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100 meters |
200 meters |
400 meters |
800 meters |
1500 meters |
3000 meters |
5000 meters |
10,000 meters |
marathon |
80-meter hurdle |
100-meter hurdles |
400-meter hurdles |
400-meter hurdles |
4 x 400-meter relay |
10-kilometer walk |
high jump |
long jump |
triple jump |
shot put |
discus throw |
javelin throw |
pentathlon |
heptathlon
| Track and Field: Women |
| 100 METERS |
| 1928 | Elizabeth Robinson, United States | 12.2 EWR
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| 1932 | Stella Walsh, Poland | 11.9 EWR
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| 1936 | Helen Stephens, United States | 11.5
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| 1948 | Francina Blankers-Koen, Netherlands | 11.9
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| 1952 | Marjorie Jackson, Australia | 11.5 EWR
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| 1956 | Betty Cuthbert, Australia | 11.5 EWR
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| 1960 | Wilma Rudolph, United States | 11.0
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| 1964 | Wyomia Tyus, United States | 11.4
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| 1968 | Wyomia Tyus, United States | 11.0 WR
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| 1972 | Renate Stecher, East Germany | 11.07
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| 1976 | Annegret Richter, West Germany | 11.08
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| 1980 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva, USSR | 11.06
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| 1984 | Evelyn Ashford, United States | 10.97 OR
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| 1988 | Florence Griffith Joyner, United States | 10.54 (w)
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| 1992 | Gail Devers, United States | 10.82
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| 1996 | Gail Devers, United States | 10.94 |
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| 200 METERS |
| 1948 | Francina Blankers-Koen, Netherlands | 24.4
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| 1952 | Marjorie Jackson, Australia | 23.7
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| 1956 | Betty Cuthbert, Australia | 23.4 EOR
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| 1960 | Wilma Rudolph, United States | 24.0
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| 1964 | Edith McGuire, United States | 23.0 OR
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| 1968 | Irena Szewinska, Poland | 22.5 WR
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| 1972 | Renate Stecher, East Germany | 22.40 EWR
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| 1976 | Bärbel Eckert, East Germany | 22.37 OR
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| 1980 | Bärbel Wöckel (Eckert), East Germany | 22.03 OR
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| 1984 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks, United States | 21.81 OR
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| 1988 | Florence Griffith Joyner, United States | 21.34 WR
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| 1992 | Gwen Torrence, United States | 21.81
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| 1996 | Marie-José Pérec, France | 22.12 |
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| 400 METERS |
| 1964 | Betty Cuthbert, Australia | 52.0 OR
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| 1968 | Colette Besson, France | 52.0 EOR
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| 1972 | Monika Zehrt, East Germany | 51.08 OR
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| 1976 | Irena Szewinska, Poland | 49.29 WR
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| 1980 | Marita Koch, East Germany | 48.88 OR
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| 1984 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks, United States | 48.83 OR
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| 1988 | Olga Bryzgina, USSR | 48.65 OR
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| 1992 | Marie-José Pérec, France | 48.83
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| 1996 | Marie-José Pérec, France | 48.25 OR |
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| 800 METERS |
| 1928 | Lina Radke, Germany | 2:16.8 WR
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| 1932 | Not held 1932-1956
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| 1960 | Lyudmila Shevtsova, USSR | 2:04.3 EWR
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| 1964 | Ann Packer, Great Britain | 2:01.1 OR
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| 1968 | Madeline Manning, United States | 2:00.9 OR
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| 1972 | Hildegard Falck, West Germany | 1:58.55 OR
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| 1976 | Tatyana Kazankina, USSR | 1:54.94 WR
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| 1980 | Nadezhda Olizarenko, USSR | 1:53.42 WR
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| 1984 | Doina Melinte, Romania | 1:57.6
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| 1988 | Sigrun Wodars, East Germany | 1:56.10
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| 1992 | Ellen Van Langen, Netherlands | 1:55.54
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| 1996 | Svetlana Masterkova, Russia | 1:57.73 |
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| 1500 METERS |
| 1972 | Lyudmila Bragina, USSR | 4:01.4 WR
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| 1976 | Tatyana Kazankina, USSR | 4:05.48
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| 1980 | Tatyana Kazankina, USSR | 3:56.6 OR
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| 1984 | Gabriella Dorio, Italy | 4:03.25
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| 1988 | Paula Ivan, Romania | 3:53.96 OR
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| 1992 | Hassiba Boulmerka, Algeria | 3:55.30
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| 1996 | Svetlana Masterkova, Russia | 4:00.83 |
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| 3000 METERS |
| 1984 | Maricica Puica, Romania | 8:35.96 OR
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| 1988 | Tatyana Samolenko, USSR | 8:26.53 OR
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| 1992 | Elena Romanova, Unified Team | 8:46.04 |
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| 5000 METERS |
| 1996 | Wang Junxia, China | 14:57.88
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| 10,000 METERS |
| 1988 | Olga Bondarenko, USSR | 31:05.21 OR
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| 1992 | Derartu Tulu, Ethiopia | 31:06.02
