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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.
The first record in the 100 metres for men was recognised by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics, in 1912. As of 21 June 2011 [update] , the IAAF had ratified 67 records in the event, not including rescinded records.
The 100 m is usually held at the beginning of the Olympic athletics programme as this allows athletes to compete in other events held later at the games – many 100 m athletes also compete in the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay events. [8] Traditionally there are four rounds of competition: heats, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals.
Noah Lyles, of the United States, in lane seven, wins the men's 100-meter final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France.
American sprinter Noah Lyles won the gold in the 100 meters at the Paris Olympics in a photo finish, edging out Jamaican Kishane Thompson for gold and taking the title of the world's fastest man ...
Lyles, the first American to win gold in the Olympic 100 meters since Justin Gatlin in 2004, had edged Thompson by five-thousandths of a second, with Kerley immediately behind in 9.81.
Carmelita Jeter winning the 2011 women's 100 m world title. The 100 metres at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. It is the second most prestigious 100 m title after the 100 metres at the Olympics. The competition format typically has two or three qualifying rounds ...
PARIS — Noah Lyles didn't hesitate when asked what inspired his epic victory in Sunday night's impossibly close, impossibly dramatic Olympic men's 100 meters final.. The newly crowned world's ...