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Men    Women 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m 10000 m Marathon Half Marathon 80 m Hurdles 100 m Hurdles 400 m Hurdles 3000 m Steeplechase High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Discus Throw Hammer Throw Javelin Throw Pentathlon/Heptathlon

Women, Javelin Throw All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated          •   - Then World Record   • 31.47 Margaret Proctor USA Boston May 24, 1925   • 32.08 Alda Silva USA Pasadena Jul 11, 1925   • 32.54 Martha Nyqvist USA Newark Oct 03, 1925     35.26 Lillian Copeland USA X May 08, 1926 •   35.55 Lillian Copeland USA Pasadena Jul 26, 1926 •   38.21 Lillian Copeland USA Los Angeles Feb 26, 1927 •   38.80 Margaret Jenkins USA Eureka, Calif. Sep 03, 1927 •   39.35 Margaret Jenkins USA San Jose Apr 15, 1928 •   40.68 Mildred Didrikson USA Dallas Jul 04, 1930 • • 46.74 Nan Gindele USA Chicago Jun 18, 1932 • • 49.15 Karen Anderson USA Mexico City Mar 18, 1955   • 49.64 Karen Anderson USA Melbourne Nov 28, 1956   • 49.82 Karen Anderson-Oldham USA Abilene Jul 16, 1960   • 50.62 Karen Anderson-Oldham USA Rome Sep 01, 1960   • 50.87 Frances Davenport USA Warsaw Jul 27, 1963   • 51.34 Frances Davenport USA Wissen Sep 08, 1963   • 52.04 Gloria Wilcox USA Westminster May 09, 1964   • 52.85 RaNae Bair USA Hanford Jul 11, 1964   • 53.64 RaNae Bair USA New York Aug 08, 1964   • 56.38 RaNae Bair USA Warsaw Aug 07, 1965   • 57.58 RaNae Bair USA Berkeley Jul 17, 1966   • 57.72 RaNae Bair USA San Diego Apr 08, 1967   • 58.81 Barbara Friedrich USA New York Jun 02, 1967   • 60.55 Barbara Friedrich USA Long Branch Jun 04, 1967   • 61.12 Kathy Schmidt USA Valencia Jul 28, 1972   • 62.64 Kathy Schmidt USA Valencia Mar 03, 1973   • 62.64* Kathy Schmidt USA Modesto May 26, 1973   • 63.36 Kathy Schmidt USA Modesto May 26, 1973   • 63.42 Kathy Schmidt USA Berkeley Jun 02, 1973   • 63.78 Kathy Schmidt USA Westwood May 31, 1975   • 63.88 Kathy Schmidt USA White Plains Jun 21, 1975   • 65.68 Kathy Schmidt USA Long Beach Mar 06, 1976   • 66.52 Kathy Schmidt USA Westwood Jun 12, 1976   • 69.32 Kathy Schmidt USA Fürth Sep 11, 1977 • New Javelin (officially from 01.04.1999) • 57.14 Lynda Blutreich USA Atlanta May 21, 1999   • 57.38 Ann Crouse USA Raleigh May 27, 1999   • 58.61 Lynda Lipson-Blutreich USA New Haven, CT Jul 01, 2000   • 60.06 Serene Ross USA Palo Alto Jun 21, 2002   • 60.68 Kim Kreiner USA Rheinfelden Jul 26, 2002   • 60.86 Kim Kreiner USA Santo Domingo Aug 07, 2003   • 62.43 Kim Kreiner USA Indianapolis Jun 23, 2006   • 62.44 Kim Kreiner USA Århus Jul 06, 2006   • 64.19 Kim Kreiner USA Fortaleza May 17, 2007   • 66.67 Kara Patterson USA Des Moines, IA Jun 25, 2010   • 67.40 Maggie Malone USA East Stroudsburg, PA Jul 17, 2021     68.11 Winger Kara USA Bruxelles Sep 02, 2022