100 meter run

Dwain Chambers (center) in the 2008 British Olympic qualification sprint

The 100-meter run is a sprint discipline in athletics and is held on a straight route, with each runner having to stay in his own lane from start to finish. You start in the low start with the help of starting blocks . At the Olympic Games , the 100-meter route is the shortest sprint distance.

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The best men achieve a time under 10 seconds, the best women stay under 11 seconds. How fast a person could run the 100-meter route under optimal conditions is a matter of dispute among scientists. Mark Denny from Stanford University assumes a time of 9.48 seconds, John Barry (Cambridge University) and Reza Noubary (Bloomsburg University) even think 9.4 seconds are possible. The Australian Jeremy Richmond shows in a study that a human best time of 9.27 seconds can be achieved.

The men's world record set by Usain Bolt in 9.58 s at the World Championships in Berlin in 2009 corresponds to an average speed of 10.44  m / s or 37.58  km / h . The maximum speed that an athlete reaches during a run is well over 40 km / h for men. Donovan Bailey's top speed on his world record of 9.84 s was approximately 12.1 m / s or 43.56 km / h. Usain Bolt even reached a top speed of around 12.5 m / s or 44.72 km / h in his record run of 9.58 s.

The women's world record of 10.49 s set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988 corresponds to an average speed of 9.53 m / s or 34.31 km / h.

Although the speed decreases with increasing distance (and it is not possible to run at top speed in the curve, as some force has to be put into the change of direction), the average speeds in the 200-meter run are often slightly higher than in the 100-meter run. Run, due to the comparatively longer distance on which you can run at top speed after the slower start phase. In addition, the reaction time at the start is only included once, which takes around 15 hundredths of a second.

Records with tailwind support are only recognized if the wind speed does not exceed 2.0 m / s ( IAAF rule 163.8). Since 1938, wind measurements have been stipulated for the recognition of records.

The 100-meter route is also used in the 4 x 100-meter relay race (men and women) and as the first sub-discipline in the decathlon . Until 1949, the 100-meter run was a sub-discipline in the women's all-around event (three-way, pentathlon ).

The friction and elasticity when pushing off the ground influence the running speed, which is why the type of running shoes and the nature of the surface are important for the time that can be achieved.

In top international sport, there is a decisive loss of time in the neuronal feedback processes in the brain that take place with every step. Fewer steps (through more step length) and a complete symmetry of the legs reduce this feedback time.

history

The 100-meter run is derived from the 100- yard run (91.44 m), which was held on grass and cinder tracks in the 19th century with the advent of athletics in English-speaking countries.

In 1887, the American Charles H. Sherrill invented the low start by digging small depressions in which the feet found support when pushing off. In 1921, the Australian sprinter Charlie Booth built the first, still primitive, starting blocks out of wooden blocks with a metal base and continued to develop them.

1928-29, the US coach developed George Breshnahan and William Tuttle the starting blocks used to the present day, by the International Athletics Association IAAF registered since 1937th

Experiments with electronic stopwatches began in the 1920s, and a target camera was used for the first time at the Olympic Games in 1932 . Since the beginning of 1977 records have only been recognized after electronic timekeeping .

The introduction of running tracks with synthetic surfaces in the 1960s brought significant progress in performance; the first 100-meter world record on it was the 9.95 s by Jim Hines at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City .

The first sprint competition in Germany took place on June 6, 1880 on the racecourse in Hamburg-Horn on yard tracks and was also the first ever athletics competition in Germany. 100 and 120 yards were run with a handicap (plus an English mile ). Runs over 100 meters are known from the mid-1890s. Already with the first participation of women in the German championships, on 14./15. August 1920, the 100-meter run was part of the competition program (together with the 4-by-100-meter relay , the long jump and the shot put ).

At the Olympic Games, the 100-meter run has been part of the program for men since 1896 and for women since 1928. In 1900 and 1904 , another short sprint course was the 60-meter run .

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Start of a 100-meter run

The rules for the 100-meter run are set by the IAAF .

The reaction time at the start is measured by sensors in the start pistol and the starting blocks . A response time of less than 100 milliseconds is considered an early start . Up until 2003, an early start was allowed per participant, only the second lead to a disqualification. Since 2003, a false start has been added to the entire field of participants. Since there were still deliberate early starts in order to disrupt the concentration of the competitors, the rule was changed again in 2009, since then the first early start has already led to the participant being disqualified. The tightening of the rules was controversial, especially after Usain Bolt was disqualified at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu .

Anyone who gets on the track of a competitor will also be disqualified.

Reaching the finish line with the torso is decisive for timing.

doping

The Athletics is like almost all other sports also the problem of doping affected. In the past, numerous athletes were convicted in the 100-meter run in particular, or there were hardly any indications of a doping past that could be refuted without any consequences. The doping control system is subject to intensive changes over times and epochs and is applied very differently in different countries. That is why many of the services mentioned here should be viewed with a certain degree of skepticism.

