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9.58 (+0.9 m/s) Usain Bolt: 16 August 2009 World Championships: Berlin, Germany [3] 150 m (bend) 14.44+ (−0.3 m/s) Usain Bolt: 20 August 2009 World Championships: Berlin, Germany [4] 150 m (straight) 14.35 (+1.1 m/s) Usain Bolt: 17 May 2009 Manchester City Games: Manchester, United Kingdom [5] 200 m: 19.19 (−0.3 m/s) Usain Bolt: 20 August ...
With his 200 metres gold medal, Usain Bolt of Jamaica became the youngest World Junior Championships winner at the time. Blanka Vlašić of Croatia won the high jump. Sweden's Carolina Klüft set a new world junior record in the heptathlon.
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Age Ref. Video 100 m: 9.91 A (+0.8 m/s): Letsile Tebogo Botswana 2 August 2022 World U20 Championships: Cali, Colombia : 19 years, 60 days
Several days after Bolt broke the world records in 100 and 200 metres events, Mike Powell, the world record holder in long jump (8.95 metres set in 1991) argued that Bolt could become the first man to jump over 9 metres, the long jump event being "a perfect fit for his speed and height". [158]
Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Age Ref Video 100 m: 9.99 (+0.3 m/s) Bouwahjgie Nkrumie Jamaica 29 March 2023 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships Kingston, Jamaica 18 years, 68 days [1] 200 m: 19.93 (+1.4 m/s) Usain Bolt Jamaica 11 April 2004 CARIFTA Games: Devonshire, Bermuda 17 years, 234 days 400 m: 44.99
The 12th Pan American Junior Athletics Championships were held in Bridgetown, Barbados at the National Stadium on 18–20 July 2003. [1] Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt had the outstanding performance equalling the 200m World Junior record, while the team of the USA dominated the championships gaining 48 medals.
In 2013, Usain Bolt had the world at his feet.
Video 100 m: 9.58 (+0.9 m/s) Usain Bolt Jamaica 16 August 2009 World Championships: Berlin, Germany [1] 200 m: 19.19 (−0.3 m/s) Usain Bolt Jamaica 20 August 2009 World Championships: Berlin, Germany [2] 300 m: 30.69 A: Letsile Tebogo Botswana 17 February 2024 Simbine Curro Classic Shoot-Out Pretoria, South Africa [3] 400 m: 43.03 Wayde van ...