The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the 100-meter (109.36 yd) dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women. The inaugural World Championships were in 1983.

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World records
Men Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58 (2009)
Women Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 10.49 (1988)
Olympic records
Men Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.63 (2012)
Women Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) 10.61 (2021)
World Championship records
Men Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58 (2009)
Women Sha'Carri Richardson (USA) 10.65 (2023)
World junior (U20) records
Men Letsile Tebogo (BOT) 9.91 (2022)
Women Sha'Carri Richardson (USA) 10.75 (2019)
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Start (green) and end (red) points of a 100 metre race, marked on a running track

On an outdoor 400-metre running track, the 100 m is held on the home straight, with the start usually being set on an extension to make it a straight-line race. There are three instructions given to the runners immediately before and at the beginning of the race: "on your marks", "set", and the firing of the starter's pistol. The runners move to the starting blocks when they hear the 'on your marks' instruction. The following instruction, to adopt the 'set' position, allows them to adopt a more efficient starting posture and isometrically preload their muscles: this will help them to start faster. A race-official then fires the starter's pistol to signal the race beginning and the sprinters stride forwards from the blocks. Sprinters typically reach top speed after somewhere between 50 and 60 m. Their speed then slows towards the finish line.

Women's 100 m Final – 2015 World Championships, won by Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

The 10-second barrier has historically been a barometer of fast men's performances, while the best female sprinters take eleven seconds or less to complete the race. The men's world record is 9.58 seconds, set by Jamaica's Usain Bolt in 2009, while the women's world record is 10.49 seconds, set by American Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.[a]

The unofficial "world's fastest man" title typically goes to the Olympic 100 metre champion.[3] The 200 metre time almost always yields a "faster" average speed than a 100-metre race time, since the initial slow speed at the start is spread out over the longer distance.[4] The current men's Olympic and world champion is Noah Lyles, while the current women's Olympic champion is Julien Alfred, and the world champion is Sha'Carri Richardson.

Race dynamics

Start

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Male sprinters await the starter's instructions

At the start, some athletes play psychological games such as trying to be last to the starting blocks.[5][6][7]

At high level meets, the time between the gun and first kick against the starting block is measured electronically, via sensors built in the gun and the blocks. A reaction time less than 0.100 s is considered a false start. This time interval accounts for the sum of the time it takes for the sound of the starter's pistol to reach the runners' ears, and the time they take to react to it.

For many years a sprinter was disqualified if responsible for two false starts individually. However, this rule allowed some major races to be restarted so many times that the sprinters started to lose focus. The next iteration of the rule, introduced in February 2003, meant that one false start was allowed among the field, but anyone responsible for a subsequent false start was disqualified.

This rule led to some sprinters deliberately false-starting to gain a psychological advantage: an individual with a slower reaction time might false-start, forcing the faster starters to wait and be sure of hearing the gun for the subsequent start, thereby losing some of their advantage. To avoid such abuse and to improve spectator enjoyment, the IAAF implemented a further change in the 2010 season – a false starting athlete now receives immediate disqualification.[8] This proposal was met with objections when first raised in 2005, on the grounds that it would not leave any room for innocent mistakes. Justin Gatlin commented, "Just a flinch or a leg cramp could cost you a year's worth of work."[9] The rule had a dramatic impact at the 2011 World Championships, when current world record holder Usain Bolt was disqualified.[10][11]

Mid-race

Runners usually reach their top speed just past the halfway point of the race and progressively decelerate to the finish. Maintaining that top speed for as long as possible is a primary focus of training for the 100 m.[12] Pacing and running tactics do not play a significant role in the 100 m, as success in the event depends more on pure athletic qualities and technique.

Finish

The winner, by IAAF Competition Rules, is determined by the first athlete with their torso (not including limbs, head, or neck) over the nearer edge of the finish line.[13] There is therefore no requirement for the entire body to cross the finish line. When the placing of the athletes is not obvious, a photo finish is used to distinguish which runner was first to cross the line.

Climatic conditions

Climatic conditions, in particular air resistance, can affect performances in the 100 m. A strong head wind is very detrimental to performance, while a tail wind can improve performances significantly. For this reason, a maximum tail wind of 2.0 metres per second (4.5 mph) is allowed for a 100 m performance to be considered eligible for records, or "wind legal".

Furthermore, sprint athletes perform a better run at high altitudes because of the thinner air, which provides less air resistance. In theory, the thinner air would also make breathing slightly more difficult (due to the partial pressure of oxygen being lower), but this difference is negligible for sprint distances where all the oxygen needed for the short dash is already in the muscles and bloodstream when the race starts. While there are no limitations on altitude, performances made at altitudes greater than 1000 m above sea level are marked with an "A".[14]

10-second and 11-second barriers

The 10-second mark had been widely considered a barrier for the 100 metres in men's sprinting. The first man to break the 10 second barrier with automatic timing was Jim Hines at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Since then, over 190 sprinters have run faster than 10 seconds. Similarly, 11 seconds is considered the standard for female athletes. The first woman to go under 11 seconds was Marlies Göhr in 1977.

Record performances

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Usain Bolt breaking the world and Olympic records at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Major 100 m races, such as at the Olympic Games, attract much attention, particularly when the world record is thought to be within reach.

The men's world record has been improved upon twelve times since electronic timing became mandatory in 1977.[15] The current men's world record of 9.58 s is held by Usain Bolt of Jamaica, set at the 2009 World Athletics Championships final in Berlin, Germany on 16 August 2009, breaking his own previous world record by 0.11 s.[16] The current women's world record of 10.49 s was set by Florence Griffith-Joyner of the US, at the 1988 United States Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 16 July 1988[17] breaking Evelyn Ashford's four-year-old world record by 0.27 seconds. The extraordinary nature of this result and those of several other sprinters in this race raised the possibility of a technical malfunction with the wind gauge which read at 0.0 m/s – a reading which was at complete odds to the windy conditions on the day with high wind speeds being recorded in all other sprints before and after this race as well as the parallel long jump runway at the time of the Griffith-Joyner performance. The next best wind legal performance is Elaine Thompson-Herah's 10.54 second clocking in 2021 at the Prefontaine Classic. Griffith-Joyner's next best legal performance of 10.61 from 1988, would have her third on the all-time list behind Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (10.60).[18]

Some records have been marred by prohibited drug use – in particular, the scandal at the 1988 Summer Olympics when the winner, Canadian Ben Johnson was stripped of his medal and world record.

