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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.
[119] [120] [121] National records and personal bests are frequently improved at the event by sprinters from large and small nations alike, as most elite athletes aim to reach peak race fitness for the Olympics. [122] [123] The 2024 men's final was the fastest 100-meter race in history, collectively: all eight men ran under 9.91 seconds.
As of 16 September 2024, this is the fastest time into such a strong headwind. Lyles set a new 100m personal best time of 9.81 s at the London Diamond League on July 20, 2024. [54] He won the 100 m at the 2024 Olympics with a new personal best of 9.784, giving a 0.005 second margin over Jamaica's Kishane Thompson (9.789).
For the 10,000 metres, combined events (men's decathlon and women's heptathlon) and racewalking, the qualification period ran from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024. [ 8 ] In the marathon races, any runner ranked higher than the sixty-fifth-place athlete on the filtered Quota Place "Road to Paris" list on 30 January 2024, was deemed eligible for ...
Men's 100 metre freestyle: Final: Pan Zhanle China: 46.92 r: 27 July: OR [55] 1 Men's 400 metre individual medley: Final: Léon Marchand France: 4:02.95: 28 July: OR [56] 2 Men's 800 metre freestyle: Final: Daniel Wiffen Ireland: 7:38.19: 30 July: OR [57] 4 Men's 200 metre butterfly: Final: Léon Marchand France: 1:51.21: 31 July: OR [58] 5 Men ...
For the men's 4 x 100 metres relay event, fourteen teams qualified through the 2024 World Athletics Relays. The remaining two spots were awarded to the teams with the highest ranking on the World Athletics Top List. The qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. [8]
The Men's 100m athletics events for the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place at the Stade de France from 30 August to 7 September 2024. A total of 16 events were contested over the distance. T11 and T12 events were hosted over three rounds, in order to accommodate sighted guides, while the T51 event was held as a straight final.
The Olympic records for the event were both set at the 2012 Olympic Games in London: the Jamaican men's team ran 36.84 seconds and the American women's team won with 40.82 seconds, both of them world records. The men's world record has been broken and equalled at the Olympics on numerous occasions. The record was set at six consecutive editions ...