Milestones

Men:

• First recorded time: 11.0 s over 110 yards (100.58 m), William MacLaren , July 27, 1867 at Haslingden 
• First time under 11 seconds: 10.8 s (10 4/5 s), Cecil Lee , on September 25, 1891 in Brussels (stopwatches: 10.6 s, 10.8 s, 11.0 s) 
• First official world record: 10.6 s, Donald Lippincott , 1912 
• First time of 10.0 s, Armin Hary , June 21, 1960 
• First time under 10 seconds:
  • handstopped : 9.9 s, each June 20, 1968 in Sacramento : Jim Hines , Ronnie Ray Smith and Charles Greene   
  • electronically stopped : 9.95 s, Jim Hines on October 14, 1968 in Mexico City 

Women:

• First recorded time: 17.4 s, Aino Rannanpaa , May 15, 1902, Helsinki 
• First official world record: 13.6 s (13 3/5 s): Marie Mejzlíková , August 5, 1922 
• First time under 13 seconds: 12.8 s (12 4/5 s), Mary Lines , August 20, 1922 
• First electronically stopped world record: 12.18 s, Winsome Cripps , 
• First time under 12 seconds: 11.9 s, Tollien Schuurman , on June 5, 1932 in Haarlem 
• First time under 11 seconds:
  • Handstopped : 10.9 s, Renate Stecher , on June 7, 1973 in Ostrava 
  • electronically stopped : 10.88 s, Marlies Göhr , on July 1, 1977 in Dresden 

World records with the longest existence:

• Men: 10.2 s, Jesse Owens , on June 20, 1936 in Chicago , undercut after 20 years in 10.1 s on August 3, 1956 in Berlin by Willie Williams  
• Women: 10.49s, Florence Griffith-Joyner , on July 17, 1988 in Indianapolis ; valid world record (as of February 15, 2019) 

Most successful athlete

• Three Olympic victories:
  •  Usain Bolt , 2008 , 2012 and 2016
• Two Olympic victories:
  •  Wyomia Tyus , 1964 and 1968
  •  Carl Lewis , 1984 and 1988
  •  Gail Devers , 1992 and 1996
  •  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , 2008 and 2012

• Four world championship titles:
  •  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , 2009 , 2013 , 2015 and 2019
• Three world championship titles:
  •  Carl Lewis , 1983 , 1987 and 1991
  •  Maurice Greene , 1997 , 1999 and 2001
  •  Usain Bolt , 2009 , 2013 and 2015
• Two world championship titles:
  •  Marion Jones , 1997 and 1999
• Most successful German
  •  Armin Hary , Olympic champion 1960
  •  Renate Stecher , Olympic champion in 1972 and second in 1976
  •  Annegret Richter , Olympic Champion 1976
  •  Marlies Göhr , world champion 1983
  •  Silke Gladisch , world champion 1987
  •  Katrin Krabbe , world champion 1991

Speed ​​curve of a 100 meter race

At the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo , the first six of the finals managed a time under 10 seconds. The following tables show the course of this 100 meter race as an example. Acceleration up to approx. 40 meters is possible, after which the runners can only increase their speed slightly. The winner, Carl Lewis , was even able to accelerate to around the 80-meter point in this race.

During its fastest phase, it reached a running speed of over 43 km / h (12.05 m / s). This high pace in the final stages helped him to victory, because Leroy Burrell led to about the 80-meter point .

The third, Dennis Mitchell , is one of the slowest of these six runners in terms of the fastest 10-meter section, but ultimately benefited from his quick start, which nowadays would be declared a false start because it had less than 100 milliseconds of reaction time .

The British sprinter Linford Christie said in a conversation that he had increasingly focused his training work in recent years (of his career) on maintaining the speed in the last 20 meters. He hoped that this would improve his overall time. In this context, physiologists point out the limited short-term energy reserves - ATP and creatine phosphate  - which on average last eight seconds at this level of performance. In this respect, the drop in performance over the last 20 meters is of course and not solely due to signs of fatigue in the coordinative area. It is not known to what extent the two causes - creatine phosphate depletion on the one hand and fatigue on the other - are not known.

World Championships 1991 ; Transit time in seconds; leading runner highlighted; RZ = response time

space	runner	RZ	10 m	20 m	30 m	40 m	50 m	60 m	70 m	80 m	90 m	100 m
1	Carl Lewis	0.14	1.88	2.96	3.88	4.77	5.61	6.46	7.3	8.13	9.00	9.86
2	Leroy Burrell	0.12	1.83	2.89	3.80	4.68	5.55	6.41	7.28	8.12	9.01	9.88
3	Dennis Mitchell	0.090	1.80	2.87	3.80	4.68	5.55	6.42	7.28	8.14	9.02	9.91
4th	Linford Christie	0.126	1.85	2.91	3.83	4.72	5.57	6.43	7.29	8.14	9.04	9.92
5	Frank Fredericks	0.151	1.86	2.92	3.84	4.73	5.60	6.47	7.33	8.18	9.07	9.95
6th	Raymond Stewart	0.114	1.81	2.88	3.79	4.68	5.54	6.41	7.29	8.16	9.06	9.96

For comparison: World Championships 2009 in Berlin ; Transit time in seconds; leading runner highlighted; RZ = response time

space	runner	RZ	20 m	40 m	60 m	80 m	100 m
1	Usain Bolt	0.146	2.89	4.64	6.31	7.92	9.58
2	Tyson Gay	0.144	2.92	4.70	6.39	8.02	9.71
3	Asafa Powell	0.134	2.91	4.71	6.42	8.10	9.84
4th	Daniel Bailey	0.129	2.92	4.73	6.48	8.18	9.93
5	Richard Thompson	0.119	2.90	4.71	6.45	8.17	9.93
6th	Dwain Chambers	0.123	2.93	4.75	6.50	8.22	10.00
7th	Marc Burns	0.165	2.94	4.76	6.52	8.24	10.00
8th	Darvis Patton	0.149	2.96	4.85	6.65	8.42	10.34

