| World women's all-time best 60m hurdles indoor |
| 1 | 7.69 | Ludmila [Narozhilenko] Engquist | URS | 640421 | 1 | Chelyabinsk | 900204 |
| 2 | 7.73 | Cornelia [Riefstahl] Oschkenat | GDR | 611029 | 1r2 | Wien | 890225 |
| 3 | 7.74 | Yordanka Donkova | BUL | 610928 | 1 | Sofia | 870214 |
| 4 | 7.74 | Michelle Freeman | JAM | 690505 | 1 | Madrid | 980203 |
| 5 | 7.75 | Bettine [Gärtz] Jahn | GDR | 580803 | 1 | Budapest | 830305 |
| 6 | 7.76 | Gloria [Uibel, Kovarik] Siebert | GDR | 640113 | 1 | Sindelfingen | 880205 |
| 7 | 7.77 | Zofia [Filip] Bielczyk | POL | 580922 | 1 | Sindelfingen | 800301 |
| 8 | 7.78 | Brigita Bukovec | SLO | 700521 | 1 | Stuttgart | 990207 |
| 9 | 7.81 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | USA | 620303 | 1 | Fairfax | 890205 |
| 10 | 7.82 | Yelizaveta Chernyshova | URS | 580126 | 1 | Budapest | 890305 |
| 11 | 7.82 | Monique [Ewanje-Epee] Tourret | FRA | 670711 | 1 | Paris | 910223 |
| 12 | 7.82 | Glory Alozie | NGR | 771230 | h1:1 | Madrid | 990216 |
| 13 | 7.82 | Olga Shishigina ¶ | KZK | 681223 | 1 | Liévin | 990221 |
| 14 | 7.83 | Melissa Morrison | USA | 710709 | 2 | Liévin | 980222 |
| 15 | 7.84 | Grazyna Rabsztyn | POL | 520920 | 1 | Zabrze | 800217 |
| 16 | 7.84 | Patricia [Leno] Girard | FRA | 680408 | 1 | Liévin | 950226 |
| 17 | 7.84 | Gillian Russell | JAM | 730928 | 2 | Paris | 970309 |
| 18 | 7.84 | Cheryl Dickey | USA | 661212 | 3= | Paris | 970309 |
| 19 | 7.84 | Kimberly Carson | USA | 740312 | 1 | Erfurt | 000202 |
| 20 | 7.85 | Ginka Zagorcheva | BUL | 580412 | 2 | Sofia | 870207 |
| 21 | 7.85 | Natalya Grigoryeva | URS | 621203 | s1 | Chelyabinsk | 900204 |
| 22 | 7.85 | Gail [Roberts] Devers | USA | 661119 | 1 | Fairfax | 940206 |
| 23 | 7.85 | Anjanette Kirkland | USA | 740224 | 1 | Lisboa | 010309 |
| 24 | 7.86 | Laurence [Elloy] Machabey | FRA | 591203 | s1:2 | Madrid | 860222 |
| 25 | 7.86 | Michaela [Dumitrescu, Stoica] Pogacean | ROM | 580127 | s1:2 | Budapest | 880305 |
| 26 | 7.86 | Lidia [Okolo-Kulak] Yurkova | URS | 670115 | s | Chelyabinsk | 900204 |
| 27 | 7.87 | Eva Sokolova | URS | 620325 | 1 | Moskva | 880220 |
| 28 | 7.87 | Galina Khaustova | RUS | 650704 | 2 | Lipetsk | 890122 |
| 29 | 7.88 | Anne Piquereau | FRA | 640615 | 1 | Bordeaux | 900217 |
| 30 | 7.88 | Linda Ferga | FRA | 761224 | 1 | Gent | 000226 |
| 31 | 7.89 | Kerstin [Claus] Knabe | GDR | 590707 | s2:2 | Madrid | 860222 |
| 32 | 7.89 | Claudia [Reidick] Zaczkiewicz | FRG | 620704 | 1 | Karlsruhe | 880207 |
| 33 | 7.89 | Marjan Olijslager | NED | 620308 | s2:1 | Budapest | 890305 |
| 34 | 7.89 | Nicole Ramalalanirina | MAD | 720305 | 4 | Liévin | 960218 |
| 35 | 7.90 | Anneliese [Ehrhardt] Jahns | GDR | 500618 | s1:1 | Göteborg | 740309 |
