Women's 100 metres hurdles world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 100 metres hurdles. The first world record in the event was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1969. 22 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.

Records 1969–76

Time	Wind	Auto	Athlete	Country	Venue	Date
13.3	1.0		Karin Balzer	East Germany	Warsaw	1969-06-20
13.3	1.0		Teresa Sukniewicz	Poland	Warsaw	1969-06-20
13.0	1.6		Karin Balzer	East Germany	Leipzig	1969-07-27
12.9	0.7		Karin Balzer	East Germany	East Berlin	1969-09-05
12.8	1.3		Teresa Sukniewicz	Poland	Warsaw	1970-06-20
12.8	1.1	12.93	Chi Cheng	Chinese Taipei	Munich	1970-07-12
12.7	0.4		Karin Balzer	East Germany	East Berlin	1970-07-26
12.7	1.6		Teresa Sukniewicz	Poland	Warsaw	1970-09-20
12.7	1.5		Karin Balzer	East Germany	East Berlin	1971-07-25
12.6	1.9		Karin Balzer	East Germany	East Berlin	1971-07-31
12.5	0.7		Annelie Ehrhardt	East Germany	Potsdam	1972-06-15
12.5	0.9	12.93	Pamela Ryan	Australia	Warsaw	1972-06-28
12.3	1.5	12.68	Annelie Ehrhardt	East Germany	Dresden	1973-07-22

Records since 1977

From 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. From 1977, the IAAF required fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.

	Ratified
	Not ratified
	Ratified but later rescinded
	Pending ratification

Time	Wind	Athlete	Country	Venue	Date
12.59	0.6	Annelie Ehrhardt	East Germany	Munich	1972-09-08
12.48	1.9	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	Fürth	1978-06-10
12.36	1.9	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	Warsaw	1980-06-13
12.35	0.1	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	Cologne	1986-08-17
12.29	−0.4	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	Cologne	1986-08-17
12.26	1.5	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	Ljubljana	1986-09-07
12.25	1.4	Ginka Zagorcheva	Bulgaria	Drama	1987-08-08
12.21	0.7	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	Stara Zagora	1988-08-20
12.20	0.3	Kendra Harrison	United States	London	2016-07-22
12.12	0.9	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria	Eugene	2022-07-24