Jiang Bo (athlete)

Jiang Bo (born March 13, 1977) is a female Chinese middle distance runner. On 1997-10-18 in Shanghai she ran the 1500 metres in 3:50.98 minutes. This ranks her second in the world of all time, only behind world record holder Qu Yunxia.^[1]

References

↑ IAAF Top Lists - 1500 Metres women

World Best Year Performance in Women's 1500 m

1970 – 1971: Karin Burneleit (GDR)
1972: Lyudmila Bragina (URS)
1973: Karin Krebs (GDR)
1974: Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR)
1975: Nina Morgunova (URS)
1976: Tatyana Kazankina (URS)
1977: Natalia Mărăşescu (ROM)
1978: Giana Romanova (URS)
1979: Totka Petrova (BUL)
1980: Tatyana Kazankina (URS)
1981 – 1982: Olga Dvirna (URS)
1983: Mary Slaney (USA)
1984: Nadezhda Ralldugina (URS)
1985: Mary Slaney (USA)
1986: Doina Melinte (ROM)
1987: Tetyana Dorovskikh (URS)
1988 – 1989: Paula Ivan (ROU)
1990: Doina Melinte (ROM)
1991: Natalya Artyomova (RUS)
1992: Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)
1993: Qu Yunxia (CHN)
1994 – 1995: Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
1996: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)
1997: Jiang Bo (CHN)
1998: Gabriela Szabo (ROM)
1999: Violeta Szekely (ROM)
2000: Suzy Favor-Hamilton (USA)
2001: Violeta Szekely (ROM)
2002 – 2003: Süreyya Ayhan (TUR)
2004: Kelly Holmes (GBR)
2005: Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)
2006: Yuliya Fomenko (RUS)
2007 – 2009: Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)
2010: Anna Alminova (RUS)
2011: Morgan Uceny (USA)
2012 – 2013: Abeba Aregawi (SWE)
2014: Sifan Hassan (NED)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Fernanda Ribeiro	Women's 5.000m Best Year Performance 1997	Succeeded by Gabriela Szabo