600 yd
... 1:24.3 Mary Campbell-Speedman GBR 27 Feb 1965 Cosford, GBR Midland Countries meet 1:26.8 Anita Webb GBR 19 Dec 1964 Cosford, GBR Midland meet Royal Air Force base 1:26.8 Anita Webb GBR 22 Feb 1964 Cosford, GBR 1:27.1 Phyllis Green-Perkins GBR 20 Apr 1963 Wembley, GBR The Empire Pool 1:28.4 Brenda Cook GBR 16 Mar 1963 Wembley, GBR AAA Championships 1:28.6 Phyllis Green-Perkins GBR 30/31 Mar 1962 Wembley, GBR AAA Championships 1:30.0 Phyllis Green-Perkins GBR 30/31 Mar 1962 Wembley, GBR AAA Championships
600 m
1:23.44 Olga Kotlyarova RUS 01 Feb 2004 Moscow, RUS Vladimir Kuts Arena 1:25.46 Lyubov Kiryukhina RUS 15 Feb 1987 Moscow, RUS Vladimir Kuts Arena 1:26.41 Lyubov Kiryukhina RUS Jan 1987 ...
800 m
1:55.82 Yolanda Ceplak SLO 03 Mar 2002 Vienna, AUT European Indoor Championships 1:56.36 x Maria Mutola MOZ 22 Feb 1998 Lievin, FRA Meeting Pas de Calais Stade Couvert Regional 1:56.40 Christine Wachtel GDR 13 Feb 1988 Vienna, AUT 1:57.64 Christine Wachtel GDR 10 Feb 1988 Turin, ITA 1:58.42 Sigrun Wodars GDR 01 Feb 1987 Vienna, AUT 1:58.4 Olga Vakhrusheva USR 16 Feb 1980 Moscow, RUS Soviet National Indoor Meet 1:59.9 Ursula Hook FRG 21 Jan 1979 Dortmund, GER 2:01.12 Jane Colebrook/Finch GBR 13 Mar 1977 San Sebastian, ESP European Indoor Championships 2:01.1 Nikolina Shtereva BUL 25 Jan 1976 Sofia, BUL Bulgarian Indoor Championships 2:01.8 + Mary Slaney USA 17 Feb 1974 San Diego, CA San Diego Indoor Games 2:02.65 Stefka Yordanova BUL 11 Mar 1973 Rotterdam, NED European Indoor Championships 2:02.9 Svetla Zlateva BUL 25 Feb 1973 Lyon, FRA 2:03.2 Svetla Zlateva BUL 18 Feb 1973 Vittel, FRA International University Sports Games 2:03.3[.9] Hildegard Falck FRG 27 Feb 1971 Kiel, GER German Indoor Championships 2:05.3 Barbara Wieck GDR 09 Mar 1969 Belgrade, YUG European Indoor Games 2:06.2 Karin Burneleit/Krebs GDR 09 Feb 1968 Berlin, GER 2:07.1 Antje Gleichfeld FRG 08 Apr 1965 Berlin, GER USA-West Germany meet 2:09.4 Gertrud Schmidt GDR 21 Feb 1965 Berlin, GER 2:10.5 y Zsuzsa Szabo-Nagy HUN 13 Feb 1965 Los Angeles, CA LA Times Indoor Games 2:10.6 Irene Hansen GDR 13 Feb 1965 Berlin, GER 2:10.9 Anita Worner FRG 09 Mar 1963 Berlin, GER 2:12.5 Bedriska Mullerova TCH 26 Feb 1961 Berlin, GER 2:15.5 Galina Falkovskaya URS 16 Mar 1953 Leningrad, RUS 2:17.1 Alevtina Kiryushkina URS Mar 1953 Leningrad, RUS 2:19.9 Anna Dyachkova URS 18 Mar 1952 Leningrad, RUS 2:21.5 Lyudmila Sokolova URS 1950 Leningrad, RUS 2:29.2 Lina Radke GER 09 Feb 1929 Breslau 2:38.6 y Catherine Donovan USA 28 Jan 1928 Newark, NJ Notes 1:56.36 x Maria Mutola - disallowed for running inside curb
880 yards
