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   • 1.54 Ethel Catherwood CAN Amsterdam Aug 05, 1928 • 1.54* Carolina Gisolf NED Amsterdam Aug 05, 1928 • 1.54* Mildred Wiley USA Amsterdam Aug 05, 1928 • 1.56 Ethel Catherwood CAN Amsterdam Aug 05, 1928 • 1.56* Carolina Gisolf NED Amsterdam Aug 05, 1928 • 1.56* Mildred Wiley USA Amsterdam Aug 05, 1928 • 1.59 Ethel Catherwood CAN Amsterdam Aug 05, 1928 • 1.60 Jean Shiley USA Los Angeles Aug 07, 1932 • 1.60* Mildred Didrikson USA Los Angeles Aug 07, 1932 • 1.60* Eva Dawes USA Los Angeles Aug 07, 1932 • 1.625 Jean Shiley USA Los Angeles Aug 07, 1932 • 1.625* Mildred Didrikson USA Los Angeles Aug 07, 1932 • 1.65 Jean Shiley USA Los Angeles Aug 07, 1932 • 1.65* Mildred Didrikson USA Los Angeles Aug 07, 1932 • 1.66 Alice Coachman USA London Aug 07, 1948 • 1.66* Dorothy Tyler GBR London Aug 07, 1948 • 1.68 Alice Coachman USA London Aug 07, 1948 • 1.68* Dorothy Tyler GBR London Aug 07, 1948 • 1.70 Mildred McDaniel USA Melbourne Dec 01, 1956 • 1.76 Mildred McDaniel USA Melbourne Dec 01, 1956 • 1.77 Iolanda Balas ROU Rome Sep 08, 1960 • 1.81 Iolanda Balas ROU Rome Sep 08, 1960 • 1.85 Iolanda Balas ROU Rome Sep 08, 1960 • 1.86 Iolanda Balas ROU Tokyo Oct 15, 1964 • 1.90 Iolanda Balas ROU Tokyo Oct 15, 1964 • 1.92 Ulrike Meyfarth FRG München Sep 04, 1972 • 1.93 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR Montreal Jul 28, 1976 • 1.94 Jutta Kirst GDR Moscow Jul 26, 1980 • 1.94* Sara Simeoni ITA Moscow Jul 26, 1980 • 1.94* Urszula Kilan POL Moscow Jul 26, 1980 • 1.97 Sara Simeoni ITA Moscow Jul 26, 1980 • 2.00 Ulrike Meyfarth FRG Los Angeles Aug 09, 1984 • 2.00* Sara Simeoni ITA Los Angeles Aug 09, 1984 • 2.02 Ulrike Meyfarth FRG Los Angeles Aug 09, 1984 • 2.03 Louise Ritter USA Seoul Sep 30, 1988 • 2.05 Stefka Kostadinova BUL Atlanta Aug 03, 1996 • 2.06 Yelena Slesarenko RUS Athens Aug 28, 2004