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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.)
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
Christian Coleman breaking the 60 m world record. In 2023, World Athletics decided to introduce the new term 'short track' to replace the previous term 'indoor' to describe events and performances that are set on a 200m track. [169] For track and combined events, the term "indoor world records" were changed to "short track world records".
Below a list of all national champions in the men's 100 metres in track and field from several countries since 1970 ... Keith Holder; 1971: - 1972: Hasely Crawford ...
Richardson is also the first American 100-meter world champion in six years. Before Richardson, the late Tori Bowie was the last U.S. sprinter to bring home the 100-meter gold from worlds in 2017.
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 ...
The World record progression 100 metres is split by gender: Men's 100 metres world record progression; Women's 100 metres world record progression
The world record, African record, and European record were broken by Carl Lewis, Frankie Fredericks, and Linford Christie, respectively. The then world record holder Leroy Burrell also bettered his previous mark of 9.90 seconds while Ray Stewart set the Jamaican record for the event. [1]