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Men's 100 metres world record progression

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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.

As of June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 65 records in the event, not including annulled records.[1]

World record progression for the men's 100 m. (outdated)

Unofficial progression before the IAAF

IAAF record progression

ratified
not ratified
ratified but later retracted

Records 1912-1976

Time Wind Auto Athlete Nationality Location of race Date
10.6 Don Lippincott  United States Stockholm, Sweden July 6, 1912[1]
Jackson Scholz  United States September 16, 1920[1]
10.4 Charlie Paddock  United States Redlands, California, USA April 23, 1921[1]
0.0 Eddie Tolan  United States Stockholm, Sweden August 8, 1929[1]
Copenhagen, Denmark August 25, 1929[1]
10.3 Percy Williams  Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 9, 1930[1]
Arthur Jonath  Germany Bochum, Germany July 5, 1932
0.4 10.38 Eddie Tolan  United States Los Angeles, California, USA August 1, 1932[1]
Ralph Metcalfe  United States Los Angeles, California, USA August 1, 1932
Ralph Metcalfe  United States Budapest, Hungary August 12, 1933[1]
Eulace Peacock  United States Oslo, Norway August 6, 1934[1]
Chris Berger  Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands August 26, 1934[1]
Ralph Metcalfe  United States Osaka, Japan September 15, 1934[1]
2.0 Dairen, China September 23, 1934[1]
2.5 Takanori Yoshioka  Japan Tokyo, Japan June 15, 1935[1]
10.2 1.2 Jesse Owens  United States Chicago, Illinois, USA June 20, 1936[1]
-0.9 Harold Davis  United States Compton, California, USA June 6, 1941[1]
0.7 Lloyd LaBeach  Panama Fresno, California, USA May 15, 1948[1]
10.35 Barney Ewell  United States Evanston, Illinois, USA July 9, 1948[1]
0.0 Emmanuel McDonald Bailey  Great Britain Belgrade, Yugoslavia August 25, 1951[1]
1.1 Heinz Fütterer  West Germany Yokohama, Japan October 31, 1954[1]
0.9 Bobby Joe Morrow  United States Houston, Texas, USA May 19, 1956[1]
-1.0 Ira Murchison  United States Compton, California, USA June 1, 1956[1]
0.0 Bobby Joe Morrow  United States Bakersfield, California, USA June 22, 1956[1]
-1.3 Ira Murchison  United States Los Angeles, California, USA June 29, 1956[1]
-0.4 Bobby Joe Morrow  United States
10.1 0.7 Willie Williams  United States Berlin, Germany August 3, 1956[1]
1.0 Ira Murchison  United States Berlin, Germany August 4, 1956[1]
1.5 Leamon King  United States Ontario, California, USA October 20, 1956[1]
0.9 Santa Ana, California, USA October 27, 1956[1]
1.3 Ray Norton  United States San Jose, California, USA April 18, 1959[1]
10.0 0.9 10.25 Armin Hary  West Germany Zürich, Switzerland June 21, 1960[1]
1.8 Harry Jerome  Canada Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada July 15, 1960[1]
0.0 Horacio Esteves  Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela August 15, 1964[1]
1.3 10.06 Bob Hayes  United States Tokyo, Japan October 15, 1964[1]
2.0 10.17 Jim Hines  United States Modesto, California, USA May 27, 1967[1]
1.8 Enrique Figuerola  Cuba Budapest, Hungary June 17, 1967[1]
0.0 Paul Nash  South Africa Krugersdorp, South Africa April 2, 1968[1]
1.1 Oliver Ford  United States Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA May 31, 1968[1]
2.0 10.20 Charles Greene  United States Sacramento, California, USA June 20, 1968[1]
2.0 10.28 Roger Bambuck  France
9.9 0.8 10.03 Jim Hines  United States Sacramento, California, USA June 20, 1968[1]
0.9 10.14 Ronnie Ray Smith  United States
0.9 10.10 Charles Greene  United States
0.3 9.95 Jim Hines  United States Mexico City, Mexico October 14, 1968[1]
0.0 Eddie Hart  United States Eugene, Oregon, USA July 1, 1972[1]
0.0 Reynaud Robinson  United States
1.3 Steve Williams  United States Los Angeles, California, USA June 21, 1974[1]
1.7 Silvio Leonard  Cuba Ostrava, Czechoslovakia June 5, 1975[1]
0.0 Steve Williams  United States Siena, Italy July 16, 1975[1]
-0.2 Berlin, Germany August 22, 1975[1]
0.7 Gainesville, Florida, USA March 27, 1976[1]
0.7 Harvey Glance  United States Columbia, South Carolina, USA April 3, 1976[1]
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA May 1, 1976[1]
1.7 Don Quarrie  Jamaica Modesto, California, USA May 22, 1976[1]

Electronic timing (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.[1]

