| World women's all-time best 400m |
| 1 | 47.60 | Marita Koch | GDR | 570218 | 1 | Canberra | 851006 |
| 2 | 47.99 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | CS | 510126 | 1 | Helsinki | 830810 |
| + | 48.16 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Athína | 820908 |
| + | 48.16 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Praha | 840816 |
| + | 48.22 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Stuttgart | 860828 |
| 3 | 48.25 | Marie-Jose Perec | FRA | 680509 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960729 |
| + | 48.26 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Dresden | 840727 |
| 4 | 48.27 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | URS | 630630 | 2 | Canberra | 851006 |
| + | 48.45 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Praha | 830723 |
| 5 | 48.59 | Tatana [Slaninova] Kocembova | CS | 620502 | 2 | Helsinki | 830810 |
| + | 48.60 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Torino | 790804 |
| + | 48.60 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | URS | | 1 | Moskva | 850817 |
| + | 48.61 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Roma | 810906 |
| 6 | 48.63 | Cathy Freeman | AUS | 730216 | 2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960729 |
| + | 48.65 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | URS | | 1 | Seoul | 880926 |
| + | 48.73 | Tatana [Slaninova] Kocembova | | | 2 | Praha | 840816 |
| + | 48.77 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 820709 |
| + | 48.82 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Praha | 830623 |
| 7 | 48.83 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | USA | 600706 | 1 | Los Angeles | 840806 |
| + | 48.83 | Marie-Jose Perec | | | 1 | Barcelona | 920805 |
| + | 48.85 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 2 | Athína | 820908 |
| + | 48.86 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Zürich | 820818 |
| + | 48.86 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Erfurt | 840602 |
| + | 48.87 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Bruxelles | 820827 |
| + | 48.88 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Moskva | 800728 |
| + | 48.89 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Potsdam | 790729 |
| + | 48.89 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | East Berlin | 840715 |
| + | 48.94 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Praha | 780831 |
| + | 48.96 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | URS | | 1 | Leningrad | 850803 |
| + | 48.97 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Montréal | 790826 |
| + | 48.97 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | East Berlin | 850922 |
| + | 48.98 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | URS | | 1 | Kiev | 840622 |
| + | 49.01 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Köln | 810823 |
| + | 49.02 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Rieti | 840902 |
| + | 49.03 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Potsdam | 780819 |
| + | 49.03 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Praha | 820710 |
| 8 | 49.05 | Chandra [Shelton] Cheeseborough | USA | 590110 | 2 | Los Angeles | 840806 |
| + | 49.05 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | | | 2 | Barcelona | 920805 |
| 9 | 49.10 | Falilat Ogunkoya | NGR | 680512 | 3 | Atlanta, Ga | 960729 |
| 10 | 49.11 | Olga Nazarova (2) | URS | 650601 | s1:1 | Seoul | 880925 |
| + | 49.11 | Cathy Freeman | | | 1 | Sydney, AUS | 000925 |
| + | 49.13 | Marie-Jose Perec | | | 1 | Tokyo | 910827 |
| + | 49.15 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Erfurt | 800518 |
| + | 49.17 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Frankfurt | 810705 |
| + | 49.17 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Roma | 860910 |
| + | 49.18 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | URS | | 1 | Tokyo | 850921 |
| + | 49.18 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | | | 1 | Moskva | 880904 |
| + | 49.18 | Marie-Jose Perec | | | 1 | Monaco | 960810 |
| + | 49.19 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Leipzig | 780702 |
| 11 | 49.19 | Maria [Kulchunova] Pinigina | URS | 580209 | 3 | Helsinki | 830810 |
| + | 49.19 | Marie-Jose Perec | | | s1:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960728 |
| + | 49.23 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Praha | 810619 |
| + | 49.23 | Tatana [Slaninova] Kocembova | | | 1 | Oslo | 830823 |
| + | 49.23 | Tatana [Slaninova] Kocembova | | | 1 | Budapest | 840820 |
| + | 49.24 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Potsdam | 840525 |
| 12 | 49.24 | Sabine Busch | GDR | 621121 | 2 | Erfurt | 840602 |
| + | 49.24 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Dresden | 860816 |
| + | 49.25 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Luxembourg | 840708 |
| + | 49.27 | Marita Koch | | | 2 | Roma | 810906 |
| 13 | 49.28 | Irena [Kirszenstein] Szewinska | POL | 460524 | 1 | Montréal | 760729 |
| + | 49.28 | Chandra [Shelton] Cheeseborough | | | 1 | Los Angeles | 840619 |
| + | 49.28 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Bruxelles | 860905 |
| + | 49.28 | Marie-Jose Perec | | | 1 | Göteborg | 950808 |
| 14 | 49.28 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | BAH | 660709 | 4 | Atlanta, Ga | 960729 |
| 15 | 49.29 | Charity Opara ¶ | NGR | 720520 | 1 | Roma | 980714 |
| + | 49.30 | Tatana [Slaninova] Kocembova | | | 1 | Paris | 840904 |
| 16 | 49.30 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | GDR | 650718 | 1 | Jena | 880603 |
| + | 49.32 | Marie-Jose Perec | | | 1 | Frankfurt | 910629 |
| + | 49.33 | Tatana [Slaninova] Kocembova | | | 1 | London | 830820 |
| + | 49.33 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Hannover | 840615 |
| + | 49.33 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | | | s1:2 | Seoul | 880925 |
| + | 49.35 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 2 | Budapest | 840820 |
| + | 49.35 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 2 | Monaco | 960810 |
| + | 49.36 | Tatana [Slaninova] Kocembova | | | 1 | East Berlin | 840720 |
| + | 49.38 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | URS | | 1 | Roma | 870831 |
| + | 49.39 | Cathy Freeman | | | 1 | Oslo | 970704 |
| + | 49.40 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Rieti | 820916 |
| 17 | 49.40 | Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 660904 | 1 | Indianapolis | 970614 |
| 18 | 49.42 | Grit Breuer ¶ | GER | 720216 | 2 | Tokyo | 910827 |
| + | 49.43 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Zagreb | 810815 |
