| World women's all-time best 1000m |
| 1 | 2.28.98 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 680117 | 1 | Bruxelles | 960823 |
| 2 | 2.29.34 | Maria de Lourdes Mutola | MOZ | 721027 | 1 | Bruxelles | 950825 |
| + | 2.29.66 |     Maria de Lourdes Mutola |   |   | 2 | Bruxelles | 960823 |
| 3 | 2.30.67 | Christine Wachtel | GDR | 650106 | 1 | West Berlin | 900817 |
| 4 | 2.30.6h | Tatyana Providokhina | URS | 530326 | 1 | Podolsk | 780820 |
| + | 2.30.72 |     Maria de Lourdes Mutola |   |   | 1 | Stockholm | 950710 |
| 5 | 2.30.85 | Martina [Steuk] Kämpfert | GDR | 591111 | 1 | East Berlin | 800709 |
| + | 2.31.18 |     Svetlana Masterkova |   |   | 1 | Nice | 990717 |
| 6 | 2.31.50 | Natalya Artyomova ¶ | URS | 630105 | 1 | Berlin | 910910 |
| 7 | 2.31.51 | Sandra Gasser ¶ | SUI | 620727 | 1 | Jerez De La Frontera | 890913 |
| + | 2.31.55 |     Maria de Lourdes Mutola |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 980828 |
| 8 | 2.31.5h | Maricica [Linca] Puica | ROM | 500729 | 1 | Poiana Brasov | 860601 |
| 9 | 2.31.65 | Olga Dvirna | URS | 530211 | 1 | Athína | 820901 |
| 10 | 2.31.6h | Beate [Lüdtke] Liebich | GDR | 580221 | 2 | East Berlin | 800709 |
| 11 | 2.31.74 | Anita [Barkusky] Weiss | GDR | 550716 | 1 | Potsdam | 800713 |
| 12 | 2.31.77 | Sigrun [Ludwigs, Grau] Wodars | GDR | 651107 | 2 | West Berlin | 900817 |
| 13 | 2.31.80 | Regina Jacobs | USA | 630828 | 1 | Brunswick, Me | 990703 |
| 14 | 2.31.85 | Doina Ofelia [Besliu] Melinte | ROM | 561227 | 3 | West Berlin | 900817 |
| + | 2.31.8h |     Olga Dvirna |   |   | 1 | Podolsk | 790805 |
| 15 | 2.31.93 | Patricia [Taillard] Djaté | FRA | 710103 | 2 | Bruxelles | 950825 |
| 16 | 2.31.95 | Ulrike [Klapezynski] Bruns | GDR | 531117 | 1 | West Berlin | 780818 |
| + | 2.32.22 |     Maria de Lourdes Mutola |   |   | 2 | Nice | 990717 |
| 17 | 2.32.25 | Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 641005 | 2 | Berlin | 910910 |
| 18 | 2.32.29 | Christine [Stoll] Wartenberg | GDR | 561027 | 2 | Potsdam | 800713 |
| + | 2.32.33 |     Maria de Lourdes Mutola |   |   | 1 | Eugene, Or | 950604 |
| + | 2.32.36 |     Sandra Gasser ¶ |   |   | 4 | West Berlin | 900817 |
| + | 2.32.38 |     Doina Ofelia [Besliu] Melinte |   |   | 3 | Berlin | 910910 |
| 19 | 2.32.40 | Ella Kovacs ¶ | ROM | 641211 | 1 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 930702 |
| 20 | 2.32.55 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 700419 | 1 | Leeds | 970615 |
| + | 2.32.57 |     Maria de Lourdes Mutola |   |   | 1 | Eugene, Or | 930605 |
| 21 | 2.32.6h | Raisa [Sadreydinova] Tatarinova | URS | 520229 | 2 | Podolsk | 790805 |
| 22 | 2.32.70 | Jolanta Januchta | POL | 550116 | 1 | Zürich | 810819 |
