100 metres

This article is about the 100 metres race. For lengths on the order of magnitude of 100 metres, see Orders of magnitude (length) § 1 hectometre.

Athletics
100 metres
Start of the men's 100 metres final at the
2012 Olympic Games in London
World records
MenJamaica Usain Bolt 9.58 (2009)
WomenUnited States Florence Griffith-Joyner 10.49[a] (1988)
Olympic records
MenJamaica Usain Bolt 9.63 (2012)
WomenJamaica Elaine Thompson-Herah 10.61 (2021)
World Championship records
MenJamaica Usain Bolt 9.58 (2009)
WomenUnited States Sha'Carri Richardson 10.65 (2023)
Start (green) and end (red) points of a 100 metre race, marked on a running track
Start (green) and end (red) points of a 100 metre race, marked on a running track

The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the 100-meter (109.36 yd) 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 inaugural World Championships were in 1983.

Women's 100 m Final – 2015 World Championships, won by Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

The reigning 100 m Olympic or world champion is often named "the fastest man or woman in the world". Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson are the world champions; Marcell Jacobs and Elaine Thompson-Herah are the men's and women's Olympic champions.

On an outdoor 400-metre running track, the 100 m is held 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 is 10.49 seconds set by American Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.[a]

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 usually reach their top speed just past the halfway point of the race and progressively decelerate to the finish. 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]

See also: Wind assistance

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 metres per second (4.5 mph) 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]

Main article: 10-second barrier

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 with automatic timing was Jim Hines at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Since then, over 180 sprinters have run faster than 10 seconds.

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.[13] 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.[14] 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[15] 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 Elaine Thompson-Herah's 10.54 second clocking in 2021 at the Prefontaine Classic. Griffith-Joyner's next best legal performance of 10.61 from 1988, would have her third on the all-time list behind Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (10.60).[16]

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 29 July 2023[17]

Area Men Women
Time (s) Wind (m/s) Season Athlete Nation Time (s) Wind (m/s) Season Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 9.77[A] +1.2 2021 Ferdinand Omanyala  Kenya 10.72 +1.4 2022 Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast
Asia (records) 9.83 +0.9 2021 Su Bingtian  China 10.79 0.0 1997 Li Xuemei  China
Europe (records) 9.80 +0.1 2021 Marcell Jacobs  Italy 10.73 +2.0 1998 Christine Arron  France
North, Central America
and Caribbean (records)		 9.58 WR +0.9 2009 Usain Bolt  Jamaica 10.49 WR 0.0[a] 1988 Florence Griffith-Joyner  United States
Oceania (records) 9.93 +1.8 2003 Patrick Johnson  Australia 10.96 +2.0 2023 Zoe Hobbs  New Zealand
South America (records) 9.89 +0.8 2023 Issamade Asinga  Suriname 10.91 −0.2 2017 Rosângela Santos  Brazil

Notes[edit]

  • A Represents a time set at a high altitude.

All-time top 25 men[edit]

Usain Bolt breaking the world and Olympic records at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
See also: 10-second barrier and Men's 100 metres world record progression

As of September 2023[18][19]

