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Bolt's personal best of 9.58 seconds in 2009 in the 100 metres is the fastest ever run. [338] Bolt also holds the second fastest time of 9.63 seconds, [88] the current Olympic record, [90] and set two previous world records in the event. Bolt's personal best of 19.19 s in the 200 metres is the world record.
The current record of 19.19 seconds was set by Usain Bolt at the 2009 World ... The electronic time was 20.36 seconds, which was the fastest auto time to that date. ...
Bolt's time of 19.32 was coincidentally the time he had beaten when he first broke the 200 metres world record at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, set by Michael Johnson at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics 200 metres. [4] As of December 2023, Blake's time of 19.44 seconds remains the fastest non-winning time in history.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt won his third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 100 meters with a time of 9.81 seconds.
That mark tied Usain Bolt's career record. Lyles' time also ranked third-fastest in the event behind Bolt's world record of 19.19 seconds from 2009 and Yohan Blake's 19.26 from 2011..
Usain Bolt was the second athlete after Carl Lewis (1984, 1988) to retain the men's 100m championship. His winning time was the second fastest time ever behind his own world record. Yohan Blake finished second in 9.75 seconds. Blake's time was the fastest ever not to win a gold medal.
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.
All About Usain Bolt's World Records — and the Olympians Looking to Beat Them. After coming in with the fourth-fastest time in the heats, Gout raced again on Friday, running the final in 10.17 ...