The 100 meter sprint is
deemed the premier event as the Olympic or World Championship
100 meter winner is deemed the world's fastest.
The first sub-10 second 100 meter race was run in 1968 by
Jim Hines. Carl Lewis broke the 9.90 barrier in 1991 and
Maurice Green broke the 9.80 barrier in 1999. The current
official 100 meter world record is held by Jamaican sensation
Usain Bolt of 9.58 set in the 2009 World Championships.
Expect this amazing sprinter to lower that figure in
the near future...
Sprinting phenom Usain Bolt smashes his
own 100 meter world record and stuns the field with a 9.58 100
meters at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. Tyson
Gay finishes in 9.71 with Asafa Powell third
in 9.84. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nbjhpcZ9_g
Usain Bolt smokes the 2008 Olympic 100
meter finalists in perhaps the widest margin of victory in
a 100 meter Olympic final - a 9.69 world and Olympic
record http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qslbf8L9nl0
Tyson Gay runs a wind-aided 9.68 100
meters in the 2008 US Olympic trials
Tyson Gay sets an American record of 9.69
in the 100 meters in Shanghai in Sept 2009 as Asafa Powell
finishes second in
9.85
American Justin Gatlin wins the 2004
Olympic 100 meter final in 9.85
Collection of the greatest all-time 100
meter sprinters
2008 Olympic women's 100 meter final
- Jamaica wins the gold, silver and bronze
with Shelly-Ann Fraser winning in 10.78
American Carmelita Jeter runs 10.64, the
fastest woman's 100 meters in some ten years in Shanghai Sept
2009
The following table illustrates the
progression of 100 meter records...