| 23 | 2.32.77 | Yvonne [Mai, Grabner] Graham | GDR | 650822 | 5 | West Berlin | 900817 |
| 24 | 2.32.77 | Natalya Tsyganova | RUS | 710207 | 3 | Nice | 990717 |
| + | 2.32.82 |     Kelly Holmes |   |   | 1 | Sheffield | 950723 |
| + | 2.32.87 |     Ulrike [Klapezynski] Bruns |   |   | 3 | Potsdam | 800713 |
| 25 | 2.32.8h | Tamara [Kasatskova] Sorokina | URS | 500815 | 1 | Podolsk | 760720 |
| 26 | 2.32.97 | Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 570806 | 2 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 930702 |
| 27 | 2.32.9h | Lyudmila Kalnitskaya | URS | 530103 | 2 | Podolsk | 780820 |
| + | 2.33.02 |     Maria de Lourdes Mutola |   |   | 1 | Göteborg | 940824 |
| + | 2.33.04 |     Olga Dvirna |   |   | 2 | Zürich | 810819 |
| + | 2.33.08 |     Lyubov Gurina | URS |   | 4 | Berlin | 910910 |
| 28 | 2.33.0h | Totka Petrova ¶ | BUL | 561217 | 1 | Sofia | 780813 |
| 29 | 2.33.0h+ | Qu Yunxia | CHN | 721225 | 1 | Beijing | 930911 |
| 30 | 2.33.12 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 630323 | 2 | Jerez De La Frontera | 890913 |
| 31 | 2.33.15 | Benhassi Hasna | MAR | 780601 | 4 | Nice | 990717 |
| 32 | 2.33.18 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 570626 | 1 | Formia | 820828 |
| + | 2.33.18 |     Kelly Holmes |   |   | 3 | Bruxelles | 950825 |
| + | 2.33.33 |     Maria de Lourdes Mutola |   |   | 1 | Eugene, Or | 940604 |
| 33 | 2.33.3h+ | Wang Junxia | CHN | 730109 | 2 | Beijing | 930911 |
| 34 | 2.33.44 | Brigitte Kraus | FRG | 560812 | 1 | West Berlin | 790817 |
| 35 | 2.33.4h | Andrea [Lange] Hahmann | GDR | 660603 | 1 | Potsdam | 870528 |
| + | 2.33.53 |     Maria de Lourdes Mutola |   |   | 1 | Stockholm | 010717 |
| 36 | 2.33.55 | Lyubov Kremlyova ¶ | RUS | 621221 | 3 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 930702 |
| + | 2.33.5h |     Ulrike [Klapezynski] Bruns |   |   | 1 | Potsdam | 850530 |
| 37 | 2.33.6h | Svetlana [Golorinskaya] Ulmasova | UZB | 530204 | 3 | Podolsk | 790805 |
| + | 2.33.6h |     Christine [Stoll] Wartenberg |   |   | 1 | Dresden | 800705 |
| 38 | 2.33.70 | Kirsty [McDermott] Wade | GBR | 620806 | 1 | Gateshead | 850809 |
| 39 | 2.33.84 | Lilia Nurutdinova ¶ | URS | 631215 | 5 | Berlin | 910910 |
| 40 | 2.33.8h | Nikolina Shtereva | BUL | 550125 | 1 | Sofia | 760704 |
| 41 | 2.33.93 | Suzy [Favor] Hamilton | USA | 680808 | 2 | Eugene, Or | 950604 |
| 42 | 2.33.96 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 661030 | 4 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 930702 |
| 43 | 2.34.04 | Julie [Donley] Jenkins | USA | 640812 | 6 | West Berlin | 900817 |
| 44 | 2.34.08 | Svetlana Cherkasova | RUS | 780520 | 2 | Stockholm | 010717 |
| + | 2.34.11 |     Ulrike [Klapezynski] Bruns |   |   | 1 | Potsdam | 820828 |
