Women's 100 metres world record progression
Records 1922–1976

Women's 100 metres world record progression

Section Title: Records 1922–1976
Table Section Text: None

Time	Wind	Auto	Athlete	Nationality	Location	Date

13.6	Marie Mejzlíková II	Czechoslovakia	Prague, Czechoslovakia	August 5, 1922

12.8	Mary Lines	United Kingdom	Paris, France	August 20, 1922

12.7 (110y)	Emmi Haux	Germany	Frankfurt, Germany	May 21, 1923

12.8	Marie Mejzlíková	Czechoslovakia	Prague, Czechoslovakia	May 13, 1923

12.4	Leni Schmidt	Germany	Leipzig, Germany	August 30, 1925

12.2 (110y)	Leni Junker	Germany	Wiesbaden, Germany	September 13, 1925

12.4	Gundel Wittmann	Germany	Braunschweig, Germany	August 22, 1926

12.2	Leni Junker	Germany	Hanover, Germany	August 29, 1926

12.1 (110y)	Gertrud Gladitsch	Germany	Stuttgart, Germany	July 3, 1927

12.2	Kinue Hitomi	Japan	Osaka, Japan	May 20, 1928

12.0	Betty Robinson	United States	Chicago, Illinois, United States	June 2, 1928

12.0	Myrtle Cook	Canada	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	July 2, 1928

12.0	Leni Junker	Germany	Magdeburg, Germany	August 1, 1931

12.0	Tollien Schuurman	Netherlands	Amsterdam, Netherlands	August 31, 1930

11.9	Tollien Schuurman	Netherlands	Haarlem, Netherlands	June 5, 1932

11.9	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	Los Angeles, United States	August 1, 1932

11.9	Hilda Strike	Canada	Los Angeles, United States	August 2, 1932

11.8	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	Poznań, Poland	September 17, 1933

11.9	Käthe Krauß	Germany	London, England	August 11, 1934

11.7	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	Warsaw, Poland	August 26, 1934

11.9	Helen Stephens	United States	Fulton, United States	April 10, 1935

11.8	Helen Stephens	United States	Saint Louis, United States	June 1, 1935

11.6	Helen Stephens	United States	Kansas City, United States	June 8, 1935

11.5	Helen Stephens	United States	Dresden, Germany	August 10, 1936

11.6	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	Berlin, Germany	August 1, 1937

11.5	Lulu Mae Hymes	United States	Tuskegee	May 6, 1939

11.5	Rowena Harrison	United States	Tuskegee	May 6, 1939

11.5	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	Amsterdam, Netherlands	September 5, 1943

11.5	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	Amsterdam, Netherlands	June 13, 1948

11.5	1.7	11.65	Marjorie Jackson	Australia	Helsinki, Finland	July 22, 1952

11.4	1.7	Marjorie Jackson	Australia	Gifu, Japan	October 4, 1952

11.3	1.4	Shirley Strickland	Australia	Warsaw, Poland	August 4, 1955

11.3	1.4	Vera Krepkina	Soviet Union	Kiev, Soviet Union	September 13, 1958

11.3	0.8	11.41	Wilma Rudolph	United States	Rome, Italy	September 2, 1960

11.2	0.7	Wilma Rudolph	United States	Stuttgart, West Germany	July 19, 1961

11.2	0.2	11.23	Wyomia Tyus	United States	Tokyo, Japan	October 15, 1964

11.1	2.0	Ewa Klobukowska	Poland	Prague, Czechoslovakia	July 9, 1965

11.1	2.0	Irena Kirszenstein	Poland	Prague, Czechoslovakia	July 9, 1965

11.1	Wyomia Tyus	United States	Kiev, Soviet Union	July 31, 1965

11.1	0.3	Barbara Ferrell	United States	Santa Barbara, United States	July 2, 1967

11.1	Wyomia Tyus	United States	Mexico City, Mexico	April 21, 1968

11.1	0.0	Lyudmila Samotyosova	Soviet Union	Leninakan, Soviet Union	August 15, 1968

11.1	Margaret Bailes	United States	Aurora, Philippines	August 18, 1968

11.1	Barbara Ferrell	United States	Mexico City, Mexico	October 14, 1968

11.1	1.8	11.20	Irena Szewińska	Poland	Mexico City, Mexico	October 14, 1968

11.0	1.2	11.08 (adjusted)	Wyomia Tyus	United States	Mexico City, Mexico	October 15, 1968

11.0	1.9	11.22	Chi Cheng	Republic of China (Taiwan)	Vienna, Austria	July 18, 1970

11.0	1.9	Renate Meißner	East Germany	Berlin, East Germany	August 2, 1970

11.0	1.7	Renate Meißner	East Germany	Berlin, East Germany	July 31, 1971

11.0	1.5	Renate Meißner	East Germany	Potsdam, East Germany	June 3, 1972

11.0	1.9	Ellen Strophal	East Germany	Potsdam, East Germany	June 15, 1972

11.0	1.4	Eva Glesková	Czechoslovakia	Budapest, Hungary	July 1, 1972

10.9	1.9	Renate Meißner	East Germany	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia	June 7, 1973

10.9	Renate Stecher (nee Meißner)	East Germany	Leipzig, East Germany	June 30, 1973

10.8	1.8	11.07	Renate Stecher (nee Meißner)	East Germany	Dresden, East Germany	July 20, 1973

Sentence(s)

Tyus's time was adjusted to 11.08.

final_sentence: Tyus's time was adjusted to 11.08.