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#4 · women's 100 m · United States
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Women's 100 Metres
Marion Jones
American athlete. women's 100 m mark of 10.65 seconds at Johannesburg on 12 September 1998, the personal best on the World Athletics all-time list.
Race time
10.65s
women's 100 m, Johannesburg, wind +1.1 m/s. One personal best per athlete.
This list
Why it's so fast
The women's 100 metres is the same problem as the men's: a start, a brief top speed, and a wind reading that has to be legal.
Start and top speed
There is not much time to recover a bad first step. The athletes at the top of this list are the ones who are both quick out of the blocks and still fast at 60 metres.
The wind rule
A legal mark is the one the all-time list keeps. The entry names the wind and the meet, because those are part of the result.
The list leads with Florence Griffith-Joyner.
This is how the category works. A note written for this entry appears here once it is in the database.
Provenance
Every measurement
Claimed, measured and official figures side by side, each with its source. The ranked figure is marked.
- 10.65sRanked figure
women's 100 m, Johannesburg, wind +1.1 m/s. One personal best per athlete.
Track & Field News marks this 10.65 as altitude. World Athletics still lists it on the all-time table, so it stays, with that note.
Official
Reference
Specs
- Country
- United States
- Event
- women's 100 m
- Mark
- 10.65 s
- Venue
- Johannesburg
Context
Background
Marion Jones's ranked women's 100 m time is 10.65 seconds at Johannesburg on 12 September 1998, wind +1.1 m/s. That is the personal best the World Athletics all-time list prints. Track & Field News's world all-time list prints the same time and date where this row has no note.
Track & Field News marks this 10.65 as altitude. World Athletics still lists it on the all-time table, so it stays, with that note.
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