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- World Record progression in athletics 100 m women
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World Record progression in athletics 100 m women
The first World Record in the 100 m for women (athletics) was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1922.
Manual Timing
Time:
Athlete:
Location:
Date:
| 12.8
| Mary Lines (GBR)
| Paris, France
| August 20, 1922
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| 12.7
| Emmy Haux (GER)
| Frankfurt, Germany
| May 21, 1923
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| 12.8
| Marie Mejzlikova (TCH)
| Prague, Czechoslovakia
| May 13, 1923
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| 12.4
| Leni Schmidt (GER)
| Leipzig, Germany
| August 30, 1925
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| 12.2
| Leni Junker (GER)
| Wiesbaden, Germany
| September 13, 1925
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| 12.4
| Gundel Wittmann (GER)
| Braunschweig, Germany
| August 22, 1926
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| 12.2
| Leni Junker (GER)
| Hanover, Germany
| August 29, 1926
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| 12.1
| Gertrud Gladitsch (GER)
| Stuttgart, Germany
| July 3, 1927
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| 12.2
| Kinue Hitomi (JPN)
| Osaka, Japan
| May 20, 1928
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| 12.0
| Betty Robinson (USA)
| Chicago, Illinois, United States
| June 2, 1928
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| 12.0
| Myrtle Cook (CAN)
| Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
| July 2, 1928
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| 12.0
| Leni Junker (GER)
| Magdeburg, Germany
| August 1, 1931
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| 12.0
| Tollien Schuurman (NED)
| Amsterdam, Netherlands
| August 31, 1930
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| 11.9
| Tollien Schuurman (NED)
| Haarlem, Netherlands
| June 5, 1932
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| 11.9
| Hilda Strike (CAN)
| Los Angeles, United States
| August 2, 1932
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| 11.9
| Käthe Krauss (GER)
| London, England
| August 11, 1934
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| 11.9
| Helen Stephens (USA)
| Fulton, United States
| April 10, 1935
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| 11.8
| Helen Stephens (USA)
| Saint Louis, United States
| June 1, 1935
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| 11.6
| Helen Stephens (USA)
| Kansas City, United States
| June 8, 1935
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| 11.5
| Helen Stephens (USA)
| Dresden, Germany
| August 10, 1936
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| 11.5
| Lulu Mae Hymes (USA)
| Tuskegee
| May 6, 1939
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| 11.5
| Rowena Harrison (USA)
| Tuskegee
| May 6, 1939
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| 11.5
| Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)
| Amsterdam, Netherlands
| September 5, 1943
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| 11.5
| Marjorie Jackson (AUS)
| Helsinki, Finland
| July 22, 1952
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| 11.4
| Marjorie Jackson (AUS)
| Gifu, Japan
| October 4, 1952
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| 11.3
| Shirley Strickland (AUS)
| Warsaw, Poland
| August 4, 1955
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| 11.3
| Vera Krepkina (URS)
| Kiev, Soviet Union
| September 13, 1958
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| 11.3
| Wilma Rudolph (USA)
| Rome, Italy
| September 2, 1960
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| 11.2
| Wilma Rudolph (USA)
| Stuttgart, West Germany
| July 19, 1961
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| 11.2
| Wyomia Tyus (USA)
| Tokyo, Japan
| April 15, 1964
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| 11.1
| Irena Kirszenstein (POL)
| Prague, Czechoslovakia
| July 9, 1965
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| 11.1
| Wyomia Tyus (USA)
| Kiev, Soviet Union
| July 31, 1965
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| 11.1
| Barbara Ferrell (USA)
| Santa Barbara, United States
| July 2, 1967
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| 11.1
| Wyomia Tyus (USA)
| Mexico City, Mexico
| April 21, 1968
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| 11.1
| Lyudmila Samotyosova (URS)
| Leninakan, Soviet Union
| August 15, 1968
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| 11.1
| Margaret Bailes (USA)
| Aurora, Philippines
| August 18, 1968
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| 11.1
| Barbara Ferrell (USA)
| Mexico City, Mexico
| October 14, 1968
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| 11.1
| Irena Szewinska (POL)
| Mexico City, Mexico
| October 14, 1968
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| 11.0
| Wyomia Tyus (USA)
| Mexico City, Mexico
| October 15, 1968
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| 11.0
| Chi Cheng (TPE)
| Vienna, Austria
| July 18, 1970
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| 11.0
| Renate Meissner (GDR)
| Berlin, East Germany
| August 2, 1970
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| 11.0
| Ellen Strophal (GDR)
| Potsdam, East Germany
| June 15, 1972
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| 11.0
| Eva Gleskova (TCH)
| Budapest, Hungary
| July 1, 1972
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| 10.9
| Renate Stecher (GDR)
| Leipzig, East Germany
| June 30, 1973
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Electronic Timing
Time:
Athlete:
Location:
Date:
| 11.07
| Renate Stecher (GDR)
| Munich, East Germany
| September 2, 1972
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| 11.04
| Inge Helten (FRG)
| Fürth, West Germany
| June 13, 1976
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| 11.01
| Annegret Richter (FRG)
| Montreal, Canada
| July 25, 1976
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| 10.88
| Marlies Oelsner (GDR)
| Dresden, East Germany
| July 1, 1977
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| 10.88
| Marlies Oelsner (GDR)
| Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
| July 9, 1982
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| 10.87
| Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS)
| Leningrad, Soviet Union
| June 3, 1980
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| 10.81
| Marlies Göhr (GDR)
| Berlin, East Germany
| June 8, 1983
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| 10.79
| Evelyn Ashford (USA)
| Air Force Academy, United States
| July 3, 1983
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| 10.76
| Evelyn Ashford (USA)
| Zürich, Switzerland
| August 22, 1984
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| 10.49
| Florence Griffith Joyner (USA)
| Indianapolis, United States
| July 16, 1988
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