| World women's all-time best 200m indoor |
| 1 | 21.87 | Merlene [Page] Ottey | JAM | 600510 | 1 | Liévin | 930213 |
| 2 | 22.10 | Irina [Sergeyeva] Privalova | RUS | 681122 | 1r1 | Liévin | 950219 |
| 3 | 22.27 | Heike [Daute] Drechsler | GDR | 641216 | 1 | Indianapolis | 870307 |
| 4 | 22.33 | Gwen Torrence | USA | 650612 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960302 |
| 5 | 22.39 | Marita Koch | GDR | 570218 | 1 | Budapest | 830305 |
| 6 | 22.39 | Ionela Tirlea | ROM | 760209 | 1 | Maebashi | 990306 |
| 7 | 22.41 | Galina [Mikheyeva] Malchugina | RUS | 621217 | 1 | Bercy, Paris | 940313 |
| 8 | 22.43 | Svetlana Goncharenko | RUS | 710528 | 1r2 | Liévin | 980222 |
| 9 | 22.50 | Melanie Paschke | GER | 700629 | 2 | Valencia | 980301 |
| 10 | 22.52 | Nanceen Perry # | USA | 770419 | 1r1 | Liévin | 000213 |
| 11 | 22.58 | Grit Breuer ¶ | GER | 720216 | 3 | Sevilla | 910310 |
| 12 | 22.60 | Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 640409 | 2 | Liévin | 950219 |
| 13 | 22.64 | Gesine Walther | GDR | 621006 | 1 | Budapest | 820220 |
| 14 | 22.64 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | 711001 | h1:1 | Barcelona | 950310 |
| 15 | 22.64 | Juliet Campbell | JAM | 700317 | 1 | Lisboa | 010310 |
| 16 | 22.68 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | BAH | 660709 | 2 | Barcelona | 950311 |
| 17 | 22.69 | Ewa [Kasprzyk] Witkowska | POL | 570907 | 1 | Budapest | 880306 |
| 18 | 22.71 | Dannette Young-Stone | USA | 641006 | 2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960302 |
| 19 | 22.71 | Ekateríni Kóffa ¶ | GRE | 690410 | 1 | Piraeus | 980221 |
| 20 | 22.73 | Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 680904 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 950304 |
| 21 | 22.76 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | CS | 510126 | 1 | Wien | 810128 |
| 22 | 22.79 | Tatyana Papilina | URS | 670114 | 2 | Budapest | 880306 |
| 23 | 22.80 | Natalya [Voronova] Pomoshchnikova # | RUS | 650709 | 2 | Moskva | 930228 |
| 24 | 22.81 | Ewa [Rybak] Pisiewicz | POL | 620507 | 1r2 | Stuttgart | 860202 |
| 25 | 22.81 | Sandra [Brown] Myers | ESP | 610109 | 2 | San Sebastian | 910315 |
| 26 | 22.81 | Merlene Frazer | JAM | 731227 | 2r1 | Liévin | 970216 |
| 27 | 22.83 | Katharine Merry | GBR | 740921 | 1 | Birmingham | 990214 |
| 28 | 22.83 | Peta-Gaye Dowdie | JAM | 770118 | 1r2 | Indianapolis, In | 990305 |
| 29 | 22.84 | Muriel Hurtis | FRA | 790325 | 3r1 | Liévin | 990221 |
| 30 | 22.84 | Cydonie Mothersill | CAY | 780319 | h1:1 | Fayetteville, Ar | 010309 |
| 31 | 22.86 | Esther Möller | GER | 770913 | 1 | Dortmund | 990213 |
| 32 | 22.87 | Dawn Sowell | USA | 660327 | 1r2 | Baton Rouge | 890226 |
| 33 | 22.89 | Birgit Rockmeier | GER | 731129 | 2 | Sindelfingen | 980215 |
| 34 | 22.90 | Andrea [Bersch] Thomas | GER | 630409 | 1r2 | Stuttgart | 910210 |
| 35 | 22.90 | Holli Hyche | USA | 710906 | 1 | Indianapolis | 940312 |
