*100 METERS* - ☯✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨🚀*THE 2ND NATURE*🚀

*100-METER DASH*

*a ‘sprint race’ in [track/field competitions]*

*WORLD RECORDS*

*as of ’19 december 2021’*

*9.58 seconds*

*usain bolt*

(black jamaican)

(age 22)

*16 AUGUST 2009*

*2009 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN ‘ATHLETICS’*

*BERLIN*

*fastest woman’s time* –>

*10.48 SECONDS*

“florence griffith joyner*

(black american woman)

(our ‘daily reminder’)

*16 JULY 1988*

*INDIANAPOLICS*

*OLYPMIC TRIALS*

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The shortest common outdoor running distance, the 100-metre dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics.

It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women.

The World Championships 100 metres has been contested since 1983.

The reigning 100 m Olympic or world champion is often named “the fastest man or woman in the world”.

Christian Coleman and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce are the reigning world champions;

Marcell Jacobs and Elaine Thompson-Herah are the men’s and women’s Olympic champions.

On an outdoor 400 metres running track, the 100 m is run on the home straight, with the start usually being set on an extension to make it a straight-line race.

There are three instructions given to the runners immediately before and at the beginning of the race:

“on your marks,” “set,” and the firing of the starter’s pistol.

The runners move to the starting blocks when they hear the ‘on your marks’ instruction. The following instruction, to adopt the ‘set’ position, allows them to adopt a more efficient starting posture and isometrically preload their muscles: this will help them to start faster. A race-official then fires the starter’s pistol to signal the race beginning and the sprinters stride forwards from the blocks. Sprinters typically reach top speed after somewhere between 50 and 60 m. Their speed then slows towards the finish line.

The 10-second barrier has historically been a barometer of fast men’s performances, while the best female sprinters take eleven seconds or less to complete the race. The current men’s world record is 9.58 seconds, set by Jamaica’s Usain Bolt in 2009, while the women’s world record of 10.49 seconds set by American Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988 remains unbroken.[a]

US athletes have won the men’s Olympic 100 metres title more times than any other country, 16 out of the 28 times that it has been run.[citation needed] US women have also dominated the event, winning 9 out of 21 times.[citation needed]

Race dynamics[edit]
Start[edit]

Male sprinters await the starter’s instructions

At the start, some athletes play psychological games such as trying to be last to the starting blocks.[3][4][5]

At high level meets, the time between the gun and first kick against the starting block is measured electronically, via sensors built in the gun and the blocks. A reaction time less than 0.1 s is considered a false start. The 0.2-second interval accounts for the sum of the time it takes for the sound of the starter’s pistol to reach the runners’ ears, and the time they take to react to it.

For many years a sprinter was disqualified if responsible for two false starts individually. However, this rule allowed some major races to be restarted so many times that the sprinters started to lose focus. The next iteration of the rule, introduced in February 2003, meant that one false start was allowed among the field, but anyone responsible for a subsequent false start was disqualified.

This rule led to some sprinters deliberately false-starting to gain a psychological advantage: an individual with a slower reaction time might false-start, forcing the faster starters to wait and be sure of hearing the gun for the subsequent start, thereby losing some of their advantage. To avoid such abuse and to improve spectator enjoyment, the IAAF implemented a further change in the 2010 season – a false starting athlete now receives immediate disqualification.[6] This proposal was met with objections when first raised in 2005, on the grounds that it would not leave any room for innocent mistakes. Justin Gatlin commented, “Just a flinch or a leg cramp could cost you a year’s worth of work.”[7] The rule had a dramatic impact at the 2011 World Championships, when current world record holder Usain Bolt was disqualified.[8][9]

Mid-race[edit]
Runners normally reach their top speed just past the halfway point of the race and they progressively decelerate in the later stages of the race. Maintaining that top speed for as long as possible is a primary focus of training for the 100 m.[10] Pacing and running tactics do not play a significant role in the 100 m, as success in the event depends more on pure athletic qualities and technique.

Finish[edit]
The winner, by IAAF Competition Rules, is determined by the first athlete with their torso (not including limbs, head, or neck) over the nearer edge of the finish line.[11] There is therefore no requirement for the entire body to cross the finish line. When the placing of the athletes is not obvious, a photo finish is used to distinguish which runner was first to cross the line.

Climatic conditions[edit]
Climatic conditions, in particular air resistance, can affect performances in the 100 m. A strong head wind is very detrimental to performance, while a tail wind can improve performances significantly. For this reason, a maximum tail wind of 2.0 m/s is allowed for a 100 m performance to be considered eligible for records, or “wind legal”.

Furthermore, sprint athletes perform a better run at high altitudes because of the thinner air, which provides less air resistance. In theory, the thinner air would also make breathing slightly more difficult (due to the partial pressure of oxygen being lower), but this difference is negligible for sprint distances where all the oxygen needed for the short dash is already in the muscles and bloodstream when the race starts. While there are no limitations on altitude, performances made at altitudes greater than 1000 m above sea level are marked with an “A”.[12]

10-second barrier[edit]
The 10-second mark had been widely considered a barrier for the 100 metres in men’s sprinting. The first man to break the 10 second barrier was Jim Hines at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Since then, numerous sprinters have run faster than 10 seconds.

