World Age Records (100 metre women)*

"Grace and speed come with age" could be the motto for Merlene Ottey. 
Just look at this collection of World Age Records and see how she holds the 100 metre world age records from the age of 30 until 40 years.

 
Age

Result

 Name

Country

Date
18 10.89
11.03
11.08
11.11
11.11
11.13
11.16
11.18
11.19
11.19		 #1 Katrin Krabbe
#2 Silke Möller
#3 Brenda Morehead
#4 Joan Uduak Ekah
#4 Angela Williams
#6 Grit Breuer
#7 Veronica Campbell
#8 Diana Dietz
#9 Martina Blos
#10 Aleisha Latimer

GDR
GDR
USA
Nigeria
USA
Germany
Jamaica
GDR
GDR
USA

200788
080683
210676
020799
260698
060690
210700
280788
290576
120697
19 10.88
11.04
11.09
11.11
11.13
11.16
11.17
11.18
11.19
11.19
(11.59)		 #1 Marlies Göhr
#2 Angela Williams
#3 Kerstin Behrendt
#4 Shakedia Jones
#5 Gesine Walther
#6 Marcel Winkler
#7 Xiao Lin
#8 Nicole Mitchell
#9 Falilat Ogunkoya
#9 Debbie Ferguson
#? Merlene Ottey

GDR
USA
GDR
USA
GDR
RSA
China
Jamaica
Nigeria
Bahamas
Jamaica

010777
050699
200887
020598
210882
200490
181097
020793
300688
030695
110879
20 10.79
10.89
10.94
10.98
11.04
11.06
11.07
11.08
11.08
11.09
(11.36)		 #1 Li Xuemei
#2 Katrin Krabbe
#3 Marlies Göhr
#4 Gail Devers
#5 Mercy Nku 
#6 Silke Möller 
#7 Anelia Nuneva
#8 Angela Bailey
#8 Zhanna Pintusevich
#10 Ekaterini Thanou
#? Merlene Ottey

China
GDR
GDR
USA
Nigeria
GDR
Bulgaria
Canada
Ukraine
Greece
Jamaica

181097
280890
120878
210887
210597
110685
080683
240982
210593
060895
250780
21 10.76
10.84
10.90
10.91
10.91
10.95
10.97
10.97
10.99
10.99
11.02
11.02
11.04
(11.07)		 #1 Marion Jones
#2 Chioma Ajunwa
#3 Glory Alozie
#4 Heike Drechsler
#4 Katrin Krabbe
#6 Li Xuemei 
#7 Marlies Göhr
#7 Gail Devers
#8 Silke Möller
#8 Zhanna Pintusevich
#10 Liu Xiaomei
#10 Romy Müller
#11 Lyubov Perepelova
#? Merlene Ottey

USA
Nigeria
Nigeria
GDR
GDR
China
GDR
USA
GDR
Ukraine
China
GDR
Uzbekistan
Jamaica

220897
110492
050699
060786
270791
060698
130679
170788
090885
040794
080993
240580
030600
290581
22 10.65
10.93
10.94
10.94
10.95
10.96
10.97
10.97
10.98
10.98
11.00
11.01
11.02
11.03
11.03
11.03
11.03		 #1 Marion Jones
#2 Marlies Göhr
#3 Diane Williams
#3 Carlette Guidry-White
#5 Heike Drechsler
#6 Silke Möller
#7 Evelyn Ashford
#7 Debbie Ferguson
#9 Marina Zhirova
#9 Irina Privalova
#10 Diane Williams
#11 Zhanna Pintusevich
#12 Li Yali
#13 Merlene Ottey
#13 Holli Hyche
#13 Sevatheda Fynes
#13 Peta-Gaye Dowdie

USA
GDR
USA
USA
GDR
GDR
USA
Bahamas
Soviet Union
Russia
USA
Ukraine
China
Jamaica
USA
Bahamas
Jamaica