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| 1996 | Fernanda Ribeiro, Portugal | 31:01.63 OR |
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| MARATHON |
| 1984 | Joan Benoit, United States | 2:24:52 OR
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| 1988 | Rosa Mota, Portugal | 2:25:40
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| 1992 | Valentin Yegorova, Unified Team | 2:32:41
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| 1996 | Fatuma Roba, Ethiopia | 2:26:05 |
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| 80-METER HURDLES |
| 1932 | Babe Didrikson, United States | 11.7 WR
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| 1936 | Trebisonda Valla, Italy | 11.7
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| 1948 | Francina Blankers-Koen, Netherlands | 11.2 OR
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| 1952 | Shirley Strickland, Australia | 10.9 WR
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| 1956 | Shirley Strickland, Australia | 10.7 OR
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| 1960 | Irina Press, USSR | 10.8
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| 1964 | Karin Balzer, East Germany | 10.5
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| 1968 | Maureen Caird, Australia | 10.3 OR |
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| 100-METER HURDLES |
| 1972 | Annelie Ehrhardt, East Germany | 12.59 WR
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| 1976 | Johanna Schaller, East Germany | 12.77
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| 1980 | Vera Komisova, USSR | 12.56 OR
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| 1984 | Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, United States | 12.84
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| 1988 | Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria | 12.38 OR
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| 1992 | Paraskevi Patoulidou, Greece | 12.64
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| 1996 | Lyudmila Engqvist, Sweden | 12.58 |
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| 400-METER HURDLES |
| 1984 | Nawal el Moutawakel, Morocco | 54.61 OR
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| 1988 | Debra Flintoff-King, Australia | 53.17 OR
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| 1992 | Sally Gunnell, Great Britain | 53.23
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| 1996 | Deon Hemmings, Jamaica | 52.82 OR |
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| 4 X 100-METER RELAY |
| 1928 | Canada | 48.4 WR
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| 1932 | United States | 46.9 WR
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| 1936 | United States | 46.9
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| 1948 | Netherlands | 47.5
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| 1952 | United States | 45.9 WR
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| 1956 | Australia | 44.5 WR
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| 1960 | United States | 44.5
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| 1964 | Poland | 43.6
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| 1968 | United States | 42.8 WR
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| 1972 | West Germany | 42.81 EWR
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| 1976 | East Germany | 42.55 OR
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| 1980 | East Germany | 41.60 WR
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| 1984 | United States | 41.65
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| 1988 | United States | 41.98
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| 1992 | United States | 42.11
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| 1996 | United States | 41.95 |
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| 4 X 400-METER RELAY |
| 1972 | East Germany | 3:23 WR
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| 1976 | East Germany | 3:19.23 WR
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| 1980 | USSR | 3:20.02
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| 1984 | United States | 3:18.29 OR
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| 1988 | USSR | 3:15.18 WR
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| 1992 | Unified Team | 3:20.20
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| 1996 | United States | 3:20.91 |
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| 10-KILOMETER WALK |
| 1992 | Chen Yueling, China | 44:32
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| 1996 | Elena Nikolayeva, Russia | 41:49 OR |
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| HIGH JUMP |
| 1928 | Ethel Catherwood, Canada | 5 ft 2 1/2 in
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| 1932 | Jean Shiley, United States | 5 ft 5 1/4 in WR
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| 1936 | Ibolya Csak, Hungary | 5 ft 3 in
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| 1948 | Alice Coachman, United States | 5 ft 6 in OR
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| 1952 | Esther Brand, South Africa | 5 ft 5 3/4 in
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| 1956 | Mildred L. McDaniel, United States | 5 ft 9 1/4 in WR
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| 1960 | Iolanda Balas, Romania | 6 ft 3/4 in OR
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| 1964 | Iolanda Balas, Romania | 6 ft 2 3/4 in OR
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| 1968 | Miloslava Reskova, Czechoslovakia | 5 ft 11 1/2 in
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| 1972 | Ulrike Meyfarth, West Germany | 6 ft 3 1/2 in EWR
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| 1976 | Rosemarie Ackermann, East Germany | 6 ft 4 in OR
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| 1980 | Sara Simeoni, Italy | 6 ft 5 1/2 in OR
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| 1984 | Ulrike Meyfarth, West Germany | 6 ft 7 1/2 in OR
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| 1988 | Louise Ritter, United States | 6 ft 8 in OR
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| 1992 | Heike Henkel, Germany | 6 ft 7 1/2 in
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| 1996 | Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria | 6 ft 8 3/4 in OR |
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| LONG JUMP |
| 1948 | Olga Gyarmati, Hungary | 18 ft 8 1/4 in
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| 1952 | Yvette Williams, New Zealand | 20 ft 5 3/4 in OR
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| 1956 | Elzbieta Krzeskinska, Poland | 20 ft 10 in EWR
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| 1960 | Vyera Krepkina, USSR | 20 ft 10 3/4 in OR
