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   • 43.69 Mildred Didrikson USA Los Angeles Jul 31, 1932 • 44.69 Ottilie Fleischer GER Berlin Aug 02, 1936 • 45.18 Ottilie Fleischer GER Berlin Aug 02, 1936 • 45.57 Herma Bauma AUT London Jul 31, 1948 • 46.17 Aleksandra Chudina URS Helsinki Jul 24, 1952 • 50.47 Dana Zátopková TCH Helsinki Jul 24, 1952 • 51.63 Inesa Jaunzeme URS Melbourne Nov 28, 1956 • 53.40 Inesa Jaunzeme URS Melbourne Nov 28, 1956 • 53.86 Inesa Jaunzeme URS Melbourne Nov 28, 1956 • 55.98 Elvira Ozolina URS Rome Sep 01, 1960 • 62.40 Yelena Gorchakova URS Tokyo Oct 16, 1964 • 63.88 Ruth Fuchs GDR München Sep 01, 1972 • 65.14 Marion Becker FRG Montreal Jul 23, 1976 • 65.94 Ruth Fuchs GDR Montreal Jul 24, 1976 • 66.66 Ute Richter GDR Moscow Jul 24, 1980 • 68.40 Maria-Caridad Colon CUB Moscow Jul 25, 1980 • 69.56 Tessa Sanderson GBR Los Angeles Aug 06, 1984 • 72.62 Tessa Sanderson GBR Seoul Sep 26, 1988 • 74.68 Petra Felke GDR Seoul Sep 26, 1988 New Javelin (officially from 01.04.1999) • 67.34 Osleidys Menendez CUB Sydney Sep 29, 2000 • 68.91 Trine Hattestad NOR Sydney Sep 30, 2000 • 71.53 Osleidys Menendez CUB Athens Aug 27, 2004