Chronology of world records in the 100-meter race (women)

The first world record in the women's 100m race was set by the International Women's Sports Federation (Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale, FSFI) in 1922. In 1936, the FSFI became part of the IAAF .

On September 20, 2012, the IAAF (and before it the FSFI) ratified 43 world records in this discipline ^[1] .

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Manual stopwatch (1922-1976)

Until January 1, 1975, official world records in athletics were recorded with a manual stopwatch, although automatic timing was occasionally used in competitions since the 1930s. In the table below, the alternative time by electronic stopwatch (if any) is shown in the notes column. By the end of the 1960s, the manual stopwatch was already becoming an anachronism. At all major competitions, an electronic stopwatch is used (first in parallel with manual timekeeping, and then without it). In parallel manual and electronic timekeeping, the official time was considered the time measured by a manual stopwatch. As a rule, the time of the winner was determined by six parallel-connected manual stopwatch, the result was averaged and rounded to tenths. The time and sequence of crossing the finish line by the other participants was determined either by human observers or by filming at the finish. When they refused electronic timekeeping, the official time began to be defined as rounded to tenth electronic time. At the same time, there was some incompatibility with the result - manual timekeeping due to the slow reaction of the human timekeeper gave an average of 0.24 seconds better than electronic.

Record ratified
Record not ratified

Res.	Wind	Sportsman	A country	A place	date	Etc.
Manual timing
13.6		Meislikova, Maria ^en	Czechoslovakia	Prague	08/05/1922
12.8		Lines, Mary ^en	Great Britain	Paris	08/20/1922
12,7y		Hawks, emmy ^en	Germany	Frankfurt	05/21/1923
12.8		Meislikova, Maria ^en	Czechoslovakia	Prague	05/13/1923
12,4		Schmidt, Leni ^en	Germany	Leipzig	08/30/1925
12,2y		Junker, Leni ^en	Germany	Wiesbaden	09/13/1925
12,4		Wittmann, Gundel ^en	Germany	Braunschweig	08/22/1926
12,2		Junker, Leni ^en	Germany	Hanover	08/29/1926
12,1y		Gladish, Gertrude ^en	Germany	Stuttgart	07/03/1927
12,2		Hitomi, Kinue ^en	Japan	Osaka	05/20/1928
12.0		Robinson Betty ^en	USA	Chicago	06/02/1928
12.0		Cook, Myrtle ^en	Canada	Halifax	07/02/1928
12.0		Junker, Leni ^en	Germany	Magdeburg	08/01/1931
12.0		Schuurman, Tollien ^en	Netherlands	Amsterdam	08/31/1930
11.9		Schuurman, Tollien ^en	Netherlands	Haarlem	06/05/1932
11.9		Valashevich, Stanislava ^en	Poland	Los Angeles	08/01/1932
11.9		Strike, Hilda ^en	Canada	Los Angeles	08/02/1932
11.8		Valashevich, Stanislava ^en	Poland	Poznan	09/17/1933
11.9		Krauss, Kate ^en	Germany	London	08/11/1934
11.7		Valashevich, Stanislava ^en	Poland	Warsaw	08/26/1934
11.9		Stephens, Helen ^en	USA	Fulton	04/10/1935
11.8		Stephens, Helen ^en	USA	St louis	06/01/1935
11.6		Stephens, Helen ^en	USA	Kansas city	06/08/1935
11.5		Stephens, Helen ^en	USA	Dresden	08/10/1936
11.6		Valashevich, Stanislava ^en	Poland	Berlin	08/01/1937
11.5		Hymes, Lulu Mahe ^en	USA	Tuskigi	05/06/1939
11.5		Harisson, Rowena ^en	USA	Tuskigi	05/06/1939
11.5		Blankers-kun, fanny	Netherlands	Amsterdam	09/05/1943
11.5		Blankers-kun, fanny	Netherlands	Amsterdam	06/13/1948
11.5	1.7	Jackson, Marjorie ^en	Australia	Helsinki	07/22/1952	11.65
11,4	1.7	Jackson, Marjorie ^en	Australia	Jifu	10/04/1952
11.3	1.4	Strickland, Shirley ^en	Australia	Warsaw	08/04/1955
11.3	1.4	Krepkina, Vera ^en	the USSR	Kiev	09/13/1958
11.3	0.8	Rudolph, Wilma	USA	Rome	09/02/1960	11.41
11,2		Rudolph, Wilma	USA	Stuttgart	07/19/1961
11,2	0.2	Thayes, Wyomia	USA	Tokyo	10/15/1964	11.23
11.1	2.0	Kirshenstein, Irena ^en	Poland	Prague	07/09/1965
11.1		Thayes, Wyomia	USA	Kiev	07/31/1965
11.1	0.3	Ferrell, Barbara	USA	Santa Barbara	07/02/1967
11.1		Thayes, Wyomia	USA	Mexico city	04/21/1968
11.1	0,0	Samotyosova, Lyudmila ^en	the USSR	Leninakan	08/15/1968
11.1		Bales, Margaret ^en	USA	Aurora	08/18/1968
11.1		Ferrell, Barbara	USA	Mexico city	10/14/1968
11.1	1.8	Shevinska, Irena	Poland	Mexico city	10/14/1968	11.20
11.0	1,2	Thayes, Wyomia	USA	Mexico city	10/15/1968	11.08
11.0	1.9	Ji zheng	Taiwan \|\| align = "left" \| Vienna \|\| 07/18/1970 \|\| 11.22
11.0	1.9	Shteher, Renate	GDR	Berlin	08/02/1970
11.0	1.7	Shteher, Renate	GDR	Berlin	07/31/1971
11.0	–1.5	Shteher, Renate	GDR	Potsdam	06/03/1972
11.0	1.9	Strofal, Ellen ^en	GDR	Potsdam	06/15/1972
11.0	1.4	Gleskova, Eve ^en	Czechoslovakia	Budapest	07/01/1972
10.9	1.9	Shteher, Renate	GDR	Ostrava	06/07/1973
10.9		Shteher, Renate	GDR	Leipzig	06/30/1973
10.9	1.8	Shteher, Renate	GDR	Dresden	07/20/1973	11.07

