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  2. 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

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    Jamaica. The men's 100 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 16. The two main contenders for the event were the reigning World Champion Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt, the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder. Gay entered the competition with a season's best of 9.77 ...

  3. Men's 100 metres world record progression - Wikipedia

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    Records 1912–1976. The first manual time of 9.9 seconds was recorded for Bob Hayes in the final of the 100 metres at the 1964 Olympics. Hayes' official time of 10.0 seconds was determined by rounding down the electronic time of 10.06 to the nearest tenth of a second, giving the appearance of a manual time.

  4. 1500 metres world record progression - Wikipedia

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    1500 metres world record progression. Paavo Nurmi breaks the 1,500 m world record in Helsinki in 1924. The 1500-metre run became a standard racing distance in Europe in the late 19th century, perhaps as a metric version of the mile, a popular running distance since at least the 1850s in English-speaking countries. [1]

  5. 2009 World Championships in Athletics - Wikipedia

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    In the men's 100 metres dash, Usain Bolt broke his own 100 metres sprint world record with a time of 9.58. [citation needed] The defending world champion, Tyson Gay finished second with a time of 9.71, a US national record. [35] Britain's Jessica Ennis won the heptathlon title with a world-leading points score of 6731. [36]

  6. List of United States records in track and field - Wikipedia

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    Contents. List of United States records in track and field. Tyson Gay currently holds the national record for the 100 m. The following are the national records in track and field in the United States. Some of the records are maintained by USA Track & Field (USATF). Outdoor times for track races between 200 meters to 10,000 meters are set on 400 ...

  7. List of world records in masters athletics - Wikipedia

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    Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...

  8. List of world records in athletics - Wikipedia

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    The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders, while the extrapolated best for an Olympic-level athlete (including reacting to a starting gun) is 4.24 by Maurice Greeneat the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. [255][256]Under conventional football timing on a turf field in 2017, Christian Colemanreportedly ran a 4.12.

  9. 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres

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    The men's 1500 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium between 15–19 August. The winning margin was 0.08 seconds, which as of 2024 is the narrowest winning margin in the history of this event. Among the favoured athletes in the event were defending champion Bernard Lagat, European champion Mehdi ...