Women · World record

100 Metres

The current record and its documented progression: 45 ratified records from 1922 to 1988, with 24 not ratified shown in place.

Current recordRatified

10.490.0

Florence Griffith JoynerUSAIndianapolis · 16 Jul 1988

38 years standing0.27 s improvementAll-time top 25 →

Record progression

Each step is a documented record; red marks the fully automatic timing era; hollow marks were rescinded, not ratified or are pending

1922 · 13.6 Marie Mejzlíková1922 · 12.8 Mary Lines1923 · 12.7 Emmi Haux (Not ratified)1923 · 12.8 Marie Mejzlíková (Not ratified)1925 · 12.4 Leni Schmidt (Not ratified)1925 · 12.2 Leni Junker (Not ratified)1926 · 12.4 Gundel Wittmann1926 · 12.2 Leni Junker (Not ratified)1927 · 12.1 Gertrud Gladitsch (Not ratified)1928 · 12.2 Kinue Hitomi1928 · 12.0 Betty Robinson (Not ratified)1928 · 12.0 Myrtle Cook1931 · 12.0 Leni Junker (Not ratified)1930 · 12.0 Tollien Schuurman1932 · 11.9 Tollien Schuurman1932 · 11.9 Stanisława Walasiewicz1932 · 11.9 Hilda Strike (Not ratified)1933 · 11.8 Stanisława Walasiewicz1934 · 11.9 Käthe Krauß (Not ratified)1934 · 11.7 Stanisława Walasiewicz1935 · 11.9 Helen Stephens (Not ratified)1935 · 11.8 Helen Stephens (Not ratified)1935 · 11.6 Helen Stephens1936 · 11.5 Helen Stephens (Not ratified)1937 · 11.6 Stanisława Walasiewicz1939 · 11.5 Lulu Mae Hymes (Not ratified)1939 · 11.5 Rowena Harrison (Not ratified)1943 · 11.5 Fanny Blankers-Koen (Not ratified)1948 · 11.5 Fanny Blankers-Koen1952 · 11.5 Marjorie Jackson1952 · 11.4 Marjorie Jackson1955 · 11.3 Shirley Strickland1958 · 11.3 Vera Krepkina1960 · 11.3 Wilma Rudolph1961 · 11.2 Wilma Rudolph1964 · 11.2 Wyomia Tyus1965 · 11.1 Ewa Kłobukowska1965 · 11.1 Irena Kirszenstein1965 · 11.1 Wyomia Tyus1967 · 11.1 Barbara Ferrell1968 · 11.1 Wyomia Tyus (Not ratified)1968 · 11.1 Lyudmila Samotyosova1968 · 11.1 Margaret Bailes (Not ratified)1968 · 11.1 Barbara Ferrell (Not ratified)1968 · 11.1 Irena Szewińska1968 · 11.0 Wyomia Tyus1970 · 11.0 Chi Cheng1970 · 11.0 Renate Meißner1971 · 11.0 Renate Stecher1972 · 11.0 Renate Stecher1972 · 11.0 Ellen Strophal1972 · 11.0 Eva Glesková1973 · 10.9 Renate Stecher1973 · 10.9 Renate Stecher (Not ratified)1973 · 10.8 Renate Stecher1968 · 11.07 Wyomia Tyus1972 · 11.07 Renate Stecher1976 · 11.04 Inge Helten1976 · 11.01 Annegret Richter1977 · 10.88 Marlies Oelsner1982 · 10.88 Marlies Göhr1983 · 10.81 Marlies Göhr1983 · 10.79 Evelyn Ashford1984 · 10.76 Evelyn Ashford1988 · 10.49 Florence Griffith Joyner1988 · 10.70 Florence Griffith Joyner (Not ratified)1988 · 10.61 Florence Griffith Joyner (Not ratified)2021 · 10.61 Elaine Thompson-Herah (Not ratified)2021 · 10.54 Elaine Thompson-Herah (Not ratified) 10.4913.60

19221933 · Walasiewicz 11.81961 · Rudolph 11.21972 · Glesková 11.02021 · Thompson-Herah 10.54

Documented records

45 ratified · 24 not ratified · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1370156405, imported 2 Sep 2026

MarkWindAthleteNationVenueDateStood
10.54 +0.9 Elaine Thompson-Herah Not ratified JAM Eugene, United States 21 Aug 2021
10.61 −0.6 Elaine Thompson-Herah Not ratified JAM Tokyo, Japan 31 Jul 2021
10.61 +1.2 Florence Griffith Joyner Not ratified USA Indianapolis, United States 17 Jul 1988
10.70 +1.6 Florence Griffith Joyner Not ratified USA Indianapolis, United States 17 Jul 1988
10.49 ±0.0 Florence Griffith Joyner USA Indianapolis, United States 16 Jul 1988 38 yrs
10.76 +1.7 Evelyn Ashford USA Zürich, Switzerland 22 Aug 1984 3 yrs
10.79 +0.6 Evelyn Ashford USA US Air Force Academy, United States 3 Jul 1983 1 yr
10.81 +1.7 Marlies Göhr GDR Berlin, East Germany 8 Jun 1983 25 d
10.88 +1.9 Marlies Göhr GDR Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany 9 Jul 1982 334 d
10.88 +2.0 Marlies Göhr GDR Dresden, East Germany 1 Jul 1977 5 yrs
11.01 +0.6 Annegret Richter FRG Montreal, Canada 25 Jul 1976 341 d
11.04 +0.6 Inge Helten FRG Fürth, West Germany 13 Jun 1976 42 d
10.8 +1.8 Renate Stecher GDR Dresden, East Germany 20 Jul 1973 2 yrs
10.9 Renate Stecher Not ratified GDR Leipzig, East Germany 30 Jun 1973
10.9 +1.9 Renate Stecher GDR Ostrava, Czechoslovakia 7 Jun 1973 43 d
11.07 +0.2 Renate Stecher GDR Munich, West Germany 2 Sep 1972 278 d
11.0 +1.4 Eva Glesková TCH Budapest, Hungary 1 Jul 1972 63 d
11.0 +1.9 Ellen Strophal GDR Potsdam, East Germany 15 Jun 1972 16 d
11.0 −1.5 Renate Stecher GDR Potsdam, East Germany 3 Jun 1972 12 d
11.0 +1.7 Renate Stecher GDR Berlin, East Germany 31 Jul 1971 308 d

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