| + | 2.34.11 |     Christine [Stoll] Wartenberg |   |   | 1 | East Berlin | 830731 |
| 45 | 2.34.13 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova # | URS | 560304 | 2 | Athína | 820901 |
| 46 | 2.34.1h | Valentina Ilyinych | URS | 561212 | 4 | Podolsk | 790805 |
| 47 | 2.34.25 | Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 730418 | 3 | Stockholm | 010717 |
| 48 | 2.34.29 | Lyudmila Borisova (2) | RUS | 660308 | 1 | Sankt Peterburg | 960625 |
| + | 2.34.2h |     Ulrike [Klapezynski] Bruns |   |   | 1 | Potsdam | 840712 |
| 49 | 2.34.47 | Stephanie Graf | AUT | 730426 | 2 | Bruxelles | 980828 |
| 50 | 2.34.60 | Yelena [Vlasova] Afanasyeva | RUS | 670301 | 3 | Bruxelles | 980828 |
| 51 | 2.34.60 | Nouriah [Benida] Mérah | ALG | 701019 | 5 | Nice | 990717 |
| 52 | 2.34.65 | Mary [Decker, Tabb] Slaney ¶ | USA | 580804 | 1 | Hengelo | 880814 |
| 53 | 2.34.66 | Teresa Maite Zuniga | ESP | 641228 | 3 | Jerez De La Frontera | 890913 |
| 54 | 2.34.66 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 691128 | 5 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 930702 |
| + | 2.34.6h |     Christine [Stoll] Wartenberg |   |   | 1 | Leipzig | 790603 |
| 55 | 2.34.6h | Heike [Hadert] Oehme | GDR | 631111 | 1 | Cottbus | 860514 |
| 56 | 2.34.73 | Paula [Ilie] Ivan | ROM | 630720 | 1 | London | 890714 |
| 57 | 2.34.77 | Olga Raspopova | RUS | 781227 | 1 | Nice | 010709 |
| 58 | 2.34.81 | Yelena [Buzhenko] Martson | UKR | 721116 | 6 | Nice | 990717 |
| 59 | 2.34.82 | Irina Mistyukevich | RUS | 770617 | 2 | Nice | 010709 |
| 60 | 2.34.85 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 711210 | 4 | Bruxelles | 950825 |
| + | 2.34.86 |     Gabriella Dorio |   |   | 1 | Riccione | 840826 |
| 61 | 2.34.8h | Christine [Neumann] Liebetrau | GDR | 531230 | 1 | Dresden | 770807 |
| 62 | 2.34.8h | Hildegard [Körner] Ullrich | GDR | 591220 | 2 | Potsdam | 840712 |
| + | 2.34.8h |     Mary [Decker, Tabb] Slaney ¶ |   |   | 1 | Eugene, Or | 850704 |
| 63 | 2.34.8h | Petya Strashilova | BUL | 650318 | 1 | Sofia | 950714 |
| + | 2.34.90 |     Natalya Tsyganova |   |   | 3 | Nice | 010709 |
| 64 | 2.34.92 | Christina [Boxer] Cahill | GBR | 570325 | 2 | Gateshead | 850809 |
| 65 | 2.34.94 | Margrit Klinger | FRG | 600622 | 1 | Letter | 830908 |
| 66 | 2.34.96 | Montserrat Pujol | ESP | 610427 | 4 | Jerez De La Frontera | 890913 |
| 67 | 2.34.99 | Angela [Chalmers] Espinoza | CAN | 630906 | 1 | Victoria | 940819 |
| 94 performances by 67 athletes |
| 68 | 2.35.06 | Fabia Trabaldo | ITA | 720305 | 1 | Parma | 920723 |
| 69 | 2.35.06 | Ludmila Formanova | CZE | 740102 | 7 | Nice | 990717 |
| 70 | 2.35.0h | Karin [Krebs] Burneleit | GDR | 430818 | 1 | Potsdam | 740828 |
| 71 | 2.35.19 | Argentina (Tina) Paulino | MOZ | 730707 | 5 | Bruxelles | 950825 |