Ath.# Perf.# Time (s) Wind (m/s) Reaction (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 9.58 +0.9 0.146 Usain Bolt  Jamaica 16 August 2009 Berlin [20][21]
2 9.63 +1.5 0.165 Bolt #2 5 August 2012 London [22]
3 9.69 ±0.0 0.165 Bolt #3 16 August 2008 Beijing [22]
2 3 9.69 +2.0 0.178 Tyson Gay  United States 20 September 2009 Shanghai [23][24]
−0.1 0.142 Yohan Blake  Jamaica 23 August 2012 Lausanne [25][26]
6 9.71 +0.9 0.144 Gay #2 16 August 2009 Berlin [20][21]
7 9.72 +1.7 0.157 Bolt #4 31 May 2008 New York City [27]
4 7 9.72 +0.2 Asafa Powell  Jamaica 2 September 2008 Lausanne [28]
9 9.74 +1.7 0.137 Powell #2 9 September 2007 Rieti [29]
5 9 9.74 +0.9 0.161 Justin Gatlin  United States 15 May 2015 Doha [30][31]
11 9.75 +1.1 Blake #2 29 June 2012 Kingston
+1.5 0.179 Blake #3 5 August 2012 London [22]
+0.9 0.164 Gatlin #2 4 June 2015 Rome [32]
+1.4 0.154 Gatlin #3 9 July 2015 Lausanne [33]
15 9.76 +1.8 Bolt #5 3 May 2008 Kingston
+1.3 0.154 Bolt #6 16 September 2011 Brussels [34]
−0.1 0.152 Bolt #7 31 May 2012 Rome [35]
+1.4 0.146 Blake #4 30 August 2012 Zürich [36]
6 15 9.76 +0.6 0.128 Christian Coleman  United States 28 September 2019 Doha [37][29]
9.76[A] +1.2 Trayvon Bromell  United States 18 September 2021 Nairobi [38]
9.76 +1.4 Fred Kerley  United States 24 June 2022 Eugene [39]
22 9.77 +1.6 0.150 Powell #3 14 June 2005 Athens [29]
+1.5 0.145 Powell #4 11 June 2006 Gateshead [29]
+1.0 0.148 Powell #5 18 August 2006 Zürich [29]
+1.0 Gay #3 28 June 2008 Eugene
−1.3 Bolt #8 5 September 2008 Brussels
+0.9 Powell #6 7 September 2008 Rieti
+0.4 Gay #4 10 July 2009 Rome
−0.3 0.163 Bolt #9 11 August 2013 Moscow [40]
+0.6 0.178 Gatlin #4 5 September 2014 Brussels [41]
+0.9 0.153 Gatlin #5 23 August 2015 Beijing [42]
+1.5 Bromell #2 5 June 2021 Miramar [43]
9 22 9.77[A] +1.2 Ferdinand Omanyala  Kenya 18 September 2021 Nairobi [38]
22 9.77 +1.8 Kerley #2 24 June 2022 Eugene [44]
10 9.78 +0.9 Nesta Carter  Jamaica 29 August 2010 Rieti [45]
11 9.79 +0.1 Maurice Greene  United States 16 June 1999 Athens [46]
12 9.80 +1.3 Steve Mullings  Jamaica 4 June 2011 Eugene [47]
+0.1 Marcell Jacobs  Italy 1 August 2021 Tokyo [48]
14 9.82 +1.7 Richard Thompson  Trinidad and Tobago 21 June 2014 Port of Spain [49]
15 9.83 +0.9 Su Bingtian  China 1 August 2021 Tokyo
+0.9 Ronnie Baker  United States 1 August 2021 Tokyo
+1.3 0.150 Zharnel Hughes  Great Britain 24 June 2023 New York City [50]
±0.0 0.145 Noah Lyles  United States 20 August 2023 Budapest [51]
19 9.84 +0.7 Donovan Bailey  Canada 27 July 1996 Atlanta
+0.2 Bruny Surin  Canada 22 August 1999 Seville
+1.2 Akani Simbine  South Africa 6 July 2021 Székesfehérvár [52]
22 9.85 +1.2 Leroy Burrell  United States 6 July 1994 Lausanne [53]
+1.7 Olusoji Fasuba  Nigeria 12 May 2006 Doha
+1.3 Mike Rodgers  United States 4 June 2011 Eugene
+1.5 Marvin Bracy  United States 5 June 2021 Miramar [43]
+0.4 Kishane Thompson  Jamaica 2 September 2023 Xiamen [54]

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 wind-assisted times (equal or superior to 9.80). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown:

Annulled marks[edit]

  • Tim Montgomery ran 9.78 (+2.0 m/s) in Paris on 14 September 2002, which was at the time ratified as a world record.[59] However, the record was rescinded in December 2005 following his indictment in the BALCO scandal on drug use and drug trafficking charges.[60] The time had stood as the world record until Asafa Powell first ran 9.77.[61]
  • Ben Johnson ran 9.79 (+1.1 m/s) at the Olympics 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 (+1.0 m/s) at the World Championships in Rome on 30 August 1987 was rescinded.

