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All Years
1985
1
Marita Koch
GDR
47.60
2
Olga Vladykina
URS
48.27
3
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
USA
49.56
4
Maria Pinigina
URS
49.61
5
Jarmila Kratochvilova
TCH
49.89
6
Kirsten Emmelmann-Simeon
GDR
50.07
7
Petra Müller
GDR
50.14
8
Irina Nazarova
URS
50.25
9
Diane Dixon
USA
50.29
10
Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer
GDR
50.38
1986
1
Marita Koch
GDR
48.22
2
Olga Vladykina
URS
49.67
3
Petra Müller
GDR
49.79
4
Tatana Kocembova
TCH
49.83
5
Pam Marshall
USA
49.99
6
Myrtle Bothma
RSA
50.12
A
7
Lillie Leatherwood
USA
50.18
8
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
USA
50.21
9
Diane Dixon
USA
50.24
10
Maria Pinigina
URS
50.29
1987
1
Olga Bryzgina-Vladykina
URS
49.38
2
Petra Müller
GDR
49.64
3
Maria Pinigina
URS
49.87
4
Lillie Leatherwood
USA
49.95
5
Olga Nazarova
URS
49.96
6
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
USA
50.00
7
Ana Fidelia Quirot
CUB
50.12
8
Kirsten Emmelmann
GDR
50.20
9
Jillian Richardson
CAN
50.35
10
Diane Dixon
USA
50.41
1988
1
Olga Bryzgina
URS
48.65
2
Olga Nazarova
URS
49.11
3
Petra Müller-Schersing
GDR
49.30
4
Aelita Yurchenko
URS
49.47
5
Grace Jackson
JAM
49.57
6
Ana Fidelia Quirot
CUB
49.62
A
7
Maria Pinigina
URS
49.74
8
Diane Dixon
USA
49.84
9
Denean Howard-Hill
USA
49.87
10
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
USA
49.90