| 19 | 49.43 | Kathryn [Smallwood] Cook | GBR | 600503 | 3 | Los Angeles | 840806 |
| 20 | 49.43A | Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju | NGR | 710502 | 1 | Harare | 950915 |
| + | 49.44 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Pisa | 830825 |
| + | 49.45 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | | | 2 | Seoul | 880926 |
| + | 49.45 | Marie-Jose Perec | | | 1 | Lausanne | 960703 |
| + | 49.46 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 2 | Moskva | 800728 |
| + | 49.47 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Praha | 840722 |
| + | 49.47 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 2 | Paris | 840904 |
| 21 | 49.47 | Aelita [Gutnik] Yurchenko | URS | 650101 | 2 | Moskva | 880904 |
| + | 49.47 | Marie-Jose Perec | | | 1 | Paris | 960628 |
| + | 49.48 | Marie-Jose Perec | | | s1:1 | Barcelona | 920803 |
| + | 49.48 | Cathy Freeman | | | 1 | Bruxelles | 960823 |
| + | 49.48 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 1 | Monaco | 970816 |
| + | 49.48 | Cathy Freeman | | | 1 | Monaco | 000818 |
| + | 49.49 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Cottbus | 820625 |
| + | 49.50 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | | | s2:1 | Seoul | 880925 |
| + | 49.50 | Grit Breuer ¶ | GDR | | 1 | Split, YUG | 900829 |
| + | 49.50 | Marie-Jose Perec | | | 1 | Nice | 920715 |
| + | 49.51 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | London | 810911 |
| + | 49.51 | Charity Opara ¶ | | | 1 | Stuttgart | 980719 |
| + | 49.51 | Grit Breuer ¶ | | | 1 | Zürich | 980812 |
| + | 49.52 | Irena [Kirszenstein] Szewinska | | | 1 | Düsseldorf | 770904 |
| + | 49.52 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | URS | | 3 | Praha | 840816 |
| + | 49.52A | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 1 | Johannesburg | 980913 |
| + | 49.53 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Helsinki | 770813 |
| + | 49.55 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Cottbus | 800717 |
| + | 49.55 | Jearl Miles-Clark | | | 5 | Atlanta, Ga | 960729 |
| 22 | 49.56 | Bärbel [Wöckel] Eckert | GDR | 550321 | 1 | Erfurt | 820530 |
| + | 49.56 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Köln | 840826 |
| + | 49.56 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | | | 1 | West Berlin | 850823 |
| + | 49.56 | Cathy Freeman | | | 1 | Lausanne | 000705 |
| 23 | 49.57 | Grace [Small] Jackson | JAM | 610614 | 1 | Nice | 880710 |
| + | 49.57 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | s2:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960728 |
| + | 49.58 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Tokyo | 820924 |
| 24 | 49.58 | Dagmar [Neubauer] Rübsam | GDR | 620603 | 3 | Erfurt | 840602 |
| + | 49.58 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Bruxelles | 840824 |
| + | 49.58 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | | | 1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 880612 |
| 25 | 49.58 | Lorraine [Graham] Fenton | JAM | 730908 | 2 | Sydney, AUS | 000925 |
| + | 49.59 | Cathy Freeman | | | 1 | London | 960712 |
| + | 49.59 | Charity Opara ¶ | | | 2 | Zürich | 980812 |
| 26 | 49.59 | Marion Jones | USA | 751012 | 1r6 | Walnut, Ca | 000416 |
| 27 | 49.59 | Katharine Merry | GBR | 740921 | 1 | Athína | 010611 |
| + | 49.60 | Sabine Busch | GDR | | 1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 840520 |
| + | 49.60 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 2 | Lausanne | 960703 |
| + | 49.60 | Cathy Freeman | | | 1 | Milano | 960907 |
| + | 49.60 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 1 | Bruxelles | 980828 |
| + | 49.61 | Maria [Kulchunova] Pinigina | | | 2 | Tokyo | 850921 |
| 28 | 49.61 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 630323 | 1 | La Habana | 910805 |
| + | 49.62 | Sabine Busch | GDR | | 1 | Jena | 840513 |
| + | 49.62A | Ana Fidelia Quirot | | | 1 | Ciudad de México | 880522 |
| + | 49.62 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 1 | Lagos | 990731 |
| + | 49.63 | Maria [Kulchunova] Pinigina | | | 2 | Torino | 790804 |
| + | 49.63 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | | | 1 | Monaco | 920811 |
| + | 49.64 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Jena | 810808 |
| + | 49.64 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Budapest | 820630 |
| + | 49.64 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | | | 1 | Potsdam | 870821 |
| 29 | 49.64 | Gwen Torrence | USA | 650612 | 2 | Nice | 920715 |
| 30 | 49.64 | Ximena Restrepo | COL | 690310 | 3 | Barcelona | 920805 |
| + | 49.65 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Tbilisi | 810626 |
| + | 49.65 | Dagmar [Neubauer] Rübsam | | | 1 | Nice | 840820 |
| + | 49.65 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | | | 1 | Düsseldorf | 880619 |
| 31 | 49.66 | Christina [Lathan] Brehmer | GDR | 580228 | 3 | Moskva | 800728 |
| 32 | 49.66 | Lillie [King] Leatherwood | USA | 640706 | 1 | New York, NY | 910615 |
| + | 49.66 | Marie-Jose Perec | | | 1 | Dijon | 920613 |
| + | 49.67 | Tatana [Slaninova] Kocembova | | | 1 | Ostrava | 830601 |
| + | 49.67 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | URS | | 2 | Stuttgart | 860828 |
| 33 | 49.67 | Sandra [Brown] Myers | ESP | 610109 | 1 | Oslo | 910706 |
| + | 49.67 | Cathy Freeman | | | 1 | Sevilla, ESP | 990826 |
| + | 49.68 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Dresden | 770807 |
| + | 49.69 | Olga Nazarova (2) | EUN | | 4 | Barcelona | 920805 |
| + | 49.70 | Tatana [Slaninova] Kocembova | | | 2 | Praha | 830723 |
| + | 49.70 | Grit Breuer ¶ | | | 2 | Stuttgart | 980719 |
| 34 | 49.70A | Ana Guevara | MEX | 770304 | 1 | Ciudad de México | 000702 |
| + | 49.72 | Christina [Lathan] Brehmer | | | 2 | Potsdam | 790729 |
| + | 49.72 | Tatana [Slaninova] Kocembova | | | 1 | Ostrava | 840523 |
| + | 49.72 | Marie-Jose Perec | | | 2 | Bruxelles | 960823 |
| + | 49.72 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 1 | Berlin | 980901 |
| + | 49.72 | Katharine Merry | | | 3 | Sydney, AUS | 000925 |
| + | 49.73 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Praha | 840609 |
| + | 49.73 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 2 | Milano | 960907 |
| + | 49.73 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 1 | Moskva | 980905 |
| + | 49.74 | Marita Koch | | | 1 | Potsdam | 800713 |
| + | 49.74 | Maria [Kulchunova] Pinigina | | | 2 | Kiev | 840622 |
| + | 49.74 | Sabine Busch | GDR | | 1 | Potsdam | 840721 |
| + | 49.74 | Maria [Kulchunova] Pinigina | | | 3 | Moskva | 880904 |
| 35 | 49.74 | Anja Rücker | GER | 721220 | 2 | Sevilla, ESP | 990826 |
| + | 49.75 | Irena [Kirszenstein] Szewinska | | | 1 | Bydgoszcz | 760622 |
