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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.
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. [250] [251] 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.
Indoor tracks longer than 200 meters are considered "oversized" and times are not accepted for record purposes. Indoor sprint races (50 to 60 meters) are held on level straight-aways. American athletes are successful on an international stage with many American records being at the same time world records.
The first world record in the 4 x 100 metres relay for men was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics, in 1912. To June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 35 world records in the event.
4 May 1996 Athens Chile: 10.10 (+2.0 m/s) Sebastián Keitel: 26 April 1998: São Leopoldo: 10.10 (+1.0 m/s) Sebastián Keitel: 17 July 1998: Lisbon Cyprus: 10.11 (+1.5 m/s) Yiannis Zisimides: 25 May 1996: Rethymno Greece: 10.11 (+1.4 m/s) Angelos Pavlakakis: 2 August 1997: Athens Lesotho: 10.11 (+1.4 m/s) Mosito Lehata: 12 April 2015: Réduit ...
The result makes him the sixth-fastest British man of all time over 100 meters, 0.12 seconds behind Zharnel Hughes’ national record set last year. ... 95 seconds puts him among the 10 fastest ...
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 ...