Jim Hines, Ronnie Ray Smith and Charles Greene were the first to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m, all on 20 June 1968, the Night of Speed. Hines also recorded the first legal electronically timed sub-10 second 100 m in winning the 100 metres at the 1968 Olympics. Bob Hayes ran a wind-assisted 9.91 seconds at the 1964 Olympics.

Continental records

Updated 29 July 2023[19]

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Area Men Women
Time (s) Wind (m/s) Season Athlete Nation Time (s) Wind (m/s) Season Athlete Nation
Africa (records)9.77[A]+1.22021Ferdinand Omanyala Kenya10.72+1.42022Marie-Josée Ta Lou Ivory Coast
Asia (records)9.83+0.92021Su Bingtian China10.790.01997Li Xuemei China
Europe (records)9.80+0.12021Marcell Jacobs Italy10.73+2.01998Christine Arron France
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9.58 WR+0.92009Usain Bolt Jamaica10.49 WR0.01988Florence Griffith-Joyner United States
Oceania (records)9.93+1.82003Patrick Johnson Australia10.96+2.02023Zoe Hobbs New Zealand
South America (records)9.89+0.82023Issamade Asinga Suriname10.91−0.22017Rosângela Santos Brazil
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All-time top 25 men

Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 100m times and the top 25 athletes:
- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 100m times
- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 100m times, by repeat athletes
- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 100m times

As of August 2024[20][21]

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Ath.#Perf.#Time (s)Wind (m/s)Reaction (s)AthleteNationDatePlaceRef.
119.58+0.90.146Usain Bolt Jamaica16 August 2009Berlin[22][23]
29.63+1.50.165Bolt #25 August 2012London[24]
39.69±0.00.165Bolt #316 August 2008Beijing[24]
249.69+2.00.178Tyson Gay United States20 September 2009Shanghai[25][26]
−0.10.142Yohan Blake Jamaica23 August 2012Lausanne[27][28]
69.71+0.90.144Gay #216 August 2009Berlin[22][23]
79.72+1.70.157Bolt #431 May 2008New York City[29]
479.72+0.2Asafa Powell Jamaica2 September 2008Lausanne[30]
99.74+1.70.137Powell #29 September 2007Rieti[31]
599.74+0.90.161Justin Gatlin United States15 May 2015Doha[32][33]
119.75+1.1Blake #229 June 2012Kingston
+1.50.179Blake #35 August 2012London[24]
+0.90.164Gatlin #24 June 2015Rome[34]
+1.40.154Gatlin #39 July 2015Lausanne[35]
159.76+1.8Bolt #53 May 2008Kingston
+1.30.154Bolt #616 September 2011Brussels[36]
−0.10.152Bolt #731 May 2012Rome[37]
+1.40.146Blake #430 August 2012Zürich[38]
6159.76+0.60.128Christian Coleman United States28 September 2019Doha[39][31]
9.76[A]+1.2Trayvon Bromell United States18 September 2021Nairobi[40]
9.76 +1.4 Fred Kerley  United States 24 June 2022 Eugene [41]
229.77+1.60.150Powell #314 June 2005Athens[31]
+1.50.145Powell #411 June 2006Gateshead[31]
+1.00.148Powell #518 August 2006Zürich[31]
+1.0Gay #328 June 2008Eugene
−1.3Bolt #85 September 2008Brussels
+0.9Powell #67 September 2008Rieti
+0.4Gay #410 July 2009Rome
−0.30.163Bolt #911 August 2013Moscow[42]
+0.60.178Gatlin #45 September 2014Brussels[43]
+0.90.153Gatlin #523 August 2015Beijing[44]
+1.5Bromell #25 June 2021Miramar[45]
9229.77[A]+1.2Ferdinand Omanyala Kenya18 September 2021Nairobi[40]
22 9.77 +1.8 Kerley #2 24 June 2022 Eugene [46]
9229.77+0.9Kishane Thompson Jamaica28 June 2024Kingston[47]
119.78+0.9Nesta Carter Jamaica29 August 2010Rieti[48]
129.79+0.1Maurice Greene United States16 June 1999Athens[49]
+1.00.178Noah Lyles United States4 August 2024Saint-Denis[50]
149.80+1.3Steve Mullings Jamaica4 June 2011Eugene[51]
+0.1Marcell Jacobs Italy1 August 2021Tokyo[52]
169.81+0.70.146Oblique Seville Jamaica4 August 2024Saint-Denis[53]
179.82+1.7Richard Thompson Trinidad and Tobago21 June 2014Port of Spain[54]
+1.00.149Akani Simbine South Africa4 August 2024Saint-Denis[50]
199.83+0.9Su Bingtian China1 August 2021Tokyo
+0.9Ronnie Baker United States1 August 2021Tokyo
+1.3 0.150 Zharnel Hughes  Great Britain 24 June 2023 New York City [55]
229.84+0.7Donovan Bailey Canada27 July 1996Atlanta
+0.2Bruny Surin Canada22 August 1999Seville
249.85+1.2Leroy Burrell United States6 July 1994Lausanne[56]
+1.7Olusoji Fasuba Nigeria12 May 2006Doha
+1.3Mike Rodgers United States4 June 2011Eugene
+1.5Marvin Bracy United States5 June 2021Miramar[45]
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Assisted marks

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of wind-assisted times (equal or superior to 9.80). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown:

Annulled marks

  • Tim Montgomery ran 9.78 (+2.0 m/s) in Paris on 14 September 2002, which was at the time ratified as a world record.[60] However, the record was rescinded in December 2005 following his indictment in the BALCO scandal on drug use and drug trafficking charges.[61] The time had stood as the world record until Asafa Powell first ran 9.77.[62]
  • Ben Johnson ran 9.79 (+1.1 m/s) at the Olympics in Seoul on 24 September 1988, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for stanozolol after the race. He subsequently admitted to drug use between 1981 and 1988, and his time of 9.83 (+1.0 m/s) at the World Championships in Rome on 30 August 1987 was rescinded.

