| World women's all-time best javelin (-19990331) |
| 1 | 80.00 | Petra [Meier] Felke | GDR | 590730 | 1 | Potsdam | 880909 |
| 2 | 77.44 | Fatima Whitbread | GBR | 610303 | Q1 | Stuttgart | 860828 |
| 3 | 74.76 | Tiina Lillak | FIN | 610415 | 1 | Tampere | 830613 |
| 4 | 74.20 | Sofia Sakorafa | GRE | 570429 | 1 | Khania | 820926 |
| 5 | 73.58 | Theresa Sanderson | GBR | 560314 | 1 | Edinburgh | 830626 |
| 6 | 72.70 | Anna Verouli ¶ | GRE | 561113 | 1 | Khania | 840520 |
| 7 | 72.16 | Antje [Zöllkau] Kempe | GDR | 630623 | 2 | Celje | 840505 |
| 8 | 72.12 | Trine [Solberg] Hattestad | NOR | 660418 | 1 | Oslo | 930710 |
| 9 | 71.88 | Antoaneta [Todorova] Selenska | BUL | 630608 | 1 | Zagreb | 810815 |
| 10 | 71.82 | Ivonne Leal | CUB | 660227 | 1 | Kobe | 850830 |
| 11 | 71.40 | Natalya Shikolenko | BLR | 640801 | 1 | Sevilla | 940605 |
| 12 | 71.00 | Silke Renk | GDR | 670630 | 2 | Rostock | 880625 |
| 13 | 70.76 | Beate Koch | GDR | 670818 | 1 | Rostock | 890622 |
| 14 | 70.42 | Zhang Li | CHN | 610626 | 1 | Tianjin | 900806 |
| 15 | 70.20 | Karen Forkel | GER | 700324 | 1 | Halle | 910509 |
| 16 | 70.14 | Mayra Vila ¶ | CUB | 600605 | 2 | Madrid | 850614 |
| 17 | 70.14 | Maria [Caridad] Colon | CUB | 580325 | 1 | La Habana | 860615 |
| 18 | 70.10 | Tanja Damaske | GER | 711116 | 1 | Berlin | 980705 |
| 19 | 70.08 | Tatyana Biryulina | URS | 550716 | 1 | Podolsk | 800712 |
| 20 | 69.96 | Ruth [Gamm] Fuchs | GDR | 461214 | 1 | Split | 800429 |
| 21 | 69.86 | Natalya [Kolenchukova] Yermolovich ¶ | URS | 640429 | 1 | Leningrad | 850803 |
| 22 | 69.85A | Joanna Stone | AUS | 721004 | 1 | Johannesburg | 980911 |
| 23 | 69.80 | Sue Howland ¶ | AUS | 600904 | 2 | Belfast | 860630 |
| 24 | 69.68 | Ingrid Thyssen | FRG | 560109 | 1 | West Berlin | 870821 |
| 25 | 69.60 | Susanne Jung | GDR | 630517 | 2 | Potsdam | 870822 |
| 26 | 69.56 | Beate Peters | FRG | 591012 | 1 | West Berlin | 860712 |
| 27 | 69.42 | Steffi Nerius | GER | 720701 | 1 | Monaco | 960810 |
| 28 | 69.32 | Kathy Schmidt | USA | 531229 | 1 | Fürth | 770911 |
| 29 | 69.28 | Petra Rivers | AUS | 521211 | 1 | Brisbane | 820320 |
| 30 | 69.26 | Felicia [Tilea] Moldovan ¶ | ROM | 670929 | 1 | Fana, Bergen | 960628 |
| 31 | 68.80 | Eva [Zörgö] Raduly | ROM | 541023 | 1 | Moskva | 800705 |
| 32 | 68.78 | Xu Demei | CHN | 670502 | 1 | Tokyo | 910901 |
| 33 | 68.72 | Oksana [Ovchinnikova] Makarova | RUS | 710727 | 1 | Moskva | 960513 |
| 34 | 68.28 | Saida Gunba | URS | 590830 | 2 | Moskva | 800705 |
| 35 | 68.24 | Sonia Bisset | CUB | 710401 | 1 | Alcala de Henares | 970705 |
| 36 | 68.17 | Osleidys Menéndez | CUB | 791114 | 1:19 | Annecy | 980729 |
| 37 | 67.94 | Heli Rantanen | FIN | 700226 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960727 |
| 38 | 67.90 | Dulce M Garcia | CUB | 650702 | 3 | La Habana | 860615 |
| 39 | 67.88 | Natalya Cherniyenko | URS | 651001 | 1 | Sochi | 900526 |
| 40 | 67.84 | Jadviga Putiniene | URS | 451230 | 3 | Moskva | 800705 |
| 41 | 67.84 | Tatyana Shikolenko | RUS | 680510 | 2 | Moskva | 980905 |
| 42 | 67.68 | Päivi Jaana M. Alafrantti | FIN | 640508 | 1 | Split, YUG | 900830 |
| 43 | 67.64 | Terese Nekrosaite | LIT | 611019 | 2 | Duisburg | 920607 |
| 44 | 67.40 | Tuula Laaksalo | FIN | 530421 | 2 | Pihtipudas | 830724 |
| 45 | 67.32 | Regine Kempter | GDR | 670404 | 2 | Jena | 860627 |
| 46 | 67.32 | Mikaela Ingberg | FIN | 740729 | 2 | Dublin | 970607 |
| 47 | 67.24 | Ute Hommola | GDR | 520120 | 1 | Dresden | 810613 |
| 48 | 67.24 | Svetlana Pestretsova | URS | 610306 | 1 | Moskva | 880905 |
| 49 | 67.20 | Fausta Quintavalla | ITA | 590504 | 1 | Milano | 830622 |
| 50 | 67.18 | Zsuzsa Malovecz | HUN | 620521 | 1 | Forli | 880522 |
| 51 | 67.06 | Xiomara Rivero | CUB | 681224 | 1 | La Habana | 950303 |
| 52 | 67.00 | Corina [Ivan] Girbea | ROM | 590526 | 1 | Debrecen | 820613 |