Running time for the individual sections in seconds; fastest runner highlighted (World Championships 1991)

space	runner	10 m	20 m	30 m	40 m	50 m	60 m	70 m	80 m	90 m	100 m
1	Carl Lewis	1.88	1.08	0.92	0.89	0.84	0.85	0.84	0.83	0.87	0.86
2	Leroy Burrell	1.83	1.06	0.91	0.88	0.87	0.86	0.87	0.84	0.89	0.87
3	Dennis Mitchell	1.80	1.07	0.93	0.88	0.87	0.87	0.86	0.86	0.88	0.89
4th	Linford Christie	1.85	1.06	0.92	0.89	0.85	0.86	0.86	0.85	0.90	0.88
5	Frank Fredericks	1.86	1.06	0.92	0.89	0.87	0.87	0.86	0.85	0.89	0.88
6th	Raymond Stewart	1.81	1.07	0.91	0.89	0.86	0.87	0.88	0.87	0.90	0.90

Speed ​​in km / h for each 10 meter section; fastest runner highlighted (World Championships 1991)

space	runner	10 m	20 m	30 m	40 m	50 m	60 m	70 m	80 m	90 m	100 m
1	Carl Lewis	19.15	33.33	39.13	40.45	42.86	42.35	42.86	43.37	41.38	41.86
2	Leroy Burrell	19.67	33.96	39.56	40.91	41.38	41.86	41.38	42.86	40.45	41.38
3	Dennis Mitchell	20.00	33.64	38.71	40.91	41.38	41.38	41.86	41.86	40.91	40.45
4th	Linford Christie	19.46	33.96	39.13	40.45	42.35	41.86	41.86	42.35	40.00	40.91
5	Frank Fredericks	19.35	33.96	39.13	40.45	41.38	41.38	41.86	42.35	40.45	40.91
6th	Raymond Stewart	19.89	33.64	39.56	40.45	41.86	41.38	40.91	41.38	40.00	40.00

Speed ​​of 10 meter sections in m / s; fastest section of each runner highlighted (1991 World Championships)

space	runner	10 m	20 m	30 m	40 m	50 m	60 m	70 m	80 m	90 m	100 m
1	Carl Lewis	5.32	9.26	10.87	11.24	11.90	11.76	11.90	12.05	11.49	11.63
2	Leroy Burrell	5.46	9.43	10.99	11.36	11.49	11.63	11.49	11.90	11.24	11.49
3	Dennis Mitchell	5.56	9.35	10.75	11.36	11.49	11.49	11.63	11.63	11.36	11.24
4th	Linford Christie	5.41	9.43	10.87	11.24	11.76	11.63	11.63	11.76	11.11	11.36
5	Frank Fredericks	5.38	9.43	10.87	11.24	11.49	11.49	11.63	11.76	11.24	11.36
6th	Raymond Stewart	5.52	9.35	10.99	11.24	11.63	11.49	11.36	11.49	11.11	11.11

statistics

Olympic Games medalist

Men

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1896	Thomas Burke	Fritz Hofmann	Alajos Szokolyi Francis Lane
1900	Frank Jarvis	Walter Tewksbury	Stan Rowley
1904	Archie Hahn	Nate Cartmell	William Hogenson
1906	Archie Hahn	Fay Moulton	Nigel Barker
1908	Reggie Walker	James Rector	Robert Kerr
1912	Ralph Craig	Alvah Meyer	Donald Lippincott
1920	Charles Paddock	Morris Kirksey	Harry Edward
1924	Harold Abrahams	Jackson Scholz	Arthur Porritt
1928	Percy Williams	Jack London	Georg Lammers
1932	Eddie Tolan	Ralph Metcalfe	Arthur Jonath
1936	Jesse Owens	Ralph Metcalfe	Martinus Osendarp
1948	Harrison Dillard	Barney Ewell	Lloyd LaBeach
1952	Lindy Remigino	Herb McKenley	McDonald Bailey
1956	Bobby Morrow	Thane Baker	Hector Hogan
1960	Armin Hary	Dave Sime	Peter Radford
1964	Bob Hayes	Enrique Figuerola	Harry Jerome
1968	Jim Hines	Lennox Miller	Charles Greene
1972	Valery Borsov	Robert Taylor	Lennox Miller
1976	Hasely Crawford	Donald Quarrie	Valery Borsov
1980	Allan Wells	Silvio Leonard	Petar Petrov
1984	Carl Lewis	Sam Graddy	Ben Johnson
1988	Carl Lewis	Linford Christie	Calvin Smith
1992	Linford Christie	Frank Fredericks	Dennis Mitchell
1996	Donovan Bailey	Frank Fredericks	Ato Boldon
2000	Maurice Greene	Ato Boldon	Obadele Thompson
2004	Justin Gatlin	Francis Obikwelu	Maurice Greene
2008	Usain Bolt	Richard Thompson	Walter Dix
2012	Usain Bolt	Yohan Blake	Justin Gatlin
2016	Usain Bolt	Justin Gatlin	Andre de Grasse

Women

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1928	Betty Robinson	Fanny Rosenfeld	Ethel Smith
1932	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Hilda Strike	Wilhelmina of Bremen
1936	Helen Stephens	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Käthe Krauss
1948	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Dorothy Manley	Shirley Strickland
1952	Marjorie Jackson	Daphne Hasenjager	Shirley Strickland
1956	Betty Cuthbert	Christa Stubnick	Marlene Mathews
1960	Wilma Rudolph	Dorothy Hyman	Giuseppina Leone
1964	Wyomia Tyus	Edith McGuire	Ewa Kłobukowska
1968	Wyomia Tyus	Barbara Ferrell	Irena Szewińska
1972	Renate Stecher	Raelene Boyle	Silvia Chivás
1976	Annegret Richter	Renate Stecher	Inge Helten
1980	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Marlies Goehr	Ingrid Auerswald
1984	Evelyn Ashford	Alice Brown	Merlene Ottey
1988	Florence Griffith-Joyner	Evelyn Ashford	Heike Drechsler
1992	Gail Devers	Juliet Cuthbert	Irina Privaleova
1996	Gail Devers	Merlene Ottey	Gwen Torrence
2000	vacant	Ekaterini Thanou	Merlene Ottey
		Tayna Lawrence
2004	Julia Neszjarenka	Lauryn Williams	Veronica Campbell-Brown
2008	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Kerron Stewart	not forgiven
		Sherone Simpson
2012	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Carmelita Jeter	Veronica Campbell-Brown
2016	Elaine Thompson	Tori Bowie	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

