Top 50 longest standing world record set by Women
# | name | days | disciplin | record | date | place | ||
1 | Rimma Zhukova | URS | 10956 (= 29 y 364 d) | 5000 meters | 9:01.6 | 24 Jan 1953 | Medeo | URS |
2 | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 6748 (= 18 y 174 d) | Small combination | 154.580 | 19 Mar 2006 | Calgary | CAN |
3 | Laila Schou Nilsen | NOR | 6555 (= 17 y 346 d) | 500 meters | 0:46.4 | 30 Jan 1937 | Davos | SUI |
4 | Laila Schou Nilsen | NOR | 5118 (= 14 y 5 d) | 1000 meters | 1:38.8 | 31 Jan 1937 | Davos | SUI |
5 | Laila Schou Nilsen | NOR | 4781 (= 13 y 33 d) | 1500 meters | 2:38.1 | 23 Jan 1937 | Oslo | NOR |
6 | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 4732 (= 12 y 349 d) | 3000 meters | 3:53.34 | 18 Mar 2006 | Calgary | CAN |
7 | Laila Schou Nilsen | NOR | 4396 (= 12 y 13 d) | 5000 meters | 9:28.3 | 31 Jan 1937 | Davos | SUI |
8 | Laila Schou Nilsen | NOR | 4383 (= 12 y 0 d) | 3000 meters | 5:29.6 | 30 Jan 1937 | Davos | SUI |
9 | Karin Kania-Enke | GDR | 4270 (= 11 y 252 d) | 1500 meters | 1:59.30 | 22 Mar 1986 | Medeo | URS |
10 | Natalya Petrusyova | URS | 4019 (= 11 y 1 d) | Mini combination | 166.682 | 26 Mar 1983 | Medeo | URS |
11 | Lee Sang-hwa | KOR | 3949 (= 10 y 297 d) | 500 meters | 0:36.36 | 16 Nov 2013 | Salt Lake City | USA |
12 | Heather Richardson | USA | 3907 (= 10 y 255 d) | 2x500 meters | 74.190 | 28 Dec 2013 | Salt Lake City | USA |
13 | Christine Nesbitt | CAN | 3772 (= 10 y 119 d) | Mini combination | 153.856 | 11 Nov 2007 | Salt Lake City | USA |
14 | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 3647 (= 9 y 360 d) | 1500 meters | 1:51.79 | 20 Nov 2005 | Salt Lake City | USA |
15 | Christa Rothenburger | GDR | 3557 (= 9 y 269 d) | 1000 meters | 1:17.65 | 26 Feb 1988 | Calgary | CAN |
16 | Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt | GER | 3304 (= 9 y 17 d) | Sprint combination | 149.305 | 12 Jan 2003 | Salt Lake City | USA |
17 | Rimma Zhukova | URS | 3292 (= 9 y 5 d) | 3000 meters | 5:13.8 | 23 Jan 1953 | Medeo | URS |
18 | Yu Jing | CHN | 3213 (= 8 y 291 d) | Team sprint | 1:24.65 | 22 Nov 2015 | Salt Lake City | USA |
Zhang Hong | CHN | 3213 (= 8 y 291 d) | Team sprint | 1:24.65 | 22 Nov 2015 | Salt Lake City | USA | |
Li Qishi | CHN | 3213 (= 8 y 291 d) | Team sprint | 1:24.65 | 22 Nov 2015 | Salt Lake City | USA | |
19 | Tamara Rylova | URS | 2963 (= 8 y 41 d) | 1000 meters | 1:33.4 | 12 Jan 1955 | Medeo | URS |
20 | Martina Sáblíková | CZE | 2935 (= 8 y 13 d) | 5000 meters | 6:42.66 | 18 Feb 2011 | Salt Lake City | USA |
21 | Christine Nesbitt | CAN | 2896 (= 7 y 339 d) | Team pursuit | 2:55.79 | 6 Dec 2009 | Calgary | CAN |
Brittany Schussler | CAN | 2896 (= 7 y 339 d) | Team pursuit | 2:55.79 | 6 Dec 2009 | Calgary | CAN | |
Kristina Groves | CAN | 2896 (= 7 y 339 d) | Team pursuit | 2:55.79 | 6 Dec 2009 | Calgary | CAN | |
22 | Karin Kania-Enke | GDR | 2850 (= 7 y 293 d) | Small combination | 168.271 | 22 Mar 1986 | Medeo | URS |
23 | Nao Kodaira | JPN | 2751 (= 7 y 195 d) | Sprint combination | 146.390 | 26 Feb 2017 | Calgary | CAN |
24 | Inga Voronina-Artamonova | URS | 2583 (= 7 y 26 d) | 1500 meters | 2:19.0 | 27 Jan 1962 | Medeo | URS |
