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Michael Duane Johnson (born September 13, 1967) is an American retired sprinter who became Olympic Champion four times, and World Champion eight times in the span of his career. [2] He held the world and Olympic records in the 200 m and 400 m , as well as the world record in the indoor 400 m.
For approximately one decade, Michael Johnson held the world records in the 200 meters, 400 meters and indoor 400 meters, as well as the world's best time in the 300 meters and the world record for the 4 by 400 meter relay. He is still a world record holder for the 4 x 400 meter relay.
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-meter unbanked tracks.
This record stood for 11 years, 9 days and was broken by Michael Johnson (43.18) in August 1999; Wayde van Niekerk broke Michael Johnson's record in 2016 in a time of 43.03. As of December 2024 [update] , over 36 years after running 43.29, in addition to holding the third fastest time ever, he is one of only 8 athletes to run a sub-43.50 race.
The league also announced it had signed world-record hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Sprinting great Michael Johnson is launching a track league that looks to assemble nearly 100 of the sport's ...
[82] [83] Michael Johnson, the 200 m and 400 m record holder, personally backed the sprinter, saying that he did not believe that a lack of experience would work against him. [84] Bolt qualified for the 100 m final with times of 9.92 s and 9.85 s in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively. [85] [86] [87]
For Fredericks and Boldon, this was the first of two events where they both medaled behind a world record setting run; Fredericks took silver and Boldon bronze in the 200 metre event where Michael Johnson ran 19.32 to win. At first Bailey who was going to be the eventual winner did not get a great start. Mitchell and Boldon got terrific starts.
She concluded her very successful season with wins, refreshing meet records at both the Meeting de Paris and Weltklasse Zürich Diamond League's final with times of 10.72 s and 10.65 s respectively to take her third Diamond Trophy. [36] [37] As of the end of the season, Thompson-Herah held three records in the all-time top 10 marks women's ...