All-time top 25 women[edit]

Florence Griffith-Joyner of the U.S. is the world record holder.
Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica, the fastest woman alive and the second fastest woman of all time.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica, the third fastest woman in history.
See also: Women's 100 metres world record progression

As of April 2024[62][63]

Ath.# Perf.# Time (s) Wind (m/s) Reaction (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 10.49 ±0.0[a] Florence Griffith-Joyner  United States 16 July 1988 Indianapolis
2 2 10.54 +0.9 0.150 Elaine Thompson-Herah  Jamaica 21 August 2021 Eugene [64]
3 3 10.60 +1.7 0.151 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica 26 August 2021 Lausanne [65][66]
4 10.61 +1.2 0.120 Griffith-Joyner #2 17 July 1988 Indianapolis [67]
−0.6 0.150 Thompson-Herah #2 31 July 2021 Tokyo [68]
6 10.62 +1.0 0.107 Griffith-Joyner #3 24 September 1988 Seoul [69]
+0.4 0.134 Fraser-Pryce #2 10 August 2022 Monaco [70]
8 10.63 +1.3 Fraser-Pryce #3 5 June 2021 Kingston [71][72]
4 9 10.64 +1.2 0.150 Carmelita Jeter  United States 20 September 2009 Shanghai [73]
9 10.64 +1.7 0.154 Thompson-Herah #3 26 August 2021 Lausanne [65]
5 11 10.65[A] +1.1 0.183 Marion Jones  United States 12 September 1998 Johannesburg [74]
11 10.65 +0.6 0.139 Thompson-Herah #4 9 September 2021 Zürich [75]
−0.8 0.159 Fraser-Pryce #4 8 September 2022 Zürich [76][77]
5 11 10.65 +1.0 Shericka Jackson  Jamaica 7 July 2023 Kingston [78]
−0.2 0.156 Sha'Carri Richardson  United States 21 August 2023 Budapest [79]
16 10.66 +0.5 0.152 Fraser-Pryce #5 6 August 2022 Chorzów [80][81]
17 10.67 −0.1 0.145 Jeter #2 13 September 2009 Thessaloniki [82]
10.67[A] −0.4 Fraser-Pryce #6 7 May 2022 Nairobi [83][84]
10.67 +0.5 0.137 Fraser-Pryce #7 18 June 2022 Paris [85][86]
+0.8 0.137 Fraser-Pryce #8 17 July 2022 Eugene [87]
+1.3 0.139 Fraser-Pryce #9 8 August 2022 Székesfehérvár [88][89]
22 10.70 +1.6 Griffith-Joyner #4 17 July 1988 Indianapolis
−0.1 0.120 Jones #2 22 August 1999 Seville [90]
+2.0 0.188 Jeter #3 4 June 2011 Eugene [91]
+0.6 Fraser-Pryce #10 29 June 2012 Kingston [92]
+0.3 Thompson-Herah #5 1 July 2016 Kingston [93]
+1.1 Fraser-Pryce #11 23 June 2022 Kingston [94]
+0.8 0.190 Jackson #2 16 September 2023 Eugene [95]
8 10.72 +0.4 Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast 10 August 2022 Monaco [96]
9 10.73 +2.0 Christine Arron  France 19 August 1998 Budapest
10 10.74 +1.3 Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 7 September 1996 Milan
+1.0 English Gardner  United States 3 July 2016 Eugene [97]
12 10.75 +0.4 Kerron Stewart  Jamaica 10 July 2009 Rome
13 10.76 +1.7 Evelyn Ashford  United States 22 August 1984 Zürich
+1.1 Veronica Campbell-Brown  Jamaica 31 May 2011 Ostrava
15 10.77 +0.9 Irina Privalova  Russia 6 July 1994 Lausanne
+0.7 Ivet Lalova  Bulgaria 19 June 2004 Plovdiv
+1.6 Jacious Sears  United States 13 April 2024 Gainesville [98]
18 10.78[A] +1.0 Dawn Sowell  United States 3 June 1989 Provo
10.78 +1.8 Torri Edwards  United States 28 June 2008 Eugene
+1.6 Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast 11 June 2016 Montverde [99]
+1.0 Tianna Bartoletta  United States 3 July 2016 Eugene
+1.0 Tori Bowie  United States 3 July 2016 Eugene
23 10.79 ±0.0 Li Xuemei  China 18 October 1997 Shanghai
−0.1 Inger Miller  United States 22 August 1999 Seville
+1.1 Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria 27 July 2013 London