All-time top 25 women

Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 100m times and the top 25 athletes:
- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 100m times
- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 100m times, by repeat athletes
- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 100m times

As of August 2024[63][64]

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Ath.#Perf.#Time (s)Wind (m/s)Reaction (s)AthleteNationDatePlaceRef.
1110.49±0.0Florence Griffith-Joyner United States16 July 1988Indianapolis
2210.54+0.90.150Elaine Thompson-Herah Jamaica21 August 2021Eugene[65]
3 3 10.60 +1.7 0.151 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica 26 August 2021 Lausanne [66][67]
410.61+1.20.120Griffith-Joyner #217 July 1988Indianapolis[68]
−0.60.150Thompson-Herah #231 July 2021Tokyo[69]
610.62+1.00.107Griffith-Joyner #324 September 1988Seoul[70]
+0.40.134Fraser-Pryce #210 August 2022Monaco[71]
810.63+1.3Fraser-Pryce #35 June 2021Kingston[72][73]
4910.64+1.20.150Carmelita Jeter United States20 September 2009Shanghai[26]
9 10.64 +1.7 0.154 Thompson-Herah #3 26 August 2021 Lausanne [66]
51110.65[A]+1.10.183Marion Jones United States12 September 1998Johannesburg[74]
1110.65+0.60.139Thompson-Herah #49 September 2021Zürich[75]
−0.8 0.159 Fraser-Pryce #4 8 September 2022 Zürich [76][77]
6 11 10.65 +1.0 Shericka Jackson  Jamaica 7 July 2023 Kingston [78]
−0.2 0.156 Sha'Carri Richardson United States21 August 2023 Budapest [79]
16 10.66 +0.5 0.152 Fraser-Pryce #5 6 August 2022 Chorzów [80][81]
1710.67−0.10.145Jeter #213 September 2009Thessaloniki[82]
10.67[A] −0.4 Fraser-Pryce #6 7 May 2022 Nairobi [83][84]
10.67+0.50.137Fraser-Pryce #718 June 2022Paris[85][86]
+0.8 0.137 Fraser-Pryce #8 17 July 2022 Eugene [87]
+1.3 0.139 Fraser-Pryce #9 8 August 2022 Székesfehérvár [88][89]
2210.70+1.6Griffith-Joyner #417 July 1988Indianapolis
−0.10.120Jones #222 August 1999Seville[90]
+2.00.188Jeter #34 June 2011Eugene[91]
+0.6Fraser-Pryce #1029 June 2012Kingston[92]
+0.3Thompson-Herah #51 July 2016Kingston[93]
+1.1Fraser-Pryce #1123 June 2022Kingston[94]
+0.80.190Jackson #216 September 2023Eugene[95]
8 10.72 +0.4Marie-Josée Ta Lou Ivory Coast10 August 2022Monaco[96]
−0.1 0.144 Julien Alfred  Saint Lucia 3 August 2024 Saint-Denis [97]
1010.73+2.0Christine Arron France19 August 1998Budapest
1110.74+1.3Merlene Ottey Jamaica7 September 1996Milan
+1.0English Gardner United States3 July 2016Eugene [98]
1310.75+0.4Kerron Stewart Jamaica10 July 2009Rome
1410.76+1.7Evelyn Ashford United States22 August 1984Zürich
+1.1Veronica Campbell-Brown Jamaica31 May 2011Ostrava
1610.77+0.9Irina Privalova Russia6 July 1994Lausanne
+0.7Ivet Lalova Bulgaria19 June 2004Plovdiv
+1.6 Jacious Sears  United States 13 April 2024 Gainesville [99]
1910.78[A]+1.0Dawn Sowell United States3 June 1989Provo
10.78+1.8Torri Edwards United States28 June 2008Eugene
+1.6Murielle Ahouré Ivory Coast11 June 2016Montverde [100]
+1.0Tianna Bartoletta United States3 July 2016Eugene
+1.0Tori Bowie United States3 July 2016Eugene
2410.79±0.0Li Xuemei China18 October 1997Shanghai
−0.1Inger Miller United States22 August 1999Seville
+1.1Blessing Okagbare Nigeria27 July 2013London
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Assisted marks

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of wind-assisted times (equal or superior to 10.75). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown:

Annulled assisted marks

Season's bests

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Top 25 junior (under-20) men

Updated July 2024[101]