| 36 | 49.75 | Gaby Bussmann | FRG | 591008 | 4 | Helsinki | 830810 |
| + | 49.75 | Aelita [Gutnik] Yurchenko | | | h1 | Simferopol | 880528 |
| + | 49.76 | Marita Koch | | | 2 | Düsseldorf | 770904 |
| + | 49.76 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | | | 1 | Tallinn | 860621 |
| + | 49.76 | Marie-Jose Perec | | | 1 | Nice | 910715 |
| + | 49.76 | Ximena Restrepo | | | s2:1 | Barcelona | 920803 |
| + | 49.76 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | | | s3:1 | Barcelona | 920803 |
| + | 49.76 | Cathy Freeman | | | 1 | Monaco | 990804 |
| + | 49.76 | Cathy Freeman | | | s1:2 | Sevilla, ESP | 990824 |
| + | 49.77 | Christina [Lathan] Brehmer | | | 1 | Dresden | 760509 |
| + | 49.77 | Maria [Kulchunova] Pinigina | | | 1 | Moskva | 790724 |
| + | 49.77 | Marie-Jose Perec | | | 1 | Paris | 940903 |
| + | 49.77 | Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju | | | 6 | Atlanta, Ga | 960729 |
| + | 49.77 | Cathy Freeman | | | 1 | Athína | 970804 |
| + | 49.78 | Sandra [Brown] Myers | | | 3 | Tokyo | 910827 |
| + | 49.78 | Cathy Freeman | | | 1 | Bruxelles | 000825 |
| + | 49.78 | Grit Breuer ¶ | | | 1 | Stuttgart | 010630 |
| + | 49.79 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | | | 2 | Dresden | 860816 |
| + | 49.79 | Aelita [Gutnik] Yurchenko | | | 1r1 | Leningrad | 880612 |
| + | 49.79A | Charity Opara ¶ | | | 1 | Monachil, Sierra Nevada | 970709 |
| 37 | 49.79 | Sandie Richards | JAM | 681106 | 2 | Athína | 970804 |
| 38 | 49.79 | Donna Fraser | GBR | 721107 | 4 | Sydney, AUS | 000925 |
| + | 49.80 | Sandie Richards | | | 2 | Monaco | 970816 |
| + | 49.80 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 2 | Monaco | 990804 |
| + | 49.81 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | | | 2 | Nice | 880710 |
| 39 | 49.81 | Ma Yuqin | CHN | 720911 | 1 | Beijing | 930911 |
| + | 49.81 | Cathy Freeman | | | 1 | Oslo | 960705 |
| + | 49.82 | Maria [Kulchunova] Pinigina | | | 1 | Donyetsk | 850827 |
| + | 49.82 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | URS | | 4 | Tokyo | 910827 |
| + | 49.82 | Jearl Miles-Clark | | | 1 | Stuttgart | 930817 |
| + | 49.83 | Maria [Kulchunova] Pinigina | | | s1:3 | Moskva | 790724 |
| + | 49.83 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | | | 1 | San José | 840609 |
| + | 49.83 | Tatana [Slaninova] Kocembova | | | 1 | Bratislava | 860614 |
| + | 49.83 | Gwen Torrence | | | 1 | Monaco | 930807 |
| + | 49.83 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | | | 3 | Lausanne | 960703 |
| + | 49.84 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | URS | | 1 | Erfurt | 850622 |
| + | 49.84 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | | | 1 | Dresden | 860703 |
| + | 49.84 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | | | s1:1 | Stuttgart | 860827 |
| + | 49.84 | Grace [Small] Jackson | | | 1 | Köln | 880821 |
| 40 | 49.84 | Diane [Martin] Dixon | USA | 640923 | s3:1 | Seoul | 880925 |
| + | 49.85 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | | | 2 | Tallinn | 860621 |
| + | 49.85 | Cathy Freeman | | | 1 | Melbourne, AUS | 960229 |
| + | 49.85 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | | | s3:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960728 |
| + | 49.86 | Charity Opara ¶ | | | 1 | Bratislava | 920601 |
| + | 49.86 | Cathy Freeman | | | 1 | Stuttgart | 970713 |
| + | 49.86A | Grit Breuer ¶ | | | 2 | Johannesburg | 980913 |
| 41 | 49.86 | Ami Mbacké Thiam | SEN | 761110 | 1 | Edmonton, CAN | 010807 |
| + | 49.87 | Marita Koch | | | 2 | Erfurt | 820530 |
| + | 49.87 | Maria [Kulchunova] Pinigina | | | 1 | Moskva | 870606 |
| 42 | 49.87 | Denean [Howard] Hill | USA | 641005 | s4:1 | Seoul | 880925 |
| + | 49.87 | Grit Breuer ¶ | | | 2 | Frankfurt | 910629 |
| + | 49.87 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | | | 3 | Monaco | 960810 |
| + | 49.87 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | | | 3 | Milano | 960907 |
| + | 49.87 | Sandie Richards | | | 1 | Berlin | 970826 |
| + | 49.87A | Charity Opara ¶ | | | 1 | Johannesburg | 980327 |
| 43 | 49.87 | Latasha [Colander] Richardson | USA | 760823 | 1 | Sacramento, Ca | 000716 |
| + | 49.88 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | | | 3 | Stuttgart | 860828 |
| + | 49.88 | Grit Breuer ¶ | | | 2 | Roma | 980714 |
| + | 49.88 | Charity Opara ¶ | | | 1 | Monaco | 980808 |
| 44 | 49.88 | Ionela Tirlea | ROM | 760209 | 1 | Palma de Mallorca, ESP | 990712 |
| + | 49.88 | Lorraine [Graham] Fenton | | | 2 | Edmonton, CAN | 010807 |
| + | 49.89 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | | | 1 | Westwood, Ca | 850518 |
| 45 | 49.89 | Irina [Sergeyeva] Privalova | RUS | 681122 | 1 | Moskva | 930730 |
| + | 49.89 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 2 | Paris | 960628 |
| + | 49.89 | Marie-Jose Perec | | | 1 | Köln | 960816 |
| + | 49.89 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 3 | Roma | 980714 |
| + | 49.89 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 1 | Uniondale, NY | 980721 |
| + | 49.90 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | | | s2:2 | Seoul | 880925 |
| + | 49.90 | Olga Nazarova (2) | URS | | 3 | Seoul | 880926 |
| + | 49.90 | Jearl Miles-Clark | | | 3 | Athína | 970804 |
| + | 49.90 | Jearl Miles-Clark | | | 3 | Monaco | 970816 |
| + | 49.90 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 2 | Monaco | 990804 |
| 46 | 49.91 | Marita [Wiggins] Payne | CAN | 601007 | 4 | Los Angeles | 840806 |
| + | 49.91 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | | | 1 | Praha | 870627 |
| 47 | 49.91 | Jillian Richardson | CAN | 650310 | s5:1 | Seoul | 880926 |
| + | 49.91 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 2 | Stuttgart | 970713 |
| + | 49.92 | Lorraine [Graham] Fenton | | | 3 | Sevilla, ESP | 990826 |
| + | 49.93 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | | | 1 | München | 870909 |
| + | 49.93 | Jillian Richardson | | | 5 | Barcelona | 920805 |
| + | 49.93 | Grit Breuer ¶ | | | 1 | Budapest | 980821 |
| + | 49.94 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | | | 2 | Roma | 870831 |
| + | 49.94 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | | | 1 | Lausanne | 870915 |
| + | 49.94 | Marie-Jose Perec | URS | | s1:1 | Tokyo | 910826 |
| + | 49.95 | Marita Koch | | | h1 | Jena | 800517 |
| + | 49.95 | Lillie [King] Leatherwood | | | 1 | San José | 870627 |
| 48 | 49.95 | Olga Kotlyarova | RUS | 760412 | 1 | Yokohama | 000909 |
| + | 49.96 | Olga [Vladykina] Bryzgina | URS | | 1 | Moskva | 860709 |
| + | 49.96 | Olga Nazarova (2) | URS | | 1 | Bryansk | 870717 |
| + | 49.96 | Olga Nazarova (2) | | | 2 | Dijon | 920613 |
