Men's 100 metres world record progression
The first record in the 100 metres for men (athletics) was recognised by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations, in 1912. The record now is 9.58 seconds which was run by Usain Bolt.
As of 21 June 2011[update], the IAAF had ratified 67 records in the event, not including rescinded records.[1]
Contents
Unofficial progression before the IAAF
IAAF record progression
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Ratified but later rescinded |
Records 1912–1976
Time | Wind | Auto | Athlete | Nationality | Location of race | Date | Ref |
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10.6 | Donald Lippincott | ![]() |
Stockholm, Sweden | July 6, 1912 | [2] | ||
Jackson Scholz | ![]() |
September 16, 1920 | [2] | ||||
10.4 | Charlie Paddock | ![]() |
Redlands, USA | April 23, 1921 | [2] | ||
0.0 | Eddie Tolan | ![]() |
Stockholm, Sweden | August 8, 1929 | [2] | ||
Copenhagen, Denmark | August 25, 1929 | [2] | |||||
10.3 | Percy Williams | ![]() |
Toronto, Canada | August 9, 1930 | [2] | ||
Arthur Jonath | ![]() |
Bochum, Germany | July 5, 1932 | [3] | |||
0.4 | 10.38 | Eddie Tolan | ![]() |
Los Angeles, USA | August 1, 1932 | [2] | |
0.4 | 10.38 | Ralph Metcalfe | ![]() |
Los Angeles, USA | August 1, 1932 | [3] | |
Ralph Metcalfe | ![]() |
Budapest, Hungary | August 12, 1933 | [2] | |||
Eulace Peacock | ![]() |
Oslo, Norway | August 6, 1934 | [2][4] | |||
Chris Berger | ![]() |
Amsterdam, Netherlands | August 26, 1934 | [2] | |||
Ralph Metcalfe | ![]() |
Osaka, Japan | September 15, 1934 | [2] | |||
2.0 | Dairen, China | September 23, 1934 | [2] | ||||
2.5 | Takayoshi Yoshioka | ![]() |
Tokyo, Japan | June 15, 1935 | [2] | ||
10.2 | 1.2 | Jesse Owens | ![]() |
Chicago, USA | June 20, 1936 | [2] | |
-0.9 | Harold Davis | ![]() |
Compton, USA | June 6, 1941 | [2] | ||
0.7 | Lloyd LaBeach | ![]() |
Fresno, USA | May 15, 1948 | [2] | ||
10.35 | Barney Ewell | ![]() |
Evanston, United States | July 9, 1948 | [2] | ||
0.0 | McDonald Bailey | ![]() |
Belgrade, Yugoslavia | August 25, 1951 | [2] | ||
1.1 | Heinz Fütterer | ![]() |
Yokohama, Japan | October 31, 1954 | [2] | ||
0.9 | Bobby Morrow | ![]() |
Houston, USA | May 19, 1956 | [2] | ||
-1.0 | Ira Murchison | ![]() |
Compton, USA | June 1, 1956 | [2] | ||
0.0 | Bobby Morrow | ![]() |
Bakersfield, USA | June 22, 1956 | [2] | ||
-1.3 | Ira Murchison | ![]() |
Los Angeles, USA | June 29, 1956 | [2] | ||
-0.4 | Bobby Morrow | ![]() |
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10.1 | 0.7 | Willie Williams | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany | August 3, 1956 | [2] | |
1.0 | Ira Murchison | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany | August 4, 1956 | [2] | ||
1.5 | Leamon King | ![]() |
Ontario, USA | October 20, 1956 | [2] | ||
0.9 | Santa Ana, USA | October 27, 1956 | [2] | ||||
1.3 | Ray Norton | ![]() |
San Jose, USA | April 18, 1959 | [2] | ||
10.0 | 0.9 | 10.25 | Armin Hary | ![]() |
Zürich, Switzerland | June 21, 1960 | [2] |
1.8 | Harry Jerome | ![]() |
Saskatoon, Canada | July 15, 1960 | [2] | ||
0.0 | Horacio Esteves | ![]() |
Caracas, Venezuela | August 15, 1964 | [2] | ||
1.3 | 10.06 | Bob Hayes | ![]() |
Tokyo, Japan | October 15, 1964 | [2] | |
2.0 | 10.17 | Jim Hines | ![]() |
Modesto, USA | May 27, 1967 | [2] | |
1.8 | Enrique Figuerola | ![]() |
Budapest, Hungary | June 17, 1967 | [2] | ||
0.0 | Paul Nash | ![]() |
Krugersdorp, South Africa | April 2, 1968 | [2] | ||
1.1 | Oliver Ford | ![]() |
Albuquerque, USA | May 31, 1968 | [2] | ||
2.0 | 10.20 | Charles Greene | ![]() |
Sacramento, USA | June 20, 1968 | [2] | |
2.0 | 10.28 | Roger Bambuck | ![]() |
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9.9 | 0.8 | 10.03 | Jim Hines | ![]() |
Sacramento, USA | June 20, 1968 | [2] |
0.9 | 10.14 | Ronnie Ray Smith | ![]() |
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0.9 | 10.10 | Charles Greene | ![]() |
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0.3 | 9.95 | Jim Hines | ![]() |