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Rank Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Age Ref
1 9.89 +0.8 Issamade Asinga  Suriname 28 July 2023 São Paulo 18 years, 211 days [102]
2 9.91 A+0.8Letsile Tebogo Botswana2 August 2022Cali19 years, 60 days[103]
3 9.93 +1.6 Christian Miller  United States 20 April 2024 Clermont 17 years, 340 days [104]
4 9.97+1.8Trayvon Bromell United States13 June 2014Eugene18 years, 338 days[105]
5 9.99+0.3Bouwahjgie Nkrumie Jamaica29 March 2023Kingston19 years, 41 days[106]
6 10.00+1.6Trentavis Friday United States5 July 2014Eugene19 years, 30 days
7 10.010.0Darrel Brown Trinidad and Tobago24 August 2003Saint-Denis18 years, 317 days
+1.6Jeff Demps United States28 June 2008Eugene18 years, 172 days
+0.9Yoshihide Kiryu Japan28 April 2013Hiroshima17 years, 134 days[107]
10.01 A +1.9 Renan Gallina  Brazil 19 May 2023 Bogotá 19 years, 65 days [108]
11 10.03+0.7Marcus Rowland United States31 July 2009Port of Spain19 years, 142 days
+1.7Lalu Muhammad Zohri Indonesia19 May 2019Osaka18 years, 322 days[109]
+0.6Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike Nigeria27 May 2022Fayetteville19 years, 124 days[110]
14 10.04+1.7D'Angelo Cherry United States10 June 2009Fayetteville18 years, 313 days
+0.2Christophe Lemaitre France24 July 2009Novi Sad19 years, 43 days
+1.9Abdullah Abkar Mohammed Saudi Arabia15 April 2016Norwalk18 years, 319 days[111]
−0.1Erriyon Knighton United States16 April 2022Gainesville18 years, 77 days[112]
18 10.05 NWI Davidson Ezinwa  Nigeria 3 January 1990 Bauchi 18 years, 42 days
+0.1Adam Gemili Great Britain11 July 2012Barcelona18 years, 279 days
+0.6Abdul Hakim Sani Brown Japan24 June 2017Osaka18 years, 110 days[113]
−0.64 August 2017London18 years, 151 days[114]
21 10.06 0.0Sunday Emmanuel Nigeria26 April 1997Walnut18 years, 200 days
+2.0Dwain Chambers Great Britain25 July 1997Ljubljana19 years, 111 days
+1.5Walter Dix United States7 May 2005New York19 years, 116 days
+0.8 Shaun Maswanganyi  South Africa 14 March 2020 Pretoria 19 years, 42 days [115]
+1.1 He Jinxian  China 29 June 2024 Rizhao 17 years, 229 days [116]
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Notes

  • Trayvon Bromell recorded the fastest wind-assisted (+4.2 m/s) time for a junior or age-18 athlete of 9.77 seconds on 18 May 2014 (age 18 years, 312 days).[117]
  • Yoshihide Kiryu's time of 10.01 seconds matched the junior world record set by Darrel Brown and Jeff Demps, but was not ratified because of the type of wind gauge used.[118]
  • British sprinter Mark Lewis-Francis recorded a time of 9.97 seconds on 4 August 2001 (age 18 years, 334 days), but the wind gauge malfunctioned.[119]
  • Nigerian sprinter Davidson Ezinwa recorded a time of 10.05 seconds on 4 January 1990 (age 18 years, 43 days), but with no wind gauge.[120]

Below is a list of all other legal times equal or superior to 10.06:

Top 25 junior (under-20) women

Updated January 2024[121]

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Rank Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Age Ref
1 10.75+1.6Sha'Carri Richardson United States8 June 2019Austin19 years, 75 days[122]
2 10.83+0.6Tamari Davis United States30 July 2022Memphis19 years, 175 days[123]
3 10.88+2.0Marlies Göhr East Germany1 July 1977Dresden19 years, 102 days
4 10.89 +1.8Katrin Krabbe East Germany20 July 1988Berlin18 years, 241 days
+0.9Shawnti Jackson United States3 June 2023Nashville18 years, 32 days[124]
6 10.92+1.0Alana Reid Jamaica29 March 2023Kingston18 years, 68 days[106]
7 10.95 A−0.1Tina Clayton Jamaica3 August 2022Cali17 years, 351 days[125]
8 10.97+1.2Briana Williams Jamaica5 June 2021Miramar19 years, 76 days[126]
10.97 A+1.6Christine Mboma Namibia30 April 2022Gaborone18 years, 343 days[127]
10 10.98+2.0Candace Hill United States20 June 2015Shoreline16 years, 129 days[128]
11 10.99+0.9Ángela Tenorio Ecuador22 July 2015Toronto19 years, 176 days[129]
+1.7Twanisha Terry United States21 April 2018Torrance19 years, 148 days[130]
13 11.00 +1.5 Mia Brahe-Pedersen  United States 27 May 2023 Eugene 17 years, 180 days [131]
14 11.02+1.8Tamara Clark United States12 May 2018Knoxville19 years, 123 days
15 11.03+1.7Silke Gladisch-Möller East Germany8 June 1983Berlin18 years, 353 days
+0.6English Gardner United States14 May 2011Tucson19 years, 22 days
17 11.04+1.4Angela Williams United States5 June 1999Boise19 years, 126 days
+1.6Kiara Grant Jamaica8 June 2019Austin18 years, 243 days[132]
19 11.06+0.9Khalifa St. Fort Trinidad and Tobago24 June 2017Port of Spain19 years, 131 days[133]
20 11.07+0.7Bianca Knight United States27 June 2008Eugene19 years, 177 days
21 11.08+2.0Brenda Morehead United States21 June 1976Eugene18 years, 260 days
22 11.09 Angela Williams Trinidad and Tobago14 April 1984Nashville18 years, 335 days
+1.6Ackera Nugent Jamaica27 May 2021Austin19 years, 28 days
11.09 A+0.1Tima Seikeseye Godbless Nigeria2 August 2022Cali18 years, 19 days[134]
25 11.10 +0.9Kaylin Whitney United States5 July 2014Eugene16 years, 118 days
+1.6Torrie Lewis Australia27 January 2024Canberra19 years, 19 days[135]
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Notes

  • Briana Williams ran 10.94 s at the Jamaican Championships on 21 June 2019, which would have made her the fourth fastest junior female of all time.[136] However, she tested positive for the banned diuretic hydrochlorothiazide during the competition. She was determined to be not at fault and received no period of ineligibility to compete, but her results from the Jamaican Championships were nullified.[137][138][139]

Below is a list of all other legal times equal or superior to 11.10:

Top 25 Youth (under-18) boys

Updated June 2023[140]