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 wind-assisted times (equal or superior to 10.75). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown:

Notes:

Season's bests[edit]

Top 25 junior (under-20) men[edit]

Updated July 2023[100]

Rank Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Age Ref
1 9.89 +0.8 Issamade Asinga  Suriname 28 July 2023 São Paulo 18 years, 211 days [101]
2 9.91 A +0.8 Letsile Tebogo  Botswana 2 August 2022 Cali 19 years, 60 days [102]
3 9.93 +1.6 Christian Miller  United States 20 April 2024 Clermont 17 years, 340 days [103]
4 9.97 +1.8 Trayvon Bromell  United States 13 June 2014 Eugene 18 years, 338 days [104]
5 9.99 +0.3 Bouwahjgie Nkrumie  Jamaica 29 March 2023 Kingston 19 years, 41 days [105]
6 10.00 +1.6 Trentavis Friday  United States 5 July 2014 Eugene 19 years, 30 days
7 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 [106]
10.01 A +1.9 Renan Gallina  Brazil 19 May 2023 Bogotá 19 years, 65 days [107]
11 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 [108]
+0.6 Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike  Nigeria 27 May 2022 Fayetteville 19 years, 124 days [109]
14 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 [110]
-0.1 Erriyon Knighton  United States 16 April 2022 Gainesville 18 years, 77 days [111]
18 10.05 NWI 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 [112]
−0.6 4 August 2017 London 18 years, 151 days [113]
21 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 [114]
25 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
+2.0 29 July 2011 Albi 19 years, 152 days

Notes[edit]

  • Trayvon Bromell 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).[115]
  • 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.[116]
  • 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.[117]
  • 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.[118]

Below is a list of all other legal times equal or superior to 10.06:

Top 25 junior (under-20) women[edit]

Updated January 2024[119]