Jim Hines' October 1968 Olympic gold medal run was the fastest recorded fully electronic 100 metre race to that time, at 9.95.[1] 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 Athlete Nationality Location of race Date Notes[note 1]
10.06 1.3 Bob Hayes  United States Tokyo, Japan October 15, 1964 [2]
10.03 0.8 Jim Hines  United States Sacramento, USA June 20, 1968 [2]
10.02 Charles Green  United States Mexico City, Mexico October 13, 1968 A[2]
9.95 0.3 Jim Hines  United States Mexico City, Mexico October 14, 1968 OR, A[1]
9.93 1.4 Calvin Smith  United States Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA July 3, 1983 A[1]
Carl Lewis  United States Rome, Italy August 30, 1987 [2][3][note 2]
Zürich, Switzerland August 17, 1988 [2]
9.83 Ben Johnson  Canada Rome, Italy August 30, 1987 [note 3]
9.92 1.1 Carl Lewis  United States Seoul, South Korea September 24, 1988 OR[1]
9.90 1.9 Leroy Burrell  United States New York, New York, USA June 14, 1991 [1]
9.86 1.0 Carl Lewis  United States Tokyo, Japan August 25, 1991 [1]
9.85 1.2 Leroy Burrell  United States Lausanne, Switzerland July 6, 1994 [1]
9.84 0.7 Donovan Bailey  Canada Atlanta, Georgia, USA July 27, 1996 OR[1]
9.79 0.1 Maurice Greene  United States Athens, Greece June 16, 1999 [1]
9.78 Tim Montgomery  United States Charléty, Paris, France September 14, 2002 [4][note 4]
9.77 1.6 Asafa Powell  Jamaica Athens, Greece June 14, 2005 [1]
Justin Gatlin  United States Doha, Qatar May 12, 2006 [2][5][note 5]
1.5 Asafa Powell  Jamaica Gateshead, England June 11, 2006 [1]
1.0 Zurich, Switzerland August 18, 2006 [1]
9.74 Rieti, Italy September 9, 2007 [2]
9.72 1.7 Usain Bolt  Jamaica New York, USA May 31, 2008 [1]
9.69 0.0 Beijing National Stadium, China August 16, 2008 OR[1]
9.58 0.9 Berlin Olympic Stadium, Germany August 16, 2009 [6]

Low-altitude progression

The IAAF considers marks set at high altitude as acceptable for record consideration. However, some observers have noted that altitude can significantly assist sprint performances. One estimate suggests times in the 200 m dash 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.[1] For this reason, separate low-altitude lists have been compiled, though the IAAF doesn't officially recognize separate records. Once the IAAF started to recognize only electronic times, marks set at high altitude were not equalled or surpassed by low-altitude performances until 1987. The following progression of low-altitude marks starts with the "record" when the IAAF started to recognize only electronic timing and continues to the first mark that equaled the 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
10.03 Jim Hines[2]  United States Sacramento, USA June 20, 1968
10.03 Silvio Leonard[2]  Cuba Havana, Cuba September 13, 1977
10.02 James Sanford[2]  United States Westwood, USA May 11, 1980
10.00 Carl Lewis[2]  United States Dallas, USA May 16, 1981
10.00 Carl Lewis[2]  United States Modesto, USA May 15, 1982
9.97 Carl Lewis[2]  United States Modesto, USA May 14, 1983
9.97 Calvin Smith[2]  United States Zurich, Switzerland August 24, 1983
9.96 Mel Lattany[2]  United States Athens, USA May 5, 1984
9.93 Carl Lewis[2]  United States Rome, Italy August 30, 1987

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "A" stands for records set more than 1,000 metres above sea level, "OR" stands for Olympic records
  2. ^ Carl Lewis's two performances at 9.93 were deemed by the IAAF to have equaled the world record after Johnson's 9.83 time was rescinded but were never world records; Lewis's 9.92 was recognized as the world record from January 1, 1990.
  3. ^ 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 stanozolol use between 1981 and 1988, including during the 1988 Olympics. His world record of 9.83 set on August 30, 1987 was rescinded by the IAAF Council in September 1989.
  4. ^ Tim Montgomery's time of 9.78 from September 14, 2002 was annulled following disqualification for banned drug use. Ruling in 2005 on his involvement with BALCO scandal rescinded all records and medals from 2001 onwards. By that time, however, it had been surpassed by Asafa Powell.
  5. ^ Justin Gatlin was briefly credited with a new world record time of 9.76, but the IAAF announced five days later that the official timers, Tissot Timing, had discovered that that time was incorrect. Gatlin's time, recorded to the thousandth of a second, 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. However, in 2007 this record was annulled following Gatlin's failed doping test.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (pdf). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 547. Retrieved July 29, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Stat Corner: 100 WR Progression", Track & Field News, 61 (7): 55, July 2008{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ^ Track and Field News, November 1989, vol. 42, #11, p. 37
  4. ^ "100m World Record falls to Montgomery - 9.78!". IAAF. 14 September 2002. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
  5. ^ Frank Litsky (May 18, 2006). "Gatlin Must Share 100-Meter Record". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
  6. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-08-16-track-worlds-day-2_N.htm
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