World Championships medalist

Men

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1983	Carl Lewis	Calvin Smith	Emmit King
1987	Carl Lewis	Raymond Stewart	Linford Christie
1991	Carl Lewis	Leroy Burrell	Dennis Mitchell
1993	Linford Christie	Andre Cason	Dennis Mitchell
1995	Donovan Bailey	Bruny Surin	Ato Boldon
1997	Maurice Greene	Donovan Bailey	Tim Montgomery
1999	Maurice Greene	Bruny Surin	Dwain Chambers
2001	Maurice Greene	Tim Montgomery	Bernard Williams
2003	Kim Collins	Darrel Brown	Darren Campbell
2005	Justin Gatlin	Michael Frater	Kim Collins
2007	Tyson Gay	Derrick Atkins	Asafa Powell
2009	Usain Bolt	Tyson Gay	Asafa Powell
2011	Yohan Blake	Walter Dix	Kim Collins
2013	Usain Bolt	Justin Gatlin	Nesta Carter
2015	Usain Bolt	Justin Gatlin	Andre De Grasse Tray by Bromell
2017	Justin Gatlin	Christian Coleman	Usain Bolt
2019	Christian Coleman	Justin Gatlin	Andre De Grasse

Women

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1983	Marlies Goehr	Marita Koch	Diane Williams
1987	Silke Gladisch	Heike Drechsler	Merlene Ottey
1991	Katrin Krabbe	Gwen Torrence	Merlene Ottey
1993	Gail Devers	Merlene Ottey	Gwen Torrence
1995	Gwen Torrence	Merlene Ottey	Irina Privaleova
1997	Marion Jones	Shanna Pintusewytsch	Savatheda Fynes
1999	Marion Jones	Inger Miller	Ekaterini Thanou
2001	Schanna block	Ekaterini Thanou	Chandra Sturrup
2003	Torri Edwards	Chandra Sturrup	Ekaterini Thanou
2005	Lauryn Williams	Veronica Campbell	Christine Arron
2007	Veronica Campbell	Lauryn Williams	Carmelita Jeter
2009	Shelly-Ann Fraser	Kerron Stewart	Carmelita Jeter
2011	Carmelita Jeter	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Kelly-Ann Baptiste
2013	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Murielle Ahouré	Carmelita Jeter
2015	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Dafne Schippers	Tori Bowie
2017	Tori Bowie	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Dafne Schippers
2019	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Dina Asher-Smith	Marie-Josée Ta Lou

