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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.
[124] The 2012 women's final was, collectively, the fastest women's 100 m race ever: seven of the eight finalists ran 11 seconds or faster for the first time, with Veronica Campbell-Brown becoming the fastest ever bronze medallist with her time of 10.81 seconds and Tianna Madison becoming the fastest non-medallist with her time of 10.85 seconds ...
The unofficial "world's fastest man or woman" title typically goes to the Olympic or World 100 metres champion. [3] [4] [5] The 200 metre time almost always yields a "faster" average speed than a 100-metre race time, since the initial slow speed at the start is spread out over the longer distance. [6]
10.00 (+2.0 m/s) Marian Woronin: 9 June 1984: Warsaw Germany: 10.01 (+1.8 m/s) Julian Reus: 29 July 2016: Mannheim [34] Panama: 10.01 (−0.7 m/s) Alonso Edward: 6 June 2018: Cochabamba [35] Belgium: 10.02 (+1.2 m/s) Ronald Desruelles: 11 May 1985: Naimette-Xhovémont Zambia: 10.03 (+1.5 m/s) Gerald Phiri: 10 May 2014: Clermont Bahrain: 10.03 ...
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 ...
Australian teenage sprinting sensation Gout Gout recorded the fourth-fastest under-18 100m time in history on Friday, clocking in at 10.04 seconds at the All-Schools Athletics Championships in ...
Time Name Nation Games Date Ref 50 m freestyle: 21.07 Caeleb Dressel United States (USA) 2020 Tokyo: 1 August 2021 100 m freestyle: ♦46.40 Pan Zhanle China (CHN) 2024 Paris: 31 July 2024 [5] 200 m freestyle: 1:42.96 Michael Phelps United States (USA) 2008 Beijing: 12 August 2008 [6] 400 m freestyle: 3:40.14 Sun Yang China (CHN) 2012 London
Sha’Carri Richardson ran the fastest women’s 100m time of the year on Thursday at the US Championships in Eugene, Oregon.