| 53 | 67.00 | Zinaida Gavrilina | URS | 610922 | 1 | Donyetsk | 840909 |
| 54 | 67.00 | Irina Kostyuchenkova | URS | 610511 | 2 | Leningrad | 880612 |
| 55 | 66.96 | Ute Richter | GDR | 580714 | 1 | Neubrandenburg | 830521 |
| 56 | 66.96 | Louise [McPaul] Currey | AUS | 690124 | 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 980919 |
| 57 | 66.88 | Li Lei | CHN | 741009 | 1 | Jinan | 980502 |
| 58 | 66.80 | Olga Gavrilova | URS | 570208 | 1 | Canberra | 851004 |
| 59 | 66.80 | Jana Köpping | GDR | 660412 | 3 | Jena | 860627 |
| 60 | 66.64 | Wei Jianhua | CHN | 790323 | 1 | Shanghai | 971023 |
| 61 | 66.56 | Elena Burgarova | CS | 521113 | 2 | Nitra | 840826 |
| 62 | 66.56 | Claudia-Marie Isaila | ROM | 730717 | 3 | Paris | 940903 |
| 63 | 66.52 | Alexandra Beck | GDR | 680613 | 1 | Khania | 860524 |
| 64 | 66.48 | Eva Helmschmidt | FRG | 570420 | 1 | Bielefeld | 830604 |
| 65 | 66.18 | Isel Lopez | CUB | 700711 | 1 | La Habana | 900512 |
| 66 | 66.08 | Rositha Potreck | GDR | 590311 | 1 | Jena | 810809 |
| 67 | 66.00 | Taina Uppa | FIN | 761024 | 1 | Tampere | 950618 |
| 68 | 65.96 | Genowefa [Patla] Olejarz | POL | 621017 | 1 | Nitra | 910810 |
| 69 | 65.96 | Sueli Pereira Dos Santos ¶ | BRA | 650108 | 1 | Mar del Plata | 941028 |
| 70 | 65.80 | Odeyme Palma | CUB | 711218 | 2 | La Habana | 970613 |
| 71 | 65.74 | Pam Matthews | AUS | 580208 | 1 | Brisbane | 791216 |
| 72 | 65.68 | Yelena Medvedyeva | URS | 650709 | 2 | Leningrad | 850803 |
| 73 | 65.56 | Mariola Dankiewicz | POL | 640620 | 1 | Kouvola | 890709 |
| 74 | 65.55 | Claudia Coslovich | ITA | 720426 | 4 | Roma | 980714 |
| 75 | 65.54 | Heike Galle | GDR | 670320 | 3 | Rostock | 890622 |
| 76 | 65.50 | Li Baolian | CHN | 630308 | 1 | Guangzhou | 871129 |
| 77 | 65.46 | Sabine [Sebrowski] Kärgel | GDR | 510428 | 1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 760530 |
| 78 | 65.46 | Rita Ramanauskaite | LIT | 700222 | 2 | Lausanne | 960703 |
| 79 | 65.44 | Ha Xiaoyan | CHN | 720130 | 1 | Beijing | 930909 |
| 80 | 65.38 | Ivanka Vancheva | BUL | 531031 | 5 | Moskva | 800725 |
| 81 | 65.38 | Sun Xiurong | CHN | 690305 | 1 | Beijing | 900525 |
| 82 | 65.36 | Yekaterina [Slyadnyeva, Krasnikova] Ivakina | RUS | 641204 | 1 | Moskva | 930620 |
| 83 | 65.34 | Manuela Alizadeh | FRG | 630129 | 1 | Dormagen | 880904 |
| 84 | 65.28 | Zhou Yuanxiang | CHN | 640130 | 1 | Zhengzhou | 870607 |
| 85 | 65.26 | Olga Chistyakova | URS | 50 | 2 | Sochi | 840610 |
| 86 | 65.25 | Dörte [Barby] Friedrich | GER | 730621 | 1 | Reunion | 980411 |
| 87 | 65.18 | Katalin Hartai | HUN | 630324 | 2 | Koblenz | 870813 |
| 88 | 65.14 | Marion [Becker] Steiner | FRG | 500121 | Q1 | Montréal | 760723 |
| 89 | 65.14 | Mirela [Manjani] Tzelili | GRE | 761221 | Q2 | Budapest | 980818 |
| 90 | 65.10 | Nikolett Szabo | HUN | 800303 | 1 | Kecskemét | 981018 |
| 91 | 65.02 | Nina [Marakina] Nikanorova | URS | 470218 | 1 | Sochi | 800523 |
| 92 | 65.02 | Hou Lili | CHN | 710130 | 1 | Beijing | 920314 |
| 93 | 65.00 | Zoya Karepina | URS | 610103 | 2 | Alma-Ata | 850914 |
| 94 | 64.94 | Brigitte Graune | GDR | 610314 | 1 | Dortmund | 890702 |
| 95 | 64.90 | Leolita Blodniece | URS | 590329 | 1 | Donyetsk | 800907 |
| 96 | 64.90 | Iris de Grasse | CUB | 640818 | 1 | Sinnewich | 840513 |
| 97 | 64.90 | Jette Jeppesen | DEN | 640314 | 1 | Dublin | 940612 |
| 98 | 64.88 | Anja Reiter | GDR | 690715 | 1 | Birmingham | 870808 |
| 99 | 64.82 | Galina Kondrina | URS | 530329 | 1 | Tashkent | 820918 |
| 100 | 64.82 | Elizabeth Fernandez ¶ | CUB | 670603 | 2 | Granada | 890617 |
| 101 | 64.78 | Karin Smith | USA | 550804 | 1 | Köln | 800810 |
| 102 | 64.78 | Laverne Eve | BAH | 650616 | 1 | Houston | 890617 |
| 103 | 64.68 | Larisa Avdeyeva | URS | 611024 | 1 | Orel | 870708 |
| 104 | 64.68 | Han Jinli | CHN | 660100 | Q | Shijiazhuang | 930425 |