1:59.7 Mary Slaney USA 22 Feb 1980 San Diego, CA San Diego Invitational San Diego Sports Arena 2:02.4 Mary Slaney USA 17 Feb 1974 San Diego, CA San Diego Indoor Games San Diego Sports Arena 2:06.7 Mary Slaney USA 08 Feb 1974 Los Angeles, CA 15th Los Angeles Times Indoor Games 2:07.3 * Doris Brown USA 06 Feb 1971 Seattle, WA Seattle Invitational 2:07.9 * Madeline Manning USA 01 Mar 1969 Philadelphia, PA National AAU meet 2:08.4 t Madeline Manning USA 04 Mar 1967 Oakland, CA National AAU meet Coliseum Arena 2:08.4 Abby/Abbe Hoffman CAN 18 Feb 1967 Vancouver, CAN Achilles International Indoor meet [11 laps] 2:08.5 Doris Brown USA 04 Feb 1967 Seattle, WA Seattle Invitational 2:08.6 Zsuzsa Szabo-Nagy HUN 05 Mar 1966 Albuquerque, NM National AAU meet 2:10.2 Madeline Manning USA 25 Feb 1966 Toronto, Canada Maple Leaf Games 2:10.5 t Anne Smith GBR 14 Jan 1966 Detroit, MI Motor City International meet Cobo Arena 2:10.5 Szusza Szabo HUN 13 Feb 1965 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Times Indoor Games 2:13.6 Leah Ferris USA 23 Mar 1963 Columbus, OH n AAU Championships 2:17.4 Sandra Knott USA 16 Mar 1962 Cleveland, OH Knights of Columbus meet 2:17.5 Leah Bennett USA 17 Feb 1962 Louisville, KY 2nd Mason-Dixon Games 2:21.1 Grace Butcher USA 17 Mar 1961 Cleveland, OH Knights of Columbus meet Cleveland Arena 2:21.6 Helen Shipley USA 11 Mar 1961 Columbus, OH AAU Championships 2:24.8 Rose Lovelace USA 18 Feb 1961 Louisville, KY 1st Mason-Dixon Games 2:38.0 Catherine Donovan USA 08 Feb 1928 New York, NY Newark Athletic Club games 113th Regiment Armory Notes 2:38.0 Catherine Donovan -- first mark for 880 indoor for women (NY Times, 9 Feb 1928, p21) * Articles about Decker's 2:06.7 mention 2:07.3 record by both Brown and Manning. NY Times article noting Brown's record indicates she tied Manning. Yet, articles for Manning's run at AAU Championships in Philly indicate a 2:07.9. In addition, http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/usawi.htm, on a page with US Indoor Championships times, shows Manning having a 2:07.9 in 1969.
1000 m
2:30.94 Maria Mutola MOZ 25 Feb 1999 Stockholm, SWE Globen Galan 2:31.23 Maria Mutola MOZ 25 Feb 1996 Stockholm, SWE DN Games 2:32.08 Maria Mutola MOZ 10 Feb 1996 Birmingham, UK Norwich Union Grand Prix 2:34.18 Lyubov Kremlova RUS Feb 1995 Erfurt, GER 2:33.93 x Inna Yevseyeva UKR 07 Feb 1992 Moscow, RUS 2:34.8 Brigitte Kraus GER 19 Feb 1978 Dortmund, GER 2:40.2 Francie Larrieu USA 18 Jan 1975 Los Angeles, CA Sunkist Invitational Los Angeles Sports Arena 2:44.8 Tamara Kazachkova RUS 04 Mar 1973 Moscow, RUS Soviet Indoor Championships 2:44.9 Christa Merten FRG 17 Dec 1972 Dortmund, GER 2:45.9 Penny Werthner CAN 12 Feb 1972 Vancouver, CAN Achilles Indoor Games 2:46.5 Margaret Beacham GBR 21 Nov 1970 Cosford, GBR 2:49.5 Vera Dovgaleva RUS 2:50.8 Tamara Babintseva RUS 02 Apr 1964 Leningrad, RUS Soviet Indoor Championships 2:52.6 Dovgaleva RUS 02 Apr 1964 Leningrad, RUS Soviet Indoor Championships ? Nina Otkalenko RUS 1958 ... Notes 2:33.93 x Inna Yevseyeva - disallowed because of lack of doping control
1500 m
