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Athletics (Track & Field) World Records



Women's 100m. World Record Progression


Electric timing (Official from 1 Jan 1975) TIME ATHLETE COUNTRY DATE VENUE 10.49 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 16 Jul 88 Indianapolis 10.76 Evelyn Ashford (USA) 22 Aug 84 Zürich 10.79 Evelyn Ashford (USA) 03 Jul 83 Air Force Academy 10.81 Marlies Göhr (GDR) 08 Jun 83 Berlin 10.87 Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS) 03 Jun 80 Leningrad 10.88 Marlies Oelsner/Göhr (GDR) 09 Jul 82 Karl Marx Stadt 10.88 Marlies Oelsner (GDR) 01 Jul 77 Dresden 11.01 Annegret Richter (FRG) 25 Jul 76 Montréal 11.04 Inge Helten (FRG) 13 Jun 76 Fürth 11.07 Renate Stecher (GDR) 20 Jul 73 Dresden 11.07 Renate Stecher (GDR) 02 Sep 72 Munich 11.08 Wyomia Tyus (USA) 15 Oct 68 México City 11.21 Wyomia Tyus (USA) 14 Oct 68 México City 11.23 Wyomia Tyus (USA) 15 Apr 64 Tokyo 11.41 Wilma Rudolph (USA) 02 Sep 60 Rome 11.65 Wilma Rudolph (USA) 01 Sep 60 Rome 11.65 Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 22 Jul 52 Helsinki 11.72 Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 22 Jul 52 Helsinki 11.86 Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 21 Jul 52 Helsinki 12.18 Catherine Hardy (USA) 21 Jul 52 Helsinki 12.18 Winsome Cripps (AUS) 21 Jul 52 Helsinki IAAF era: 10.9 Renate Stecher (GDR) 20 Jul 73 Dresden 10.9 Renate Stecher (GDR) 30 Jun 73 Leipzig 10.9 Renate Stecher (GDR) 07 Jul 73 Ostrava 11.0 Renate Stecher (GDR) 19 Aug 72 Potsdam 11.0 Eva Glesková (TCH) 01 Jul 72 Budapest 11.0 Ellen Strophal (GDR) 15 Jun 72 Potsdam 11.0 Renate Stecher (GDR) 03 Jun 72 Potsdam 11.0 Renate Meissner/Stecher (GDR) 03 Oct 71 Berlin 11.0 Renate Meissner (GDR) 02 Aug 70 Berlin 11.0 Chi Cheng (TPE) 18 Jul 70 Vienna 11.0a(11.08) Wyomia Tyus (USA) 15 Oct 68 México City 11.1a(11.20) Irena Szewinska (POL) 14 Oct 68 México City 11.1a(11.12) Barbara Ferrell (USA) 14 Oct 68 México City 11.1 Margaret Bailes (USA) 18 Aug 68 Aurora 11.1 Margaret Bailes (USA) 18 Aug 68 Aurora 11.1 Lyudmila Samotyosova (URS) 15 Aug 68 Leninakan 11.1 Wyomia Tyus (USA) 21 Apr 68 México City 11.1 Barbara Ferrell (USA) 02 Jul 67 Santa Barbara 11.1 Wyomia Tyus (USA) 31 Jul 65 Kiev 11.1 Irena Kirszenstein (POL) 09 Jul 65 Praha 11.1 Ewa Klobukowska # (POL) 09 Jul 65 Praha 11.2a(11.23) Wyomia Tyus (USA) 15 Apr 64 Tokyo 11.2 Wilma Rudolph (USA) 19 Jul 61 Stuttgart 11.3 Wilma Rudolph (USA) 15 Jul 61 Moscow 11.3(11.41) Wilma Rudolph (USA) 02 Sep 60 Rome 11.3 Vera Krepkina (URS) 13 Sep 58 Kiev 11.3 Shirley Strickland (AUS) 04 Aug 55 Warsaw 11.4 Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 04 Oct 52 Gifu 11.5 Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) 28 Sep 52 Frechen 11.5 Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 22 Jul 52 Helsinki 11.5(11.65) Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 22 Jul 52 Helsinki 11.5 Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) 13 Jun 48 Amsterdam 11.5 Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) 05 Sep 43 Amsterdam 11.5 Rowena Harrison (USA) 06 May 39 Tuskegee 11.5 Lulu Mae Hymes (USA) 06 May 39 Tuskegee 11.6 Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 01 Aug 37 Berlin 11.5 Helen Stephens (USA) 10 Aug 36 Dresden 11.6 Helen Stephens (USA) 14 Sep 35 New York 11.6 Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 10 Jun 35 Cleveland 11.6 Helen Stephens (USA) 08 Jun 35 Kansas City 11.8 Helen Stephens (USA) 01 Jun 35 St. Louis 11.9 Helen Stephens (USA) 10 MAy 35 Warrenton 11.9 Helen Stephens (USA) 10 Apr 35 Fulton 11.7 Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 28 Oct 34 Tokyo 11.7 Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 26 Aug 34 Warsaw This record was the last hand-timed one to be ratified by the IAAF. 10"8(11.07) Renate Stecher (GDR) 20 Jul 73 Dresden FSFI era 11.8 Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 19 Aug 34 Posen 11.9 Käthe Krauss (GER) 11 Aug 34 London 11.6 Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 04 Aug 34 Warsaw 11.9 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 01 Jul 34 Hilversum 11.8 Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 17 Aug 33 Posen 11.8 Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 04 Sep 33 Warsaw 11.9 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 03 Sep 33 Groningen 11.9 Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 13 Aug 33 Brussels 11.9 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 13 Aug 33 Brussels 11.9 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 23 Jul 33 Deventer 11.9 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 16 Jul 33 Amsterdam 11.9 Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 18 Aug 32 Chicago 11.9 Hilda Strike (CAN) 02 Aug 32 Los Angeles 11.9 Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 01 Aug 32 Los Angeles 11.9 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 12 Jun 32 Amsterdam 11.9 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 05 Jun 32 Haarlem 12.0 Leni Thymm (GER) 02 Aug 31 Magdeburg 12.0 Leni Thymm (GER) 01 Aug 31 Magdeburg 12.0 Leni Junker/Thymm (GER) 01 Aug 31 Magdeburg 12.0 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 31 Aug 30 Amsterdam 12.2 Elizabeth Robinson (USA) 01 Aug 28 Amsterdam 12.0 Myrtle Cook (CAN) 02 Jul 28 Halifax 12.0 Betty Robinson (USA) 02 Jun 28 Chicago 12.2 Kinue Hitomi (JPN) 20 May 28 Osaka 12.1 Gertrud Gladitsch (GER) 03 Jul 27 Stuttgart 12.2 Leni Junker (GER) 29 Aug 26 Hanover 12.4 Gundel Wittmann (GER) 22 Aug 26 Braunschweig 12.2 Leni Junker (GER) 13 Sep 25 Wiesbaden 12.4 Leni Schmidt (GER) 30 Aug 25 Leipzig 12.7 Emmy Haux (GER) 21 May 23 Frankfurt-am-Main 12.8 Marie Mejzlíková (TCH) 13 May 23 Praha 12.8 Mary Lines (GBR) 20 Aug 22 Paris * Denotes of questionable sex. # Denotes disqualification from women's competition in 1967
following a female control test. In 1970, the IAAF deleted
all records by Klobukowska. Womens 100 metres. World Records Progression Les progressions des records du monde d'athlétisme Récords Mundials de Atletismo Leichtathletik Weltrekorde Back To Top Of Page