Ethnicity[edit]
Only male sprinters have beaten the 100 m 10-second barrier, the vast majority of them being of West African descent. Namibian (formerly South-West Africa) Frankie Fredericks became the first man of non-West African heritage to achieve the feat in 1991 and in 2003 Australia’s Patrick Johnson (an Indigenous Australian with Irish heritage) became the first sub-10-second runner without an African background.[13][14][15][16]

In 2010, French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre became the first Caucasian to break the 10-second barrier.[16] In 2017, Azerbaijani-born naturalized Turkish Ramil Guliyev followed[17] and in 2018, Filippo Tortu became the first Italian to run under 10s. In the Prefontaine Classic 2015 Diamond League meet at Eugene, Su Bingtian of China ran a time of 9.99 seconds, becoming the first East Asian athlete to officially break the 10-second barrier. On 1 August 2021, Su improved his Asian record at the Olympic semifinal in Tokyo with a time of 9.83. On 9 September 2017, Yoshihide Kiryū became the first man from Japan to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 metres, running a 9.98 (+1.8) at an intercollegiate meet in Fukui. British sprinter Adam Gemili, an athlete with an Iranian-Moroccan ethnic background, became the first sprinter of Middle-Eastern and North African ancestry to legally break the barrier on 7 June 2015, having done so earlier in the same season with an excessive wind reading.[18]

Record performances[edit]
Major 100 m races, such as at the Olympic Games, attract much attention, particularly when the world record is thought to be within reach.

The men’s world record has been improved upon twelve times since electronic timing became mandatory in 1977.[19] The current men’s world record of 9.58 s is held by Usain Bolt of Jamaica, set at the 2009 World Athletics Championships final in Berlin, Germany on 16 August 2009, breaking his own previous world record by 0.11 s.[20] The current women’s world record of 10.49 s was set by Florence Griffith-Joyner of the US, at the 1988 United States Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 16 July 1988[21] breaking Evelyn Ashford’s four-year-old world record by .27 seconds. The extraordinary nature of this result and those of several other sprinters in this race raised the possibility of a technical malfunction with the wind gauge which read at 0.0 m/s- a reading which was at complete odds to the windy conditions on the day with high wind speeds being recorded in all other sprints before and after this race as well as the parallel long jump runway at the time of the Griffith-Joyner performance. All scientific studies commissioned by the IAAF and independent organisations since have confirmed there was certainly an illegal tailwind of between 5 m/s – 7 m/s at the time. This should have annulled the legality of this result, although the IAAF has chosen not to take this course of action. The legitimate next best wind legal performance would therefore be Griffith-Joyner’s 10.61s performance in the final the next day.[22]

Some records have been marred by prohibited drug use – in particular, the scandal at the 1988 Summer Olympics when the winner, Canadian Ben Johnson was stripped of his medal and world record.

Jim Hines, Ronnie Ray Smith and Charles Greene were the first to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m, all on 20 June 1968, the Night of Speed. Hines also recorded the first legal electronically timed sub-10 second 100 m in winning the 100 metres at the 1968 Olympics. Bob Hayes ran a wind-assisted 9.91 seconds at the 1964 Olympics.

Continental records[edit]
Updated 18 September 2021[23]

Area Men Women
Time (s) Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Time (s) Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 9.77 +1.2 Ferdinand Omanyala Kenya 10.78 +1.6 Murielle Ahouré Ivory Coast
−0.3 Marie-Josée Ta Lou
Asia (records) 9.83 +0.9 Su Bingtian China 10.79 0.0 Li Xuemei China
Europe (records) 9.80 +0.1 Marcell Jacobs Italy 10.73 +2.0 Christine Arron France
North, Central America
and Caribbean (records) 9.58 WR +0.9 Usain Bolt Jamaica 10.49 WR 0.0[a] Florence Griffith-Joyner United States
Oceania (records) 9.93 +1.8 Patrick Johnson Australia 11.11 +1.9 Melissa Breen Australia
South America (records) 10.00[A] +1.6 Robson da Silva Brazil 10.91 −0.2 Rosângela Santos Brazil
Notes[edit]
A Represents a time set at a high altitude.
All-time top 25 men[edit]

As of September 2021[24][25]

