Career
Griffith Joyner ran 10.49 for 100 m and 21.34 for 200 m in a single season, marks that remain world records more than thirty-five years later — the longest-standing in sprinting. She won three golds in Seoul and retired the following year.
🏃 Running · Sprinter
Florence Griffith Joyner
United States · 1983–1989
Set the 100 m and 200 m records in 1988. Both still stand.
- 10.49 s
- 100 m record
- 21.34 s
- 200 m record
- 3
- Olympic golds
- 35+ years
- Records standing
Honours
- World records in the 100 m and 200 m, both set in 1988
- Three gold medals at the Seoul Olympics
- Both her sprint world records remain unbroken
- Athlete of the Year, 1988
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