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 [120]
2 10.83 +0.6 Tamari Davis  United States 30 July 2022 Memphis 19 years, 175 days [121]
3 10.88 +2.0 Marlies Göhr  East Germany 1 July 1977 Dresden 19 years, 102 days
4 10.89 +1.8 Katrin Krabbe  East Germany 20 July 1988 Berlin 18 years, 241 days
+0.9 Shawnti Jackson  United States 3 June 2023 Nashville 18 years, 32 days [122]
6 10.92 +1.0 Alana Reid  Jamaica 29 March 2023 Kingston 18 years, 68 days [105]
7 10.95 A -0.1 Tina Clayton  Jamaica 3 August 2022 Cali 17 years, 351 days [123]
8 10.97 +1.2 Briana Williams  Jamaica 5 June 2021 Miramar 19 years, 76 days [124]
10.97 A +1.6 Christine Mboma  Namibia 30 April 2022 Gaborone 18 years, 343 days [125]
10 10.98 +2.0 Candace Hill  United States 20 June 2015 Shoreline 16 years, 129 days [126]
11 10.99 +0.9 Ángela Tenorio  Ecuador 22 July 2015 Toronto 19 years, 176 days [127]
+1.7 Twanisha Terry  United States 21 April 2018 Torrance 19 years, 148 days [128]
13 11.00 +1.5 Mia Brahe-Pedersen  United States 27 May 2023 Eugene 17 years, 180 days [129]
14 11.02 +1.8 Tamara Clark  United States 12 May 2018 Knoxville 19 years, 123 days
15 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
17 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 [130]
19 11.06 +0.9 Khalifa St. Fort  Trinidad and Tobago 24 June 2017 Port of Spain 19 years, 131 days [131]
20 11.07 +0.7 Bianca Knight  United States 27 June 2008 Eugene 19 years, 177 days
21 11.08 +2.0 Brenda Morehead  United States 21 June 1976 Eugene 18 years, 260 days
22 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
11.09 A +0.1 Tima Seikeseye Godbless  Nigeria 2 August 2022 Cali 18 years, 19 days [132]
25 11.10 +0.9 Kaylin Whitney  United States 5 July 2014 Eugene 16 years, 118 days
+1.6 Torrie Lewis  Australia 27 January 2024 Canberra 19 years, 19 days [133]

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.[134] 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.[135][136][137]

Below is a list of all other legal times equal or superior to 11.10:

Top 25 Youth (under-18) boys[edit]

Updated June 2023[138]

Rank Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Country Date Place Age Ref
1 10.06 +2.0 Christian Miller  United States 8 July 2023 Eugene 17 years, 53 days [139]
+1.4 Puripol Boonson  Thailand 30 September 2023 Hangzhou 17 years, 260 days [140]
3 10.15 +2.0 Anthony Schwartz  United States 31 March 2017 Gainesville 16 years, 207 days [141]
4 10.16 −0.3 Erriyon Knighton  United States 23 May 2021 Boston 17 years, 114 days [142]
5 10.19 +0.5 Yoshihide Kiryu  Japan 3 November 2012 Fukuroi 16 years, 324 days
6 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 [143]
+2.0 Sachin Dennis  Jamaica 23 March 2018 Kingston 15 years, 233 days [144]
9 10.22 +1.0 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown  Japan 14 May 2016 Shanghai 17 years, 69 days
10 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
12 10.24 +0.0 Darrel Brown  Trinidad and Tobago 14 April 2001 Bridgetown 16 years, 185 days
13 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 [145][failed verification]
16 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
+0.6 Teddy Wilson  Great Britain 24 June 2023 Mannheim 16 years, 207 days [146]
19 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]
+1.3 Jeff Erius  France 16 July 2021 Tallinn 17 years, 130 days [147]
+0.8 Sebastian Sultana  Australia 29 October 2022[b] Sydney 17 years, 47 days

Notes[edit]

Below is a list of all other legal times equal or superior to 10.20:

Top 20 Youth (under-18) girls[edit]

Updated March 2024[148]

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 [126]
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 [149]
5 11.11 +1.7 Adaejah Hodge  British Virgin Islands 29 April 2023 Lubbock 17 years, 47 days [150]
6 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
8 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
10 11.15 A -0.1 Shawnti Jackson  United States 3 August 2022 Cali 17 years, 93 days [151]
11 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
+1.2 Kerrica Hill  Jamaica 6 April 2022 Kingston 17 years, 31 days [152]
14 11.17 [A] +0.6 Wendy Vereen  United States 3 July 1983 Colorado Springs 17 years, 70 days
15 11.19 0.0 Khalifa St. Fort  Trinidad and Tobago 16 July 2015 Cali 17 years, 153 days
16 11.20 [A] +1.2 Raelene Boyle  Australia 15 October 1968 Mexico City 17 years, 144 days
17 11.22 +1.2 Alana Reid  Jamaica 6 April 2022 Kingston 17 years, 76 days
11.22 A +0.2 Viwe Jingqi  South Africa 31 March 2022 Potchefstroom 17 years, 42 days
11.22 +0.5 Theianna-Lee Terrelonge  Jamaica 21 March 2024 Kingston 16 years, 156 days [153]
20 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.[134] 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.[135][136][137]