Ath.# Perf.# Time (s) Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 1 9.58 +0.9 Usain Bolt Jamaica 16 AUG 2009 Berlin [26]
2 9.63 +1.5 Bolt #2 05 AUG 2012 London
3 9.69 ±0.0 Bolt #3 16 AUG 2008 Beijing
2 3 9.69 +2.0 Tyson Gay United States 20 SEP 2009 Shanghai [27]
−0.1 Yohan Blake Jamaica 23 AUG 2012 Lausanne [28]
6 9.71 +0.9 Gay #2 16 AUG 2009 Berlin [26]
7 9.72 +1.7 Bolt #4 31 MAY 2008 New York City
4 7 9.72 +0.2 Asafa Powell Jamaica 02 SEP 2008 Lausanne [29]
9 9.74 +1.7 Powell #2 09 SEP 2007 Rieti
5 9 9.74 +0.9 Justin Gatlin United States 15 MAY 2015 Doha [30]
11 9.75 +1.1 Blake #2 29 JUN 2012 Kingston
+1.5 Blake #3 05 AUG 2012 London
+0.9 Gatlin #2 04 JUN 2015 Rome
+1.4 Gatlin #3 09 JUL 2015 Lausanne
15 9.76 +1.8 Bolt #5 03 MAY 2008 Kingston
+1.3 Bolt #6 16 SEP 2011 Brussels
−0.1 Bolt #7 31 MAY 2012 Rome
+1.4 Blake #4 30 AUG 2012 Zürich
6 15 9.76 +0.6 Christian Coleman United States 28 SEP 2019 Doha [31]
9.76[A] +1.2 Trayvon Bromell United States 18 SEP 2021 Nairobi [32]
21 9.77 +1.6 Powell #3 14 JUN 2005 Athens
+1.5 Powell #4 11 JUN 2006 Gateshead
+1.0 Powell #5 18 AUG 2006 Zürich
+1.0 Gay #3 28 JUN 2008 Eugene
−1.3 Bolt #8 05 SEP 2008 Brussels
+0.9 Powell #6 07 SEP 2008 Rieti
+0.4 Gay #4 10 JUL 2009 Rome
−0.3 Bolt #9 11 AUG 2013 Moscow
+0.6 Gatlin #4 05 SEP 2014 Brussels
+0.9 Gatlin #5 23 AUG 2015 Beijing
+1.5 Bromell #2 05 JUN 2021 Miramar [33]
8 21 9.77[A] +1.2 Ferdinand Omanyala Kenya 18 SEP 2021 Nairobi [32]
9 9.78 +0.9 Nesta Carter Jamaica 29 AUG 2010 Rieti [34]
10 9.79 +0.1 Maurice Greene United States 16 JUN 1999 Athens [35]
11 9.80 +1.3 Steve Mullings Jamaica 04 JUN 2011 Eugene [36]
+0.1 Marcell Jacobs Italy 01 AUG 2021 Tokyo [37]
13 9.82 +1.7 Richard Thompson Trinidad and Tobago 21 JUN 2014 Port of Spain [38]
14 9.83 +0.9 Su Bingtian China 01 AUG 2021 Tokyo
+0.9 Ronnie Baker United States 01 AUG 2021 Tokyo
16 9.84 +0.7 Donovan Bailey Canada 27 JUL 1996 Atlanta
+0.2 Bruny Surin Canada 22 AUG 1999 Seville
+1.2 Akani Simbine South Africa 06 JUL 2021 Székesfehérvár [39]
+0.1 Fred Kerley United States 01 AUG 2021 Tokyo [40]
20 9.85 +1.2 Leroy Burrell United States 06 JUL 1994 Lausanne [41]
+1.7 Olusoji Fasuba Nigeria 12 MAY 2006 Doha
+1.3 Mike Rodgers United States 04 JUN 2011 Eugene
+1.5 Marvin Bracy United States 05 JUN 2021 Miramar [33]
24 9.86 +1.2 Carl Lewis United States 25 AUG 1991 Tokyo [42]
−0.4 Frankie Fredericks Namibia 03 JUL 1996 Lausanne
+1.8 Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago 19 APR 1998 Walnut
+0.6 Francis Obikwelu Portugal 22 AUG 2004 Athens
+1.4 Keston Bledman Trinidad and Tobago 23 JUN 2012 Port of Spain
+1.3 Jimmy Vicaut France 04 JUL 2015 Saint-Denis [43]
+0.9 Noah Lyles United States 18 MAY 2019 Shanghai [44]
+0.8 Divine Oduduru Nigeria 07 JUN 2019 Austin [45]
+1.6 Michael Norman United States 20 JUL 2020 Fort Worth [46]
Assisted marks[edit]
Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of the fastest wind-assisted times (equal or superior to 9.80). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown:

Justin Gatlin ran 9.45 (+20 m/s) in 2011 on the Japanese TV show Kasupe! assisted by wind machines blowing at speeds over 25 metres per second.[47] Due to the nature of the performance, World Athletics has not recognized it as a legitimate clocking.
Tyson Gay (USA) ran 9.68 (+4.1 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 29 June 2008.[48]
Obadele Thompson (BAR) ran 9.69 (+5.7 m/s) at high altitude in El Paso, Texas on 13 April 1996, which stood as the fastest ever 100 metres time for 12 years.
Andre De Grasse (CAN) ran 9.69 (+4.8 m/s) during the Diamond League in Stockholm on 18 June 2017,[49] 9.74 (+2.9 m/s) during the Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon on 21 August 2021, and 9.75 (+2.7 m/s) during the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 12 June 2015.
Richard Thompson (TTO) ran 9.74 (exact wind unknown) in Clermont, Florida on 31 May 2014.
Darvis Patton (USA) ran 9.75 (+4.3 m/s) in Austin, Texas on 30 March 2013.
Churandy Martina (AHO) ran 9.76 (+6.1 m/s) at high altitude in El Paso, Texas on 13 May 2006.
Trayvon Bromell (USA) ran 9.76 (+3.7 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 26 June 2015 and 9.77 (+4.2 m/s) in Lubbock, Texas on 18 May 2014.
Carl Lewis (USA) ran 9.78 (+5.2 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis on 16 July 1988 and 9.80 (+4.3 m/s) during the World Championships in Tokyo on 24 August 1991.
Maurice Greene (USA) ran 9.78 (+3.7 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 31 May 2004.
Ronnie Baker (USA) ran 9.78 (+2.4 m/s) during the Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon on 26 May 2018.
Fred Kerley (USA) ran 9.78 (+2.9 m/s) during the Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon on 21 August 2021.
Andre Cason (USA) ran 9.79 (+5.3 m/s) and (+4.5 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 16 June 1993.
Walter Dix (USA) ran 9.80 (+4.1 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 29 June 2008.
Mike Rodgers (USA) ran 9.80 (+2.7 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 31 May 2014 and 9.80 (+2.4 m/s) in Sacramento, California on 27 June 2014.
Terrance Laird (USA) ran 9.80 (+3.2 m/s) in College Station, Texas on 15 May 2021.[50]
Annulled marks[edit]
Tim Montgomery ran 9.78 in Paris on 14 September 2002, which was at the time ratified as a world record.[51] However, the record was rescinded in December 2005 following his indictment in the BALCO scandal on drug use and drug trafficking charges.[52] The time had stood as the world record until Asafa Powell first ran 9.77.[53]
Ben Johnson ran 9.79 in Seoul on 24 September 1988, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for stanozolol after the race. He subsequently admitted to drug use between 1981 and 1988, and his time of 9.83 at Rome on 30 August 1987 was rescinded.
All-time top 25 women[edit]

As of September 2021[54][55]

