World Rankings — Women’s 100H (note: from ’56 through ’68 the ranked 1957 distance was 80 meters) 1 ............ Nelli Yelisayeva (Soviet Union) 2 ..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 3 ............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 1956 4 .....Maria Golubnichaya (Soviet Union) 1 ............. Shirley de la Hunty (Australia) 5 .................Erika Fisch (West Germany) 2 ................ Zenta Kopp (West Germany) 6 ................ Zenta Kopp (West Germany) 3 ..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 7 ...... Edeltraud Eiberle (West Germany) 4 ............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 8 ..................... Gloria Wigney (Australia) 5 .....Maria Golubnichaya (Soviet Union) 9 .........................Betty Moore (Australia) 6 ...................Norma Thrower (Australia) 10 ...............................Elaine Winter (US) 7 .........Nina Vinogradova (Soviet Union) 8 .................Erika Fisch (West Germany) Keni Harrison didn’t make it to 9 ..................... Gloria Wigney (Australia) Rio, but was 2016’s No. 1 after 10 ........... Maria Sander (West Germany) her World Record. © VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN © VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN © Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s 100H 1958 1962 1 ............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 1 .........................Betty Moore (Australia) 2 ................ Zenta Kopp (West Germany) 2 ............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 3 ..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 3 ..........................Teresa Ciepła (Poland) 4 ...................Norma Thrower (Australia) 4 .................Erika Fisch (West Germany) 5 ............... Carol Quinton (Great Britain) 5 ................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 6 ..................... Gloria Wigney (Australia) 6 ...................Maria Piątkowska (Poland) 7 ...... Edeltraud Eiberle (West Germany) 7 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 8 ............ Margaret Stuart (New Zealand) 8 ................ Nilia Kulkova (Soviet Union) 9 ...................... Wendy Hayes (Australia) 9 ............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 10 .......... Nelli Yelisayeva (Soviet Union) 10 .......Rimma Larionova (Soviet Union) 1959 1963 1 ..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 1 ............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 2 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 2 ...................Maria Piątkowska (Poland) 3 ................ Zenta Kopp (West Germany) 3 ................ Nilia Kulkova (Soviet Union) 4 ............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 4 ................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 5 ..................... Gloria Wigney (Australia) 5 .................Erika Fisch (West Germany) 6 ...................Norma Thrower (Australia) 6 .........Rimma Larionova (Soviet Union) 7 .....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 7 ............................... Ikuko Yoda (Japan) 8 .........Rimma Larionova (Soviet Union) 8 .................Inge Schell (West Germany) 9 ........Zinaida Safronova (Soviet Union) 9 ................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 10 .......... Nelli Yelisayeva (Soviet Union) 10 ...................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 1960 1964 1 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 1 ................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 2 ..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 2 ..........................Teresa Ciepła (Poland) 3 ............... Carol Quinton (Great Britain) 3 ............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 4 .........Rimma Larionova (Soviet Union) 4 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 5 ................ Zenta Kopp (West Germany) 5 ............................... Ikuko Yoda (Japan) 6 ...................Norma Thrower (Australia) 6 ................ Zenta Kopp (West Germany) 7 .....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 7 ...................Maria Piątkowska (Poland) 8 ............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 8 ................ Nilia Kulkova (Soviet Union) 9 ................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 9 .............. Draga Stamejčič (Yugoslavia) 10 ................... Gloria Wigney (Australia) 10 .....................Pat Pryce (Great Britain) 1961 1965 1 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 1 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 2 ..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 2 ............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 3 ..........................Teresa Ciepła (Poland) 3 ...............Gundula Diel (East Germany) 4 ............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 4 .................Inge Schell (West Germany) 5 .........Rimma Larionova (Soviet Union) 5 ............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 6 .........................Betty Moore (Australia) 6 ........................... Cherrie Sherrard (US) 7 ................ Nilia Kulkova (Soviet Union) 7 ............. Renate Balck (West Germany) 8 .................Erika Fisch (West Germany) 8 ..........................Teresa Ciepła (Poland) 9 ........ Ann Charlesworth (Great Britain) 9 ...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 10 ..........Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 10 .......Rimma Larionova (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s 100H 1966 1970 1 ............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 1 ................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 2 ................Elżbieta Żebrowska (Poland) 2 ................. Teresa Sukniewicz (Poland) 3 ................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 3 ...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 4 ...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 4 ............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 5 ...............Karin Frisch (West Germany) 5 .......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 6 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 6 ....................Patty van Wolvelaere (US) 7 .................Inge Schell (West Germany) 7 .........................Teresa Nowak (Poland) 8 ...............Danuta Straszyńska (Poland) 8 ........Annelie Ehrhardt (East Germany) 9 ............. Renate Balck (West Germany) 9 ......... Bärbel Podeswa (East Germany) 10 .............. Nilia Kulkova (Soviet Union) 10 ............Valeria Stefanescu (Romania) 1967 1971 1 ............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 1 ................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 2 ................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 2 ........Annelie Ehrhardt (East Germany) 3 ......................Pat Jones (Great Britain) 3 ...............Danuta Straszyńska (Poland) 4 ........................... Cherrie Sherrard (US) 4 ................. Teresa Sukniewicz (Poland) 5 ................................Mamie Rallins (US) 5 ................. Meta Antenen (Switzerland) 6 .....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 6 .........................Teresa Nowak (Poland) 7 .................Inge Schell (West Germany) 7 ..............Valeria Stefanescu (Romania) 8 ................Elżbieta Żebrowska (Poland) 8 ..................Grażyna Rabsztyn (Poland) 9 ...... Lyudmila Iyevlyeva (Soviet Union) 9 ....................Patty van Wolvelaere (US) 10 .......................Teresa Nowak (Poland) 10 ................................. Ester Rot (Israel) 1968 1972 1 .................... Maureen Caird (Australia) 1 ........Annelie Ehrhardt (East Germany) 2 ............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 2 ..............Valeria Stefanescu (Romania) 3 ...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 3 ................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 4 ................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 4 ............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 5 ....................Patty van Wolvelaere (US) 5 ...............Danuta Straszyńska (Poland) 6 ................. Teresa Sukniewicz (Poland) 6 ................. Teresa Sukniewicz (Poland) 7 ...............Danuta Straszyńska (Poland) 7 .........................Teresa Nowak (Poland) 8 .........Tatyana Talisheva (Soviet Union) 8 ....... Annerose Fiedler (East Germany) 9 ................................Mamie Rallins (US) 9 ..................Grażyna Rabsztyn (Poland) 10 ..............Elżbieta Żebrowska (Poland) 10 ....... Bärbel Podeswa (East Germany) 1969 1973 1 ................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 1 ........Annelie Ehrhardt (East Germany) 2 ............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 2 ..................Grażyna Rabsztyn (Poland) 3 ...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 3 ....................Patty van Wolvelaere (US) 4 ......... Bärbel Podeswa (East Germany) 4 ..............Valeria Stefanescu (Romania) 5 .........................Teresa Nowak (Poland) 5 .........................Teresa Nowak (Poland) 6 ................. Teresa Sukniewicz (Poland) 6 ....... Annerose Fiedler (East Germany) 7 ................... Lia Khitrina (Soviet Union) 7 .................Ilona Bruzsenyák (Hungary) 8 .............. Regina Höfer (East Germany) 8 .............Johanna Klier (East Germany) 9 .................Penny McCallum (Australia) 9 ................. Judy Vernon (Great Britain) 10 ..............................Mamie Rallins (US) 10 ............Bärbel Müller (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s 100H 1974 1978 1 ........Annelie Ehrhardt (East Germany) 1 .............Johanna Klier (East Germany) 2 .........................Teresa Nowak (Poland) 2 ..................Grażyna Rabsztyn (Poland) 3 ....... Annerose Fiedler (East Germany) 3 .......Tatyana Anisimova (Soviet Union) 4 ..............Valeria Stefanescu (Romania) 4 ........... Gudrun Wakan (East Germany) 5 ........Natalia Lebedyeva (Soviet Union) 5 .................Nina Derbina (Soviet Union) 6 ........... Gudrun Wakan (East Germany) 6 ..........................Danuta Perka (Poland) 7 .......Tatyana Anisimova (Soviet Union) 7 ..........................Lucyna Kałek (Poland) 8 ................. Judy Vernon (Great