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All Years
1969
1
Nicole Duclos
FRA
51.7
1
Colette Besson
FRA
51.7
3
Kathy Hammond
USA
52.1
4
Maria Sykora
AUT
53.0
5
Hannelore Middecke
GDR
53.1
6
Karin Lundgren-Wallgren
SWE
53.4
7
Christel Frese
FRG
53.5
8
Judith Ayaa
UGA
53.6
8
Ileana Silai
ROU
53.6
8
Janet Simpson
GBR
53.6
1970
1
Marilyn Neufville
JAM
51.0
2
Chi Cheng
TWN
52.2
*
3
Sandra Brown
AUS
52.4
3
Kathy Hammond
USA
52.4
3
Christel Frese
FRG
52.4
6
Carmen Trustee
CUB
52.5
7
Colette Besson
FRA
52.6
7
Mavis Laing
USA
52.6
*
9
Helga Fischer
GDR
52.8
9
Karin Lundgren
SWE
52.8
1971
1
Helga Seidler-Fischer
GDR
52.1
2
Marilyn Neufville
JAM
52.3
A
3
Ingelore Lohse
GDR
52.5
3
Colette Besson
FRA
52.5
3
Monika Zehrt
GDR
52.5
6
Gyorgyi Balogh
HUN
52.7
6
Rita Kühne
GDR
52.7
6
Marika Eklund
FIN
52.7
9
Carmen Trustee
CUB
52.8
A
10
Inge Bödding-Eckhoff
FRG
52.9
1972
1
Monika Zehrt
GDR
51.0
2
Rita Wilden
FRG
51.2
3
Helga Seidler
GDR
51.5
3
Dagmar Kässling
GDR
51.5
5
Kathy Hammond
USA
51.6
6
Gyorgyi Balogh
HUN
51.7
7
Rita Kühne
GDR
51.8
8
Aurelia Penton
CUB
51.9
8
Charlene Rendina
AUS
51.9
8
Mabel Ferguson
USA
51.9