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100m Sprint: Men's World Record Progression

Here is the progression of 100m world record times for men. The first record in the 100m for men was recognized in 1912. A maximum recording a 2.0m/s tailwind assistance is allowed for record purposes. The two sections of the table are before and after electronic timing was introduced, and there is some overlap of the dates during the transition. The current world record is 9.58 by Jamaican Usain Bolt.

Time Athlete Nationality Location of race Date
10.6 Donald Lippincott USA Stockholm, Sweden July 6, 1912
10.6 Jackson Scholz USA Stockholm, Sweden September 16, 1920
10.4 Charley Paddock United States Redlands, USA April 23, 1921
10.4 Eddie Tolan USA Stockholm, Sweden August 8, 1929
10.4 Eddie Tolan USA Copenhagen, Denmark August 25, 1929
10.3 Percy Williams Canada Toronto, Canada August 9, 1930
10.3 Eddie Tolan USA Los Angeles, USA August 1, 1932
10.3 Ralph Metcalfe USA Budapest, Hungary August 12, 1933
10.3 Eulace Peacock USA Oslo, Norway August 6, 1934
10.3 Chris Berger Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands August 26, 1934
10.3 Ralph Metcalfe USA Osaka, Japan September 15, 1934
10.3 Ralph Metcalfe USA Dairen, Japan September 23, 1934
10.3 Takayoshi Yoshioka Japan Tokyo, Japan June 15, 1935
10.2 Jesse Owens USA Chicago, USA June 20, 1936
10.2 Harold Davis USA Compton, USA June 6, 1941
10.2 Lloyd LaBeach Panama Fresno, USA May 15, 1948
10.2 Barney Ewell USA Evanston, USA July 9, 1948
10.2 McDonald Bailey Great Britain Belgrade, Yugoslavia August 25, 1951
10.2 Heinz Fütterer West Germany Yokohama, Japan October 31, 1954
10.2 Bobby Morrow USA Houston, USA May 19, 1956
10.2 Ira Murchison USA Compton, USA June 1, 1956
10.2 Bobby Morrow USA Bakersfield, USA June 22, 1956
10.2 Ira Murchison USA Los Angeles, USA June 29, 1956
10.2 Bobby Morrow USA Los Angeles, USA June 29, 1957
10.1 Willie Williams USA Berlin, Germany August 3, 1956
10.1 Ira Murchison USA Berlin, Germany August 4, 1956
10.1 Leamon King USA Ontario, USA October 20, 1956
10.1 Leamon King USA Santa Ana, USA October 27, 1956
10.1 Ray Norton USA San Jose, USA April 18, 1959
10.0 Armin Hary West Germany Zürich, Switzerland June 21, 1960
10.0 Harry Jerome Canada Saskatoon, Canada July 15, 1960
10.0 Horacio Esteves Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela August 15, 1964
10.0 Bob Hayes USA Tokyo, Japan October 15, 1964
10.0 Jim Hines USA Modesto, USA May 27, 1967
10.0 Enrique Figuerola Cuba Budapest, Hungary June 17, 1967
10.0 Paul Nash  South Africa Krugersdorp, South Africa April 2, 1968
10.0 Oliver Ford USA Albuquerque, USA May 31, 1968
10.0 Charles Greene USA Sacramento, USA June 20, 1968
10.0 Roger Bambuck France Sacramento, USA June 20, 1969
9.9 Jim Hines USA Sacramento, USA June 20, 1970
9.9 Ronnie Ray Smith USA Sacramento, USA June 20, 1971
9.9 Charles Greene USA Sacramento, USA June 20, 1972
9.9 Jim Hines USA Mexico City, Mexico October 14, 1968
9.9 Eddie Hart USA Eugene, USA July 1, 1972
9.9 Rey Robinson USA Eugene, USA July 1, 1973
9.9 Steve Williams USA Los Angeles, USA June 21, 1974
9.9 Silvio Leonard Cuba Ostrava, Czechoslovakia June 5, 1975
9.9 Steve Williams USA Siena, Italy July 16, 1975
9.9 Steve Williams USA Berlin, Germany August 22, 1975
9.9 Steve Williams USA Gainesville, USA March 27, 1976
9.9 Harvey Glance USA Columbia, USA April 3, 1976
9.9 Harvey Glance USA Baton Rouge, USA May 1, 1976
9.9 Don Quarrie Jamaica Modesto, USA May 22, 1976
Time Athlete Nationality Location of race Date
10.06 Bob Hayes USA Tokyo, Japan October 15, 1964
10.03 Jim Hines USA Sacramento, USA June 20, 1968
10.02 Charles Greene USA Mexico City, Mexico October 13, 1968
9.95 Jim Hines USA Mexico City, Mexico October 14, 1968
9.93 Calvin Smith USA Colorado Springs, USA July 3, 1983
9.92 Carl Lewis USA Seoul, South Korea September 24, 1988
9.9 Leroy Burrell USA New York, USA June 14, 1991
9.86 Carl Lewis USA Tokyo, Japan August 25, 1991
9.85 Leroy Burrell USA Lausanne, Switzerland July 6, 1994
9.84 Donovan Bailey Canada Atlanta, USA July 27, 1996
9.79 Maurice Greene USA Athens, Greece June 16, 1999
9.77 Asafa Powell Jamaica Athens, Greece June 14, 2005
9.77 Asafa Powell Jamaica Gateshead, UK June 11, 2006
9.77 Asafa Powell Jamaica Zurich, Switzerland August 18, 2006
9.74 Asafa Powell Jamaica Rieti, Italy September 9, 2007
9.72 Usain Bolt Jamaica New York, USA May 31, 2008
9.69 Usain Bolt Jamaica Beijing, China August 16, 2008
9.58 Usain Bolt Jamaica Berlin, Germany August 16, 2009

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