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Fastest Women's 100 m in the World (2026)

These are legal women's outdoor 100 m personal bests, one athlete each, from the World Athletics all-time list. Track & Field News's world all-time list says the same time and date for every row except the two that carry a note. Florence Griffith-Joyner's 10.49, wind 0.0, in Indianapolis on July 16, 1988, is the World Athletics mark. Track & Field News lists 10.49 as wind-aided and ranks her 10.61 on July 17, 1988 instead. The 2022 Alltime Athletics archive led with 10.49. World Athletics is the authority, so 10.49 is the figure, and the dispute stays on the entry.

10 rankedA source on every row

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Florence Griffith-Joyner leads this list, in 10.49 s, an official figure.

Race time

Official time for the women's outdoor 100 meters. One legal personal best per athlete. World Athletics is the one that counts when a compiler treats the wind differently.

World Athletics says 10.49 with wind 0.0 for Florence Griffith-Joyner. Track & Field News lists that mark as wind-aided and ranks 10.61. The World Athletics figure is the one that counts.
The 2022 Alltime Athletics archive also led with 10.49. It does not contain the 2025 and 2026 marks. Those rest on World Athletics and Track & Field News.
Marion Jones's 10.65 carries Track & Field News's altitude note and stays because World Athletics lists it.

What the labels mean

Official: Ratified by a governing body such as the FIA, World Athletics or Guinness World Records.
Verified: Independently measured and published, for example in a peer-reviewed study or with certified timing.
Claimed: Stated by a manufacturer, owner or publication without independent timing.
Estimated: Calculated or approximated rather than directly timed.
Disputed: Contested by experts or contradicted by other evidence.

How we verify every figure

The lineup · 10 on file

Meet the women's 100 m

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