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Rank Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Country Date Place Age Ref
1 10.06 +2.0 Christian Miller  United States 8 July 2023 Eugene 17 years, 53 days [141]
+1.4 Puripol Boonson  Thailand 30 September 2023 Hangzhou 17 years, 260 days [142]
3 10.15+2.0Anthony Schwartz United States31 March 2017Gainesville16 years, 207 days[143]
4 10.16−0.3Erriyon Knighton United States23 May 2021Boston17 years, 114 days[144]
5 10.19+0.5Yoshihide Kiryu Japan3 November 2012Fukuroi16 years, 324 days
6 10.20+1.4Darryl Haraway United States15 June 2014Greensboro17 years, 87 days
+1.5Tlotliso Leotlela South Africa7 September 2015Apia17 years, 118 days[145]
+2.0Sachin Dennis Jamaica23 March 2018Kingston15 years, 233 days[146]
9 10.22+1.0Abdul Hakim Sani Brown Japan14 May 2016Shanghai17 years, 69 days
10 10.23+0.8Tamunosiki Atorudibo Nigeria23 March 2002Enugu17 years, 2 days[citation needed]
+1.2Rynell Parson United States21 June 2007Indianapolis16 years, 345 days
12 10.240.0Darrel Brown Trinidad and Tobago14 April 2001Bridgetown16 years, 185 days
13 10.25+1.5J-Mee Samuels United States11 July 2004Knoxville17 years, 52 days
+1.6Jeff Demps United States1 August 2007Knoxville17 years, 205 days
+0.9Jhevaughn Matherson Jamaica5 March 2016Kingston17 years, 7 days[147][failed verification]
16 10.26 +1.2Deworski Odom United States21 July 1994Lisbon17 years, 101 days
−0.1Sunday Emmanuel Nigeria18 March 1995Bauchi16 years, 161 days
+0.6Teddy Wilson Great Britain24 June 2023Mannheim16 years, 207 days[148]
19 10.27+0.2Henry Thomas United States19 May 1984Norwalk16 years, 314 days[citation needed]
+1.6Curtis Johnson United States30 June 1990Fresno16 years, 188 days
+1.0Ivory Williams United States8 June 2002Sacramento17 years, 37 days
−0.2Jazeel Murphy Jamaica23 April 2011Montego Bay17 years, 55 days
+1.9Raheem Chambers Jamaica20 April 2014Fort-de-France16 years, 196 days[citation needed]
+1.3Jeff Erius France16 July 2021Tallinn17 years, 130 days[149]
+0.8Sebastian Sultana Australia29 October 2022[b]Sydney17 years, 47 days
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Below is a list of all other legal times equal or superior to 10.20:

Top 20 Youth (under-18) girls

Updated March 2024[150]

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RankTimeWind (m/s)AthleteNationDatePlaceAgeRef
1 10.98+2.0Candace Hill United States20 June 2015Shoreline16 years, 129 days[128]
2 11.02+0.8Briana Williams Jamaica8 June 2019Albuquerque17 years, 79 days
3 11.09−0.6Tina Clayton Jamaica19 August 2021Nairobi17 years, 2 days
4 11.10+0.9Kaylin Whitney United States5 July 2014Eugene16 years, 118 days[151]
5 11.11 +1.7 Adaejah Hodge  British Virgin Islands 29 April 2023 Lubbock 17 years, 47 days [152]
6 11.13+2.0Chandra Cheeseborough United States21 June 1976Eugene17 years, 163 days
+1.6Tamari Davis United States9 June 2018Montverde15 years, 159 days
8 11.14+1.7Marion Jones United States6 June 1992Norwalk16 years, 238 days
−0.5Angela Williams United States21 June 1997Edwardsville17 years, 142 days
10 11.15 A −0.1 Shawnti Jackson  United States 3 August 2022 Cali 17 years, 93 days [153]
11 11.16+1.2Gabrielle Mayo United States22 June 2006Indianapolis17 years, 147 days
+0.9Kevona Davis Jamaica23 March 2018Kingston16 years, 93 days
+1.2Kerrica Hill Jamaica6 April 2022Kingston17 years, 31 days[154]
14 11.17 [A]+0.6Wendy Vereen United States3 July 1983Colorado Springs17 years, 70 days
15 11.190.0Khalifa St. Fort Trinidad and Tobago16 July 2015Cali17 years, 153 days
16 11.20 [A]+1.2Raelene Boyle Australia15 October 1968Mexico City17 years, 144 days
17 11.22+1.2Alana Reid Jamaica6 April 2022Kingston17 years, 76 days
11.22 A+0.2Viwe Jingqi South Africa31 March 2022Potchefstroom17 years, 42 days
11.22+0.5Theianna-Lee Terrelonge Jamaica21 March 2024Kingston16 years, 156 days[155]
20 11.24 +1.2Jeneba Tarmoh United States22 June 2006Indianapolis16 years, 268 days
+0.8Jodie Williams Great Britain31 May 2010Bedford16 years, 245 days
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Notes

  • Briana Williams ran 10.94 s at the Jamaican Championships on 21 June 2019, which would have been a world under-18 best time.[136] However, she tested positive for the banned diuretic hydrochlorothiazide during the competition. She was determined to be not at fault and received no period of ineligibility to compete, but her results from the Jamaican Championships were nullified.[137][138][139]

Below is a list of all other legal times equal or superior to 11.24:

100 metres per age category

The best performances by 5- to 19-year-old athletes are also recorded by Dominique Eisold, exclusively considering performances from 60 countries.[156][157]

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Para world records men

Updated August 2024[159]

