Women Records

Event

Gender

Indoor/Outdoor

Name

Record

Nationality

Date

100 m Women Outdoor Blessing Okagbare 10.79 (+1.1 m/s)  Nigeria 2013 Jul 27
200 m Women Outdoor Evette de Klerk 22.06 (+0.7 m/s) A #  South Africa 1989 Apr 08
200 m Women Outdoor Mary Onyali 22.07 (-0.1 m/s)  Nigeria 1996 Aug 14
300 m Women Outdoor Patience Okon George 37.25  Nigeria 2015 Mar 14
400 m Women Outdoor Falilat Ogunkoya 49.1  Nigeria 1996 Jul 29
600 m Women Outdoor Maria Mutola 01:22.9  Mozambique 2002 Aug 27
800 m Women Outdoor Pamela Jelimo 01:54.0  Kenya 2008 Aug 29
1000 m Women Outdoor Maria de Lurdes Mutola 02:29.3  Mozambique 1995 Aug 25
1500 m Women Outdoor Genzebe Dibaba 03:50.1  Ethiopia 2015 Jul 17
Mile Women Outdoor Faith Kipyegon 04:16.7  Kenya 2015 Sep 11
2000 m Women Outdoor Genzebe Dibaba 05:27.5  Ethiopia 2014 Jun 17
3000 m Women Outdoor Hellen Obiri 08:20.7  Kenya 2014 May 09
Two miles Women Outdoor Meseret Defar 08:58.6  Ethiopia 2007 Sep 14
5000 m Women Outdoor Tirunesh Dibaba 14:11.2  Ethiopia 2008 Jun 06
5 km (road) Women Outdoor Meseret Defar 14:46  Ethiopia 2006 Apr 09
4 miles (road) Women Outdoor Viola Kibiwot 19:14  Kenya 2013 Oct 13
10000 m Women Outdoor Meselech Melkamu 29:53.8  Ethiopia 2009 Jun 14
10 km (road) Women Outdoor Isabella Ochichi 30:27 a  Kenya 2005 Mar 26
15 km (road) Women Outdoor Florence Kiplagat 46:14+  Kenya 2015 Feb 15
One hour (track) Women Outdoor Dire Tune 18517 m  Ethiopia 2008 Jun 12
20000 m (track) Women Outdoor Tegla Loroupe 05:26.6  Kenya 2000 Sep 03
20 km (road) Women Outdoor Florence Kiplagat 1:01:54+  Kenya 2015 Feb 15
Half marathon Women Outdoor Florence Kiplagat 1:05:09  Kenya 2015 Feb 15
25000 m (track) Women Outdoor Tegla Loroupe 27:05.8  Kenya 2002 Sep 21
25 km (road) Women Outdoor Mary Keitany 1:19:53  Kenya 2010 May 09
30000 m (track) Women Outdoor Tegla Loroupe 45:50.0  Kenya 2003 Jun 06
30 km (road) Women Outdoor Mary Jepkosgei Keitany 1:39:11+  Kenya 2011 Apr 17
30 km (road) Women Outdoor Catherine Ndereba 1:37:56+ #  Kenya 2002 Oct 13
35 km (road) Women Outdoor Mary Keitany 1:56:01+  Kenya 2012 Apr 22
40 km (road) Women Outdoor Mary Keitany 2:11:46+  Kenya 2012 Apr 22
Marathon Women Outdoor Mary Keitany 2:18:37  Kenya 2012 Apr 22
100 km (road) Women Outdoor Helene Joubert 7:31:47 #  South Africa 1995 Sep 16
100 km (road) Women Outdoor Davera Magson 8:28:26  South Africa 2007 Sep 22
2000 m steeplechase Women Outdoor Virginia Nyambura Nganga 06:02.2  Kenya 2015 Sep 06
3000 m steeplechase Women Outdoor Hyvin Jepkemoi 09:00.0  Kenya 2016 May 28
100 m hurdles Women Outdoor Glory Alozie 12.44 (+0.4 m/s)  Nigeria 1998 Aug 08
100 m hurdles Women Outdoor Glory Alozie 12.44 (0.0 m/s)  Nigeria 1998 Aug 28
100 m hurdles Women Outdoor Glory Alozie 12.44 (+0.7 m/s)  Nigeria 1999 Aug 28
300 m hurdles Women Outdoor Mame Tacko Diouf 38.6 (ht)  Senegal 1999 Feb 21
400 m hurdles Women Outdoor Nezha Bidouane 52.9  Morocco 1999 Aug 25
High jump Women Outdoor Hestrie Cloete 2.06 m  South Africa 2003 Aug 31
Pole vault Women Outdoor Elmarie Gerryts 4.42 m  South Africa 2000 Jun 12
Long jump Women Outdoor Chioma Ajunwa 7.12 m (+0.9 m/s)  Nigeria 1996 Aug 02
Triple jump Women Outdoor Françoise Mbango Etone 15.39 m (+0.5 m/s)  Cameroon 2008 Aug 17
Shot put Women Outdoor Vivian Chukwuemeka 18.43 m  Nigeria 2003 Apr 19
Shot put Women Outdoor Vivian Chukwuemeka 18.86 m X  Nigeria 2012 Jul 01
Discus throw Women Outdoor Elizna Naude 64.87 m  South Africa 2007 Mar 02
Hammer throw Women Outdoor Amy Sène 69.70 m  Senegal 2014 May 25
Javelin throw Women Outdoor Sunette Viljoen 69.35 m  South Africa 2012 Jun 09
Heptathlon Women Outdoor Margaret Simpson 6423 pts  Ghana 2005 May 29
