Women's 100 metres world record progression
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The first world record in the 100 metres sprint for women was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922. The FSFI was absorbed by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1936. The current record is 10.49 seconds set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.
To June 21, 2009, the IAAF (and the FSFI before it) have ratified 43 world records in the event.[1]
Records 1922–1976
[edit]ratified |
not ratified |
The "Wind" column in the table below indicates the wind assistance in metres per second. 2.0 m/s is the current maximum allowable, and a negative value indicates that the mark was set against a headwind. the "Auto" column indicates a fully automatic time that was also recorded in the event when hand-timed marks were used for official records, or which was the basis for the official mark, rounded to the 10th or 100th of a second, depending on the rules then in place. A "y" indicates a distance measured in yards and ratified as a world record in this event.
Time | Wind | Auto | Athlete | Nationality | Location | Date |
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13.6 | Marie Mejzlíková | ![]() |
Prague, Czechoslovakia | August 5, 1922[1] | ||
12.8 | Mary Lines | ![]() |
Paris, France | August 20, 1922[1] | ||
12.7 (110y) |
Emmi Haux | ![]() |
Frankfurt, Germany | May 21, 1923 | ||
12.8 | Marie Mejzlíková | ![]() |
Prague, Czechoslovakia | May 13, 1923 | ||
12.4 | Leni Schmidt | ![]() |
Leipzig, Germany | August 30, 1925 | ||
12.2 (110y) |
Leni Junker | Wiesbaden, Germany | September 13, 1925 | |||
12.4 | Gundel Wittmann | ![]() |
Braunschweig, Germany | August 22, 1926[1] | ||
12.2 | Leni Junker | ![]() |
Hanover, Germany | August 29, 1926 | ||
12.1 (110y) |
Gertrud Gladitsch | Stuttgart, Germany | July 3, 1927 | |||
12.2 | Kinue Hitomi | ![]() |
Osaka, Japan | May 20, 1928[1] | ||
12.0 | Betty Robinson | ![]() |
Chicago, Illinois, United States | June 2, 1928 | ||
12.0 | Myrtle Cook | ![]() |
Halifax, Canada | July 2, 1928[1] | ||
12.0 | Leni Junker | ![]() |
Magdeburg, Germany | August 1, 1931 | ||
12.0 | Tollien Schuurman | ![]() |
Amsterdam, Netherlands | August 31, 1930[1] | ||
11.9 | Haarlem, Netherlands | June 5, 1932[1] | ||||
11.9 | Stanisława Walasiewicz[2] | ![]() |
Los Angeles, United States | August 1, 1932[1] | ||
11.9 | Hilda Strike | ![]() |
Los Angeles, United States | August 2, 1932 | ||
11.8 | Stanisława Walasiewicz[2] | ![]() |
Poznań, Poland | September 17, 1933[1] | ||
11.9 | Käthe Krauß | ![]() |
London, England | August 11, 1934 | ||
11.7 | Stanisława Walasiewicz[2] | ![]() |
Warsaw, Poland | August 26, 1934[1] | ||
11.9 | Helen Stephens | ![]() |
Fulton, United States | April 10, 1935 | ||
11.8 | Saint Louis, United States | June 1, 1935 | ||||
11.6 | Helen Stephens | ![]() |
Kansas City, United States | June 8, 1935[1] | ||
11.5 | Helen Stephens | ![]() |
Dresden, Germany | August 10, 1936 | ||
11.6 | Stanisława Walasiewicz[2] | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany | August 1, 1937[1] | ||
11.5 | Lulu Mae Hymes | ![]() |
Tuskegee | May 6, 1939 | ||
11.5 | Rowena Harrison | |||||
11.5 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | ![]() |
Amsterdam, Netherlands | September 5, 1943 | ||
11.5 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | ![]() |
Amsterdam, Netherlands | June 13, 1948[1] | ||
11.5 | 1.7 | 11.65 | Marjorie Jackson | ![]() |
Helsinki, Finland | July 22, 1952 |
11.4 | 1.7 | Gifu, Japan | October 4, 1952[1] | |||
11.3 | 1.4 | Shirley Strickland | Warsaw, Poland | August 4, 1955 | ||
11.3 | 1.4 | Vera Krepkina | ![]() |
Kyiv, Soviet Union | September 13, 1958[1] | |
11.3 | 0.8 | 11.41 | Wilma Rudolph | ![]() |
Rome, Italy | September 2, 1960[1] |
11.2 | 0.7 | Stuttgart, West Germany | July 19, 1961[1] | |||
11.2 | 0.2 | 11.23 | Wyomia Tyus | Tokyo, Japan | October 15, 1964[1] | |
11.1 | 2.0 | Ewa Kłobukowska | ![]() |
Prague, Czechoslovakia | July 9, 1965[note 1][3]: 247 | |
11.1 | 2.0 | Irena Kirszenstein | Prague, Czechoslovakia | July 9, 1965[1] | ||
11.1 | 0.2 | Wyomia Tyus | ![]() |
Kyiv, Soviet Union | July 31, 1965[1] | |
11.1 | 0.3 | Barbara Ferrell | Santa Barbara, United States | July 2, 1967[1] | ||
11.1 | Wyomia Tyus | ![]() |
Mexico City, Mexico | April 21, 1968 | ||