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Class Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
T11 10.82 +1.2 Athanasios Ghavelas  Greece 2 September 2021 Tokyo [160]
T12 10.43 +0.2 Salum Ageze Kashafali  Norway 29 August 2021 Tokyo [161]
T13 10.37 +0.8 Salum Ageze Kashafali  Norway 15 June 2023 Oslo [162]
T32 23.25 0.0 Martin McDonagh  Ireland 13 August 1999 Nottingham
T33 16.46 +1.3 Ahmad Almutairi  Kuwait 12 May 2015 Doha
+1.0 3 June 2017 Nottwil
T34 14.46 +0.6 Walid Ktila  Tunisia 1 June 2019 Arbon
T35 11.39 0.0 Dmitrii Safronov  Russia 30 August 2021 Tokyo [163]
T36 11.72 +0.7 James Turner  Australia 10 November 2019 Dubai
T37 10.95 +0.3 Nick Mayhugh  United States 27 August 2021 Tokyo [164]
T38 10.64 +0.9 Jaydin Blackwell  USA 31 August 2024 Saint-Denis
T42 12.04 –0.5 Anton Prokhorov  Russia 30 August 2021 Tokyo [165]
T43 vacant
T44 11.00 +1.1 Mpumelelo Mhlongo  South Africa 11 November 2019 Dubai
T45 10.94 +0.2 Yohansson Nascimento  Brazil 6 September 2012 London
T46/47 10.29 +1.8 Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos  Brazil 31 March 2022 São Paulo
T51 19.32 +1.2 Roger Habsch  Belgium 18 May 2023 Arbon [166]
T52 16.13 +0.6 Maxime Carabin  Belgium 29 June 2024 Brussels [167]
T53 14.10 +0.7 Brent Lakatos  Canada 27 May 2017 Arbon
T54 13.63 +1.0 Leo-Pekka Tähti  Finland 1 September 2012 London
13.63 –0.9 Athiwat Paeng-nuea  Thailand 15 July 2023 Paris
T61 12.73 +0.9 Ali Lacin  Germany 3 July 2020 Berlin
T62 10.54 +1.6 Johannes Floors  Germany 10 November 2019 Dubai
T63 11.95 +1.9 Vinicius Goncalves Rodrigues  Brazil 25 April 2019 São Paulo
T64 10.61 +1.4 Richard Browne  United States 29 October 2015 Doha
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Para world records women

Updated September 2024[168]

More information Classification, Time ...
Classification Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
T11 11.83 −0.4 Jerusa Geber Santos  Brazil 25 March 2023 São Paulo [169]
T12 11.40 +0.2 Omara Durand  Cuba 9 September 2016 Rio de Janeiro [170]
T13 11.76 +0.3 Lamiya Valiyeva  Azerbaijan 3 September 2024 Saint-Denis [171]
T32 17.67 0.0 Lindsay Wright  Great Britain 25 July 1997 Nottingham
T33 19.89 +0.3 Shelby Watson  Great Britain 26 May 2016 Nottwil
T34 16.31 +1.1 Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain 27 May 2023 Nottwil [172]
T35 13.00 +1.2 Zhou Xia  China 27 August 2021 Tokyo [173]
T36 13.41 +0.8 Danielle Aitchison  New Zealand 15 March 2024 Wellington [174]
T37 12.82 +1.0 Karen Palomeque  Colombia 13 July 2023 Paris [175]
T38 12.38 +1.0 Sophie Hahn  Great Britain 12 November 2019 Dubai
+0.4 28 August 2021 Tokyo [176]
T42 14.64 +2.0 Karisma Evi Tiarani  Indonesia 27 May 2022 Nottwil [177]
T43 12.80 +1.0 Marlou van Rhijn  Netherlands 29 October 2015 Doha [178]
T44 12.72 +0.5 Irmgard Bensusan  Germany 24 May 2019 Nottwil [179]
12.72 +1.8 Irmgard Bensusan  Germany 21 June 2019 Leverkusen
T45 14.00 0.0 Giselle Cole  Canada 2 June 1980 Arnhem
T46/47 11.89 −0.2 Brittni Mason  United States 12 November 2019 Dubai [180]
T51 24.69 −0.8 Cassie Mitchell  United States 2 July 2016 Charlotte
T52 18.33 +1.3 Tanja Henseler   Switzerland 27 May 2023 Nottwil [181]
T53 15.25 +1.2 Catherine Debrunner   Switzerland 27 May 2023 Nottwil [181]
T54 15.35 +1.9 Tatyana McFadden  United States 5 June 2016 Indianapolis
T61 14.95 +1.5 Vanessa Louw  Australia 20 January 2020 Canberra
T62 12.78 +1.0 Fleur Jong  Netherlands 21 August 2020 Leverkusen
T63 13.98 +0.6 Ambra Sabatini  Italy 13 July 2023 Paris [182]
T64 12.64 +1.6 Fleur Jong  Netherlands 3 June 2021 Bydgoszcz [183]
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Olympic medalists