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| 1964 | Mary Rand, Great Britain | 22 ft 2 1/4 in WR
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| 1968 | Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romania | 22 ft 4 1/2 in WR
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| 1972 | Heidemarie Rosendahl, West Germany | 22 ft 3 in
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| 1976 | Angela Voigt, East Germany | 22 ft 3/4 in
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| 1980 | Tatyana Kolpakova, USSR | 23 ft 2 in OR
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| 1984 | Anisoara Stanciu, Romania | 22 ft 10 in
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| 1988 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee, United States | 24 ft 3 1/2 in OR
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| 1992 | Heike Drechsler, Germany | 23 ft 5 1/4 in
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| 1996 | Chioma Ajunwa, Nigeria | 23 ft 4 1/2 in |
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| TRIPLE JUMP |
| 1996 | Inessa Kravets, Ukraine | 50 ft 3 1/2 in |
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| SHOT PUT |
| 1948 | Micheline Ostermeyer, France | 45 ft 1 1/2 in
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| 1952 | Galina Zybina, USSR | 50 ft 1 3/4 in WR
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| 1956 | Tamara Tyshkevich, USSR | 54 ft 5 in OR
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| 1960 | Tamara Press, USSR | 56 ft 10 in OR
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| 1964 | Tamara Press, USSR | 59 ft 6 1/4 in OR
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| 1968 | Margitta Gummel, East Germany | 64 ft 4 in WR
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| 1972 | Nadezhda Chizhova, USSR | 69 ft WR
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| 1976 | Ivanka Hristova, Bulgaria | 69 ft 5 1/4 in OR
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| 1980 | Ilona Slupianek, E Germany | 73 ft 6 1/4 in
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| 1984 | Claudia Losch, West Germany
| 67 ft 2 1/4 in
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| 1988 | Natalya Lisovskaya, USSR | 72 ft 11 3/4 in
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| 1992 | Svetlana Kriveleva, Unified Team | 69 ft 1 1/4 in
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| 1996 | Astrid Kumbernuss, Germany | 67 ft 5 1/2 in
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| DISCUS THROW |
| 1928 | Helena Konopacka, Poland | 129 ft 11 3/4 in WR
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| 1932 | Lillian Copeland, United States | 133 ft 2 in OR
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| 1936 | Gisela Mauermayer, Germany | 156 ft 3 in OR
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| 1948 | Micheline Ostermeyer, France | 137 ft 6 in
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| 1952 | Nina Romaschkova, USSR | 168 ft 8 in OR
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| 1956 | Olga Fikotova, Czechoslovakia | 176 ft 1 in OR
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| 1960 | Nina Ponomaryeva, USSR | 180 ft 9 in OR
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| 1964 | Tamara Press, USSR | 187 ft 10 in OR
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| 1968 | Lia Manoliu, Romania | 191 ft 2 in OR
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| 1972 | Faina Melnik, USSR | 218 ft 7 in OR
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| 1976 | Evelin Schlaak, East Germany | 226 ft 4 in OR
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| 1980 | Evelin Jahl (Schlaak), East Germany | 229 ft 6 in OR
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| 1984 | Ria Stalman, Netherlands | 214 ft 5 in
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| 1988 | Martina Hellmann, East Germany | 237 ft 2 in OR
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| 1992 | Maritza Martén, Cuba | 229 ft 10 in
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| 1996 | Ilke Wyludda, Germany | 228 ft 6 in |
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| JAVELIN THROW |
| 1932 | Babe Didrikson, United States | 143 ft 4 in OR
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| 1936 | Tilly Fleischer, Germany | 148 ft 3 in OR
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| 1948 | Herma Bauma, Austria | 149 ft 6 in
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| 1952 | Dana Zatopkova, Czechoslovakia | 165 ft 7 in
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| 1956 | Inese Jaunzeme, USSR | 176 ft 8 in
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| 1960 | Elvira Ozolina, USSR | 183 ft 8 in OR
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| 1964 | Mihaela Penes, Romania | 198 ft 7 in
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| 1968 | Angela Nemeth, Hungary | 198 ft
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| 1972 | Ruth Fuchs, East Germany | 209 ft 7 in OR
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| 1976 | Ruth Fuchs, East Germany | 216 ft 4 in OR
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| 1980 | Maria Colon, Cuba | 224 ft 5 in OR
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| 1984 | Tessa Sanderson, Great Britain | 228 ft 2 in OR
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| 1988 | Petra Felke, East Germany | 245 ft OR
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| 1992 | Silke Renk, Germany | 224 ft 2 in
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| 1996 | Heli Rantanen, Finland | 222 ft 11 in |
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| PENTATHLON |
| 1964 | Irina Press, USSR | 5246 WR
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| 1968 | Ingrid Becker, West Germany | 5098
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| 1972 | Mary Peters, Great Britain | 4801 WR |
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| 1976 | Siegrun Siegl, East Germany | 4745
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| 1980 | Nadezhda Tkachenko, USSR | 5083 WR |
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| HEPTATHLON |
| 1984 | Glynis Nunn, Australia | 6390 OR
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| 1988 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee, United States | 7291 WR
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| 1992 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee, United States | 7044
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| 1996 | Ghada Shouaa, Syria | 6780 |
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10-kilometer walk |
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triple jump |
shot put |
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