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  2. Men's 100 metres world record progression - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. 100 metres - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of 100 metres national champions (men) - Wikipedia

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    (Top) 1 Argentina. 2 Australia. 3 The Bahamas. 4 Barbados. 5 Belarus. 6 ... Below a list of all national champions in the men's 100 metres in track and field from ...

  5. Kenichi Ito (athlete) - Wikipedia

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    Kenichi Ito (Japanese: いとう けんいち, Hepburn: Itō Ken'ichi, real name: 伊藤 健一; born 8 May 1982) is a Japanese athlete from Tokyo.He holds the Guinness World Record for running 100 meters on all four limbs, setting a best time of 15.71 seconds in the Komazawa Olympic Park in Tokyo, 6 November 2015, shaving 0.15 seconds off the previous record of 15.86 seconds by Katsumi ...

  6. Richard Thompson (sprinter) - Wikipedia

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    Richard "Torpedo" Thompson (born 7 June 1985) [3] is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 100 metres.His personal best of 9.82 seconds, set in June 2014, was one of the top ten fastest of all time, and a national record.

  7. List of Olympic records in athletics - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. List of world records in athletics - Wikipedia

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    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. [251] [252] Under conventional football timing on a turf field in 2017, Christian Coleman reportedly ran a 4.12 ...

  9. 100 metres at the Olympics - Wikipedia

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    [124] The 2012 women's final was, collectively, the fastest women's 100 m race ever: seven of the eight finalists ran 11 seconds or faster for the first time, with Veronica Campbell-Brown becoming the fastest ever bronze medallist with her time of 10.81 seconds and Tianna Madison becoming the fastest non-medallist with her time of 10.85 seconds ...