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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 Caster Semenya 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 .......................... Dixie Willis (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 (Canada) 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 .........................Madeline Manning (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 ........ Rosemary Stirling (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 ...............Charlene Rendina (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