| 36 | 7.90 | Lucyna [Langer] Kalek | POL | 560109 | 1 | Warszawa | 840129 |
| 37 | 7.90 | Keturah (Katie) Anderson | CAN | 680109 | h1:1 | Liévin | 990221 |
| 38 | 7.91 | Ulrike Denk | FRG | 640510 | 4 | Madrid | 860222 |
| 39 | 7.91 | Aliuska López | CUB | 690829 | s1:1 | Barcelona | 950311 |
| 40 | 7.92 | Nadezhda Korshunova | URS | 610419 | 1 | Kishinyev | 850217 |
| 41 | 7.92 | Kim [Turner] McKenzie | USA | 610321 | s2:2 | Budapest | 890305 |
| 42 | 7.93 | Vera [Tinkova, Yeremeyeva] Akimova | URS | 590605 | 1 | Moskva | 840217 |
| 43 | 7.93 | Lavonna [Floreal] Martin | USA | 661118 | 2 | New York, NY | 930226 |
| 44 | 7.93 | Yuliya [Filippova] Graudyn | RUS | 701113 | 1 | Moskva | 940127 |
| 45 | 7.93 | Lynda [Tolbert] Goode | USA | 671003 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 950304 |
| 46 | 7.94 | Johanna [Schaller] Klier | GDR | 520913 | 1 | Milano | 780311 |
| 47 | 7.94 | Sabine [John, Möbius] Paetz | GDR | 571016 | 2 | Senftenberg | 840122 |
| 48 | 7.94 | Svetlana Laukhova | RUS | 730507 | 1 | Lipetsk | 940227 |
| 49 | 7.94 | Svetla Dimitrova ¶ | BUL | 700127 | 2 | Samara | 000130 |
| 50 | 7.94 | Sharon [Couch] Jewell | USA | 670913 | 2 | New York, NY | 000204 |
| 51 | 7.94 | Lacena Golding | JAM | 750320 | 2 | Chemnitz | 000218 |
| 52 | 7.94 | Vonette Dixon | JAM | 751126 | 1 | Fayetteville, Ar | 000310 |
| 53 | 7.95 | Danuta [Wolosz] Perka | POL | 560622 | 1 | Wien | 790224 |
| 54 | 7.95 | Julie [Rocheleau] Baumann ¶ | SUI | 640617 | 1 | Karlsruhe | 920131 |
| 55 | 7.95 | Taiwo Aladefa Darden | NGR | 711219 | 2 | Gent | 960207 |
| 56 | 7.95 | Dawn Bowles | USA | 681112 | s1:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 970301 |
| 57 | 7.95 | Irina Korotya | RUS | 750902 | 1 | Samara | 990221 |
| 58 | 7.96 | Gabriele [Lippe] Roth | FRG | 670308 | 3 | Den Haag | 890218 |
| 59 | 7.96 | Tatyana Reshetnikova | RUS | 661014 | 2 | Moskva | 930202 |
| 60 | 7.96 | Dionne Rose | JAM | 691107 | h2:2 | Liévin | 970216 |
| 61 | 7.97 | Svetlana Gusarova | URS | 590529 | 1r1 | Moskva | 830211 |
| 62 | 7.97 | Florence Colle | FRA | 651204 | s3:2 | Budapest | 880305 |
| 63 | 7.97 | Aleksandra Pashkina | RUS | 710814 | 2 | Moskva | 940127 |
| 64 | 7.97 | Yelena Sinyutina | RUS | 640512 | s1:2 | Lipetsk | 940227 |
| 65 | 7.97 | Carla Tuzzi | ITA | 670602 | 5 | Bercy, Paris | 940313 |
| 66 | 7.97 | Tonya Lawson | USA | 690516 | s1:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 990227 |
| 67 | 7.98 | Cornelia [Feuerbach] Ullrich | GDR | 630426 | 2 | East Berlin | 840115 |
| 68 | 7.98 | Heike [Terpe] Theele | GDR | 641004 | 2r1 | Jablonec | 870214 |
| 69 | 7.98 | Kristin Patzwahl | GER | 650716 | h1 | Karlsruhe | 910224 |