| 105 | 64.68 | Renata Strasek | SLO | 720408 | 1 | Velenje | 950610 |
| 106 | 64.66 | Sun Fei | CHN | 730316 | 1 | Nanjing | 910521 |
| 107 | 64.64 | Herminia Bouza | CUB | 650925 | 1 | Maturin | 880701 |
| 108 | 64.62 | Oksana Yarygina | UZB | 721224 | 1 | Hiroshima | 941015 |
| 109 | 64.52 | Luo Zhonghua | CHN | 690126 | 1 | Beijing | 900323 |
| 110 | 64.50 | Nikola Tomeckova | CZE | 740625 | 2 | Rio de Janeiro | 960504 |
| 111 | 64.46 | Martine Begue | FRA | 691222 | 1 | Annecy | 930723 |
| 112 | 64.38 | Sandra Leiskalne | URS | 580415 | 1 | Koblenz | 810826 |
| 113 | 64.34 | Jacqueline [Todten] Hein | GDR | 540529 | 1 | Leipzig | 740704 |
| 114 | 64.32 | Xin Xiaoli | CHN | 660922 | 1 | Zhengzhou | 920421 |
| 115 | 64.32 | Nadine [Schoellkopf] Auzeil | FRA | 640819 | 2 | Dijon | 940612 |
| 116 | 64.26 | Liu Cui | CHN | 721229 | 1 | Chengdu | 940609 |
| 117 | 64.20 | Nora Rockenbauer | HUN | 660825 | 1 | Budapest | 870807 |
| 118 | 64.18 | Wang Jing (3) | CHN | 62 | 1 | Beijing | 850817 |
| 119 | 64.16 | Zhao Yuhong | CHN | 730515 | | Beijing | 930313 |
| 120 | 64.14 | Liu Guohua | CHN | 611207 | 2 | Beijing | 850908 |
| 121 | 64.04 | Denise Thiemard | SUI | 600324 | 6 | Oslo | 870704 |
| 122 | 64.00 | Helena [Ekbom] Laine | FIN | 550330 | 1 | Salo, FIN | 830526 |
| 123 | 63.96 | Elvira [Lusis] Ozolina | URS | 391008 | 1 | Minsk | 730723 |
| 124 | 63.96 | Yvonne Reichardt | GER | 730205 | 1 | Blankenburg | 950525 |
| 125 | 63.93 | Ewa Rybak | POL | 741222 | 2 | Malmö | 980606 |
| 126 | 63.92 | Wang Lianyun | CHN | 691003 | 1 | Shanghai | 930411 |
| 127 | 63.90 | Kinga Zsigmond | HUN | 640419 | 1 | Sheffield | 920605 |
| 128 | 63.87 | Valeriya Zabruskova | RUS | 750729 | 1 | Rostov Na Donu | 990713 |
| 129 | 63.86 | Lyudmila Pasternakevich | URS | 590519 | 1 | Lvov | 760719 |
| 130 | 63.74 | Svetlana [Babich] Korolyova | URS | 470717 | 1 | Kiev | 760623 |
| 131 | 63.74 | Monica [Tirle] Schichter | ROM | 690118 | 1 | Bucuresti | 950304 |
| 132 | 63.70 | Valentina Shapovalova | URS | 570419 | 1 | Dnepropetrovsk | 831006 |
| 133 | 63.68 | Nadezhda [Yakubovich] Parakhina | URS | 540224 | 1 | Moskva | 830530 |
| 134 | 63.66 | Donna Mayhew | USA | 600620 | 1 | Indianapolis | 880718 |
| 135 | 63.64 | Karin Bergdahl | SWE | 640106 | 2 | Oslo | 850616 |
| 136 | 63.46 | Susanne Riewe | GER | 700526 | 3 | Jena | 920528 |
| 137 | 63.46 | Zhang Guihua | CHN | 700300 | 1 | Shijiazhuang | 930426 |
| 138 | 63.44 | Britta Heydrich | GDR | 700828 | 2 | Varazdin, YUG | 890826 |
| 139 | 63.38 | Sherry Calvert | USA | 510606 | 1 | Berkeley, Ca | 780707 |
| 140 | 63.32 | Young-sun Lee | SKO | 740221 | 1 | Sungnam | 920418 |
| 141 | 63.32 | Angeliki Tsiolakoudi | GRE | 760510 | 1 | Piraeus | 970510 |
| 142 | 63.30 | Tatyana Kazantseva | URS | 63 | Q | Adler | 890225 |
| 143 | 63.22 | Tatyana Zhigalova | URS | 530108 | 1 | Riga | 750628 |
| 144 | 63.22 | Aurica Bujnita | ROM | 681213 | 1 | Pitesti | 880813 |
| 145 | 63.22 | Tang Lishuang | CHN | 680225 | 3 | Shijiazhuang | 950420 |
| 146 | 63.18 | Song Ruiling | CHN | 660125 | 1 | Xinglong | 920730 |
| 147 | 63.18 | Elisabet [Nagy] Wahlander | SWE | 600314 | 1 | Västerås | 920825 |
| 148 | 63.14 | Carla Dumitru | ROM | 670217 | 1 | Snagov | 920530 |
| 149 | 63.12 | Lyudmila Medvedyeva | URS | 54 | 1 | Staiki | 830528 |
| 150 | 63.08 | Felicia Kinder | POL | 510808 | 1 | Warszawa | 740820 |
| 151 | 63.08 | Zhu Hongyang | CHN | 640211 | 1 | Shanghai | 850609 |
| 152 | 63.02 | Maria de la Caridad Alvarez | CUB | 750830 | 1 | La Habana | 950217 |
| 153 | 63.00 | Galina Isayeva | URS | 530221 | 1 | Kiev | 820822 |
| 154 | 62.92 | Ana Maria Gonzalez | CUB | 540417 | 2 | La Habana | 800620 |
| 155 | 62.90 | Silke Gast | GER | 720430 | 4 | Helsinki | 940812 |
| 156 | 62.87 | Ana Mirela Termure | ROM | 750113 | 1 | Snagov | 990513 |