German champion

See the list of German champions in the 100-meter run

World record development 100-meter run

World record development

Men

Time (s)	Surname	date	place
Hand-timed times
10.6	Donald Lippincott	July 6, 1912	Stockholm
10.6	Willie Applegarth	September 29, 1912	Prague
10.6	Josef Imbach	July 25, 1920	Geneva
10.6	Jackson Scholz	September 12, 1920	Kristiania
10.6	Jackson Scholz	September 16, 1920	Stockholm
10.4	Charles Paddock	April 23, 1921	Redlands
10.4	Charles Paddock	May 6, 1923	Paris
10.4	Helmut Körnig	August 29, 1926	Halle (Saale)
10.4	Helmut Körnig	September 12, 1926	Brieg
10.4	Hubert Houben	September 4, 1927	Hanover
10.4	Jakob Schüller	September 4, 1927	Hanover
10.4	José Barrientos	April 21, 1928	Havana
10.4	Ernst Geerling	July 1, 1928	Frankenthal
10.4	Richard Corts	June 15, 1928	Dusseldorf
10.4	Georg Lammers	August 26, 1928	Barmen
10.4	Georg Lammers	May 12, 1929	Oldenburg
10.4	Eugene Eldracher	June 30, 1929	Mannheim
10.4	Georg Lammers	July 13, 1929	Bremen
10.4	Georg Lammers	July 21, 1929	Neuss
10.4	Helmut Körnig	July 28, 1929	Budapest
10.4	Eddie Tolan	July 31, 1929	Cologne
10.4	Georg Lammers	July 31, 1929	Cologne
10.4	Eddie Tolan	August 8, 1929	Stockholm
10.4	Eddie Tolan	August 18, 1929	Berlin
10.4	Eddie Tolan	August 25, 1929	Copenhagen
10.4	Eddie Tolan	September 8, 1929	Bochum
10.4	Georg Lammers	September 8, 1929	Bochum
10.4	Georg Lammers	June 1, 1930	Flensburg
10.4	Helmut Körnig	July 13, 1930	Berlin
10.4	Helmut Körnig	July 20, 1930	Stockholm
10.4	Georg Lammers	2nd August 1930	Koenigsberg
10.3	Percy Williams	August 9, 1930	Toronto
10.3	Arthur Jonath	June 5, 1932	Bochum
10.3	Eddie Tolan	August 1, 1932	los Angeles
10.3 (10.38)	Eddie Tolan	August 1, 1932	los Angeles
10.3 (10.38)	Ralph Metcalfe	August 1, 1932	los Angeles
10.3	Ralph Metcalfe	August 18, 1932	Chicago
10.3	Arthur Jonath	July 23, 1933	Dusseldorf
10.3	Ralph Metcalfe	June 28, 1933	Malmo
10.3	Ralph Metcalfe	July 30, 1933	Dusseldorf
10.3	Erich Borchmeyer	August 12, 1933	Cologne
10.3	Ralph Metcalfe	August 12, 1933	Budapest
10.3	Erich Borchmeyer	July 1, 1934	Berlin
10.3	Erich Borchmeyer	July 22, 1934	Frankfurt am Main
10.3	Eulace Peacock	August 6, 1934	Oslo
10.3	Eulace Peacock	August 6, 1934	Oslo
10.3	Christiaan Berger	August 26, 1934	Amsterdam
10.3	Ralph Metcalfe	September 15, 1934	Osaka
10.3	Ralph Metcalfe	September 15, 1934	Osaka
10.3	Ralph Metcalfe	September 23, 1934	Dairen
10.3	Ralph Metcalfe	September 23, 1934	Dairen
10.3	Takayoshi Yoshioka	June 15, 1935	Tokyo
10.3	Takayoshi Yoshioka	July 6, 1935	Osaka
10.3	Eulace Peacock	August 6, 1935	Basel
10.2	Jesse Owens	June 20, 1936	Chicago
10.2	Harold Davis	June 6, 1941	Compton
10.2	Lloyd LaBeach	August 8, 1943	Willemstad
10.2	George Lewis	November 16, 1946	Port of Spain
10.2	Lloyd LaBeach	May 15, 1948	Fresno
10.2	Lloyd LaBeach	June 4, 1948	Compton
10.2	Barney Ewell	July 7, 1948	Evanston
10.2	McDonald Bailey	August 25, 1951	Belgrade
10.2	Hector Hogan	March 13, 1954	Sydney
10.2	Heinz Fütterer	October 31, 1954	Yokohama
10.2	Bobby Morrow	May 19, 1956	Houston
10.2	Ira Murchison	June 1, 1956	Compton
10.2	Bobby Morrow	June 22, 1956	Bakersfield
10.2	Bobby Morrow	June 29, 1956	los Angeles
10.2	Thane Baker	June 29, 1956	los Angeles
10.2	Ira Murchison	June 29, 1956	los Angeles
10.1	Willie Williams	3rd August 1956	Berlin
10.1	Ira Murchison	4th August 1956	Berlin
10.1	Willie Williams	5th August 1956	Berlin
10.1	Leamon King	October 20, 1956	Ontario
10.1	Leamon King	October 27, 1956	Santa Ana
10.1	Ray Norton	April 18, 1959	San Jose
10.1	Charles Tidwell	June 10, 1960	Houston
10.0  (10.25)	Armin Hary	June 21, 1960	Zurich
10.0	Harry Jerome	July 15, 1960	Saskatoon
10.0	Horacio Esteves	15th August 1964	Caracas
10.0 (10.06)	Bob Hayes	October 15, 1964	Tokyo
10.0	Chen Jiaquan	October 24, 1965	Chongqing
10.0	Jim Hines	May 27, 1967	Modesto
10.0	Willie Turner	May 27, 1967	Modesto
10.0	Enrique Figuerola	June 17, 1967	Budapest
10.0	Paul Nash	April 2nd, 1968	Krugersdorp
10.0	Paul Nash	April 6, 1968	Standerton
10.0	Oliver Ford	May 31, 1968	Albuquerque
10.0	Charles Greene	June 20, 1968	Sacramento
10.0	Roger Bambuck	June 20, 1968	Sacramento
9.9  (10.03)	Jim Hines	June 20, 1968	Sacramento
9.9 (10.14)	Ronnie Ray Smith	June 20, 1968	Sacramento
9.9 (10.10)	Charles Greene	June 20, 1968	Sacramento
9.9 (9.95)	Jim Hines	October 14, 1968	Mexico city
9.9	Steve Williams	June 21, 1972	los Angeles
9.9	Eddie Hart	July 1, 1972	Eugene
9.9	Rey Robinson	July 1, 1972	Eugene
9.9	Silvio Leonard	5th June 1975	Ostrava
9.8 (10.19)	Steve Williams	June 20, 1975	Eugene
9.9	Steve Williams	July 16, 1975	Siena
9.9	Reggie Jones	07/26/1975	Boston
9.9	Steve Williams	22nd August 1975	Berlin
9.9	Steve Williams	March 27, 1976	Gainesville
9.9	Harvey Glance	April 3, 1976	Columbia (SC)
9.9	Harvey Glance	May 1, 1976	Baton Rouge
9.9	Donald Quarrie	May 22, 1976	Modesto
Electronically timed times
10.64	Ralph Metcalfe	July 16, 1932	Stanford
10.53	Eddie Tolan	July 31, 1932	los Angeles
10.38	Eddie Tolan	August 1, 1932	los Angeles
10.38	Ralph Metcalfe	August 1, 1932	los Angeles
10.34	Barney Ewell	July 9, 1948	Evanston
10.32	Ray Norton	August 10, 1958	Thonon-les-Bains
10.32	Jocelyn Delecour	August 10, 1958	Thonon-les-Bains
10.29	Peter Radford	September 13, 1958	Colombes
10.25	Armin Hary	June 21, 1960	Zurich
10.06	Bob Hayes	October 15, 1964	Tokyo
10.03	Jim Hines	June 20, 1968	Sacramento
10.02	Charles Greene	October 13, 1968	Mexico city
9.95	Jim Hines	October 14, 1968	Mexico city
9.93	Calvin Smith	3rd July 1983	Colorado Springs
9.93	Carl Lewis	August 30, 1987	Rome
9.93	Carl Lewis	17th August 1988	Zurich
9.92	Carl Lewis	September 24, 1988	Seoul
9.90	Leroy Burrell	June 14, 1991	New York City
9.86	Carl Lewis	August 25, 1991	Tokyo
9.85	Leroy Burrell	July 6, 1994	Lausanne
9.84	Donovan Bailey	July 27, 1996	Atlanta
9.79	Maurice Greene	June 16, 1999	Athens
9.77	Asafa Powell	June 14, 2005	Athens
9.77	Asafa Powell	June 11, 2006	Gateshead
9.77	Asafa Powell	August 18, 2006	Zurich
9.74	Asafa Powell	September 9, 2007	Rieti
9.72	Usain Bolt	May 31, 2008	New York City
9.69	Usain Bolt	August 16, 2008	Beijing
9.58	Usain Bolt	August 16, 2009	Berlin

