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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, Long Jump All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated          •   - Then World Record     5.12 Maude Devereux USA Saratoga Springs Jun 24, 1916   • 5.18 Elizabeth Stine USA Paterson Jun 20, 1925   • 5.19 Helen Filkey USA San Francisco Jul 18, 1925   • 5.195 Helen Filkey USA San Francisco Jul 18, 1925   • 5.28 Helen Filkey USA Chicago Aug 23, 1925   • 5.33 Elta Cartwright USA Arcata Apr 23, 1927   • 5.43 Elta Cartwright USA Arcata Apr 23, 1927   • 5.46 Nellie Todd USA Chicago Aug 26, 1928   • 5.54 Nellie Todd USA Cicero Sep 15, 1928   • 5.69 Mildred Didrikson USA Dallas Jul 04, 1930   • 5.88 Mabel Landry USA Helsinki Jul 23, 1952   • 5.89 Margaret Matthews USA Philadelphia Aug 18, 1956   • 6.02 Margaret Matthews USA Washington Aug 25, 1956   • 6.09 Willye White USA Melbourne Nov 27, 1956   • 6.12 Margaret Matthews USA Morristown Jul 05, 1958   • 6.16 Willye White USA Warsaw Aug 02, 1958   • 6.18 Margaret Matthews USA Budapest Aug 06, 1958   • 6.21 Willye White USA Abilene Jul 15, 1960   • 6.40 Willye White USA Moscow Jul 16, 1961   • 6.41 Willye White USA Karlsruhe Jul 17, 1961   • 6.44 Willye White USA London Jul 21, 1961   • 6.55 Willye White USA Los Angeles Jul 26, 1964   • 6.55* Martha Watson USA Modesto May 27, 1972   • 6.58 Martha Watson USA Minsk Jul 24, 1973   • 6.59 Martha Watson USA Stockholm Jul 18, 1974   • 6.59* Kathy McMillan USA Raeford, NC Apr 12, 1976   • 6.65 Kathy McMillan USA Knoxville Apr 24, 1976   • 6.75 Kathy McMillan USA Knoxville Apr 24, 1976   • 6.78 Kathy McMillan USA Westwood Jun 12, 1976   • 6.90 Jodi Anderson USA Westwood Jun 10, 1978   • 7.00 Jodi Anderson USA Eugene Jul 28, 1980   • 7.01 Carol Lewis USA Zürich Aug 21, 1985   • 7.24 Jackie Joyner USA Zürich Aug 21, 1985   • 7.25 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Indianapolis Aug 13, 1987   • 7.45 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Indianapolis Aug 13, 1987 • • 7.49 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA New York May 22, 1994   • 7.49* Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Sestriere Jul 31, 1994