| 157 | 62.76 | Bernadette Blechacz | POL | 550730 | 1 | Poznan | 790811 |
| 158 | 62.76 | Erica Wheeler | USA | 671128 | 1 | Walnut, Ca | 960706 |
| 159 | 62.74 | Nicole Carroll | USA | 680418 | 1 | Irvine, Ca | 950422 |
| 160 | 62.70 | Ewa Gryziecka | POL | 480411 | 1 | Bucuresti | 720611 |
| 161 | 62.68 | Anna Chugunova | URS | 69 | Q | Adler | 910223 |
| 162 | 62.66 | Cinzia Dallona | ITA | 740316 | 1 | Mezzano | 960818 |
| 163 | 62.62 | Katerina Kotmeleva | CS | 550103 | 1 | Ostrava | 820828 |
| 164 | 62.60 | Lutvian Mollova | BUL | 471218 | 1 | Sofia | 740803 |
| 165 | 62.60 | Wang Yan (2) | CHN | 770108 | 3 | Shanghai | 971023 |
| 166 | 62.57 | Yanuris La Montana | CUB | 750829 | 1 | La Habana | 980625 |
| 167 | 62.54 | Tsvetana [Ralinska] Mikhailova | BUL | 570306 | 1 | Pihtipudas | 790715 |
| 168 | 62.52 | Kirsten [Smith] Hellier | NZL | 691006 | 1 | Auckland | 940122 |
| 169 | 62.40 | Yelena Gorchakova | URS | 330517 | Q1 | Tokyo | 641016 |
| 170 | 62.34A | Susan Lion-Cachet | RSA | 620508 | 1 | Pretoria | 871107 |
| 171 | 62.32 | Sharon Gibson | GBR | 611231 | 1 | Nottingham | 870516 |
| 172 | 62.30 | Daniela [Tarkowska] Jaworska | POL | 460104 | 1 | Warszawa | 730620 |
| 173 | 62.26 | Galya Nikolova | BUL | 651114 | 2 | Sofia | 880625 |
| 174 | 62.22 | Diane Royle | GBR | 591124 | 1 | Stretford | 850518 |
| 175 | 62.20 | Ana Nunez | CUB | 590726 | 3 | La Habana | 800620 |
| 176 | 62.18 | Natalya Sipova | URS | 610221 | 2 | Sochi | 800523 |
| 177 | 62.18 | Tatyana Sudarikova | RUS | 730528 | 1 | Dzerzhinsk | 930828 |
| 178 | 62.18 | Sonya Radicheva | BUL | 680608 | 1 | Plovdiv | 960620 |
| 179 | 62.16 | Samia Djemaa | ALG | 631009 | 1 | Alger | 870619 |
| 180 | 62.12 | Natasa Urbancic | YUG | 451125 | 1 | Celje | 730324 |
| 181 | 62.12 | Marina Terenchenko | URS | 610318 | 1 | Tula | 820806 |
| 182 | 62.12 | Regula Egger | SUI | 580110 | 1 | Luzern | 840609 |
| 183 | 62.10 | Angelika Fuchs | GDR | 570907 | 4 | East Berlin | 800528 |
| 184 | 62.10 | Maria Janak | HUN | 580209 | 4 | Budapest | 820630 |
| 185 | 62.08 | Cristina Dobrinoiu | ROM | 620110 | 1 | Pitesti | 870809 |
| 186 | 62.06 | Galina Kalinina | RUS | 520921 | 1 | Gorkiy | 810608 |
| 187 | 62.04 | Nadezhda Kobrin | UKR | 720121 | 1 | Yalta | 980429 |
| 188 | 62.02 | Iris Grönfeldt | ISL | 630208 | 1 | Oslo | 880519 |
| 189 | 62.02 | Wang Jinling | CHN | 65 | - | Guangzhou | 900424 |
| 190 | 61.98 | Danica Zivanov | YUG | 670208 | 1 | Senta | 850921 |
| 191 | 61.98 | Ingrid Lammertsma | NED | 670906 | 1 | Rotterdam | 890611 |
| 192 | 61.96 | Heidi Repser | FRG | 600408 | 1 | Donyetsk | 770820 |
| 193 | 61.91 | Chu Chunxia | CHN | 780128 | 1 | Beijing | 980903 |
| 194 | 61.88 | Natalya [Nevgad] Gnutova | URS | 540304 | 1 | Kiev | 820807 |
| 195 | 61.81 | Liang Lili | CHN | 831116 | 2 | Beijing | 980903 |
| 196 | 61.80 | Eva Janko | AUT | 450124 | 1 | Innsbruck | 730727 |
| 197 | 61.80 | Maria-Antonia Beltran | CUB | 560116 | 2 | Helsinki | 810616 |
| 198 | 61.76 | Yelena [Svezhentseva] Burgiman | UZB | 681221 | 3 | Moskva | 920622 |
| 199 | 61.72A | Zuleima Aramendiz | COL | 750923 | 1 | Medellin | 960504 |
| 200 | 61.66 | Lynda [Hughes] Sutfin | USA | 621006 | 1 | Knoxville | 820620 |
| 201 | 61.66 | Bina Ramesh | FRA | 790820 | 2 | Brisbane | 970315 |
| 202 | 61.64 | Tang Guo-Li | CHN | 62 | 1 | Tokyo | 810607 |
| 203 | 61.64 | Danute Montrimaite | URS | 590506 | 2 | Leningrad | 830726 |
| 204 | 61.64 | Eva Budavari | HUN | 530730 | 1 | Budapest | 860706 |
| 205 | 61.60 | Elena Revayova | CS | 580710 | 4 | Kobe | 850830 |
| 206 | 61.60 | Kristina Jazbinsek | YUG | 651123 | 1 | Ljubljana | 870814 |
| 207 | 61.60 | Paula Berry | USA | 690218 | 1 | Eugene, Or | 910523 |
| 208 | 61.60 | Nathalie Teppe | FRA | 720522 | 4 | Dijon | 940612 |
| 209 | 61.58 | Helena Uusitalo | FIN | 621107 | 1 | Pihtipudas | 850609 |