| 36 | 22.91 | Silke-Beate Knoll | GER | 670221 | 1 | Dortmund | 940226 |
| 37 | 22.91 | Oksana [Dyachenko] Ekk | RUS | 741126 | h1:1 | Maebashi | 990305 |
| 38 | 22.91 | Debbie Ferguson | BAH | 760116 | 2r1 | Liévin | 000213 |
| 39 | 22.94 | Christina Sussiek | FRG | 600304 | 1 | Sindelfingen | 810206 |
| 40 | 22.95 | Grace [Small] Jackson | JAM | 610614 | 2 | Budapest | 890304 |
| 41 | 22.95 | Christine Arron | FRA | 730913 | 1 | Liévin | 980115 |
| 42 | 22.96 | Tatana [Slaninova] Kocembova | CS | 620502 | 1 | Budapest | 840203 |
| 43 | 22.96 | Nadezhda Georgieva | BUL | 610902 | 1 | Piraeus | 880206 |
| 44 | 22.96 | Ulrike Sarvari | FRG | 640622 | 1 | Glasgow | 900304 |
| 45 | 22.96 | Silke Lichtenhagen | GER | 731120 | 1 | Sindelfingen | 950226 |
| 46 | 22.96 | Donna Fraser | GBR | 721107 | 1 | Birmingham | 970223 |
| 47 | 22.96 | Mireille Donders | SUI | 740707 | h1:2 | Valencia | 980228 |
| 48 | 22.96 | LaTasha Jenkins | USA | 771219 | 2 | Lisboa | 010310 |
| 49 | 22.97 | Oksana Styepisheva | RUS | 690903 | 2 | Liévin | 920125 |
| 50 | 22.97 | Karin [Knoll] Mayr | AUT | 710604 | 1 | Wien | 010225 |
| 51 | 22.98 | Ludmila [Narozhilenko] Engquist | URS | 640421 | 1r2 | Moskva | 900225 |
| 52 | 22.98 | Michelle Collins | USA | 710212 | 4 | Atlanta, Ga | 940305 |
| 53 | 22.99 | Diane [Martin] Dixon | USA | 640923 | 2 | Sevilla | 910228 |
| 54 | 22.99 | Sylviane Felix | FRA | 771031 | 1r1 | Liévin | 980222 |
| 55 | 22.99 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | SRI | 751217 | h1:1 | Lisboa | 010309 |
| 56 | 23.00 | Tatyana Chebykina | RUS | 681122 | 1r2 | Moskva | 950125 |
| 57 | 23.00 | Yekaterina Leshchova | RUS | 740421 | 1 | Volgograd | 950226 |
| 58 | 23.01 | Irina Slyusar ¶ | URS | 630319 | 1 | Torino | 860212 |
| 59 | 23.01 | Natalya Kovtun | URS | 640527 | 2 | Glasgow | 900304 |
| 60 | 23.01 | Gabi Rockmeier | GER | 731129 | 1 | Sindelfingen | 010304 |
| 61 | 23.02 | Katrin Krabbe ¶ | GDR | 691122 | 1 | München | 900904 |
| 62 | 23.02 | Natalya [Vinogradova] Safronnikova | BLR | 730228 | s1:3 | Lisboa | 010309 |
| 63 | 23.03 | Sanna [Hernesniemi] Kyllönen | FIN | 710309 | 4 | Toronto | 930314 |
| 64 | 23.03 | Zlatka Georgieva-Radukanova | BUL | 690720 | s2:2 | Barcelona | 950310 |
| 65 | 23.04 | Kirsten [Siemon] Emmelmann | GDR | 610419 | 1 | Liévin | 860201 |
| 66 | 23.04 | Tsvetanka Ilieva | BUL | 630301 | 1r2 | Sofia | 880214 |
| 67 | 23.04 | Tameka Roberts | USA | 740518 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 980228 |
| 68 | 23.05 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi # | NGR | 680203 | 2 | Liévin | 930213 |
| 69 | 23.06 | Anelia [Nuneva] Vechernikova | BUL | 620630 | 1 | Sofia | 870215 |
| 70 | 23.06 | Mikele Barber | USA | 801004 | 1 | Fayetteville, Ar | 000310 |
| 71 | 23.07 | Natalya German | URS | 631112 | 2 | Moskva | 880221 |
| 72 | 23.07 | Wendy Vereen | USA | 660424 | s3:1 | Toronto | 930313 |