| 72 | 2.35.21 | Ellen van Langen | NED | 660209 | 1 | Sheffield | 930829 |
| 73 | 2.35.2h | Rositsa Pekhlivanova | BUL | 550131 | 2 | Sofia | 760704 |
| 74 | 2.35.32 | Shireen Bailey | GBR | 590927 | 1 | Birmingham | 860719 |
| 75 | 2.35.39 | Faith Macharia | KEN | 76 | 4 | Nice | 010709 |
| 76 | 2.35.49 | Lyubov [Tsyoma] Kiryukhina ¶ | RUS | 630519 | 2 | Eugene, Or | 930605 |
| 77 | 2.35.4h | Irina [Lebedinskaya] Nikitina | URS | 610616 | 5 | Podolsk | 790805 |
| 78 | 2.35.4h | Katrin Wühn | GDR | 651119 | 3 | Potsdam | 840712 |
| 79 | 2.35.51 | Lorraine Baker | GBR | 640409 | 3 | Birmingham | 860719 |
| 80 | 2.35.54 | Gabriela Lesch | GER | 640817 | 6 | Berlin | 910910 |
| 81 | 2.35.65 | Vesela [Tasheva] Yatsinska | BUL | 510116 | 2 | Sofia | 820814 |
| 82 | 2.35.86 | Diane [Edwards] Modahl | GBR | 660617 | 2 | Sheffield | 930829 |
| 83 | 2.35.92 | Hassiba Boulmerka | MAR | 680710 | 7 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 930702 |
| 84 | 2.35.95 | Fabiane Dos Santos ¶ | BRA | 760530 | 7 | Nice | 010709 |
| 85 | 2.35.96 | Anna Bukis | POL | 530908 | 2 | London | 810911 |
| 86 | 2.35.96 | Anna Jakubczak | POL | 730202 | 1 | Gold Coast | 000917 |
| 87 | 2.35.9h | Gunhild Hoffmeister | GDR | 440706 | 1 | Potsdam | 720820 |
| 88 | 2.36.16 | Yekaterina [Poryvkina] Podkopayeva ¶ | RUS | 520611 | 1 | Nancy | 940914 |
| 89 | 2.36.21 | Ellen [Buchleitner] Kiessling | GDR | 680217 | 7 | West Berlin | 900817 |
| 90 | 2.36.2e+ | Tatyana [Kovalenko] Kazankina ¶ | URS | 511217 | 1 | Zürich | 800813 |
| 91 | 2.36.2h | Waltraud [Pöhland] Strotzer | GDR | 520916 | 3 | Dresden | 770807 |
| 92 | 2.36.30 | Luciana de Paula Mendes | BRA | 710726 | 6 | Bruxelles | 950825 |
| 93 | 2.36.3h | Ileana [Gergely] Silai ¶ | ROM | 411014 | 1 | Poiana Brasov | 770707 |
| 94 | 2.36.47 | Oksana Mernikova | BLR | 671121 | 1 | Southampton | 930606 |
| 95 | 2.36.47 | Hazel Clark | USA | 771003 | 8 | Nice | 010709 |
| 96 | 2.36.4h | Liliana [Tomova] Todorova | BUL | 460809 | 4 | Sofia | 760704 |
| 97 | 2.36.56 | Natalya Dukhnova | BLR | 660716 | 2 | Southampton | 930606 |
| 98 | 2.36.58 | Yanka [Moneva] Dimova | BUL | 590127 | 1 | Sofia | 840808 |
| 99 | 2.36.5h | Florence Giolitti | FRA | 660831 | 1 | Saint-Maur | 870708 |
| 100 | 2.36.6h | Katalin [Wéninger] Szalai | HUN | 610304 | 1 | Budapest | 840711 |
| 101 | 2.36.70 | Elly van Hulst | NED | 590609 | 4 | London | 810911 |
| 102 | 2.36.74 | Violeta [Beclea] Szekely ¶ | ROM | 650326 | 2 | London | 890714 |
| 103 | 2.36.76 | Anne-Marie Van Nuffel | BEL | 560522 | 3 | West Berlin | 790817 |
| 104 | 2.36.7h | Vasilena [Stefanova] Amsina | BUL | 420619 | 3 | Potsdam | 720820 |
| 105 | 2.36.89 | Liliana Salageanu | ROM | 710324 | 3 | Southampton | 930606 |
