Track and Field Statistics

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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated   • 25.7 Fanny Blankers-Koen NED London Aug 05, 1948 • 25.6 Cynthia Thompson JAM London Aug 05, 1948 • 25.3 Daphne Robb RSA London Aug 05, 1948 • 24.3 Fanny Blankers-Koen NED London Aug 05, 1948 • 24.3* Nadezhda Khnykina URS Helsinki Jul 25, 1952 • 23.6 Marjorie Jackson AUS Helsinki Jul 25, 1952 • 23.4 Marjorie Jackson AUS Helsinki Jul 25, 1952 • 23.4* Betty Cuthbert AUS Melbourne Nov 30, 1956 • 23.2 (23.30) Wilma Rudolph USA Rome Sep 03, 1960 • 23.0 (23.05) Edith McGuire USA Tokyo Oct 19, 1964 • 23.0*(23.09) Raelene Boyle AUS Mexico City Oct 17, 1968 • 22.9*(22.95) Raelene Boyle USA Mexico City Oct 17, 1968 • 22.9 (22.94) Barbara Ferrell USA Mexico City Oct 17, 1968 • 22.8 (22.87) Barbara Ferrell USA Mexico City Oct 17, 1968 • 22.5 (22.58) Irena Szewinska POL Mexico City Oct 18, 1968 • 22.40 Renate Stecher GDR München Sep 07, 1972 • 22.37 Bärbel Eckert GDR Montreal Jul 28, 1976 • 22.26 Natalya Bochina URS Moscow Jul 28, 1980 • 22.03 Bärbel Wöckel-Eckert GDR Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 21.81 Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA Los Angeles Aug 09, 1984 • 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