3:55.17 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 01 Feb 2014 Karlsruhe, GER 3:58.28 Yelena Soboleva RUS 18 Feb 2006 Moscow, RUS Russian Indoor Championships 3:59.98 Regina Jacobs USA 01 Feb 2003 Boston, MA Adidas Boston Indoor Games 4:00.27 + Doina Melinte ROU 09 Feb 1990 East Rutherford, NJ Vitalis/Meadowlands Invitational Byrne Meadowlands Arena 4:00.8 Mary Slaney USA 08 Feb 1980 New York, NY Millrose Games Madison Square Garden 4:03.0 Natalia Marasescu ROU 10 Feb 1979 Budapest, HUN 4:05.0 Natalia Marasescu ROU 21 Feb 1978 Budapest, HUN 4:08.1 Mary Stewart/Cotton GBR 19 Feb 1977 Dortmund, GER 4:09.8 + Francie Larrieu USA 03 Mar 1975 Richmond, VA 4th USSR-USA track meeet Richmond Coliseum 4:09.9 + Francie Larrieu USA 15 Feb 1975 San Diego, CA San Diego Indoor Games 4:10.4 Francie Larrieu USA 14 Feb 1975 Toronto, CAN Maple Leaf Games 4:10.97 Tonka Petrova BUL 10 Mar 1974 Gothenburg, SWE European Indoor Championships 4:12.2 Francie Larrieu USA 15 Feb 1974 Toronto, CAN Toronto Star Maple Leaf Games 4:14.62 Tamara Pangelova URS 12 Mar 1972 Grenoble, FRA European Indoor Championships 4:17.2 Margaret Beacham GBR 14 Mar 1971 Sofia, BGR European Indoor Championships 4:17.4 Margaret Beacham GBR 20 Feb 1971 Berlin, GER 4:17.9 Christa Merten FRG 13 Feb 1971 West Berlin, GER 4:20.5 Margaret Beacham GBR 30 Jan 1971 Cosford, GBR British Indoor Championships 4:21.1 Doris Brown USA 07 Feb 1970 Seattle, WA Seattle Invitational Meet 4:21.2 + Doris Brown USA 18 Feb 1967 Vancouver, CAN Achilles Intl. Indoor Track Meet 4:33.3 + Doris Brown USA 19 Feb 1966 Vancouver, CAN Canadian Indoor T&F Championships 4:40.8 + Joyce Smith GBR 12 Feb 1966 Cosford, GBR 4:52.2 Olga Ovsyannikova URS 1951 Moscow, RUS
Mile
4:13.31 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 17 Feb 2016 Stockholm, SWE Globen Galan 4:17.14 Doina Melinte ROU 09 Feb 1990 East Rutherford, NJ Meadowlands Invitational Meadowlands 4:18.86 Doina Melinte ROU 13 Feb 1988 East Rutherford, NJ U.S. Olympic Invitational 4:20.5 Mary Slaney USA 19 Feb 1982 San Diego, CA Jack in the Box Invitational San Diego Sports Arena 4:21.47 Mary Slaney USA 12 Feb 1982 New York, NY 75th Wanamaker Millrose Games Madison Square Garden 4:24.6 Mary Slaney USA 22 Jan 1982 Los Angeles, CA Sunkist 4:28.5 Francie Larrieu USA 03 Mar 1975 Richmond, VA 4th USSR-USA track meet Richmond Coliseum 4:29.0 Francie Larrieu USA 15 Feb 1975 San Diego, CA San Diego Indoor Games 4:34.6 Francie Larrieu USA 02 Feb 1974 Seattle, WA Seattle Indoor Track Meet 4:35.6 Francie Larrieu USA 17 Feb 1973 San Diego, CA San Diego Indoor Games 4:38.5 Debbie Heald USA 17 Mar 1972 Richmond, VA 1st Soviet-US Indoor T&F Meet 4:40.4 Doris Brown USA 18 Feb 1967 Vancouver, CAN Achilles International Track Meet 4:52.0 Doris Brown USA 19 Feb 1966 Vancouver, CAN Canadian Indoor T&F Championships 5:03.6 Joyce Smith GBR 12 Feb 1966 Cosford, GBR AAA Indoor Champsionships 5:17.2 Brenda Cook GBR 05 Feb 1966 Cosford, GBR
2000 m
5:23.75 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 07 Feb 2017 Sabadell, ESP Míting International de Catalunya 5:30.53 Gabriela Szabo ROM 08 Mar 1998 Sindelfingen, GER 5:34.52 Mary Slaney USA 18 Jan 1985 Los Angeles, CA Sunkist Invitational Memorial Sports Arena 5:43.30 Yekaterina Podkopayeva URS 12 Feb 1983 Moscow ... 5:53.4 + Mary Slaney USA 05 Feb 1982 Inglewood, CA Los Angeles Times Indoor Games 5:55.2 Francie Larrieu USA 21 Feb 1981 Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton Indoor Games 6:04.8 Debbie Pearson CAN 7/8 Mar 1980 Columbia, MO AIAW Indoor Championships Hearnes Center Fieldhouse