120998
240580
030783
140691
300887
270686
160679
050898
170885
060791
170683
270695
180498
041082
030694
030897
100499
23 10.70
10.78
10.82
10.83
10.86
10.87
10.91
10.91
10.92
10.96
10.98
10.98
10.99
11.01
11.03
(11.09)		 #1 Marion Jones
#2 Dawn Sowell
#3 Irina Privalova
#4 Sheila Echols
#5 Silke Möller
#6 Ekaterini Thanou
#7 Heike Drechsler
#7 Gwen Torrence
#9 D'Andre Hill
#10 Marie-Jose Perec
#11 Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova
#11 Debbie Ferguson
#12 Marita Koch
#13 Myriam Léonie Mani
#14 Christine Arron
#? Merlene Ottey

USA
USA
Russia
USA
GDR
Greece
GDR
USA
USA
France
Soviet Union
Bahamas
GDR
CMR
France
Jamaica

220899
030689
220692
160788
200887
190898
020788
170788
160696
270791
240988
040699
240580
030600
220797
170883
24 10.73
10.78
10.83
10.86
10.88
10.90
10.91
10.92
10.94
10.96
10.96
10.99
11.00
11.02
11.03		 #1 Christine Arron
#2 Marion Jones
#3 Ekaterini Thanou
#4 Anelia Nuneva
#5 Marlies Göhr
#6 Evelyn Ashford
#7 Sevatheda Fynes
#8 Merlene Ottey
#9 Irina Privalova
#10 Debbie Ferguson
#10 Inger Miller
#12 Florence Griffith-Joyner
#13 Chandra Sturrup
#14 Chryste Gaines
#15 Juliet Cuthbert

France
USA
Greece
Bulgaria
GDR
USA
Bahamas
Jamaica
Russia
Bahamas
USA
USA
Bahamas
USA
Jamaica

190898
050800
 220899
170687
060782
220781
020799
280485
030993
210700
 160696
170884
270796
250695
240988
25 10.77
10.81
10.82
10.85
10.89
10.91
10.93
10.93
10.96
10.97
10.97
10.98
10.99
11.00		 #1 Irina Privalova
#2 Marlies Göhr
#3 Gail Devers
#4 Zhanna Pintusevich
#5 Liu Xiaomei
#6 Ekaterini Thanou
#7 Evelyn Ashford
#7 Merlene Ottey
#9 Chryste Gaines
#10 Mary Onyali
#10 Christine Arron
#11 Angela Bailey
#12 Valerie Brisco-Hooks
#13 Florence Griffith-Joyner

Russia
GDR
USA
Ukraine
China
Greece
USA
Jamaica
USA
Nigeria
France
Canada
USA
USA

060794
060883
010892
030897
181097
050700
070882
080685
140696
150893
190699
060787
170586
070985
26 10.79
10.82
10.83
10.84
10.85
10.90
10.92
10.95
10.96
10.99
11.01
11.02
11.03
11.03
(11.06)		 #1 Evelyn Ashford
#2 Gail Devers
#3 Marita Koch
#4 Marlies Göhr
#5 Anelia Nuneva
#6 Irina Privalova 
#7 Zhanna Pintusevich 
#8 Chandra Sturrup
#9 Gwen Torrence
#10 Christine Arron
#11 Inger Miller
#12 Lyudmila Kondrayeva
#13 Mary Onyali
#14 Carlette Guidry-White
#? Merlene Ottey		 USA
USA
GDR
GDR
Bulgaria
Russia
Ukraine
Bahamas
USA
France
USA
Soviet Union
Nigeria
USA
Jamaica

030783
160893
080683
220884
020988
070895
190898
200698
100791
300600
250798
160884
230894
050895
240586
27 10.76
10.79
10.86
10.86
10.86
10.87
10.89
10.92
10.94
10.95
10.96
10.96
11.03
11.06		 #1 Evelyn Ashford
#2 Inger Milller
#3 Marlies Göhr
#3 Diane Williams
#3 Gwen Torrence
#6 Merlene Ottey
#7 Chryste Gaines
#8 Alice Brown
#9 Zhanna Pintusevich 
#10 Bärbel Wöckel
#11 Florence Griffith-Joyner
#11 Chandra Sturrup
#12 Irina Privalova
#13 Carlette Guidry-White		 USA
USA
GDR
USA
USA
Jamaica
USA
USA
Ukraine
GDR
USA
Bahamas
Russia
USA