Women

Time (s)	Surname	date	place
Hand-timed times
11.7	Stanisława Walasiewicz	August 15, 1934	Warsaw
11.6	Stanisława Walasiewicz	August 1, 1937	Berlin
11.5	Fanny Blankers-Koen	June 13, 1948	Amsterdam
11.5	Marjorie Jackson	July 22, 1952	Helsinki
11.4	Marjorie Jackson	4th October 1952	Gifu
11.3	Shirley Strickland	4th August 1955	Warsaw
11.3	Wera Krepkina	September 13, 1958	Kiev
11.3	Wilma Rudolph	2nd September 1960	Rome
11.2	Wilma Rudolph	July 19, 1961	Stuttgart
11.2	Wyomia Tyus	October 15, 1964	Tokyo
11.1	Irena Szewińska	July 9, 1965	Prague
11.1	Wyomia Tyus	July 31, 1965	Kiev
11.1	Barbara Ferrell	2nd July 1967	Santa Barbara
11.1	Lyudmila Samotyosova	15th August 1968	Leninakan
11.1	Irena Szewińska	October 14, 1968	Mexico city
11.0 (11.08)	Wyomia Tyus	15th October 1968	Mexico city
11.0	Chi Cheng	18th July 1970	Vienna
11.0	Renate Stecher	2nd August 1970	Berlin
11.0	Renate Stecher	July 31, 1971	Berlin
11.0	Renate Stecher	3rd June 1972	Potsdam
11.0	Ellen Strophal	June 15, 1972	Potsdam
11.0	Eva Glesková	July 1, 1972	Budapest
10.9	Renate Stecher	June 7th 1973	Ostrava
10.8	Renate Stecher	20th July 1973	Dresden
Electronically timed times
11.08	Wyomia Tyus	15th October 1968	Mexico city
11.07	Renate Stecher	2nd September 1972	Munich
11.04	Inge Helten	June 13, 1976	Fuerth
11.01	Annegret Richter	July 25, 1976	Montreal
10.88	Marlies Goehr	July 1, 1977	Dresden
10.88	Marlies Goehr	July 9, 1982	Karl Marx City
10.81	Marlies Goehr	June 8, 1983	Berlin
10.79	Evelyn Ashford	3rd July 1983	Colorado Springs
10.76	Evelyn Ashford	22nd August 1984	Zurich
10.49	Florence Griffith-Joyner	July 16, 1988	Indianapolis

World best list

Men

All runners with a best time of 9.92 seconds or faster, in brackets: wind in m / s; A = run under altitude conditions. A total of 145 runners achieved a time under 10.00 seconds.

