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Women, 200 m All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated          •   - Then World Record Manual Timing   30.4y Ruth Morgan USA Albuquerque May 13, 1922     28.2 Lucille Godbold USA Paris Aug 20, 1922   • 27.8y Elizabeth Nelson USA Los Angeles May 16, 1925     27.4y Norma Zilk USA Chicago May 23, 1925   • 27.2y Elizabeth Nelson USA San Francisco Jul 18, 1925   • 27.0y Ellen Brough USA Newark Aug 20, 1927   • 26.8y Ellen Brough USA Eureka, CA Sep 03, 1927   • 26.8y Catherine Capp USA Newark Jun 28, 1930     25.1y Elizabeth Robinson USA Milwaukee Jun 20, 1931 • • 24.5 Helen Stephens USA Warrenton May 11, 1935     24.4 Helen Stephens USA St.Louis Jun 01, 1935 • • 24.1 Helen Stephens USA Wuppertal Aug 19, 1936   • 23.9 Isabell Daniels USA Warsaw Aug 02, 1958   • 23.4 Lucinda Williams USA Philadelphia Jul 19, 1959   • 22.9 Wilma Rudolph USA Corpus Christi Jul 09, 1960 • • 22.9* Barbara Ferrell USA Mexico City Oct 17, 1968   • 22.8 Barbara Ferrell USA Mexico City Oct 18, 1968   Electronic Timing • 24.91 Catherine Hardy USA Helsinki Jul 25, 1952   • 24.71 Mae Faggs USA Helsinki Jul 25, 1952   • 24.10 Lucinda Williams USA Rome Sep 03, 1960     23.30 Wilma Rudolph USA Rome Sep 03, 1960 •   23.05 Edith McGuire USA Tokyo Oct 19, 1964 •   22.94 Barbara Ferrell USA Mexico City Oct 17, 1968 •   22.86 Barbara Ferrell USA Mexico City Oct 17, 1968 • • 22.77 Chandra Cheesborough USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1975   • 22.62 Evelyn Ashford USA Westwood Jun 10, 1977   • 22.60 Brenda Morehead USA Westwood Jun 10, 1978   • 22.45 Evelyn Ashford USA San Juan Jul 09, 1979   • 22.27 Evelyn Ashford USA Zürich Aug 15, 1979   • 21.83 Evelyn Ashford USA Montreal Aug 24, 1979   • 21.81 Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA Los Angeles Aug 09, 1984   • 21.77 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA Indianapolis Jul 22, 1988   • 21.76 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA Seoul Sep 28, 1988   • 21.56 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA Seoul Sep 29, 1988 • • 21.34 Florence Griffith-Joyner USA Seoul Sep 29, 1988 •