Ath.# Perf.# Time (s) Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 1 10.49 ±0.0[a] Florence Griffith-Joyner United States 16 JUL 1988 Indianapolis
2 2 10.54 +0.9 Elaine Thompson-Herah Jamaica 21 AUG 2021 Eugene [56]
3 3 10.60 +1.7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica 26 AUG 2021 Lausanne [57]
4 10.61 +1.2 Griffith-Joyner #2 17 JUL 1988 Indianapolis
−0.6 Thompson-Herah #2 31 JUL 2021 Tokyo [58]
6 10.62 +1.0 Griffith-Joyner #3 24 SEP 1988 Seoul
7 10.63 +1.3 Fraser-Pryce #2 05 JUN 2021 Kingston [59]
4 8 10.64 +1.2 Carmelita Jeter United States 20 SEP 2009 Shanghai
8 10.64 +1.7 Thompson-Herah #3 26 AUG 2021 Lausanne [60]
5 10 10.65[A] +1.1 Marion Jones United States 12 SEP 1998 Johannesburg
10 10.65 +0.6 Thompson-Herah #4 09 SEP 2021 Zürich [61]
12 10.67 −0.1 Jeter #2 13 SEP 2009 Thessaloniki
13 10.70 +1.6 Griffith-Joyner #4 17 JUL 1988 Indianapolis
−0.1 Jones #2 22 AUG 1999 Seville
+2.0 Jeter #3 04 JUN 2011 Eugene
+0.6 Fraser-Pryce #3 29 JUN 2012 Kingston
+0.3 Thompson-Herah #5 01 JUL 2016 Kingston [62]
18 10.71 +0.1 Jones #3 12 MAY 1998 Chengdu
+2.0 Jones #4 19 JUN 1998 New Orleans
−0.3 Fraser-Pryce #4 12 AUG 2013 Moscow
+0.5 Thompson-Herah #6 13 AUG 2016 Rio de Janeiro
+0.8 Thompson-Herah #7 23 JUN 2017 Kingston
+0.1 Fraser-Pryce #5 29 SEP 2019 Doha
+1.0 Fraser-Pryce #6 25 JUN 2021 Kingston
+0.6 Thompson-Herah #8 06 JUL 2021 Székesfehérvár [63]
6 10.72 +1.6 Sha’Carri Richardson United States 10 APR 2021 Miramar [64]
7 10.73 +2.0 Christine Arron France 19 AUG 1998 Budapest
8 10.74 +1.3 Merlene Ottey Jamaica 07 SEP 1996 Milan
+1.0 English Gardner United States 03 JUL 2016 Eugene [65]
10 10.75 +0.4 Kerron Stewart Jamaica 10 JUL 2009 Rome
11 10.76 +1.7 Evelyn Ashford United States 22 AUG 1984 Zürich
+1.1 Veronica Campbell-Brown Jamaica 31 MAY 2011 Ostrava
−0.6 Shericka Jackson Jamaica 31 JUL 2021 Tokyo [66]
14 10.77 +0.9 Irina Privalova Russia 06 JUL 1994 Lausanne
+0.7 Ivet Lalova Bulgaria 19 JUN 2004 Plovdiv
16 10.78[A] +1.0 Dawn Sowell United States 03 JUN 1989 Provo
10.78 +1.8 Torri Edwards United States 28 JUN 2008 Eugene
+1.6 Murielle Ahouré Ivory Coast 11 JUN 2016 Montverde [67]
+1.0 Tianna Bartoletta United States 03 JUL 2016 Eugene
+1.0 Tori Bowie United States 03 JUL 2016 Eugene
−0.3 Marie-Josée Ta Lou Ivory Coast 30 JUL 2021 Tokyo [68]
22 10.79 ±0.0 Li Xuemei China 18 OCT 1997 Shanghai
−0.1 Inger Miller United States 22 AUG 1999 Seville
+1.1 Blessing Okagbare Nigeria 27 JUL 2013 London
25 10.81 +1.7 Marlies Göhr East Germany 08 JUN 1983 Berlin
−0.3 Dafne Schippers Netherlands 24 AUG 2015 Beijing [69]
Assisted marks[edit]
Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of the fastest wind-assisted times (equal or superior to 10.81). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown.

Assuming that the 10.49 run by Florence Griffith-Joyner was aided by a +6.0 m/s tailwind, her personal best is 10.61, she also ran 10.54 (+3.0 m/s) on 25 September 1988 at the Olympic Games and 10.60 (+3.2 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis on 16 July 1988.
Blessing Okagbare (NGR) ran 10.63 (+2.7 m/s) in Lagos on 17 June 2021, 10.72 (+2.7 m/s) in Austin, Texas on 31 March 2018 and 10.75 (+2.2 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 1 June 2013.
Tori Bowie (USA) ran 10.72 (+3.2 m/s) during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 26 June 2015 and 10.74 (+3.1 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 3 July 2016.
Tawanna Meadows (USA) ran 10.72 (+4.5 m/s) in Lubbock, Texas on 6 May 2017.
Cambrea Sturgis ran 10.74 (+2.2 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 12 June 2021.
Marshevet Hooker (USA) ran 10.76 (+3.4 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 27 June 2008.
Gail Devers (USA) ran 10.77 (+2.3 m/s) in San Jose, California on 28 May 1994.
Ekaterini Thanou (GRE) ran 10.77 (+2.3 m/s) in Rethymno on 29 May 1999.
Gwen Torrence (USA) ran 10.78 (+5.0 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis on 16 July 1988.
Muna Lee (USA) ran 10.78 (+3.3 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 26 June 2009.
Marlies Göhr (GDR) ran 10.79 (+3.3 m/s) in Cottbus on 16 July 1980.
Twanisha Terry (USA) ran 10.79 (+2.2 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 12 June 2021.
Pam Marshall (USA) ran 10.80 (+2.9 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 20 June 1986.
Heike Drechsler (GDR) ran 10.80 (+2.8 m/s) in Oslo on 5 July 1986.
Jenna Prandini (USA) ran 10.81 (+3.6 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 2 July 2016.
Notes:

