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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 |
 United States |
Stockholm, Sweden |
July 6, 1912 |
| Jackson Scholz |
United States |
September 16, 1920 |
| 10.4 |
Charlie Paddock |
United States |
Redlands, California, USA |
April 23, 1921 |
| Eddie Tolan |
United States |
Stockholm, Sweden |
August 8, 1929 |
| Copenhagen, Denmark |
August 25, 1929 |
| 10.3 |
Percy Williams |
 Canada |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
August 9, 1930 |
| Arthur Jonath |
 Germany |
Bochum, Germany |
July 5, 1932 |
| Eddie Tolan |
United States |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
August 1, 1932 |
| Ralph Metcalfe |
United States |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
August 1, 1932 |
| Ralph Metcalfe |
United States |
Budapest, Hungary |
August 12, 1933 |
| Eulace Peacock |
United States |
Oslo, Norway |
August 6, 1934 |
| Chris Berger |
 Netherlands |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
August 26, 1934 |
| Ralph Metcalfe |
United States |
Osaka, Japan |
September 15, 1934 |
| Dairen, China |
September 23, 1934 |
| Takanori Yoshioka |
 Japan |
Tokyo, Japan |
June 15, 1935 |
| 10.2 |
Jesse Owens |
United States |
Chicago, Illinois, USA |
June 20, 1936 |
| Harold Davis |
United States |
Compton, California, USA |
June 6, 1941 |
| Lloyd LaBeach |
 Panama |
Fresno, California, USA |
May 15, 1948 |
| Barney Ewell |
United States |
Evanston, Illinois, USA |
July 9, 1948 |
| Emmanuel McDonald Bailey |
 United Kingdom |
Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
August 25, 1951 |
| Heinz Fütterer |
West Germany |
Yokohama, Japan |
October 31, 1954 |
| Bobby Joe Morrow |
United States |
Houston, Texas, USA |
May 19, 1956 |
| Ira Murchison |
United States |
Compton, California, USA |
June 1, 1956 |
| Bobby Joe Morrow |
United States |
Bakersfield, California, USA |
June 22, 1956 |
| Ira Murchison |
United States |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
June 29, 1956 |
| Bobby Joe Morrow |
United States |
| 10.1 |
Willie Williams |
United States |
Berlin, Germany |
August 3, 1956 |
| Ira Murchison |
United States |
|
August 4, 1956 |
| Leamon King |
United States |
Ontario, California, USA |
October 20, 1956 |
| Santa Ana, California, USA |
October 27, 1956 |
| Ray Norton |
United States |
San Jose, California, USA |
April 18, 1959 |
| 10.0 |
Armin Hary |
West Germany |
Zürich, Switzerland |
June 21, 1960 |
| Harry Jerome |
Canada |
Saskatoon, Canada |
July 15, 1960 |
| Horacio Esteves |
 Venezuela |
Caracas, Venezuela |
August 15, 1964 |
| Bob Hayes |
United States |
Tokyo, Japan |
October 15, 1964 |
| Jim Hines |
United States |
Modesto, California, USA |
May 27, 1967 |
| Enrique Figuerola |
 Cuba |
Budapest, Hungary |
June 17, 1967 |
| Paul Nash |
 South Africa |
Krugersdorp, South Africa |
April 2, 1968 |
| Oliver Ford |
United States |
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA |
May 31, 1968 |
| Charles Greene |
United States |
Sacramento, California, USA |
June 20, 1968 |
| Roger Bambuck |
 France |
| 9.9 |
Jim Hines |
United States |
| Ronnie Ray Smith |
United States |
| Charles Greene |
United States |
| Steve Williams |
United States |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
June 21, 1972 |
| Eddie Hart |
United States |
Eugene, Oregon, USA |
July 1, 1972 |
| Reynaud Robinson |
United States |
| Silvio Leonard |
Cuba |
Ostrava, Czechoslovakia |
June 5, 1975 |
| Steve Williams |
United States |
Siena, Italy |
July 16, 1975 |
| Berlin, Germany |
August 22, 1975 |
| Gainesville, Florida, USA |
March 27, 1976 |
| Harvey Glance |
United States |
Columbia, South Carolina, USA |
April 3, 1976 |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA |
May 1, 1976 |
| Don Quarrie |
 Jamaica |
Modesto, California, USA |
May 22, 1976 |
| Electronic timing |
| Time |
Athlete |
Nat |
Location of race |
Date |
| 9.95 |
Jim Hines |
United States |
Mexico City, Mexico |
October 14, 1968 |
| 9.93 |
Calvin Smith |
United States |
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA |
July 3, 1983 |
| Carl Lewis |
United States |
Rome, Italy |
August 30, 1987 |
| Zurich, Switzerland |
August 17, 1988 |
9.83 [2] |
Ben Johnson |
Canada |
Rome, Italy |
August 30, 1987 |
9.79 [2] |
Ben Johnson |
Canada |
Seoul, South Korea |
September 24, 1988 |
| 9.92 |
Carl Lewis |
United States |
Seoul, South Korea |
September 24, 1988 |
| 9.90 |
Leroy Burrell |
United States |
New York, New York, USA |
June 14, 1991 |
| 9.86 |
Carl Lewis |
United States |
Tokyo, Japan |
August 25, 1991 |
| 9.85 |
Leroy Burrell |
United States |
Lausanne, Switzerland |
July 6, 1994 |
| 9.84 |
Donovan Bailey |
Canada |
Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
July 27, 1996 |
| 9.79 |
Maurice Greene |
United States |
Athens, Greece |
June 16, 1999 |
9.78[3] |
Tim Montgomery |
United States |
Charléty, Paris, France |
September 14, 2002 |
| 9.77 |
Asafa Powell |
Jamaica |
Athens, Greece |
June 14, 2005 |
| Justin Gatlin |
United States |
Doha, Qatar |
May 12, 2006 |
| Asafa Powell[4] |
Jamaica |
Gateshead, England |
June 11, 2006 |
| Asafa Powell |
Jamaica |
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 annulled by the IAAF Council in September of 1989. Earlier in 1989 Johnson had admitted under oath that he took banned drugs. His 9.79 time was never ratified for a record as he was disqualified shortly after setting it.
- 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 with Asafa Powell. This record also is under review by the IAAF, due to Gatlin's positive steroid test.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Record rescinded after positive test during 1988 Olympics.
- ^ Ruling in 2005 on his involvement with Balco scandal rescinded all records and medals from 2001 onwards.
- ^ Powell equals World 100m record – 9.77 – first quotes Sunday 11 June 2006
[edit] See also