| 70 | 7.98 | Donica Merriman | USA | 790124 | 1 | West Lafayette, In | 010225 |
| 71 | 7.98 | Yaumara Neyra | CUB | 760418 | 1 | Sindelfingen | 010304 |
| 72 | 7.99 | Caren [Jung] Sonn | GER | 680118 | h1:1 | Karlsruhe | 960211 |
| 73 | 7.99 | Heike Tillack | GER | 680106 | 1 | Karlsruhe | 960224 |
| 74 | 7.99 | Diane Allahgreen | GBR | 750221 | h1:3 | Gent | 000226 |
| 75 | 7.99 | Perdita Felicien | CAN | 800829 | h1:3 | Fayetteville, Ar | 010309 |
| 76 | 7.99 | Joyce Bates | USA | 770216 | 2 | Fayetteville, Ar | 000310 |
| 77 | 8.00 | Bozena [Nowakowska] Szwierczynska | POL | 550321 | 2r1 | Warszawa | 760207 |
| 78 | 8.00 | Vera [Nikitina] Komisova | URS | 530611 | s2:1 | Sindelfingen | 800301 |
| 79 | 8.00 | Xenia Siska | HUN | 571103 | s1:2 | Paris | 850118 |
| 80 | 8.00 | Natalya Tochilova | URS | 640521 | h | Moskva | 880220 |
| 81 | 8.00 | Birgit [Wolf] Hamann | GER | 690911 | 2 | Karlsruhe | 960224 |
| 82 | 8.00 | Heike Blassneck | GER | 710726 | 2 | Dortmund | 980130 |
| 83 | 8.00 | Andria King | USA | 760622 | h2:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 990227 |
| 84 | 8.01 | Tatyana Malyuvanets | URS | 580808 | 2 | Moskva | 840217 |
| 85 | 8.01 | Yelena [Kudinova] Politika | URS | 640824 | 1 | Moskva | 870214 |
| 86 | 8.01 | Jackie Agyepong | GBR | 690105 | 5 | Barcelona | 950312 |
| 87 | 8.01 | Shandi Boyd-Pleasant | USA | 740215 | 4 | Atlanta, Ga | 980228 |
| 88 | 8.01 | Yelena [Ovcharova] Krasovska | UKR | 760617 | 1 | Kiev | 000216 |
| 89 | 8.02 | Natalya [Suprun] Lebedyeva | URS | 490824 | s2:2 | Sindelfingen | 800301 |
| 90 | 8.02 | Stephanie Hightower | USA | 580719 | 1 | Louisville | 830129 |
| 91 | 8.02 | Odalys Adams | CUB | 660801 | s3:2 | Sevilla | 910309 |
| 92 | 8.02 | Cecile [Aholu] Cinélu | FRA | 700604 | h2:1 | Liévin | 930213 |
| 93 | 8.02 | Marina Azyabina | RUS | 630615 | 2 | Moskva | 930227 |
| 94 | 8.02 | Nadezhda Bodrova | UKR | 610713 | 1 | Kiev | 940213 |
| 95 | 8.02 | Bisa Grant | USA | 760716 | 2 | Atlanta, Ga | 010303 |
| 96 | 8.03 | Elzbieta [Schmid] Rabsztyn | POL | 560825 | s3:2 | Sindelfingen | 800301 |
| 97 | 8.03 | Vida Nsiah | GHA | 760413 | s4:2 | Paris | 970308 |
| 98 | 8.04 | Edith Oker | FRG | 610201 | h1:1 | Sindelfingen | 840201 |
| 99 | 8.04 | Liliana Nastase | ROM | 620801 | 2 | Bacau | 880213 |
| 100 | 8.04 | Jitka Tesarkova | CS | 651027 | 3 | Sofia | 880213 |
| 101 | 8.04 | Christine Hurtlin | FRA | 670929 | 2 | Sindelfingen | 900121 |
| 102 | 8.04 | Sabine Braun | GER | 650619 | 2 | Sindelfingen | 900217 |
| 103 | 8.04 | Monifa Taylor | USA | 710303 | h3:1 | Gent | 960207 |
| 104 | 8.04 | Yolanda McCray | USA | 760911 | 1 | Syracuse, NY | 990221 |
| 105 | 8.05 | Nina [Morgulina] Derbina | URS | 560705 | s3:1 | Sindelfingen | 800301 |