| 73 | 23.07 | Maya Azarashvili | GEO | 640406 | 2 | Stuttgart | 950205 |
| 74 | 23.08 | Nora [Ivanova] Güner | TUR | 770601 | 2 | Wien | 010212 |
| 75 | 23.10 | Natalya Bochina | URS | 620104 | 1r1 | Moskva | 860208 |
| 76 | 23.10 | Natalya Nazarova | RUS | 790526 | h1:2 | Moskva | 990210 |
| 77 | 23.11 | Kerstin Walther | GDR | 610415 | 1 | Budapest | 830212 |
| 78 | 23.11 | Flirtisha Harris | USA | 720221 | 2 | Indianapolis | 940311 |
| 79 | 23.12 | Heide-Elke Gaugel | FRG | 590711 | 2 | Sindelfingen | 810206 |
| 80 | 23.13 | Suziann Reid | USA | 770114 | 2r2 | Indianapolis, In | 990305 |
| 81 | 23.13 | Fabé Dia | FRA | 770214 | h2:1 | Maebashi | 990305 |
| 82 | 23.14 | Ute [Finger] Thimm | FRG | 580710 | 1r1 | Sindelfingen | 860129 |
| 83 | 23.14 | Marina Markina | URS | 620319 | 1 | Moskva | 890226 |
| 84 | 23.15 | Angella [Taylor] Issajenko ¶ | CAN | 580928 | 1 | Downsview | 800224 |
| 85 | 23.15 | Marina Krivosheina | URS | 670107 | h1 | Minsk | 880305 |
| 86 | 23.15 | Beatrice [Okoye] Utondu | NGR | 691123 | 1 | Monroe, La | 900211 |
| 87 | 23.15 | Hana Benesova | CZE | 750419 | 1 | Wien | 970215 |
| 88 | 23.15 | Astia Walker | JAM | 750404 | 1r1 | Baton Rouge, La | 980301 |
| 89 | 23.16 | Marie-Jose Perec | FRA | 680509 | h1:1 | Den Haag | 890219 |
| 90 | 23.16 | Beverly McDonald | JAM | 700215 | 1 | Sevilla | 950217 |
| 91 | 23.16 | Erika Suchovska | CZE | 670727 | 2 | Stockholm | 960310 |
| 92 | 23.16 | Wendy Hartman | RSA | 760228 | h2:3 | Maebashi | 990305 |
| 93 | 23.16 | Alenka Bikar | SLO | 740107 | 2 | Gent | 000226 |
| 94 | 23.17 | Muna Lee | USA | 811030 | 1r1-Col | Fayetteville, Ar | 010209 |
| 95 | 23.18 | Lakeisha Backus | USA | 761215 | 1r1 | Indianapolis, In | 980313 |
| 96 | 23.18 | Tanya Lawrence | JAM | 750917 | 4r2 | Indianapolis, In | 990305 |
| 97 | 23.19 | Blanca Lacambra | ESP | 650828 | 2 | Liévin, FRA | 870222 |
| 98 | 23.20 | Iolanda Oanta | ROM | 651011 | s | Genova | 920301 |
| 99 | 23.20 | Fabienne [Elien] Ficher | FRA | 660425 | 2 | Liévin | 990214 |
| 100 | 23.21 | Irina Rosikhina | RUS | 750511 | 1 | Moskva | 980121 |
| 101 | 23.21 | Shanta Ghosh | GER | 750103 | 3 | Dortmund | 980130 |
| 102 | 23.21 | Lucrecia Jardim | POR | 710128 | h2:4 | Valencia | 980228 |
| 103 | 23.22 | Annegret [Irrgang] Richter | FRG | 501013 | 1r1 | Sindelfingen | 770226 |
| 104 | 23.22 | Debbie Dunn | USA | 780326 | 2 | Fayetteville, Ar | 000310 |
| 105 | 23.23 | Marina Zhirova | RUS | 630606 | 2r2 | Moskva | 950125 |
| 106 | 23.23 | Irina Khabarova | RUS | 660318 | 3 | Moskva | 990219 |
| 107 | 23.24 | Esther Jones | USA | 690407 | 2r1 | Indianapolis | 890311 |
| 108 | 23.24 | D'Andre Hill | USA | 730419 | 2r2 | Indianapolis | 960308 |
| 109 | 23.24 | Virna de Angeli | ITA | 760227 | 2 | Genova | 970211 |
| 110 | 23.24 | Anastasiya Kapachinskaya | RUS | 79 | 1r1 | Moskva | 010217 |
| 111 | 23.25y-.13 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | USA | 591221 | 2 | Princeton, NJ | 850222 |