Below is a list of all other legal times equal or superior to 11.24:

100 metres per age category[edit]

The best performances by 5- to 19-year-old athletes

Para world records men[edit]

Jason Smyth (in lane five) breaking the men's T13 world record at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

Updated July 2023[155]

Class Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
T11 10.82 +1.2 Athanasios Ghavelas  Greece 2 September 2021 Tokyo [156]
T12 10.37 +0.8 Salum Ageze Kashafali  Norway 15 June 2023 Oslo [157]
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 [158]
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 [159]
T38 10.74 −0.3 Hu Jianwen  China 13 September 2016 Rio de Janeiro [160]
T42 12.04 –0.5 Anton Prokhorov  Russia 30 August 2021 Tokyo [161]
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 10.29 +1.8 Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos  Brazil 31 March 2022 São Paulo
T51 19.32 +1.2 Roger Habsch  Belgium 18 May 2023 Arbon [162]
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
13.63 –0.9 Athiwat Paeng-nuea  Thailand 15 July 2023 Paris
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 October 2023[163]

Classification Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
T11 11.83 -0.4 Jerusa Geber Santos  Brazil 25 March 2023 São Paulo [164]
T12 11.40 +0.2 Omara Durand  Cuba 9 September 2016 Rio de Janeiro [165]
T13 11.79 +0.5 Leilia Adzhametova  Ukraine 11 September 2016 Rio de Janeiro [166]
T32 17.67 0.0 Lindsay Wright  Great Britain 25 July 1997 Nottingham
T33 19.89 +0.3 Shelby Watson  Great Britain 26 May 2016 Nottwil
T34 16.31 +1.1 Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain 27 May 2023 Nottwil [167]
T35 13.00 +1.2 Zhou Xia  China 27 August 2021 Tokyo [168]
T36 13.61 -0.6 Shi Yiting  China 1 September 2021 Tokyo [169]
T37 12.82 +1.0 Karen Palomeque  Colombia 13 July 2023 Paris [170]
T38 12.38 +1.0 Sophie Hahn  Great Britain 12 November 2019 Dubai
+0.4 28 August 2021 Tokyo [171]
T42 14.64 +2.0 Karisma Evi Tiarani  Indonesia 27 May 2022 Nottwil [172]
T43 12.80 +1.0 Marlou van Rhijn  Netherlands 29 October 2015 Doha [173]
T44 12.72 +0.5 Irmgard Bensusan  Germany 24 May 2019 Nottwil [174]
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 11.89 −0.2 Brittni Mason  United States 12 November 2019 Dubai [175]
T51 24.69 −0.8 Cassie Mitchell  United States 2 July 2016 Charlotte
T52 18.33 +1.3 Tanja Henseler   Switzerland 27 May 2023 Nottwil [176]
T53 15.25 +1.2 Catherine Debrunner   Switzerland 27 May 2023 Nottwil [177]
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 13.98 +0.6 Ambra Sabatini  Italy 13 July 2023 Paris [178]
T64 12.64 +1.6 Fleur Jong  Netherlands 3 June 2021 Bydgoszcz [179]

Olympic medalists[edit]

