Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following national records were established during the competition:

Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

Section Title: Records
Table Section Text: Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following national records were established during the competition:

Area	Time (s)	Wind	Athlete	Nation

Africa (records)	10.78	+1.6	Murielle Ahouré	Ivory Coast

Asia (records)	10.79	+0.0	Li Xuemei	China

Europe (records)	10.73	+2.0	Christine Arron	France

North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	10.49 WR	+0.0	Florence Griffith Joyner	United States

Oceania (records)	11.11	+1.9	Melissa Breen	Australia

11.11	+0.0	Denise Robertson	Australia

South America (records)	10.99	+0.9	Angela Tenorio	Ecuador

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In the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres, Africa's Murielle Ahouré was at 10.78 seconds.

final_sentence: In the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres, Africa's Murielle Ahouré was at 10.78 seconds.