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What important race did florence griffith Joyner run?
100m and 200m
What made Florence Griffith-Joyner famous?
she became famous because she won the 200 meter run
Fastest womens 200m run?
21.34 seconds, by Florence Griffith-Joyner ('Flo Jo') in Seoul, in 1988.
How fast can Florence Griffiths Joyner run?
Florence Griffiths Joyner died in 1998. She ran the 100m in 10.49s in 1988.
Who is the fastest lady?
There is no way to categorize someone as being the fastest because of all the different distances that can be run. But the person who holds in the record time in the 100m is Florence Griffith Joyner.
How fast can Jackie Joyner Kersee run a mile?
Florence Griffiths Joyner died in 1998. She ran the 100m in 10.49s in 1988.
How fast is the fastest woman in mph or km and hour?
The fastest woman in recorded history is Florence Griffith-Joyner, who reached a top speed of 10.49 meters per second during her 100m world record run in 1988. This equates to approximately 37.6 km/h or 23.4 mph.
Results for 2008 100 meter sprint women?
Florence Griffith Joyner has the record for the fastest times in the women's 100 meter race. She currently holds the top 3 fastest times of 10.49 seconds, 10.61, and 10.62 seconds.
What inspiered Jackie Joyner to run track?
noone
Can a boy or a girl run faster?
Technically, the fastest person on the planet is currently Usain Bolt. He set the record for the hundred meter dash 16 August 2009 in Berlin, Germany, running in 9.58 seconds. The current women's world record holder for the same race is Florence Griffith-Joyner; she set the record in Indianapolis, Indiana 16 July 1988 at 10.49 second (nearly a second slower than Bolt). However, Ms. Griffith-Joyner did outpace the men's record holders from 1912 and 1920 Donald Lippincott and Jackson Sholz (respectively) who set a pace of 10.6 seconds.
Who are spinters in the olympic games?
paula radcliff, kelly HolmesAnswerSprinters are those runners that run 100 meter and 200 meter races. Notable Olympic sprinters have been Jesse Owens, Florence Griffith-Joiner, Carl Lewis, and Michael Johnson.
What was the world record in the 200meters in 1980?
Men: 19.72 seconds run by Pietro Mennes of Italy set in September, 1979. This record lasted until Michael Johnson of the United States broke it running a 19.66 in June, 1996. Women: 21.71 seconds by Marita Koch of East Germany set in June, 1979. This record was tied by Koch in 1984 and Heike Drechsler of East Germany twice in 1986 before being broken by Florence Griffith-Joyner who ran a 21.56 and then a 21.34 at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