| 210 | 61.52 | Kate Farrow | AUS | 670506 | 1 | Sydney | 960218 |
| 211 | 61.50 | Andrea Findeis | GDR | 571123 | 4 | Dresden | 800524 |
| 212 | 61.48 | Lyudmila Zadko | URS | 560215 | 1 | Sochi | 840428 |
| 213 | 61.42 | Carla Muresan | ROM | 670217 | 1 | Bucuresti | 930703 |
| 214 | 61.40 | Ibolya Torma | HUN | 550922 | 1 | Budapest | 860910 |
| 215 | 61.40 | Maria Dzhaleva | BUL | 640206 | 1 | Sofia | 880724 |
| 216 | 61.38 | Svetlana Titova | RUS | 69 | 2 | Moskva | 930620 |
| 217 | 61.36 | Alyona Bezdyenezhnykh | URS | 680807 | 3 | Sochi | 880227 |
| 218 | 61.34 | Lada Chernova | RUS | 700101 | 1 | Volgograd | 960602 |
| 219 | 61.32 | Juliane Hoffmann | GER | 731213 | 2 | Halle | 950226 |
| 220 | 61.30 | Darya Kuryan | URS | 470712 | 3 | Kiev | 760623 |
| 221 | 61.28 | Nellie Basson | RSA | 591004 | 1 | Stellenbosch | 831031 |
| 222 | 61.26 | Heli Tolkkinen | FIN | 730803 | 1 | Skien | 930822 |
| 223 | 61.14 | Maria Vago | HUN | 511213 | 1 | München | 740519 |
| 224 | 61.13 | Aysel Tas | TUR | 641021 | 1 | Istanbul | 980530 |
| 225 | 61.12 | Aranka Vagasi | HUN | 540416 | 3 | Sofia | 770820 |
| 226 | 61.10 | Cathy Sulinski | USA | 580403 | 1 | Berkeley, Ca | 840714 |
| 227 | 61.08A | Ansie Rogers | RSA | 640904 | 1 | Pretoria | 850306 |
| 228 | 61.06 | Kerstin [Figiel] Brauer | GDR | 630729 | 2 | Erfurt | 840603 |
| 229 | 61.06 | Zhao Yingping | CHN | 730200 | Q | Jinan | 930602 |
| 230 | 61.04 | Ivanka Ilieva | BUL | 510505 | 2 | Sofia | 790728 |
| 231 | 61.02 | Amelie Koloska | FRG | 440928 | 1 | Mainz | 720603 |
| 232 | 61.01 | Eufemija Storga | SLO | 751007 | 1 | Ljubljana | 980523 |
| 233 | 61.00 | Carola Fürst | GDR | 610602 | 1 | East Berlin | 840516 |
| 234 | 60.98 | Ioana Pecec | ROM | 480226 | 1 | Heidenheim | 750830 |
| 235 | 60.98 | Galina Medvedyeva | URS | 61 | 4 | Dnepropetrovsk | 830924 |
| 236 | 60.94 | Olga Ivankova | UKR | 730107 | 1 | Kiev | 960517 |
| 237 | 60.92 | Natalya Balabayeva | URS | 660303 | Q | Adler | 880213 |
| 238 | 60.90 | Zhanna Penkova | URS | 65 | 1 | Riga | 870531 |
| 239 | 60.88 | Hilde Bratvold | NOR | 600229 | 1 | Oslo | 820901 |
| 240 | 60.86 | Solvi Nybu | NOR | 660603 | 1 | Gainesville, Fl | 860329 |
| 241 | 60.84 | Simone Frandsen | DEN | 610704 | 1 | Fredriksberg | 870503 |
| 242 | 60.84 | Kaye Nordstrom | NZL | 680530 | 2 | Christchurch | 920216 |
| 243 | 60.82 | Lynda Lipson-Blutreich | USA | 711213 | 1 | Chapel Hill | 970717 |
| 244 | 60.80 | Raili Kadarik | URS | 571220 | 1 | Tallinn | 830820 |
| 245 | 60.76 | Zhang Ru | CHN | 710228 | 2 | Shijiazhuang | 920425 |
| 246 | 60.72 | Ding Fenghua | CHN | 640627 | - | Guangzhou | 871129 |
| 247 | 60.68 | Mihaela Penes | ROM | 470722 | 1 | Poiana Brasov | 670903 |
| 248 | 60.68 | Andrea [Junghans] Schramm | GDR | 621117 | 5 | Potsdam | 840721 |
| 249 | 60.66 | Marie Fukalova | CS | 520227 | 2 | Praha | 850604 |
| 250 | 60.66 | Xia Yingyi | CHN | 63 | | Guangzhou | 870322 |
| 251 | 60.65 | Jen Pastore | USA | 760509 | 1 | Raleigh, Nc | 980328 |
| 252 | 60.64 | Liu Shufen | CHN | 63 | 1 | Zhengzhou | 820401 |
| 253 | 60.64 | Natividad Vizcaino | ESP | 540127 | 1 | Pol Epinal | 860705 |
| 254 | 60.58 | Angela [Ranky] Nemeth | HUN | 460218 | 1 | Budapest | 690628 |
| 255 | 60.58 | Valerie Tulloch | CAN | 720713 | 3 | Mar del Plata | 950319 |
| 256 | 60.56 | Barbara Friedrich | USA | 490118 | 1 | W. Long Branch | 670604 |
| 257 | 60.52 | Yordanka Peeva | BUL | 530423 | 1 | Sofia | 760508 |
| 258 | 60.52 | Naomi Shibusawa | JPN | 561106 | 1 | Kunitachi | 810411 |
| 259 | 60.52 | Emi Matsui | JPN | 630220 | 1 | New Delhi | 821130 |
| 260 | 60.44 | Lin Hong | CHN | 69 | | Dalian | 910506 |
| 261 | 60.42 | Naomi Shibuzawa | JPN | 561106 | 1 | Kunitachi | 800329 |
| 262 | 60.42 | Zheng Wei | CHN | 67 | - | Guangzhou | 871129 |
| 263 | 60.36 | Akiko Miyajima | JPN | 660917 | 1 | Maebashi | 960427 |