| + | 49.96 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | | | 2 | Göteborg | 950808 |
| + | 49.96 | Cathy Freeman | | | 1 | Gateshead | 960630 |
| + | 49.96 | Jearl Miles-Clark | | | 2 | London | 960712 |
| + | 49.96 | Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju | | | 4 | Monaco | 960810 |
| + | 49.96 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | s1:1 | Sevilla, ESP | 990824 |
| + | 49.96 | Ana Guevara | | | 5 | Sydney, AUS | 000925 |
| + | 49.97 | Falilat Ogunkoya | | | 3 | Bruxelles | 960823 |
| + | 49.97 | Ana Guevara | | | 3 | Edmonton, CAN | 010807 |
| + | 49.98 | Petra [Schersing] Müller | | | 1 | Potsdam | 880908 |
| 49 | 49.98 | Tatyana Alekseyeva | RUS | 631007 | 1 | Tula | 970708 |
| + | 49.98 | Grit Breuer ¶ | | | 4 | Monaco | 970816 |
| + | 49.98 | Jearl Miles-Clark | | | 3 | Monaco | 990804 |
| + | 49.99 | Gaby Bussmann | | | 1 | München | 830726 |
| 50 | 49.99 | Pam Marshall | USA | 600816 | 1 | Westwood, Ca | 860517 |
| 270 performances by 50 athletes |
| 51 | 50.01 | Li Jing (4) | CHN | 800214 | 1 | Shanghai | 971018 |
| 52 | 50.03 | Gesine Walther | GDR | 621006 | 2 | Jena | 840513 |
| 53 | 50.05 | Maicel [Trapp] Malone-Wallace | USA | 690612 | 1 | Lausanne | 940706 |
| 54 | 50.05 | Heide Seyerling | RSA | 760819 | 6 | Sydney, AUS | 000925 |
| 55 | 50.06 | Rochelle Stevens | USA | 660908 | s1:2 | New Orleans, La | 920622 |
| 56 | 50.07 | Irina [Bagryantseva] Nazarova | URS | 570731 | 4 | Moskva | 800728 |
| 57 | 50.07 | Kirsten [Siemon] Emmelmann | GDR | 610419 | 2 | West Berlin | 850823 |
| 58 | 50.10 | Natalya Nazarova | RUS | 790526 | 1 | Tula | 000724 |
| 59 | 50.11 | Juliet Campbell | JAM | 700317 | 1 | Kingston | 930703 |
| 60 | 50.11 | Michelle Collins | USA | 710212 | 2 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 000513 |
| 61 | 50.12A | Myrtle [Simpson] Bothma | RSA | 640218 | 1 | Germiston, RSA | 860411 |
| 62 | 50.14 | Riita [Hagman] Salin | FIN | 501016 | 1 | Roma | 740904 |
| 63 | 50.15 | Ellen [Strophal] Streidt | GDR | 520727 | 2 | East Berlin | 760710 |
| 64 | 50.15 | Olesya Zykina | RUS | 801007 | 1r1 | Tula | 010713 |
| 65 | 50.17 | Nina Zyuskova | URS | 520515 | 5 | Moskva | 800728 |
| 66 | 50.17 | Natasha Kaiser-Brown | USA | 670514 | 2 | Stuttgart | 930817 |
| 67 | 50.19 | Irina Baskakova | URS | 560825 | 2 | Moskva | 830621 |
| 68 | 50.19 | Renee Poetschka | AUS | 710501 | 1 | Sydney | 940312 |
| 69 | 50.21 | Helena [Dziurova] Fuchsová | CZE | 650603 | 2 | Budapest | 980821 |
| 70 | 50.23 | Svetlana Goncharenko | RUS | 710528 | s2:1 | Tula | 000724 |
| 71 | 50.24 | Maree [Chapman] Holland | AUS | 630725 | s3:2 | Seoul | 880925 |
| 72 | 50.25 | Daniela [Georgieva] Spasova ¶ | BUL | 690922 | 1 | Sofia | 950521 |
| 73 | 50.26 | Brigitte [Köhn] Rohde | GDR | 541008 | 1 | Split | 760501 |
| 74 | 50.28 | Lilia [Tuznikova] Novoseltsova | URS | 620905 | 2 | Moskva | 840720 |
| 75 | 50.28 | Ute [Finger] Thimm | FRG | 580710 | s6:1 | Seoul | 880925 |
| 76 | 50.33 | Lyudmila Dzhigalova | URS | 620122 | 1 | Kiev | 900706 |
| 77 | 50.33 | Uta Rohländer-Fromm | GER | 690630 | 4 | Stuttgart | 980719 |
| 78 | 50.34 | Doris Maletzki | GDR | 520611 | 4 | East Berlin | 760710 |
| 79 | 50.34A | Olabisi Afolabi | NGR | 751031 | 2 | Johannesburg | 990916 |
| 80 | 50.36 | Helga Arendt | FRG | 640424 | s4:2 | Seoul | 880925 |
| 81 | 50.38 | Nadjina Kaltouma | CHA | 761116 | s2:2 | Edmonton, CAN | 010806 |
| 82 | 50.39 | Du Xiujie # | CHN | 711127 | 1 | Beijing | 950818 |
| 83 | 50.40 | Sherri Howard | USA | 620601 | 4 | Los Angeles | 840619 |
| 84 | 50.40 | Phylis Smith | GBR | 650929 | s4:1 | Barcelona | 920803 |
| 85 | 50.45 | Charmaine Crooks | CAN | 620808 | 7 | Los Angeles | 840806 |
| 86 | 50.46 | Kendra Mackey | USA | 690114 | q1:1 | New Orleans, La | 920621 |
| 87 | 50.46 | Dannette Young-Stone | USA | 641006 | 4 | New Orleans, La | 920624 |
| 88 | 50.49 | Tatyana [Nasonova] Goyshchik | URS | 520121 | 3 | Moskva | 790724 |
| 89 | 50.52 | Marina Shmonina ¶ | URS | 650209 | 2 | Moskva | 900610 |
| 90 | 50.53 | Kim Graham | USA | 710326 | s1:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960617 |
| 91 | 50.55 | Iolanda Oanta | ROM | 651011 | 1 | Pitesti | 880813 |
| 92 | 50.56 | Pirjo [Häggman] Wilmi | FIN | 510608 | 4 | Montréal | 760729 |
| 93 | 50.56A | Aurelia Penton | CUB | 430218 | 1 | Medellin | 780716 |
| 94 | 50.57A | Evette [Armstrong] de Klerk | RSA | 650821 | 1 | Germiston, RSA | 860402 |
| 95 | 50.60 | Larisa Krylova | URS | 551018 | 1 | Kiev | 820814 |
| 96 | 50.60 | LaTarsha Stroman | USA | 750919 | 1 | Bloomington, In | 970607 |
| 97 | 50.61 | Julia Duporty | CUB | 710209 | 2 | Madrid | 940906 |
| 98 | 50.61 | Kim Batten | USA | 690329 | 1r1 | Atlanta, Ga | 980523 |
| 99 | 50.62 | Rosalyn Bryant | USA | 560107 | s1:2 | Montréal | 760728 |
| 100 | 50.62 | Karoline [Steringer] Käfer | AUT | 541031 | 1 | Klagenfurt | 770618 |
| 101 | 50.62 | Maria Magnolia Figueiredo | BRA | 631111 | 1 | Rovereto | 900821 |
| 102 | 50.63 | Michelle [Probert] Scutt | GBR | 600617 | 1 | Cwmbran | 820531 |
| 103 | 50.63 | Marina [Ivanova] Kharlamova | URS | 620524 | 4 | Moskva | 830621 |
| 104 | 50.63 | Lyudmila Byelova | URS | 581123 | 3 | Moskva | 840804 |
| 105 | 50.63 | Deon Hemmings | JAM | 681009 | 1 | Kingston | 950624 |
| 106 | 50.63 | Svetlana Pospelova ¶ | RUS | 791224 | 1 | Gateshead | 000715 |
| 107 | 50.63 | Mikele Barber | USA | 801004 | 1 | Columbia, SC | 010513 |
| 108 | 50.64 | Karin Janke | FRG | 631014 | 1 | Düsseldorf | 900811 |
| 109 | 50.65 | Yelena Ruzina | URS | 640403 | 3 | Kiev | 900706 |
| 110 | 50.67 | Shanelle Porter | USA | 720120 | 2 | Padova | 960707 |
| 111 | 50.67 | Tracey-Ann Barnes | JAM | 750628 | 2 | Kingston | 980627 |
| 112 | 50.67 | Anna Tkach | RUS | 750417 | h1:4 | Tula | 000724 |
| 113 | 50.69 | Mireille Nguimgo | CMR | 761107 | 1r1 | La Chaux-De-Fonds | 000813 |
| 114 | 50.70 | Gabriele [Kötte] Löwe | GDR | 581212 | 1= | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 790812 |
| 115 | 50.70 | Genowefa [Nowaczyk] Blaszak | POL | 570822 | 3r1 | West Berlin | 860815 |
| 116 | 50.71 | Vineta Ikauniece | URS | 621204 | 4 | Moskva | 880904 |
| 117 | 50.71 | Allison Curbishley | GBR | 760603 | 2 | Kuala Lumpur | 980918 |
| 118 | 50.73A | Adri de Jongh | RSA | 700713 | 2 | Johannesburg | 960414 |
| 119 | 50.73A | Claudine [Fotsing] Komgang | CMR | 740221 | 3 | Ciudad de México | 000702 |
| 120 | 50.73 | Yuliya Sotnikova | RUS | 701118 | s2:2 | Tula | 000724 |
| 121 | 50.74 | Suziann Reid | USA | 770114 | 3 | Lausanne | 990702 |
| 122 | 50.74 | Monique Henderson | USA | 830218 | 1:HS | Norwalk, Ca | 000603 |
| 123 | 50.75 | Joslyn [Smith] Hoyte | GBR | 541216 | 1 | London | 820618 |
| 124 | 50.76 | Irina Rosikhina | RUS | 750511 | 1r3 | Tula | 000602 |
