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The first manual time of 9.9 seconds was recorded for Bob Hayes in the final of the 100 metres at the 1964 Olympics. Hayes' official time of 10.0 seconds was determined by rounding down the electronic time of 10.06 to the nearest tenth of a second, giving the appearance of a manual time.
All of these factors make track and "football 40" performances essentially impossible to compare. The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders, while the extrapolated best for an Olympic-level athlete (including reacting to a starting gun) is 4.24 by Maurice Greene at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.
The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the 100-meter (109.36 yd) dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics.
[124] The 2012 women's final was, collectively, the fastest women's 100 m race ever: seven of the eight finalists ran 11 seconds or faster for the first time, with Veronica Campbell-Brown becoming the fastest ever bronze medallist with her time of 10.81 seconds and Tianna Madison becoming the fastest non-medallist with her time of 10.85 seconds ...
10.54 (+1.3 m/s) Mangar Chuot: 9 November 2012 Perth Palestine: 10.55 (−0.3 m/s) Mohammed Abukhousa: 6 July 2014: Strasbourg Montenegro: 10.55 (+0.3 m/s) Luka Rakić: 13 June 2015: Celje [96] Tonga: 10.56 (+1.7 m/s) Toluta'u Koula: 29 November 1996: Townsville [91] Guinea: 10.56 (±0.0 m/s) Joseph Loua: 1 May 1997: L'Aigle Albania: 10.56 (+1. ...
Team USA's Noah Lyles celebrates after winning the men's 100-m final at the Paris Olympics on August 4, 2024. ... the favorite in the 200 m that year as he had run the world’s fastest time of ...
British sprinter Louie Hinchliffe becomes first European to win men’s 100m title at NCAA Championships ... a lifetime best time of 9.95 seconds and ... sixth-fastest British man of all time over ...
August 3, 2021 Olympic Games: Tokyo, Japan [9] 3000 m steeplechase: 8:00.45 Evan Jager: Nike July 4, 2015 Meeting Areva: Saint-Denis, France [10] High jump: 2.40 m (7 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Charles Austin: Unattached August 7, 1991 Weltklasse Zürich: Zürich, Switzerland Pole vault: 6.07 m KC Lightfoot: Puma: June 3, 2023 Music City Track Festival