| 106 | 2.36.8h | Lore [Langhammer] Hennig | GDR | 530616 | 4 | Dresden | 770807 |
| 107 | 2.36.96 | Natalya [Betekhtina] Lvova | RUS | 610908 | 4 | Southampton | 930606 |
| 108 | 2.36.9h | Francine Gendron | CAN | 551116 | 3 | West Berlin | 780818 |
| 109 | 2.36.9h | Nina [Kovylina] Vershinina | URS | 58 | 7 | Podolsk | 790805 |
| 110 | 2.36.9h | Galina Kireyeva | URS | 560301 | 1 | Leningrad | 840804 |
| 111 | 2.36.9h | Laima Baikauskaite | URS | 560610 | 1 | Nyiregyhaza | 850901 |
| 112 | 2.37.02 | Diana Richburg | USA | 630702 | 3 | Hengelo | 880814 |
| 113 | 2.37.05 | Christine [Whittingham] McMeekin | GBR | 561201 | 2 | Gateshead | 860627 |
| 114 | 2.37.16 | Theresia Kiesl | AUT | 631026 | 1 | London | 960811 |
| 115 | 2.37.1h | Mariana [Stanescu] Chirila | ROM | 640907 | 1 | Timisoara | 870517 |
| 116 | 2.37.24 | Stefanija Statkuviene | URS | 620905 | 1 | Sheffield | 900916 |
| 117 | 2.37.29 | Yvonne Murray | GBR | 641004 | 3 | London | 890714 |
| 118 | 2.37.2h | Marie-Francoise [Fourcroy] Dubois | FRA | 480325 | 1 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 770708 |
| 119 | 2.37.2h | Bettina [Buse] Wolfrum | GDR | 550628 | 2 | Potsdam | 770721 |
| 120 | 2.37.2h | Tamara Koba | UKR | 570224 | 8 | Podolsk | 790805 |
| 121 | 2.37.2h | Veronique Renties | FRA | 600703 | 2 | Nice | 790819 |
| 122 | 2.37.2hA | Ilze [Wicksell] Venter de Kock | RSA | 590810 | 1 | Bloemfontein | 830207 |
| 123 | 2.37.3h | Madelaine [Jackson] Manning | USA | 480211 | 1 | Montréal | 760712 |
| 124 | 2.37.43 | Amy Wickus | USA | 720625 | 2 | Bellinzona | 960712 |
| 125 | 2.37.44 | Tosha [Woodward] Sumner | USA | 710428 | 3 | Bellinzona | 960712 |
| 126 | 2.37.45 | Joetta Clark-Diggs | USA | 620801 | 4 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 970629 |
| 127 | 2.37.47 | Shura Hutesa | ETH | 77 | 4 | Bellinzona | 960712 |
| 128 | 2.37.57 | Anna Brzezinska | POL | 710109 | 5 | Bellinzona | 960712 |
| 129 | 2.37.60 | Sarah Thorsett | USA | 700318 | 3 | Eugene, Or | 950604 |
| 130 | 2.37.61 | Beverly [Hartigan] Nicholson | GBR | 670610 | 5 | London | 890714 |
| 131 | 2.37.61 | Fatima Aouam | MAR | 591216 | 5 | Jerez De La Frontera | 890913 |
| 132 | 2.37.68 | Roswitha Gerdes | FRG | 610628 | 1 | Hannover | 840819 |
| 133 | 2.37.6h | Heike [Martens] Roock | GDR | 580619 | 3 | Potsdam | 770721 |
| 134 | 2.37.82 | Gillian [Green] Dainty | GBR | 581124 | 5 | London | 810911 |
| 135 | 2.37.82 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 780822 | 10 | Nice | 990717 |
| 136 | 2.37.86 | Betty Van Steenbroeck | BEL | 630208 | 6 | London | 810911 |
| 137 | 2.37.86 | Claudia Gesell | GER | 771218 | 1 | Karlstadt | 990619 |
| 138 | 2.37.87 | Irén [Bene] Lipcsei | HUN | 530403 | 1 | London | 780823 |
