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He broke Houston McTear's seven-year-old world record in the 60 metres in 1986, with a time of 6.50 seconds. [3] He also won Commonwealth gold at the 1986 games in Edinburgh, beating Linford Christie for the 100 metres title with a time of 10.07. Johnson also led the Canadian 4x100 metres relay team to gold, and won a bronze in the 200 metres.
Record Athlete High School Name High School Location Meet Location Meet Name Date Ref 100 y: 9.30 (+0.9 m/s) Houston McTear: Baker High School Baker, Florida: Winter Park, Florida: FHSAA State Meet (prelim) May 9, 1975 [2] 100 m: 10.00 (+1.6 m/s) Trentavis Friday: Cherryville High School: Cherryville, North Carolina: Eugene, Oregon: USATF ...
The men's 100 meters at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea saw world champion Ben Johnson of Canada defeat defending Olympic champion Carl Lewis of the United States in a world record time of 9.79, breaking his own record of 9.83 that he had set at the 1987 World Championships in Rome.
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Benjamin Washington Johnson (1914–1992) was an American sprinter who was considered a serious rival to Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens.Known as the "Columbia Comet", Johnson was the United States champion at 100 yards in 1938, but injuries and the outbreak of the Second World War denied him a chance to compete in the Olympics.
Results from this year's Vermont high school decathlon state championships at Burlington's D.G. Weaver ... Brueck also toppled event records in the 400-meter dash (59.04 seconds) and long jump (17 ...
100 meters, 200 meters, ... Lewis broke the high school long jump record with a leap of 8.13 ... Though Ben Johnson's 9.79 s time was never ratified as a world record ...
Among other titles, Hawkins set a world record in the 100-meter dash at the 2017 National Senior Games. Two years later, at the 2019 National Senior Games, Hawkins won gold medals in both the 50 ...