| 106 | 8.05 | Lidiya Gusheva | BUL | 520211 | s4:1 | Sindelfingen | 800301 |
| 107 | 8.06 | Silvia [Kawel] Kempin | FRG | 550127 | s2:2 | Milano | 780311 |
| 108 | 8.06 | Regina Beyer | GDR | 591126 | 1 | Senftenberg | 790217 |
| 109 | 8.06 | Yelena Biserova | URS | 620324 | 1 | Moskva | 820212 |
| 110 | 8.06 | Natalya [Kokulenko] Petrova | URS | 571116 | 1 | Moskva | 820221 |
| 111 | 8.06 | Lyudmila Oliyar | URS | 580205 | 4 | Kishinyev | 850217 |
| 112 | 8.06 | Lesley Ann Skeete | GBR | 670220 | h1:2 | Liévin, FRA | 870221 |
| 113 | 8.06 | Zhang Yu | CHN | 710408 | 2 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 940211 |
| 114 | 8.06 | Monika Grefstad | NOR | 641012 | h3:1 | Bercy, Paris | 940313 |
| 115 | 8.06 | Juliane Sprenger | GER | 770322 | 1 | Dortmund | 010224 |
| 116 | 8.07 | Maria [Kemenchezhi] Merchuk | URS | 590703 | h | Moskva | 820220 |
| 117 | 8.07 | Isabelle Kaftandjian | FRA | 640327 | 2 | Liévin | 870207 |
| 118 | 8.07 | Svetlana [Besprozvannaya] Buraga | URS | 650904 | P | Lipetsk | 870215 |
| 119 | 8.07 | Rita [Heggli] Schönenberger | SUI | 621203 | s3:1 | Budapest | 880305 |
| 120 | 8.07 | Marina [Slushkina] Kibakina | RUS | 600802 | 2 | Chelyabinsk | 920108 |
| 121 | 8.07 | Zhanna Gurbanova | RUS | 690930 | 1 | Moskva | 920202 |
| 122 | 8.07 | Allison Williams | USA | 710621 | 4 | Fairfax | 960224 |
| 123 | 8.07 | Miesha McKelvy | USA | 760726 | 3 | Atlanta, Ga | 000304 |
| 124 | 8.07 | Haydy Aron | FRA | 730521 | s1:1 | Liévin | 010218 |
| 125 | 8.07 | Irina [Lenskaya] Omelchenko | ISR | 710612 | h5:1 | Lisboa | 010221 |
| 126 | 8.07 | Natalya Shekhodanova ¶ | RUS | 711229 | 3 | Sindelfingen | 010304 |
| 127 | 8.08 | Annerose [Krumpholz] Fiedler | GDR | 510905 | 1= | Göteborg | 740310 |
| 128 | 8.08 | Tatyana [Poluboyarova] Anisimova | URS | 491019 | 1 | Minsk | 810206 |
| 129 | 8.08 | Marie-Noelle Savigny | FRA | 571011 | s4:2 | Piraeus | 850302 |
| 130 | 8.08 | Yekaterina Gorbatova | URS | 680613 | 5 | Chelyabinsk | 900204 |
| 131 | 8.08 | Voula Paraskevi Patoulidou | GRE | 650329 | s4:2 | Glasgow | 900304 |
| 132 | 8.08 | Maria José Mardomingo | ESP | 690127 | 3 | Madrid | 960209 |
| 133 | 8.08 | Tiffany Lott-Hogan | USA | 750801 | h1:2 | Lincoln, Ne | 970207 |
| 134 | 8.08 | Mona Steigauf | GER | 700117 | 3 | Dortmund | 970222 |
| 135 | 8.08 | Astia Walker | JAM | 750404 | 1 | Baton Rouge, La | 980117 |
| 136 | 8.08A | Dawn Riley | USA | 731117 | 1 | USAF Academy | 990123 |
| 137 | 8.08 | Angie Vaughn | USA | 761104 | 6 | Fairfax, Va | 990219 |
| 138 | 8.08 | Isabel Abrantes | POR | 730220 | 1r1 | Espinho | 010217 |
| 139 | 8.09 | Margit Palombi | HUN | 610305 | h1 | Budapest | 860125 |
| 140 | 8.09 | Lena Solli-Reimann | NOR | 690921 | 1 | Karlsruhe | 960211 |