25 | Khalida Shchegoleyeva | URS | 2578 (= 7 y 22 d) | 1500 meters | 2:25.5 | 30 Jan 1953 | Medeo | URS |
26 | Tamara Rylova | URS | 2573 (= 7 y 16 d) | 500 meters | 0:45.6 | 11 Jan 1955 | Medeo | URS |
27 | Jenny Wolf | GER | 2485 (= 6 y 293 d) | 2x500 meters | 74.420 | 10 Mar 2007 | Salt Lake City | USA |
28 | Joy Beune | NED | 2374 (= 6 y 183 d) | Mini combination | 153.776 | 10 Mar 2018 | Salt Lake City | USA |
29 | Bonnie Blair | USA | 2224 (= 6 y 32 d) | 500 meters | 0:39.10 | 22 Feb 1988 | Calgary | CAN |
30 | Inga Voronina-Artamonova | URS | 2198 (= 6 y 7 d) | 500 meters | 0:44.9 | 27 Jan 1962 | Medeo | URS |
31 | Catriona Le May Doan | CAN | 2192 (= 6 y 1 d) | 2x500 meters | 74.720 | 9 Mar 2001 | Salt Lake City | USA |
32 | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 2136 (= 5 y 310 d) | Sprint combination | 149.305 | 25 Mar 2006 | Calgary | CAN |
33 | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 2135 (= 5 y 309 d) | 1000 meters | 1:13.11 | 25 Mar 2006 | Calgary | CAN |
34 | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 2114 (= 5 y 288 d) | Mini combination | 155.576 | 17 Mar 2001 | Calgary | CAN |
35 | Yvonne van Gennip | NED | 2108 (= 5 y 281 d) | 5000 meters | 7:14.13 | 28 Feb 1988 | Calgary | CAN |
36 | Brittany Bowe | USA | 2010 (= 5 y 184 d) | 1000 meters | 1:11.61 | 9 Mar 2019 | Salt Lake City | USA |
Martina Sáblíková | CZE | 2010 (= 5 y 184 d) | 3000 meters | 3:52.02 | 9 Mar 2019 | Salt Lake City | USA | |
38 | Miho Takagi | JPN | 2009 (= 5 y 183 d) | 1500 meters | 1:49.84 | 10 Mar 2019 | Salt Lake City | USA |
39 | Catriona Le May Doan | CAN | 1917 (= 5 y 91 d) | 500 meters | 0:37.22 | 9 Dec 2001 | Calgary | CAN |
40 | Inga Voronina-Artamonova | URS | 1862 (= 5 y 36 d) | Mini combination | 189.033 | 28 Jan 1962 | Medeo | URS |
41 | Claudia Pechstein | GER | 1842 (= 5 y 16 d) | 5000 meters | 6:46.91 | 23 Feb 2002 | Salt Lake City | USA |
42 | Sheila Young | USA | 1841 (= 5 y 14 d) | Sprint combination | 166.210 | 13 Mar 1976 | Inzell | FRG |
43 | Sheila Young | USA | 1840 (= 5 y 13 d) | 500 meters | 0:40.68 | 13 Mar 1976 | Inzell | FRG |
44 | Lidiya Skoblikova | URS | 1836 (= 5 y 10 d) | 1000 meters | 1:31.8 | 22 Feb 1963 | Karuizawa | JPN |
45 | Galina Stepanskaya | URS | 1831 (= 5 y 4 d) | 3000 meters | 4:31.00 | 23 Mar 1976 | Medeo | URS |
46 | Tatyana Averina | URS | 1825 (= 4 y 364 d) | 1000 meters | 1:23.46 | 29 Mar 1975 | Medeo | URS |
47 | Inga Voronina-Artamonova | URS | 1813 (= 4 y 352 d) | 3000 meters | 5:06.0 | 28 Jan 1962 | Medeo | URS |
48 | Natalya Voronina | RUS | 1667 (= 4 y 206 d) | 5000 meters | 6:39.02 | 15 Feb 2020 | Salt Lake City | USA |
49 | Ayano Sato | JPN | 1666 (= 4 y 205 d) | Team pursuit | 2:50.76 | 16 Feb 2020 | Salt Lake City | USA |
Miho Takagi | JPN | 1666 (= 4 y 205 d) | Team pursuit | 2:50.76 | 16 Feb 2020 | Salt Lake City | USA | |
Nana Takagi | JPN | 1666 (= 4 y 205 d) | Team pursuit | 2:50.76 | 16 Feb 2020 | Salt Lake City | USA | |
50 | Heather Richardson | USA | 1498 (= 4 y 37 d) | Sprint combination | 147.735 | 20 Jan 2013 | Calgary | CAN |
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bold | = longest standing world record on this discipline |