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