Founded in 1980, the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame honors history-making female athletes and coaches. International athletes are selected based on personal achievements, breakthroughs, innovative style and ongoing commitment to the development of women’s sports.
The Women’s Sports Foundation is owner and operator of the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame.
Criteria:
The Hall of Fame recognizes the athletic achievements of those who have competed at least 25 years prior to the present year in the Pioneer category. Athletes whose accomplishments came within the past 25 years are inducted into the Contemporary category. In 1990, the Coach category was added and honors both active and retired coaches.
P = Pioneer
C = Contemporary
H = Coach
| Patty Berg, Golf (P) | 1980 |
| Amelia Earhart, Aviation (P) | 1980 |
| Gertrude Ederle, Swimming (P) | 1980 |
| Althea Gibson, Tennis, Golf (P) | 1980 |
| Janet Guthrie, Auto Racing (C) | 1980 |
| Billie Jean King, Tennis (C) | 1980 |
| Wilma Rudolph, Track & Field (C) | 1980 |
| Eleanor Holm Whalen, Swimming (P) | 1980 |
| Mildred "Babe" Didrickson Zaharias, Track & Field, Golf (P) | 1980 |
| Chris Evert, Tennis (C) | 1981 |
| Peggy Fleming Jenkins, Figure Skating (C) | 1981 |
| Sheila Young Ochowicz, Speedskating (C) | 1981 |
| Wyomia Tyus, Track & Field (C) | 1981 |
| Glenna Collett Vare, Golf (P) | 1981 |
| Mickey Wright, Golf (C) | 1981 |
| Francina Blankers-Koen, Track & Field (P) | 1982 |
| Sonja Henie, Figure Skating (P) | 1982 |
| Olga Korbut, Gymnastics (C) | 1982 |
| Carol Mann, Golf (C) | 1982 |
| Annemarie Moser-Proell, Skiing (C) | 1982 |
| Tenley Albright, Figure Skating (P) | 1983 |
| Donna de Varona, Swimming (C) | 1983 |
| Col. Micki King, Diving (C) | 1983 |
| Andrea Mead Lawrence, Skiing (P) | 1983 |
| Helen Stephens, Track & Field (P) | 1983 |
| Marion Ladewig, Bowling (P) | 1984 |
| Suzanne Lenglen, Tennis (P) | 1984 |
| Pat McCormick, Diving (P) | 1984 |
| Martina Navratilova, Tennis (C) | 1984 |
| Eleanora Sears, Polo, Golf, Squash (P) | 1984 |
| Kathy Whitworth, Golf (C) | 1984 |
| Ann Curtis Cuneo, Swimming (P) | 1985 |
| Dawn Fraser, Swimming (C) | 1985 |
| Larisa Latynina, Gymnastics (P) | 1985 |
| Ann Meyers-Drysdale, Basketball (C) | 1985 |
| Tracy Caulkins-Stockwell, Swimming (C) | 1986 |
| Margaret Court, Tennis (C) | 1986 |
| Charlotte Dod, Tennis, Archery, Golf (P) | 1986 |
| Flo Hyman, Volleyball (C) | 1986 |
| Betsy Rawls, Golf (P) | 1986 |
| Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, Tennis (P) | 1986 |
| JoAnne Carter, Golf (C) | 1987 |
| Maureen Connolly, Tennis (P) | 1987 |
| Marie Marvingt, Aviation, Mountaineering (P) | 1987 |
| Madeline Manning Mims, Track & Field (C) | 1987 |
| Louise Suggs, Golf (P) | 1987 |
| Ludmilla Tourischeva, Gymnastics (C) | 1987 |
| Debbie Meyer Weber, Swimming (C) | 1987 |
| Margaret Murdock, Shooting (C) | 1988 |
| Irirna Rodnina, Figure Skating (C) | 1988 |
| Aileen Riggin Soule, Diving, Swimming (P) | 1988 |
| Wilye White, Track & Field (C) | 1988 |
| Theresa Weld Blanchard, Figure Skating (P) | 1989 |
| Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Tennis (C) | 1989 |
| Joan Joyce, Softball (C) | 1989 |
| Ilona Schacherer-Elek, Fencing (P) | 1989 |
| Nadia Comaneci, Gymnastics (C) | 1990 |
| Willa McGuire Cook, Water Skiing (P) | 1990 |
| Nell Jackson, Track & Field (H) | 1990 |
| Connie Carpenter Phinney, Cycling (C) | 1990 |