Men

More information Games, Gold ...
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
details
Thomas Burke
 United States
Fritz Hofmann
 Germany
Francis Lane
 United States
Alajos Szokolyi
 Hungary
1900 Paris
details
Frank Jarvis
 United States
Walter Tewksbury
 United States
Stan Rowley
 Australia
1904 St. Louis
details
Archie Hahn
 United States
Nathaniel Cartmell
 United States
William Hogenson
 United States
1908 London
details
Reggie Walker
 South Africa
James Rector
 United States
Robert Kerr
 Canada
1912 Stockholm
details
Ralph Craig
 United States
Alvah Meyer
 United States
Donald Lippincott
 United States
1920 Antwerp
details
Charley Paddock
 United States
Morris Kirksey
 United States
Harry Edward
 Great Britain
1924 Paris
details
Harold Abrahams
 Great Britain
Jackson Scholz
 United States
Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt
 New Zealand
1928 Amsterdam
details
Percy Williams
 Canada
Jack London (athlete)
 Great Britain
Georg Lammers
 Germany
1932 Los Angeles
details
Eddie Tolan
 United States
Ralph Metcalfe
 United States
Arthur Jonath
 Germany
1936 Berlin
details
Jesse Owens
 United States
Ralph Metcalfe
 United States
Tinus Osendarp
 Netherlands
1948 London
details
Harrison Dillard
 United States
Barney Ewell
 United States
Lloyd LaBeach
 Panama
1952 Helsinki
details
Lindy Remigino
 United States
Herb McKenley
 Jamaica
McDonald Bailey
 Great Britain
1956 Melbourne
details
Bobby Morrow
 United States
Thane Baker
 United States
Hector Hogan
 Australia
1960 Rome
details
Armin Hary
 United Team of Germany
Dave Sime
 United States
Peter Radford
 Great Britain
1964 Tokyo
details
Bob Hayes
 United States
Enrique Figuerola
 Cuba
Harry Jerome
 Canada
1968 Mexico City
details
Jim Hines
 United States
Lennox Miller
 Jamaica
Charles Greene
 United States
1972 Munich
details
Valeriy Borzov
 Soviet Union
Robert Taylor
 United States
Lennox Miller
 Jamaica
1976 Montreal
details
Hasely Crawford
 Trinidad and Tobago
Don Quarrie
 Jamaica
Valeriy Borzov
 Soviet Union
1980 Moscow
details
Allan Wells
 Great Britain
Silvio Leonard
 Cuba
Petar Petrov
 Bulgaria
1984 Los Angeles
details
Carl Lewis
 United States
Sam Graddy
 United States
Ben Johnson
 Canada
1988 Seoul
details
Carl Lewis
 United States
Linford Christie
 Great Britain
Calvin Smith
 United States
1992 Barcelona
details
Linford Christie
 Great Britain
Frankie Fredericks
 Namibia
Dennis Mitchell
 United States
1996 Atlanta
details
Donovan Bailey
 Canada
Frankie Fredericks
 Namibia
Ato Boldon
 Trinidad and Tobago
2000 Sydney
details
Maurice Greene
 United States
Ato Boldon
 Trinidad and Tobago
Obadele Thompson
 Barbados
2004 Athens
details
Justin Gatlin
 United States
Francis Obikwelu
 Portugal
Maurice Greene
 United States
2008 Beijing
details
Usain Bolt
 Jamaica
Richard Thompson
 Trinidad and Tobago
Walter Dix
 United States
2012 London
details
Usain Bolt
 Jamaica
Yohan Blake
 Jamaica
Justin Gatlin
 United States
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Usain Bolt
 Jamaica
Justin Gatlin
 United States
Andre De Grasse
 Canada
2020 Tokyo
details
Marcell Jacobs
 Italy
Fred Kerley
 United States
Andre De Grasse
 Canada
2024 Paris
details
Noah Lyles
 United States
Kishane Thompson
 Jamaica
Fred Kerley
 United States
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Women

More information Games, Gold ...
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Amsterdam
details
Betty Robinson
 United States
Fanny Rosenfeld
 Canada
Ethel Smith
 Canada
1932 Los Angeles
details
Stanisława Walasiewicz
 Poland
Hilda Strike
 Canada
Wilhelmina von Bremen
 United States
1936 Berlin
details
Helen Stephens
 United States
Stanisława Walasiewicz
 Poland
Käthe Krauß
 Germany
1948 London
details
Fanny Blankers-Koen
 Netherlands
Dorothy Manley
 Great Britain
Shirley Strickland
 Australia
1952 Helsinki
details
Marjorie Jackson
 Australia
Daphne Hasenjäger
 South Africa
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
 Australia
1956 Melbourne
details
Betty Cuthbert
 Australia
Christa Stubnick
 United Team of Germany
Marlene Mathews
 Australia
1960 Rome
details
Wilma Rudolph
 United States
Dorothy Hyman
 Great Britain
Giuseppina Leone
 Italy
1964 Tokyo
details
Wyomia Tyus
 United States
Edith McGuire
 United States
Ewa Kłobukowska
 Poland
1968 Mexico City
details
Wyomia Tyus
 United States
Barbara Ferrell
 United States
Irena Szewińska
 Poland
1972 Munich
details
Renate Stecher
 East Germany
Raelene Boyle
 Australia
Silvia Chivás
 Cuba
1976 Montreal
details
Annegret Richter
 West Germany
Renate Stecher
 East Germany
Inge Helten
 West Germany
1980 Moscow
details
Lyudmila Kondratyeva
 Soviet Union
Marlies Göhr
 East Germany
Ingrid Auerswald
 East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
details
Evelyn Ashford
 United States
Alice Brown
 United States
Merlene Ottey
 Jamaica
1988 Seoul
details
Florence Griffith Joyner
 United States
Evelyn Ashford
 United States
Heike Drechsler
 East Germany
1992 Barcelona
details
Gail Devers
 United States
Juliet Cuthbert
 Jamaica
Irina Privalova
 Unified Team
1996 Atlanta
details
Gail Devers
 United States
Merlene Ottey
 Jamaica
Gwen Torrence
 United States
2000 Sydney
details
Vacant[184] Ekaterini Thanou
 Greece
Merlene Ottey
 Jamaica
Tayna Lawrence
 Jamaica
2004 Athens
details
Yulia Nestsiarenka
 Belarus
Lauryn Williams
 United States
Veronica Campbell
 Jamaica
2008 Beijing
details
Shelly-Ann Fraser
 Jamaica
Sherone Simpson
 Jamaica
none awarded
Kerron Stewart
 Jamaica
2012 London
details
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
 Jamaica
Carmelita Jeter
 United States
Veronica Campbell-Brown
 Jamaica
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Elaine Thompson
 Jamaica
Tori Bowie
 United States
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
 Jamaica
2020 Tokyo
details
Elaine Thompson-Herah
 Jamaica
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
 Jamaica
Shericka Jackson
 Jamaica
2024 Paris
details
Julien Alfred
 Saint Lucia
Sha'Carri Richardson
 United States
Melissa Jefferson
 United States
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World Championships medalists