Mexico City, Mexico | October 14, 1968 | [2] | |
0.0 | Eddie Hart | ![]() |
Eugene, USA | July 1, 1972 | [2] | ||
0.0 | Rey Robinson | ![]() |
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1.3 | Steve Williams | ![]() |
Los Angeles, USA | June 21, 1974 | [2] | ||
1.7 | Silvio Leonard | ![]() |
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia | June 5, 1975 | [2] | ||
0.0 | Steve Williams | ![]() |
Siena, Italy | July 16, 1975 | [2] | ||
-0.2 | Berlin, Germany | August 22, 1975 | [2] | ||||
0.7 | Gainesville, USA | March 27, 1976 | [2] | ||||
0.7 | Harvey Glance | ![]() |
Columbia, USA | April 3, 1976 | [2] | ||
Baton Rouge, USA | May 1, 1976 | [2] | |||||
1.7 | Don Quarrie | ![]() |
Modesto, USA | May 22, 1976 | [2] |
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 from the electronic time of 10.06 and rounding down to the nearest tenth of a second to give the appearance of a manual time. This method was unique to the Olympics of 1964 and 1968. The officials at the track recorded Hayes' time as 9.9 seconds.[5]
Records from 1977
From 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. Starting January 1, 1977, the IAAF required fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.[2]
Jim Hines' October 1968 Olympic gold medal run was the fastest recorded fully electronic 100 metre race to that time, at 9.95.[2] Track and Field News has compiled an unofficial list of automatically timed records starting with the 1964 Olympics and Bob Hayes' gold medal performance there. Those marks are included in the progression.
Time | Wind | Auto | Athlete | Nationality | Location of race | Date | Notes[note 1] |
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10.06 | 1.3 | Bob Hayes | ![]() |
Tokyo, Japan | October 15, 1964 | [6] | |
10.03 | 0.8 | Jim Hines | ![]() |
Sacramento, USA | June 20, 1968 | [6] | |
10.02 | 2.0 | Charles Greene | ![]() |
Mexico City, Mexico | October 13, 1968 | A[6] | |
9.95 | 0.3 | Jim Hines | ![]() |
Mexico City, Mexico | October 14, 1968 | OR, A[2] | |
9.93 | 1.4 | Calvin Smith | ![]() |
Colorado Springs, USA | July 3, 1983 | A[2] | |
9.83 | 1.0 | Ben Johnson | ![]() |
Rome, Italy | August 30, 1987 | [note 2] | |
9.93 | 1.1 | Carl Lewis | ![]() |
Rome, Italy | August 30, 1987 | [6][7][note 3] | |
1.1 | Zürich, Switzerland | August 17, 1988 | [2] | ||||
9.92 | 1.1 | Carl Lewis | ![]() |
Seoul, South Korea | September 24, 1988 | OR[note 2][2] | |
9.90 | 1.9 | Leroy Burrell | ![]() |
New York, USA | June 14, 1991 | [2] | |
9.86 | 1.0 | Carl Lewis | ![]() |
Tokyo, Japan | August 25, 1991 | [2] | |
9.85 | 1.2 | Leroy Burrell | ![]() |
Lausanne, Switzerland | July 6, 1994 | [2] | |
9.84 | 0.7 | 9.835 | Donovan Bailey | ![]() |
Atlanta, USA | July 27, 1996 | OR[2][8] |
9.79 | 0.1 | Maurice Greene | ![]() |
Athens, Greece | June 16, 1999 | [2] | |
9.78 | 2.0 | Tim Montgomery | ![]() |
Paris, France | September 14, 2002 | [9][note 4] | |
9.77 | 1.6 | 9.768 | Asafa Powell | ![]() |
Athens, Greece | June 14, 2005 | [2] |
1.7 | 9.766 | Justin Gatlin | ![]() |
Doha, Qatar | May 12, 2006 | [6][10][note 5] | |
1.5 | 9.763 | Asafa Powell | ![]() |
Gateshead, England | June 11, 2006 | [2] | |
1.0 | 9.762 | Zürich, Switzerland | August 18, 2006 | [2] | |||
9.74 | 1.7 | Asafa Powell | ![]() |
Rieti, Italy | September 9, 2007 | [1] | |
9.72 | 1.7 | Usain Bolt | ![]() |
New York, USA | May 31, 2008 | [2] | |
9.69 | 0.0 | 9.683 | Beijing, China | August 16, 2008 | OR[2] | ||
9.58 | 0.9 | 9.572 | Berlin, Germany | August 16, 2009 | [1][11][12] |
Low altitude record progression 1968–87
The IAAF considers marks set at high altitude as acceptable for record consideration. However, high altitude can significantly assist sprint performances.[13] One estimate suggests times in the 200m sprint can be assisted by 0.09 s to 0.14 s with the maximum allowable tailing wind (2.0 m/s), and gain 0.3 s at altitudes over 2000 m.[14] For this reason, unofficial low-altitude record lists have been compiled.
