100m Olympic Stadium

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Fanny “Bobbie” Rosenfeld (CAN) Amsterdam 1928 12.60

1928 12.20

1932 11.90

1952 11.50

1956 11.40

1960 11.30

1964 11.20

1968 11.08 

1972 11.07

1976 11.01

1984 10.97

Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) Seoul 10.62

Tom Burke (USA) Athens 11.80 1896

1900 10.80

1912 10.60

1932 10.30

1960 10.20

1964 10.00

1988 9.92

1996 9.84

2008 9.69

2012 9.63 Usain Bolt (JAM)

Olympic record evolution

World Records 

Usain Bolt (JAM) Berlin, 2009 9.58

Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) Indianapolis, 1988 10.49

Sources: Rio 2016, Olympic.org, IAAF

Pictures: Associated Press