| 264 | 60.34 | Dorit Dräger | GDR | 711030 | 2 | East Berlin | 880116 |
| 265 | 60.34 | Wang Yaning | CHN | 800104 | 1 | Chengdu | 970604 |
| 266 | 60.30 | Natalya Grachova | URS | 53 | 1 | Krasnodar | 810115 |
| 267 | 60.30 | Liu Jingqian | CHN | 740318 | 1 | Xi'an | 960831 |
| 268 | 60.28 | Agnes Preisinger | HUN | 730803 | 2 | Budapest | 950513 |
| 269 | 60.26 | Tatyana Shigalova | URS | | | | 74 |
| 270 | 60.26 | Luo Fenghua | CHN | 690122 | - | Beijing | 890325 |
| 271 | 60.24 | Zou Guofang | CHN | 65 | | Zhengzhou | 870606 |
| 272 | 60.22 | Gurmeet Kaur | IND | 66 | 1 | New Delhi | 981201 |
| 273 | 60.18 | Ma Linuo | CHN | 770206 | 5 | Shanghai | 971023 |
| 274 | 60.16 | Svetlana Ovsyannikova | RUS | 70 | 1 | Krasnodar | 920623 |
| 275 | 60.12 | Mihaela Stanescu (1) | ROM | 590415 | 1 | Bucuresti | 830619 |
| 276 | 60.12 | Shelley Holroyd | GBR | 730517 | 2 | Birmingham | 960616 |
| 277 | 60.10 | Sabina Moya | COL | 770124 | 4 | Maracaibo | 980817 |
| 278 | 60.06 | Magdolna Paulanyi | HUN | 450619 | 1 | Budapest | 720702 |
| 279 | 60.06 | Zsuzsa Füredi | HUN | 710926 | 1 B | Budapest | 950513 |
| 280 | 60.04 | Christine Gast | GER | 720430 | 1:19 | Mainz | 910504 |
| 281 | 60.00 | Julie Abel | GBR | 660126 | Q | Derby | 870524 |
| 282 | 59.96 | Yelena Zhilichkina | URS | 630817 | 1 | Alma-Ata | 910701 |
| 283 | 59.94 | Vera Komissar | URS | 451118 | 1 | Yessentuki | 720905 |
| 284 | 59.94A | Kim Engel | USA | 680928 | 1 | Provo | 890603 |
| 285 | 59.90 | Xueqing Yu | CHN | 63 | | Beijing | 840831 |
| 286 | 59.88 | Susanne Hoffmann | GDR | 650423 | 1 | East Berlin | 850605 |
| 287 | 59.86 | Sisko Kopiloff | FIN | 610920 | 1 | Saarijärvi | 820710 |
| 288 | 59.82 | Renae Bair | USA | 430309 | 1 | Santa Barbara | 670702 |
| 289 | 59.81 | Carmen Filip | ROM | 760502 | 2 | Cluj-Napolca | 980516 |
| 290 | 59.76 | Celine Chartrand | CAN | 620526 | 1 | Montréal | 870620 |
| 291 | 59.76 | Zhang Min | CHN | | 1 | Wuhan | 920930 |
| 292 | 59.74 | Irina Maslova | URS | 690703 | 3 | Moskva | 870606 |
| 293 | 59.71 | Kirsi Ahonen | FIN | 760408 | 3 | Lapinlahti | 980621 |
| 294 | 59.70 | Marion [Gräfe] Lüttge | GDR | 411125 | Q | Budapest | 660902 |
| 295 | 59.70 | Annika Lall | URS | 620719 | | Zaporizhzhya | 810919 |
| 296 | 59.68 | Viktoria Fekete | HUN | 560226 | 1 | Budapest | 790728 |
| 297 | 59.68 | Evelyne Giardino | FRA | 610323 | 1 | Colombes | 870620 |
| 298 | 59.68 | Erika Hirit | ROM | 690119 | 2 | Bucuresti | 900303 |
| 299 | 59.67 | Veera Oksanen | FIN | 780523 | 1 | Viitasaari | 980609 |
| 300 | 59.66 | Kanae Takahashi | JPN | 570424 | 2 | Maebashi | 820505 |
| 301 | 59.64 | Xiang Zhengfeng | CHN | 731026 | | Beijing | 930502 |
| 302 | 59.60 | Yang Lijuan | CHN | 731114 | 1 | Hangzhou | 920508 |
| 303 | 59.58 | Minori Mori | JPN | 571209 | 1 | Fuse | 840527 |
| 304 | 59.56 | Zhao Guiyan | CHN | 770425 | 2 | Beijing | 960712 |
| 305 | 59.55 | Valeriya Zabruskova | RUS | 750729 | 1 | Rostov Na Donu | 980531 |
| 306 | 59.54 | Tatyana Yermolayeva | URS | 62 | 1 | Orenburg | 810616 |
| 307 | 59.50 | Marina Kozoderova | URS | 640301 | 2 | Riga | 870531 |
| 308 | 59.50 | Ma Ling (1) | CHN | 66 | 1 | Beijing | 930503 |
| 309 | 59.44 | Dana Olson | USA | 610715 | 1 | Houston | 820320 |
| 310 | 59.40 | Karen Hough | GBR | 680502 | Q | Stuttgart | 860828 |
| 311 | 59.38 | Yelena Fedotova | URS | 670529 | 4 | Adler | 900225 |
| 312 | 59.38 | Liang Chunlian | CHN | 750127 | 5 | Shijiazhuang | 930426 |
| 313 | 59.36 | Yelena Kucherenko | URS | 660712 | 1 | Tashkent | 840922 |
| 314 | 59.36 | Gao Zhiying | CHN | 60 | 3 | Shanghai | 850609 |
| 315 | 59.36 | Ayumi Tokumoto | JPN | 680722 | 1 | Kunitachi | 890422 |
| 316 | 59.36 | Kirsty Morrison | GBR | 751028 | 1 | Hoo | 930904 |
| 317 | 59.34 | Maria Moskalenko | URS | 400301 | 1 | Sochi | 700428 |
| 318 | 59.34 | Lyudmila Dolgova | URS | 530521 | 2 | Riga | 730526 |