220884
220899
220985
160788
010892
310587
200698
160788
210899
010782
160887
180699
100896
180596
28 10.49
10.83
10.86
10.86
10.91
10.93
10.93
10.96
10.97
10.99
11.00
11.00
11.04
11.04		 #1 Florence Griffith-Joyner
#2 Juliet Cuthbert
#3 Gwen Torrence
#3 Chandra Sturrup
#5 Marlies Göhr
#6 Ewa Kasprzyk
#6 Zhanna Pintusevich 
#8 Inger Miller
#9 Angela Issajenko
#10 Beverly McDonald
#11 Merlene Ottey
#11 Mary Onyali
#12 Ludmilla Engquist (Naroshilenko)
#12 Gail Devers		 USA
Jamaica
USA
Bahamas
GDR
Poland
Ukraine
USA
Canada
Jamaica
Jamaica
Nigeria
Russia
USA

160788
010892
030993
210700
270886
270686
280700
110800
160887
070598
070688
300896
310592
150795
29 10.82
10.83
10.83
10.88
10.93
10.95
10.96
10.97
11.01
11.04
11.05
11.06		 #1 Gwen Torrence
#2 Gail Devers
#2 Irina Privalova
#4 Evelyn Ashford
#5 Marlies Göhr
#6 Merlene Ottey
#7 Galina Malchugina
#8 Chryste Gaines
#9 Angela Issajenko
#10 Bärbel Wöckel
#11 Irina Slyusar
#12 Marina Trandenkova		 USA
USA
Russia
USA
GDR
Jamaica
Russia
USA
Canada
GDR
Russia
Russia

030994
070996
190898
070986
100687
250689
220692
280600
060888
260784
150792
020796
30 10.78
10.84
10.88
10.89
11.01
11.05
11.05
11.05
11.06
11.09
11.09		 #1 Merlene Ottey
#2 Gwen Torrence
#3 Gail Devers
#4 Marlies Göhr
#5 Juliet Cuthbert
#6 Lyudmila Kondrayeva
#6 Mary Onyali
#6 Irina Privalova
#9 Sandra Myers
#10 Jarmila Kratochvilova
#10 Sheila Echols		 Jamaica
USA
USA
GDR
Jamaica
Soviet Union
Nigeria
Russia
Spain
Czech
USA

300590
070895
260897
090788
060794
240988
190898
290799
230791
060681
130595
31 10.79
10.81
10.82
11.03
11.06
11.06
11.06
11.07
11.07
11.13
11.16
11.18		 #1 Merlene Ottey
#2 Evelyn Ashford
#3 Gwen Torrence
#4 Carlette Guidry-White
#5 Danette Young
#5 Juliet Cuthbert
#5 Tian Yumei 
#8 Natalya Voronova
#8 Pauline Davis
#10 Olga Shishigina
#11 Rose-Aimee Bacoul
#12 Sheila Echols		 Jamaica
USA
USA
USA
USA
Jamaica
China
Russia
Bahamas
Kazakstan
France
USA

230791
170788
160696
140700
 150696
050795
171097
270796
200698
270500
230783
140696
32 10.80
10.94
10.99
11.05
11.06
11.07
11.17
11.19
11.21
11.42		 #1 Merlene Ottey
#2 Gail Devers
#3 Mary Onyali
#4 Evelyn Ashford
#5 Juliet Cuthbert
#6 Gwen Torrence
#7 Natalya Voronova
#8 Galina Malchugina
#9 Eldece Clarke
#10 Katia Regina de Jesus Santos		 Jamaica
USA
Nigeria
USA
Jamaica
USA
Russia
Russia
Bahamas
Brazil

130792
220899
130800
260889
260796
130797
020897
130995
150796
030600
33 10.82
10.99
11.02
11.07
11.16
11.17
11.28
11.53		 #1 Merlene Ottey
#2 Gail Devers
#3 Galina Malchugina
#4 Evelyn Ashford
#5 Juliet Cuthbert
#6 Marina Trandenkova
#7 Pauline Davis
#8 Erika Suchovska		 Jamaica
USA
Russia
USA
Jamaica
Russia
Bahamas
Czech Rep.

