| World women's all-time best 400m hurdles |
| 1 | 52.61 | Kim Batten | USA | 690329 | 1 | Göteborg | 950811 |
| 2 | 52.62 | Tonya Buford-Bailey | USA | 701113 | 2 | Göteborg | 950811 |
| 3 | 52.74 | Sally Gunnell | GBR | 660729 | 1 | Stuttgart | 930819 |
| + | 52.74 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 980808 |
| 4 | 52.79 | Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick | USA | 620818 | 2 | Stuttgart | 930819 |
| 5 | 52.82 | Deon Hemmings | JAM | 681009 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| + | 52.84 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 980812 |
| 6 | 52.89 | Daimi Pernia | CUB | 761227 | 1 | Sevilla, ESP | 990825 |
| + | 52.90 |     Tonya Buford-Bailey |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 950816 |
| 7 | 52.90 | Nezha Bidouane | MAR | 690918 | 2 | Sevilla, ESP | 990825 |
| 8 | 52.94 | Marina [Makeyeva] Styepanova | URS | 500501 | 1 | Tashkent | 860917 |
| + | 52.96A |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 1 | Johannesburg | 980911 |
| + | 52.97 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Indianapolis | 970614 |
| + | 52.97 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 1 | Athína | 970808 |
| + | 52.98 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 970813 |
| + | 52.99 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | s1:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960729 |
| 9 | 53.02 | Irina [Sergeyeva] Privalova | RUS | 681122 | 1 | Sydney, AUS | 000927 |
| + | 53.03A |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 2 | Johannesburg | 980911 |
| + | 53.05 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 1 | Roma | 990707 |
| + | 53.06 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 970816 |
| + | 53.06 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Paris | 980729 |
| + | 53.08 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| + | 53.08 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 990702 |
| + | 53.09 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 2 | Athína | 970808 |
| 10 | 53.11 | Tatyana Ledovskaya | URS | 660521 | 1 | Tokyo | 910829 |
| + | 53.16 |     Sally Gunnell |   |   | 2 | Tokyo | 910829 |
| + | 53.16 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 3 | Sevilla, ESP | 990825 |
| 11 | 53.17 | Debbie Flintoff-King | AUS | 600420 | 1 | Seoul | 880928 |
| + | 53.17 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Nice | 980716 |
| + | 53.17A |     Kim Batten |   |   | 3 | Johannesburg | 980911 |
| + | 53.18 |     Tatyana Ledovskaya | URS |   | 2 | Seoul | 880928 |
| + | 53.18 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | Oslo | 970704 |
| 12 | 53.21 | Marie-Jose Perec | FRA | 680509 | 2 | Zürich | 950816 |
| + | 53.22 |     Tonya Buford-Bailey |   |   | 3 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| + | 53.22 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 2 | Monaco | 970816 |
| + | 53.23 |     Sally Gunnell |   |   | 1 | Barcelona | 920805 |
| + | 53.23 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 2 | Monaco | 980808 |
| 13 | 53.24 | Sabine Busch | GDR | 621121 | 1 | Potsdam | 870821 |
| 14 | 53.25 | Ionela Tirlea | ROM | 760209 | 2 | Roma | 990707 |
| + | 53.26 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | Berlin | 970826 |
| + | 53.27 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 980825 |
| + | 53.28 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 980711 |
| + | 53.29 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Köln | 950818 |
| + | 53.30 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 2 | Paris | 980729 |
| + | 53.30 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 990811 |
| + | 53.31 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 2 | Zürich | 980812 |
| + | 53.32 |     Marina [Makeyeva] Styepanova |   |   | 1 | Stuttgart | 860829 |
| + | 53.33 |     Sally Gunnell |   |   | 1 | Helsinki | 940812 |
| 15 | 53.33 | Sandra [Cummings] Glover | USA | 681230 | 1 | Sacramento, Ca | 000717 |
| + | 53.34 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 960810 |
| 16 | 53.36 | Andrea Blackett | BAR | 760124 | 4 | Sevilla, ESP | 990825 |
| + | 53.37 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 1 | New York, NY | 890722 |
| + | 53.37 |     Ionela Tirlea |   |   | 1 | Budapest | 980821 |
| + | 53.38 |     Tonya Buford-Bailey |   |   | s2:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960729 |
| 17 | 53.40 | Tatyana [Tereshchuk] Antipova | UKR | 691011 | 2 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 980711 |
| + | 53.41 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | München | 990911 |
| + | 53.43 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 960814 |
| + | 53.43 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 2 | Zürich | 970813 |
