I’m a stickler for equality. So following my list of the chronological entries into the sub-10-second club for the 100m, I had to do the same for the women; this time using 11 seconds as the benchmark.

To date, 84 women have achieved the feat. As was the case with the men’s, there were one or two debatable performances too.

Some sources still credit Angella Issajenko with her 10.97 PB, but others have wiped it from the all-time list following her admission of guilt. I’m going with the latter group.

So here’s the list, in chronological order of their first sub-11 performance. I’ll try to keep this list updated as and when athletes join the sub-11 club.

OrderTimeWindAthleteNatPosVenueDate
110.88+2.0Marlies GohrGDR1Dresden07/01/1977
210.97+0.9Evelyn AshfordUSA1s1Walnut06/16/1979
310.99+2.0Marita KochGDR2Dresden05/24/1980
410.99+1.9Barbel WockelGDR1Jena05/29/1982
510.94A+0.6Diane WilliamsUSA2Colorado Springs07/03/1983
610.99-0.1Florence Griffith-JoynerUSA2Berlin08/17/1984
710.92+1.0Merlene OtteyJAM1Walnut04/28/1985
810.99-0.3Silke MollerGER3Leipzig08/09/1985
910.98+0.1Marina ZhirovaRUS2Moskva08/17/1985
1010.99+1.3Valerie BriscoUSA1Westwood05/17/1986
1110.97+1.9Heike DrechslerGER1Potsdam06/11/1986
1210.93+1.8Ewa KasprzykPOL1Grudziadz06/27/1986
1310.98-0.7Anelia NunevaBUL1h4Moskva06/07/1987
1410.98+0.8Angela BaileyCAN2Budapest07/06/1987
1510.98+0.7Gail DeversUSA1rABerlin08/21/1987
1610.830.0Sheila EcholsUSA1q2Indianapolis07/16/1988
1710.920.0Alice BrownUSA2q2Indianapolis07/16/1988
1810.91+1.2Gwen TorrenceUSA3Indianapolis07/17/1988
1910.89+1.8Katrin KrabbeGER1Berlin07/20/1988
2010.98+1.6Natalya VoronovaRUS2q2Seoul09/24/1988
2110.93+1.5Dawn SowellUSA1Austin04/07/1989
2210.94+1.0Carlette GuidryUSA1New York City06/14/1991
2310.98+0.2Irina PrivalovaRUS2Oslo07/06/1991
2410.96+1.2Marie-Jose PerecFRA1Dijon07/27/1991
2510.84+1.3Chioma AjunwaNGR1Lagos04/11/1992
2610.96+2.0Galina MalchuginaRUS2Moskva06/22/1992
2710.89+1.6Juliet CuthbertJAM2Salamanca07/13/1992
2810.97+0.2Mary OnyaliNGR1q2Stuttgart08/15/1993
2910.99+0.4Zhanna BlockUKR2Linz07/04/1994
3010.96+0.9Chryste GainesUSA2h1Atlanta06/14/1996
3110.990.0D'Andre HillUSA1q2Atlanta06/14/1996
3210.96+1.1Inger MillerUSA4Atlanta06/15/1996
3310.98+0.9Marion JonesUSA1h1Indianapolis06/12/1997
3410.90+0.6Li XuemeiCHN1h4Shanghai10/17/1997
3510.890.0Liu XiaomeiCHN2Shanghai10/18/1997
3610.99+0.7Beverly McDonaldJAM1Doha05/07/1998
3710.95+2.0Christine ArronFRA1Bonneuil-sur-Marne05/24/1998
3810.99+1.0Ekaterini ThanouGRE1Rethimno05/30/1998
3910.95+1.9Chandra SturrupBAH1Nassau06/20/1998
4010.98+1.9Debbie Ferguson-McKenzieBAH2Nassau06/20/1998
4110.90+1.4Glory AlozieNGR1La Laguna06/05/1999
4210.91+1.1Sevatheda FynesBAH2Lausanne07/02/1999
4310.96+1.0Eldece Clarke-LewisBAH1Fort-de-France04/29/2000
4410.97+0.1Pauline Davis-ThompsonBAH3Nassau07/21/2000
4510.98+0.6Myriam ManiCMR2r2Athens06/11/2001
4610.96+0.4Muriel HurtisFRA1Annecy06/22/2002
