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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated     5.54 Maria Kiessling GER München May 29, 1921   5.75 Kinue Hitomi JPN Tokyo Jun 05, 1926   5.78 Kinue Hitomi JPN Osaka May 20, 1928 • 5.98 Kinue Hitomi JPN Osaka May 20, 1928   6.02 Stanislawa Walasiewicz POL Cleveland Jul 10, 1930   6.09 Stanislawa Walasiewicz POL Worcester, Mass. Jun 28, 1937 • 6.12 Christel Schulz GER Berlin Jul 30, 1939 • 6.25 Fanny Blankers-Koen NED Leiden Sep 19, 1943 • 6.28 Yvette Williams NZL Gisborne Feb 20, 1954 • 6.28* Galina Vinogradova URS Moscow Sep 11, 1955 • 6.31 Galina Vinogradova URS Tbilisi Nov 18, 1955 • 6.35 Elzbieta Krzesinska POL Budapest Aug 20, 1956 • 6.35* Elzbieta Krzesinska POL Melbourne Nov 27, 1956   6.36 Hildrun Claus GDR Erfurt Aug 07, 1960 • 6.40 Hildrun Claus GDR Erfurt Aug 07, 1960 • 6.42 Hildrun Claus GDR Berlin Jun 23, 1961 • 6.48 Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Moscow Jul 16, 1961 • 6.53 Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Leipzig Jun 10, 1962   6.62 Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Brussels Oct 06, 1962 • 6.70 Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Moscow Jul 04, 1964 • 6.76 Mary Rand GBR Tokyo Oct 14, 1964 • 6.82 Viorica Viscopoleanu ROU Mexico City Oct 14, 1968 • 6.84 Heide Rosendahl FRG Turin Nov 03, 1970 • 6.92 Angela Voigt GDR Dresden May 09, 1976 • 6.99 Sigrun Siegel GDR Dresden May 19, 1976 • 7.07 Vilma Bardauskiene URS Kishinyov Aug 18, 1978 • 7.09 Vilma Bardauskiene URS Prague Aug 29, 1978 • 7.15 Anisoara Cusmir ROU Bucurest Aug 01, 1982 • 7.20 Valeria Ionescu ROU Bucurest Aug 01, 1982 • 7.21 Anisoara Cusmir-Stanciu ROU Bucurest May 15, 1983 • 7.27 Anisoara Stanciu ROU Bucurest Jun 04, 1983 • 7.43 Anisoara Stanciu ROU Bucurest Jun 04, 1983 • 7.44 Heike Drechsler GDR Berlin Sep 22, 1985 • 7.45 Heike Drechsler GDR Tallinn Jun 22, 1986 • 7.45* Heike Drechsler GDR Dresden Jul 03, 1986 • 7.45* Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Indianapolis Aug 13, 1987 • 7.45* Galina Chistyakova URS Leningrad Jun 11, 1988 • 7.52 Galina Chistyakova URS Leningrad Jun 11, 1988