Chronological sub-11s

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.

So here’s the list, in chronological order of their first sub-11 performance.

Order	Time	Wind	Athlete	Nat	Venue	Date
1	10.88	+2.0	Marlies Gohr	GDR	Dresden	01/07/1977
2	10.97	+0.9	Evelyn Ashford	USA	Walnut	16/06/1979
3	10.99	+2.0	Marita Koch	GDR	Dresden	24/05/1980
4	10.99	+1.9	Barbel Wockel	GDR	Jena	29/05/1982
5	10.94A	+0.6	Diane Williams	USA	Colorado Springs	03/07/1983
6	10.99	-0.1	Florence Griffith-Joyner	USA	Berlin	17/08/1984
7	10.92	+1.0	Merlene Ottey	JAM	Walnut	28/04/1985
8	10.99	-0.3	Silke Moller	GER	Leipzig	09/08/1985
9	10.98	+0.1	Marina Zhirova	RUS	Moskva	17/08/1985
10	10.99	+1.3	Valerie Brisco	USA	Westwood	17/05/1986
11	10.97	+1.9	Heike Drechsler	GER	Potsdam	11/06/1986
12	10.93	+1.8	Ewa Kasprzyk	POL	Grudziadz	27/06/1986
13	10.98	-0.7	Anelia Nuneva	BUL	Moskva	07/06/1987
14	10.98	+0.8	Angela Bailey	CAN	Budapest	06/07/1987
15	10.98	+0.7	Gail Devers	USA	Berlin	21/08/1987
16	10.83	0.0	Sheila Echols	USA	Indianapolis	16/07/1988
17	10.92	0.0	Alice Brown	USA	Indianapolis	16/07/1988
18	10.91	+1.2	Gwen Torrence	USA	Indianapolis	17/07/1988
19	10.89	+1.8	Katrin Krabbe	GER	Berlin	20/07/1988
20	10.98	+1.6	Natalya Voronova	RUS	Seoul	24/09/1988
21	10.93	+1.5	Dawn Sowell	USA	Austin	07/04/1989
22	10.94	+1.0	Carlette Guidry	USA	New York City	14/06/1991
23	10.98	+0.2	Irina Privalova	RUS	Oslo	06/07/1991
24	10.96	+1.2	Marie-Jose Perec	FRA	Dijon	27/07/1991
25	10.84	+1.3	Chioma Ajunwa	NGR	Lagos	11/04/1992
26	10.96	+2.0	Galina Malchugina	RUS	Moskva	22/06/1992
27	10.89	+1.6	Juliet Cuthbert	JAM	Salamanca	13/07/1992
28	10.97	+0.2	Mary Onyali	NGR	Stuttgart	15/08/1993
29	10.99	+0.4	Zhanna Block	UKR	Linz	04/07/1994
30	10.96	+0.9	Chryste Gaines	USA	Atlanta	14/06/1996
31	10.99	0.0	D'Andre Hill	USA	Atlanta	14/06/1996
32	10.96	+1.1	Inger Miller	USA	Atlanta	15/06/1996
33	10.98	+0.9	Marion Jones	USA	Indianapolis	12/06/1997
34	10.90	+0.6	Li Xuemei	CHN	Shanghai	17/10/1997
35	10.89	0.0	Liu Xiaomei	CHN	Shanghai	18/10/1997
36	10.99	+0.7	Beverly McDonald	JAM	Doha	07/05/1998
37	10.95	+2.0	Christine Arron	FRA	Bonneuil-sur-Marne	24/05/1998
38	10.99	+1.0	Ekaterini Thanou	GRE	Rethimno	30/05/1998
39	10.95	+1.9	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	Nassau	20/06/1998
40	10.98	+1.9	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	BAH	Nassau	20/06/1998
41	10.90	+1.4	Glory Alozie	NGR	La Laguna	05/06/1999
42	10.91	+1.1	Sevatheda Fynes	BAH	Lausanne	02/07/1999
43	10.96	+1.0	Eldece Clarke-Lewis	BAH	Fort-de-France	29/04/2000
44	10.97	+0.1	Pauline Davis-Thompson	BAH	Nassau	21/07/2000
45	10.98	+0.6	Myriam Mani	CMR	Athens	11/06/2001