Further information: 100 metres at the Olympics

Men[edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
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1896 Athens
details 		Thomas Burke
 United States 		Fritz Hofmann
 Germany 		Francis Lane
 United States
Alajos Szokolyi
 Hungary
1900 Paris
details 		Frank Jarvis
 United States 		Walter Tewksbury
 United States 		Stan Rowley
 Australia
1904 St. Louis
details 		Archie Hahn
 United States 		Nathaniel Cartmell
 United States 		William Hogenson
 United States
1908 London
details 		Reggie Walker
 South Africa 		James Rector
 United States 		Robert Kerr
 Canada
1912 Stockholm
details 		Ralph Craig
 United States 		Alvah Meyer
 United States 		Donald Lippincott
 United States
1920 Antwerp
details 		Charley Paddock
 United States 		Morris Kirksey
 United States 		Harry Edward
 Great Britain
1924 Paris
details 		Harold Abrahams
 Great Britain 		Jackson Scholz
 United States 		Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt
 New Zealand
1928 Amsterdam
details 		Percy Williams
 Canada 		Jack London
 Great Britain 		Georg Lammers
 Germany
1932 Los Angeles
details 		Eddie Tolan
 United States 		Ralph Metcalfe
 United States 		Arthur Jonath
 Germany
1936 Berlin
details 		Jesse Owens
 United States 		Ralph Metcalfe
 United States 		Tinus Osendarp
 Netherlands
1948 London
details 		Harrison Dillard
 United States 		Barney Ewell
 United States 		Lloyd LaBeach
 Panama
1952 Helsinki
details 		Lindy Remigino
 United States 		Herb McKenley
 Jamaica 		McDonald Bailey
 Great Britain
1956 Melbourne
details 		Bobby Morrow
 United States 		Thane Baker
 United States 		Hector Hogan
 Australia
1960 Rome
details 		Armin Hary
 United Team of Germany 		Dave Sime
 United States 		Peter Radford
 Great Britain
1964 Tokyo
details 		Bob Hayes
 United States 		Enrique Figuerola
 Cuba 		Harry Jerome
 Canada
1968 Mexico City
details 		Jim Hines
 United States 		Lennox Miller
 Jamaica 		Charles Greene
 United States
1972 Munich
details 		Valeriy Borzov
 Soviet Union 		Robert Taylor
 United States 		Lennox Miller
 Jamaica
1976 Montreal
details 		Hasely Crawford
 Trinidad and Tobago 		Don Quarrie
 Jamaica 		Valeriy Borzov
 Soviet Union
1980 Moscow
details 		Allan Wells
 Great Britain 		Silvio Leonard
 Cuba 		Petar Petrov
 Bulgaria
1984 Los Angeles
details 		Carl Lewis
 United States 		Sam Graddy
 United States 		Ben Johnson
 Canada
1988 Seoul
details 		Carl Lewis
 United States 		Linford Christie
 Great Britain 		Calvin Smith
 United States
1992 Barcelona
details 		Linford Christie
 Great Britain 		Frankie Fredericks
 Namibia 		Dennis Mitchell
 United States
1996 Atlanta
details 		Donovan Bailey
 Canada 		Frankie Fredericks
 Namibia 		Ato Boldon
 Trinidad and Tobago
2000 Sydney
details 		Maurice Greene
 United States 		Ato Boldon
 Trinidad and Tobago 		Obadele Thompson
 Barbados
2004 Athens
details 		Justin Gatlin
 United States 		Francis Obikwelu
 Portugal 		Maurice Greene
 United States
2008 Beijing
details 		Usain Bolt
 Jamaica 		Richard Thompson
 Trinidad and Tobago 		Walter Dix
 United States
2012 London
details 		Usain Bolt
 Jamaica 		Yohan Blake
 Jamaica 		Justin Gatlin
 United States
2016 Rio
details 		Usain Bolt
 Jamaica 		Justin Gatlin
 United States 		Andre De Grasse
 Canada
2020 Tokyo
details 		Marcell Jacobs
 Italy 		Fred Kerley
 United States 		Andre De Grasse
 Canada

Women[edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
edit
1928 Amsterdam
details 		Betty Robinson
 United States 		Fanny Rosenfeld
 Canada 		Ethel Smith
 Canada
1932 Los Angeles
details 		Stanisława Walasiewicz
 Poland 		Hilda Strike
 Canada 		Wilhelmina von Bremen