| + | 53.43 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 3 | Zürich | 980812 |
| + | 53.43 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 980828 |
| + | 53.44 |     Ionela Tirlea |   |   | 1 | Nice | 990717 |
| + | 53.44 |     Daimi Pernia |   |   | 1 | Winnipeg | 990728 |
| + | 53.45 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Fukuoka | 970913 |
| + | 53.45 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 2 | Sydney, AUS | 000927 |
| + | 53.46 |     Tatyana [Tereshchuk] Antipova |   |   | 1 | Saint-Denis | 990703 |
| 18 | 53.47 | Janeene Vickers | USA | 681203 | 3 | Tokyo | 910829 |
| 19 | 53.48 | Margarita [Khromova] & Ponomaryova | RUS | 630619 | 3 | Stuttgart | 930819 |
| + | 53.48 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 3 | Göteborg | 950811 |
| + | 53.48 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | s1:2 | Athína | 970806 |
| + | 53.48 |     Ionela Tirlea |   |   | 4 | Zürich | 980812 |
| + | 53.48 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | Oslo, NOR | 990630 |
| + | 53.48 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 2 | Nice | 990717 |
| + | 53.49 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 950909 |
| + | 53.51 |     Sally Gunnell |   |   | 1 | Sankt Peterburg | 940724 |
| + | 53.52 |     Sally Gunnell |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 930804 |
| + | 53.52 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 3 | Athína | 970808 |
| + | 53.53 |     Tonya Buford-Bailey |   |   | 1 | Paris | 960628 |
| + | 53.53 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 1 | Roma | 000630 |
| + | 53.54 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 1 | Nice | 910715 |
| + | 53.54 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | Köln | 970824 |
| + | 53.54 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 1 | Athína | 990616 |
| + | 53.55 |     Sabine Busch | GDR |   | 1 | East Berlin | 850922 |
| + | 53.55 |     Tatyana Ledovskaya |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 920811 |
| + | 53.57 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 3 | Zürich | 950816 |
| + | 53.57 |     Tatyana [Tereshchuk] Antipova |   |   | 5 | Zürich | 980812 |
| + | 53.57 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 3 | Sydney, AUS | 000927 |
| + | 53.58 |     Margarita [Khromova] & Ponomaryova | URS |   | 1 | Kiev | 840622 |
| 20 | 53.58 | Cornelia [Feuerbach] Ullrich | GDR | 630426 | 2 | Potsdam | 870821 |
| + | 53.59 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 1 | Berlin | 920821 |
| + | 53.60 |     Sabine Busch | GDR |   | 2 | Stuttgart | 860829 |
| + | 53.60 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 2 | Monaco | 920811 |
| + | 53.61 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 910710 |
| + | 53.61 |     Tonya Buford-Bailey |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 960703 |
| + | 53.61 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 970822 |
| + | 53.61 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | New Orleans, La | 980621 |
| + | 53.62 |     Sabine Busch |   |   | h1:2 | Jena | 860627 |
| + | 53.62 |     Sabine Busch | GDR |   | 1 | Roma | 870903 |
| + | 53.62 |     Tatyana Ledovskaya | URS |   | 1 | Split, YUG | 900831 |
| + | 53.62 |     Sally Gunnell |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 910807 |
| + | 53.62 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 1 | New Orleans, La | 920621 |
| 21 | 53.63 | Ellen [Neumann] Fiedler | GDR | 581126 | 3 | Seoul | 880928 |
| + | 53.63 |     Tonya Buford-Bailey |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 950705 |
| + | 53.63 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Saint-Denis | 970602 |
| + | 53.63 |     Andrea Blackett |   |   | 2 | München | 990911 |
| + | 53.64 |     Sabine Busch | GDR |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 860905 |
| + | 53.64 |     Tatyana [Tereshchuk] Antipova |   |   | 3 | Monaco | 970816 |
| 22 | 53.65Amx | Myrtle [Simpson] Bothma | RSA | 640218 | 1 | Pretoria | 900312 |
| + | 53.65 |     Kim Batten |   |   | s1:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960729 |
| + | 53.65 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 3 | Zürich | 970813 |
| + | 53.65 |     Sandra [Cummings] Glover |   |   | 5 | Sevilla, ESP | 990825 |
| + | 53.66 |     Margarita [Khromova] & Ponomaryova |   |   | 2 | Berlin | 920821 |
| + | 53.67 |     Marina [Makeyeva] Styepanova |   |   | 1 | Praha | 840827 |
| + | 53.67 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | Köln | 960816 |
| + | 53.67 |     Kim Batten |   |   | s1:1 | Athína | 970806 |
| + | 53.67 |     Tatyana [Tereshchuk] Antipova |   |   | 1 | Linz | 980705 |
| + | 53.68 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 2 | Köln | 950818 |