Sha’Carri Richardson ran 10.64 (+2.6 m/s) at the US Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon on 19 June 2021, but her result was later nullified due to a positive test for cannabis.
Kelli White (USA) ran 10.79 (+2.3 m/s) in Carson, California on 1 June 2001. This performance was annulled in 2003 after she tested positive for modafinil.
Season’s bests[edit]
Top 20 junior (under-20) men[edit]
Updated 29 March 2020[70]

Rank Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Age Ref
1 9.97 +1.8 Trayvon Bromell United States 13 June 2014 Eugene 18 years, 338 days [71]
2 10.00 +1.6 Trentavis Friday United States 5 July 2014 Eugene 19 years, 30 days
3 10.01 +0.0 Darrel Brown Trinidad and Tobago 24 August 2003 Saint-Denis 18 years, 317 days
+1.6 Jeff Demps United States 28 June 2008 Eugene 18 years, 172 days
+0.9 Yoshihide Kiryu Japan 28 April 2013 Hiroshima 17 years, 134 days [72]
6 10.03 +0.7 Marcus Rowland United States 31 July 2009 Port of Spain 19 years, 142 days
+1.7 Lalu Muhammad Zohri Indonesia 19 May 2019 Osaka 18 years, 322 days [73]
8 10.04 +1.7 D’Angelo Cherry United States 10 June 2009 Fayetteville 18 years, 313 days
+0.2 Christophe Lemaitre France 24 July 2009 Novi Sad 19 years, 43 days
+1.9 Abdullah Abkar Mohammed Saudi Arabia 15 April 2016 Norwalk 18 years, 319 days [74]
11 10.05 Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria 3 January 1990 Bauchi 18 years, 42 days
+0.1 Adam Gemili Great Britain 11 July 2012 Barcelona 18 years, 279 days
+0.6 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown Japan 24 June 2017 Osaka 18 years, 110 days [75]
−0.6 4 August 2017 London 18 years, 151 days [76]
14 10.06 0.0 Sunday Emmanuel Nigeria 26 April 1997 Walnut 18 years, 200 days
+2.0 Dwain Chambers Great Britain 25 July 1997 Ljubljana 19 years, 111 days
+1.5 Walter Dix United States 7 May 2005 New York 19 years, 116 days
+0.8 Shaun Maswanganyi South Africa 14 March 2020 Pretoria 19 years, 42 days [77]
18 10.07 +2.0 Stanley Floyd United States 24 May 1980 Austin 18 years, 336 days
+1.1 DaBryan Blanton United States 30 May 2003 Lincoln 18 years, 331 days
+0.2 Tamunosiki Atorudibo Nigeria 8 July 2004 Abuja 19 years, 109 days
+0.3 Jimmy Vicaut France 22 July 2011 Tallinn 19 years, 145 days
Notes[edit]
Trayvon Bromell’s junior world record is also the age-18 world record. He also recorded the fastest wind-assisted (+4.2 m/s) time for a junior or age-18 athlete of 9.77 seconds on 18 May 2014 (age 18 years, 312 days).[78]
Yoshihide Kiryu’s time of 10.01 seconds matched the junior world record set by Darrel Brown and Jeff Demps, but was not ratified because of the type of wind gauge used.[79]
British sprinter Mark Lewis-Francis recorded a time of 9.97 seconds on 4 August 2001 (age 18 years, 334 days), but the wind gauge malfunctioned.[80]
Nigerian sprinter Davidson Ezinwa recorded a time of 10.05 seconds on 4 January 1990 (age 18 years, 43 days), but with no wind gauge.[81]
Below is a list of all other legal times equal or superior to 10.06:

Abdul Hakim Sani Brown also ran 10.06 (2017).
Top 20 junior (under-20) women[edit]
Updated 2 June 2020[82]

Rank Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Age Ref
1 10.75 +1.6 Sha’Carri Richardson United States 8 June 2019 Austin 19 years, 75 days [83]
2 10.88 +2.0 Marlies Göhr East Germany 1 July 1977 Dresden 19 years, 102 days
3 10.89 +1.8 Katrin Krabbe East Germany 20 July 1988 Berlin 18 years, 241 days
4 10.97 +1.2 Briana Williams Jamaica 5 June 2021 Miramar 19 years, 76 days [84]
5 10.98 +2.0 Candace Hill United States 20 June 2015 Shoreline 16 years, 129 days [85]
6 10.99 +0.9 Ángela Tenorio Ecuador 22 July 2015 Toronto 19 years, 176 days [86]
+1.7 Twanisha Terry United States 21 April 2018 Torrance 19 years, 148 days [87]
8 11.02 +1.8 Tamara Clark United States 12 May 2018 Knoxville 19 years, 123 days
9 11.03 +1.7 Silke Gladisch-Möller East Germany 8 June 1983 Berlin 18 years, 353 days
+0.6 English Gardner United States 14 May 2011 Tucson 19 years, 22 days
11 11.04 +1.4 Angela Williams United States 5 June 1999 Boise 19 years, 126 days
+1.6 Kiara Grant Jamaica 8 June 2019 Austin 18 years, 243 days [88]
13 11.06 +0.9 Khalifa St. Fort Trinidad and Tobago 24 June 2017 Port of Spain 19 years, 131 days [89]
14 11.07 +0.7 Bianca Knight United States 27 June 2008 Eugene 19 years, 177 days
15 11.08 +2.0 Brenda Morehead United States 21 June 1976 Eugene 18 years, 260 days
16 11.09 Angela Williams Trinidad and Tobago 14 April 1984 Nashville 18 years, 335 days
+1.6 Ackera Nugent Jamaica 27 May 2021 Austin 19 years, 28 days
−0.6 Tina Clayton Jamaica 19 August 2021 Nairobi 17 years, 2 days
19 11.10 +0.9 Kaylin Whitney United States 5 July 2014 Eugene 16 years, 118 days
20 11.11 +0.2 Shakedia Jones United States 2 May 1998 Westwood 19 years, 48 days
+1.1 Joan Uduak Ekah Nigeria 2 July 1999 Lausanne 17 years, 224 days
Notes[edit]
Briana Williams ran 10.94 s at the Jamaican Championships on 21 June 2019, which would have made her the fourth fastest junior female of all-time.[90] However, she tested positive for the banned diuretic hydrochlorothiazide during the competition. She was determined to be not at fault and received no period of ineligibility to compete, but her results from the Jamaican Championships were nullified.[91][92][93]
Below is a list of all other legal times equal or superior to 11.11:

