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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated Manual Timing   28.8y Ellen Brough USA New York Dec 09, 1925   28.6y Ellen Brough USA Newark Mar 10, 1927   26.1y Stanislawa Walasiewicz POL New York Feb 13, 1930   26.0 Stanislawa Walasiewicz POL New York Apr 14, 1934   25.8y Stanislawa Walasiewicz USA Cleveland Mar 16, 1941   25.7 Stanislawa Walasiewicz USA Atlantic City Apr 12, 1941   25.7y Wilma Rudolph USA Chicago Apr 16, 1960   25.0y Wilma Rudolph USA Columbus Mar 11, 1961   24.8y* Marylin White USA Columbus Mar 23, 1963   24.8y Vivian Brown USA Columbus Mar 23, 1963   24.7 Kirsten Roggenkamp FRG Stuttgart Mar 06, 1965   24.5y Edith McGuire USA Albuquerque Mar 05, 1966   24.4y Edith McGuire USA Albuquerque Mar 05, 1966   24.1y Edith McGuire USA Albuquerque Mar 05, 1966   24.1 Anneliese Wilden FRG Berlin Est Feb 21, 1971   23.6 Annegret Richter FRG Dortmund Feb 08, 1975   23.4 Rita Wilden FRG Stuttgart Feb 15, 1975   23.4y Rosalyn Bryant USA New York Feb 25, 1977 Electronic Timing   23.70 Rita Wilden FRG Stuttgart Feb 26, 1972   23.51 Rita Wilden FRG Stuttgart Feb 22, 1975   23.38 Marita Koch GDR Berlin East Feb 09, 1977   23.22 Annegret Richter FRG Sindelfingen Feb 26, 1977   23.19 Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH Wien Feb 04, 1979   23.15 Angela Taylor-Issajenko CAN Downsview Feb 24, 1980   22.76 Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH Wien Jan 28, 1981   22.64 Gesine Walther GDR Budapest Feb 20, 1982   22.64* Marita Koch GDR Budapest Feb 26, 1983 • 22.39 Marita Koch GDR Budapest Mar 05, 1983 • 22.27 Heike Drechsler GDR Indianapolis Mar 07, 1987 • 22.24 Merlene Ottey JAM Sindelfingen Mar 03, 1991 • 22.24* Merlene Ottey JAM Sevilla Mar 10, 1991 • 21.87 Merlene Ottey JAM Liévin Feb 13, 1993