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All Years
1957
1
Maria Itkina
URS
53.6
2
Albina Khomutova
URS
54.4
3
Ursula Donath
GDR
54.7
4
Polina Lazareva
URS
54.9
5
Yekaterina Parlyuk
URS
55.3
5
Tatyana Avramova
URS
55.3
7
Yelizaveta Yermolayeva
URS
55.4
8
Aina Alksne
URS
55.5
8
Nonna Paltseva
URS
55.5
10
Dzidra Levitska
URS
55.6
1958
1
Maria Itkina
URS
53.6
2
Betty Cuthbert
AUS
54.4
3
Yekaterina Parlyuk
URS
54.6
4
Zinaida Kotova
URS
55.2
5
Moira Hiscox
GBR
55.3
*
6
Nina Otkalenko
URS
55.4
7
Rimma Ulitkina
URS
55.5
7
Ida Nemeth
HUN
55.5
7
Shirley Pirie
GBR
55.5
10
Galina Alekseyeva
URS
55.6
1959
1
Maria Itkina
URS
53.4
2
Betty Cuthbert
AUS
54.0
*
2
Moira Hiscox
GBR
54.0
4
Sin Kim Dan
PRK
54.4
5
Marise Chamberlain
NZL
54.5
*
6
Tatyana Avramova
URS
54.6
6
Yekaterina Parlyuk
URS
54.6
8
Zinaida Kotova
URS
55.1
8
Bärbel Mayer
GDR
55.1
8
Joy Jordan
GBR
55.1
1960
1
Sin Kim Dan
PRK
53.0
2
Maria Itkina
URS
53.8
3
Marise Chamberlain
NZL
54.2
*
4
Yekaterina Parlyuk
URS
54.4
5
Christa Stubnick
GDR
54.7
6
Magdel Myburgh
RSA
54.9
*A
7
Ursula Donath
GDR
55.0
8
Dixie Willis
AUS
55.1
*
8
Zinaida Matistovich
URS
55.1
8
Vera Kummerfeldt
FRG
55.1