| 141 | 8.09 | Feng Yun | CHN | 760223 | 1 | Tianjin | 990221 |
| 142 | 8.09 | Selena Lewis | USA | 760803 | 1 | Baton Rouge, La | 990226 |
| 143 | 8.09A | Trecia Roberts | USA | 710204 | 1 | USAF Academy | 000219 |
| 144 | 8.09 | Brigitte Foster | JAM | 741107 | 2 | Cedar Falls, Ia | 010218 |
| 145 | 8.10 | Lyubov Stolyar | URS | 650821 | 3 | Penza | 870207 |
| 146 | 8.10 | Marina Grishina | URS | 620411 | h | Moskva | 880220 |
| 147 | 8.10 | Candy [Sanders] Young | USA | 620521 | h4:1 | Budapest | 890305 |
| 148 | 8.10 | Joanna Hayes | USA | 761223 | h1:1 | Lincoln, Ne | 970207 |
| 149 | 8.10 | Susanna Kallur | SWE | 810216 | h3:3 | Gent | 000226 |
| 150 | 8.10 | Charmaine Walker | USA | 780505 | h1:3 | Fayetteville, Ar | 000311 |
| 151 | 8.11 | Shirley Strong | GBR | 581118 | 1 | Cosford | 840310 |
| 152 | 8.11 | Nadine Faustin | USA | 760414 | s5:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 990227 |
| 153 | 8.11 | Eunice Barber | FRA | 741117 | 1 | Sindelfingen | 000122 |
| 154 | 8.11 | Nicole Hoxie | USA | 790722 | 4 | Fayetteville, Ar | 000310 |
| 155 | 8.12 | Lyudmila Khristosenko | URS | 661014 | s | Moskva | 860207 |
| 156 | 8.12 | Ildiko Baranyai | HUN | 580514 | h3:1 | Karlsruhe | 890224 |
| 157 | 8.12 | Diana Koritskaya | RUS | 750222 | P | Lipetsk | 980213 |
| 158 | 8.12 | Anna [Lazor] Leszczynska | POL | 710215 | h4:1 | Valencia | 980301 |
| 159 | 8.12 | Yvonne [Scott] Kanazawa | JPN | 741119 | h5:3 | Maebashi | 990305 |
| 160 | 8.12 | Maurren Higa Maggi | BRA | 760625 | h3:1 | Gent | 000211 |
| 161 | 8.12 | Manuela Bosco | FIN | 820611 | 1 | Kuopio | 000213 |
| 162 | 8.12 | Jenny Adams | USA | 780708 | h1:2 | Fayetteville, Ar | 000311 |
| 163 | 8.12 | Danielle Carruthers | USA | 791222 | 2 | University Park | 010209 |
| 164 | 8.12 | Dawn Burrell | USA | 731101 | h2:1 | Dortmund | 010211 |
| 165 | 8.13 | Michele Chardonnet | FRA | 561027 | 1 | Paris | 830219 |
| 166 | 8.13 | Peggy Beer | GER | 690915 | 1 | Berlin | 980201 |
| 167 | 8.13 | Ingeborg Leschnik | GER | 720215 | 1 | Bielefeld | 980206 |
| 168 | 8.13A | Kirsten Bolm | GER | 750304 | 2 | USAF Academy | 990123 |
| 169 | 8.13 | Latasha [Colander] Richardson | USA | 760823 | h2:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 990227 |
| 170 | 8.13 | Aneta [Sosnowska] Bednarczyk | POL | 740510 | | | 000122 |
| 171 | 8.14 | Lyubov [Nikityenko] Kononova | URS | 481206 | h1:1 | München | 760221 |
| 172 | 8.14 | Laurence [Monclar] Lebeau | FRA | 570604 | 1 | Sindelfingen | 820206 |
| 173 | 8.14 | Irina Svetonosova | URS | 580606 | s1:2 | Penza | 870207 |
| 174 | 8.14 | Natacha Casy | FRA | 740426 | s1:2 | Liévin | 000220 |
| 175 | 8.14 | Su Yiping | CHN | 790804 | 2 | Beijing | 000223 |
