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Several days after Bolt broke the world records in 100 and 200 metres events, Mike Powell, the world record holder in long jump (8.95 metres set in 1991) argued that Bolt could become the first man to jump over 9 metres, the long jump event being "a perfect fit for his speed and height". [158]
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.)
Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed 7 times indoors by two different men since 2000, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2025 with a 6.27 m mark.
Gay entered the competition with a season's best of 9.77 seconds (an American record) while Bolt's season's best was 9.79 seconds. Four other competitors had broken the 10-second barrier during the last months before the World Championship: former world record holder Asafa Powell , Olympic finalist Churandy Martina and emerging sprinters Daniel ...
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 .
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. [108]
Usain Bolt Jamaica: Set a world record time of 36.84 in the final. [17] 11 August 2012: Modern Pentathlon – Men's: Nicola Benedetti Italy: Set a world record time of 9:23.63 in the running element. [18] 12 August 2012: Modern Pentathlon – Women's: Anastasiya Prokopenko Belarus: Set a world record time of 10:20.90 in the running element. [19]
Usain Bolt: 20 August 2009 World Championships: Berlin, Germany [4] 150 m (straight) 14.35 (+1.1 m/s) Usain Bolt: 17 May 2009 Manchester City Games: Manchester, United Kingdom [5] 200 m: 19.19 (−0.3 m/s) Usain Bolt: 20 August 2009 World Championships: Berlin, Germany [6] 300 m: 30.97 Usain Bolt: 27 May 2010 Golden Spike Ostrava: Ostrava ...