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  2. Usain Bolt - Wikipedia

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    Gay finished with a time of 9.71 s, 0.02 s off Bolt's 9.69 s world-record run in Beijing. [144] [145] Bolt addresses the press in the Mixed Zone at the 2009 IAAF World Championships. Although Gay withdrew from the second race of the competition, Bolt once again produced world record-breaking time in the 200 metres final.

  3. Men's 100 metres world record progression - Wikipedia

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    The following progression of low-altitude records therefore starts with Hines's low-altitude "record" when the IAAF started to recognise only electronic timing in 1977, and continues to Lewis's low-altitude performance that equalled the high-altitude world record in 1987. (Ben Johnson's 9.95 run in 1986 and 9.83 run in 1987 are omitted.)

  4. 100 metres - Wikipedia

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    The men's world record is 9.58 seconds, set by Jamaica's Usain Bolt in 2009, while the women's world record is 10.49 seconds, set by American Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988. [ a ] The unofficial "world's fastest man or woman" title typically goes to the Olympic or World 100 metres champion .

  5. 2009 World Championships in Athletics - Wikipedia

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    In the men's 200 metres, Usain Bolt broke his own world record with a time of 19.19 seconds. Alonso Edward of Panama won silver with a national record of 19.81.

  6. 10-second barrier - Wikipedia

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    The men's 100 metres final at the 2008 Summer Olympics saw a world record and six men clear ten seconds (equalling the number from the 1991 World Championships). Only two months into the start of the outdoor track season, 2011 became a record-breaking year as fifteen men ran under ten seconds between April and June. [ 10 ]

  7. Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

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    The result was a new world record of 9.72 seconds. While Bolt's slow starts were seen as a liability, his speed once moving was difficult for other athletes to match. Bolt achieved the fastest times in both the quarterfinal and semi-final rounds, while injured Gay and Obikwelu were eliminated.

  8. Footspeed - Wikipedia

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    The record is 44.72 km/h (27.78 mph), measured between meter 60 and meter 80 of the 100 meters sprint at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics by Usain Bolt. [4] [5] (Bolt's average speed over the course of this race was 37.578 km/h or 23.35 mph.) [6] Compared to quadrupedal animals, humans are exceptionally capable of endurance, but incapable of great speed. [7]

  9. Tyson Gay - Wikipedia

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    He surprised the Olympic and World champion with a resounding victory, beating him with 9.84 to Bolt's 9.97 seconds. This was only the second time Bolt had lost a 100 m final – the first occurring in July 2008 against Powell (also at Stockholm Olympic Stadium). Gay broke Powell's stadium record and earned a one carat diamond for the feat. [107]