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The men's world record has been broken or equalled at the competition three times: by Carl Lewis in 1987 and 1991, and by Usain Bolt in 2009. [1] Ben Johnson beat Lewis in the 1987 final, but his win and record were subsequently rescinded after his admission to long-term steroid use . [ 2 ]
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.
All of these factors make track and "football 40" performances essentially impossible to compare. 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.
1 World records. Toggle World records subsection ... Athletics records progressions outline the lineage and improvement of the best ... Track events. 50 metres ; 60 ...
The World Athletics Championships is a biennial event which began in 1983. Organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the World Championships are a competition comprising track and field athletics events available to male and female athletes from any of the IAAF's 213 member federations.
0–9. 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres; 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres; 1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
1970: Eric Bigby 1971: Eric Bigby 1972: Laurie D'Arcy (NZL) 1973: David Stokes 1974: Graham Haskell 1975: Graham Haskell 1976: Greg Lewis 1977: Paul Narracott 1978: Paul Narracott
The World Athletics Championships, ... 50+1= 34+1= 31+1= 21: 111: 1381 ... when the US team set a time of 3:08.80. World records have become less common as the ...