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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   59.2 Nadezhda Smirnova URS Leningrad Mar 17, 1951   58.6 Polina Solopova URS Leningrad Mar 01, 1953   58.1 Helga Henning FRG Stuttgart Mar 11, 1961   56.5* Margarete Buscher FRG Berlin West Mar 09, 1963   56.5 Helga Henning FRG Berlin West Mar 09, 1963   55.8y Judith Pollock AUS San Francisco Jan 09, 1965   55.6y Judith Pollock AUS Boston Jan 16, 1965   55.6y Judith Pollock AUS New York Jan 28, 1965   54.0 Janell Smith USA Berlin West Apr 07, 1965   54.0* Colette Besson FRA Belgrade Mar 08, 1969 Electronic Timing   55.29 Natalia Pechonkina URS Madrid Mar 09, 1968   53.01 Marylin Neufville JAM Wien Mar 14, 1970   52.44 Nadezhda Ilyina URS Göteborg Mar 10, 1974   52.28 Rita Wilden FRG Dortmund Feb 07, 1976   52.26 Rita Wilden FRG Munich Feb 22, 1976   51.80 Marita Koch GDR Milan Feb 24, 1977   51.57 Marita Koch GDR Milan Feb 24, 1977   51.14 Marita Koch GDR San Sebastian Mar 13, 1977   49.64 Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH Wien Jan 28, 1981 • 49.59 Jarmila Kratochvilova TCH Milan Mar 07, 1982 • 49.26 Femke Bol NED Apeldoorn (NED) Feb 19, 2023 • 49.24 Femke Bol NED Apeldoorn (NED) Feb 18, 2024 • 49.17 Femke Bol NED Glasgow Mar 02, 2024