11.1 | 0.0 | Lyudmila Samotyosova | ![]() |
Leninakan, Soviet Union | August 15, 1968[1] | |
11.1 | Margaret Bailes | ![]() |
Aurora, Philippines | August 18, 1968 | ||
11.1 | Barbara Ferrell | Mexico City, Mexico | October 14, 1968 | |||
11.1 | 1.8 | 11.20 | Irena Szewińska | ![]() |
Mexico City, Mexico | October 14, 1968[1] |
11.0 | 1.2 | 11.08 (adjusted) |
Wyomia Tyus | ![]() |
October 15, 1968[1] | |
11.0 | 1.9 | 11.22 | Chi Cheng | ![]() |
Vienna, Austria | July 18, 1970[1] |
11.0 | 1.9 | Renate Meißner | ![]() |
Berlin, East Germany | August 2, 1970[1] | |
11.0 | 1.7 | Renate Stecher (née Meißner) | July 31, 1971[1] | |||
11.0 | −1.5 | Potsdam, East Germany | June 3, 1972[1] | |||
11.0 | 1.9 | Ellen Strophal | June 15, 1972[1] | |||
11.0 | 1.4 | Eva Glesková | ![]() |
Budapest, Hungary | July 1, 1972[1] | |
10.9 | 1.9 | Renate Stecher (née Meißner) | ![]() |
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia | June 7, 1973[1] | |
10.9 | Renate Stecher (née Meißner) | ![]() |
Leipzig, East Germany | June 30, 1973 | ||
10.8 | 1.8 | 11.07 | Renate Stecher (née Meißner) | ![]() |
Dresden, East Germany | July 20, 1973[1] |
Records from 1975
[edit]From 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. Starting January 1, 1977, the IAAF required fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.[1]
Wyomia Tyus's 1968 Olympic gold medal performance and Renate Stecher's 1972 Olympic championship win, both in 11.07, were the fastest recorded fully electronic 100-metre races to that time and were ratified as world records. However, Tyus's 11.07 was later adjusted to 11.08.[1]
Time | Wind | Athlete | Nationality | Location | Date |
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11.07 | 1.2 | Wyomia Tyus | ![]() |
Mexico City, Mexico | October 15, 1968[1] |
11.07 | 0.2 | Renate Stecher (née Meißner) | ![]() |
Munich, West Germany | September 2, 1972[1] |
11.04 | 0.6 | Inge Helten | ![]() |
Fürth, West Germany | June 13, 1976[1] |
11.01 | 0.6 | Annegret Richter | Montreal, Canada | July 25, 1976[1] | |
10.88 | 2.0 | Marlies Oelsner | ![]() |
Dresden, East Germany | July 1, 1977[1] |
10.88 | 1.9 | Marlies Göhr | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | July 9, 1982[1] | |
10.81 | 1.7 | Berlin, East Germany | June 8, 1983[1] | ||
10.79 | 0.6 | Evelyn Ashford | ![]() |
US Air Force Academy, United States | July 3, 1983[1] |
10.76 | 1.7 | Zürich, Switzerland | August 22, 1984[1] | ||
10.49 | 0.0* | Florence Griffith-Joyner | Indianapolis, United States | July 16, 1988[1] |
*There is controversy over Griffith-Joyner's world record as questions have been raised as to whether the wind actually was zero, as indicated by the trackside anemometer. The triple-jump anemometer, some 10 metres away, read 4.3 m/s, more than double the acceptable limit.[4] Despite the controversy, the record was ratified by the IAAF.
Had this mark been ignored, the progression would have continued as follows:[3]: 250
Time | Wind | Athlete | Nationality | Location | Date |
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10.70 | 1.6 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | ![]() |
Indianapolis, United States | July 17, 1988[3] |
10.61 | 1.2 | ||||
10.61 | −0.6 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | ![]() |
Tokyo, Japan | July 31, 2021[5] |
10.54 | 0.9 | Eugene, United States | August 21, 2021[6] |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Ewa Kłobukowska ran 11.1 to set a new world record along with teammate Irena Kirszenstein. But she was disqualified from competition in 1967 owing to a chromosome defect, and her world record was rescinded in 1970.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 640. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Later identified as suffering from an inter-sex condition, and possible mosaicism.
- ^ a b c Hymans, Richard; Matrahazi, Imre. "IAAF World Records Progression" (PDF) (2015 ed.). International Association of Athletics Federations. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ "ESPN Classics". Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ^ "Athletics - Final results - Women's 100m". olympics.com. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
- ^ "Results - 100m Women" (PDF). sportresult.com. Wanda Diamond League, Eugene 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-22.