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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.
All of these factors make track and "football 40" performances essentially impossible to compare. The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders, while the extrapolated best for an Olympic-level athlete (including reacting to a starting gun) is 4.24 by Maurice Greene at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.
The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the 100-meter (109.36 yd) dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics.
The University of Houston sophomore recorded a lifetime best time of 9.95 seconds and became ... the sixth-fastest British man of all time over 100 meters, 0.12 seconds behind Zharnel Hughes ...
February 3, 2018 Millrose Games: New York City, United States [4] [204] Distance medley relay: 10:33.85 Heather MacLean 3:14.92 (1200m) Kendall Ellis 52.04 (400m) Roisin Willis 2:03.29 (800m) Elle Purrier St. Pierre 4:23.60 (1600m) New Balance TC 15 April 2022 Night at The Track Boston, United States [205]
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 ...
Italy's Marcell Jacobs showed that he is the new fastest man in the world, winning the men's 100m final at the Tokyo Olympics. Tokyo Olympics: Marcell Jacobs 1st Italian to win men's 100m Skip to ...
The championship records for the event are 9.58 seconds for men, set by Usain Bolt in 2009, and 10.65 seconds for women, set by Sha'Carri Richardson in 2023. The men's world record has been broken or equalled at the competition three times: by Carl Lewis in 1987 and 1991, and by Usain Bolt in 2009. [ 1 ]