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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, High Jump All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated          •   - Then World Record     1.46 Nancy Vorhees USA Simsbury May 20, 1922   • 1.48 Elizabeth Stine USA Leonia May 26, 1923   • 1.49 Katherine Lee USA Chicago Sep 03, 1923   • 1.50 Catherine Maguire USA Philadelphia Jul 10, 1926   • 1.53 Viola Edwards USA Chicago Jul 21, 1926   • 1.53* Catherine Maguire USA Eureka Sep 03, 1927   • 1.53* Jean Shiley USA Philadelphia May 16, 1928   • 1.56 Mildred Wiley USA Amsterdam Aug 05, 1928   • 1.57 Jean Shiley USA Philadelphia Jun 22, 1929   • 1.57* Jean Shiley USA Jersey City Jul 25, 1931   • 1.59 Catherine Maguire USA St.Louis Jun 18, 1932   • 1.60 Jean Shiley USA Evanston Jul 16, 1932   • 1.60* Mildred Didrikson USA Evanston Jul 16, 1932     1.625 Jean Shiley USA Los Angeles Aug 07, 1932 •   1.625* Mildred Didrikson USA Los Angeles Aug 07, 1932 • • 1.65 Jean Shiley USA Los Angeles Aug 07, 1932 • • 1.65* Mildred Didrikson USA Los Angeles Aug 07, 1932 • • 1.66 Alice Coachman USA London Aug 07, 1948   • 1.68 Alice Coachman USA London Aug 07, 1948   • 1.685 Mildred McDaniel USA Mexico City Mar 17, 1955   • 1.69 Mildred McDaniel USA Ponca City Jun 19, 1955   • 1.70 Mildred McDaniel USA Melbourne Dec 01, 1956   • 1.76 Mildred McDaniel USA Melbourne Dec 01, 1956 • • 1.78 Eleanor Montgomery USA Winnipeg Aug 05, 1967   • 1.80 Eleanor Montgomery USA Dayton Jul 06, 1969   • 1.83 Joni Huntley USA Eugene May 18, 1974   • 1.83* Joni Huntley USA Modesto May 24, 1974   • 1.85 Joni Huntley USA Eugene Jun 08, 1974   • 1.90 Joni Huntley USA Christchurch Jan 26, 1975   • 1.90* Louise Ritter USA College Station Apr 29, 1978   • 1.92 Louise Ritter USA East Lansing May 26, 1979   • 1.93 Louise Ritter USA San Juan Jul 13, 1979   • 1.94 Louise Ritter USA Denton, TX Mar 29, 1980   • 1.95 Louise Ritter USA Wichita May 30, 1980   • 1.96 Pam Spencer USA Wichita May 30, 1981   • 1.97 Pam Spencer USA Brussels Aug 28, 1981   • 1.98 Coleen Sommer-Rienstra USA Durham Jun 26, 1982   • 2.00 Louise Ritter USA Los Angeles Jun 25, 1983   • 2.01 Louise Ritter USA Rome Sep 01, 1983   • 2.01* Louise Ritter USA Zürich Aug 19, 1987   • 2.03 Louise Ritter USA Austin Jul 08, 1988   • 2.03* Louise Ritter USA Seoul Sep 30, 1988     2.04 Chaunté Howard Lowe USA Cottbus May 30, 2010     2.05 Chaunté Lowe USA Des Moines, IA Jun 26, 2010   Indoor Records were equal to or better than the outdoor at the time they were made. • 1.60 Jean Shiley USA Boston May 30, 1929   • 1.61 Jean Shiley USA Boston Apr 19, 1930   • 1.78 Eleanor Montgomery USA Los Angeles Feb 10, 1968   • 1.79 Eleanor Montgomery USA Oakland Feb 24, 1968   • 1.80 Eleanor Montgomery USA Cleveland Mar 01, 1968   • 1.84 Joni Huntley USA Oakland Feb 16, 1974   • 1.86 Joni Huntley USA Saskatoon Dec 28, 1974   • 1.93 Joni Huntley USA College Park Jan 13, 1978   • 1.94 Joni Huntley USA New York Feb 08, 1980   • 1.95 Joni Huntley USA New York Feb 06, 1981   • 2.00 Coleen Sommer-Rienstra USA Ottawa Feb 14, 1982