| + | 53.68 |     Sandra [Cummings] Glover |   |   | 2 | Saint-Denis | 990703 |
| + | 53.68 |     Daimi Pernia |   |   | 4 | Sydney, AUS | 000927 |
| + | 53.69 |     Sabine Busch | GDR |   | 4 | Seoul | 880928 |
| + | 53.69 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 2 | Barcelona | 920805 |
| + | 53.69 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 1 | London | 930910 |
| + | 53.69 |     Tonya Buford-Bailey |   |   | 2 | Monaco | 950909 |
| + | 53.69 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 2 | Berlin | 970826 |
| + | 53.69 |     Sandra [Cummings] Glover |   |   | 2 | Zürich | 990811 |
| + | 53.70 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 930903 |
| + | 53.70 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 2 | Linz | 980705 |
| + | 53.71 |     Janeene Vickers |   |   | 2 | Zürich | 910807 |
| + | 53.71 |     Margarita [Khromova] & Ponomaryova |   |   | s1:2 | Stuttgart | 930817 |
| + | 53.71 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Nice | 970716 |
| + | 53.72 |     Marina [Makeyeva] Styepanova |   |   | h1 | Tashkent | 860916 |
| + | 53.72 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Nice | 940718 |
| + | 53.72 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 2 | Lausanne | 950705 |
| + | 53.72 |     Tonya Buford-Bailey |   |   | 2 | Zürich | 960814 |
| + | 53.72 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 2 | Bruxelles | 980828 |
| + | 53.73 |     Sally Gunnell |   |   | 1 | Roma | 930626 |
| + | 53.74A |     Myrtle [Simpson] Bothma |   |   | 1 | Johannesburg | 860418 |
| + | 53.74 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 1 | Barcelona | 910920 |
| + | 53.74 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 2 | Bruxelles | 970822 |
| + | 53.74 |     Andrea Blackett |   |   | 3 | Monaco | 980808 |
| + | 53.74 |     Ionela Tirlea |   |   | 3 | Saint-Denis | 990703 |
| + | 53.74 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 990804 |
| + | 53.75 |     Sabine Busch |   |   | 1 | Jena | 860531 |
| + | 53.75 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 1 | Houston | 890617 |
| + | 53.75 |     Tatyana [Tereshchuk] Antipova |   |   | 4 | Zürich | 970813 |
| + | 53.75 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 1 | Paris | 990721 |
| + | 53.76 |     Debbie Flintoff-King |   |   | 1 | Oslo | 860705 |
| + | 53.77 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 1 | New York, NY | 910720 |
| + | 53.77 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 970702 |
| + | 53.77 |     Tatyana [Tereshchuk] Antipova |   |   | 3 | Berlin | 970826 |
| + | 53.78 |     Sally Gunnell |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 910803 |
| + | 53.78 |     Sally Gunnell |   |   | s1:1 | Barcelona | 920803 |
| + | 53.78 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 2 | Lausanne | 990702 |
| + | 53.78 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 990903 |
| + | 53.79 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 1 | Copenhagen, DEN | 920825 |
| + | 53.80 |     Sabine Busch |   |   | 1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 870620 |
| + | 53.80 |     Tatyana [Tereshchuk] Antipova |   |   | 4 | Monaco | 980808 |
| + | 53.81 |     Marina [Makeyeva] Styepanova |   |   | 1 | Moskva | 860707 |
| + | 53.81 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960616 |
| + | 53.81 |     Tatyana [Tereshchuk] Antipova |   |   | 4 | Athína | 970808 |
| + | 53.82A |     Myrtle [Simpson] Bothma |   |   | 1 | Germiston, RSA | 890328 |
| + | 53.82 |     Sally Gunnell |   |   | 2 | London | 930910 |
| + | 53.82 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | Sheffield | 970629 |
| + | 53.82 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | s2:2 | Athína | 970806 |
| + | 53.83 |     Sabine Busch | GDR |   | 1 | Jena | 850612 |
| + | 53.83 |     Marina [Makeyeva] Styepanova |   |   | s1:2 | Stuttgart | 860829 |
| + | 53.83 |     Andrea Blackett |   |   | 3 | Zürich | 990811 |
| + | 53.83 |     Sandra [Cummings] Glover |   |   | 3 | München | 990911 |
| + | 53.84 |     Marina [Makeyeva] Styepanova |   |   | 1 | Kiev | 860716 |
| + | 53.84 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 1 | Barcelona | 890908 |
| + | 53.84 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 4 | Stuttgart | 930819 |
| 23 | 53.84 | Yuliya Nosova | RUS | 780421 | 1 | Bremen | 010623 |
| + | 53.85 |     Sabine Busch | GDR |   | 1 | Jena | 860628 |
| + | 53.85 |     Sally Gunnell |   |   | 1 | London | 930723 |
| + | 53.85 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 950725 |
| + | 53.85 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 2 | Lausanne | 960703 |
| + | 53.85 |     Tonya Buford-Bailey |   |   | 2 | Monaco | 960810 |
| + | 53.85 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 970510 |