After the IAAF started to recognize only electronic times in 1977, the then-current record and subsequent record were both set at altitude. It was not until 1987 that the world record was equaled or surpassed by a low-altitude performance. The following progression of low-altitude records therefore starts with Hines's low-altitude "record" when the IAAF started to recognize only electronic timing in 1977, and continues to Lewis's low-altitude performance that equalled the high-altitude world record in 1987. (Ben Johnson's 9.95 run in 1986 and 9.83 run in 1987 are omitted.)
Time | Athlete | Nationality | Location of race | Date |
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10.03 | Jim Hines [6] | ![]() |
Sacramento, USA | June 20, 1968 |
10.03 | Silvio Leonard[6] | ![]() |
Havana, Cuba | September 13, 1977 |
10.02 | James Sanford[6] | ![]() |
Westwood, USA | May 11, 1980 |
10.00 | Carl Lewis[6] | ![]() |
Dallas, USA | May 16, 1981 |
10.00 | Carl Lewis[6] | ![]() |
Modesto, USA | May 15, 1982 |
9.97 | Carl Lewis[6] | ![]() |
Modesto, USA | May 14, 1983 |
9.97 | Calvin Smith[6] | ![]() |
Zürich, Switzerland | August 24, 1983 |
9.96 | Mel Lattany[6] | ![]() |
Athens, USA | May 5, 1984 |
9.93 | Carl Lewis[6] | ![]() |
Rome, Italy | August 30, 1987 |
See also
Notes
- ↑ "A" stands for records set more than 1,000 metres above sea level, "OR" stands for Olympic records
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ben Johnson's time of 9.79 on September 24, 1988 was disallowed and never ratified as a record as he tested positive for stanozolol after the race. Johnson subsequently admitted to steroid use between 1981 and 1988, and his world record of 9.83 set on August 30, 1987 was rescinded by the IAAF Council in September 1989.(Track and Field News, November 1989, vol. 42, #11, p. 37)
- ↑ Carl Lewis's two performances at 9.93 were deemed by the IAAF to have equalled the world record after Ben Johnson's 9.83 time was rescinded, but were never ratified as world records; Lewis's 9.92, his gold-medal winning time at the Seoul Olympics after Johnson was disqualified, was recognized as the world record from January 1, 1990.
- ↑ Tim Montgomery's time of 9.78 from September 14, 2002 was rescinded following disqualification for banned drug use; a ruling in 2005 on his involvement with BALCO scandal also rescinded all records and medals from 2001 onwards. By that time, however, it had been surpassed by Asafa Powell.[1]
- ↑ Justin Gatlin was briefly credited with a new world record time of 9.76. The IAAF announced five days later that the official timers, Tissot Timing, had discovered that time was incorrect as Gatlin's time was 9.766 and had erroneously been rounded down to the nearest hundredth instead of rounded up. This time instead made Gatlin co-world record holder with Asafa Powell.[2] However, in 2007 this record was rescinded following Gatlin's failed doping test.[3]
References
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- ↑ http://www.si.com/longform/peacock/index.html This source gives a pretty articulate timeline that has Peacock achieving the record on the same date in 1935 and specifies Basel, Switzerland
- ↑ revisionist history: men's 100 WR. Track and Field News. November 1, 2013
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- ↑ Track and Field News, November 1989, vol. 42, #11, p. 37
- ↑ http://myweb.lmu.edu/jmureika/track/splits/splits.html#96og
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