Women's 100 metres world record progression
Records from 1975
From 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. Starting January 1, 1977, the IAAF required fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.

Women's 100 metres world record progression

Section Title: Records from 1975
Table Section Text: From 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. Starting January 1, 1977, the IAAF required fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.

Time	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Location	Date

11.07	1.2	Wyomia Tyus	United States	Mexico City, Mexico	October 15, 1968

11.07	0.2	Renate Stecher (nee Meißner)	East Germany	Munich, West Germany	September 2, 1972

11.04	0.6	Inge Helten	West Germany	Fürth, West Germany	June 13, 1976

11.01	0.6	Annegret Richter	West Germany	Montreal, Canada	July 25, 1976

10.88	2.0	Marlies Oelsner	East Germany	Dresden, East Germany	July 1, 1977

10.88	1.9	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	July 9, 1982

10.81	1.7	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	Berlin, East Germany	June 8, 1983

10.79	0.6	Evelyn Ashford	United States	US Air Force Academy, United States	July 3, 1983

10.76	1.7	Evelyn Ashford	United States	Zürich, Switzerland	August 22, 1984

10.49	0.0*	Florence Griffith-Joyner	United States	Indianapolis, United States	July 16, 1988

Sentence(s)

The current record is 10.49 seconds by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.
The record was 10.49 seconds set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.
In 1988, the record set by Florence Griffith-Joyner was 10.49 seconds.

final_sentence: The current record is 10.49 seconds by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.
final_sentence: The record was 10.49 seconds set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.
final_sentence: In 1988, the record set by Florence Griffith-Joyner was 10.49 seconds.