3000 m
8:16.60 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 06 Feb 2014 Stockholm, SWE XL Galan Globe Arena 8:23.72 Meseret Defar ETH 03 Feb 2007 Stuttgart, GER 8:27.86 Liliya Shobukhova RUS 17 Feb 2006 Moscow, RUS Russian Indoor Championships 8:29.15 Berhane Adere ETH 03 Feb 2002 Stuttgart, GER 8:32.88 Gabriela Szabo ROM 18 Feb 2001 Birmingham, ENG Norwich Union Grand Prix 8:33.82 Elly van Hulst NED 04 Mar 1989 Budapest, HUN World Indoor Championships 8:39.79 Zola Budd RSA 08 Feb 1986 Cosford, ENG Britain-Hungary Indoor meet 8:42.3 Olga Bondarenko RUS 26 Jan 1986 Volgograd, RUS 8:47.3 Mary Slaney USA 05 Feb 1982 Inglewood, CA Los Angeles Times Indoor Games 8:56.4 Paula Fudge ENG 11 Feb 1981 Cosford, ENG 8:57.6 Jan Merrill USA 04 Mar 1978 Montreal, Quebec Canadian Indoor T&F Championships 9:02.4 + Francie Larrieu USA 17 Feb 1974 San Diego, CA San Diego Indoor Games 9:36.0 Elizabeth Connors GBR 02 Feb 1973 Cosford, ENG AAA Indoor Championships 9:37.8 Galina Safronova URS 06 Mar 1972 Sverdlovsk, RUS 10:02.4 Tayana Kisarova URS 04 Mar 1972 Bryansk, RUS 11:22.2 Nancy Ihrman USA 17 Jan 1971 Albuquerque, NM
2 mile
9:00.48 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 15 Feb 2014 Birmingham, GBR Aviva Indoor Grand Prix
9:06.26 Meseret Defar ETH 26 Feb 2009 Prague, CZE
9:10.50 Meseret Defar ETH 26 Jan 2008 Boston, MA
9:23.38 Regina Jacobs USA 27 Jan 2002 Boston, MA Boston Indoor Games
9:28.15 Lynn Jennings USA 28 Feb 1986 New York, NY USA-Mobil T&F Championships Madison Square Garden
9:31.7 Mary Slaney USA 21 Jan 1983 Los Angeles, CA Sunkist Invitational
9:37.03 Joan Hansen USA 26 Feb 1982 New York, NY USA-Mobil T&F Championships Madison Square Garden
9:38.1 Francie Larrieu USA 27 Feb 1981 New York, NY USA-Mobil T&F Championships Madison Square Garden
9:31.7x Jan Merrill USA 27 Jan 1979 New London, CT
9:38.7x Jan Merrill USA 06 Dec 1978 New London, CT
9:39.4 Francie Larrieu USA 17 Feb 1974 San Diego, CA San Diego Indoor Games San Diego Sports Arena
10:12.0 Tamara Pangelova RUS 16 Mar 1973 Richmond, VA USA-USSR meet
11:13.2 Helga Pehkoranta FIN 21 Mar 1971 Kuortane, FIN
Notes
9:31.7 x Jan Merrill - disallowed because she ran the race against college men
9:38.7 x Jan Merrill - I can't find much on this, but I would guess it would have been
disallowed for the same reason as the 9:31.7 time.
3 mile
14:44.11 Regina Jacobs USA 23 Feb 2002 New York, NY Evian Mayor's Trophy meet Armory T&F Center (Manhattan) 14:53.80 Christine McMiken NZL 22 Feb 1985 Lincoln, NE Big Eight meet 15:18.94 Andrea Fischer USA 26 Feb 1983 Lincoln, NE Big Eight Indoor Championships 15:20.8[.77] Wendy van Mierlo CAN 25 Feb 1983 Charleston, SC Gateway Conference meet 15:45.8 Joan Samuelson USA 11 Mar 1979 Princeton, NJ Notes I found the Samuelson time at www.arrs.net/RecProg/RP_wwT.htm. I have not seen it elsewhere.