| 319 | 59.32 | Li Xia | CHN | 570124 | - | Shanghai | 840520 |
| 320 | 59.30 | Marina Kochnyeva | URS | 630121 | 5 | Bryansk | 870717 |
| 321 | 59.30 | Louise Perreault | CAN | 680301 | 1 | Tucson, Az | 910323 |
| 322 | 59.28 | Katrin Strobel | GDR | 610422 | 1 | Halle | 790630 |
| 323 | 59.28 | Jurate Palamaite | URS | 630818 | 1 | Siauliai | 870705 |
| 324 | 59.28 | Larisa [Nikitina] Turchinskaya ¶ | URS | 650429 | H | Duisburg | 890829 |
| 325 | 59.28 | Wang Juanna | CHN | 800103 | 1 | Zhuhai | 990321 |
| 326 | 59.24 | Margit Lazar | HUN | 530530 | 1 | Budapest | 780921 |
| 327 | 59.24 | Marianna Kispal | HUN | 600507 | 1 | Miskolc | 841013 |
| 328 | 59.22 | Takako Miyake | JPN | 740722 | 1 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 960609 |
| 329 | 59.20 | Natalya Khusainova | URS | 550616 | Q | Moskva | 800704 |
| 330 | 59.20 | Cathie [Wilson] Harris | USA | 621117 | 3 | San José | 870627 |
| 331 | 59.20 | Qi Lianfang | CHN | 67 | | Beijing | 900414 |
| 332 | 59.18 | Magda Vidos | HUN | | | | 70 |
| 333 | 59.18 | Natalya Nasedkina | URS | 630918 | 7 | Kiev | 860717 |
| 334 | 59.14 | Wang Jiling | CHN | 651000 | 11 | Beijing | 930909 |
| 335 | 59.12 | Wilma Vidotto | ITA | 650520 | 1 | Amsterdam | 860601 |
| 336 | 59.10 | Valentina [Tichonova] Ivanova | URS | 521004 | 1 | Leningrad | 800819 |
| 337 | 59.10 | Valeria Ivanova | URS | 690114 | Q | Adler | 890225 |
| 338 | 59.08 | Vera Portnova | URS | 580811 | 3 | Dortmund | 780630 |
| 339 | 59.08 | Qui Shuhua | CHN | 621012 | | Beijing | 840315 |
| 340 | 59.02 | Vera Shapina | URS | 621023 | 2 | Gorkiy | 830703 |
| 341 | 59.02 | Sarah Walter | FRA | 780505 | 1:22 | Roma | 990306 |
| 342 | 59.02 | Oksana Velichko | BLR | 750326 | 1 | Brest | 990423 |
| 343 | 59.00 | Yao Ruiying | CHN | 540510 | 1 | Shijiazhuang | 780401 |
| 344 | 59.00 | Veronika Längle | AUT | 650129 | 1 | Bologna | 850531 |
| 345 | 58.98 | Yulia Lichagina | URS | 650507 | 1 | Bryansk | 880711 |
| 346 | 58.96 | Valentina Evert | URS | 460308 | 1 | Kharkov | 710902 |
| 347 | 58.96 | Doreen Karasiewicz | GER | 740721 | 1 | Potsdam | 940604 |
| 348 | 58.94 | Stefania Galbiati | ITA | 690108 | 1 | Grosseto | 881009 |
| 349 | 58.94 | Irina Solodkaya | URS | 690127 | 1 | Kiev | 950526 |
| 350 | 58.86 | Tatyana Silyayeva | URS | 670312 | 1 | Simferopol | 850525 |
| 351 | 58.84 | Drahomira Dryeova | CS | 571021 | 2 | Praha | 750707 |
| 352 | 58.84 | Tatyana Korablina | URS | 640916 | 1 | Bryansk | 860816 |
| 353 | 58.82 | Regina Stange | GDR | 520524 | 3 | Potsdam | 780818 |
| 354 | 58.80 | Jana Linkova | CS | 510519 | 3 | Bratislava | 760602 |
| 355 | 58.80 | Simone Grafe | GDR | 641118 | 3 | East Berlin | 840715 |
| 356 | 58.80 | Galina Vasilyeva | URS | 640215 | 1 | Chelyabinsk | 870801 |
| 357 | 58.80 | Ieva Skrastina | URS | 691108 | 1 | Riga | 890917 |
| 358 | 58.78 | Yvonne Stierwald | GDR | 630701 | 2 | Cottbus | 810624 |
| 359 | 58.78 | Yuko Kojima | JPN | 731120 | 1 | Tokyo | 950609 |
| 360 | 58.74 | Eevi Virula | URS | 540609 | 1 | Tallinn | 750920 |
| 361 | 58.74 | Ni Chunyan | CHN | | | Guangzhou | 930322 |
| 362 | 58.72 | Giuliana Amici | ITA | 520224 | 1 | Roma | 780726 |
| 363 | 58.72 | Marina Shumkina | URS | 59 | 1 | Moskva | 830916 |
| 364 | 58.70 | Natalya Reutova | URS | 63 | 1 | Adler | 830227 |
| 365 | 58.68 | Irene Pietruschka | GDR | 581228 | 4 | Leipzig | 780701 |
| 366 | 58.68 | Alina Serdyuk | BLR | 750122 | 1 | Riga | 960602 |
| 367 | 58.66 | Sun Xiefang | CHN | | | Nanjing | 810510 |
| 368 | 58.64 | Florentyna Flak | POL | 520703 | 1 | Zabrze | 730729 |
| 369 | 58.64 | Lynn Cannon | USA | 501105 | 4 | Gelsenkirchen | 770625 |
| 370 | 58.64 | Malgorzata Kielczewska | POL | 690102 | 1 | Poznan | 870816 |
| 371 | 58.64 | Lyudmila Konon | URS | 690105 | 3 | Alma-Ata | 900908 |
