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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated     4.53.2 Brenda Cook GBR Cosford Feb 05, 1966   4.40.8 Joyce Smith GBR Cosford Feb 12, 1966   4.33.3 Doris Brown USA Vancouver Feb 19, 1966   4.21.2 Doris Brown USA Vancouver Feb 18, 1967   4.21.1 Doris Brown USA Seattle Feb 07, 1970   4.20.5 Margaret Beacham GBR Cosford Jan 30, 1971   4.19.7 Karin Burneleit GDR Berlin East Feb 13, 1971   4.17.9 Christa Merten FRG Berlin West Feb 13, 1971   4.17.4 Margaret Beacham GBR Berlin West Feb 20, 1971   4.17.2 Margaret Beacham GBR Sofia Mar 14, 1971   4.14.62 Tamara Pangelova URS Grenoble Mar 12, 1972   4.12.2 Francie Larrieu USA Toronto Feb 15, 1974   4.10.97 Tonka Petrova BUL Göteborg Mar 10, 1974   4.10.4 Francie Larrieu USA Toronto Feb 14, 1975   4.09.9 Francie Larrieu USA San Diego Feb 15, 1975   4.09.8 Francie Larrieu USA Richmond Mar 03, 1975   4.08.1 Mary Stewart GBR Dortmund Feb 19, 1977   4.05.0 Natalia Marasescu ROU Budapest Feb 21, 1978   4.03.0 Natalia Marasescu ROU Budapest Feb 10, 1979 • 4.00.8 Mary Decker-Slaney USA New York Feb 08, 1980 • 4.00.27 Doina Melinte ROU East Rutherford Feb 09, 1990 • 3.59.98 Regina Jacobs USA Boston Feb 01, 2003 • 3.58.28 Yelena Soboleva RUS Moscow Feb 18, 2006 • 3.58.05 Yelena Soboleva RUS Moscow Feb 10, 2008 • 3.57.71 Yelena Soboleva RUS Valencia Mar 09, 2008 • 3.55.17 Genzebe Dibaba ETH Karlsruhe Feb 01, 2014