| + | 53.85 |     Tatyana [Tereshchuk] Antipova |   |   | 3 | Bruxelles | 980828 |
| + | 53.86 |     Sally Gunnell |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 930707 |
| + | 53.86 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 3 | London | 930910 |
| + | 53.86 |     Tatyana [Tereshchuk] Antipova |   |   | 4 | München | 990911 |
| + | 53.87 |     Margarita [Khromova] & Ponomaryova |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 920819 |
| + | 53.87 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 3 | Zürich | 960814 |
| + | 53.87 |     Sandra [Cummings] Glover |   |   | s1:1 | Sacramento, Ca | 000716 |
| + | 53.88 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | s1:3 | Stuttgart | 930817 |
| + | 53.88 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Sao Paulo | 950514 |
| + | 53.88 |     Tatyana [Tereshchuk] Antipova |   |   | 3 | Bruxelles | 970822 |
| + | 53.90 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | s1:2 | Barcelona | 920803 |
| + | 53.90 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 3 | Paris | 980729 |
| + | 53.90 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | Kingston | 990618 |
| + | 53.90 |     Sandra [Cummings] Glover |   |   | 1 | Köln | 990808 |
| + | 53.90 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 1 | Berlin | 990907 |
| + | 53.91A |     Myrtle [Simpson] Bothma |   |   | 1 | Pretoria | 890411 |
| + | 53.91 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 2 | Zürich | 920819 |
| + | 53.91 |     Sally Gunnell |   |   | 2 | Nice | 940718 |
| + | 53.91 |     Andrea Blackett |   |   | 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 980918 |
| + | 53.91 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 2 | Bruxelles | 990903 |
| + | 53.92 |     Marina [Makeyeva] Styepanova |   |   | h1 | Leningrad | 860607 |
| + | 53.92 |     Marie-Jose Perec |   |   | 1 | Oslo | 950721 |
| + | 53.92 |     Tonya Buford-Bailey |   |   | 2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960616 |
| + | 53.92 |     Sandra [Cummings] Glover |   |   | 1 | London | 000805 |
| + | 53.93 |     Sabine Busch | GDR |   | 1 | Erfurt | 850623 |
| + | 53.93 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 1 | Köln | 890820 |
| + | 53.93 |     Tatyana [Tereshchuk] Antipova |   |   | 3 | Roma | 990707 |
| + | 53.94 |     Ionela Tirlea |   |   | 4 | Paris | 980729 |
| + | 53.95A |     Myrtle [Simpson] Bothma |   |   | 1 | Germiston, RSA | 860411 |
| + | 53.95 |     Debbie Flintoff-King |   |   | 1 | Köln | 870816 |
| + | 53.95 |     Sabine Busch |   |   | h1:1 | Potsdam | 870820 |
| + | 53.95 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 4 | Tokyo | 910829 |
| + | 53.95 |     Sally Gunnell |   |   | s1:1 | Stuttgart | 930817 |
| + | 53.95 |     Daimi Pernia |   |   | 1 | Palma de Mallorca, ESP | 990710 |
| + | 53.95 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | s1:2 | Sevilla, ESP | 990823 |
| + | 53.96 |     Sandra [Farmer] Farmer-Patrick |   |   | 1 | Eugene, Or | 930618 |
| 24 | 53.96 | Han Qing ¶ | CHN | 700304 | 1 | Beijing | 930909 |
| + | 53.96 |     Sandra [Cummings] Glover |   |   | 2 | Monaco | 990804 |
| + | 53.96 |     Daimi Pernia |   |   | s2:2 | Sevilla, ESP | 990823 |
| + | 53.97 |     Sabine Busch |   |   | s2:2 | Stuttgart | 860829 |
| 25 | 53.97 | Debbie-Ann Parris | JAM | 730324 | 4 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| + | 53.97 |     Nezha Bidouane |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 970822 |
| + | 53.98 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 5 | Tokyo | 910829 |
| + | 53.98 |     Margarita [Khromova] & Ponomaryova | EUN |   | s2:2 | Barcelona | 920803 |
| + | 53.98 |     Deon Hemmings |   |   | 2 | Fukuoka | 970913 |
| + | 53.98 |     Yuliya Nosova |   |   | 1 | Moskva | 990605 |
| + | 53.98 |     Andrea Blackett |   |   | 2 | Winnipeg | 990728 |
| + | 53.98 |     Tatyana [Tereshchuk] Antipova |   |   | 5 | Sydney, AUS | 000927 |
| + | 53.99 |     Tonya Buford-Bailey |   |   | 3 | Köln | 950818 |
| + | 53.99 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 2 | Lausanne | 980825 |
| + | 53.99 |     Kim Batten |   |   | 1 | Sevilla | 990528 |
| + | 53.99 |     Sandra [Cummings] Glover |   |   | 3 | Bruxelles | 990903 |
| 228 performances by 25 athletes |
| 26 | 54.02 | Anna [Kastetskaya] Ambraziene | URS | 550414 | 1 | Moskva | 830611 |
| 27 | 54.02A | Judit Szekeres ¶ | HUN | 661118 | 1 | Roodepoort | 980123 |
| 28 | 54.03 | Heike Meissner | GER | 700129 | 5 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| 29 | 54.04 | Gudrun Abt | FRG | 620803 | 6 | Seoul | 880928 |
| 30 | 54.10A | Surita Febbraio | RSA | 731227 | 2 | Roodepoort | 010316 |
| 31 | 54.11 | Anna [Chuprina] Knoroz | RUS | 700730 | 3 | Nice | 940718 |
| 32 | 54.14 | Yekaterina [Grun] Fesenko | URS | 580810 | 1 | Helsinki | 830810 |
