Complete list of Olympic 100m winners Female and more

FAQ's On Olympic 100m winners List Female

A. Florence Delorez Griffith-Joyner is the fastest female in history.

A. Betty Robinson was the first woman to win the 100m.

A. No, nobody has managed to ever run 100m under 10 seconds.

A. Sha’Carri Richardson became the fastest American 100m female sprinter in 2023.

A. The first Olympic 100 metres for women was held in 1928.

Year	Venue	Winner	Winner Country	Time
1928	Amsterdam, the Netherlands	Betty Robinson	United States	12.2 seconds
1932	Los Angeles, California, United States	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	11.9 seconds
1936	Berlin, Germany	Helen Stephens	United States	11.5 seconds
1948	London, England	Fanny Blankers-Koen	The Netherlands	11.9 seconds
1952	Helsinki, Finland	Marjorie Jackson	Australia	11.5 seconds
1956	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Beth Cuthbert	Australia	11.5 seconds
1960	Rome, Italy	Wilma Rudolph	United States	11.18 seconds
1964	Tokyo, Japan	Wyomia Tyus	United States	11.4 seconds
1968	Mexico City, Mexico	Wyomia Tyus	United States	11.0 seconds
1972	Munich, Germany	Renate Stecher	East Germany	11.07 seconds
1976	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Annegret Richter	West Germany	11.08 seconds
1980	Moscow, Russia	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	11.06 seconds
1984	Los Angeles, California, United States	Evelyn Ashford	United States	10.97 seconds
1988	Seoul, South Korea	Florence Delorez Griffith-Joyer	United States	10.54 seconds
1992	Barcelona, Spain	Gail Devers	United States	10.82 seconds
1996	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	Gail Devers	United States	10.94 seconds
2000	Sydney, Australia	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant
2004	Athens, Greece	Yulia Nestsiarenka	Belarus	10.93 seconds
2008	Beijing, China	Shelly-Ann Fraser	Jamaica	10.78 seconds
2012	London, England	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	10.75 seconds
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Elaine Thompson	Jamaica	10.71 seconds
2020	Tokyo, Japan	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Jamaica	10.61 seconds