The governing body have officially ratified world indoor records since 1 January 1987. Previous to this, they were regarded as world indoor bests; as such, the existing world indoor bests were deemed to be the inaugural world indoor records.
^Balzer and Ehrhardt ran 8.1 in the final of the European Indoor Championships; the photofinish gave Balzer first and Ehrhardt second, with each woman being credited with equalling the world record.