5000 m
14:18.86 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 19 Feb 2015 Stockholm, SWE XL Galan Ericsson Globe Arena 14:24.37 Meseret Defar ETH 18 Feb 2009 Stockholm, SWE GE Galan Ericsson Globe Arena 14:27.42 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 27 Jan 2007 Boston, MA Reebok Indoor Games Reggie Lewis Center 14:32.93 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 29 Jan 2005 Boston, MA Reebok Indoor Games Reggie Lewis Center 14:39.29 Berhane Adere ETH 31 Jan 2004 Stuttgart, GER Sparkassen Cup 14:47.36[.35] Gabriela Szabo ROM 13 Feb 1999 Dortmund, GER International meet 15:03.17 Liz McColgan SCO 22 Feb 1992 Birmingham, GBR 15:13.72 Uta Pippig GER 10 Feb 1991 Stuttgart, GER Sparkassen Cup 15:17.28 Sonia O'Sullivan IRL 26 Jan 1991 Boston, MA Terrier Classic Boston University Armory 15:22.64 Lynn Jennings USA 07 Jan 1990 Hanover, NH Dartmouth Relays 15:25.02 x Brenda Webb USA 30 Jan 1988 Gainesville, FL 15:19.84 x Lesley Ann Lehane USA 25 Jan 1986 Boston, MA Terrier Classic 15:34.5 Margaret Groos USA 20 Feb 1981 Blacksburg, VA 16:28.6 Eileen Hornberger USA 07 Mar 1980 Columbia, SC Notes 15:25.02 x Brenda Webb - disallowed because she wasn't able to get the required drug test soon enough (Boston Globe, 8 Jan 1990) 15:19.84 x Lesley Ann Lehane - disallowed because she ran against men in this race
Distance medley relay (DMR)
10:39.91 USA (E. Donaghu, R. Rogers, S. Johnson, S. Osika) 11 Feb 2022 Spokane, WA Lilac Grand Prix 10:40.31 USA (E. Coburn, S. McLaughlin, B. Martinez, J. Simpson) 28 Jan 2017 Boston, MA New Balance Indoor Games 10:42.57 USA (S. Brown, M. Jones, M. Krumpoch, B. Martinez) 07 Feb 2015 Boston, MA New Balance Indoor Grand Prix 10:50.98 U. Tennessee (P. Wright, B. Jones, C. Price, S. Bowman) 13 Mar 2009 College Station, TX NCAA Indoor Championships 10:54.34 Villanova (K. Franey, V. Huber, M. DiMuro, C.Halliday) 30 Jan 1988 Lincoln, NE Big 12 Indoor Championships
4 x 800 m relay
8:05.89 USA (C. Williams, R. Rogers, C. Lipsey, A. Wilson) 03 Feb 2018 New York,NU Millrose Games 8:06.24 Russia (A. Bulanova, Y. Martynova, Y. Kofanova, A. Balakshina) 18 Feb 2011 Moscow, Russia 8:12.41 Russia (T. Andrianova, O. Spasovkhodskaya, Y. Kofanova,Y. Zinurova) 28 Feb 2010 Moscow, Russia 8:14.53 Russia (Y. Zinurova, O. Kotlyarova, M. Savinova, N. Ignatova) 10 Feb 2008 Moscow, Russia 8:18.54 Russia (A. Balakshina, N. Pantelyeva, A. Yemashova, O. Mikheyeva) 11 Feb 2007 Volgograd, Russia 8:18.71 Russia (N. Zaytseva, O. Kuznetsova, Y. Afanasyeva, Y. Podkopayeva) 04 Feb 1994 Moscow, Russia 8:24.72 Villanova U. (G. Procaccio, D. Marshall, M. DiMuro-Ave, C. Halliday-Over) 14 Mar 1987 Oklahoma City, OK 8:25.5 Villanova U. (G. Procaccio, D. Marshall, M. DiMuro-Ave, C. Halliday-Over) 07 Feb 1987 Gainesville, FL 8:28.99 Athletics West (D. Lambelt, J. Haworth, S. Addison, L. Arbogast) 01 Jan 1985
Indoor Progression
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