[99]
Triple jump	15.16 m	Ashia Hansen	Great Britain	28 February 1998	European Championships	Valencia, Spain
Shot put	20.54 m	Valerie Vili	New Zealand	10 March 2012	World Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	[100]
Weight throw	21.27 m	Precious Ogunleye	Nigeria	6 February 2016	Armory Track Invitational	New York City, United States	[101]
Pentathlon	5000 pts	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain	6 March 2015	European Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	[102]
	8.18 (60 m hurdles), 1.95 m (high jump), 12.32 m (shot put), 6.89 m (long jump), 2:12.78 (800 m)
Mile walk	6:17:29	Rachel Seaman	Canada	15 February 2014	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	[103][104]
3000 m walk	11:53.82	Kerry Saxby	Australia	13 March 1993	World Championships	Toronto, Canada
4 × 200 m relay	1:33.96	Paula Dunn Jennifer Stoute Linda Keough Sally Gunnell	Great Britain	23 February 1990	Aviva International Match	Glasgow, United Kingdom
4 × 400 m relay	3:26.54	Patricia Hall Anneisha McLaughlin Kaliese Spencer Stephenie Ann McPherson	Jamaica	9 March 2014	World Championships	Sopot, Poland	[105]
4 × 800 m relay	8:47.52	University of Victoria Richardson Ross Wellman Marquette	Canada	8 March 1985		Windsor, Canada

+ = en route to longer distance
ht = hand timing
A = affected by altitude
# = not officially ratified
a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28
OT = oversized track
est = estimate

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