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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.
Gay finished with a time of 9.71 s, 0.02 s off Bolt's 9.69 s world-record run in Beijing. [144] [145] Bolt addresses the press in the Mixed Zone at the 2009 IAAF World Championships. Although Gay withdrew from the second race of the competition, Bolt once again produced world record-breaking time in the 200 metres final.
The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 and 16 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] 80 athletes from 64 nations competed. [2]Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
Usain St. Leo Bolt (/ ˈ juː s eɪ n /; born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican retired sprinter who is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He is an eight-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay.
The men's world record has been improved upon twelve times since electronic timing became mandatory in 1977. [17] 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. [18]
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.)
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]
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 ...