| 125 | 50.77 | Yelena [Didilenko] Korban | URS | 610410 | 1 | Leningrad | 830727 |
| 126 | 50.78 | Gisela Anton | GDR | 541128 | 1 | Halle | 760727 |
| 127 | 50.78 | Olga [Syrovatskaya] Mineyeva | URS | 520901 | 2 | Moskva | 800612 |
| 128 | 50.78 | Debbie Flintoff-King | AUS | 600420 | 3 | London | 860711 |
| 129 | 50.78 | Michelle Lock | AUS | 670329 | s7:1 | Barcelona | 920803 |
| 130 | 50.80 | Inna Yevseyeva | UKR | 640814 | 2 | Tashkent | 860918 |
| 131 | 50.82 | Rositsa Stamenova | BUL | 550306 | h4:1 | Praha | 840816 |
| 132 | 50.82 | Juliana Marinova | BUL | 670724 | 1 | Sofia | 870815 |
| 133 | 50.82 | Cathy Rattray-Williams | JAM | 630819 | s6:2 | Seoul | 880925 |
| 134 | 50.82 | Monique Hennagan | USA | 760526 | 4 | Sacramento, Ca | 000716 |
| 135 | 50.83 | Gisela Kinzel | FRG | 610517 | 4 | West Berlin | 860815 |
| 136 | 50.85 | Silke-Beate Knoll | GER | 670221 | 1 | Bremen | 950701 |
| 137 | 50.85 | Jitka Burianova | CZE | 770117 | q1:1 | Sydney, AUS | 000923 |
| 138 | 50.87 | Magdalena Nedelcu | ROM | 740512 | 1 | Bucuresti | 920731 |
| 139 | 50.87 | Zulia Calatayud Torres | CUB | 791109 | 1r1 | Alcala de Henares | 010630 |
| 140 | 50.88 | Rita [Jahn] Wilden | FRG | 471009 | 3 | Roma | 740904 |
| 141 | 50.89 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | USA | 591221 | 2 | Los Angeles | 850608 |
| 142 | 50.90 | Sheila Ingram | USA | 570323 | s3:1 | Montréal | 760728 |
| 143 | 50.90 | Youlanda Warren | USA | 720313 | s2:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960617 |
| 144 | 50.91 | Nadezhda [Aldoshina] Lyalina | URS | 560921 | 1 | Krasnodar | 830524 |
| 145 | 50.91 | Lyudmila [Zenina] Chernova | URS | 551130 | 2 | Krasnodar | 830524 |
| 146 | 50.92 | Margit Sinzel | GDR | 580617 | 5 | East Berlin | 760710 |
| 147 | 50.92 | Ladonna Antoine | CAN | 741120 | q2:1 | Sydney, AUS | 000923 |
| 148 | 50.93 | Tatyana Ledovskaya | URS | 660521 | 5r1 | Leningrad | 880612 |
| 149 | 50.93 | Lorraine Hanson | GBR | 650422 | s5:1 | Tokyo | 910826 |
| 150 | 50.93 | Yelena Rurak | UKR | 720207 | 1 | Kiev | 960517 |
| 151 | 50.94 | Viktoriya Fomenko | UKR | 701002 | 2 | Kiev | 960517 |
| 152 | 50.94 | Anna Kozak | BLR | 740622 | 2 | Madrid | 960601 |
| 153 | 50.95A | Idalmis Bonne | CUB | 710202 | 1 | Guatemala City | 950715 |
| 154 | 50.96 | Nadezhda [Mushta] Olizarenko | URS | 531128 | 1 | Moskva | 800712 |
| 155 | 50.97A | Mimmie [Theron] Snyman | RSA | 590315 | 1 | Germiston, RSA | 820517 |
| 156 | 50.97 | Anastasiya Kapachinskaya | RUS | 79 | 2r1 | Tula | 010713 |
| 157 | 50.98 | Jelica [Stefancic] Pavlicic | YUG | 540204 | 1 | Sofia | 740803 |
| 158 | 50.98 | Marina [Nikiforova] Sidorova | URS | 500116 | 1 | Moskva | 770727 |
| 159 | 50.98 | Linda Keough | GBR | 631226 | s7:2 | Tokyo | 910826 |
| 160 | 50.99 | Easter Gabriel | USA | 600615 | 2 | Houston, Tx | 830604 |
| 161 | 51.00 | Tatyana [Burakova] Prorochenko | URS | 520315 | 5 | Moskva | 790724 |
| 162 | 51.00 | Nina Kravchenko | URS | 590523 | 2 | Moskva | 830620 |
| 163 | 51.00 | Nancy McLeon | CUB | 710501 | 3 | Madrid | 940906 |
| 164 | 51.01 | Rita Kühne | GDR | 470105 | h2 | Dresden | 760508 |
| 165 | 51.01 | Anita Howard | USA | 690322 | 1 | Austin | 920606 |
| 166 | 51.01 | Tatyana Chebykina | RUS | 681122 | 2 | Fukuoka | 950901 |
| 167 | 51.02 | Marylyn Neufville | JAM | 521216 | 1 | Edinburgh | 700723 |
| 168 | 51.02 | Linetta Wilson | USA | 671011 | s3:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960617 |
| 169 | 51.03 | Barbara Krug | GDR | 560506 | 4 | Cottbus | 800717 |
| 170 | 51.04 | Lorna Forde | BAR | 520624 | 1 | Westwood, Ca | 780610 |
| 171 | 51.04 | Sally Gunnell | GBR | 660729 | 1 | Gateshead | 940720 |
| 172 | 51.04 | Doris Jacob | NGR | 78 | 3 | Palma de Mallorca, ESP | 990712 |
| 173 | 51.05 | Damayanthi Dharsha -Kobalavithanage | SRI | 750213 | 1 | Jakarta | 000830 |
| 174 | 51.06A | Norfalia Carabali | COL | 640121 | 1 | Alcala | 920620 |
| 175 | 51.07 | Karen Shinkins | IRL | 761015 | 4 | Palma de Mallorca, ESP | 990712 |
| 176 | 51.08 | Monica [Landgraf] Zehrt | GDR | 520929 | 1 | Colombes | 720704 |
| 177 | 51.08 | Raelene Boyle | AUS | 510624 | 1 | Brisbane | 820904 |
| 178 | 51.08A | Molly Killingbeck | CAN | 590203 | 1 | Provo | 830527 |
| 179 | 51.08 | Evelyn [Washington] Ashford | USA | 570415 | h1:3 | San José | 840607 |
| 180 | 51.09 | Nicole Green | USA | 711028 | s4:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960617 |
| 181 | 51.10 | Margarita [Khromova] & Ponomaryova | URS | 630619 | 1 | Khania | 910602 |
| 182 | 51.10 | Daimi Pernia | CUB | 761227 | 1 | Getafe | 010710 |
| 183 | 51.11 | Patricia Jackson | USA | 580317 | 2 | Westwood, Ca | 780610 |
| 184 | 51.11 | Katja Ilieva | BUL | 630103 | 2 | Sofia | 870815 |
| 185 | 51.12 | Kerstin Walther | GDR | 610415 | 2 | Jena | 830528 |
| 186 | 51.12 | Merlene [Page] Ottey | JAM | 600510 | 3 | Houston, Tx | 830604 |
| 187 | 51.12 | Dalia Matuseviciene | URS | 621112 | 7 | Kiev | 840622 |
| 188 | 51.12 | Tatyana Zakharova | RUS | 690418 | 1 | Moskva | 950605 |
| 189 | 51.13 | Toya Brown | USA | 750923 | 4 | New Orleans, La | 980621 |
| 190 | 51.13 | Florence Ekpo-Umoh | GER | 771227 | 2 | Stuttgart | 010630 |
| 191 | 51.14 | Alice Jackson | USA | 581228 | 1 | Gainesville, Fl | 870328 |
| 192 | 51.14A | Madeleine Naude | RSA | 630502 | 1 | Pretoria | 880314 |
| 193 | 51.14A | Celena Mondie-Milner | USA | 680806 | 3 | Provo | 890603 |
| 194 | 51.14 | Annette Hesselbarth | GDR | 660604 | 4 | Split, YUG | 900829 |
| 195 | 51.14 | Ryan Tolbert | JAM | 760616 | 3 | Bloomington, In | 970607 |
| 196 | 51.15 | Chen Yuxiang # | CHN | 780228 | 3 | Shanghai | 971018 |
| 197 | 51.16 | Linsey MacDonald | GBR | 640212 | 1 | London | 800615 |
| 198 | 51.16 | Linda Kisabaka | GER | 690409 | 6 | Köln | 960816 |
| 199 | 51.16 | Yekaterina Kulikova | RUS | 681107 | s4:1 | Tula | 000724 |
| 200 | 51.18 | Melanie Neef | GBR | 700526 | s4:1 | Göteborg | 950806 |
| 201 | 51.18 | Merlene Frazer | JAM | 731227 | s7:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960728 |
| 202 | 51.18 | Hana Benesova | CZE | 750419 | 2 | Praha | 970610 |
| 203 | 51.18 | Andrea Anderson | USA | 770917 | s3:1 | Sacramento, Ca | 000715 |
| 204 | 51.19 | Nadeshda [Kolesnikova] Ilyina | URS | 490114 | 1 | München | 760529 |
| 205 | 51.19 | Irina Olkhovnikova | URS | 590908 | 4 | Kiev | 820814 |
| 206 | 51.19 | Natalya Antyukh | RUS | 810626 | 3r1 | Tula | 010609 |
| 207 | 51.20 | Mariana Suman | ROM | 510729 | 2 | Sofia | 740803 |
| 208 | 51.20 | Irina Chapala | URS | 640414 | 4 | Tashkent | 860918 |
| 209 | 51.21 | Delisa [Walton] &91-93 Floyd | USA | 610728 | 1 | Houston, Tx | 870503 |
| 210 | 51.21 | Francine Landre | FRA | 700726 | 1 | Annecy | 940724 |