| 112 | 23.25 | Elzbieta Tomczak | POL | 610107 | 1r1 | Stuttgart | 850223 |
| 113 | 23.25 | Ingrid [Brestrich, Lange] Auerswald | GDR | 570902 | 5 | Budapest | 880306 |
| 114 | 23.25 | Yelena Ruzina | RUS | 640403 | 1 | Karlsruhe | 930306 |
| 115 | 23.25 | Dahlia Duhaney | JAM | 700720 | 5 | Atlanta, Ga | 940305 |
| 116 | 23.25 | Chryste Gaines | USA | 700914 | h1:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 970228 |
| 117 | 23.25 | Svetlana Bodritskaya | KZK | 711107 | h3:2 | Paris | 970307 |
| 118 | 23.25 | Sherita Jackson | USA | 761220 | 2r2 | Indianapolis, In | 980313 |
| 119 | 23.26 | Sabine [Günther] Rieger | GDR | 631106 | 1 | Torino | 880210 |
| 120 | 23.26 | Regula [Aebi] Anliker | SUI | 651112 | 1 | Magglingen | 900218 |
| 121 | 23.26 | Sabine Tröger | AUT | 670607 | 1 | Wien | 920208 |
| 122 | 23.26 | Nadezhda Roshchupkina | RUS | 630614 | 2 | Moskva | 960225 |
| 123 | 23.28 | Andrea Philipp | GER | 710729 | 1r3 | Chemnitz | 000218 |
| 124 | 23.29 | Marina Shmonina ¶ | UZB | 650209 | 2 | Moskva | 920207 |
| 125 | 23.29 | Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 710912 | 1 | Maebashi | 970208 |
| 126 | 23.29 | Zundra [Feagin] Anderson | USA | 730712 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 990227 |
| 127 | 23.30 | Evelyn [Washington] Ashford | USA | 570415 | 1 | Oviedo | 880313 |
| 128 | 23.30 | Me'Lisa Barber | USA | 801004 | 3 | Fayetteville, Ar | 000310 |
| 129 | 23.31 | Helga Arendt | FRG | 640424 | 1r2 | Sindelfingen | 880205 |
| 130 | 23.31 | Marina Trandenkova | RUS | 670107 | 3 | Grenoble | 930207 |
| 131 | 23.31 | Paula [Dunn] Thomas | GBR | 641203 | 2 | Birmingham | 950225 |
| 132 | 23.31 | Rochelle Stevens | USA | 660908 | h2:4 | Atlanta, Ga | 960301 |
| 133 | 23.31 | Christine Bloomfield | GBR | 680212 | 1 | Birmingham | 000130 |
| 134 | 23.31 | Natalya Mikhaylovskaya | RUS | 75 | 2r1 | Moskva | 010217 |
| 135 | 23.32 | Angela Bailey | CAN | 620228 | 1 | Sherbrooke | 840115 |
| 136 | 23.32 | Sisko [Markkanen] Hanhijoki | FIN | 620425 | 1r3 | Liévin | 930213 |
| 137 | 23.32 | Michelle Brown | USA | 750312 | 2 | Atlanta, Ga | 970301 |
| 138 | 23.33 | Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo | FRA | 630823 | 2 | Paris | 850118 |
| 139 | 23.33 | Joan Baptiste | GBR | 591012 | 1r2 | Stuttgart | 850223 |
| 140 | 23.33 | Celena Mondie-Milner | USA | 680806 | 2r2 | Indianapolis | 890311 |
| 141 | 23.33 | Rachelle Boone | USA | 810630 | 1r1 | Fayetteville, Ar | 010309 |
| 142 | 23.33 | Demetria Washington | USA | 791231 | h1:2 | Fayetteville, Ar | 010309 |
| 143 | 23.34 | Els [Vader] Scharn | NED | 590924 | 1r1 | Liévin | 880214 |
| 144 | 23.34 | Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 660904 | 1 | Fayetteville, Ar | 000212 |
| 145 | 23.34 | Anja Rücker | GER | 721220 | 2r1 | Chemnitz | 000218 |
| 146 | 23.35 | Yelena Kelchevskaya | URS | 550507 | 2 | Milano | 820307 |
