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Athletics — 100 metres, Women

Times held 22
Total participants 894
Total countries 176

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1928 100 metres, Women Olympic 31 13
1932 100 metres, Women Olympic 20 10
1936 100 metres, Women Olympic 30 15
1948 100 metres, Women Olympic 38 21
1952 100 metres, Women Olympic 56 27
1956 100 metres, Women Olympic 34 16
1960 100 metres, Women Olympic 31 18
1964 100 metres, Women Olympic 44 27
1968 100 metres, Women Olympic 42 22
1972 100 metres, Women Olympic 47 33
1976 100 metres, Women Olympic 39 22
1980 100 metres, Women Olympic 40 25
1984 100 metres, Women Olympic 46 33
1988 100 metres, Women Olympic 64 42
1992 100 metres, Women Olympic 54 41
1996 100 metres, Women Olympic 56 38
2000 100 metres, Women Olympic 84 63
2004 100 metres, Women Olympic 63 51
2008 100 metres, Women Olympic 85 69
2012 100 metres, Women Olympic 79 65
2016 100 metres, Women Olympic 80 56
2020 100 metres, Women Olympic 71 55

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Betty RobinsonUSA Bobby RosenfeldCAN Ethel SmithCAN
1932 Stanisława WalasiewiczPOL Hilda StrikeCAN Billie von BremenUSA
1936 Helen StephensUSA Stanisława WalasiewiczPOL Käthe KraußGER
1948 Fanny Blankers-KoenNED Dorothy ManleyGBR Shirley StricklandAUS
1952 Marjorie JacksonAUS Daphne HasenjägerRSA Shirley Strickland de la HuntyAUS
1956 Betty CuthbertAUS Christa StubnickGER Marlene MathewsAUS
1960 Wilma RudolphUSA Dorothy HymanGBR Giuseppina LeoneITA
1964 Wyomia TyusUSA Edith McGuireUSA Ewa KłobukowskaPOL
1968 Wyomia TyusUSA Barbara FerrellUSA Irena SzewińskaPOL
1972 Renate StecherGDR Raelene BoyleAUS Silvia ChivásCUB
1976 Annegret RichterFRG Renate StecherGDR Inge HeltenFRG
1980 Lyudmila KondratyevaURS Marlies GöhrGDR Ingrid AuerswaldGDR
1984 Evelyn AshfordUSA Alice BrownUSA Merlene Ottey-PageJAM
1988 Florence Griffith JoynerUSA Evelyn AshfordUSA Heike DrechslerGDR
1992 Gail DeversUSA Juliet CuthbertJAM Irina PrivalovaEUN
1996 Gail DeversUSA Merlene OtteyJAM Gwen TorrenceUSA
2000 —— Aikaterini Thanou
Tayna Lawrence		GRE
JAM		 Merlene OtteyJAM
2004 Yuliya NestsiarenkaBLR Lauryn WilliamsUSA Veronica CampbellJAM
2008 Shelly-Ann FraserJAM Sherone Simpson
Kerron Stewart		JAM
JAM		 ——
2012 Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceJAM Carmelita JeterUSA Veronica Campbell-BrownJAM
2016 Elaine ThompsonJAM Tori BowieUSA Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceJAM
2020 Elaine Thompson-HerahJAM Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceJAM Shericka JacksonJAM

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 9 7 2 18
Jamaica JAM 4 6 6 16
Australia AUS 2 1 3 6
East Germany GDR 1 2 2 5
Poland POL 1 1 2 4
West Germany FRG 1 0 1 2
Belarus BLR 1 0 0 1
Netherlands NED 1 0 0 1
Soviet Union URS 1 0 0 1
Canada CAN 0 2 1 3
Great Britain GBR 0 2 0 2
Germany GER 0 1 1 2
Greece GRE 0 1 0 1
South Africa RSA 0 1 0 1
Cuba CUB 0 0 1 1
Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
Unified Team EUN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 2 1 1 4
Gail Devers USA 2 0 0 2
Wyomia Tyus USA 2 0 0 2
Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 2 0 0 2
Renate Stecher GDR 1 1 0 2
Stanisława Walasiewicz POL 1 1 0 2
Evelyn Ashford USA 1 1 0 2