Men

More information Championships, Gold ...
Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
details
 Carl Lewis (USA)  Calvin Smith (USA)  Emmit King (USA)
1987 Rome
details
 Carl Lewis (USA)  Raymond Stewart (JAM)  Linford Christie (GBR)
1991 Tokyo
details
 Carl Lewis (USA)  Leroy Burrell (USA)  Dennis Mitchell (USA)
1993 Stuttgart
details
 Linford Christie (GBR)  Andre Cason (USA)  Dennis Mitchell (USA)
1995 Gothenburg
details
 Donovan Bailey (CAN)  Bruny Surin (CAN)  Ato Boldon (TRI)
1997 Athens
details
 Maurice Greene (USA)  Donovan Bailey (CAN)  Tim Montgomery (USA)
1999 Seville
details
 Maurice Greene (USA)  Bruny Surin (CAN)  Dwain Chambers (GBR)
2001 Edmonton
details
 Maurice Greene (USA)  Bernard Williams (USA)  Ato Boldon (TRI)
2003 Saint-Denis
details
 Kim Collins (SKN)  Darrel Brown (TRI)  Darren Campbell (GBR)
2005 Helsinki
details
 Justin Gatlin (USA)  Michael Frater (JAM)  Kim Collins (SKN)
2007 Osaka
details
 Tyson Gay (USA)  Derrick Atkins (BAH)  Asafa Powell (JAM)
2009 Berlin
details
 Usain Bolt (JAM)  Tyson Gay (USA)  Asafa Powell (JAM)
2011 Daegu
details
 Yohan Blake (JAM)  Walter Dix (USA)  Kim Collins (SKN)
2013 Moscow
details
 Usain Bolt (JAM)  Justin Gatlin (USA)  Nesta Carter (JAM)
2015 Beijing
details
 Usain Bolt (JAM)  Justin Gatlin (USA)  Trayvon Bromell (USA)
 Andre De Grasse (CAN)
2017 London
details
 Justin Gatlin (USA)  Christian Coleman (USA)  Usain Bolt (JAM)
2019 Doha
details
 Christian Coleman (USA)  Justin Gatlin (USA)  Andre De Grasse (CAN)
2022 Eugene
details
 Fred Kerley (USA)  Marvin Bracy (USA)  Trayvon Bromell (USA)
2023 Budapest
details
 Noah Lyles (USA)  Letsile Tebogo (BOT)  Zharnel Hughes (GBR)
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Medalists by country

More information Rank, Nation ...
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States (USA) 12116 29
2 Jamaica (JAM)42410
3 Canada (CAN)1326
4 Great Britain (GBR)1045
5 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)1023
6 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0123
7 Bahamas (BAH)0101
 Botswana (BOT)0101
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Women

More information Championships, Gold ...
Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
details
 Marlies Oelsner-Göhr (GDR)  Marita Koch (GDR)  Diane Williams (USA)
1987 Rome
details
 Silke Gladisch-Möller (GDR)  Heike Daute-Drechsler (GDR)  Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1991 Tokyo
details
 Katrin Krabbe (GER)  Gwen Torrence (USA)  Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1993 Stuttgart
details
 Gail Devers (USA)  Merlene Ottey (JAM)  Gwen Torrence (USA)
1995 Gothenburg
details
 Gwen Torrence (USA)  Merlene Ottey (JAM)  Irina Privalova (RUS)
1997 Athens
details
 Marion Jones (USA)  Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)  Savatheda Fynes (BAH)
1999 Seville
details
 Marion Jones (USA)  Inger Miller (USA)  Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)
2001 Edmonton
details
 Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (UKR)  Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)  Chandra Sturrup (BAH)
2003 Saint-Denis
details
 Torri Edwards (USA)  Chandra Sturrup (BAH)  Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)
2005 Helsinki
details
 Lauryn Williams (USA)  Veronica Campbell (JAM)  Christine Arron (FRA)
2007 Osaka
details
 Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)  Lauryn Williams (USA)  Carmelita Jeter (USA)
2009 Berlin
details
 Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM)  Kerron Stewart (JAM)  Carmelita Jeter (USA)
2011 Daegu
details
 Carmelita Jeter (USA)  Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)  Kelly-Ann Baptiste (TRI)
2013 Moscow
details
 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)  Murielle Ahouré (CIV)  Carmelita Jeter (USA)
2015 Beijing
details
 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)  Dafne Schippers (NED)  Tori Bowie (USA)
2017 London
details
 Tori Bowie (USA)  Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)  Dafne Schippers (NED)
2019 Doha
details
 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)  Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)  Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)
2022 Eugene
details
 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)  Shericka Jackson (JAM)  Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)
2023 Budapest
details
 Sha'Carri Richardson (USA)  Shericka Jackson (JAM)  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)
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Medalists by country

More information Rank, Nation ...
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States (USA)93618
2 Jamaica (JAM)67417
3 East Germany (GDR)2204
4 Ukraine (UKR)1102
5 Germany (GER)1001
6 Ivory Coast (CIV)0213
7 Bahamas (BAH)0123
 Greece (GRE)0123
9 Netherlands (NED)0112
10 Great Britain (GBR)0101
11 France (FRA)0011
 Russia (RUS)0011
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0011
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See also

Notes

    1. It is widely believed that the anemometer was faulty for the race in which Florence Griffith-Joyner set the official world record for the women's 100 m of 10.49 s.[1] A 1995 report commissioned by the IAAF estimated the true wind speed was between +5.0 m/s and +7.0 m/s, rather than the 0.0 recorded.[1] If this time, recorded in the quarter-final of the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials, were excluded, the world record would be 10.54 s, recorded by Elaine Thompson-Herah at the 2021 Prefontaine meet in Eugene on 21 August 2021.[1][2]
    2. by World Athletics source; 30 October 2022 by OAA source

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