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

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    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.

  3. 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 Greene at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. [246] [247] Under conventional football timing on a turf field in 2017, Christian Coleman reportedly ran a 4.12 ...

  4. 100 metres - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. National records in the 100 metres - Wikipedia

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  6. 100 metres at the Olympics - Wikipedia

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    [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 ...

  7. Women's 100 metres world record progression - Wikipedia

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    The "Wind" column in the table below indicates the wind assistance in metres per second. 2.0 m/s is the current maximum allowable, and a negative value indicates that the mark was set against a headwind. the "Auto" column indicates a fully automatic time that was also recorded in the event when hand-timed marks were used for official records, or which was the basis for the official mark ...

  8. List of Olympic records in athletics - Wikipedia

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    Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...

  9. List of world records in swimming - Wikipedia

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    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