Decathlon Women Outdoor Margaret Simpson 6915 pts (ht) #  Ghana 2007 Apr 19
5000 m walk(track) Women Outdoor Shefrawe Aynalem Eshetu 22:59.2  Ethiopia 2011 May 15
5000 m walk(track) Women Outdoor Chaïma Trabelsi 22:12.9 (ht) #  Tunisia 2010 Jun 18
10000 m walk(track) Women Outdoor Grace Wanjiru Njue 44:41.8 (ht)  Kenya 2016 Mar 05
10 km walk(road) Women Outdoor Susan Vermeulen 45:05.4 #  South Africa 1999 Apr 17
20000 m walk(track) Women Outdoor Nicolene Cronje 36:18.2  South Africa 2004 Mar 17
20 km walk(road) Women Outdoor Grace Wanjiru Njue 1:34:19 AM  Kenya 2010 Aug 01
20 km walk(road) Women Outdoor Grace Wanjiru Njue 1:28:15 A #[b]  Kenya 2011 Jul 15
4×100 m relay Women Outdoor Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Christy Opara-Thompson and Mary Onyali-Omagbemi 42.39  Nigeria 1992 Aug 07
4×200 m relay Women Outdoor Blessing Okagbare, Regina George, Dominique Duncan and Christy Udoh 01:30.5  Nigeria 2015 May 02
4×400 m relay Women Outdoor Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara and Falilat Ogunkoya 03:21.0  Nigeria 1996 Aug 03
4×800 m relay Women Outdoor Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei, Agatha Jeruto Kimaswai, Sylvia Chematui Chesebe, Eunice Jepkoech Sum 08:04.3  Kenya 2014 May 25
Distance medley relay Women Outdoor Selah Jepleting Busienei(1200 m), Joy Nakhumicha Sakari (400 m), Sylivia Chematui Chesebe(800 m) and Virginia Nyambura Nganga(1600 m) 10:43.3  Kenya 2015 May 02
4×1500 m relay Women Outdoor Mercy Cherono, Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon, Irene Jelagat and Hellen Onsando Obiri 16:33.6  Kenya 2014 May 24
Ekiden relay Women Outdoor Philes Ongori, Evelyne Kemunto Kimwei, Sally Kaptich Chepyego, Catherine Ndereba, Jane Wanjiku Gakunyi and Lucy Wangui Kabuu 2:13:35  Kenya 2006 Nov 23
50 m Women Indoor Chioma Ajunwa 6.04+  Nigeria 1998 Feb 22
60 m Women Indoor Murielle Ahouré 6.99  Côte d'Ivoire 2013 Feb 16
200 m Women Indoor Murielle Ahouré 22.8  Ivory Coast 2009 Mar 13
300 m Women Indoor Gemma Acheampong 39.5  Ghana 2014 Dec 06
400 m Women Indoor Charity Opara 50.73  Nigeria 1998 Feb 01
600 m Women Indoor Regina George 01:25.8  Nigeria 2014 Jan 10
800 m Women Indoor Maria Mutola 01:57.1  Mozambique 1999 Feb 21
800 m Women Indoor Maria Mutola 1:56.36 #[c]  Mozambique 1998 Feb 22
1000 m Women Indoor Maria Mutola 02:30.9  Mozambique 1999 Feb 25
1500 m Women Indoor Genzebe Dibaba 03:55.2  Ethiopia 2014 Feb 01
Mile Women Indoor Genzebe Dibaba 04:13.3  Ethiopia 2016 Feb 17
2000 m Women Indoor Genzebe Dibaba 5:34.25+  Ethiopia 2014 Feb 06
3000 m Women Indoor Genzebe Dibaba 08:16.6  Ethiopia 2014 Feb 06
Two miles Women Indoor Genzebe Dibaba 09:00.5  Ethiopia 2014 Feb 15
5000 m Women Indoor Genzebe Dibaba 14:18.9  Ethiopia 2015 Feb 19
50 m hurdles Women Indoor Glory Alozie 6.76+  Nigeria 2001 Feb 25
60 m hurdles Women Indoor Glory Alozie 7.82  Nigeria 1999 Feb 16
400 m hurdles Women Indoor Haissat Lambarki 58.66  Morocco 2012 Jan 29
High jump Women Indoor Hestrie Cloete 1.97 m  South Africa 2001 Feb 18
Pole vault Women Indoor Elmarie Gerryts 4.41 m  South Africa 2000 Feb 20
Long jump Women Indoor Chioma Ajunwa 6.97 m  Nigeria 1997 Feb 05
Triple jump Women Indoor Yamilé Aldama 14.90 m  Sudan 2004 Mar 06
Shot put Women Indoor Vivian Chukwuemeka 18.13 m A  Nigeria 2006 Feb 04
Weight throw Women Indoor Precious Ogunleye 21.27 m  Nigeria 2016 Feb 06
Pentathlon Women Indoor Eunice Barber 4558 pts  Sierra Leone 2003 Mar 01
3000 m walk Women Indoor Ada Booyens 15:57.1  South Africa 2010 Mar 06
4×400 m relay Women Indoor Omolara Omotoso, Patience Okon George, Bukola Abogunloko and Folashade Abugan 03:29.7  Nigeria 2014 Mar 08