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  2. 100 metres at the Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The Olympic 100 m finals, particularly the men's, are among the most popular events from any sport at the Olympics – the 2012 Olympic men's 100 metres final was the most watched event at the London Games by British audiences (with 20 million television viewers) [134] while in the United States that event was the third-most viewed Olympic clip.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 ...

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

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    Wyomia Tyus's 1968 Olympic gold medal performance and Renate Stecher's 1972 Olympic championship win, both in 11.07, were the fastest recorded fully electronic 100-metre races to that time and were ratified as world records. However, Tyus's 11.07 was later adjusted to 11.08. [1]

  6. Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

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    This was the twenty-third time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. For the first time, all three medalists from the previous Games (Great Britain's Linford Christie, Namibia's Frankie Fredericks, and the United States's Dennis Mitchell) returned.

  7. How Alfred went from breaking point to Olympic 100m gold

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    Julien Alfred won Olympic 100m gold and 200m silver at Paris 2024 - but earlier this year, St Lucia's history-maker feared she would not make it to the Games.

  8. Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

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    Jim Hines had a time of 9.9 seconds (hand-timed) or 9.95 seconds (auto-timed) in the final. This equalled the world record and set a new Olympic record, which were measured by hand-timing at that point. The 9.95 second time was recognized as the initial world record for electronic timed results when the IAAF changed its records rules in 1977.

  9. Pan Zhanle sets new world record in the 100-meter freestyle ...

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    It was the first world record to be broken in the pool at these Paris Olympic Games. The first-time Olympian posted a 46.40, shaving .40 seconds off the previous world record 46.80 he set earlier ...