World records and best performances, women’s indoor
| 50 m | 5.96+ | Irina Privalova (RUS) | 9 Feb 1995 | Madrid |
| 55 m | 6.54y | Evelyn Ashford (USA) | 26 Feb 1982 | New York |
| 6.54y | Jeanette Bolden (USA) | 21 Feb 1986 | Inglewood | |
| 6.56 | Gwen Torrence (USA) | 14 Mar 1987 | Oklahoma City | |
| 60 m | 6.92 | Irina Privalova (RUS) | 11 Feb 1993 | Madrid |
| 6.92 | Irina Privalova (RUS) | 9 Feb 1995 | Madrid | |
| 100 m | 11.15 | Marita Koch (GDR/GER) | 12 Jan 1980 | Berlin (SF) |
| 200 m | 21.87 | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 13 Feb 1993 | Liévin |
| 300 m | 35.45 | Irina Privalova (RUS) | 17 Jan 1993 | Moscow |
| 400 m | 49.59 | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH/CZE) | 7 Mar 1982 | Milan |
| 500 m | 1:06.31 | Olesya Krasnomovets (RUS) | 7 Jan 2006 | Yekaterinburg |
| 600 m | 1:23.44 | Olga Kotlyarova (RUS) | 1 Feb 2004 | Moscow |
| 800 m | 1:55.82 | Jolanda Ceplak (SLO) | 3 Mar 2002 | Vienna |
| 1000 m | 2:30.94 | Maria Mutola (MOZ) | 25 Feb 1999 | Stockholm |
| 1500 m | 3:58.28 | Yelena Soboleva (RUS) | 18 Feb 2006 | Moscow |
| 1 mile | 4:17.14 | Doina Melinte (ROM) | 9 Feb 1990 | East Rutherford |
| 2000 m | 5:30.53 | Gabriela Szabo (ROM) | 8 Mar 1998 | Sindelfingen |
| 3000 m | 8:23.72 | Meseret Defar (ETH) | 3 Feb 2007 | Stuttgart |
| 2 miles | 9:06.26 | Meseret Defar (ETH) | 26 Feb 2009 | Prague |
| 5000 m | 14:24.37 | Meseret Defar (ETH) | 18 Feb 2009 | Stockholm |
| 2000 m SC | 6:06.11 | Yelena Orlova (RUS) | 12 Feb 2012 | Moscow |
| 3000 m SC | 9:07.00 | Tatyana Petrova (RUS) | 17 Feb 2006 | Moscow |
| 50 m Hurdles | 6.58 | Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR/GER) | 20 Feb 1988 | Berlin (DH) |
| 55 m Hurdles | 7.30A | Tiffany Lott (USA) | 20 Feb 1997 | USAF Academy |
| 60 m Hurdles | 7.68 | Susanna Kallur (SWE) | 10 Feb 2008 | Karlsruhe |
| 100 m Hurdles | 12.64 | Ludmila Engquist ¶ (SWE) | 10 Feb 1997 | Tampere |
| 300 m Hurdles | 40.09 os | Stine Tomb (NOR) | 5 Feb 2011 | Tampere |
| 400 m Hurdles | 58.68 os | Emma Millard (FIN) | 21 Feb 2009 | Korsholm |
| High Jump | 2.08 | Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) | 4 Feb 2006 | Arnstadt |
| Pole Vault | 5.02 | Jenn Suhr (USA) | 2 Mar 2013 | Albuquerque, NM |
| Long Jump | 7.37 | Heike Drechsler (GDR/GER) | 13 Feb 1988 | Vienna |
| Triple Jump | 15.36 | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) | 6 Mar 2004 | Budapest |
| Shot | 22.50 | Helena Fibingerová (TCH/CZE) | 19 Feb 1977 | Jablonec nad Nisou |
| Discus | 58.97 | Jade Nicholls (GBR) | 10 Mar 2012 | Växjö |
| 20 lb Weight | 25.56 | Brittany Riley (USA) | 10 Mar 2007 | Fayetteville |
| Javelin | 57.75 | Anna Wessman (SWE) | 10 Mar 2012 | Växjö |
| Javelin (1999) | 61.29 | Taina Uppa/Kolkkala (FIN) | 28 Feb 1999 | Mustasaari |
| Pentathlon | 5013 | Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR) | 9 Mar 2012 | Istanbul |
| (8.38 1.84 16.51 6.57 2:11.15) | ||||
| 1500 m Walk | 5:53.41 | Debbi Lawrence (USA) | 15 Jan 1993 | Hamilton CAN |
| 1 mile Walk | 6:16.72 | Sada Eidikyté (URS/LTU) | 24 Feb 1990 | Kaunas |
| 3000 m Walk | 11:35.34 | Gillian O’Sullivan (IRL) | 15 Feb 2003 | Belfast |
| 2 miles Walk | 13:11.88 | Ileana Salvador (ITA) | 14 Feb 1990 | Genoa |
| 5000 m Walk | 20:10.3 | Vera Sokolova (RUS) | 30 Dec 2010 | Saransk |
| 10000 m Walk | 43:54.63 | Yelena Ginko (BLR) | 22 Feb 2008 | Mogilyov |
| 4×200 m Relay | 1:32.41 | Russia | 29 Jan 2005 | Glasgow |
| (Yekaterina Kondratyeva, Irina Khabarova, Yuliya Pechonkina, Yuliya Gushchina) | ||||
| 4×400 m Relay | 3:23.37 | Russia | 28 Jan 2006 | Glasgow |
| (Yuliya Gushchina, Olga Kotlyarova, Olga Zaytseva, Olesya Krasnomovets) | ||||
| 4×800 m Relay | 8:06.24 | Moscow (RUS) | 18 Feb 2011 | Moscow |
| (Aleksandra Bulanova, Yekaterina Martynova, Yelena Kofanova, Anna Balakshina) | ||||
| 4×1 mile Relay | 20:23.24 | Rockford H.S. MI (USA) | 11 Mar 2000 | Bloomington IN |
| (Nora Colligan, Linsey Blaisdel, Emily Blakeslee, Kalin Toadebusch) | ||||
