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PHOTO: Noah Lyles of the U.S crosses the finish line to win the men's 100m final at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Aug. 4, 2024. (Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images) Lyles was the defending world ...
This was the thirtieth time that the men's 100 metres was contested at the Summer Olympics.Interestingly the final contained 6 men who had recorded top-25 all-time records in the 100m, making this final one of the most tightly contested in history, as the difference between the fastest man in the field Fred Kerley (9.76) and the slowest Kenny Bednarek (9.87) was only 0.11 seconds.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 100m Final - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 04, 2024. Noah Lyles of United States crosses the line to win gold. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian TPX ...
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 ]
USA's Noah Lyles celebrates after winning the men's 100m final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 4, 2024.
The photo finish revealed Tebogo in second, one one thousandth ahead of Hughes for bronze with Seville only three thousandths behind him. Tebogo's version of 9.88 improved on his own Botswana national record for the seventh time; his silver medal was the first won by an African man in the 100m at the world championships.
Day 9 of the 2024 Paris Olympics provided a 100 meters race for the ages, world records for U.S. swimmers, and Olympic gold for stars who have achieved championship greatness elsewhere.
The first record in the 100 metres for men was recognised by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics, in 1912. As of 21 June 2011 [update] , the IAAF had ratified 67 records in the event, not including rescinded records.