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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.
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 ...
[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 ...
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. [242] [243] Under conventional football timing on a turf field in 2017, Christian Coleman reportedly ran a 4.12 ...
The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the 100-meter (109.36 yd) dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... Time Athlete Date Place Ref. ... 30 June 2011: Lausanne [33]
12.30 (−0.2 m/s) Tobi Amusan Nigeria 7 August 2022 2022 Birmingham [30] 400 m hurdles: 53.82 Jana Pittman Australia 23 March 2006 2006 Melbourne: 3000 m steeplechase: 9:15.68 Jackline Chepkoech Kenya 5 August 2022 2022 Birmingham [31] High jump: 1.96 m Hestrie Cloete South Africa 30 July 2002 2002 Manchester: Pole vault: 4.75 m Alysha Newman ...
Time Athlete Nationality Venue Date 10.07 Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union: Munich, West Germany 31 August 1972 10.01 Pietro Mennea Italy: Mexico City, Mexico 14 September 1979 10.00 Marian Woronin Poland: Warsaw, Poland 9 June 1984 9.97 Linford Christie United Kingdom: Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1988 9.92 Linford Christie United Kingdom: Tokyo ...