Briana Williams also ran 10.98 (2021), 11.00 (2021), 11.01 (2021), 11.02 (2019, 2021), 11.09 (2021), 11.10 (2019) and 11.11 (2019)
Sha’Carri Richardson also ran 10.99 x2 (2019).
Twanisha Terry also ran 11.03 (2018) and 11.08 (2018)
Marlies Gohr also ran 11.07 (1977) and 11.10 (1977)
Candace Hill also ran 11.07 (2016), 11.08 (2015) and 11.09 (2016)
Silke Gladisch-Moeller also ran 11.08 (1983)
Bianca Knight also ran 11.09 (2008) and 11.11 x2 (2008)
Ángela Tenorio also ran 11.09 x2 (2015) and 11.10 (2015)
Angela Williams (USA) also ran 11.11 (1998)
Kiara Grant also ran 11.11 (2019)
Top 20 Youth (under-18) boys[edit]
Updated 5 January 2020[94]

Rank Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Country Date Place Age Ref
1 10.15 +2.0 Anthony Schwartz United States 31 March 2017 Gainesville 16 years, 207 days [95]
2 10.16 −0.3 Erriyon Knighton United States 23 May 2021 Boston, Massachusetts 17 years, 114 days [96]
3 10.19 +0.5 Yoshihide Kiryu Japan 3 November 2012 Fukuroi 16 years, 324 days
4 10.20 +1.4 Darryl Haraway United States 15 June 2014 Greensboro 17 years, 87 days
+1.5 Tlotliso Leotlela South Africa 7 September 2015 Apia 17 years, 118 days [97]
+2.0 Sachin Dennis Jamaica 23 March 2018 Kingston 15 years, 233 days [98]
6 10.22 +1.0 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown Japan 14 May 2016 Shanghai 17 years, 69 days
8 10.23 +0.8 Tamunosiki Atorudibo Nigeria 23 March 2002 Enugu 17 years, 2 days [citation needed]
+1.2 Rynell Parson United States 21 June 2007 Indianapolis 16 years, 345 days
10 10.24 +0.0 Darrel Brown Trinidad and Tobago 14 April 2001 Bridgetown 16 years, 185 days
11 10.25 +1.5 J-Mee Samuels United States 11 July 2004 Knoxville 17 years, 52 days
+1.6 Jeff Demps United States 1 August 2007 Knoxville 17 years, 205 days
+0.9 Jhevaughn Matherson Jamaica 5 March 2016 Kingston 17 years, 7 days [99][failed verification]
14 10.26 +1.2 Deworski Odom United States 21 July 1994 Lisbon 17 years, 101 days
−0.1 Sunday Emmanuel Nigeria 18 March 1995 Bauchi 16 years, 161 days
16 10.27 +0.2 Henry Thomas United States 19 May 1984 Norwalk 16 years, 314 days [citation needed]
+1.6 Curtis Johnson United States 30 June 1990 Fresno 16 years, 188 days
+1.0 Ivory Williams United States 8 June 2002 Sacramento 17 years, 37 days
−0.2 Jazeel Murphy Jamaica 23 April 2011 Montego Bay 17 years, 55 days
+1.9 Raheem Chambers Jamaica 20 April 2014 Fort-de-France 16 years, 196 days [citation needed]
Top 15 Youth (under-18) girls[edit]
Updated 5 January 2020[100]

Rank Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Age Ref
1 10.98 +2.0 Candace Hill United States 20 June 2015 Shoreline 16 years, 129 days [85]
2 11.02 +0.8 Briana Williams Jamaica 8 June 2019 Albuquerque 17 years, 79 days
3 11.09 −0.6 Tina Clayton Jamaica 19 August 2021 Nairobi 17 years, 2 days
4 11.10 +0.9 Kaylin Whitney United States 5 July 2014 Eugene 16 years, 118 days [101]
5 11.13 +2.0 Chandra Cheeseborough United States 21 June 1976 Eugene 17 years, 163 days
+1.6 Tamari Davis United States 9 June 2018 Montverde 15 years, 159 days
7 11.14 +1.7 Marion Jones United States 6 June 1992 Norwalk 16 years, 238 days
−0.5 Angela Williams United States 21 June 1997 Edwardsville 17 years, 142 days
9 11.16 +1.2 Gabrielle Mayo United States 22 June 2006 Indianapolis 17 years, 147 days
+0.9 Kevona Davis Jamaica 23 March 2018 Kingston 16 years, 93 days
11 11.17 [A] +0.6 Wendy Vereen United States 3 July 1983 Colorado Springs 17 years, 70 days
12 11.19 0.0 Khalifa St. Fort Trinidad and Tobago 16 July 2015 Cali 17 years, 153 days
13 11.20 [A] +1.2 Raelene Boyle Australia 15 October 1968 Mexico City 17 years, 144 days
14 11.24 −1.0 Ewa Swoboda Poland 4 June 2015 Sankt Pölten 17 years, 313 days
15 11.24 +1.2 Jeneba Tarmoh United States 22 June 2006 Indianapolis 16 years, 268 days
+0.8 Jodie Williams Great Britain 31 May 2010 Bedford 16 years, 245 days
Notes[edit]
Briana Williams ran 10.94 s at the Jamaican Championships on 21 June 2019, which would have been a world under-18 best time.[90] However, she tested positive for the banned diuretic hydrochlorothiazide during the competition. She was determined to be not at fault and received no period of ineligibility to compete, but her results from the Jamaican Championships were nullified.[91][92][93]
Below is a list of all other legal times equal or superior to 11.24:

