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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.
The championship records for the event are 9.58 seconds for men, set by Usain Bolt in 2009, and 10.65 seconds for women, set by Sha'Carri Richardson in 2023. The men's world record has been broken or equalled at the competition three times: by Carl Lewis in 1987 and 1991, and by Usain Bolt in 2009. [ 1 ]
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.
Asian Record Su Bingtian (CHN) 9.83: Tokyo, Japan: 1 August 2021 North, Central American and Caribbean record Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58: Berlin, Germany: 16 August 2009 South American Record Issamade Asinga (SUR) 9.89: São Paulo, Brazil: 28 July 2023 European Record Marcell Jacobs (ITA) 9.80: Tokyo, Japan: 1 August 2021 Oceanian record Patrick ...
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]
World records (current olympic events only) as of 13 October 2024. ... Record (Year) 100 metres: Usain Bolt: 9.58 (2009) Florence Griffith Joyner: 10.49 (1988) 200 ...
The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (German: Leichtathletik-Weltmeisterschaften 2009) were held in Berlin, Germany from 15 to 23 August 2009.The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate.
North, Central American and Caribbean record Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58: Berlin, Germany: 16 August 2009 South American Record Robson da Silva (BRA) 10.00A: Mexico City, Mexico: 22 July 1988 European Record Francis Obikwelu (POR) 9.86: Athens, Greece: 22 August 2004 Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) Saint-Denis, France: 4 July 2015 Montreuil-sous-Bois, France: 7 ...