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The two main contenders for the event were the reigning World Champion Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt, the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder. 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.
World record Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58: Berlin, Germany: 16 August 2009 Championship record: World Leading Justin Gatlin (USA) 9.74: Doha, Qatar: 15 May 2015 African Record Olusoji Fasuba (NGR) 9.85: Doha, Qatar 12 May 2006 Asian Record Femi Ogunode (QAT) 9.91: Wuhan, China: 4 June 2015 North, Central American and Caribbean record Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58
Usain St. Leo Bolt was born on 21 August 1986 to parents Wellesley and Jennifer Bolt [10] in Sherwood Content, [17] a small town in Jamaica. Jennifer named her son Usain at the suggestion of her nephew-in-law, who suggested the name as he had a classmate of that name, while Bolt's middle name, St. Leo, was given to him by his aunt. [ 18 ]
In the third semi-final, Christian Coleman surprised the world by beating Bolt with 9.97 to his 9.98, despite it being a semi-final; in doing so, he became the first man in four years to beat Bolt, the last being Gatlin by the same margin (0.01) in an IAAF Diamond League event in Rome. Coleman rocketed out of the start, while Bolt lumbered.
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.)
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]
World record Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.30: Beijing, China: 20 August 2008 Championship record Tyson Gay (USA) 19.76: Osaka, Japan: 30 August 2007 World leading Tyson Gay (USA) 19.58: New York, United States: 30 May 2009 African record Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 19.68: Atlanta, United States 1 August 1996 Asian Record Shingo Suetsugu (JPN) 20.03 ...
The men's world record has been improved upon twelve times since electronic timing became mandatory in 1977. [15] The current men's world record of 9.58 s is held by Usain Bolt of Jamaica, set at the 2009 World Athletics Championships final in Berlin, Germany on 16 August 2009, breaking his own previous world record by 0.11 s. [16]