| 33 | 54.15 | Ann-Louise Skoglund | SWE | 620628 | 4 | Stuttgart | 860829 |
| 34 | 54.15 | Michelle Johnson | USA | 740412 | 5 | Zürich | 990811 |
| 35 | 54.17 | Tonya Williams | USA | 741005 | 3 | Lausanne | 960703 |
| 36 | 54.21 | Ryan Tolbert | USA | 760616 | 3 | Indianapolis | 970614 |
| 37 | 54.22A | Silvia Rieger | GER | 701114 | 5 | Johannesburg | 980911 |
| 38 | 54.23 | Judi Brown-King | USA | 610714 | 1 | Indianapolis | 870812 |
| 39 | 54.24 | Susanne Losch | GDR | 660212 | 1 | Düsseldorf | 880619 |
| 40 | 54.25 | Anita Protti | SUI | 640804 | 6 | Tokyo | 910829 |
| 41 | 54.27 | Genowefa [Nowaczyk] Blaszak | POL | 570822 | 1 | Stockholm | 850702 |
| 42 | 54.28 | Karin Rossley | GDR | 570405 | 1 | Jena | 800517 |
| 43 | 54.31 | Susan Smith-Walsh | IRL | 710914 | 7 | Zürich | 980812 |
| 44 | 54.34 | Tatyana [Zubova] Pavlova | URS | 581212 | h1:1 | Leningrad | 850802 |
| 45 | 54.35 | Petra Krug | GDR | 631109 | 3 | Bryansk | 890714 |
| 46 | 54.36 | LaTanya Sheffield | USA | 631011 | s3:1 | Seoul | 880926 |
| 47 | 54.37 | Vera Ordina | EUN | 680604 | s2:1 | Barcelona | 920803 |
| 48 | 54.37 | Gudrun Arnardottir | ISL | 710924 | 2 | London | 000805 |
| 49 | 54.39 | Tatyana [Matsuta] Kurochkina | URS | 670915 | 7 | Seoul | 880928 |
| 50 | 54.39 | Rosie Edeh | CAN | 660816 | 6 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| 51 | 54.50 | Natalya Torshina | KZK | 681004 | 1 | Vila Real de Santo Antonio | 000527 |
| 52 | 54.52 | Ling Xueyan | CHN | 720214 | 3 | Beijing | 930909 |
| 53 | 54.55 | Bärbel [Klepp] Broschat | GDR | 571102 | 1 | Sittard | 800816 |
| 54 | 54.55 | Cristina [Cojocaru] Matei | ROM | 620102 | 2 | Moskva | 860707 |
| 55 | 54.56 | Yelena Filipishina | URS | 620618 | 2 | Moskva | 840720 |
| 56 | 54.57 | Joanna Hayes | USA | 761223 | 2 | Palma de Mallorca, ESP | 990710 |
| 57 | 54.57 | Ulrike Urbansky | GER | 770406 | 1 | Barcelona | 000725 |
| 58 | 54.61 | Nawal El Moutawakil | MAR | 620415 | 1 | Los Angeles | 840808 |
| 59 | 54.62 | Tuija [Kuusisto] Helander | FIN | 610523 | 5 | Roma | 870903 |
| 60 | 54.62 | Ester Goossens | NED | 720221 | 5 | Budapest | 980821 |
| 61 | 54.63 | Gowry Retchakan-Henry | GBR | 600621 | s5:2 | Barcelona | 920803 |
| 62 | 54.64 | Petra Pfaff | GDR | 601016 | 4 | Helsinki | 830810 |
| 63 | 54.65 | Yekaterina Bakhvalova | RUS | 720308 | h3:3 | Sevilla, ESP | 990821 |
| 64 | 54.68 | Birgit [Sonntag] Uibel | GDR | 611030 | 1 | Dresden | 840519 |
| 65 | 54.69 | Monica [Westén] Rydén | SWE | 660315 | 1 | Stockholm | 900813 |
| 66 | 54.75 | Mame Tacko Diouf | SEN | 761017 | 3 | Athína | 990616 |
| 67 | 54.78 | Marina [Kotenyova] Sereda | URS | 640412 | 2 | Tashkent | 860918 |
| 68 | 54.78 | Trevaia [Williams] Davis | USA | 680907 | 1 | Tucson, Az | 980509 |
| 69 | 54.80 | Tatyana Storozheva | URS | 540322 | 1 | Moskva | 800612 |
| 70 | 54.82 | Schowonda Williams | USA | 661203 | s4:1 | Roma | 870901 |
| 71 | 54.82 | Olga [Grigoryeva] Nazarova (1) | RUS | 620228 | 4 | Lausanne | 940706 |
| 72 | 54.86 | Tonya Brown | USA | 600905 | 3 | Roma | 850907 |
| 73 | 54.87 | Rebecca Buchanan | USA | 701008 | s2:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960615 |
| 74 | 54.89 | Tatyana Zelentsova | URS | 480805 | 1 | Praha | 780902 |
| 75 | 54.90 | Sharieffa Barksdale | USA | 610216 | 1 | Knoxville | 860524 |
| 76 | 54.93 | Chantal Rega | FRA | 550807 | 3 | Athína | 820910 |
| 77 | 54.93 | Yelena Goncharova | RUS | 630321 | 1 | Sochi | 860518 |
| 78 | 54.93 | Li Rui | CHN | 791122 | 1 | Shanghai | 971022 |
| 79 | 54.93 | Catherine [Pomales] Scott | JAM | 730827 | 2 | Kingston | 000721 |
| 80 | 54.94 | Nicoleta [Vornicu] Carutasu | ROM | 640214 | 3 | Roma | 930626 |
| 81 | 54.95 | Ann Mercken | BEL | 740506 | s6:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960729 |
| 82 | 54.95 | Natasha Danvers | GBR | 770919 | s3:1 | Sydney, AUS | 000925 |
| 83 | 54.98 | Rebecca Williams | USA | 750130 | 4 | Eugene, Or | 960531 |
| 84 | 55.01 | Petra [Stenman] Söderström | FIN | 740312 | 1 | Göteborg, SWE | 990905 |
| 85 | 55.02 | Margarita [Yeseviciene] Navickaite | URS | 611210 | 6 | Kiev | 840622 |
| 86 | 55.02 | Peng Qun | CHN | 760200 | 2 | Shanghai | 971022 |
| 87 | 55.05 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | USA | 620303 | 4 | Bruxelles | 850830 |
| 88 | 55.09 | Yvonne Harrison | USA | 751202 | 2r1 | Atlanta, Ga | 000520 |
| 89 | 55.10 | Donalda Duprey | CAN | 670301 | 1 | Evry-Bondoufle | 940712 |
| 90 | 55.10 | Monika Niederstätter | ITA | 740302 | h5:3 | Sevilla, ESP | 990821 |
| 91 | 55.11 | Karlene Haughton | JAM | 721018 | 3r2 | Zürich | 970813 |
| 92 | 55.12 | Chen Yuying | CHN | 630920 | 1 | Beijing | 900624 |
| 93 | 55.14 | Silvia Hollmann | FRG | 550513 | 2 | Praha | 780902 |
| 94 | 55.16 | Maria Usifo | NGR | 640801 | 1 | Indianapolis | 860606 |
