List of Commonwealth records in athletics
Women

List of Commonwealth records in athletics

Section Title: Women
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Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video

100 m	10.70 (+0.6 m/s)	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	29 June 2012	Jamaican Championships	Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica	[4]

10.70 (+0.3 m/s)	Elaine Thompson	Jamaica	1 July 2016	Jamaican Championships	Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica

200 m	21.64 (+0.8 m/s)	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	13 September 1991	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

400 m	48.63	Cathy Freeman	Australia	29 July 1996	Olympic Games	United States Atlanta, United States

800 m	1:54.01	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	29 August 2008	Weltklasse Zürich	Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland

1000 m	2:29.66	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	23 August 1996	Memorial Van Damme	Belgium Brussels, Belgium

1500 m	3:55.22	Laura Muir	Great Britain	27 August 2016	Meeting de Paris	United Kingdom Saint-Denis, France

Mile	4:16.56	Hellen Obiri	Kenya	9 July 2017	London Grand Prix	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

2000 m	5:26.93	Yvonne Murray	Great Britain	8 July 1994	United Kingdom Edinburgh, United Kingdom

3000 m	8:22.20	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	19 July 2002	Herculis	Monaco Fontvieille, Monaco

5000 m	14:20.87	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	29 July 2011	DN Galan	Sweden Stockholm, Sweden

5 km (road)	14:32	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenya	9 September 2017	Birell Prague Grand Prix	Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic

10000 m	29:32.53	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	12 August 2016	Olympic Games	Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

10 km (road)	29:43	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenya	9 September 2017	Birell Prague Grand Prix	Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic

15 km (road)	45:37+	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenya	1 April 2017	Prague Half Marathon	Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic

20000 m (track)	1:05:26.6	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	3 September 2000	Germany Borgholzhausen, Germany

20 km (road)	1:01:25+	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenya	1 April 2017	Prague Half Marathon	Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic

Half marathon	1:04:52	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenya	1 April 2017	Prague Half Marathon	Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic

25000 m (track)	1:27:05.9	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	21 September 2002	Germany Mengerskirchen, Germany

25 km (road)	1:19:43+	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	23 April 2017	London Marathon	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

30000 m (track)	1:45:50.00	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	7 June 2003	Germany Warstein, Germany

30 km (road)	1:36:05+	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	23 April 2017	London Marathon	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

Marathon (mixed gender)	2:15:24.6	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	13 April 2003	London Marathon	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

Marathon (women only)	2:17:01	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	23 April 2017	London Marathon	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

100 m hurdles	12.28 (+1.1 m/s)	Sally Pearson	Australia	3 September 2011	World Championships	South Korea Daegu, South Korea

400 m hurdles	52.42	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	20 August 2009	World Championships	Germany Berlin, Germany

2000 m steeplechase	6:02.16	Virginia Nyambura Nganga	Kenya	6 September 2015	ISTAF	Germany Berlin, Germany

3000 m steeplechase	8:44.32	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	20 July 2018	Herculis	MonacoFontvieille, Monaco

High jump	2.06 m	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	31 August 2003	World Championships	France Saint-Denis, France

Pole vault	4.82 m	Eliza McCartney	New Zealand	26 February 2017	Auckland Track Challenge	New Zealand North Shore, New Zealand

Long jump	7.16 m A (-0.1 m/s)	Elva Goulbourne	Jamaica	22 May 2004	Mexico Mexico City, Mexico

Triple jump	15.39 m (+0.5 m/s)	Françoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon	17 August 2008	Olympic Games	China Beijing, China

Shot put	21.24 m	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	29 August 2011	World Championships	South Korea Daegu, South Korea

Discus throw	69.64 m	Dani Stevens	Australia	13 August 2017	World Championships	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

Hammer throw	75.73 m	Sultana Frizell	Canada	22 May 2014	Tucson Elite Classic	United States Tucson, United States

Javelin throw	69.35 m	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	9 June 2012	Adidas Grand Prix	United States New York City, United States

Heptathlon	6955 pts	Jessica Ennis	Great Britain	3–4 August 2012	Olympic Games	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

12.54 (+1.3 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.86 m (high jump), 14.28 m (shot put), 22.83 (-0.3 m/s) (200 m) / 6.48 m (-0.6 m/s) (long jump), 47.49 m (javelin), 2:08.65 (800 m)

Decathlon	6915 pts (ht) #	Margaret Simpson	Ghana	18–19 April 2007	Mauritius Réduit, Mauritius

(100 m), (discus), (pole vault), (javelin), (400 m) / (100 m hurdles), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump), (1500 m)

6878 pts	Jessica Taylor	Great Britain	12–13 September 2015	Kent County Multi-Events Championships	United Kingdom Erith, United Kingdom

10000 m walk (track)	41:57.22	Kerry Saxby-Junna	Australia	24 July 1990	United States Seattle, United States

10 km walk (road)	41:29.71	Kerry Saxby-Junna	Australia	27 August 1988	Australia Canberra, Australia

20000 m walk (track)	1:33:40.2	Kerry Saxby-Junna	Australia	6 September 2001	Australia Brisbane, Australia

20 km walk (road)	1:27:44	Jane Saville	Australia	2 May 2004	Germany Naumburg, Germany

4 × 100 m relay	41.07	Veronica Campbell-Brown Natasha Morrison Elaine Thompson Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	29 August 2015	World Championships	China Beijing, China

4 × 400 m relay	3:18.71	Rosemarie Whyte Davita Prendagast Novlene Williams-Mills Shericka Williams	Jamaica	3 September 2011	World Championships	South Korea Daegu, South Korea

4 × 800 m relay	8:04.28	Kenya	25 May 2014	IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

Distance medley relay	10:43.35	Selah Jepleting Busienei (1200 m) Joy Nakhumicha Sakari (400 m) Sylivia Chematui Chesebe (800 m) Virginia Nyambura Nganga (1600 m)	Kenya	2 May 2015	IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

4 × 1500 m relay	16:33.58	Mercy Cherono Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon Irene Jelagat Hellen Onsando Obiri	Kenya	24 May 2014	2014 IAAF World Relays	The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas

Ekiden relay	2:13:35	Philes Ongori Evelyne Kemunto Kimwei Sally Kaptich Chepyego Catherine Ndereba Jane Wanjiku Gakunyi Lucy Wangui Kabuu	Kenya	23 November 2006	International Chiba Ekiden	Japan Chiba, Japan

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As part of the Kenyan team, Virginia Nyambura Nganga had a record of 10:43.35 minutes.

final_sentence: As part of the Kenyan team, Virginia Nyambura Nganga had a record of 10:43.35 minutes.