1,000 m 2:30.94 Maria Mutola (Mozambique) Stockholm, Sweden 25 February 1999
2:28.98 Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) Brussels, Belgium 23 August 1996
The fastest hat-trick of tries scored from the start of a match is 6 min 54 sec by Chris Thorman (UK) playing for Huddersfield Giants against Doncaster Dragons in the semi-final of the Buddies National League Cup at Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK on 19 May 2002.
1,500 m 3:31.18 Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) Stuttgart, Germany 2 February 1997
1,500 m 3:58.28 Yelena Soboleva (Russia) Moscow, Russia 18 February 2006
3:50.46 Qu Yunxia (China) Beijing, China 11 September 1993
5:25.36 Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) Edinburgh, UK 8 July 1994
10.49 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 16 July 1988
29:31.78 Wang Junxia (China) Beijing, China 8 September 1993
3,000 m 7:24.90 Daniel Komen (Kenya) Budapest, Hungary 6 February 1998