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Jim Hines' October 1968 Olympic gold medal run was the fastest recorded fully electronic 100 metre race up to that date, at 9.95 seconds. [2] Track and Field News has compiled an unofficial list of automatically timed records starting with the 1964 Olympics and Bob Hayes' gold medal performance there. Those marks are included in the progression.
The unofficial "world's fastest man or woman" title typically goes to the Olympic or World 100 metres champion. [3] [4] [5] The 200 metre time almost always yields a "faster" average speed than a 100-metre race time, since the initial slow speed at the start is spread out over the longer distance. [6]
[124] The 2012 women's final was, collectively, the fastest women's 100 m race ever: seven of the eight finalists ran 11 seconds or faster for the first time, with Veronica Campbell-Brown becoming the fastest ever bronze medallist with her time of 10.81 seconds and Tianna Madison becoming the fastest non-medallist with her time of 10.85 seconds ...
Indoor tracks longer than 200 meters are considered "oversized" and times are not accepted for record purposes. Indoor sprint races (50 to 60 meters) are held on level straight-aways. American athletes are successful on an international stage with many American records being at the same time world records.
Time Athlete Date Place Ref. Video Jamaica: 9.58 (+0.9 m/s) Usain Bolt: 16 August 2009: Berlin [1] United States: 9.69 (+2.0 m/s) Tyson Gay: 20 September 2009: Shanghai Kenya: 9.77 A (+1.2 m/s) Ferdinand Omanyala: 18 September 2021: Nairobi [2] Italy: 9.80 (+0.1 m/s) Marcell Jacobs: 1 August 2021: Tokyo [3] South Africa: 9.82 (+1.0 m/s) Akani ...
Sha'Carri Richardson is again one of the fastest women in the world. At the prestigious Doha Diamond League on Friday, Richardson ran the 100-meter race in 10.76 seconds, the fastest time in the ...
Event Time Name Nationality Date Meet Location Ref 50m freestyle: 20.91 ss: César Cielo Brazil 18 December 2009: Brazilian Championships São Paulo, Brazil [9] [10] [11] [12]100m freestyle
Time Name Nation Games Date Ref 50 m freestyle: 21.07 Caeleb Dressel United States (USA) 2020 Tokyo: 1 August 2021 100 m freestyle: ♦46.40 Pan Zhanle China (CHN) 2024 Paris: 31 July 2024 [5] 200 m freestyle: 1:42.96 Michael Phelps United States (USA) 2008 Beijing: 12 August 2008 [6] 400 m freestyle: 3:40.14 Sun Yang China (CHN) 2012 London