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World Rankings — Women’s 200 © VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN Dafne Schippers & Elaine Thompson were the No. 1s of ’15 & ’16 1956 1957 1 .................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 1 ...................Marlene Willard (Australia) 2 ........ Christa Stubnick (East Germany) 2 .................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 3 ................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 3 ..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 4 ...................Marlene Willard (Australia) 4 ................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 5 ......................June Paul (Great Britain) 5 ........................Nancy Boyle (Australia) 6 ..................... Norma Croker (Australia) 6 ........ Albina Kobranova (Soviet Union) 7 .....................Barbara Sobotta (Poland) 7 ...........Hannie Bloemhof (Netherlands) 8 ..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 8 ..............Heather Young (Great Britain) 9 ..................Vera Yugova (Soviet Union) 9 .....................Barbara Sobotta (Poland) 10 ...............Jean Scriven (Great Britain) 10 ............Galina Popova (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s 200 1958 1962 1 ...................Marlene Willard (Australia) 1 ................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 2 .................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 2 ............ Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 3 ..............Heather Young (Great Britain) 3 .................................Vivian Brown (US) 4 ........ Christa Stubnick (East Germany) 4 .....................Barbara Sobotta (Poland) 5 ......................June Paul (Great Britain) 5 ................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 6 .......................... Lucinda Williams (US) 6 .....................Joyce Bennett (Australia) 7 .............................Isabelle Daniels (US) 7 ......Hannelore Raepke (East Germany) 8 .....................Barbara Sobotta (Poland) 8 .................. Margaret Burvill (Australia) 9 ........... Magdel Myburgh (South Africa) 9 .................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 10 .....................Kay Johnson (Australia) 10 .............Daphne Arden (Great Britain) 1959 1963 1 .................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 1 ............ Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 2 .......................... Lucinda Williams (US) 2 .....................Joyce Bennett (Australia) 3 .............................Isabelle Daniels (US) 3 ..............Galina Popova (Soviet Union) 4 ..............Galina Popova (Soviet Union) 4 .................. Margaret Burvill (Australia) 5 ................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 5 ................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 6 ..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 6 ......Hannelore Raepke (East Germany) 7 ............ Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 7 .................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 8 ...................... Giuseppina Leone (Italy) 8 ................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 9 ......... Nonna Polyakova (Soviet Union) 9 .................Glennys Beasley (Australia) 10 ..............Moyra Hiscox (Great Britain) 10 .................. Elżbieta Szyroka (Poland) 1960 1964 1 ..............................Wilma Rudolph (US) 1 ............................... Edith McGuire (US) 2 .................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 2 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 3 .................. Patricia Duggan (Australia) 3 ...................... Marilyn Black (Australia) 4 ................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 4 ...................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 5 ............ Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 5 ....Lyudmila Samotesova (Soviet Union) 6 ................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 6 .................. Margaret Burvill (Australia) 7 .....................Barbara Sobotta (Poland) 7 ............................Una Morris (Jamaica) 8 ................... Norma Fleming (Australia) 8 .......................Halina Górecka (Poland) 9 ...................... Giuseppina Leone (Italy) 9 ..............Janet Simpson (Great Britain) 10 ... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 10 ...................Barbara Sobotta (Poland) 1961 1965 1 ................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 1 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2 ......Hannelore Raepke (East Germany) 2 ..................Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) 3 ................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 3 ............................... Edith McGuire (US) 4 ........................ Ernestine Pollards (US) 4 .................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 5 .................................Vivian Brown (US) 5 ...................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 6 ..............Jennifer Smart (Great Britain) 6 ..............Janet Simpson (Great Britain) 7 ............ Rhonda Bainbridge (Australia) 7 ............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 8 .....................Barbara Sobotta (Poland) 8 ............... Vera Popkova (Soviet Union) 9 ....Lyudmila Samotesova (Soviet Union) 9 ........... Maureen Tranter (Great Britain) 10 .................... Marilyn Black (Australia) 10 ... Lyudmila Samotesova (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s 200 1966 1970 1 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 1 ...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 2 ..................Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) 2 ...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 3 ............................... Edith McGuire (US) 3 .....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 4 ............... Vera Popkova (Soviet Union) 4 ................................... Mavis Laing (US) 5 ........................ Diane Burge (Australia) 5 ............................Alice Annum (Ghana) 6 .............................. Barbara Ferrell (US) 6 ........Margaret Critchley (Great Britain) 7 .................... Irene Piotrowski (Canada) 7 ............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 8 .. Kirsten Roggenkamp (West Germany) 8 ....................Györgyi Balogh (Hungary) 9 .................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 9 ......Wilma van den Berg (Netherlands) 10 ................... Jennifer Lamy (Australia) 10 ..............Helen Golden (Great Britain) 1967 1971 1 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 1 ...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2 ........................ Diane Burge (Australia) 2 .....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 3 ...................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 3 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 4 ..................... Jennifer Lamy (Australia) 4 ............................Alice Annum (Ghana) 5 .............................. Barbara Ferrell (US) 5 ....................Györgyi Balogh (Hungary) 6 .................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 6 .................... Stephanie Berto (Canada) 7 .................... Irene Piotrowski (Canada) 7 ..Nadezhda Besfamilnaya (Soviet Union) 8 ..................Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) 8 .... Annegret Kroniger (West Germany) 9 ...................Annamária Tóth (Hungary) 9 ................ Rita Wilden (West Germany) 10 ...................Karin Lundgren (Sweden) 10 .............. Inge Helten (West Germany) 1968 1972 1 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 1 ...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2 .....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 2 .....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 3 ..................... Jennifer Lamy (Australia) 3 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 4 .............................. Barbara Ferrell (US) 4 .............. Monika Zehrt (East Germany) 5 .................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 5 ................Ellen Streidt (East Germany) 6 .............................Margaret Bailes (US) 6 ....... Christine Heinich (East Germany) 7 ....Lyudmila Samotesova (Soviet Union) 7 .... Annegret Kroniger (West Germany) 8 ..................Nicole Montandon (France) 8 ............................Alice Annum (Ghana) 9 ............... Vera Popkova (Soviet Union) 9 ......................Rosie Allwood (Jamaica) 10 .................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 10 ..Nadezhda Besfamilnaya (Soviet Union) 1969 1973 1 .............Petra Kandarr (East Germany) 1 ...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 3 ...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 3 ........... Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (Finland) 4 .............................. Barbara Ferrell (US) 4 .............Petra Kandarr (East Germany) 5 ......Wilma van den Berg (Netherlands) 5 ........... Marina Sidorova (Soviet Union) 6 ...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 6 ................Ellen Streidt (East Germany) 7 .....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 7 .....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 8 ............ Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 8 .............Doris Maletzki (East Germany) 9 ...................Valerie Peat (Great Britain) 9 ........................Denise Boyd (Australia) 10 .................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 10 ..... Christine Heinich (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s 200 1974 1978 1 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 1 ................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 2 ...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2 ...............Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 3 .....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 3 ............................. Evelyn Ashford (US) 4 ............................. Riitta Salin (Finland) 4 .Lyudmila Kondratyeva (Soviet Union) 5 ............................Alice Annum (Ghana) 5 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 6 ........... Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (Finland) 6 .........Carla Bodendorf (East Germany) 7 ........................Denise Boyd (Australia) 7 ......... Monika Hamann (East Germany) 8 .................................Fran