| 95 | 55.19 | Marianne Wagner | FRG | 611022 | 1r1 | Fürth | 830521 |
| 96 | 55.20 | Leslie Maxie | USA | 670104 | 2 | San José | 840609 |
| 97 | 55.20A | Jana Pittman | AUS | 821109 | 1 | Pietersburg | 000318 |
| 98 | 55.21 | Zhang Weimin | CHN | 700118 | 1 | Nanjing | 920520 |
| 99 | 55.23 | Cristina Perez | ESP | 651030 | s5:2 | Seoul | 880926 |
| 100 | 55.24 | Rosa Jolivet | USA | 741129 | 1 | Buffalo, Ny | 980605 |
| 101 | 55.24 | Sinead Dudgeon | GBR | 760709 | 1 | Birmingham | 990724 |
| 102 | 55.26 | Yelena Mitrukova | URS | 640122 | 1r2 | Bryansk | 870718 |
| 103 | 55.26 | Leng Xueyan | CHN | 720111 | 1 | Hiroshima | 941014 |
| 104 | 55.28 | Natalya [Kalinnikova] Ignatyuk | URS | 631228 | 2 | Kiev | 910712 |
| 105 | 55.29 | Kathy [Seagrave] Freeman | USA | 620113 | 3 | Lausanne | 900712 |
| 106 | 55.30 | Gretha Tromp | NED | 640221 | 1 | Sheffield | 910724 |
| 107 | 55.33 | Angela [Wright] Scott | USA | 611110 | 2 | Los Angeles | 840621 |
| 108 | 55.33 | Keri Maddox | GBR | 720704 | h5:4 | Sevilla, ESP | 990821 |
| 109 | 55.36 | Frida [Johansson] Svensson | SWE | 700105 | s6:1 (10) | Tokyo | 910827 |
| 110 | 55.37 | Lauren Poetschka | AUS | 741022 | 1 | Melbourne, AUS | 000302 |
| 111 | 55.38A | Linetta Wilson | USA | 671011 | 2 | Provo | 890602 |
| 112 | 55.40 | Sophia Hunter | USA | 641209 | 5 | San José | 870627 |
| 113 | 55.42 | Pillavulakandi T Usha | IND | 640520 | 4 | Los Angeles | 840808 |
| 114 | 55.42 | Irmgard Trojer | ITA | 640316 | 2 | Athína | 910710 |
| 115 | 55.43 | Li Shuju | CHN | 810720 | h1:2 | Shanghai | 971021 |
| 116 | 55.44 | Krystyna [Hryniewicka] Kacperczyk | POL | 481013 | 1 | West Berlin | 780818 |
| 117 | 55.44 | Iolanda Oanta | ROM | 651011 | 1 | Bucuresti | 880710 |
| 118 | 55.44 | Omolade Akinremi | NGR | 740913 | 2 | Knoxville, Tn | 950602 |
| 119 | 55.44 | Inna Tsud | UKR | 670117 | 1 | Kiev | 960709 |
| 120 | 55.44 | Maren Schott | GER | 760211 | 2 | Stuttgart | 010630 |
| 121 | 55.45A | Miriam Alonso | ESP | 700606 | 1 | Sierra Nevada | 960710 |
| 122 | 55.46 | Brigitte [Köhn] Rohde | GDR | 541008 | 4 | Praha | 780902 |
| 123 | 55.46 | Lana Jekabsone | LAT | 741016 | 1 | Tallinn | 960609 |
| 124 | 55.48 | Sabine Everts | FRG | 610304 | 1 | Stuttgart | 850804 |
| 125 | 55.49 | Natalya Tsiruk | URS | 550415 | 1 | Moskva | 810918 |
| 126 | 55.49A | Charmaine [Mennigke] Fick | RSA | 590603 | 1 | Bloemfontein | 830416 |
| 127 | 55.50 | Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo | FRA | 630823 | 1 | La Chaux-De-Fonds | 900819 |
| 128 | 55.50 | Angel Patterson | USA | 790806 | 1 | Austin, Tx | 000408 |
| 129 | 55.50 | Sylvanie Morandais | FRA | 790714 | 4 | Bremen | 010623 |
| 130 | 55.51 | Jiang Limei | CHN | 700300 | 4 | Beijing | 930909 |
| 131 | 55.53 | Radostina [Shtereva] Dimitrova | BUL | 660601 | 3 | Potsdam | 840721 |
| 132 | 55.53 | Ulrike Heinz | FRG | 670706 | 6 | Köln | 890820 |
| 133 | 55.55 | Helene Huart | FRA | 650619 | 1 | Annecy | 870809 |
| 134 | 55.55 | Sally [Hamilton] Fleming | AUS | 610514 | 1 | Ylivieska | 880703 |
| 135 | 55.55 | Tanya Jarrett | JAM | 770918 | 4 | Nice | 000708 |
| 136 | 55.57 | Marina Balabanova | URS | 640925 | 4 | Tashkent | 860918 |
| 137 | 55.58 | Song Yinglan | CHN | 750914 | h3:2 | Shanghai | 971021 |
| 138 | 55.59 | Ann Maenhout | BEL | 690208 | 2 | Reims | 930630 |
| 139 | 55.60 | Lori McCauley | USA | 611027 | 4 | Los Angeles | 840621 |
| 140 | 55.60 | Lyudmila Khodasevich | UKR | 590407 | 3 | Schwechat | 920701 |
| 141 | 55.62 | Melanie Walker | JAM | 830101 | 1 | Bridgetown | 010519 |
| 142 | 55.62 | Malgorzata Pskit | POL | 760525 | 1 | Warszawa | 010617 |
| 143 | 55.63 | Anita [Barkusky] Weiss | GDR | 550716 | 6 | Praha | 780902 |
| 144 | 55.63 | Patrina Allen | JAM | 750417 | 3r1 | Atlanta, Ga | 000520 |
| 145 | 55.64 | Virna de Angeli | ITA | 760227 | 1 | Lisboa | 960628 |
| 146 | 55.65 | Nelli [Dauksa] Voronkova | BLR | 720630 | 1 | Ulm | 920704 |
| 147 | 55.67 | Natalya Baranova | URS | 60 | h1 | Krasnodar | 830525 |
| 148 | 55.67 | Tatyana [Farofonova] Debelaya | UKR | 700128 | 1 | Kiev | 990515 |
| 149 | 55.68 | Chen Dongmei | CHN | 631229 | 2 | Beijing | 900624 |
| 150 | 55.69 | Irina [Lenskaya] Omelchenko | UKR | 710612 | h1 | Kiev | 960607 |
| 151 | 55.70 | Leisa [Knowles] Davis | USA | 630317 | h2:1 | Austin | 850529 |
| 152 | 55.70 | Michele Schenk | SUI | 740308 | h4:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960728 |
| 153 | 55.71 | Pei-Ching Hsu | TPE | 731024 | 2 | Bangkok | 981217 |
| 154 | 55.72 | Zheng Liyuan | CHN | 740401 | 5 | Beijing | 930909 |
| 155 | 55.72 | Li Yulian | CHN | 790118 | h3:2 | Shanghai | 971021 |
| 156 | 55.73 | Natalya Chulkova | RUS | 771205 | 3 | Tula | 000725 |
| 157 | 55.74A | Lencys Montelier | CUB | 710213 | 3 | Guatemala City | 950324 |
| 158 | 55.75 | Tamara Kupriyanovich | URS | 640926 | 2 | Leningrad | 890730 |