Last change: July 21, 2020

1. 9.58 s (0.9) Usain Bolt , Berlin , August 16, 2009 
2. 9.69s (2.0) Tyson Gay , Shanghai , September 20, 2009 
3. 9.69 s (−0.1) Yohan Blake , Lausanne , August 23, 2012 
4. 9.72 s (0.2) Asafa Powell , Lausanne , September 2, 2008 
5. 9.74s (0.9) Justin Gatlin , Doha , May 15, 2015 
6. 9.76 s (0.6) Christian Coleman , Doha , September 28, 2019 
7. 9.78 s (0.9) Nesta Carter , Rieti , August 29, 2010 
8. 9.79 s (0.1) Maurice Greene , Athens , June 16, 1999 
9. 9.80 s (1.3) Steve Mullings , Eugene , June 4, 2011 
10. 9.82s (1.7) Richard Thompson , Port of Spain , June 21, 2014 
11. 9.84 s (0.7) Donovan Bailey , Atlanta , July 27, 1996 
12. 9.84 s (0.2) Bruny Surin , Seville , August 22, 1999 
13. 9.84s (1.3) tray by Bromell , Eugene , June 25, 2015 
14. 9.85 s (1,2) Leroy Burrell , Lausanne , July 6, 1994 
15. 9.85 s (1.7) Olusoji Fasuba , Doha , May 12, 2006 
16. 9.85s (1.3) Mike Rodgers , Eugene , June 4, 2011 
17. 9.86 s (1,2) Carl Lewis , Tokyo , August 25, 1991 
18. 9.86 s (−0.4) Frank Fredericks , Lausanne , July 3, 1996 
19. 9.86 s (1.8) Ato Boldon , Walnut , April 19, 1998 
20. 9.86 s (0.6) Francis Obikwelu , Athens , August 22, 2004 (European record) 
21. 9.86s (1.4) Keston Bledman , Port of Spain , June 23, 2012 
22. 9.86 s (1.3) Jimmy Vicaut , Saint Denis , July 4, 2015 (equalized European record) 
23. 9.86s (0.9) Noah Lyles , Shanghai , May 18, 2019 
24. 9.86s (0.8) Divine Oduduru , Austin , June 7, 2019 
25. 9.86s (1.6) Michael Norman , Fort Worth , July 20, 2020 
26. 9.87 s (0.3) Linford Christie , Stuttgart , August 15, 1993 
27. 9.87 s A (−0.2) Obadele Thompson , Johannesburg , September 11, 1998 
28. 9.88s (1.8) Shawn Crawford , Eugene , June 19, 2004 
29. 9.88 s (1.0) Walter Dix , Nottwil , August 8, 2010 
30. 9.88s (0.9) Ryan Bailey , Rieti , August 29, 2010 
31. 9.88 s (1.0) Michael Frater , Lausanne , June 30, 2011 
32. 9.88s A (0.2) Sydney Siame , Lusaka , April 8, 2017 
33. 9.88s A (0.8) Ronnie Baker , Paris , June 30, 2018 
34. 9.89s (1.6) Travis Padgett , Eugene , June 28, 2008 
35. 9.89s (1.6) Darvis Patton , Eugene , June 28, 2008 
36. 9.89 s (1.3) Ngonidzashe Makusha , Des Moines , June 10, 2011 
37. 9.89 s A (1.3) Akani Simbine , Székesfehérvár , July 18, 2016 
38. 9.90 s (0.4) Nickel Ashmeade , Moscow , August 11, 2013 
39. 9.90 s (0.6) Andre De Grasse , Doha , September 28, 2019 
40. 9.91s (1,2) Dennis Mitchell , Tokyo , August 25, 1991 
41. 9.91 s (0.9) Leonard Scott , Stuttgart , September 9, 2006 
42. 9.91 s (−0.5) Derrick Atkins , Osaka , August 26, 2007 
43. 9.91 s (−0.2) Daniel Bailey , Saint Denis , July 17, 2009 
44. 9.91s (0.7) Churandy Martina , London , 5th August 2012 
45. 9.91s (1.1) James Dasaolu , Birmingham , July 13, 2013 
46. 9.91s (1.8) Femi Ogunode , Wuhan , June 4, 2015 
47. 9.91 s (1.0) Julian Forte , Berlin , August 27, 2017 
48. 9.91s (0.4) Zharnel Hughes , Kingston , June 9, 2018 
49. 9.91s (0.2) Su Bingtian , Madrid , June 22, 2018 
50. 9.92 s (0.3) Andre Cason , Stuttgart , August 15, 1993 
51. 9.92 s (0.8) Jon Drummond , Indianapolis , June 12, 1997 
52. 9.92 s (0.2) Tim Montgomery , Indianapolis , June 13, 1997 
53. 9.92 s A (−0.2) Seun Ogunkoya , Johannesburg , September 11, 1998 
54. 9.92 s (1.0) Tim Harden , Lucerne , July 5, 1999 
55. 9.92 s (2.0) Christophe Lemaitre , Albi , July 29, 2011 
56. 9.92 s (−0.8) Kemar Bailey-Cole , London , July 24, 2015 
57. 9.92 s (0.9) Jak Ali Harvey , Erzurum , June 12, 2016 
58. 9.92 s (0.7) Isiah Young , Montverde , June 9, 2018 

• German record: Julian Reus - 10.01 s on July 29, 2016 in Mannheim
• GDR record: Frank Emmelmann - 10.06 s on September 22, 1985 in Berlin
• Swiss record: Alex Wilson - 10.08 s on June 30, 2019 in La Chaux-de-Fonds
• Austrian record: Andreas Berger - 10.15 s on August 15, 1988 in Linz

Women

All runners with a best time of 10.89 seconds or faster; in brackets wind speed in m / s; A = run under altitude conditions.

