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Women, 400 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 • 64.4y Marcelle Barkley USA Vallejo, CA Jun 01, 1929   • 58.4 Lillian Greene USA Budapest Aug 06, 1958   • 57.0y Rosemarie Lovelace USA Cleveland Jun 11, 1960   • 56.3 Suzanne Knott USA Braunschweig Jul 30, 1960   • 56.7 Billie Pat Daniels USA Baltimore Aug 12, 1960   • 56.0y Patricia Winslow USA Hanford Apr 25, 1964   • 54.8y Janell Smith USA Kansas City May 23, 1964   • 54.5 Janell Smith USA Tokyo Oct 15, 1964   • 54.3y Janell Smith USA New York Jun 19, 1965   • 53.7 Janell Smith USA Warsaw Aug 07, 1965   • 53.5y Charlette Cooke USA Los Angeles May 13, 1966   • 53.3y Charlette Cooke USA San Diego Jul 02, 1966   • 52.5 Charlette Cooke USA Santa Barbara Jul 02, 1967   • 52.4 Charlette Cooke USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1967   • 52.3 Kathy Hammond USA Stuttgart Jul 31, 1969   • 52.1 Kathy Hammond USA Warsaw Aug 29, 1969   • 51.8 Kathy Hammond USA Frederick, MD Jul 08, 1972   • 51.6 Kathy Hammond USA München Sep 07, 1972   Electronic Timing • 55.56 Janell Smith USA Tokyo Oct 15, 1964   • 53.53 Jarvis Scott USA Mexico City Oct 14, 1968   • 53.22 Jarvis Scott USA Mexico City Oct 15, 1968   • 52.79 Jarvis Scott USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968   • 52.05 Mabel Ferguson USA München Sep 02, 1972   • 51.92 Kathy Hammond USA München Sep 04, 1972   • 51.91 Mabel Ferguson USA München Sep 04, 1972   • 51.64 Kathy Hammond USA München Sep 07, 1972   • 51.31 Sheila Ingram USA Montreal Jul 26, 1976   • 51.23 Debra Sapenter USA Montreal Jul 26, 1976   • 50.90 Sheila Ingram USA Montreal Jul 28, 1976   • 50.62 Rosalyn Bryant USA Montreal Jul 28, 1976   • 50.52 Chandra Cheesborough USA Westwood May 13, 1984   • 49.83 Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA San Jose Jun 09, 1984   • 49.28 Chandra Cheesborough USA Los Angeles Jun 19, 1984   • 48.83 Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA Los Angeles Aug 06, 1984   • 48.70 Sanya Richards USA Athens Sep 16, 2006