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243:Canterbury, New Zealand
227:1970 Commonwealth Games
451:Hall of Fame Athletics
219:middle-distance runner
207:Rosemary Olivia Wright
57:European Championships
1183:champions in women's
517:champions in women's
519:4 × 400 metres relay
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318:1972 Summer Olympics
79:4 × 400 metres relay
475:Golden Girl Returns
418:"Rosemary Stirling"
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1473:Inez Turner
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1392:Kirsty Wade
1215:Gladys Lunn
1121:Netherlands
1087:Netherlands
755:Hesselbarth
261:in 1966 in
249:father and
73:1969 Athens
1687:Categories
1662:Mary Moraa
1608:Eunice Sum
1288:800 metres
1185:800 metres
997:Raharolahy
967:Lohvynenko
955:Olishevska
921:Lindenberg
899:Veshkurova
363:The Herald
343:References
330:Gothenburg
199:800 metres
151:800 metres
145:1971 Sofia
130:400 metres
100:800 metres
1192:880 yards
887:Pospelova
857:Rockmeier
853:Ekpo-Umoh
823:Rohländer
649:Marquardt
397:14 August
370:14 August
366:. Glasgow
316:. At the
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30:athletics
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1103:de Witte
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933:Hoffmann
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895:Zaytseva
547:Stirling
337:Helsinki
314:Helsinki
267:Belgrade
247:Scottish
237:Born in
215:sprinter
211:Stirling
168:Scotland
28:Women's
1129:Peeters
1023:Diamond
959:Zemlyak
951:Ukraine
917:Germany
891:Ivanova
849:Germany
815:Germany
793:Dorsile
657:Brehmer
627:Streidt
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589:Seidler
555:Simpson
436:26 June
392:YouTube
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233:Career
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687:Busch
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559:Board
302:Sofia
245:to a
209:(née
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