| 147 | 23.35 | Catherine Murphy | GBR | 750921 | 1 | Birmingham | 010128 |
| 148 | 23.36 | Kelli White | USA | 770401 | 4r1 | Indianapolis, In | 990305 |
| 149 | 23.36 | Zuzanna Radecka | POL | 750402 | h3:4 | Maebashi | 990305 |
| 150 | 23.36 | Teneeshia Jones | USA | 790128 | 1 | Indianapolis, In | 010210 |
| 151 | 23.37 | Silke [Möller] Gladisch | GDR | 640620 | 1r1 | Sindelfingen | 900121 |
| 152 | 23.37 | Myriam Léonie Mani | CMR | 770521 | 2r1 | Gent | 000211 |
| 153 | 23.38 | Falilat Ogunkoya | NGR | 680512 | 4r2 | Liévin | 990221 |
| 154 | 23.39 | Tatyana Tkalich | UKR | 750530 | 1 | Lvov | 990207 |
| 155 | 23.39 | Agné Visockaite | LIT | 780804 | h2:2 | Maebashi | 990305 |
| 156 | 23.40 | Kathryn [Smallwood] Cook | GBR | 600503 | 1 | Cosford | 820313 |
| 157 | 23.41 | Gaby Bussmann | FRG | 591008 | 1 | Sindelfingen | 810116 |
| 158 | 23.41 | Karin Janke | GER | 631014 |   | Stuttgart | 930207 |
| 159 | 23.41 | Jacqueline Poelman | NED | 731005 | s2:1 | Bercy, Paris | 940312 |
| 160 | 23.43 | Olga Zolotaryova | URS | 611101 | 1= | Moskva | 870215 |
| 161 | 23.43 | Tatyana Alekseyeva | RUS | 631007 |   |   | 910209 |
| 162 | 23.43 | Monika Gachevska | BUL | 741030 | 1r1 | Budapest | 990205 |
| 163 | 23.44 | Marisa Masullo | ITA | 590508 | 2 | Torino | 880210 |
| 164 | 23.44 | Vineta Ikauniece | URS | 621204 | h | Moskva | 880221 |
| 165 | 23.44 | Anita Howard | USA | 690322 | 3r1 | Indianapolis | 890311 |
| 166 | 23.44 | Yuliya Sotnikova | RUS | 701118 | 1 | Lipetsk | 940127 |
| 167 | 23.44 | Beverley Grant | JAM | 700925 | 2 | Boston, Ma | 980220 |
| 168 | 23.44 | Marina Kislova | RUS | 781212 | 4 | Moskva | 010217 |
| 169 | 23.45 | Elzbieta [Stachurska] Wozniak | POL | 590324 | 2 | Torino | 840211 |
| 170 | 23.46 | Angela Phipps | CAN | 640217 | 1 | Sherbrooke | 870201 |
| 171 | 23.46 | Kornelija Sinkovic | YUG | 640624 | s4:1 | Budapest | 880306 |
| 172 | 23.46 | Donatella Dal Bianco | ITA | 681107 | 1 | Torino | 900221 |
| 173 | 23.47 | Karoline [Steringer] Käfer | AUT | 541031 | 2 | Wien | 790204 |
| 174 | 23.47 | Svetlana [Zuyeva] Chervyakova | URS | 630316 | h | Moskva | 880221 |
| 175 | 23.47 | Maria Staafgård | SWE | 690608 | h1:4 | Bercy, Paris | 940312 |
| 176 | 23.47 | Viktoriya Fomenko | UKR | 701002 | s5:2 | Barcelona | 950310 |
| 177 | 23.47 | Olesya Zykina | RUS | 801007 | h1:2 | Moskva | 990219 |
| 178 | 23.48 | Olga Frolova | URS | 641002 | h | Moskva | 880221 |
| 179 | 23.49 | Vernicha James | GBR | 840606 | 1:17 | Birmingham | 000130 |
| 180 | 23.50 | Jennifer Stoute | GBR | 650416 | h2:1 | Den Haag | 890219 |
| 181 | 23.50 | Latasha [Colander] Richardson | USA | 760823 | 1r2 | Blacksburg, Va | 980223 |
| 182 | 23.50 | Donica Merriman | USA | 790124 | 4 | Fayetteville, Ar | 000310 |
| 183 | 23.51 | Rita [Jahn] Wilden | FRG | 471009 | 1 | Stuttgart | 750222 |
| 184 | 23.51 | Pepa Pavlova | BUL | 610101 | 2 | Solna | 860202 |
| 185 | 23.51 | Nikkie Bouyer | USA | 760211 | 2r2 | Blacksburg, Va | 980223 |
