Talk:Women's 100 metres world record progression

Graph
Please add a progression chart like the one for the men's 100m. Thanks. Jimaginator 11:05, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

I agree that a graph of the would enhance this page if it is available.

Unofficial
Can somebody explain why the following times are not recognised by the IAAF?


 * 12.7 Emmy Haux (GER) Frankfurt, Germany May 21, 1923
 * 12.4 Leni Schmidt (GER) Leipzig, Germany August 30, 1925
 * 12.2 Leni Junker (GER) Wiesbaden, Germany September 13, 1925
 * 12.2 Leni Junker (GER) Hanover, Germany August 29, 1926
 * 12.1 Gertrud Gladitsch (GER) Stuttgart, Germany July 3, 1927
 * 12.0 Betty Robinson (USA) Chicago, Illinois, United States June 2, 1928
 * 11.8 Helen Stephens (USA) Saint Louis, United States June 1, 1935
 * 11.6 Helen Stephens (USA) Kansas City, United States June 8, 1935
 * 11.5 Helen Stephens (USA) Dresden, Germany August 10, 1936
 * 11.5 Lulu Mae Hymes (USA) Tuskegee May 6, 1939
 * 11.5 Rowena Harrison (USA) Tuskegee May 6, 1939

Clash -- 21:26, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Progression Discrepancies
This world record progression table is completely messed up because of the inclusion of non-ratified world records. This is apparent because not all the performances are ordered with decreasing times. However, I don't know where to find official sources on what previous world records were. If anybody can find such a source, in order to fix this world record progression table, I'd be grateful. Or, if not, if somebody could tell me where to find such a source. Mipchunk 05:30, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Clean-up needed
This page needs some real attention. I changed the heading to remove the highly misleading "manual" vs "electronic" times, as while the latter times may well be all electronic, a good number of the times previously were ratified to the tenth of a second as those were the rules, yet were recorded electronically. For example, Wyomia Tyus's 1968 Olympic gold-medal time.

This accounts for several times in the 70s appearing to be slower than older records. They may have been, but the ratifying rules had changed and to 1976 the fastest ratified time was Renate Stecher's 11.07 in 1972. (Though this should be confirmed with reference to something official from the IAAF.)

Several 110-yard records are there, though again we should confirm whether those times were in fact recognized as world records in the 100 m. The distances are very close, but the issue is not whether a faster time was run, nut whether a time was ratified or not. Note could be made via an asterisk if the latter is the case, that a possibly faster time was not ratified.

Another large discrepancy here is the omission of any record made by 1930s track star Stanislawa Walasiewicz. After her death, it was revealed she was a hermaphrodite, but as far as I can tell, the IOC and the IAAF have not rescinded her records, and the IOC certainly has not rescinded her medals. On the men's 100 page, we note the performances of those athletes like Ben Johnson whose times were later rescinded. While there is certainly a controversy as to whether Walasiewicz's times and medals should be recognized, the fact remains they as far as I am aware they stand. Her times should be re-instated with a note to the controversy, unless we can find somewhere that the IAAF has stripped her of her records. Canada Jack (talk) 20:30, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Composition
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