| 211 | 51.21 | K. Matthews Beenamol | IND | 750815 | 1r1 | Kiev | 000618 |
| 212 | 51.22 | Zhang Hengyun | CHN | 741025 | 4 | Shanghai | 971018 |
| 213 | 51.23 | Debra Sapenter | USA | 520227 | q1:3 | Montréal | 760726 |
| 214 | 51.24 | Angelika [Kahl] Handt | GDR | 540710 | 5 | Roma | 740904 |
| 215 | 51.24 | Jutta [Fritz] Mörig | GDR | 530122 | h3:1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 760529 |
| 216 | 51.25 | Marina [Makeyeva] Styepanova | URS | 500501 | s2:2 | Moskva | 800705 |
| 217 | 51.25 | Gale Diane [Dunrod] Francis | SKN | 680831 | 2 | Durham | 900602 |
| 218 | 51.25 | Shanta Ghosh | GER | 750103 | 3 | Stuttgart | 010630 |
| 219 | 51.26 | Roberta Belle | USA | 580929 | 8 | Los Angeles | 840619 |
| 220 | 51.26 | Demetria Washington | USA | 791231 | s4:1 | Edmonton, CAN | 010806 |
| 221 | 51.27 | Mona-Lisa [Strandvall] Pursiainen | FIN | 510621 | 1 | Helsinki | 730916 |
| 222 | 51.27 | Lyudmila Aksonova | URS | 470423 | 1 | Kiev | 760624 |
| 223 | 51.27A | Beatriz Castillo | CUB | 540217 | 2 | Medellin | 780716 |
| 224 | 51.27 | Ivanka [Zapryanova] Venkova | BUL | 521103 | 1 | Sofia | 810627 |
| 225 | 51.27 | Katrin Schreiter | GDR | 690224 | 1 | East Berlin | 890830 |
| 226 | 51.28 | Donna [Murray] Hartley | GBR | 550501 | 2 | Sofia | 750712 |
| 227 | 51.28 | Yelena Golesheva | URS | 660712 | 1 | Praha | 890621 |
| 228 | 51.28 | Tania [Murphy] Van Heer | AUS | 701230 | 2 | Melbourne, AUS | 990319 |
| 229 | 51.28 | Nova Peris-Kneebone | AUS | 710225 | q3:1 | Sydney, AUS | 000923 |
| 230 | 51.30 | Ewa [Kasprzyk] Witkowska | POL | 570907 | 1r1 | Khania | 860524 |
| 231 | 51.30 | Nelrae Pasha | USA | 701028 | 1 | Chapel Hill | 930508 |
| 232 | 51.30 | Yelena Andreyeva | RUS | 690509 | 5 | Sankt Peterburg | 940726 |
| 233 | 51.30 | Claudine Williams | JAM | 760108 | 3 | Kingston | 950624 |
| 234 | 51.31 | Sharon Dabney | USA | 571025 | 3 | Westwood, Ca | 780610 |
| 235 | 51.31 | Karin Rossley | GDR | 570405 | 1 | Potsdam | 800511 |
| 236 | 51.31 | Virna de Angeli | ITA | 760227 | 1 | Bari | 970617 |
| 237 | 51.32 | Anita Protti | SUI | 640804 | 1 | Lausanne | 900919 |
| 238 | 51.32 | Sharon Stewart | AUS | 650817 | 1 | Adelaide | 920307 |
| 239 | 51.33 | Renee Ross | USA | 640412 | 3 | Los Angeles | 850608 |
| 240 | 51.34 | Lilia Nurutdinova ¶ | RUS | 631215 | 1 | Moskva | 920719 |
| 241 | 51.35 | Svetlana Korchagina | URS | 57 | 4 | Leningrad | 850803 |
| 242 | 51.35 | Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick | USA | 620818 | 1r2 | New York, NY | 920524 |
| 243 | 51.35 | Lee Naylor | AUS | 710126 | 4 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 980509 |
| 244 | 51.35 | Ester Goossens | NED | 720221 | 1 | Malmö | 980606 |
| 245 | 51.37 | June Griffith | GUY | 570616 | 1 | Durham | 790519 |
| 246 | 51.37 | Mercedes Alvarez | CUB | 561218 | 1 | Bucuresti | 830604 |
| 247 | 51.37 | Maria de Lourdes Mutola | MOZ | 721027 | 8 | Monaco | 940802 |
| 248 | 51.37 | Olga Moroz | UKR | 700816 | 1 | Kiev | 960607 |
| 249 | 51.38 | Jacqueline Pusey | JAM | 590814 | 1 | Cuidad Bolivar | 810815 |
| 250 | 51.38 | Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 570806 | 2 | Moskva | 830610 |
| 251 | 51.38 | Yelena Vinogradova | EUN | 640328 | 4 | Kiev | 900706 |
| 252 | 51.38 | Inez Turner | JAM | 720103 | h2:1 | Kingston | 960627 |
| 253 | 51.40 | Undine [Hartmann] Bremer | GDR | 610630 | 4 | Jena | 830528 |
| 254 | 51.40 | Pepa Pavlova | BUL | 610101 | 1 | Sofia | 860813 |
| 255 | 51.40 | Natalya Sharova | RUS | 721024 | 5 | Tula | 990730 |
| 256 | 51.41 | Malena Andonova | BUL | 570706 | 2 | Stara Zagora | 870801 |
| 257 | 51.41 | Wendy Watson | USA | 681202 | 3 | Durham | 900602 |
| 258 | 51.41 | Sandra Douglas | GBR | 670422 | q4:1 | Barcelona | 920802 |
| 259 | 51.41 | Claudia Marx | GER | 780916 | 4 | Stuttgart | 010630 |
| 260 | 51.42 | Yulanda Nelson | USA | 761019 | 2 | Des Moines, Ia | 990424 |
| 261 | 51.42 | Debbie-Ann Parris | JAM | 730324 | 1 | Baton Rouge, La | 010414 |
| 262 | 51.43 | Yana Manuylova | UKR | 711209 | 2 | Kiev | 960607 |
| 264 | 51.44 | Bethanie Nail | AUS | 560324 | s5:1 | Montréal | 760728 |
| 265 | 51.44 | Marzena Wojdecka | POL | 630303 | 1 | Grudziadz | 860628 |
| 266 | 51.44 | Cristina [Cojocaru] Matei | ROM | 620102 | 5 | Zürich | 860813 |
| 267 | 51.44 | Camara Jones | USA | 720515 | 1 | Tucson | 950520 |
| 268 | 51.45 | Christiane Marquardt | GDR | 581113 | 4 | Leipzig | 780702 |
| 269 | 51.45 | Ericka Harris | USA | 650907 | 1 | Lincoln | 810802 |
| 270 | 51.45 | Terri Dendy | USA | 650508 | 3r2 | Köln | 880621 |
| 271 | 51.45 | Nadia Graham-Hutchinson | JAM | 740903 | 1 | Auburn, Al | 970518 |
| 272 | 51.45 | Birgit Rockmeier | GER | 731129 | 4 | Dortmund | 000708 |
| 273 | 51.46 | Tatyana Litvinova | URS | 561120 | 2 | Moskva | 810807 |
| 274 | 51.47 | Natalya Bochina | URS | 620104 | 1 | Leningrad | 810725 |
| 275 | 51.47 | Janeen Jones | USA | 720819 | 1r1 | Atlanta, Ga | 940521 |
| 276 | 51.47 | Otilia Ruicu | ROM | 780820 | 2 | Funchal | 010630 |
| 277 | 51.48 | Denise [Robertson] Boyd | AUS | 521215 | 1 | Melbourne, AUS | 830319 |
| 278 | 51.48 | Olga Pesnopevtseva | URS | 680117 | s | Tashkent | 860917 |
| 279 | 51.49 | Natalya Khrushchelyova | RUS | 730520 | s5:1 | Tula | 000724 |
| 280 | 51.50 | Ilona Pal | HUN | 541021 | 1 | Budapest | 800811 |
| 281 | 51.50 | Allison Beckford | JAM | 790508 | h1:3 | Eugene, Or | 010531 |
| 282 | 51.51 | Dagmar Fuhrmann | FRG | 540406 | 2 | West Berlin | 760820 |
| 283 | 51.51 | Carlette Guidry-White | USA | 680904 | 1 | Walnut, Ca | 940417 |
| 284 | 51.51 | Surella Morales | CUB | 630616 | 1 | Camagüey | 960302 |
| 285 | 51.51 | Tamsyn Lewis | AUS | 780720 | 1 | Brisbane | 000211 |
| 286 | 51.52 | Evelyne Elien | FRA | 640324 | 2 | Annecy | 940724 |
| 287 | 51.52 | Cao Chunying | CHN | 740508 | 1 | Tangshan | 940830 |
| 288 | 51.53 | Blanca Lacambra | ESP | 650828 | 1 | Madrid | 860620 |
| 289 | 51.53 | Jennifer Stoute | GBR | 650416 | 2 | Birmingham | 890812 |
| 290 | 51.53 | Galina Moskvina | URS | 681030 | 1 | Bryansk | 900811 |
| 291 | 51.53 | Liu Weiwei | CHN | 710511 | 3 | Beijing | 930911 |
| 292 | 51.55 | Judit Forgacs | HUN | 590525 | 3 | Budapest | 830729 |
| 293 | 51.55A | Revolie Campbell | JAM | 720704 | 2 | Guatemala City | 950715 |
| 294 | 51.55 | Susan Andrews | AUS | 710126 | 2 | Melbourne, AUS | 980314 |
| 295 | 51.56 | Ruth Waithera | KEN | 580817 | 8 | Los Angeles | 840806 |
| 296 | 51.56 | Meredith [Rainey] Valmon | USA | 681013 | 1 | Philadelphia, Pa | 900506 |
| 297 | 51.56 | Lyudmila Koshchey | UKR | 680103 | 3 | Kiev | 960518 |
| 298 | 51.56 | Gelena Bodunova | RUS | 76 | h2:1 | Tula | 000724 |
| 299 | 51.57 | Janeene Vickers | USA | 681203 | 4 | Malmö | 910805 |