Briana Williams also ran 11.10 (2019), 11.11 (2019), 11.13 (2018), 11.21 (2018)
Tamari Davis also ran 11.15 (2020).
Tina Clayton also ran 11.17
Kevona Davis also ran 11.24 (2017).
100 metres per age category[edit]
The best performances by 5- to 19-year-old athletes

As of August 2020
Boys[edit]
Age Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Date Place Age
5 15.93 −2.1 United States Kai Sapp 8 June 2019 Henderson, United States 5 years, 355 days
6 14.30 +1.7 United States Willie Washington 24 July 2010 Durham, United States 6 years, 350 days
7 13.46 -1.7 6 August 2011 New Orleans, United States 7 years, 363 days
8 12.80 +0.5 29 July 2012 Baltimore, United States 8 years, 356 days
9 12.45 +1.1 3 August 2013 Ypsilanti, United States 9 years, 360 days
10 12.06 −0.4 United States Nyckoles Harbor 8 June 2016 Landover, United States 10 years, 339 days
11 11.86 +0.1 25 June 2017 Baltimore, United States 11 years, 355 days
12 11.22 −0.3 United States Shaun Crawford 4 August 2010 Norfolk, United States 12 years, 346 days
13 10.82 +1.2 Trinidad and Tobago Darrel Brown 10 July 1998 Georgetown, Guyana 13 years, 272 days
14 10.51 −0.7 Jamaica Sachin Dennis 31 March 2017 Kingston, Jamaica 14 years, 241 days
15 10.20 +2.0 23 March 2018 Kingston, Jamaica 15 years, 233 days
16 10.15 +2.0 United States Anthony Schwartz 31 March 2017 Gainesville, United States 16 years, 207 days
17 10.01 +2.0 Japan Yoshihide Kiryu 29 April 2013 Hiroshima, Japan 17 years, 135 days
18 9.97 +1.8 United States Trayvon Bromell 13 June 2014 Eugene, United States 18 years, 338 days
19 9.84 +1.3 25 June 2015 Eugene, United States 19 years, 350 days
Girls[edit]
Age Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Date Place Age
5 16.12 +1.6 United States Micahlena Cotton 9 July 2016 Orlando, United States 5 years, 362 days
6 14.89 0.0 United States Stacey Onyepunuka 6 July 2013 Mesa, United States 6 years, 261 days
7 13.97 −0.4 United States Payton Payne 25 July 2015 Durham, United States 7 years, 234 days
8 13.55 +1.5 United States Kharisma Watkins 1 June 2019 Miramar, United States 8 years, 343 days
9 12.67 +1.7 United States Payton Payne 9 July 2017 Greensboro, United States 9 years, 218 days
10 12.15 +0.5 26 July 2018 Greensboro, United States 10 years, 235 days
11 11.75 +1.6 28 July 2019 Sacramento, United States 11 years, 237 days
12 11.75 +1.6 28 July 2019 Sacramento, United States 11 years, 237 days
13 11.54 −1.2 Jamaica Tia Clayton 27 May 2018 Douglasville, United States 13 years, 283 days
14 11.27 +1.4 29 March 2019 Kingston, Jamaica 14 years, 224 days
15 11.13 +1.7 Jamaica Briana Williams 17 March 2018 Jacksonville, United States 15 years, 361 days
+1.6 United States Tamari Davis 9 June 2018 Shoreline, United States 15 years, 114 days
16 10.98 +2.0 United States Candance Hill 20 June 2015 Shoreline, United States 16 years, 129 days
17 10.94 +0.6 Jamaica Briana Williams 21 June 2019 Kingston, Jamaica 17 years, 92 days
18 10.89 +1.8 East Germany Katrin Krabbe 20 July 1988 Berlin, East Germany 18 years, 241 days
19 10.75 +1.3 United States Sha’Carri Richardson 8 June 2019 Austin, United States 19 years, 75 days
Para world records men[edit]

Updated September 2021[102]

Class Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
T11 10.82 +1.2 Athanasios Ghavelas Greece 2 September 2021 Tokyo [103]
T12 10.43 +0.2 Salum Ageze Kashafali Norway 29 August 2021 Tokyo [104]
T13 10.46 +0.6 Jason Smyth Ireland 1 September 2012 London
T32 23.25 0.0 Martin McDonagh Ireland 13 August 1999 Nottingham
T33 16.46 +1.3 Ahmad Almutairi Kuwait 12 May 2015 Doha
+1.0 3 June 2017 Nottwil
T34 14.46 +0.6 Walid Ktila Tunisia 1 June 2019 Arbon
T35 11.39 0.0 Dmitrii Safronov Russia 30 August 2021 Tokyo [105]
T36 11.72 +0.7 James Turner Australia 10 November 2019 Dubai
T37 10.95 +0.3 Nick Mayhugh United States 27 August 2021 Tokyo [106]
T38 10.74 −0.3 Hu Jianwen China 13 September 2016 Rio de Janeiro [107]
T42 12.04 –0.5 Anton Prokhorov Russia 30 August 2021 Tokyo [108]
T43 vacant
T44 11.00 +1.1 Mpumelelo Mhlongo South Africa 11 November 2019 Dubai
T45 10.94 +0.2 Yohansson Nascimento Brazil 6 September 2012 London
T46/47 10.42 +0.3 Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos Brazil 12 November 2019 Dubai
T51 19.71 +0.4 Peter Genyn Belgium 4 September 2020 Brussels
T52 16.41 +0.2 Raymond Martin United States 30 May 2019 Arbon
T53 14.10 +0.7 Brent Lakatos Canada 27 May 2017 Arbon
T54 13.63 +1.0 Leo-Pekka Tähti Finland 1 September 2012 London
T61 12.73 +0.9 Ali Lacin Germany 3 July 2020 Berlin
T62 10.54 +1.6 Johannes Floors Germany 10 November 2019 Dubai
T63 11.95 +1.9 Vinicius Goncalves Rodrigues Brazil 25 April 2019 São Paulo
T64 10.61 +1.4 Richard Browne United States 29 October 2015 Doha
Para world records women[edit]
Updated June 2021[109]

