Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
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| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Betty Cuthbert, AUS | 11.5 | |
| Christa Stubnick, GER | 11.7 | ||
| Marlene Matthews, AUS | 11.7 | ||
| 200m | Betty Cuthbert, AUS | 23.4 | =OR |
| Christa Stubnick, GER | 23.7 | ||
| Marlene Matthews, AUS | 23.8 | ||
| 80m H | Shirley Strickland, AUS | 10.7 | OR |
| Gisela Köhler, GER | 10.9 | ||
| Norma Thrower, AUS | 11.0 | ||
| 4x100m | AUS (Shirley Strickland, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert) |
44.5 | WR |
| Great Britain | 44.7 | ||
| United States | 44.9 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Mildred McDaniel, USA | 5- 91/4 | WR |
| Maria Pisaryeva, USSR | 5-51/2 | ||
| Thelma Hopkins, GBR | 5-51/2 | ||
| Long Jump | Elzbieta Krzesinska, POL | 20-10 | =WR |
| Willye White, USA | 19-113/4 | ||
| Nadyezda Dvalishvili, USSR | 19-103/4 | ||
| Shot Put | Tamara Tyshkevich, USSR | 54- 5 | OR |
| Galina Zybina, USSR | 54-23/4 | ||
| Marianne Werner, GER | 51-21/2 | ||
| Discus | Olga Fikotová, CZE | 176- 1 | OR |
| Irina Beglyakova, USSR | 172-41/2 | ||
| Nina Ponomaryeva, USSR | 170-8 | ||
| Javelin | Inese Jaunzeme, USSR | 176- 8 | |
| Marlene Ahrens, CHI | 165-3 | ||
| Nadyezda Konyayeva, USSR | 164-111/2 |
| Men | Track & Field |
