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The current world record holder for the women's 10,000 meter swim is Hungary's Eva Risztov. She set the record with a time of 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 27.3 seconds in 2012.
Kylie Risk participated in women's 10000 meter run and Sue Andrews participated in women's 800 meter run and 4x400 meter relay. Both women were born in Hobart.
Florence Griffith-Joyner holds the women's world record in the 100 meter dash at 10.49 set in 1988. ---- The Olympic record for the women's 100 meter dash was set by Florence Griffith-Joyner at the 1988 Games in Seoul at a time of 10.54 seconds.
9.58s for men and 10.49s for women.
The world record for the women's 100 meter individual medley is held by Katinka Hosszú from Hungary with a time of 57.45 seconds set in 2015.
The women's 100 meter hurdles record is 12.21 seconds set by Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria in 1988.
The women's 100-meter record was last broken on July 10, 2021, by Elaine Thompson-Herah from Jamaica with a time of 10.54 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics.
The men's world record in the 400 meter dash is 43.18 seconds. The men's world record in the 400 meter hurdles is 46.78 seconds. This is a difference of 3.60 seconds. The women's world record in the 400 meter dash is 47.60 seconds. The women's world record in the 400 meter hurdles is 52.34 seconds. This is a difference of 4.74 seconds.
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