Classification Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
T11 11.85 +1.5 Jerusa Geber Santos Brazil 27 July 2019 São Paulo
T12 11.40 +0.2 Omara Durand Cuba 9 September 2016 Rio de Janeiro [110]
T13 11.79 +0.5 Leilia Adzhametova Ukraine 11 September 2016 Rio de Janeiro [111]
T32 17.67 0.0 Lindsay Wright United Kingdom 25 July 1997 Nottingham
T33 19.89 +0.3 Shelby Watson United Kingdom 26 May 2016 Nottwil
T34 16.77 +1.4 Hannah Cockroft United Kingdom 10 November 2019 Dubai
T35 13.43 +0.9 Isis Holt Australia 19 July 2017 London
T36 13.68 +1.5 Shi Yiting China 20 July 2017 London
T37 13.10 +1.3 Mandy Francois-Elie France 24 May 2019 Nottwil
T38 12.38 +1.0 Sophie Hahn Great Britain 12 November 2019 Loughborough
T42 14.61 −0.2 Karisma Evi Tiarani Indonesia 13 November 2019 Dubai
T43 12.80 +1.0 Marlou van Rhijn Netherlands 29 October 2015 Doha [112]
T44 12.72 +0.5 Irmgard Bensusan Germany 24 May 2019 Nottwil [113]
12.72 +1.8 Irmgard Bensusan Germany 21 June 2019 Leverkusen
T45 14.00 0.0 Giselle Cole Canada 2 June 1980 Arnhem
T46/47 11.95 −0.2 Yunidis Castillo Cuba 4 September 2012 London
T51 24.69 −0.8 Cassie Mitchell United States 2 July 2016 Charlotte
T52 18.67 +1.7 Michelle Stilwell Canada 14 July 2012 Windsor
T53 16.19 +1.0 Huang Lisha China 8 September 2016 Rio de Janeiro [114]
T54 15.35 +1.9 Tatyana McFadden United States 5 June 2016 Indianapolis
T61 14.95 +1.5 Vanessa Louw Australia 20 January 2020 Canberra
T62 12.78 +1.0 Fleur Jong Netherlands 21 August 2020 Leverkusen
T63 14.59 +0.2 Ambra Sabatini Italy 12 February 2021 Dubai
T64 12.64 +1.6 Fleur Jong Netherlands 3 June 2021 Bydgoszcz [115]
Olympic medalists[edit]
Men[edit]
Women[edit]
World Championship medalists[edit]
Men[edit]
Women[edit]
See also[edit]
100-yard dash
List of 100 metres national champions (men)
List of 100 metres national champions (women)
Men’s 100 metres world record progression
Women’s 100 metres world record progression
2018 in 100 metres
2019 in 100 metres
2020 in 100 metres
Notes[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e It is widely believed that the anemometer was faulty for the race in which Florence Griffith-Joyner set the official world record for the women’s 100 m of 10.49 s.[1] A 1995 report commissioned by the IAAF estimated the true wind speed was between +5.0 m/s and +7.0 m/s, rather than the 0.0 recorded.[1] If this time, recorded in the quarter-final of the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials, were excluded, the world record would be 10.54 s, recorded by Elaine Thompson-Herah at the 2021 Prefontaine meet in Oregon on 21 August 2021.[1][2]
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100 metres
not awarded
Greece Ekaterini Thanou 11.12 and Jamaica Tayna Lawrence 11.18
Jamaica Merlene Ottey 11.19
The IOC did not initially decide to regrade the results, as silver medalist Ekaterini Thanou had herself been subsequently involved in a doping scandal in the run-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics. After two years of deliberation, in late 2009 the IOC decided to upgrade Lawrence and Ottey to silver and bronze respectively, and leave Thanou as a silver medallist, with the gold medal withheld.
External links[edit]
Media related to 100 metres at Wikimedia Commons
IAAF list of 100-metres records in XML
All-time men’s 100 m list
All-time women’s 100 m list
Olympics 100 m – Men
Olympics 100 m – Women

the shortest race in track…

(the titleholder is commonly referred to as the “fastest man in the world”)

record:

9.58 seconds

16 august 2009

(usain bolt)
(born 1986)
(jamaica)
(world athletic championships)

i ran the 100 meter dash for a lark in middle school track…my time was rather average…

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100 metres
Contributors to Wikimedia projects49-62 minutes 6/6/2004
This article is about the 100 metres race. For lengths on the order of magnitude of 100 metres, see 1 hectometre.

Athletics
100 metres
London 2012 Olympic 100m final start.jpg
Start of the men’s 100 metres final at the
2012 Olympic Games.

World records

Men Jamaica Usain Bolt 9.58 (2009)

Women United States Florence Griffith-Joyner 10.49a

Olympic records

Men Jamaica Usain Bolt 9.63 (2012)

Women Jamaica Elaine Thompson-Herah 10.61 (2021)

World Championship records

Men Jamaica Usain Bolt 9.58 (2009)

Women United States Marion Jones 10.70 (1999)

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