Flo-Jo's Olympic 100 meter record 10.62 falls to Elaine Thompson-Hareh with 10.61

TOKYO-OLYMPICS 2021. After 33 years. The women's 100 meter Olympic Record has been beat. American Florence Griffith-Joyner (Flo-Jo) set that record of 10.62 at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. 

Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah has set a new record of 10.61 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She also defended her Olympic title from the 2016 Rio Olympics. Elaine goes into the record books.

Flo-Jo still holds the world record with 10.49 that she set during the U.S. Olympic trials in 1988.

Below are both 100 meter races from 1988 and 2021.

(1988 Sports-Casting photo. American sprinter Florence Griffith-Joyner. She held the 100 meter Olympic record for 33 years.).

(2021 Photo by J99 news. Elaine Thompson-Hareh breaks Olympic record in the 100 meters.).