Electronic stopwatch (since 1975)

Already in the 1920s, a manual stopwatch that measured time with an accuracy of 0.1 s did not meet the requirements of objective refereeing in short-distance competitions. Since it was extremely difficult to improve the world record by 0.1 s, dozens of athletes officially showed the same time and were co-authors of world records. In addition, the “human factor”, for example, the reaction time of the timekeeper, influenced the time measurement process. As a result, by the end of the 1960s, the manual stopwatch was everywhere replaced by an automatic electronic stopwatch. But since the results were still recorded with an accuracy of 0.1 s, and there were no clear rounding rules, various incidents arose. For example, a result of 11.23 from Wyomia Thiyes at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo was rounded to 11.2 s, and a result of 11.22 from Ji Zheng , shown in 1970, to 11.0 s.

Since January 1, 1975, the registration of world records by electronic stopwatch for distances of less than 400 meters was officially introduced. As a first “electronic” record, the results of Wyomiya Tayes shown at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and recorded by electronics ^{[1] are} included in the table of world records as the first "electronic" record.

Res.	Wind	Sportsman	A country	A place	date
Electronic timekeeping
11.08	1,2	Thayes, Wyomia	USA	Mexico city	10/15/1968
11.07	0.2	Shteher, Renate	GDR	Munich	09/02/1972
11.04	0.6	Helten, Inge	Germany	Fuerth	06/13/1976
11.01	0.6	Richter, Annegret	Germany	Montreal	07/25/1976
10.88	2.0	Olsner, Marlies	GDR	Dresden	07/01/1977
	1.9	Gör, Marlies	GDR	Karl-Marx-Stadt	07/09/1982
10.81	1.7	Gör, Marlies	GDR	Berlin	06/08/1983
10.79	0.6	Ashford, Evelyn	USA	Colorado springs	07/03/1983
10.76	1.7	Ashford, Evelyn	USA	Zurich	08/22/1984
10.49	0,0	Griffith Joyner, Florence	USA	Indianapolis	07/16/1988

Notes

↑ ¹ ² 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009. (neopr.) (Pdf) Pages 546, 640. Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department (2009). Date of treatment July 29, 2009. Archived October 29, 2012.

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[iaaf-1] ¹ ² 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009. (neopr.) (Pdf) Pages 546, 640. Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department (2009). Date of treatment July 29, 2009. Archived October 29, 2012.