| 21-26 World Records Chalked up by Chinese Athletes | ||||||
| (item, person/team, times) | ||||||
| Year | Number of | Number of | Number of | |||
| Events | Female | Persons/teams | Female | Times | Female | |
| 1956 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 1957 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 1963 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 13 |
| 1965 | 28 | 12 | 66 | 28 | 41 | 20 |
| 1970 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1975 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 |
| 1978 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 1979 | 13 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 26 | |
| 1980 | 7 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 1981 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 3 |
| 1982 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| 1983 | 13 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| 1984 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 10 |
| 1985 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 1986 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 6 |
| 1987 | 22 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 41 | 12 |
| 1988 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 34 | 29 |
| 1989 | 36 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 47 | 35 |
| 1990 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 9 |
| 1991 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 24 | 50 | 44 |
| 1992 | 42 | 31/4 | 27 | 106 | 102 | |
| 1993 | 57 | 47 | 38/7 | 28/7 | 124 | 109 |
| 1994 | 41 | 39 | 26/4 | 24/4 | 72 | 69 |
| 1995 | 13 | 11 | 14/2 | 12/2 | 24 | 22 |
| 1996 | 22 | 15 | 17/1 | 13/1 | 30 | 22 |
| 1997 | 29 | 24 | 29/2 | 24/2 | 43 | 38 |
| 1998 | 31 | 27 | 30/3 | 26/3 | 68 | 64 |
| 1999 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 50 | 46 |
| 2000 | 22 | 17 | 14/2 | 10/1 | 30 | 25 |
| 2001 | 10 | 10 | 8/2 | 8/2 | 12 | 12 |
| a) The number of teams in the years before 1991 was converted into the number of persons. | ||||||