46	10.96	+0.4	Muriel Hurtis	FRA	Annecy	22/06/2002
47	10.95	+0.3	Tayna Lawrence	JAM	Monaco	19/07/2002
48	10.93	+0.9	Torri Edwards	USA	Saint-Denis	24/08/2003
49	10.97	+1.0	Lauryn Williams	USA	Austin	11/06/2004
50	10.77	+0.7	Ivet Lalova	BUL	Plovdiv	19/06/2004
51	10.97	+0.1	LaTasha Colander	USA	Sacramento	10/07/2004
52	10.94	+0.9	Yuliya Nesterenko	BLR	Athens	20/08/2004
53	10.93	+0.1	Veronica Campbell-Brown	JAM	Athens	21/08/2004
54	10.97	+0.4	Sherone Simpson	JAM	Kingston	25/06/2005
55	10.95	+2.0	MeLisa Barber	USA	Carson	20/05/2007
56	10.97	-0.7	Sanya Richards-Ross	USA	Shanghai	28/09/2007
57	10.96	+0.9	Kerron Stewart	JAM	Kingston	03/05/2008
58	10.93	+1.5	Allyson Felix	USA	Doha	09/05/2008
59	10.95A	+1.8	Simone Facey	JAM	Boulder	18/05/2008
60	10.94	+0.9	Marshevet Hooker	USA	New York City	31/05/2008
61	10.97	+0.9	Muna Lee	USA	New York City	31/05/2008
62	10.97	+0.7	Carmelita Jeter	USA	Eugene	27/06/2008
63	10.97	+1.8	Mechelle Lewis	USA	Eugene	28/06/2008
64	10.85	+0.7	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	JAM	Kingston	28/06/2008
65	10.94	+1.7	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	TTO	Port of Spain	20/06/2009
66	10.97	+1.2	LaShauntea Moore	USA	Maringa	30/05/2010
67	10.90	+1.8	Shalonda Solomon	USA	Clermont	05/06/2010
68	10.99	+1.8	Damola Osayomi	NGR	Sao Paulo	22/05/2011
69	10.96	+1.9	Kimberlyn Duncan	USA	Baton Rouge	13/05/2012
70	10.97	-0.1	Tianna Bartoletta	USA	New York City	09/06/2012
71	10.98	+1.7	Jeneba Tarmoh	USA	Des Moines	21/06/2012
72	10.99	+1.4	Blessing Okagbare	NGR	London	14/07/2012
73	10.99	+1.3	Murielle Ahoure	CIV	London	03/08/2012
74	10.96	+0.9	English Gardner	USA	Eugene	07/06/2013
75	10.85	+2.0	Barbara Pierre	USA	Des Moines	21/06/2013
76	10.96	+2.0	Aurieyall Scott	USA	Des Moines	21/06/2013
77	10.90	+1.7	Octavious Freeman	USA	Des Moines	21/06/2013
78	10.91	+1.7	Alexandria Anderson	USA	Des Moines	21/06/2013
79	10.98	+0.5	Carrie Russel	JAM	Zurich	29/08/2013
80	10.85	+1.6	Michelle-Lee Ahye	TTO	Port of Spain	21/06/2014
81	10.91	+2.0	Tori Bowie	USA	Sacramento	27/06/2014
82	10.92	+1.0	Elaine Thompson	JAM	Kingston	11/04/2015
83	10.92	+1.4	Jenna Prandini	USA	Walnut	18/04/2015
84	10.94	+1.8	Dafne Schippers	NED	Hengelo	24/05/2015
85	10.98	+2.0	Candace Hill	USA	Shoreline	20/06/2015
86	10.92	+1.2	Jasmine Todd	USA	Eugene	26/06/2015
87	10.99	+0.9	Ángela Tenorio	ECU	Toronto	22/07/2015
88	10.99	+0.1	Dina Asher-Smith	GBR	London	25/07/2015
89	10.96	+0.9	Natasha Morrison	JAM	Beijing	24/08/2015
90	10.99	+1.7	Hannah Cunliffe	USA	Norwalk	16/04/2016
91	10.97	+0.3	Christania Williams	JAM	Kingston	01/07/2016
