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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated     24.95 Marie Mejzlíková I TCH Prostejov Jul 30, 1922 • 25.01 Bozena Sramkova TCH Prague Aug 06, 1922 • 25.325 Bozena Sramkova TCH Prague Aug 13, 1922   25.50 Marie Janderová TCH Monte Carlo Apr 06, 1923   26.10 Kamila Olmerová TCH Hradec Králové May 31, 1923   27.30 Frantiska Vlachová TCH Jihlava Aug 26, 1923   27.30* Kamila Olmerová TCH Kladno Sep 02, 1923   32.84 Sophie Eliott-Lynn GBR London Jun 28, 1924   33.37 Hanna Kekälainen FIN Helsinki Jun 13, 1925   34.48 Liesel Schumann GER Köln Jul 11, 1926   34.85 Kamila Olmerová TCH Brno Aug 08, 1926 • 37.575 Augustine Hargus GER Berlin Jul 12, 1927   38.36 Augustine Hargus GER Bremen Jun 30, 1928   39.04 Liesel Schumann GER Hamborn Jul 03, 1928 • 38.39 Augustine Hargus GER Berlin Aug 18, 1928 • 40.27 Ellen Braumüller GER Berlin Jul 12, 1930   42.32 Liesel Schumann GER Prague Aug 08, 1930 • 44.64 Ellen Braumüller GER Berlin Jun 12, 1932   47.80 Erika Matthes GER Stuttgart Jul 17, 1938   50.32 Klavdiya Mayuchaya URS Moscow Sep 23, 1947 • 48.63 Herma Bauma AUT Vienna Sep 12, 1948 • 49.59 Natalya Smirnitskaya URS Moscow Jul 25, 1949 • 53.41 Natalya Smirnitskaya URS Moscow Aug 05, 1949 • 53.56 Nadezhda Konyayeva URS Leningrad Feb 05, 1954 • 55.11 Nadezhda Konyayeva URS Kiev May 22, 1954 • 55.48 Nadezhda Konyayeva URS Kiev Aug 06, 1954 • 55.73 Dana Zátopková TCH Prague Jun 01, 1958 • 57.49 Birute Zalogaitite URS Tbilisi Oct 30, 1958 • 57.92 Elvira Ozolina URS Leselidze May 03, 1960 • 59.55 Elvira Ozolina URS Bucurest Jun 04, 1960 • 59.78 Elvira Ozolina URS Moscow Jul 03, 1963   61.38 Elvira Ozolina URS Kiev Aug 27, 1964 • 62.40 Yelena Gorchakova URS Tokyo Oct 16, 1964 • 62.70 Ewa Gryziecka POL Bucurest Jun 11, 1972 • 65.06 Ruth Fuchs GDR Potsdam Jun 11, 1972 • 66.10 Ruth Fuchs GDR Edinburgh Sep 07, 1973 • 67.22 Ruth Fuchs GDR Rome Sep 03, 1974 • 69.12 Ruth Fuchs GDR Berlin Jul 10, 1976 • 69.52 Ruth Fuchs GDR Dresden Jun 13, 1979 • 69.96 Ruth Fuchs GDR Split Apr 29, 1980 • 70.08 Tatyana Biryulina URS Podolsk Jul 12, 1980 • 71.88 Antoaneta Todorova BUL Zagreb Aug 15, 1981 • 72.40 Tina Lillak FIN Helsinki Jul 29, 1982 • 74.20 Sonia Sakorafa GRE Khania Sep 26, 1982 • 74.76 Tina Lillak FIN Tampere Jun 13, 1983 • 75.26 Petra Felke GDR Schwerin Jun 04, 1985 • 75.40 Petra Felke GDR Schwerin Jun 04, 1985 • 77.44 Fatima Whitbread GBR Stuttgart Aug 28, 1986 • 78.90 Petra Felke GDR Leipzig Jul 29, 1987 • 80.00 Petra Felke-Meier GDR Potsdam Sep 09, 1988 New Javelin (officially from 01.04.1999)   68.19 Trine Hattestad NOR Bergen Jul 28, 1999 • 68.22 Trine Hattestad NOR Rome Jun 30, 2000 • 69.48 Trine Hattestad NOR Oslo Jul 28, 2000 • 70.03 Christina Obergföll GER Helsinki Aug 14, 2005 • 70.20 Christina Obergföll GER München Jun 23, 2007 • 70.78 Maria Abakumova RUS Beijing Aug 21, 2008 • 71.42 Barbora Špotáková CZE Beijing Aug 21, 2008 • 72.28 Barbora Špotáková CZE Stuttgart Sep 13, 2008