| 100 metres Women
Landmarks |
First IAAF world record: 11.7
Stanislawa Walasiewicz POL 1934
First under 11 sec: 10.9 Renate Stecher GDR 1973
First under 11.00: 10.88 Marlies Oelsner-Göhr GDR 1977
First under 10.80: 10.79 Evelyn Ashford USA 198Subsequent
record progression:
10.76 Evelyn Ashford 1984
10.49 Florence Griffith Joyner USA 1988
Most durable world record: 11.6 Helen Stephens USA 1935 (13
years)
Most legal times under 10.80: Marion Jones USA 13 (as at 16 Aug 2000) |
Superlatives |
Most Olympic titles: 2 Wyomia
Tyus USA 1964/1968
Most World titles: 2 Marion Jones USA 1997/1999
Youngest Olympic/World champion: Betty Robinson USA 1928 (16)
Oldest: Fanny Blankers-Koen NED 1948 (30) |
Three All-time greats |
Wilma Rudolph (USA): Born with polio, she developed into a world record breaker
at 100 & 200m, winning easily at both events in the 1960 Olympics. |
Evelyn Ashford (USA): At the highest world class level from 1977 to 1992
she was Olympic 100m champion in 1984 and a world record breaker. |
Florence Griffith Joyner (USA): Created a sensation in 1988 when she ran 10.49
for 100m, breaking the world record by 27/100ths, and won both Olympic sprints, the 200m
in a world record 21.34. |