| 159 | 55.75 | Anna Olichwierczuk | POL | 781210 | 1 | Krakow | 000805 |
| 160 | 55.76 | Sametra "Mimi" King | USA | 661007 | 1 | Knoxville | 870523 |
| 161 | 55.76 | Chantal Beaugeant ¶ | FRA | 610216 | 2 | Tours | 880814 |
| 162 | 55.76 | Victoria Fulcher | USA | 651231 | 4 | Barcelona | 900716 |
| 163 | 55.76 | Huang Yanhong | CHN | 690820 | 1 | Beijing | 910602 |
| 164 | 55.76 | Gesine Schmidt | GER | 710626 | 3 | Erfurt | 940703 |
| 165 | 55.76 | Karla Faulhaber | GER | 740513 | 3 | Erfurt | 990703 |
| 166 | 55.76 | Lashinda Demus | USA | 830310 | s2:1 | Eugene, Or | 010622 |
| 167 | 55.77 | Olga Petrova | URS | 63 | 2 | Moskva | 880904 |
| 168 | 55.78 | Tatyana Vasilenko | URS | 570721 | 4 | Kiev | 820821 |
| 169 | 55.78 | Tonya Lee | USA | 691106 | 1 | Baton Rouge | 910519 |
| 170 | 55.79 | Valentina Grishkina | URS | 560713 | 5 | Moskva | 840720 |
| 171 | 55.80 | Kellie Roberts | USA | 690616 | 2 | Austin | 920509 |
| 172 | 55.80 | Alla [Shilkina] Orinchuk | UKR | 681115 | 2 | Kiev | 950527 |
| 173 | 55.80 | Sun Hongwei ¶ | CHN | 791124 | h3:3 | Shanghai | 971021 |
| 174 | 55.81A | Ina van Rensburg | RSA | 561029 | 1 | Germiston, RSA | 820430 |
| 175 | 55.82 | Almetha Roland | USA | 630118 | h3:1 | Austin | 850529 |
| 176 | 55.82 | Monika Warnicka | POL | 690426 | 5 | Roma | 930626 |
| 177 | 55.83 | Arnita [Epps] Myricks | USA | 640606 | 2 | Houston, Tx | 850504 |
| 178 | 55.84 | Ingrida [Verbele] Barkane | URS | 480118 | h2:1 | Kaunas | 790811 |
| 179 | 55.85 | Inna Yevseyeva | UKR | 640814 | 4 | Sochi | 860524 |
| 180 | 55.85 | Alla Malchenko | URS | 610618 | h1 | Leningrad | 890730 |
| 181 | 55.86 | Silvia Kirchner | GDR | 630507 | 5 | Leipzig | 850810 |
| 182 | 55.86 | Martina Stoop | SUI | 730101 | 3r2 | Lausanne | 960703 |
| 183 | 55.86 | Nikkie Bouyer | USA | 760211 | 2 | Raleigh, NC | 000617 |
| 184 | 55.86 | Stephanie Kampf | GER | 780425 | 3 | Stuttgart | 010630 |
| 185 | 55.87 | Connie Ellerbe | USA | 680624 | 2 | Austin | 920606 |
| 186 | 55.88 | Guo Yue ¶ | CHN | 690123 | 1 | Jinan | 930605 |
| 187 | 55.88 | Brenda Taylor | USA | 790209 | 1 | Eugene, Or | 010601 |
| 188 | 55.89 | Jolanta Stalmach | POL | 600803 | 4 | Kobe | 850830 |
| 189 | 55.91 | Elaine McLaughlin | GBR | 631117 | s6:2 | Seoul | 880926 |
| 190 | 55.91 | Birgit [Wolf] Hamann | GER | 690911 | h1 | Konstanz | 930619 |
| 191 | 55.92 | Olga [Veikshina] Mikusheva | URS | 610121 | 6 | Kiev | 910712 |
| 192 | 55.92 | Gail [Millar] Luke | AUS | 630525 | 1 | Adelaide | 920307 |
| 193 | 55.93 | Sofia Sabeva | BUL | 690111 | 1 | Sofia | 880703 |
| 194 | 55.93 | Peta-Gaye Gayle | JAM | 790119 | 3 | Durham, Nc | 000602 |
| 195 | 55.94 | Nadezhda Asenova | BUL | 620328 | 1 | Klagenfurt | 820714 |
| 196 | 55.94A | Rose Tata-Muya | KEN | 600612 | 2 | Nairobi | 870808 |
| 197 | 55.94 | Alison Poulin | USA | 701002 | 1 | Fairfax | 930516 |
| 198 | 55.96 | Meka Rembert | USA | 740110 | 2 | Columbia, Mo | 980517 |
| 199 | 55.98 | Svetlana Sagaydak | RUS | 70 | 2r2 | Tula | 000604 |
| 200 | 55.99 | Karen [Wilkenson] van der Veen | RSA | 660107 | 2 | Stellenbosch | 880426 |
| 201 | 55.99 | Natalya Alekseyeva | UKR | 730714 | 2 | Kiev | 990515 |
| 202 | 56.02 | Dominqué Calloway | USA | 780719 | 3 | Boise, Id | 990604 |
| 203 | 56.02 | Sheena Johnson | USA | 821001 | 1 | Berkeley, Ca | 010520 |
| 204 | 56.03 | Inka Franke | GDR | 620531 | 3 | East Berlin | 830608 |
| 205 | 56.03 | Stephanie Price | AUS | 720717 | 3 | Melbourne, AUS | 000302 |
| 206 | 56.04 | Susan Morley | GBR | 571011 | 7 | Helsinki | 830810 |
| 207 | 56.05 | Wendy Cearns | GBR | 600825 | 1 | Birmingham | 890813 |
| 208 | 56.05 | Yuan Haiying | CHN | 70 | 1 | Tianjin | 900806 |
| 209 | 56.05 | Ximena Restrepo | COL | 690310 | 1 | Valencia | 941127 |
| 210 | 56.05 | Saidat Onanuga | NGR | 740618 | 2 | Walnut, Ca | 010422 |
| 211 | 56.06 | Christine [Howell] Warden | GBR | 501226 | 1 | London | 790728 |
| 212 | 56.06 | Melinda Sallins | USA | 730630 | s3:1 | Indianapolis | 970613 |
| 213 | 56.09 | Wang Lixia | CHN | 690900 | 1 | Wuhan | 921020 |
| 214 | 56.10 | Gwen Wall | CAN | 630116 | 2 | Edmonton | 830711 |
| 215 | 56.11 | Larisa Abramova | URS | 610823 | 3 | Sochi | 840520 |
| 216 | 56.11 | Galina Selivanova | URS | 600320 | h2:1 | Leningrad | 850802 |
| 217 | 56.11 | Maya Shemchishina | UKR | 720506 | 1 | Kiev | 940724 |
| 218 | 56.11A | Eva Paniagua | ESP | 740202 | 2 | Sierra Nevada | 960710 |
| 219 | 56.14 | Natalya Dudina | URS | 66 | 4 | Tallinn | 880705 |
| 220 | 56.14A | Zhou Wei | CHN | 751227 | 1 | Taiyuan | 950518 |
| 221 | 56.14 | Tanisha Mills | USA | 741102 | 3 | Palo Alto / Stanford, Ca | 010609 |
| 222 | 56.15 | Jacqui Parker | GBR | 661015 | 2 | Birmingham | 910727 |
| 223 | 56.16 | Esther [Alfonso] Mahr | USA | 610104 | s2:2 | Sittard | 800815 |