| 139 | 2.37.89 | Claudette Groenendaal | USA | 631101 | 11 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 930702 |
| 140 | 2.37.8h | Elzbieta [Skowronska] Katolik | POL | 490109 | 1 | West Berlin | 740821 |
| 141 | 2.37.90 | Essie [Kelley] Washington | USA | 570112 | 4 | Hengelo | 880814 |
| 142 | 2.37.91 | Linda [Detlefsen] Sheskey | USA | 621018 | 5 | Hengelo | 880814 |
| 143 | 2.37.9h | Gisela [Ellenberger] Klein | FRG | 500712 | 2 | West Berlin | 740821 |
| 144 | 2.37.9h | Alla Yushina | URS | 580820 | 1 | Podolsk | 810906 |
| 145 | 2.37.9hA | Zola [Budd] Pieterse | RSA | 660526 | 2 | Bloemfontein | 830207 |
| 146 | 2.38.00 | Sarah Howell | CAN | 690911 | 5 | Sheffield | 930829 |
| 147 | 2.38.01 | Yelena Zavadskaya | UKR | 641224 | 6 | Stockholm | 950710 |
| 148 | 2.38.03 | Elisabeth Schacht | FRG | 580505 | 1 | Köln | 810528 |
| 149 | 2.38.04 | Mitica [Constantin] Junghiatu | ROM | 620818 | 2 | Shizuoka | 870503 |
| 150 | 2.38.0h | Cynthia Poor | USA | 530518 | 2 | Montréal | 760712 |
| 151 | 2.38.0h | Gabriele [Lehmann, Meinel] Veith | GDR | 561024 | 6 | Dresden | 770807 |
| 152 | 2.38.0h | Regina Chistyakova | URS | 611107 | 2 | Nyiregyhaza | 850901 |
| 153 | 2.38.10 | Stella Jongmans | NED | 710517 | 7 | Stockholm | 950710 |
| 154 | 2.38.15 | Heidi van der Plas | NED | 640109 | 1 | Hilversum | 910520 |
| 155 | 2.38.17 | Kathi [Harris] Rounds | USA | 640201 | 6 | Bellinzona | 960712 |
| 156 | 2.38.18 | Leah Pells | CAN | 641109 | 6 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 970629 |
| 157 | 2.38.1hA | Ermyntrude Vermeulen | RSA | 681128 | 1 | Bloemfontein | 850128 |
| 158 | 2.38.21 | Jolanda [Steblovnik] Ceplak | SLO | 760912 | 10 | Nice | 010709 |
| 159 | 2.38.27 | Yvonne van der Kolk | NED | 690107 | 9 | Berlin | 910910 |
| 160 | 2.38.27 | Gladys Wamuyu | KEN | 721223 | 6 | Sheffield | 930829 |
| 161 | 2.38.27 | Laura Itcou | ROM | 720213 | 1 | Bucuresti | 960525 |
| 162 | 2.38.2h | Francis [Lutz, Smith] Larrieu | USA | 521123 | 3 | Montréal | 760712 |
| 163 | 2.38.30 | Deborah [Scott] Bowker | CAN | 581216 | 5 | Birmingham | 860719 |
| 164 | 2.38.35 | Todorita Chidu | ROM | 671017 | 3 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 910701 |
| 165 | 2.38.36 | Ruth [Caldwell, Kleinsasser] Wysocki | USA | 570308 | 2 | Sheffield | 950723 |
| 166 | 2.38.3h | Nina Ruchayeva | URS | 560417 | 9 | Podolsk | 790805 |
| 167 | 2.38.3h | Zamira [Akhtyamova] Zaytseva | URS | 530216 | 4 | Nice | 790819 |
| 168 | 2.38.3h+ | Maria Akraka | SWE | 660707 | - | Monaco | 950725 |
| 169 | 2.38.42 | Mary Chemweno | KEN | 590202 | 7 | London | 810911 |
| 170 | 2.38.42 | Birgit [Preiss] Barth | GDR | 620619 | 4 | East Berlin | 890730 |
| 171 | 2.38.44 | Evelyn McMeekin | GBR | 561201 | 2 | London | 780723 |
