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   • 54.42 Antonia Munkacsi HUN Tokyo Oct 15, 1964 • 53.18 Ann Packer GBR Tokyo Oct 15, 1964 • 52.77 Ann Packer GBR Tokyo Oct 16, 1964 • 52.01 Betty Cuthbert AUS Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 51.94 Charlene Rendina AUS München Sep 02, 1972 • 51.71 Gyorgyi Balogh HUN München Sep 03, 1972 • 51.68 Helga Seidler GDR München Sep 04, 1972 • 51.47 Monika Zehrt GDR München Sep 04, 1972 • 51.08 Monika Zehrt GDR München Sep 07, 1972 • 50.48 Irena Szewinska POL Montreal Jul 26, 1976 • 49.29 Irena Szewinska POL Montreal Jul 28, 1976 • 48.88 Marita Koch GDR Moscow Jul 28, 1980 • 48.83 Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA Los Angeles Aug 06, 1984 • 48.65 Olga Bryzgina URS Seoul Sep 26, 1988 • 48.25 Marie Jose Perec FRA Atlanta Jul 29, 1996