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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 prints 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 16 July 1988, is the World Athletics mark. Track & Field News lists 10.49 as wind-aided and ranks her 10.61 on 17 July 1988 instead. The 2022 Alltime Athletics archive led with 10.49. World Athletics is the authority, so 10.49 is the rank and the dispute is the note.

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10 women's 100 m, ties share a rank.

  1. 1
    Florence Griffith-Joyner

    women's 100 m · United States

    10.49s
    OfficialWorld Athletics (opens source in a new tab)
  2. 2
    Elaine Thompson-Herah

    women's 100 m · Jamaica

    10.54s
    OfficialWorld Athletics (opens source in a new tab)
  3. 3
    Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

    women's 100 m · Jamaica

    10.60s
    OfficialWorld Athletics (opens source in a new tab)
  4. 4
    Melissa Jefferson-Wooden

    women's 100 m · United States

    10.61s
    OfficialWorld Athletics (opens source in a new tab)
  5. 5
    Adaejah Hodge

    women's 100 m · British Virgin Islands

    10.63s
    OfficialWorld Athletics (opens source in a new tab)
  6. 6
    Carmelita Jeter

    women's 100 m · United States

    10.64s
    OfficialWorld Athletics (opens source in a new tab)
  7. Tied for 7th
    Shericka Jackson

    women's 100 m · Jamaica

    10.65s
    OfficialWorld Athletics (opens source in a new tab)
  8. Tied for 7th
    Sha'Carri Richardson

    women's 100 m · United States

    10.65s
    OfficialWorld Athletics (opens source in a new tab)
  9. Tied for 7th
    Marion Jones

    women's 100 m · United States

    10.65s
    OfficialWorld Athletics (opens source in a new tab)
  10. 10
    Julien Alfred

    women's 100 m · Saint Lucia

    10.70s
    OfficialWorld Athletics (opens source in a new tab)

Elaine Thompson-Herah's 10.54, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's 10.60, and the marks through Julien Alfred's 10.70 are the next legal personal bests on the World Athletics table. The 2022 archive does not contain the 2025 and 2026 performances. Those rows rest on World Athletics and on Track & Field News, which had verified marks through 3 September 2026 and does print Alfred's 10.70. Marion Jones's 10.65 is marked altitude by Track & Field News and stays because World Athletics lists it.

Ten athletes clear the index gate. A 200 m by the same runner is a different list. Checked 8 October 2026.

The lineup · 10 on file

Meet the women's 100 m

One card per entry, with its headline figure and where it ranks.

Ranked by race time

Fastest Women's 100 m

  • Adaejah Hodge

    women's 100 m · British Virgin Islands

    Race time
    10.63sOfficial

    #5 of 10 · Fastest Women's 100 m

  • Carmelita Jeter

    women's 100 m · United States

    Race time
    10.64sOfficial

    #6 of 10 · Fastest Women's 100 m

  • Marion Jones

    women's 100 m · United States

    Race time
    10.65sOfficial

    Tied for 7th of 10 · Fastest Women's 100 m

  • Sha'Carri Richardson

    women's 100 m · United States

    Race time
    10.65sOfficial

    Tied for 7th of 10 · Fastest Women's 100 m

  • Shericka Jackson

    women's 100 m · Jamaica

    Race time
    10.65sOfficial

    Tied for 7th of 10 · Fastest Women's 100 m

  • Julien Alfred

    women's 100 m · Saint Lucia

    Race time
    10.70sOfficial

    #10 of 10 · Fastest Women's 100 m

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