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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.
5000 m race walk (track) 20:13.69 Oscar Patín Ecuador 11 October 2018 2018 Games: Buenos Aires, Argentina [10] 10000 m race walk (track) 42:03.64 Minoru Onogawa Japan 24 August 2014 2014 Games: Nanjing, China
100m hurdles (83.8 cm) 12.84 (+1.2 m/s) Tia Jones: 25 June 2016 United States Junior Championships Clovis, United States 15 years, 291 days [26] 400 m hurdles: 54.15 Sydney McLaughlin: 10 July 2016 United States Olympic Trials: Eugene, United States 16 years, 338 days [27] High jump: 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Vashti Cunningham: 1 August 2015 Edmonton ...
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.
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Men's 100 metres at the 2017 World Championships A scene of the final Venue Olympic Stadium Dates 4 August (preliminary round & heats) 5 August (semi-final & final) Competitors 60 from 45 nations Winning time 9.92 Medalists Justin Gatlin United States Christian Coleman United States Usain Bolt Jamaica ← 2015 2019 → Video on YouTube Official Video Events at the 2017 World Championships ...
The final was run in "fine" weather, with a tailwind of just over a metre per second. [7] Hayes ran on lane one, which had been damaged by competitors in the men's 10,000 metres and the men's 20 km walk. Nevertheless, his "margin of victory was described by Track & Field News as 'insulting to an Olympic final field.'" [3]
The semi-finals were dominated by world leader Christian Coleman, who was allowed to compete despite missing three doping tests in the year due to a technicality, [2] and blasted a 9.88 while no other qualifiers broke 10.