| 300 | 51.57 | Ellen Grant | JAM | 741017 | 1 | Odessa, Tx | 940521 |
| 301 | 51.59 | Elke Decker | FRG | 570223 | 2 | Köln | 790819 |
| 302 | 51.59 | Gwen Gardner | USA | 600907 | s1 | Walnut, Ca | 800614 |
| 303 | 51.60 | Kim Robertson | NZL | 570310 | 1 | Christchurch | 800119 |
| 304 | 51.60 | Kudirato Akhigbe | NGR | 81 | 3 | Sevilla | 010608 |
| 305 | 51.61 | Pillavulakandi T Usha | IND | 640520 | 7 | Canberra | 851006 |
| 306 | 51.61A | Zelda [Kemp, Pretorius] Botes | RSA | 680718 | 1 | Pretoria | 910225 |
| 307 | 51.62A | Joyce Yakubowich | CAN | 530529 | 1 | Ciudad de México | 751018 |
| 308 | 51.62 | Bettina Popp | GDR | 570906 | 4 | Dresden | 770807 |
| 309 | 51.62 | Anita [Barkusky] Weiss | GDR | 550716 | h1 | Potsdam | 780805 |
| 310 | 51.62 | Christine Wachtel | GDR | 650106 | 3 | Rieti | 890903 |
| 311 | 51.62A | Foy Williams | CAN | 730927 | 1 | Flagstaff, Az | 000704 |
| 312 | 51.63 | Natalya [Kulichkova] Sokolova | URS | 491006 | q1:2 | Montréal | 760726 |
| 313 | 51.63 | Swobodka Damyanova | BUL | 550713 | 1r2 | Sofia | 800614 |
| 314 | 51.63 | Tsvetelina Kirilova | BUL | 770714 | 1 | Ankara | 990522 |
| 315 | 51.64 | Kathy Hammond | USA | 511102 | 3 | München | 720907 |
| 316 | 51.64 | Vera Sychugova | URS | 630408 | 6 | Tallinn | 880705 |
| 317 | 51.64A | Susanna [Johansson] Holtzhausen | RSA | 761007 | 2 | Roodepoort | 000313 |
| 318 | 51.65 | Flirtisha Harris | USA | 720221 | 1 | Boise, Id | 940604 |
| 319 | 51.65 | Catherine [Pomales] Scott | JAM | 730827 | 3 | Portland, Or | 000625 |
| 320 | 51.66 | Galina [Yencheva] Penkova | BUL | 580518 | 1r2 | Sofia | 830723 |
| 321 | 51.66 | Mihaela [Rachieru] Ene | ROM | 621031 | 2 | Ljubljana, YUG | 860906 |
| 322 | 51.66 | Tatyana Movchan | UKR | 700919 | 1 | Kiev | 970712 |
| 323 | 51.67 | Yvonne [Saunders] Mondesire | CAN | 511009 | 1 | Christchurch | 740126 |
| 324 | 51.67 | Irina Podyalovskaya | URS | 591019 | 5 | Moskva | 840720 |
| 325 | 51.67 | Sharon Powell | JAM | 650716 | 4 | Eugene, Or | 880604 |
| 326 | 51.67 | Nezha Bidouane | MAR | 690918 | 8 | Berlin | 980901 |
| 327 | 51.68 | Helga Seidler | GDR | 490805 | s1:1 | München | 720904 |
| 328 | 51.68 | Niculina Lazarciuc | ROM | 571206 | 1 | Bucuresti | 840710 |
| 329 | 51.68 | Daniela Gamalie | ROM | 670317 | 1 | Bucuresti | 890603 |
| 330 | 51.68 | Gretha Tromp | NED | 640221 | 1 | Eindhoven | 910728 |
| 331 | 51.69 | Arlise Emerson | USA | 610730 | 3 | Los Angeles | 830625 |
| 332 | 51.69 | Ann-Louise Skoglund | SWE | 620628 | 4r1 | Stockholm | 860701 |
| 333 | 51.69 | Sonja Fridy | USA | 650331 | 5 | San José | 870627 |
| 334 | 51.69 | Ling Xueyan | CHN | 720214 | 5 | Beijing | 930911 |
| 335 | 51.69 | Yekaterina Bakhvalova | RUS | 720308 | 1 | Sankt Peterburg | 990722 |
| 336 | 51.70 | Verona [Bernard] Elder | GBR | 530405 | 1r2 | Fürth | 780610 |
| 337 | 51.70 | Nawal El Moutawakil | MAR | 620415 | 3 | Des Moines | 870425 |
| 338 | 51.70 | Natalya Sologub ¶ | BLR | 750331 | 1 | Brest-Litevsk | 000801 |
| 339 | 51.71 | Györgyi Balogh | HUN | 480501 | q1:3 | München | 720903 |
| 339 | 51.71 | Verna Burnard | AUS | 560819 | s6:2 | Montréal | 760727 |
| 340 | 51.71 | Crystal Irving | USA | 700526 | s2:1 | Austin | 920605 |
| 341 | 51.71 | Chandra Burns | USA | 750804 | 7 | Indianapolis | 970614 |
| 342 | 51.72 | Denise Mitchell | USA | 660220 | 6 | San José | 870627 |
| 343 | 51.73 | Dagmar Käsling | GDR | 470215 | s2:1 | München | 720904 |
| 344 | 51.73 | Yelena Goncharova | RUS | 630321 | 6 | Moskva | 870606 |
| 345 | 51.74 | Nicole Duclos | FRA | 470815 | 1 | Athína | 690918 |
| 346 | 51.74 | Larisa Lesnykh | URS | 640629 | 6 | Tashkent | 860918 |
| 347 | 51.74 | Patrizia Spuri | ITA | 730218 | s3:1 | Budapest | 980820 |
| 348 | 51.75 | Brenda Cliette | USA | 630905 | 3 | San José | 860531 |
| 349 | 51.75A | Michelle Taylor | USA | 670416 | 5 | Provo | 890603 |
| 350 | 51.75 | Elsa Devassoigne | FRA | 691012 | q2:3 | Barcelona | 920802 |
| 351 | 51.75 | Mariana Florea ¶ | ROM | 760829 | 1 | Istanbul | 920815 |
| 352 | 51.75 | Lu Xifang | CHN | 731216 | 1 | Beijing | 940812 |
| 353 | 51.75A | Leanie van der Walt | RSA | 770128 | 3 | Roodepoort | 990319 |
| 354 | 51.76 | Colette Besson | FRA | 460407 | 2 | Athína | 690918 |
| 355 | 51.76 | Maria Samungi | ROM | 500828 | 1 | Bucuresti | 810523 |
| 356 | 51.76 | Ilrey Oliver | JAM | 620902 | 2 | Knoxville | 860518 |
| 357 | 51.76 | Tanya McIntosh | USA | 661227 | 5 | Tampa, Fl | 880618 |
| 358 | 51.76 | Tamara Kupriyanovich | BLR | 640926 | h3:3 | Kiev | 910711 |
| 359 | 51.76A | Jana Pittman | AUS | 821109 | 3 | Roodepoort | 000313 |
| 360 | 51.77 | Lyudmila [Semeniuta] Veselkova | URS | 501025 | 4 | Moskva | 810807 |
| 361 | 51.77 | Nadezhda [Zvyagintseva] Tsyganova | URS | 610907 | 6 | Moskva | 840720 |
| 362 | 51.77 | Shanequa Campbell | USA | 720901 | 2 | Berkeley, Ca | 930522 |
| 363 | 51.78 | Krystyna [Hryniewicka] Kacperczyk | POL | 481013 | 1 | Brescia | 780804 |
| 364 | 51.79 | Martina [Steuk] Kämpfert | GDR | 591111 | 1 | Erfurt | 810801 |
| 365 | 51.79 | Lyudmila [Ashikhmina] Borisova | URS | 590730 | 1 | Kiev | 840705 |
| 366 | 51.79 | Alena [Bulirova] Parikova | CS | 611224 | 2 | Praha | 850914 |
| 367 | 51.79 | Marie-Louise Bevis # | FRA | 721012 | 1 | Dijon | 960526 |
| 368 | 51.79 | Nina Arnst | RUS | 690321 | 4r1 | Moskva | 960607 |
| 369 | 51.79 | Moushami Robinson | USA | 810413 | h1:1 | Eugene, Or | 010531 |
| 370 | 51.79 | Moushani Robinson | USA | 810413 | h1:1 | Eugene, Or | 010531 |
| 371 | 51.80 | Sigrun [Ludwigs, Grau] Wodars | GER | 651107 | 1 | East Berlin | 870825 |
| 372 | 51.80 | Nadezhda Loboyko | URS | 610630 | 1 | Baku | 880910 |
| 373 | 51.81 | Sophie Malbranque | FRA | 591224 | 1 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 800628 |
| 374 | 51.81 | Malgorzata Dunecka | POL | 561221 | h4:5 | Moskva | 800726 |
| 375 | 51.81 | Angella [Taylor] Issajenko ¶ | CAN | 580928 | 1 | Etobicoke | 810709 |
| 376 | 51.81 | Fabienne [Elien] Ficher | FRA | 660425 | 3 | Tours | 880814 |
| 377 | 51.81 | Sandra Kuschmann | GER | 740215 | 1 | Dortmund | 950728 |
| 378 | 51.82 | Totka Petrova ¶ | BUL | 561217 | 1 | Sofia | 780819 |
| 379 | 51.82 | Julia Merino | ESP | 710303 | q5:2 | Tokyo | 910825 |
| 380 | 51.82 | Argentina (Tina) Paulino | MOZ | 730707 | 1 | Durban | 930624 |
| 381 | 51.82 | Anke Feller | GER | 710926 | 5 | Erfurt | 990703 |
| 382 | 51.83 | Airat Bakare | NGR | 680527 | 1 | Russelville | 860524 |
| 383 | 51.83 | Grace-Ann Dinkins | LBR | 660913 | h3:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960726 |
| 384 | 51.84 | Camelia Jianu | ROM | 671117 | 2 | Bucuresti | 880618 |
| 385 | 51.84 | Ludmila Formanova | CZE | 740102 | 1 | Praha | 950626 |