| 172 | 2.38.47 | Sandra Stals | BEL | 750605 | 6 | Bruxelles | 980828 |
| 173 | 2.38.54 | Alison Wright | NZL | 491201 | 4 | West Berlin | 790817 |
| 174 | 2.38.56 | Brit [Lind-Petersen] McRoberts | CAN | 570210 | 3 | Gateshead | 860805 |
| 175 | 2.38.58 | Josephine White | GBR | 601207 | 1 | London | 770909 |
| 176 | 2.38.62 | Heidi Jensen | DEN | 660814 | 1 | Glostrup, DEN | 990907 |
| 177 | 2.38.65 | Margarita [Davyskiba] Marusova | RUS | 671125 | 7 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 970629 |
| 178 | 2.38.67 | Lynne [MacDougall] MacIntyre | GBR | 650218 | 6 | Birmingham | 860719 |
| 179 | 2.38.68 | Zelda [Kemp, Pretorius] Botes | RSA | 680718 | 1 | Stellenbosch | 880106 |
| 180 | 2.38.68 | Toni Hodgkinson | NZL | 711212 | 3 | London | 960811 |
| 181 | 2.38.6h | Irina Solomatina | URS | 600305 | 2 | Leningrad | 840804 |
| 182 | 2.38.70 | Randi [Langöigjelten] Björn | NOR | 570326 | 8 | London | 810911 |
| 183 | 2.38.74 | Julia Sakara | ZIM | 690712 | 2 | Noisy-Le-Grand | 940702 |
| 184 | 2.38.7h | Sakina Boutamine | ALG | 530602 | 5 | Nice | 790819 |
| 185 | 2.38.81 | Lynn [Kanuka] Williams | CAN | 600711 | 7 | Birmingham | 860719 |
| 186 | 2.38.83 | Lynn Gibson | GBR | 690706 | 7 | Sheffield | 930829 |
| 187 | 2.38.8h | Regine Kleinau | GDR | 461004 | 1 | Erfurt | 710619 |
| 188 | 2.38.8h | Judy [Pollock] Amoore | AUS | 400625 | 4 | Montréal | 760712 |
| 189 | 2.38.8h | Marina Schiller | GDR | 570131 | 4 | Potsdam | 770721 |
| 190 | 2.38.8h | Cindy [Grant] O'Krane | CAN | 630802 | 2 | North Vancouver | 980829 |
| 191 | 2.38.96 | Darcy Arreola | USA | 680804 | 5 | Eugene, Or | 950604 |
| 192 | 2.38.9h | Ellen [Wellmann, Wessinghage] Tittel | FRG | 480628 | 3 | West Berlin | 740821 |
| 193 | 2.39.00 | Malgorzata [Kapowska] Rydz | POL | 670118 | 3 | Bruxelles | 960823 |
| 194 | 2.39.00 | Carmen Wüstenhagen | GER | 730815 | 1 | Cottbus | 980527 |
| 195 | 2.39.07 | Celeste Halliday-Over | USA | 670505 | 6 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 910701 |
| 196 | 2.39.08 | Mardrea Hyman | JAM | 721222 | 12 | Nice | 010709 |
| 197 | 2.39.0h | Yvette [Grabner] Bletsch | GDR | 650822 | 1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 850515 |
| 198 | 2.39.19 | Judit Varga | HUN | 760416 | 1 | Tata | 970722 |
| 199 | 2.39.1h | Marietta [Politz] Cierpinski | GDR | 500518 | 4 | Potsdam | 720820 |
| 200 | 2.39.23 | Teena Colebrook | GBR | 561218 | 2 | Mansfield | 900724 |
| 201 | 2.39.23 | Olga Nelyubova | RUS | 640712 | 4 | London | 960811 |
| 202 | 2.39.25 | Michelle DiMuro-Ave | USA | 670515 | 6 | Eugene, Or | 950604 |
| 203 | 2.39.29 | Ann [Williams] Griffiths | GBR | 650820 | 3 | Sheffield | 900916 |
| 204 | 2.39.2h | Heidi Ritter | GDR | 650706 | 1 | Cottbus | 850619 |
