Griffith Joyner was found to have had a cavernous hemangioma, a congenital vascular brain abnormality that made her subject to seizures. According to a family attorney, she had suffered a tonic-clonic seizure in 1990 and had been treated for seizures in 1993 and 1994. According to the Sheriff-Coroner's office, the only drugs in her system when she died were small amounts of two common over-the-counter drugs, acetaminophen and the antihistamine Benadryl. Legacy USA Track & Field inducted her into its Hall of Fame in 1995. In 2000, the 102nd Street School in Los Angeles was renamed Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary School. Griffith Joyner had attended the school as a child. The city of Mission Viejo dedicated a park at the entrance to her neighborhood in her honor. Griffith Joyner was also an artist and painter. Her work has been on display as part the Art of The Olympians (AOTO). She is one of two posthumous members of AOTO, the other being the founder and Olympian, Al Oerter. In Time 2020 list of the most influential women of the past century, she was named woman of the year for 1988. Statistics To date, her 1988 200 m world and Olympic record (21.34) as well as her 100 m world record (10.49) still stand, making them the longest-reigning sprinting records in track and field history. Her 100 m Olympic record (10.62) was improved in 2021 at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo by Elaine Thompson-Herah (10.61). Olympic Games and trials results Source: International competitions Season's bests See also History of African Americans in Los Angeles Notes References External links Official website (archive) Iconic Sports Moments- Florence Griffith Florence Griffith Joyner at AOTO Videos: American female sprinters 1959 births 1998 deaths African-American female track and field athletes Track and field athletes from Los Angeles Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics record holders California State University, Northridge alumni James E. Sullivan Award recipients UCLA Bruins women's track and field athletes Burials in Orange County, California Deaths from epilepsy Deaths from asphyxiation Neurological disease deaths in California People from Watts, Los Angeles Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Track