| 386 | 51.84 | Nadezda Kostovalova | CZE | 710910 | 3 | Ostrava | 960531 |
| 387 | 51.84 | Catherine Murphy | GBR | 750921 | 4 | Sevilla | 010608 |
| 388 | 51.85 | Karin Lix | FRG | 650303 | 1:22 | Wetzlar | 860906 |
| 389 | 51.85 | Sheryl Covington | USA | 710303 | 1 | Austin | 940507 |
| 390 | 51.85 | Bu Fanfang | CHN | 780210 | 5 | Shanghai | 971018 |
| 391 | 51.85 | Jennifer Jordan | USA | 760806 | 2 | Des Moines, Ia | 980425 |
| 392 | 51.85 | Barbara Petrahn | HUN | 780916 | 1 | College Station, Tx | 010519 |
| 393 | 51.86 | Tatyana Providokhina | URS | 530326 | 4 | Podolsk | 780819 |
| 394 | 51.86 | Corinne Simasotchi | SUI | 710611 | 1 | Genève | 960615 |
| 395 | 51.86 | Anja Knippel | GER | 740819 | 6 | Erfurt | 990703 |
| 396 | 51.87 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | URS | 580411 | 4 | Sochi | 800523 |
| 397 | 51.88 | Iren Orosz | HUN | 510329 | 1 | Budapest | 810902 |
| 398 | 51.88 | Milena [Strnadova] Matejkovicova | CS | 610523 | 3 | Praha | 830723 |
| 399 | 51.88 | Tatyana Smeyan | URS | 59 | 2 | Kiev | 850717 |
| 400 | 51.88 | Judi Brown-King | USA | 610714 | 1r2 | Walnut, Ca | 870426 |
| 401 | 51.88 | Yordanka Krumova | BUL | 590509 | 4 | Sofia | 870815 |
| 402 | 51.88 | Camille Noel | CAN | 740414 | 3 | Berkeley, Ca | 930522 |
| 403 | 51.88 | Alice Kun | HUN | 760607 | 1r2 | Gdansk | 010714 |
| 404 | 51.89 | Tsvetanka Ilieva | BUL | 630301 | 4 | Stara Zagora | 870801 |
| 405 | 51.90 | Ibolya Korodi | ROM | 570817 | 1 | Bucuresti | 820529 |
| 406 | 51.91 | Mable Fergerson | USA | 550118 | s4:2 | München | 720904 |
| 407 | 51.91A | Michelle Felder | USA | 671122 | 6 | Provo | 890603 |
| 408 | 51.92 | Mercy (Mary) Akinyemi | NGR | 540828 | 1 | Stuttgart | 800712 |
| 409 | 51.92 | Els [Vader] Scharn | NED | 590924 | 1 | Hengelo | 860627 |
| 410 | 51.92 | Aissatou Tandian | SEN | 660829 | 1 | Tours | 890814 |
| 411 | 51.92 | Darlene Malco | USA | 741116 | 1 | Seattle, Wa | 970525 |
| 412 | 51.92 | Maria do Carmo Tavares | POR | 740427 | 6 | Palma de Mallorca, ESP | 990712 |
| 413 | 51.92 | Ronetta Smith | USA | 800502 | 1r2 | Houston, Tx | 010331 |
| 414 | 51.92 | Grazyna Prokopek | POL | 770420 | h4:4 | Edmonton, CAN | 010805 |
| 415 | 51.93 | Janine MacGregor | GBR | 600106 | 2 | Bruxelles | 810828 |
| 416 | 51.93 | Kelia Bolton | USA | 600428 | h3:1 | Los Angeles | 830624 |
| 417 | 51.93 | Ronny Uebel | GDR | 631119 | 5 | Zagreb | 870715 |
| 418 | 51.94A | Jennie Gorham | USA | 610726 | 3 | Colorado Springs | 790729 |
| 419 | 51.94 | Stephanie Saleem | USA | 690319 | 1 | Knoxville | 890520 |
| 420 | 51.94 | Cecile Cargill | JAM | 741220 | 2r1 | Austin, Tx | 970419 |
| 421 | 51.94 | Yuliya Tarasenko | RUS | 680328 | 3 | Tula | 970708 |
| 422 | 51.94 | Anita Mormand | FRA | 710220 | 3 | Dijon | 980705 |
| 423 | 51.94 | Charmaine Howell | JAM | 750313 | 4 | Kingston | 990619 |
| 424 | 51.94 | Natalya Shevtsova | RUS | 741217 | 4r1 | Tula | 010713 |
| 425 | 51.95 | Manuela Derr | GDR | 710717 | 3:19 | Plovdiv, Bulgarien | 900810 |
| 426 | 51.95A | Susanna [Johansson] Holtzhausen | SWE | 761007 | 3 | Pretoria, RSA | 000126 |
| 427 | 51.95 | Antonina Yefremova | UKR | 810719 | 1 | Schwechat | 000610 |
| 428 | 51.96 | Anna [Kastetskaya] Ambraziene | LIT | 550414 | 2 | Wien | 830522 |
| 429 | 51.96 | Angela Bailey | CAN | 620228 | h3:3 | Los Angeles | 830624 |
| 430 | 51.96 | Odalmis Limonta | CUB | 720213 | 5 | La Habana | 960521 |
| 431 | 51.96 | Beverly Pierre | TRI | 730304 | 1 | Fairfax, Va | 980524 |
| 432 | 51.96 | Aliann Pompey | GUY | 780309 | s7:3 | Edmonton, CAN | 010806 |
| 433 | 51.97 | Linda Forsyth | GBR | 600527 | 4 | Cwmbran | 820531 |
| 434 | 51.97 | Lyubov [Tsyoma] Kiryukhina ¶ | URS | 630519 | h1:1 | Moskva | 870606 |
| 435 | 51.98 | Jozefina [Cherchlanova] Ozorakova | CS | 520329 | 1 | Edinburgh | 740727 |
| 436 | 51.98 | Andrea [Bersch] Thomas | GER | 630409 | h1 | Sindelfingen | 920530 |
| 437 | 51.98 | Marie-Françoise Opheltes | FRA | 720705 | 4 | Dijon | 980705 |
| 438 | 51.98 | Samantha George | CAN | 750920 | 1 | Tampa, Fl | 990409 |
| 439 | 51.99 | Charlene [Neighbour] Rendina | AUS | 471218 | 6 | München | 720907 |
| 440 | 51.99 | Liliana [Tomova] Todorova | BUL | 460809 | 1 | Athína | 730825 |
| 441 | 51.99A | Francisca Chepkurui | KEN | 630911 | 1 | Nairobi | 870808 |
| 442 | 51.99 | Tonique Williams | BAH | 760117 | 1 | Gainesville, Fl | 980524 |
| 443 | 52.00 | Rosine Wallez | BEL | 570426 | h5:5 | Moskva | 800725 |
| 444 | 52.00 | Guo Yue ¶ | CHN | 690123 | h1 | Jinan | 930602 |
| 445 | 52.00 | Christine Amertil | BAH | 790818 | 1 | Nassau | 000721 |
| 446 | 52.01 | Betty Cuthbert | AUS | 380420 | 1 | Tokyo | 641017 |
| 447 | 52.01 | Bonka [Peneva] Dimova | BUL | 560315 | 3 | Sofia | 800712 |
| 448 | 52.01 | Erika Rossi | ITA | 551120 | h5:1 | Athína | 820907 |
| 449 | 52.01 | Nadezhda Sudarova | URS | 541029 | h | Leningrad | 830726 |
| 450 | 52.01 | Elena Lina | ROM | 541118 | 1 | Bucuresti | 850601 |
| 451 | 52.01 | Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 641005 | 1 | Papendal | 970712 |
| 452 | 52.01 | Svetlana Bodritskaya | KZK | 711107 | 1 | Almaty | 980625 |
| 453 | 52.02 | Natalya Denisko | URS | 551230 | 5 | Moskva | 820612 |
| 454 | 52.02 | Susanne Sieger | GDR | 680625 | 1 | Athína | 860718 |
| 455 | 52.02 | Viviane Dorsile-El Haddad | FRA | 670601 | 3 | Fort-de-France | 920425 |
| 456 | 52.02 | Beverley Grant | JAM | 700925 | 5 | Kingston | 930703 |
| 457 | 52.02 | Teodora Kyriakou | CYP | 670703 | 2 | Bari | 970617 |
| 458 | 52.02 | Natalya Tsyganova | RUS | 710207 | 1 | Moskva | 980720 |
| 459 | 52.02 | Saidah Jones | USA | 741026 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 990605 |
| Hand timing |
| 48.9h | Olga Nazarova (2) | URS | 650601 | 1 | Vladivostok | 880913 |
| 49.2hA | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 630323 | 1 | Bogota | 890813 |
| 49.9h | Lyudmila Dzhigalova | URS | 620122 | 1 | Kiev | 880624 |
| 50.3h | Olga [Syrovatskaya] Mineyeva | URS | 520901 | 1 | Kharkov | 800809 |
| 50.4h | Tatyana Ledovskaya | URS | 660521 | 1 | Staiki | 880528 |
| 50.5h | Lyudmila Byelova | URS | 581123 | 1 | Moskva | 850824 |
| 50.6h | Tatyana [Burakova] Prorochenko | URS | 520315 | | Alushta | 770908 |
| 50.6h | Inna Yevseyeva | UKR | 640814 | 1 | Kiev | 860829 |
| 51.0h | Mercy Addy | GHA | 640507 | 1 | Accra | 890903 |
| 51.3h | Elena Tarita | ROM | 541119 | | | 77 |
| 51.4h | Verona [Bernard] Elder | GBR | 530405 | | | 76 |
| 51.5h | Helga Seidler | GDR | 490805 | 1 | Potsdam | 720818 |
| 51.5h | Dagmar Käsling | GDR | 470215 | 2 | Potsdam | 720818 |
| 51.6h | Maria Samungi | ROM | 500828 | 1 | Pitesti | 800820 |
| 51.7h | Györgyi Balogh | HUN | 48 | | | 72 |
| 51.7h | Nadezhda Zaboletnyeva | URS | 610805 | h1 | Kurgan | 850713 |