92	10.99	+2.0	Morolake Akinosun	USA	Eugene	02/07/2016
93	10.96	-1.3	Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith	CIV	London	23/07/2016
94	10.94	-0.1	Schillonie Calvert	JAM	Phoenix	10/06/2017
95	10.96	+0.3	Mikiah Brisco	USA	Eugene	10/06/2017
96	10.95	+1.3	Gina Lückenkemper	GER	London	05/08/2017
97	10.91	-0.2	Rosângela Santos	BRA	London	06/08/2017
98	10.99	+1.7	Twanisha Terry	USA	Torrance	21/04/2018
99	10.98	+0.3	Ashley Henderson	USA	Tucson	28/04/2018
100	10.98	+1.5	Carina Horn	RSA	Doha	04/05/2018
101	10.93	+0.4	Aleia Hobbs	USA	Knoxville	12/05/2018
102	10.99	+1.5	Shania Collins	USA	Knoxville	13/05/2018
103	10.99	+1.8	Dezerea Bryant	USA	Des Moines	21/06/2018
104	10.99	+1.2	Wei Yongli	CHN	La Chaux-de-Fonds	01/07/2018
105	10.95	+1.1	Mujinga Kambundji	SUI	Zofingen	13/07/2018
106	10.96	+1.5	Kayla White	USA	Greensboro	04/05/2019
107	10.99	+0.7	Sha'Carri Richardson	USA	Jacksonville	24/05/2019
108	10.99	+1.4	Teahna Daniels	USA	Sacramento	24/05/2019
109	10.94	+0.6	Briana Williams	JAM	Kingston	21/06/2019
110	10.98	+1.4	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	BAH	Clermont	24/07/2020
111	10.96	+0.7	Tamara Clark	USA	Baton Rouge	24/04/2021
112	10.92	+1.4	Cambrea Sturgis	USA	Jacksonville	29/05/2021
113	10.98	+0.1	Kemba Nelson	JAM	College Station	29/05/2021
114	10.96	+1.1	Javianne Oliver	USA	Eugene	18/06/2021
115	10.91	+0.4	Shericka Jackson	JAM	Kingston	24/06/2021
116	10.96	-0.3	Daryll Neita	GBR	Tokyo	30/07/2021
117	10.91	+1.3	Ajla Del Ponte	SUI	Tokyo	30/07/2021
118	10.99	+0.5	Anthonique Strachan	BAH	Kingston	26/03/2022
119	10.99	+0.2	Brittany Brown	USA	Waco	02/04/2022
120	10.92	+0.5	Abby Steiner	USA	Baton Rouge	09/04/2022
121	10.98	+1.7	Julien Alfred	LCA	Walnut	16/04/2022
122	10.93	+2.0	Favour Ofili	NGR	Baton Rouge	30/04/2022
123	10.97	+1.3	Natalliah Whyte	JAM	Jacksonville	30/04/2022
124	10.97	+1.6	Christine Mboma	NAM	Gaborone	30/04/2022
125	10.88	+1.5	Melissa Jefferson-Wooden	USA	Lafayette	14/05/2022
126	10.95	+0.9	Kevona Davis	JAM	Lubbock	14/05/2022
127	10.95	+1.4	Marybeth Sant-Price	USA	Nashville	05/06/2022
128	10.91	+0.8	Tamari Davis	USA	Nashville	05/06/2022
129	10.97	+0.6	Grace Nwokocha	NGR	Eugene	09/06/2022
130	10.99	+1.0	Rosemary Chukwuma	NGR	Eugene	09/06/2022
131	10.94	+1.8	Celera Barnes	USA	Eugene	24/06/2022
132	10.96	+1.0	Tina Clayton	JAM	Kingston	24/06/2022
133	10.97	+0.5	Zoe Hobbs	NZL	Sydney	11/03/2023
134	10.92	+1.0	Alana Reid	JAM	Kingston	29/03/2023
135	10.99	+1.1	Caisja Chandler	USA	Los Angeles	08/04/2023
136	10.99	+1.6	Kiara Grant	JAM	Gainesville	15/04/2023
137	10.96	+0.9	Jacious Sears	USA	Baton Rouge	13/05/2023
138	10.98	+2.0	Shashalee Forbes	JAM	Devonshire	21/05/2023
