Athletics Olympic Games Women: 100 m Year Location 2012 London (gbr) 2008 Beijing (chn) Shelly-Ann Fraser (jam) Sherone Simpson (jam) -- Kerron Stewart (jam) 2004 Athínai (gre) Yuliya Nesterenko (blr) Lauryn Williams (usa) Veronica Campbell (jam) 2000 Sydney (aus) -- Ekateríní Thánou (gre) Tanya Lawrence (jam) 1996 Atlanta (usa) Gail Devers (usa) Merlene Ottey (jam) Gwen Torrence (usa) 1992 Barcelona (spa) Gail Devers (usa) Julie Cuthbert (jam) Irina Privalova (cis) 1988 Seoul (sko) Florence Griffith-Joyner (usa) Evelyn Ashford (usa) Heike Drechsler (ege) 1984 Los Angeles (usa) Evelyn Ashford (usa) Alice Brown (usa) Merlene Ottey (jam) 1980 Moskva (sov) Lyudmila Kondratyeva (sov) Marlies Ölsner-Göhr (ege) Ingrid Auerswald (ege) 1976 Montréal (can) Annegret Richter (wge) Renate Stecher (ege) Inge Helten (wge) 1972 München (wge) Renate Stecher (ege) Raelene Boyle (aus) Silvia Chivás (cub) 1968 Mexico City (mex) Wyomia Tyus (usa) Barbara Ferrell (usa) Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska (pol) 1964 Tokyo (jpn) Wyomia Tyus (usa) Edith McGuire (usa) Ewa Klobukowska (pol) 1960 Roma (ita) Wilma Rudolph (usa) Dorothy Hyman (gbr) Giuseppina Leone (ita) 1956 Melbourne (aus) Betty Cuthbert (aus) Christa Stubnick (ger) Marlene Matthews (aus) 1952 Helsinki (fin) Marjorie Jackson (aus) Daphne Hasenjager-Robb (saf) Shirley Strickland-de la Hunty (aus) 1948 London (gbr) Fanny Blankers-Koen (net) Dorothy Manley (gbr) Shirley Strickland (aus) 1936 Berlin (ger) Helen Stephens (usa) Stanislawa Walasiewicz (pol) Käthe Krauss (ger) 1932 Los Angeles (usa) Stanislawa Walasiewicz (pol) Hilda Strike-Sisson (can) Wilhelmina von Bremen (usa) 1928 Amsterdam (net) Betty Robinson (usa) Fanny Rosenfeld (can) Ethel Smith (can) Note: 2000: actual 1st Marion Jones (usa) disqualified for a doping offense