Florence Joyner
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∙ 12y ago21.34s by Florence Griffith-Joyner
9.58 seconds for 100 m 19.19 seconds for 200 m
The current world record for the women's hammer was set by Tatyana Lysenko who threw 77.80 m in Tallinn, Estonia on 15 August 2006.
The woman's record in the 200 m butterfly is currently held by Zige Liu of China and is a 2:04.18
9.58 seconds for 100 m 19.19 seconds for 200 m
Mark Spitz set a new world record in each of seven events, of those, four individual and three team events (the 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly, 4 x 100 m freestyle relay, 4 x 200 m freestyle relay and 4 x 100 m medley relay).
Nobody broke the women's world record but Marita Koch of East Germany tied her own world record, set in 1979, of 21.71 seconds at a meet in Potsdam in July, 1984.
Florence Griffiths Joyner with 10.49s
Michael Phelps has never swum competitively in the 50 m distance. All of his gold medals were 100 m, 200 m, or 400 m. He holds the world record in the 100 m butterfly at 49.82 seconds, and swam an unofficial record 49.72 second butterfly relay leg in 2009.
Jodie Williams is a British sprinter. She is the 2009 World Youth Champion at 100 and 200 m, the 2010 World Junior Champion at 100 m, the 2011 European Junior Champion at 100 m and 200 m, and the 2013 European U23 Champion at 200 m.
Officially, the fastest living human is Usain Bolt of Jamaica. He holds the world's 100 m record of 9.58 seconds and the 200 m record of 19.19 seconds. His 4 x 100 m team also holds the world record of 37.10 seconds.
The listed World Record for the now defunct 200 meter hurdle race is Don Styron at 21.9, set April 2, 1960 (in a 220 yard hurdle race). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Styron