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The first world record in the 100 m for men (athletics) was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912[1].
World record progression for the men's 100 m
Manual timing |
Time |
Athlete |
Nat |
Location of race |
Date |
10.6 |
Don Lippincott |
USA |
Stockholm, Sweden |
July 6, 1912 |
Jackson Scholz |
USA |
September 16, 1920 |
10.4 |
Charlie Paddock |
USA |
Redlands, California, USA |
April 23, 1921 |
Eddie Tolan |
USA |
Stockholm, Sweden |
August 8, 1929 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
August 25, 1929 |
10.3 |
Percy Williams |
CAN |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
August 9, 1930 |
Arthur Jonath |
GER |
Bochum, Germany |
July 5, 1932 |
Eddie Tolan |
USA |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
August 1, 1932 |
Ralph Metcalfe |
USA |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
August 1, 1932 |
Ralph Metcalfe |
USA |
Budapest, Hungary |
August 12, 1933 |
Eulace Peacock |
USA |
Oslo, Norway |
August 6, 1934 |
Chris Berger |
NED |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
August 26, 1934 |
Ralph Metcalfe |
USA |
Osaka, Japan |
September 15, 1934 |
Dairen, China |
September 23, 1934 |
Takanori Yoshioka |
JPN |
Tokyo, Japan |
June 15, 1935 |
10.2 |
Jesse Owens |
USA |
Chicago, Illinois, USA |
June 20, 1936 |
Harold Davis |
USA |
Compton, California, USA |
June 6, 1941 |
Lloyd LaBeach |
PAN |
Fresno, California, USA |
May 15, 1948 |
Barney Ewell |
USA |
Evanston, Illinois, USA |
July 9, 1948 |
Emmanuel McDonald Bailey |
GBR |
Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
August 25, 1951 |
Heinz Fütterer |
FRG |
Yokohama, Japan |
October 31, 1954 |
Bobby Joe Morrow |
USA |
Houston, Texas, USA |
May 19, 1956 |
Ira Murchison |
USA |
Compton, California, USA |
June 1, 1956 |
Bobby Joe Morrow |
USA |
Bakersfield, California, USA |
June 22, 1956 |
Ira Murchison |
USA |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
June 29, 1956 |
Bobby Joe Morrow |
USA |
10.1 |
Willie Williams |
USA |
Berlin, Germany |
August 3, 1956 |
Ira Murchison |
USA |
|
August 4, 1956 |
Leamon King |
USA |
Ontario, California, USA |
October 20, 1956 |
Santa Ana, California, USA |
October 27, 1956 |
Ray Norton |
USA |
San Jose, California, USA |
April 18, 1959 |
10.0 |
Armin Hary |
FRG |
Zürich, Switzerland |
June 21, 1960 |
Harry Jerome |
CAN |
Saskatoon, Canada |
July 15, 1960 |
Horacio Esteves |
VEN |
Caracas, Venezuela |
August 15, 1964 |
Bob Hayes |
USA |
Tokyo, Japan |
October 15, 1964 |
Jim Hines |
USA |
Modesto, California, USA |
May 27, 1967 |
Enrique Figuerola |
CUB |
Budapest, Hungary |
June 17, 1967 |
Paul Nash |
RSA |
Krugersdorp, South Africa |
April 2, 1968 |
Oliver Ford |
USA |
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA |
May 31, 1968 |
Charles Greene |
USA |
Sacramento, California, USA |
June 20, 1968 |
Roger Bambuck |
FRA |
9.9 |
Jim Hines |
USA |
Ronnie Ray Smith |
USA |
Charles Greene |
USA |
Steve Williams |
USA |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
June 21, 1972 |
Eddie Hart |
USA |
Eugene, Oregon, USA |
July 1, 1972 |
Reynaud Robinson |
USA |
Silvio Leonard |
CUB |
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia |
June 5, 1975 |
Steve Williams |
USA |
Siena, Italy |
July 16, 1975 |
Berlin, Germany |
August 22, 1975 |
Gainesville, Florida, USA |
March 27, 1976 |
Harvey Glance |
USA |
Columbia, South Carolina, USA |
April 3, 1976 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA |
May 1, 1976 |
Don Quarrie |
JAM |
Modesto, California, USA |
May 22, 1976 |
Electronic timing |
Time |
Athlete |
Nat |
Location of race |
Date |
9.95 |
Jim Hines |
USA |
Mexico City, Mexico |
October 14, 1968 |
9.93 |
Calvin Smith |
USA |
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA |
July 3, 1983 |
Carl Lewis |
USA |
Rome, Italy |
August 30, 1987 |
Zurich, Switzerland |
August 17, 1988 |
9.92 |
Carl Lewis |
USA |
Seoul, South Korea |
September 24, 1988 |
9.90 |
Leroy Burrell |
USA |
New York, New York, USA |
June 14, 1991 |
9.86 |
Carl Lewis |
USA |
Tokyo, Japan |
August 25, 1991 |
9.85 |
Leroy Burrell |
USA |
Lausanne, Switzerland |
July 6, 1994 |
9.84 |
Donovan Bailey |
CAN |
Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
July 27, 1996 |
9.79 |
Maurice Greene |
USA |
Athens, Greece |
June 16, 1999 |
9.77 |
Asafa Powell |
JAM |
Athens, Greece |
June 14, 2005 |
Asafa Powell[2] |
JAM |
Gateshead, England |
June 11, 2006 |
Asafa Powell |
JAM |
Zurich, Switzerland |
August 18, 2006 |
[edit] Record Discrepancies
- Jim Thorpe was rumored to have run the 100 m dash in 10.0 at the 1912 Olympics, but this has never been verified.
- Ben Johnson's times of 9.83 on 30 August 1987 and 9.79 on 24 September 1988 were disallowed following disqualification for banned drug use. Johnson's 9.83 record was rescinded as of January 1, 1990 following his admission under oath that he took banned drugs. His 9.79 time was never ratified for a record.
- Tim Montgomery's time of 9.78 from 14 September 2002 was disallowed following disqualification for banned drug use. By the time the mark was disallowed, it had been surpassed by Asafa Powell.
- Justin Gatlin was briefly credited with an outright world record time of 9.76 from 12 May 2006 until 17 May 2006. But the IAAF ratified the record as 9.77 as his time of 9.766 had erroneously been rounded down to the nearest hundredth instead of rounded up. This time made Gatlin co-world record holder for a time with Asafa Powell, but was later disallowed due to Gatlin's failed drug test at the Kansas Relays in April 2006.
- ^ In 1896, at the inaugural Olympics in Athens, Greece, Tom Burke ran a twelve second hundred metres - the earliest 'record'. However, this was before the 1912 recognition of records.
- ^ Powell equals World 100m record – 9.77 – first quotes Sunday 11 June 2006
[edit] See also