World Rankings — Women’s 800 1956 © TAKASHI ITO/PHOTO RUN 1...... Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 2...... Nina Otkalenko (Soviet Union) 3...... Ursula Donath (East Germany) 4...... Phyllis Perkins (Great Britain) 5...... Diane Leather (Great Britain) 6...... Aida Lapshina (Soviet Union) 7...... Dzidra Levicka (Soviet Union) 8...... Aranka Kazi (Hungary) 9...... Halina Gabor (Poland) 10...... Betty Loakes (Great Britain) 1957 1...... Diane Leather (Great Britain) 2...... Ursula Donath (East Germany) 3.... Yelizaveta Yermolayeva (Soviet Union) 4...... Nina Otkalenko (Soviet Union) 5...... Dzidra Levicka (Soviet Union) 6...... Tatyana Avramova (Soviet Union) 7...... Florica Otel (Romania) 8...... Aranka Kazi (Hungary) 9...... Gizella Sasvári (Hungary) 10...Bedřiška Kulhavá (Czechoslovakia) 1958 1..Yelizaveta Yermolayeva (Soviet Union) 2...... Diane Leather (Great Britain) 3...... Dzidra Levicka (Soviet Union) 4...... Zoya Skobtsova (Soviet Union) 5...... Nina Otkalenko (Soviet Union) 6...... Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 7...... Ariane Döser (West Germany) 8...... Vera Mukhanova (Soviet Union) 9...... Dora Kozlova (Soviet Union) 10.....Lyubov Yanvaryeva (Soviet Union) 1959 1...... Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 2...... Dzidra Levicka (Soviet Union) 3...... Joy Jordan (Great Britain) 4...... Lyubov Yanvaryeva (Soviet Union) 5..Yelizaveta Yermolayeva (Soviet Union) 6...... Vera Mukhanova (Soviet Union) 4-time No. 1 7...... Krysztyna Nowakowska (Poland) first stirred controversy in 8...... Beata Żbikowska (Poland) 9...... Phyllis Perkins (Great Britain) her ’09 WC season 10...... Tatyana Avramova (Soviet Union)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 1960 1964 1...... Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 1...... Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 2...... Brenda Jones (Australia) 2...... Ann Packer (Great Britain) 3...... Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 3...... Maryvonne Dupureur (France) 4...... Ursula Donath (East Germany) 4...... Marise Stephen (New Zealand) 5...... Vera Kummerfeldt (East Germany) 5...... Zsuzsa Szabó (Hungary) 6...... Joy Jordan (Great Britain) 6...... Laine Erik (Soviet Union) 7...... (Australia) 7...... Antje Gleichfeld (West Germany) 8...... Antje Gleichfeld (West Germany) 8...... Gerda Kraan (Netherlands) 9...... Yekaterina Parlyuk (Soviet Union) 9...... Anne Smith (Great Britain) 10...... Nina Otkalenko (Soviet Union) 10...... Vera Mukhanova (Soviet Union) 1961 1965 1...... Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 1...... Anne Smith (Great Britain) 2...... Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 2...... Tamara Dmitriyeva (Soviet Union) 3...... Gerda Kraan (Netherlands) 3...... Hannelore Suppe (East Germany) 4...... Vera Mukhanova (Soviet Union) 4...... Ilja Keizer (Netherlands) 5...... Yekaterina Parlyuk (Soviet Union) 5...... Zsuzsa Szabó (Hungary) 6...... Joy Jordan (Great Britain) 6...... Antje Gleichfeld (West Germany) 7...... Florica Grecescu (Romania) 7...... Vera Mukhanova (Soviet Union) 8...... Olga Kazi (Hungary) 8...... Laine Erik (Soviet Union) 9...... Tamara Dmitriyeva (Soviet Union) 9...... Marie Mulder (US) 10...... Marise Stephen (New Zealand) 10...... Hukuo Cheng (China) 1962 1966 1...... Dixie Willis (Australia) 1...... Vera Nikolić (Yugoslavia) 2...... Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 2...... Charlette Cooke (US) 3...... Gerda Kraan (Netherlands) 3...... Zsuzsa Szabó (Hungary) 4...... Marise Stephen (New Zealand) 4...... Abby Hoffman () 5.... Waltraud Kaufmann (East Germany) 5...... Judy Pollock (Australia) 6...... Joy Jordan (Great Britain) 6...... Anne Smith (Great Britain) 7...... Olga Kazi (Hungary) 7...... Antje Gleichfeld (West Germany) 8...... Kryzstyna Nowakowska (Poland) 8...... Marise Stephen (New Zealand) 9...... Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 9...... Alla Kolesnikova (Soviet Union) 10...... Vera Mukhanova (Soviet Union) 10...... Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 1963 1967 1...... Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 1...... (US) 2...... Marise Stephen (New Zealand) 2...... Judy Pollock (Australia) 3...... Gerda Kraan (Netherlands) 3...... Vera Nikolić (Yugoslavia) 4...... Dixie Willis (Australia) 4...... Laine Erik (Soviet Union) 5...... Vera Mukhanova (Soviet Union) 5...... Anne Smith (Great Britain) 6...... Zoya Skobtsova (Soviet Union) 6...... Danuta Wierzbowska (Poland) 7...... Olga Kazi (Hungary) 7...... Doris Heritage (US) 8...... Tamara Babintseva (Soviet Union) 8...... Karin Kessler (West Germany) 9...... Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 9...... Maryvonne Dupureur (France) 10...... Tamara Dmitriyeva (Soviet Union) 10...... Shin Geum Dan (North Korea)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 1968 1972 1...... Madeline Manning (US) 1...... Hildegard Falck (West Germany) 2...... Vera Nikolić (Yugoslavia) 2...... Niole Sabaite (Soviet Union) 3...... Ileana Silai (Romania) 3... Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 4...... Maria Gommers (Netherlands) 4...... Ileana Silai (Romania) 5...... Lillian Board (Great Britain) 5...... Svetla Koleva (Bulgaria) 6...... Doris Heritage (US) 6...... Vasilena Amzina (Bulgaria) 7...... Sheila Carey (Great Britain) 7...... Vera Nikolić (Yugoslavia) 8...... Pat Lowe (Great Britain) 8...... (Great Britain) 9...... Abby Hoffman (Canada) 9...... Abby Hoffman (Canada) 10...... Maryvonne Dupureur (France) 10...... Madeline Manning (US) 1969 1973 1...... Madeline Manning (US) 1... Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 2...... Lillian Board (Great Britain) 2...... Svetla Koleva (Bulgaria) 3...... Ileana Silai (Romania) 3...... Lilyana Tomova (Bulgaria) 4...... Annelise Damm-Olesen (Denmark) 4...... Mary Slaney (US) 5...... Vera Nikolić (Yugoslavia) 5...... Niole Sabaite (Soviet Union) 6...... Barbara Wieck (East Germany) 6...... Elfi Zinn (East Germany) 7...... Pat Lowe (Great Britain) 7...... Elżbieta Katolik (Poland) 8...... Maria Gommers (Netherlands) 8...... Maritta Pölitz (East Germany) 9...... Cheryl Peasley (Australia) 9...... Mary Tracey (Ireland) 10...... Jaroslavá Jehličková (Czechoslovakia) 10...... Hildegard Falck (West Germany) 1970 1974 1... Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 1...... Lilyana Tomova (Bulgaria) 2...... Hildegard Falck (West Germany) 2... Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 3...... Maria Sykora (Austria) 3...... Marianna Suman (Romania) 4...... Vera Nikolić (Yugoslavia) 4...... Marie-Françoise Dubois (France) 5...... Ileana Silai (Romania) 5...... Nina Morgunova (Soviet Union) 6...... Ilja Keizer (Netherlands) 6...... Elżbieta Katolik (Poland) 7...... Sheila Carey (Great Britain) 7...Valentina Gerasimova (Soviet Union) 8...... Barbara Wieck (East Germany) 8...... Gisela Klein (West Germany) 9...... Karin Krebs (East Germany) 9...... (Australia) 10...... Rosemary Stirling (Great Britain) 10...... Mary Slaney (US) 1971 1975 1...... Vera Nikolić (Yugoslavia) 1...... Marianna Suman (Romania) 2... Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 2...... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 3...... Hildegard Falck (West Germany) 3...... Madeline Manning (US) 4...... Abby Hoffman (Canada) 4...... Lilyana Tomova (Bulgaria) 5...... Pat Lowe (Great Britain) 5...... Nina Morgunova (Soviet Union) 6...... Rosemary Stirling (Great Britain) 6... Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 7...... Ileana Silai (Romania) 7...... Nikolina Shtereva (Bulgaria) 8...... Karin Krebs (East Germany) 8...Jozefína Cerchlanová (Czechoslovakia) 9...... Danuta Wierzbowska (Poland) 9...... Elżbieta Katolik (Poland) 10...... Sheila Carey (Great Britain) 10...... Waltraud Strotzer (East Germany)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 1976 1980 1...... Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 1....Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 2...... Nikolina Shtereva (Bulgaria) 2...... Olga Mineyeva (Soviet Union) 3...... Anita Weiss (East Germany) 3...... Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 4...... Elfi Zinn (East Germany) 4... Tatyana Providokhina (Soviet Union) 5...Valentina Gerasimova (Soviet Union) 5...... Martina Steuk (East Germany) 6...... Svetlana Styrkina (Soviet Union) 6...... Lyudmila Veselkova (Soviet Union) 7...... Svetla Koleva (Bulgaria) 7...... Hildegard Korner (East Germany) 8...... Doris Gluth (East Germany) 8...... Jolanta Januchta (Poland) 9...... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 9...... Fita Lovin (Romania) 10...Tatyana Providokhina (Soviet Union) 10...... Olga Vakrusheva (Soviet Union) 1977 1981 1...... Totka Petrova (Bulgaria) 1...... Lyudmila Veselkova (Soviet Union) 2..... Christine Liebetrau (East Germany) 2...... Martina Steuk (East Germany) 3...... Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 3...... Fita Lovin (Romania) 4...... Svetlana Styrkina (Soviet Union) 4...... Jolanta Januchta (Poland) 5...... Ileana Silai (Romania) 5...... (Romania) 6...... Marianna Suman (Romania) 6...... Hildegard Korner (East Germany) 7...... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 7...... Madeline Manning (US) 8...... Svetla Koleva (Bulgaria) 8...... Ravilya Agletdinova (Soviet Union) 9...... Fita Lovin (Romania) 9...... Margrit Klinger (West Germany) 10...... Ursula Hook (West Germany) 10...... Maricica Puică (Romania) 1978 1982 1... Tatyana Providokhina (Soviet Union) 1...... Olga Mineyeva (Soviet Union) 2....Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 2...... Lyudmila Veselkova (Soviet Union) 3...... Zoya Rigel (Soviet Union) 3...... Doina Melinte (Romania) 4...... Totka Petrova (Bulgaria) 4...... Margrit Klinger (West Germany) 5...... Anita Weiss (East Germany) 5...... Ravilya Agletdinova (Soviet Union) 6...... Hildegard Korner (East Germany) 6...... Martina Steuk (East Germany) 7...... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 7...... Jolanta Januchta (Poland) 8...... Lyudmila Veselkova (Soviet Union) 8...... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 9...... Svetlana Styrkina (Soviet Union) 9...... Hildegard Korner (East Germany) 10...... Fita Lovin (Romania) 10.Tatyana Providokhina (Soviet Union) 1979 1983 1...... Nikolina Shtereva (Bulgaria) 1. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 2. Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Soviet Union) 2...... (Soviet Union) 3....Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 3. Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Soviet Union) 4...... Totka Petrova (Bulgaria) 4..... Irina Podyalovskaya (Soviet Union) 5...... Anita Weiss (East Germany) 5...... Margrit Klinger (West Germany) 6...... Olga Mineyeva (Soviet Union) 6...... (US) 7...... Svetlana Styrkina (Soviet Union) 7...... Doina Melinte (Romania) 8...... Ileana Silai (Romania) 8..... Milena Strnadová (Czechoslovakia) 9...... Fita Lovin (Romania) 9...... Antje Schröder (East Germany) 10...... Jolanta Januchta (Poland) 10. Zuzana Moravčíková (Czechoslovakia)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 1984 1988 1. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 1...... Ana Quirot (Cuba) 2..... Irina Podyalovskaya (Soviet Union) 2...... Sigrun Grau (East Germany) 3....Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 3...... (East Germany) 4. Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Soviet Union) 4...... Kim Gallagher (US) 5...... Lyudmila Borisova (Soviet Union) 5....Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 6...... Lyubov Gurina (Soviet Union) 6...... Slobodanka Čolović (Yugoslavia) 7.... Zuzana Moravčíková (Czechoslovakia) 7...... Tudorita Chidu (Romania) 8...... Doina Melinte (Romania) 8...... Lyubov Gurina (Soviet Union) 9...... Hildegard Korner (East Germany) 9...... Inna Yevseyeva (Soviet Union) 10.....Nadezhda Zvyagintseva (Soviet Union) 10...... Mitica Constantin (Romania) 1985 1989 1. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 1...... Ana Quirot (Cuba) 2...... Doina Melinte (Romania) 2...... Sigrun Grau (East Germany) 3...... Christine Wachtel (East Germany) 3...... Doina Melinte (Romania) 4....Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 4...... Christine Wachtel (East Germany) 5...... Fita Lovin (Romania) 5...... Dalia Matuseviciené (Soviet Union) 6...... Ravilya Agletdinova (Soviet Union) 6...... Ellen Kiessling (East Germany) 7...... Hildegard Korner (East Germany) 7...... (Great Britain) 8...... (Great Britain) 8...... Gaby Lesch (West Germany) 9...... Ella Kovacs (Romania) 9...... Mayte Zúñiga (Spain) 10...... Mary Slaney (US) 10...... Joetta Clark-Diggs (US) 1986 1990 1...... Sigrun Grau (East Germany) 1...... Sigrun Grau (East Germany) 2....Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 2...... Christine Wachtel (East Germany) 3...... Lyubov Gurina (Soviet Union) 3...... Ana Quirot (Cuba) 4..... Milena Strnadová (Czechoslovakia) 4...... Lilia Nurutdinova (Soviet Union) 5...... Gaby Bussmann (West Germany) 5...... Charmaine Crooks (Canada) 6...... Mitica Constantin (Romania) 6...... Nadezhda Loboyko (Soviet Union) 7...... Lyubov Kiryukhina (Soviet Union) 7...... Julie Jenkins (US) 8...... Heike Oehme (East Germany) 8...... Ellen van Langen (Netherlands) 9...... Christine Wachtel (East Germany) 9...... Ella Kovacs (Romania) 10... Nadezhda Zabolotneva (Soviet Union) 10...Tatyana Grebenchuk (Soviet Union) 1987 1991 1...... Christine Wachtel (East Germany) 1...... Ana Quirot (Cuba) 2...... Sigrun Grau (East Germany) 2...... Lilia Nurutdinova (Soviet Union) 3...... Ana Quirot (Cuba) 3...... Ella Kovacs (Romania) 4...... Lyubov Gurina (Soviet Union) 4...... Lyubov Gurina (Soviet Union) 5...... Slobodanka Čolović (Yugoslavia) 5...... Christine Wachtel (Germany) 6...... Doina Melinte (Romania) 6...... (Mozambique) 7. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 7...... (Algeria) 8...... Mitica Constantin (Romania) 8...... Sigrun Grau (Germany) 9...... Ella Kovacs (Romania) 9...... (Suriname) 10. Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 10...Svetlana Masterkova (Soviet Union)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 1992 1996 1...... Ellen van Langen (Netherlands) 1...... Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) 2...... Lilia Nurutdinova (Russia) 2...... Ana Quirot (Cuba) 3...... Ana Quirot (Cuba) 3...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 4...... Inna Yevseyeva (Ukraine) 4...... Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 5...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 5...... Patricia Djaté (France) 6...... Lyubov Gurina (Russia) 6...... Yelena Afanasyeva (Russia) 7...... Ella Kovacs (Romania) 7...... Natalya Dukhnova (Belarus) 8...... Joetta Clark-Diggs (US) 8...... Letitia Vriesde (Suriname) 9...... Letitia Vriesde (Suriname) 9...... Meredith Valmon (US) 10...... Charmaine Crooks (Canada) 10...... Charmaine Crooks (Canada) 1993 1997 1...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 1...... Ana Quirot (Cuba) 2...... Lyubov Gurina (Russia) 2...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 3...... Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) 3...... Yelena Afanasyeva (Russia) 4...... Ella Kovacs (Romania) 4...... Letitia Vriesde (Suriname) 5...... Tina Paulino (Mozambique) 5...... Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 6...... Joetta Clark-Diggs (US) 6...... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 7...... Diane Modahl (Great Britain) 7.Ludmila Formanová (Czech Republic) 8...... Meredith Valmon (US) 8...... Joetta Clark-Diggs (US) 9...... Li Liu (China) 9...... Toni Hodgkinson (New Zealand) 10...... Lyudmila Rogachova (Russia) 10...... Carla Sacramento (Portugal) 1994 1998 1...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 1...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 2...... Lyubov Gurina (Russia) 2...... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 3...... Natalya Dukhnova (Belarus) 3...... Yelena Afanasyeva (Russia) 4...... Lyudmila Rogachova (Russia) 4...... Joetta Clark-Diggs (US) 5...... Patricia Djaté (France) 5...... Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 6...... Joetta Clark-Diggs (US) 6...... Meredith Valmon (US) 7...... Ellen van Langen (Netherlands) 7...... Letitia Vriesde (Suriname) 8...... Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 8...... Larisa Mikhaylova (Russia) 9...... Irina Samorokova (Russia) 9...... Malin Ewerlöf (Sweden) 10...... Luciana Mendes (Brazil) 10...... Stephanie Graf (Austria) 1995 1999 1...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 1...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 2...... Ana Quirot (Cuba) 2.Ludmila Formanová (Czech Republic) 3...... Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 3...... Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) 4...... Letitia Vriesde (Suriname) 4...... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 5...... Patricia Djaté (France) 5...... Natalya Tsyganova (Russia) 6...... Meredith Valmon (US) 6...... Stephanie Graf (Austria) 7...... Lyudmila Rogachova (Russia) 7...... Natalya Gorelova (Russia) 8...... Joetta Clark-Diggs (US) 8...... Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 9...... Ellen van Langen (Netherlands) 9...... Letitia Vriesde (Suriname) 10...... Tatyana Grigoryeva (Russia) 10...... Natalya Dukhnova (Belarus)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 2000 2004 1...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 1...... Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 2...... Stephanie Graf (Austria) 2...... Jolanda Čeplak (Slovenia) 3.Ludmila Formanová (Czech Republic) 3...... Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 4...... Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 4...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 5...... Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 5...... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 6...... Natalya Tsyganova (Russia) 6...... Tatyana Andrianova (Russia) 7...... Olga Raspopova (Russia) 7...... Svetlana Cherkasova (Russia) 8...... Irina Mistyukevich (Russia) 8...... Zulia Calatayud (Cuba) 9...... Brigita Langerholc (Slovenia) 9...... Amina Aït Hammou (Morocco) 10....Helena Fuchsová (Czech Republic) 10...... (US) 2001 2005 1...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 1...... Zulia Calatayud (Cuba) 2...... Stephanie Graf (Austria) 2...... Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 3...... Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 3...... Tatyana Andrianova (Russia) 4...... Letitia Vriesde (Suriname) 4...... Mayte Martínez (Spain) 5...... Faith Macharia (Kenya) 5...... Svetlana Cherkasova (Russia) 6...... (Canada) 6...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 7...... Ivonne Teichmann (Germany) 7...... Olga Kotlyarova (Russia) 8...... Zulia Calatayud (Cuba) 8...... Larisa Chzhao (Russia) 9...... Natalya Tsyganova (Russia) 9...... (US) 10...... Jolanda Čeplak (Slovenia) 10...... Svetlana Klyuka (Russia) 2002 2006 1...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 1...... Zulia Calatayud (Cuba) 2...... Jolanda Čeplak (Slovenia) 2...... (Kenya) 3...... Nicole Teter (US) 3...... Olga Kotlyarova (Russia) 4...... Mayte Martínez (Spain) 4...... Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 5...... Zulia Calatayud (Cuba) 5...... Svetlana Klyuka (Russia) 6...... Diane Cummins (Canada) 6...... Rebecca Lyne (Great Britain) 7...... Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 7...... Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) 8...... Stephanie Graf (Austria) 8...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 9.Ludmila Formanová (Czech Republic) 9...... Tetyana Petlyuk (Ukraine) 10...... Agnes Samaria (Namibia) 10...... Hazel Clark (US) 2003 2007 1...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 1...... Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 2...... Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 2...... Mayte Martínez (Spain) 3...... Amina Aït Hammou (Morocco) 3...... Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 4...... Jolanda Čeplak (Slovenia) 4...... Olga Kotlyarova (Russia) 5...... Stephanie Graf (Austria) 5...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 6...... Natalya Khrushchelyova (Russia) 6...... Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) 7...... Diane Cummins (Canada) 7...... Brigita Langerholc (Slovenia) 8...... Faith Macharia (Kenya) 8...... Svetlana Usovich (Belarus) 9...... Claudia Gesell (Germany) 9...... Lucia Klocová (Slovakia) 10...... Larisa Chzhao (Russia) 10...... Marilyn Okoro (Great Britain)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 2008 2012¶ 1...... Pamela Jelimo (Kenya) 1...... Pamela Jelimo (Kenya) 2...... Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 2...... Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi) 3...... Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 3...... Yekaterina Zavyalova (Russia) 4...... Svetlana Klyuka (Russia) 4...... Caster Semenya (South Africa) 5...... Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 5...... Fantu Magiso (Ethiopia) 6...... Maryam Jamal (Bahrain) 6...... Alysia Montaño (US) 7...... Lucia Klocová (Slovakia) 7...... Yelena Kofanova (Russia) 8...... Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) 8...... Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 9...... Marilyn Okoro (Great Britain) 9...... Yusneysi Santiusti (Cuba) 10...... Yuliya Krevsun (Ukraine) 10...... Molly Ludlow (US) 2009 2013¶ 1...... Caster Semenya (South Africa) 1...... (Kenya) 2...... (US) 2...... Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi) 3...... Jenny Meadows (Great Britain) 3...... (US) 4...... Mariya Savinova (Russia) 4...... Alysia Montaño (US) 5...... Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 5...... Yekaterina Zavyalova (Russia) 6...... Maggie Vessey (US) 6...... Malika Akkaoui (Morocco) 7...... Yuliya Krevsun (Ukraine) 7...... Ajee' Wilson (US) 8...... Elisa Cusma Piccione (Italy) 8...... Nataliya Lupu (Ukraine) 9...... Mayte Martínez (Spain) 9...... Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 10...... Jemma Simpson (Great Britain) 10...... Winny Chebet (Kenya) 2010¶ 2014 1...... Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 1...... Eunice Sum (Kenya) 2...... Alysia Montaño (US) 2...... Ajee’ Wilson (US) 3...... Jenny Meadows (Great Britain) 3...... Brenda Martinez (US) 4...... Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) 4...... Lynsey Sharp (Great Britain) 5...... Jemma Simpson (Great Britain) 5...... Maryna Arzamasova (Belarus) 6...... Halima Hachlaf (Morocco) 6...... Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 7...... Anna Willard (US) 7...... Yekaterina Zavyalova (Russia) 8...... (US) 8...... Tigist Assefa (Ethiopia) 9...... (Kenya) 9...... Winnie Nanyondo (Uganda) 10...... Caster Semenya (South Africa) 10...... Molly Ludlow (US) 2011¶ 2015 1...... Caster Semenya (South Africa) 1...... Eunice Sum (Kenya) 2...... Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 2...... Lynsey Sharp (Great Britain) 3...... Alysia Montaño (US) 3...... Maryna Arzamasova (Belarus) 4...... Jenny Meadows (Great Britain) 4...... Melissa Bishop (Canada) 5...... Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) 5...... Renelle Lamote (France) 6...... Halima Hachlaf (Morocco) 6...... Ajee’ Wilson (US) 7...... Maggie Vessey (US) 7...... Fabienne Kohlmann (Germany) 8...... Yusneysi Santiusti (Cuba) 8...... Joanna Jóźwik (Poland) 9...... (US) 9...... Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) 10...... Malika Akkaoui (Morocco) 10...... Nataliya Lupu (Ukraine)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 8 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 2016 2018 1...... Caster Semenya (South Africa) 1...... Caster Semenya (South Africa) 2...... Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi) 2...... Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi) 3...... Margaret Wambui (Kenya) 3...... Ajee’ Wilson (US) 4...... Melissa Bishop (Canada) 4...... (Jamaica) 5...... Joanna Jóźwik (Poland) 5...... Habitam Alemu (Ethiopia) 6...... Renelle Lamote (France) 6...... Raevyn Rogers (US) 7...... Eunice Sum (Kenya) 7...... Rababe Arrafi (Morocco) 8...... Lynsey Sharp (Great Britain) 8...... (US) 9...... Maryna Arzamasova (Belarus) 9...... Margaret Wambui (Kenya) 10...... Kate Grace (US) 10...... Emily Jerotich (Kenya) 2017 2019 1...... Caster Semenya (South Africa) 1...... Ajee’ Wilson (US) 2...... Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi) 2...... Raevyn Rogers (US) 3...... Ajee’ Wilson (US) 3...... Halimah Nakaayi (Uganda) 4...... Margaret Wambui (Kenya) 4...... Winnie Nanyondo (Uganda) 5...... Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) 5...... Natoya Goule (Jamaica) 6...... Melissa Bishop (Canada) 6...... Nelly Jepkosgei (Bahrain) 7...... Habitam Alemu (Ethiopia) 7...... Habitam Alemu (Ethiopia) 8...... Charlene Lipsey (US) 8...... Lynsey Sharp (Great Britain) 9...... Lynsey Sharp (Great Britain) 9...... Eunice Sum (Kenya) 10...... Eunice Sum (Kenya) 10...... Olha Lyakhova (Ukraine)

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