| 176 | 8.15 | Gudrun [Wakan] Berend | GDR | 550427 | 1r2 | Senftenberg | 790126 |
| 177 | 8.15 | Yelena Meshkova | URS | 590119 | 7 | Kishinyev | 850217 |
| 178 | 8.15 | Ulrike Kleindl | AUT | 630527 | 1 | Wien | 880228 |
| 179 | 8.15 | Viorica Tigau | ROM | 790812 | 1 | Bucuresti | 000219 |
| 180 | 8.15 | Margaret Macchiut | ITA | 740725 | 2r2 | Valencia | 000219 |
| 181 | 8.15 | Liu Jing II | CHN | 770808 | 1 | Beijing | 000222 |
| 182 | 8.15 | Ellakisha Williamson | USA | 750319 | h1:1 | Fayetteville, Ar | 000226 |
| 183 | 8.16 | Valeria [Bufanu] Stefanescu | ROM | 461007 | 2 | Rotterdam | 730310 |
| 184 | 8.16 | Petra Hassinger | GER | 690207 | 4 | Dortmund | 910216 |
| 185 | 8.16 | Iveta Rudova | CZE | 690807 | h1:1 | Chemnitz | 990129 |
| 186 | 8.16 | Michelle Johnson | USA | 740412 | h6:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 990227 |
| 187 | 8.16 | Dominqué Calloway | USA | 780719 | s7:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 990227 |
| 188 | 8.16 | Irina [Sergeyeva] Privalova | RUS | 681122 | 2 | Moskva | 000127 |
| 189 | 8.16 | Jaqueline Madison | USA | 790714 | 1 | Lexington, Ky | 010225 |
| 190 | 8.17 | Margit [Filipak] Bartkowiak | GDR | 560601 | s1:1 | Senftenberg | 790217 |
| 191 | 8.17 | Sabine Everts | FRG | 610304 | h1:2 | Dortmund | 820212 |
| 192 | 8.17 | Keri Maddox | GBR | 720704 | h6:2 | Maebashi | 990305 |
| 193 | 8.18 | Benita [Fitzgerald] Brown | USA | 610706 | 2 | Louisville | 830129 |
| 194 | 8.18 | Angela Atede | NGR | 720208 | 5 | Stuttgart | 970202 |
| 195 | 8.18 | Regina Ahlke | GER | 740103 | 4 | Dortmund | 970222 |
| 196 | 8.18 | Anita Trumpe | LAT | 680806 | 1 | Riga | 980116 |
| 197 | 8.18 | Erica Nicolae | ROM | 730921 | 1 | Bucuresti | 990130 |
| 198 | 8.18 | Elke Wölfling | AUT | 711127 | h3:1 | Gent | 000226 |
| Timing not confirmed as fully-automatic |
| 7.82 | Natalya [Suprun] Lebedyeva | URS | 490824 | 1 | Bryansk | 800224 |
| 7.89 | Vera [Nikitina] Komisova | URS | 530611 | 1 | Vilnius | 790204 |
| 7.98 | Tatyana [Poluboyarova] Anisimova | URS | 491019 | 2 | Vilnius | 790204 |
| Automatic timing details not fully known |
| 8.14 | Margit Bach | FRG | 510325 | s1:1 | Stuttgart | 720226 |
| Hand timing |
| 7.4h | Ludmilla [Narozhilenko] Engquist | URS | 640421 | 1 | Kishinyev | 900125 |
| 7.7h | Marina Azyabina | RUS | 630615 | 1 | Chelyabinsk | 930122 |
| 7.8h | Natalya Grigoryeva | URS | 621203 | | | 910112 |
| 7.8h | Yulia Graudyn | RUS | 701113 | 1 | Moskva | 930219 |
| 7.9h | Yelena Politika | URS | 640824 | | | 910112 |
| 7.9h | Natalya Tochilova | RUS | 640521 | 1 | Lipetsk | 930123 |
| 7.9h | Caren [Jung] Sonn | GER | 680118 | 1 | Erfurt | 970205 |
| 8.0h | Karin [Richert] Balzer | GDR | 380605 | 1 | Halle | 710204 |