| Pat Head Summitt, Basketball (H) | 1990 |
| Constance Applebee, Field Hockey (H) | 1991 |
| Vera Caslavska, Gymnastics (C) | 1991 |
| Christl Cranz, Alpine Skiing (P) | 1991 |
| Alice Coachman Davis, Track & Field (P) | 1991 |
| Muriel Grossfield, Gymnastics (H) | 1991 |
| Cheryl Miller, Basketball (C) | 1991 |
| Ludmila Belousova-Protopopova, Figure Skating (C) | 1992 |
| Bessie Coleman, Aviation (P) | 1992 |
| Carol Heis Jenkins, Figure Skating (P) | 1992 |
| Irena Kirszenstein Szewinska, Track & Field (C) | 1992 |
| Margaret Wade, Basketball (H) | 1992 |
| Sharron Backus, Softball (H) | 1993 |
| Kornelia Ender, Swimming (C) | 1993 |
| Mary T. Meagher, Swimming (C) | 1993 |
| Kit Klein Outland, Speedskating (P) | 1993 |
| Mary Lou Retton, Gymnastics (C) | 1993 |
| Toni Stone, Baseball (P) | 1993 |
| Chi Cheng, Track & Field (C) | 1994 |
| Liz Hartel, Equestrian (P) | 1994 |
| Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, Judo (H) | 1994 |
| Jody Conradt, Basketball (H) | 1995 |
| Judy Devlin Hashman, Badminton (P) | 1995 |
| Betty Hicks, Golf (P) | 1995 |
| Barbara Jacket, Track & Field (H) | 1995 |
| Annichen Kringstad, Orienteering (C) | 1995 |
| Grete Waitz, Marathon Running (C) | 1995 |
| Florence Chadwick, Swimming (P) | 1996 |
| Dianne Holum, Speedskating (H) | 1996 |
| Lydia Skoblikova, Speedskating (C) | 1996 |
| Mae Faggs Starr, Track & Field (P) | 1996 |
| Evelyn Ashford, Track & Field (C) | 1997 |
| Diana Golden Brosnihan, Skiing (C) | 1997 |
| Gail Emery, Synchronized Swimming (H) | 1997 |
| Barbara Ann Scott-King, Figure Skating (P) | 1997 |
| Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Track & Field (P) | 1998 |
| Margaret Osborne DuPont, Tennis (P) | 1998 |
| Florence Griffith Joyner, Track & Field (C) | 1998 |
| Dorothy Hamill, Figure Skating (C) | 1998 |
| Tara VanDerveer, Basketball (H) | 1998 |
| Tina Sloan Green, Lacrosse (H) | 1999 |
| Sandra Haynie, Golf (C) | 1999 |
| Betty Jameson, Golf (P) | 1999 |
| Joan Benoit Samuelson, Marathon Running (C) | 1999 |
| Shirley Babashoff, Swimming (C) | 2000 |
| Chris Carver, Synchronized Swimming (H) | 2000 |
| Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Track & Field (P) | 2000 |
| Tracie Ruiz-Conforto, Synchronized Swimming (C) | 2000 |
| Bonnie Blair, Speedskating (C) | 2001 |
| Janet Evans, Swimming (C) | 2001 |
| Mabel Fairbanks, Figure Skating (H) | 2001 |
| Agnes Keleti-Biro, Gymnastics (P) | 2001 |
| Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Track & Field (C) | 2002 |
| Betty Cuthbert, Track & Field (P) | 2002 |
| Nikki Tomlinson Franke, Fencing (H) | 2002 |
| Jayne Torvill, Ice Dancing (C) | 2002 |
| Min Gao, Diving (C) | 2003 |
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Track & Field (C) | 2003 |
| Heather McKay, Squash, Racquetball (P) | 2003 |
| Linda Vollstedt, Golf (H) | 2003 |
| Maria Esther Bueno, Tennis (P) | 2004 |
| Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Swimming (C) | 2004 |
| Beverly Kearney, Track & Field (H) | 2004 |
| Lusia Harris Steward, Basketball (P) | 2005 |
| Katarina Witt, Figure Skating (C) | 2005 |
| Marjorie Wright, Softball (H) | 2005 |
| Nawal El Moutawakel, Track & Field (C) | 2006 |
| Shane Gould, Swimming (P) | 2006 |
| Diana Nyad, Swimming (P) | 2006 |
| C. Vivian Stringer, Basketball (H) | 2006 |
| Hassiba Boulmerka, Track & Field (C) | 2008 |
| Sue Enquist, Softball (H) | 2008 |
| Hisako "Chako" Higuchi, Golf (P) | 2008 |
| Shannon Miller, Gymnastics (C) | 2008 |