| 186 | 23.52 | Alice Jackson | USA | 581228 | s3:2 | Indianapolis | 870306 |
| 187 | 23.52 | Katia Benth | FRA | 751116 | 1r2 | Eaubonne | 980220 |
| 188 | 23.52 | Natalya Sologub | BLR | 750331 | 1 | Minsk | 990213 |
| 189 | 23.52 | Joice Maduaka | GBR | 730930 | 3r1 | Gent | 000211 |
| 190 | 23.52 | Tania Woods | USA | 800923 | 3 | Atlanta, Ga | 010303 |
| 191 | 23.53 | Marita [Wiggins] Payne | CAN | 601007 | 1 | Windsor | 880221 |
| 192 | 23.53 | Kim Walker | USA | 681223 |   |   | 910308 |
| 193 | 23.53 | Dyan Webber | USA | 660429 | 6 | Toronto | 930314 |
| 194 | 23.54 | Yelena Nasonkina | URS | 620811 | 1 | Kiev | 900121 |
| 195 | 23.54 | Sarah Wilhelmy | GBR | 800202 | 2 | Birmingham | 980208 |
| 196 | 23.54 | Yuliya Nosova | RUS | 780421 | h1:9 | Moskva | 010204 |
| 197 | 23.55 | Raisa Makhova | URS | 570225 | h3:1 | Budapest | 830305 |
| 198 | 23.55 | Johanna Manninen | FIN | 800404 | 1 | Umeå | 010224 |
| 199 | 23.55 | Angel Patterson | USA | 790806 | 3r1 | Fayetteville, Ar | 010309 |
| 200 | 23.56 | Randy Givens | USA | 620327 | 1 | Sindelfingen | 850201 |
| 201 | 23.56 | Heike Morgenstern | GDR | 621213 | 1 | East Berlin | 880220 |
| 202 | 23.56 | LaKisha Jett | USA | 750211 | 1 | Blacksburg, Va | 980214 |
| 203 | 23.56 | Nicole Marahrens | GER | 770305 | 1 | Fürth | 990127 |
| 204 | 23.56 | Shanelle Porter | USA | 720120 | 3 | Fayetteville, Ar | 000212 |
| 205 | 23.57 | Michaela [Stengl] Schabinger | FRG | 610323 | 2 | Stuttgart | 840211 |
| 206 | 23.57 | Daniela Ferrian | ITA | 610912 | 4 | Liévin, FRA | 870222 |
| 207 | 23.57 | Angela Williams (1) | TRI | 650515 | 2 | Princeton, NJ | 900223 |
| 208 | 23.57 | Shantel Ransom | USA | 681210 | 1 | East Lansing | 910202 |
| 209 | 23.58 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | USA | 600706 | 2 | Princeton, NJ | 870227 |
| 210 | 23.58 | Shakedia Jones | USA | 790315 | h4:3 | Indianapolis, In | 980313 |
| 211 | 23.58 | Larisa Kruglova | RUS | 721027 | 1 | Moskva | 010204 |
| 212 | 23.59 | Alice Reuss | GER | 780603 | 2r2 | Karlsruhe | 990221 |
| 213 | 23.60 | Tatyana Plakhova | URS | 60 | h | Moskva | 880221 |
| 214 | 23.61 | Iren Orosz | HUN | 510329 | s3:1 | Milano | 820306 |
| 215 | 23.61 | Manuela Derr | GDR | 710717 | 2 | East Berlin | 890218 |
| 216 | 23.61 | Sina Schielke | GER | 810519 | 1:19 | Sindelfingen | 000220 |
| 217 | 23.62 | Cristina Perez | ESP | 651030 | s1:1 | San Sebastian | 870207 |
| 218 | 23.62 | Shekera Weston | USA | 771017 | 1 | Blacksburg, Va | 990220 |
| 219 | 23.62 | Natalya Ignatova | RUS | 731228 | h1:5 | Moskva | 010120 |
| 220 | 23.63 | Melinda Sergent | USA | 721219 |   | Indianapolis | 950310 |
| 221 | 23.63 | Stacian Brown | JAM | 771217 | 3 | Boston, Ma | 990228 |
| 222 | 23.63 | Svetlana Pospelova ¶ | RUS | 791224 | 1 | Sankt Peterburg | 000123 |
| 223 | 23.63 | Yelena Anisimova | RUS | 710612 | 2r2 | Moskva | 000125 |