Last change: September 29, 2019

1. 10.49 s (0.0) Florence Griffith-Joyner , Indianapolis , July 16, 1988 
2. 10.64s (1,2) Carmelita Jeter , Shanghai , September 20, 2009 
3. 10.65 s A (1.1) Marion Jones , Johannesburg , September 12, 1998 
4. 10.70 s (0.6) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , Kingston , June 29, 2012 
5. 10.70 s (0.3) Elaine Thompson , Kingston , July 1, 2016 
6. 10.73 s (2.0) Christine Arron , Budapest , August 19, 1998 (European record) 
7. 10.74 s (1.3) Merlene Ottey , Milan , September 7, 1996 
8. 10.74 s (1.0) English Gardner , Eugene , July 3, 2016 
9. 10.75 s (0.4) Kerron Stewart , Rome , July 10, 2009 
10. 10.75s (1.6) Sha'Carri Richardson , Austin , June 8, 2019 
11. 10.76 s (1.7) Evelyn Ashford , Zurich , August 22, 1984 
12. 10.76 s (1.1) Veronica Campbell-Brown , Ostrava , May 31, 2011 
13. 10.77 s (0.9) Irina Priwalowa , Lausanne , July 6, 1994 
14. 10.77 s (0.7) Ivet Lalova , Plovdiv , June 19, 2004 
15. 10.78s A (1.0) Dawn Sowell , Provo , June 3, 1989 
16. 10.78s (1.5) Torri Edwards , Eugene , June 28, 2008 
17. 10.78s (1.6) Murielle Ahouré , Montverde , June 11, 2016 
18. 10.78s (1.0) Tianna Bartoletta , Eugene , July 3, 2016 
19. 10.78s (1.0) Tori Bowie , Eugene , July 3, 2016 
20. 10.79 s (0.0) Li Xuemei (athlete) , Shanghai , October 18, 1997 
21. 10.79 s (−0.1) Inger Miller , Seville , August 22, 1999 
22. 10.79s (1.1) Blessing Okagbare , London , July 27, 2013 
23. 10.81 s (1.7) Marlies Göhr , Berlin , June 8, 1983 
24. 10.81 s (−0.3) Dafne Schippers , Beijing , August 24, 2015 
25. 10.82 s (−1.0) Gail Devers , Barcelona , August 1, 1992 
26. 10.82 s (0.4) Gwen Torrence , Paris , September 3, 1994 
27. 10.82 s (−0.3) Schanna Block , Edmonton , August 6, 2001 
28. 10.82 s (−0.7) Sherone Simpson , Kingston , June 24, 2006 
29. 10.82s (0.9) Michelle-Lee Ahye , Port of Spain , June 24, 2017 
30. 10.83 s (1.7) Marita Koch , Berlin , June 8, 1983 
31. 10.83 s (0.0) Sheila Echols , Indianapolis , July 16, 1988 
32. 10.83 s (−1.0) Juliet Cuthbert , Barcelona , August 1, 1992 
33. 10.83 s (0.1) Ekaterini Thanou , Seville , August 22, 1999 
34. 10.83 s (0.1) Dina Asher-Smith , Doha , September 29, 2019 
35. 10.84 s (1.9) Chandra Sturrup , Lausanne , July 5, 2005 
36. 10.84s (1.8) Kelly-Ann Baptiste , Clermont , June 5, 2010 
37. 10.85 s (2.0) Anelija Nunewa , Sofia , September 2, 1988 
38. 10.85s (1.0) Muna Lee , Eugene , June 28, 2008 
39. 10.85s (2.0) Barbara Pierre , Des Moines , June 21, 2013 
40. 10.85s (2.0) Aleia Hobbs , Baton Rouge , April 29, 2017 
41. 10.85 s (1.5) Marie-Josée Ta Lou , Doha , May 4, 2018 
42. 10.86 s (0.6) Silke Gladisch-Möller , Potsdam , August 20, 1987 
43. 10.86 s (0.0) Diane Williams , Indianapolis , July 16, 1988 
44. 10.86 s (1,2) Chryste Gaines , Monaco , September 14, 2003 
45. 10.86 s (2.0) Marshevet Myers , Eugene , June 4, 2011 
46. 10.87s (1.8) Octavious Freeman , Des Moines , June 21, 2013 
47. 10.88 s (0.4) Lauryn Williams , Zurich , August 19, 2005 
48. 10.89 s (1.8) Katrin Krabbe , Berlin , July 20, 1988 
49. 10.89 s (0.0) Liu Xiaomei , Shanghai , October 18, 1997 
50. 10.89s (1.5) Allyson Felix , London , 4th August 2012 

• GDR record: Marlies Göhr - 10.81 s on June 8, 1983 in Berlin
• Record of the Federal Republic of Germany: Katrin Krabbe - 10.91 s on August 26, 1991 in Tokyo
• Austrian record: Karin Mayr-Krifka - 11.15 s on August 9, 2003 in Salzburg
• Swiss record: Mujinga Kambundji - 10.95 s on July 13, 2018 in Zofingen

swell

• Eternal world best list of the IAAF, 100 m men (English)
• Eternal world best list of the IAAF, 100 m women (English)
• Athletics annual world best list up to 20th place (English)
• Progression of World best performances and official IAAF World Records, 2003 Edition, Monaco, 2003, pp. 20 ff. And P. 240 ff. (English)
• Spiegel article about doping in the 100-meter run

See also

• List of national records in the women's 100-meter run
• List of Olympic team abbreviations
• Cinder track

Individual evidence

1. ↑ “The men's 100 meters: How fast could they go?” Reuters, July 31, 2012
2. ↑ Ultimate 100-Meter Time: 9.27 Seconds? ( Memento of July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on runnersworld.com, accessed on July 2, 2014 (English)
3. ↑ Josef Kluckert: Has the cinder track had its day? Plastic slopes in the German arenas , at Zeit-online
4. ↑ Arnd Krüger : Symmetry as a talent criterion? Competitive Sport 45 (2015) 1, p. 29; Arnd Krüger: Sprinting ability and information processing capacity of humans, in: The teaching of athletics 30 (1979), No. 44/45.
5. ↑ False Start Rule Scrutinized After Bolt's Early Exit , New York Times, August 29, 2011
6. ↑ zeit online, May 16, 2015 ( Memento from January 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Fastest 100 m runners: Eight out of ten with a doping history
7. ↑ faz, January 18, 2017 Sprint doping cases
8. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel, September 23, 1998 Fast as Death
9. ↑ sportbild.de, August 26, 2015 Prof. Sörgel, 100 meters is the dirtiest race
10. ↑ Doctors newspaper online, August 2, 2012 Who will win the 100 meters - and why?
11. ↑ n-tv, July 21, 2013 Development in the sprint "simply not plausible"
12. ↑ sportwissenschaft.de, University of Augsburg, dvs-Informations 17 (2002) 4 Prof. Dr. Martin Lames, Can doping be identified as a performance-enhancing effect? (PDF)
13. ↑ ^{a b} Eternal best list of men. In: iaaf.org. Retrieved July 21, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Eternal best list of women. In: iaaf.org. Retrieved June 10, 2019 .