160893
140700
 020796
090990
230597
230700
010700
050800
34 10.78
10.97
11.08
11.32
11.32		 #1 Merlene Ottey
#2 Pauline Davis
#3 Evelyn Ashford
#4 Michelle Finn-Burell
#4 Irina Khabarova		 Jamaica
Bahamas
USA
USA
Russia

030994
210700
 270891
060500
230700
35 10.85
10.96
11.07
11.11
11.25
11.32
11.38		 #1 Merlene Ottey
#2 Eldece Clarke
#3 Evelyn Ashford
#4 Natalya Voronova
#5 Juliet Cuthbert
#6 Paraskevi Patoulidou
#7 Michelle Finn-Burell		 Jamaica
Bahamas
USA
Russia
Jamaica
Greece
USA

070895
290400
280592
130600
180699
080700
040600
36 10.74 #1 Merlene Ottey Jamaica

070996
37 10.83 #1 Merlene Ottey Jamaica

220897
38 11.01 #1 Merlene Ottey Jamaica

050898
39 10.97 #1 Merlene Ottey Jamaica

260699
40 10.99 #1 Merlene Ottey Jamaica

140800

41 - --- Merlene Ottey (no races due to injury) Jamaica

-

42 11.28 #1 Merlene Ottey Jamaica

250502

43 11.44 #1 Merlene Ottey Jamaica

240503

* Per 15 August 2000.

Birthdays of the sub-11 female sprinters (44)

A-N

O-Z

Other ranked sprinters
Chioma Ajunwa 25-12-1970
Glory Alozie 30-12-1977
Christine Arron 13-09-1973
Evelyn Ashford 15-04-1957
Angela Bailey 28-02-1962
Valerie Brisco-Hooks 06-07-1960
Alice Brown 20-09-1960
Eldece Clarke-Lewis 13-02-1965
Pauline Davis 09-07-1966
Gail Devers 19-11-1966
Heike Drecshler 16-12-1964
Sheila Echols 02-10-1964
Debbie Ferguson  16-01-1976
Sevatheda Fynes 17-10-1974
Chryste Gaines 14-09-1970
Marlies Göhr 21-03-58
Florence Griffith-Joyner 21-12-59
Carlette Guidry-White 04-09-1968
D'Andre Hill 19-04-1973
Angela Issajenko 28-09-1958
Marion Jones 12-10-1975
Ewa Kasprzyk 07-09-57
Marita Koch 18-02-1957
Katrin Krabbe 22-11-1969
Galina Malchugina 17-12-1962
Beverly McDonald 15-02-70
Inger Miller 12-06-1972
Silke Gladisch Möller 20-06-1964 
Anelia Nuneva 30-06-1962
            (Vechernikova) 		 Mary Onyali 03-02-1968
Merlene Ottey 10-05-1960
Marie-Jose Perec 09-05-1968
Zhanna Pintusevich 06-07-1972
Irina Privalova 12-11-1968
Dawn Sowell 27-03-1966
Chandra Sturrup 12-09-1971
Ekaterini Thanou 01-02-1975
Gwen Torrence 12-06-1965
Natalya Voronova 09-07-1965
              (Pomoshchnikova) 
Diane Williams 14-12-1960
Bärbel Wöckel 21-03-1955
Liu Xiaomei 11-01-1972
Li Xuemei 05-01-1977
Marina Zhirova 06-06-1963

Kerstin Behrendt 02-09-1967
Martina Blos 17-06-1957
Grit Breuer 16-02-1972
Veronica Campbell 15-05-1982
Diana Dietz 30-08-1969
Peta-Gaye Dowdie 18-01-1977
Joan Uduak Ekah 16-12-1980
Michelle Finn-Burell 08-05-1965
Shakedia Jones 15-03-1979
Irina Khabarova 18-03-1966
Jarmila Kratochvilova 26-01-1951
Aleisha Latimer 03-04-1979
Xiao Lin 22-02-1978
Myriam Léonie Mani 21-05-1977
Nicole Mitchell 05-06-1974
Brenda Morehead 05-10-1957
Sandra Myers 04-01-1961
Mercy Nku 17-07-1976
Falilat Ogunkoya 12-05-1968
Paraskevi Patoulidou 29-03-1965
Lyubov Perepelova 26-02-1979
K.R. de Jesus Santos 31-12-1967
Olga Shishigina 23-12-1968
Marina Trandenkova 07-01-1967
 Gesine Walther 06-10-1962
Angela Williams 30-01-1980
 Marcel Winkler 29-10-1970
Danette Young 06-10-1964
Tian Yumei 28-12-1965

 

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