| 224 | 23.63 | Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju | NGR | 710502 | 5 | Fayetteville, Ar | 000212 |
| 225 | 23.64 | Claudia Steger | FRG | 590424 | 2 | Dortmund | 820213 |
| 226 | 23.64 | Sanya Richards | USA | 850226 | 1:HS | New York, NY | 000312 |
| 227 | 23.65 | Sabine Everts | FRG | 610304 | 2 | Sindelfingen | 810116 |
| 228 | 23.65 | Gisela Kinzel | FRG | 610517 | s1:1 | Karlsruhe | 870206 |
| 229 | 23.65 | Bridgette Tate | USA | 660312 |   |   | 890225 |
| 230 | 23.65 | Angie Vaughn | USA | 761104 | h1:5 | Indianapolis, In | 980313 |
| 231 | 23.65 | Chandra Burns | USA | 750804 | h2:3 | Atlanta, Ga | 990226 |
| 232 | 23.65 | Consuella Moore | USA | 810829 | 1 | University Park | 010210 |
| Hand timing |
| 23.2h | Tatyana Ledovskaya | URS | 660521 | h1 | Minsk | 880131 |
| 23.3h | Zoya [Taurin] Sokolova | RUS | 700403 |   | Moskva | 930214 |
| 23.3hy-.1 | Rosalyn Bryant | USA | 560107 | 1 | New York, NY | 770225 |
| Oversized track |
| 22.33 | Marita Koch | GDR | 570218 | 1r1 | Senftenberg | 860216 |
| 22.77 | Kirsten [Siemon] Emmelmann | GDR | 610419 | 2r1 | Senftenberg | 860215 |
| 22.95 | Sabine [Günther] Rieger | GDR | 631106 | 3r1 | Senftenberg | 860216 |
| 23.02 | Kerstin Walther | GDR | 610415 | 1 | Senftenberg | 830220 |
| 23.05 | Ingrid [Brestrich, Lange] Auerswald | GDR | 570902 | 1r1 | Senftenberg | 880227 |
| 23.18 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | GDR | 650718 | 1 | Senftenberg | 880206 |
| 23.29 | LaTasha Jenkins | USA | 771219 | 1 | Kent, Oh | 980228 |
| 23.34 | Myriam Léonie Mani | CMR | 770521 | h1:1 | Johnson City, Tn | 990130 |
| 23.36 | Silke [Möller] Gladisch | GDR | 640620 | 3 | Senftenberg | 830129 |
| 23.39 | Romy [Schneider] Müller | GDR | 580726 | 2 | Senftenberg | 830220 |
| 23.41 | Petra Krug | GDR | 631109 | 4 | Senftenberg | 830129 |
| 23.41 | Annette Hesselbarth | GDR | 660604 | 2 | Senftenberg | 850210 |
| 23.43 | Dagmar [Neubauer] Rübsam | GDR | 620603 | r | Senftenberg | 880206 |
| 23.44 | Undine [Hartmann] Bremer | GDR | 610630 | 5 | Senftenberg | 830129 |
| 23.44 | Diana Dietz | GDR | 690830 | 1 | Senftenberg | 880206 |
| 23.51 | Jeanette Düring | GDR | 650201 | 1r2 | Senftenberg | 860216 |
| 23.51 | Angie Vaughn | USA | 761104 | 2 | Ames, Ia | 980228 |
| 23.52 | Andria King | USA | 760622 | 1 | Lexington, Ky | 990206 |
| 23.57A | Hydie Ann Harper | TRI | 721116 | 1 | USAF Academy | 980228 |
| 23.59 | Kathy Travis | USA | 730312 | 1 | Ames, Ia | 920306 |
| 23.62A | Philomena Mensah | CAN | 750511 | 1 | USAF Academy | 000129 |
| Handtiming and oversized track |
| 22.7h | Bärbel [Wöckel] Eckert | GDR | 550321 | 1 | Senftenberg | 840122 |
| 23.3h | Christina [Lathan] Brehmer | GDR | 580228 | 1 | Senftenberg | 780210 |
| 23.4h | Renate [Stecher] Meissner | GDR | 500512 | 1 | Senftenberg | 750212 |
| 23.4h | Doris Maletzki | GDR | 520611 | 1 | East Berlin | 760111 |
| 23.4h | Silvia Kirchner | GDR | 630507 | 2 | Senftenberg | 831229 |