| 224 | 56.16 | Galina [Yepanova] Gavrikova | URS | 59 | 2 | Krasnodar | 830525 |
| 225 | 56.17 | Linda Kisabaka | GER | 690409 | 3 | Duisburg | 930711 |
| 226 | 56.17 | Sonia Brito | AUS | 790610 | 1 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 010525 |
| 227 | 56.18 | Anna Filickova | CS | 620610 | 1 | Praha | 830724 |
| 228 | 56.18 | Zhanna Sukhorukova | URS | 64 | 4 | Sochi | 850526 |
| 229 | 56.18 | Sigrun [Ludwigs, Grau] Wodars | GDR | 651107 | 3 | Neubrandenburg | 850607 |
| 230 | 56.18 | Countess Comadore | USA | 670127 | s4:1 | New Orleans, La | 920620 |
| 231 | 56.18 | Sylwia Pachut # | POL | 700721 | 1 | Kielce | 930725 |
| 232 | 56.19 | Zhang Yu | CHN | 710408 | h3:1 | Shanghai | 971021 |
| 233 | 56.22 | Claudia Bartl | GDR | 680502 | 1 | Cottbus | 850825 |
| 234 | 56.22 | Allison Beckford | JAM | 790508 | 2 | Eugene, Or | 010601 |
| 235 | 56.23A | Lana Uys | RSA | 681209 | 1 | Pretoria | 930503 |
| 236 | 56.23 | Michelle Perry | USA | 790501 | 1 | Los Angeles, Ca | 010505 |
| 237 | 56.24 | Shannon Carter | USA | 690726 | s5:1 | New Orleans, La | 920620 |
| 238 | 56.24 | Chen Qing | CHN | 711201 | h3:1 | Beijing | 930908 |
| 239 | 56.25A | Debbie Terblanche | RSA | 670611 | 2 | Cape Town | 910216 |
| 240 | 56.25 | Reawadee Watanasin | THA | 670811 | 4 | Hiroshima | 941014 |
| 241 | 56.26 | Patty Bradley | USA | 620716 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 840422 |
| 242 | 56.26 | Louise Fraser | GBR | 701010 | 2 | Sheffield | 920607 |
| 243 | 56.26 | Marjorlein de Jong | NED | 810612 | h2:1:19 | Santiago de Chile | 001019 |
| 244 | 56.27 | Yuliya Tarasenko | RUS | 680328 | 1 | Sochi | 920530 |
| 245 | 56.28 | Tammy Etienne | USA | 590425 | 1 | Durham | 820627 |
| 246 | 56.28 | Huang Xiaoxiao | CHN | 850215 | 1 | Tianjin | 010519 |
| 247 | 56.29 | Christina Wennberg | SWE | 630511 | 2r2 | Bern | 880823 |
| 248 | 56.29 | Nadia Zetouani | MAR | 700103 | 1 | Limoges | 940709 |
| 249 | 56.29A | Lana van Heerden | RSA | 681209 | 2 | Roodepoort | 980316 |
| 250 | 56.30 | Anika Ahrens | GER | 780719 | 1:22 | Jena | 000820 |
| 251 | 56.31 | Jenny Laurendet | AUS | 620705 | 2 | Sydney | 891203 |
| 252 | 56.32A | Christine Wynn | CAN | 610810 | 1 | Provo | 840519 |
| 253 | 56.33 | Hilde Fredriksen | NOR | 600331 | 2 | Sittard | 830820 |
| 254 | 56.33 | Kristine Jauch | GDR | 650509 | 3 | Dresden | 850802 |
| 255 | 56.33 | Tania Fernandez | CUB | 670826 | 4 | Indianapolis | 870812 |
| 256 | 56.33 | Camelia Jianu | ROM | 671117 | 2 | Bucuresti | 920625 |
| 257 | 56.35 | Tracy Mattes | USA | 681213 | 4 | Austin | 920606 |
| 258 | 56.35 | Xiaoyan Ma | CHN | 760615 | 1 | Chengdu | 970603 |
| 259 | 56.38A | Sandra [Brown] Myers | USA | 610109 | 1 | Colorado Springs | 810722 |
| 260 | 56.39 | Ewa Johansson | SWE | 640104 | 2 | Lohja | 900729 |
| 261 | 56.39 | Marie Gnebele Womplou | CIV | 691220 | 3 | Annecy | 940712 |
| 262 | 56.39 | Natasha Reynolds-Peeble | USA | 720607 | h3:1 | Sacramento, Ca | 000715 |
| 263 | 56.40 | Svetlana Starkova | RUS | 68 | h2:4 | Moskva | 930618 |
| 264 | 56.40 | Irena Zauna | LAT | 810316 | 1 | Valmiera | 000716 |
| 265 | 56.42 | Edna Brown | USA | 600222 | 1 | Tempe, Az | 840407 |
| 266 | 56.42 | Robin Marks | USA | 620228 | s3:2 | Los Angeles | 840619 |
| 267 | 56.42 | Yelena Yefimova | URS | 61 | h | Moskva | 840719 |
| 268 | 56.42 | Vicki Jamison | GBR | 770519 | 1 | Tønsberg | 980620 |
| 269 | 56.43 | Alyson Layzell | GBR | 661216 | 2 | Birmingham | 960616 |
| 270 | 56.43 | Lara Rocco | ITA | 751220 | 4 | Rovereto | 980826 |
| 271 | 56.44 | Giuseppina Cirulli | ITA | 590319 | 1 | Catania | 840907 |
| 272 | 56.45 | Marcela Sevcikova | CS | 620728 | 2 | Praha | 830724 |
| 273 | 56.45 | Piper Bressant | USA | 630708 | 1 | Philadelphia, Pa | 850425 |
| 274 | 56.45 | Ulrike Ahlborn | GER | 740412 | 3 | Frankfurt | 970628 |
| 275 | 56.46 | Yvette [Luker] Wray | GBR | 581018 | 1 | Oslo | 810711 |
| 276 | 56.46 | Li Xuimei | CHN | 680100 | h1:3 | Nanjing | 920519 |
| 277 | 56.47 | Hildegard [Körner] Ullrich | GDR | 591220 | 1 | Potsdam | 780819 |
| 278 | 56.47 | Monika Klebe | SWE | 640921 | 2 | Karlstad | 900805 |
| 279 | 56.48 | Sylvie Revaux | FRA | 581209 | 1 | Arles | 820703 |
| 280 | 56.48 | Lyudmila [Nemkevich] Yushchenko | URS | 64 | 5r1 | Tashkent | 860918 |
| 281 | 56.48 | Katrin Schreiter | GER | 690224 | 4 | Luzern | 910706 |
| 282 | 56.48 | Fang Kunyao | CHN | 710200 | h2:2 | Beijing | 930908 |
| 283 | 56.48 | Li Yajun | CHN | 770721 | 1 | Beijing | 950818 |
| 284 | 56.49 | Guiping Rong | CHN | 720300 | h4:2 | Shanghai | 971021 |
| 285 | 56.50 | Zhivka Petkova | BUL | 670911 | 2 | Cottbus | 850825 |
| 286 | 56.50 | Zuzana Machotkova | CS | 650325 | h1:1 | Praha | 900721 |
| 287 | 56.50 | Tatyana Farafonova | EUN | 700128 | 2 | Kiev | 920530 |
| 288 | 56.50 | Inna Nepluyeva | UKR | 710317 | 3 | Kiev | 950613 |