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Introduced into the Olympics in 1928, The World Championships in 1983, The European Championships 1938 and The Commonwealth Games in 1934 when it was run over 100 yards (91.44 metres) until 1970. The record times for the championships are listed below along with the World record progression. In the world record progression only records that have been ratified by the IAAF or are awaiting ratification have been used. All other records that have not been ratified or have been removed for whatever reason have not been included. * Equalled world record # Hand timed
Championship Records
Olympics	Florence Griffith Joyner	10.62	24-9-1988	Seoul
World	Marion Jones	10.70	22-8-1999	Seville
European	Christine Arron	10.73	19-7-1998	Budapest
Commonwealth	Debbie Ferguson	10.91	27-7-2002	Manchester

World Record Progression

Florence Griffith Joyner	10.49	16-07-1988	Indianapolis
Evelyn Ashford	10.76	22-08-1984	Zurich
Evelyn Ashford	10.79	03-07-1983	Air Force Academy	Event took place at Altitude
Marlies Gohr (Oelsner)	10.81	08-06-1983	Berlin
Marlies Gohr (Oelsner)	10.88 *	09-07-1982	Karl-Marx-Stadt
Marlies Gohr (Oelsner)	10.88	01-07-1977	Dresden
Annegret Richter	11.01	25-07-1976	Montreal
Inge Helten	11.04	13-06-1976	Furth
Renate Stecher (Meissner)	10.8 #	20-07-1973	Dresden
Renate Stecher (Meissner)	10.9 #	07-06-1973	Ostrava
Renate Stecher (Meissner)	11.07	02-09-1972	Munchen
Eva Gleskova	11.0 *#	01-07-1972	Budapest
Ellen Streidt (Strophal)	11.0 *#	15-06-1972	Potsdam
Renate Stecher (Meissner)	11.0 *#	03-06-1972	Potsdam
Renate Stecher (Meissner)	11.0 *#	31-07-1971	Berlin
Renate Stecher (Meissner)	11.0 *#	02-08-1970	Berlin
Chi Cheng	11.0 *#	18-07-1970	Wien
Wyomia Tyus	11.0 #	15-10-1968	Mexico	Event took place at altitude
Wyomia Tyus	11.08	15-10-1968	Mexico	Event took place at altitude
Irena Szewinska (Kirszenstein)	11.1 *#	14-10-1968	Mexico	Event took place at altitude
Lyudmila Samotysova	11.1 *#	15-08-1968	Leninaken	Event took place at altitude
Barbara Ferrell	11.1 *#	02-07-1967	Santa Barbara
Wyomia Tyus	11.1 *#	31-07-1965	Kiev
Irena Szewinska (Kirszenstein)	11.1 #	09-07-1965	Praha
Wyomia Tyus	11.2 *#	15-10-1964	Tokyo
Wilma Rudolph	11.2 #	19-07-1961	Stuttgart
Wilma Rudolph	11.3 #	02-09-1960	Rome
Vera Krepkina	11.3 *#	13-09-1958	Kiev
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	11.3 #	04-08-1955	Warsaw
Marjorie Nelson (Jackson)	11.4 #	04-10-1952	Gifu
Marjorie Nelson (Jackson)	11.5 *#	22-07-1952	Helsinki
Fanny Blankers-Koen	11.5 #	13-06-1948	Amsterdam
Stanislawa Walasiewicz	11.6 *#	01-08-1937	Berlin
Helen Stephens	11.6 #	08-06-1935	Kansas City
Stanislawa Walasiewicz	11.7 #	26-08-1934	Warsaw

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