| 205 | 2.39.2h | Diane Cummins | CAN | 740119 | 3 | North Vancouver | 980829 |
| 206 | 2.39.36 | Agnese Possamai | ITA | 530117 | 3 | Riccione | 840826 |
| 207 | 2.39.3h | Wendy [Koenig] Knudsen | USA | 550528 | 5 | Montréal | 760712 |
| 208 | 2.39.3h | Janice Merrill | USA | 560618 | 6 | Montréal | 760712 |
| 209 | 2.39.3h | Marita [Ruzgaite] Arente | URS | 571205 | 1 | Riga | 840812 |
| 210 | 2.39.40 | Ciska Swart | RSA | 590626 | 2 | Stellenbosch | 880106 |
| 211 | 2.39.42 | Mary [Cotton] Stewart | GBR | 560225 | 1 | London | 760526 |
| 212 | 2.39.42 | Simone Büngener | FRG | 620124 | 3 | Arnsberg | 820713 |
| 213 | 2.39.43 | Christine [Hughes] Pfitzinger | NZL | 590124 | 6 | London | 870822 |
| 214 | 2.39.45 | Brigitta Tusai | HUN | 770630 | 2 | Tata | 970722 |
| 215 | 2.39.4hmx | Susie Power | AUS | 750326 |   | Canberra | 930107 |
| 216 | 2.39.52 | Alisa [Harvey] Hill | USA | 650916 | 6 | Jerez De La Frontera | 890913 |
| 217 | 2.39.56 | Steffi Kallensee | GDR | 691004 | 5 | East Berlin | 890730 |
| 218 | 2.39.59 | Brigitte Brückner | FRG | 560916 | 2 | Koblenz | 860521 |
| 219 | 2.39.59 | Nathalie Thoumas | FRA | 620430 | 2 | Marseille | 860701 |
| 220 | 2.39.5h | Milena [Strnadova] Matejkovicova | CS | 610523 | 1 | Praha | 850515 |
| 221 | 2.39.67 | Cornelia [de Vos] Bürki | SUI | 531003 | 1 | Wattenscheid | 770923 |
| 222 | 2.39.67 | Ravilya [Kotovich] Agletdinova | BLR | 600210 | 5 | Southampton | 930606 |
| 223 | 2.39.72 | Birte Bruhns | GER | 701104 | 9 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 910701 |
| 224 | 2.39.75 | Anushka [Petrova] Dimitrova | BUL | 620706 | 2 | Schwechat | 870822 |
| 225 | 2.39.78 | Elizabeth [Laban] Barnes | GBR | 510803 | 2 | London | 760526 |
| 226 | 2.39.7h | Martina [van Dam] Krott | FRG | 580220 | 2 | Bergisch Gladbach | 820925 |
| 227 | 2.39.80 | Sonya Bowyer | GBR | 720918 | 5 | London | 960811 |
| 228 | 2.39.86 | Ester Goossens | NED | 720221 | 3 | Zürich | 930804 |
| 229 | 2.39.87 | Ivana [Walterova, Kleinova] Kubesova | CS | 620526 | 10 | Berlin | 910910 |
| 230 | 2.39.88 | Simone Meier | SUI | 651115 | 4 | Nottwil | 900909 |
| 231 | 2.39.8h | Grete [Andersen] Waitz | NOR | 531001 |   | Jablonec | 750923 |
| 232 | 2.39.93 | Inez Turner | JAM | 720103 | 6 | London | 960811 |
| 233 | 2.39.94 | Wendy [Smith] Sly | GBR | 591105 | 4 | London | 800627 |
| 234 | 2.39.94 | Shola Lynch | USA | 690320 | 7 | Eugene, Or | 950604 |
| 235 | 2.39.9h | Mary [Tracey] Purcell | IRL | 490522 |   | Koblenz | 750806 |
| 236 | 2.39.9h | Gabriele [Wagner] Peters | GDR | 590130 | 4 | East Berlin | 800709 |
| 237 | 2.40.06 | Malin Ewerlöf-Krepp | SWE | 720602 | 5 | Göteborg | 940824 |
| 238 | 2.40.11 | Sarah Schwald | USA | 730102 | 7 | London | 960811 |