4710.95+0.3Tayna LawrenceJAM1Monaco07/19/2002
4810.93+0.9Torri EdwardsUSA1Saint-Denis08/24/2003
4910.97+1.0Lauryn WilliamsUSA1Austin06/11/2004
5010.77+0.7Ivet LalovaBUL1Plovdiv06/19/2004
5110.97+0.1LaTasha ColanderUSA1Sacramento07/10/2004
5210.94+0.9Yuliya NesterenkoBLR1h2Athens08/20/2004
5310.93+0.1Veronica Campbell-BrownJAM2s1Athens08/21/2004
5410.97+0.4Sherone SimpsonJAM2Kingston06/25/2005
5510.95+2.0MeLisa BarberUSA3Carson05/20/2007
5610.97-0.7Sanya Richards-RossUSA2rAShanghai09/28/2007
5710.96+0.9Kerron StewartJAM1Kingston05/03/2008
5810.93+1.5Allyson FelixUSA1Doha05/09/2008
5910.95A+1.8Simone FaceyJAM1Boulder05/18/2008
6010.94+0.9Marshevet HookerUSA2rANew York City05/31/2008
6110.97+0.9Muna LeeUSA3rANew York City05/31/2008
6210.97+0.7Carmelita JeterUSA1q2Eugene06/27/2008
6310.97+1.8Mechelle LewisUSA2s2Eugene06/28/2008
6410.85+0.7Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceJAM2Kingston06/28/2008
6510.94+1.7Kelly-Ann BaptisteTTO1Port of Spain06/20/2009
6610.97+1.2LaShauntea MooreUSA1Maringa05/30/2010
6710.90+1.8Shalonda SolomonUSA2Clermont06/05/2010
6810.99+1.8Damola OsayomiNGR1rASao Paulo05/22/2011
6910.96+1.9Kimberlyn DuncanUSA1Baton Rouge05/13/2012
7010.97-0.1Tianna BartolettaUSA2New York City06/09/2012
7110.98+1.7Jeneba TarmohUSA4s2Des Moines06/21/2012
7210.99+1.4Blessing OkagbareNGR2h1London07/14/2012
7310.99+1.3Murielle AhoureCIV1h7London08/03/2012
7410.96+0.9English GardnerUSA1Eugene06/07/2013
7510.85+2.0Barbara PierreUSA1s1Des Moines06/21/2013
7610.96+2.0Aurieyall ScottUSA2s1Des Moines06/21/2013
7710.90+1.7Octavious FreemanUSA2s2Des Moines06/21/2013
7810.91+1.7Alexandria AndersonUSA3s2Des Moines06/21/2013
7910.98+0.5Carrie RusselJAM1r2Zurich08/29/2013
8010.85+1.6Michelle-Lee AhyeTTO1s2Port of Spain06/21/2014
8110.91+2.0Tori BowieUSA1s2Sacramento06/27/2014
8210.92+1.0Elaine ThompsonJAM1r2Kingston04/11/2015
8310.92+1.4Jenna PrandiniUSA1r1Walnut04/18/2015
8410.94+1.8Dafne SchippersNED1Hengelo05/24/2015
8510.98+2.0Candace HillUSA1Shoreline06/20/2015
8610.92+1.2Jasmine ToddUSA3Eugene06/26/2015

Data credits: alltime-athletics.com, all-athletics.com, tilastopaja.org

2 Comments

  1. Matthew Spiller says: June 11, 2015 • 03:20:20

    Great lists! Thank you!

    I would be interested to hear your thoughts on #50, Ivet Lalova. I have heard many accounts that she caught a significant flyer for that 10.77. I thought that time was generally regarded as a doubtful performance, similar to Phil DeRosier’s you mentioned.

    Anyway, she does have a 10.96 from 2011, so I guess it doesn’t matter that much!

    Cheers

  2. Jon Mulkeen says: June 11, 2015 • 12:07:25

    Personally I find that 10.77 difficult to accept, but for the sake of these lists I’m going with what the majority of statistical sources accept. Most of them appear to accept the 10.77, so I’ll roll with it.

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