World Rankings — Women’s 100 © GIANCARLO COLOMBO/PHOTO RUN The ’08 Olympic gold led to the first of Shelly-Ann Fraser- Pryce’s 5 No. 1s in a 12-year span 1956 1957 1 .................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 1 ...................Marlene Willard (Australia) 2 ........ Christa Stubnick (East Germany) 2 .................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 3 ...................Marlene Willard (Australia) 3 ...............Vera Krepkina (Soviet Union) 4 ..............Galina Popova (Soviet Union) 4 ...........Hannie Bloemhof (Netherlands) 5 .............................Isabelle Daniels (US) 5 ..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 6 ...................... Giuseppina Leone (Italy) 6 ..............Galina Popova (Soviet Union) 7 ..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 7 .......................... Erica Willis (Australia) 8 ......................June Paul (Great Britain) 8 .....Brunhilde Hendrix (West Germany) 9 ..............Heather Young (Great Britain) 9 .........................Fleur Mellor (Australia) 10 ..... Galina Rezchikova (Soviet Union) 10 ..........Madeleine Cobb (Great Britain) © Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s 100 1958 1962 1 ...................Marlene Willard (Australia) 1 ............ Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 2 .................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 2 ..............................Wilma Rudolph (US) 3 ...............................Barbara Jones (US) 3 ................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 4 ..............Heather Young (Great Britain) 4 ..........................Teresa Ciepła (Poland) 5 ...............Vera Krepkina (Soviet Union) 5 ................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 6 ............Madeleine Cobb (Great Britain) 6 ...............Doreen Porter (New Zealand) 7 ...................... Wendy Hayes (Australia) 7 ......................... Brenda Cox (Australia) 8 ........ Christa Stubnick (East Germany) 8 ...............Daphne Arden (Great Britain) 9 .............................Isabelle Daniels (US) 9 ......Hannelore Raepke (East Germany) 10 ...................... Robyn Scott (Australia) 10 ...............Glennys Beasley (Australia) 1959 1963 1 .................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 1 ............ Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 2 ...................Marlene Willard (Australia) 2 ..............Galina Popova (Soviet Union) 3 ...............................Barbara Jones (US) 3 ........................ Diane Burge (Australia) 4 ..............Galina Popova (Soviet Union) 4 ............................... Edith McGuire (US) 5 ...................... Giuseppina Leone (Italy) 5 ................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 6 ...............Vera Krepkina (Soviet Union) 6 ......Hannelore Raepke (East Germany) 7 ......... Nonna Polyakova (Soviet Union) 7 .....................Joyce Bennett (Australia) 8 ..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 8 .................. Margaret Burvill (Australia) 9 ..................... Gloria Wigney (Australia) 9 .................... Elżbieta Szyroka (Poland) 10 .............. Anni Biechl (West Germany) 10 .............. Jutta Heine (West Germany) 1960 1964 1 ..............................Wilma Rudolph (US) 1 .................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 2 ............ Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 2 ............................... Edith McGuire (US) 3 ...................... Giuseppina Leone (Italy) 3 ..................Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) 4 .................. Patricia Duggan (Australia) 4 ................................ Marilyn White (US) 5 .................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 5 ...................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 6 ................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 6 ...................... Marilyn Black (Australia) 7 ............Catherine Capdevielle (France) 7 .......................Halina Górecka (Poland) 8 ..............Jennifer Smart (Great Britain) 8 ...............Doreen Porter (New Zealand) 9 ...................Marlene Willard (Australia) 9 ............ Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 10 ................. Norma Fleming (Australia) 10 .................. Irene Piotrowski (Canada) 1961 1965 1 ..............................Wilma Rudolph (US) 1 ..................Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) 2 ................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 2 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 3 ............ Rhonda Bainbridge (Australia) 3 .................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 4 .................................. Willye White (US) 4 ............................... Edith McGuire (US) 5 Valentina Maslovskaya (Soviet Union) 5 ...................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 6 ......Hannelore Raepke (East Germany) 6 ..........Erika Pollmann (West Germany) 7 .Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 7 .........Galina Mitrokhina (Soviet Union) 8 ................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 8 ........................ Debbie Thompson (US) 9 ..........................Teresa Ciepła (Poland) 9 ................Margit Nemesházi (Hungary) 10 .............Doreen Porter (New Zealand) 10 ................... Jennifer Lamy (Australia) © Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s 100 1966 1970 1 ..................Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) 1 ...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 2 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2 ...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 3 .................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 3 ....................................... Iris Davis (US) 4 ...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 4 .....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 5 .............................. Barbara Ferrell (US) 5 ............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 6 ........................ Diane Burge (Australia) 6 ............................Alice Annum (Ghana) 7 ...............Karin Frisch (West Germany) 7 ......Wilma van den Berg (Netherlands) 8 ...........Eva Glesková (Czechoslovakia) 8 .................. Marion Hoffman (Australia) 9 ............................... Edith McGuire (US) 9 ....................Györgyi Balogh (Hungary) 10 ..............Margit Nemesházi (Hungary) 10 .................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 1967 1971 1 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 1 ...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2 ..................Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) 2 ....................................... Iris Davis (US) 3 ........................ Diane Burge (Australia) 3 ............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 4 .............................. Barbara Ferrell (US) 4 .....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 5 ...................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 5 Elfgard Schittenhelm (West Germany) 6 .................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 6 ................ Inge Helten (West Germany) 7 ..................... Jennifer Lamy (Australia) 7 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 8 .................... Irene Piotrowski (Canada) 8 ............................Alice Annum (Ghana) 9 .................Christina Echevarria (Cuba) 9 .................... Stephanie Berto (Canada) 10 .........Eva Glesková (Czechoslovakia) 10 ..................Györgyi Balogh (Hungary) 1968 1972 1 .................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 1 ...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2 .............................. Barbara Ferrell (US) 2 .....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 3 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 3 ............................. Silvia Chivás (Cuba) 4 .............................Margaret Bailes (US) 4 ...........Eva Glesková (Czechoslovakia) 5 .....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 5 ....................................... Iris Davis (US) 6 ........................ Diane Burge (Australia) 6 Elfgard Schittenhelm (West Germany) 7 ...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 7 .......Annegret Richter (West Germany) 8 ...................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 8 .......................Sylviane Telliez (France) 9 . Lyudmila Samotesova (Soviet Union) 9 ............................Alice Annum (Ghana) 10 .................Valerie Peat (Great Britain) 10 ................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 1969 1973 1 ...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 1 ...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2 .............................. Barbara Ferrell (US) 2 ........... Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (Finland) 3 .............Petra Kandarr (East Germany) 3 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 4 ....................................... Iris Davis (US) 4 ............................. Silvia Chivás (Cuba) 5 ......Wilma van den Berg (Netherlands) 5 .......Annegret Richter (West Germany) 6 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 6 .........Doris Selmigkeit (East Germany) 7 ............ Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 7 .............Petra Kandarr (East Germany) 8 ..................... Jennifer Lamy (Australia) 8 ....................................... Iris Davis (US) 9 ...................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 9 Elfgard Schittenhelm (West Germany) 10 .................... Anita Neil (Great Britain) 10 ..............Ellen Streidt (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s 100 1974 1978 1 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 1 ...............Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 2 ...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2 .......Annegret Richter (West Germany) 3 ............... Andrea Lynch (Great Britain) 3 ...................... Linda Haglund (Sweden) 4 .....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 4 ............................. Evelyn Ashford (US) 5 .......Annegret Richter (West Germany) 5 ................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 6 .... Lyudmila Maslakova (Soviet Union) 6 .... Lyudmila Maslakova (Soviet Union) 7 ........... Mona-Lisa