139	10.98	+0.7	Ezinne Abba	USA	Sacramento	27/05/2023
140	10.89	+0.9	Shawnti Jackson	USA	Nashville	03/06/2023
141	10.94	+0.2	Ewa Swoboda	POL	Chorzów	16/07/2023
142	10.99	±0.0	Imani Lansiquot	GBR	Bellinzona	04/09/2023
143	10.96	+0.5	Audrey Leduc	CAN	Baton Rouge	20/04/2024
144	10.91	+0.3	Brianna Lyston	JAM	Gainesville	11/05/2024
145	10.95	+0.3	Kaila Jackson	USA	Gainesville	11/05/2024
146	10.93	+0.5	Gina Bass Bittaye	GAM	Fort-de-France	18/05/2024
147	10.94	-0.1	Dajaz Defrand	USA	Lexington	25/05/2024
148	10.92	+0.5	McKenzie Long	USA	Lexington	25/05/2024
149	10.99	+1.3	Krystal Sloley	JAM	Kingston	01/06/2024
150	10.99	+0.6	Destiny Smith-Barnett	LBR	Sherman Oaks	07/06/2024
151	10.86	+1.0	Tia Clayton	JAM	Kingston	28/06/2024
152	10.95	+1.4	Salomé Kora	SUI	La Chaux-de-Fonds	14/07/2024
153	10.98	+1.6	Anavia Battle	USA	Gainesville	19/04/2025
154	10.93	+1.8	Alexis Brown	USA	Pueblo	24/05/2025
155	10.91	+1.2	Tima Seikeseye Godbless	NGR	Jacksonville	29/05/2025
156	10.92	+1.8	Leah Bertrand	TTO	Jacksonville	29/05/2025
157	10.98	+1.4	Shenese Walker	JAM	Jacksonville	31/05/2025
158	10.87	+1.4	Anthaya Charlton	BAH	Eugene	12/06/2025
159	10.93	+1.4	Samirah Moody	USA	Eugene	12/06/2025
160	10.87	+1.6	JaMeesia Ford	USA	Eugene	12/06/2025
161	10.95	+1.2	Sade McCreath	CAN	London, ON	22/06/2025
162	10.96	+1.2	Camille Rutherford	BAH	London, ON	22/06/2025
163	10.99	+1.2	Semira Killebrew	USA	London, ON	22/06/2025
164	10.91	+0.6	Thelma Davies	LBR	Ostrava	24/06/2025
165	10.99	+1.9	Jada Mowatt	USA	Memphis	12/07/2025
166	10.96	+0.9	Maia McCoy	USA	Eisenstadt	23/07/2025
167	10.94	+0.7	Ashanti Moore	JAM	Beograd	07/08/2025
168	10.98	+0.7	Shanoya Douglas	JAM	Kingston	25/03/2026
169	10.98	+0.6	Blessing Ogundiran	NGR	Tampa	11/04/2026
170	10.77	+1.7	Adaejah Hodge	IVB	Gainesville	18/04/2026
171	10.99	+0.8	Jonielle Smith	JAM	Kingston	19/04/2026
172	10.96	+0.7	Lavanya Williams	JAM	Kingston	19/04/2026
173	10.95A	-0.4	Gabrielle Thomas	USA	Gaborone	26/04/2026
174	10.97	+0.5	Gabrielle Matthews	JAM	Auburn	16/05/2026
175	10.83	+1.5	Brianna Selby	USA	Fayetteville	30/05/2026
176	10.98	+0.3	Alicia Burnett	USA	Lexington	30/05/2026
177	10.88	+1.3	Jassani Carter	USA	Lexington	30/05/2026
178	10.92	+1.6	Sabrina Dockery	JAM	College Station	06/06/2026
179	10.97	+1.6	Jodean Williams	JAM	College Station	06/06/2026
180	10.97	+0.8	Amy Hunt	GBR	Stockholm	07/06/2026
181	10.98	+1.8	Géraldine Di Tizio-Frey	SUI	Bulle	11/07/2026
182	10.99	+1.0	Torrie Lewis	AUS	Glasgow	28/07/2026

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

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Chronological list of the sub-11 club