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Who has beat Wilma Rudolph's record for fastest woman in the world?
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Wilma Rudolph's automatic timed world record in the 100 meter dash, 11.41 seconds set at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, was bettered by Wyomia Tyus at 11.23 seconds at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. She had run faster times but those races were not automatically timed. Her best 100 meter dash time was a hand timed 11.2 set at a meet in Stuttgart in 1961. Wilma's automatic timed world record in the 200 meter dash, 22.30 seconds set at the 1960 Olympics, was bettered by Edith McGuire at 22.05 seconds set at the 1964 Olympics.
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Did anyone ever beat Wilma Rudolph's record for fastest woman on earth?
Marion Jones, of USA, is the current fastest woman on earth.
Who is Wilma Rudolph and what was her accomplishment?
Wilma Rudolph is a woman who was stricken with polio and became the fastest woman in the world and that to is her accomplishment
What was Wilma Rudolph effect on the world?
she was the fastest woman
Was Wilma Rudolph a slave?
she was the fastest woman in the world in the 1960's.
What are 5 words that describe Wilma Rudolph?
1960 fastest woman on earth and a very educated woman
Who was the fastest woman before Wilma Rudolph?
When Wilma Rudolph broke the world record in women's 100 meter dash in 1961 by running 11.2 seconds, the record had been held jointly by Rudolph, Shirley Strickland of Australia and Vera Krepkina of the Soviet Union who had each run an 11.3 second 100 meters.
Worlds fastest woman?
Flo Jo The record is now held by Shelly Ann Fraiser:)
What are important facts about Wilma Rudolph?
1. Rudolph was considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s.2. She became the first American woman ever to win three gold medals in track and field events in 1960.
Who is the fastest woman runner in the world?
Currently Carmelita Jeter is the fastest women in the world. Flornece Griffith Joyner died in 1998.
What is the main woman in the flintstones called?
Wilma
Why are they important in history Wilma Rudolph?
Wilma Rudolph was the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field events at the Olympics. She tied the world record in the 100-meter and set a new Olympic record in the 200. This was at the 1960 Olympic games in Rome, Italy.
Who was the first woman track star?
Wilma Rudolph
