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That was Australian Dawn Fraser in October, 1962. She was named by Swimming World magazine as the greatest woman swimmer of the 20th century.

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Penny Heyns of South Africa at the 1996 Games in Atlanta.

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In athletics, that was Betty Robinson of the United States at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.

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The current record is 10.49 seconds set by the late Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.

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Florence Griffiths Joyner.

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