| 372 | 58.60 | Svetlana Kravchenko | URS | 580604 | 1 | Adler | 770515 |
| 373 | 58.60 | Jeanette Rose | GBR | 590914 | 2 | Cwmbran | 820530 |
| 374 | 58.58 | Natalya Shitova | URS | 680605 | 1 | Chernigov | 900603 |
| 375 | 58.58 | Venera Mustakayeva | UKR | 710227 | 1 | Kharkov | 940428 |
| 376 | 58.56 | Dagmar Koscher | GDR | 700303 | 3 | Halle | 880514 |
| 377 | 58.56 | Marilyn Senz | USA | 610313 | 1 | Knoxville | 890414 |
| 378 | 58.54 | Lyudmila Chaynikova | URS | 61 | 4 | Gorkiy | 840811 |
| 379 | 58.54 | Fan Yujie | CHN | | | Beijing | 940326 |
| 380 | 58.54 | Kim Hyatt | USA | 681211 | 1 | Boise, Id | 940409 |
| 381 | 58.52 | Osina | URS | | | | 71 |
| 382 | 58.52 | Inara Oshina | URS | 540608 | 1 | Adler | 710326 |
| 383 | 58.52 | Aleksandra Korostyleva | URS | 460403 | 1 | Kharkov | 781001 |
| 384 | 58.52 | Naomi Tokuyama | JPN | 681022 | 1 | Kofu | 861016 |
| 385 | 58.50 | Anna Bondarenko | URS | 60 | 1 | Klaipeda | 840526 |
| 386 | 58.50 | Helena Gouveia | POR | 720424 | 1 | Funchal | 950428 |
| 387 | 58.46 | Chi Yuan | CHN | 63 | | Jinan | 840518 |
| 388 | 58.46 | Tatyana Alisevich | BLR | 690122 | H | Valladolid | 940508 |
| 389 | 58.42 | Helena [Hanczyn] Rak | POL | 520423 | 1 | Bydgoszcz | 750803 |
| 390 | 58.40 | Eva Placsintar | HUN | 650411 | 1 | Budapest | 870814 |
| 391 | 58.40 | Susan Mathies | GER | 770122 | 1 | Zeven | 980530 |
| 392 | 58.39 | Lorna Jackson | GBR | 740109 | 1 | Birmingham | 980606 |
| 393 | 58.38 | Zita Jankunaite | URS | 510111 | 2 | Jurmala | 800531 |
| 394 | 58.38 | Valentina Butova | URS | 640524 | 2 | Riga | 830604 |
| 395 | 58.38 | Sirpa Vepsäläinen | FIN | 600907 | 3 | Lahti | 840519 |
| 396 | 58.38 | Kumi Yamamoto | JPN | 651002 | 1 | Kunitachi | 860412 |
| 397 | 58.38 | Chen Mei | CHN | | 1 | Wuhan | 920411 |
| 398 | 58.38 | Xiang Zhenfeng | CHN | | 1 | Chengdu | 960712 |
| 399 | 58.36 | Marta Rudas | HUN | 370214 | 1 | Praha | 650710 |
| 400 | 58.36 | Krystyna Maczka | POL | 630831 | 2 | Poznan | 890629 |
| 401 | 58.34 | Annliese Gerhards | FRG | 350704 | 1 | Zürich | 720813 |
| 402 | 58.34 | Taisia Volkova | URS | 480714 | 1 | Voronezh | 750620 |
| 403 | 58.34 | Evi-Jeanette Völker | GER | 720510 | 2 | Rosenheim | 930911 |
| 404 | 58.32 | Ashley Selman | USA | 700421 | 2 | Sacramento | 950616 |
| 405 | 58.32 | Rhona Dwinger | RSA | 710628 | 3 | Cape Town | 960412 |
| 406 | 58.30 | Renata Sliwinska | POL | 520417 | 2 | Bydgoszcz | 750628 |
| 407 | 58.30 | Ute Rodehau | GDR | 621111 | 2 B | Jena | 830528 |
| 408 | 58.28 | Rose-May Poilagi | FRA | 720209 | 2 | Nice | 960302 |
| 409 | 58.28 | Windy Dean | USA | 760907 | 1 | Bloomington, In | 970606 |
| 410 | 58.26 | Kathrin Meyer | GDR | 600115 | 2 | Dresden | 800705 |
| 411 | 58.26 | Deanna Carr | USA | 610514 | 3 | Los Angeles | 830625 |
| 412 | 58.24 | Anneli Virkkala | FIN | 470313 | 1 | Karstula, FIN | 830612 |
| 413 | 58.24 | Edeltraud Kaiser | AUT | 560424 | 1 | Bad Ischl | 850929 |
| 414 | 58.24 | Deng Guo | CHN | 65 | 3 | Zhengzhou | 861023 |
| 415 | 58.22 | Gerda Blokziel | NED | 610211 | 2 | Krommenie | 860831 |
| 416 | 58.14 | Aniko Koczka | HUN | 700908 | 1 | Budapest | 950923 |
| 417 | 58.12 | Cherry Harvey | AUS | 661121 | 1 | Hamilton | 880220 |
| 418 | 58.10 | Zhang Li (2) | CHN | 781019 | 5 | Shijiazhuang | 970427 |
| 419 | 58.10 | Paula Huhtaniemi | FIN | 730217 | 2 | Oulu | 980808 |
| 420 | 58.08 | Zoya Belan | URS | 581126 | 1 | Alushta | 810429 |
| 421 | 58.06 | Maka Obolashvili | GEO | 750617 | 1 | Tbilisi | 950530 |
| 422 | 58.04 | Åsa Westman | SWE | 530903 | 1 | Örebro | 820427 |
| 423 | 58.04 | Meg [Warren] Foster | USA | 650514 | 1 | Boone | 870418 |
| 424 | 58.04 | Katalin Szegvari | HUN | 700517 | 2 | Budapest | 950225 |
| 425 | 58.02 | Sally Harmon | USA | 610306 | 5 | Knoxville | 820620 |
| 426 | 58.02 | Karyn Szarkowski | USA | 650119 | 1 | Tempe | 870321 |