100-yard dash

For the Raphael Saadiq song, see 100 Yard Dash. For the 2023 Chinese film, see 100 Yards.

The 100-yard dash is a track and field sprint event of 100 yards (91.44 metres). It was part of the Commonwealth Games until 1970, and was included in the triathlon of the Olympics in 1904. It is not generally used in international events, replaced by the 100-metre sprint (109.36 yards). However, it is still occasionally run in the United States in certain competitions; in the NCAA championships it was last run in 1975.^[1][2] Walter Halben Butler (1852–1931) is credited with being the first to run the race in 10 seconds.^[3]

All-time top 25

Automatic timed results only.

• + = en route to 100 m performance
• A = affected by altitude
• nw = no wind measurement

Men

• Updated in August 2023.^[4]

Rank	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	9.07+	–0.5	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	27 May 2010	Ostrava	[5]
2	9.10+	–0.4	Justin Gatlin	United States	17 June 2014	Ostrava	[6]
3	9.14+	–0.2	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	31 May 2011	Ostrava	[7]
4	9.19+	–0.2	Steve Mullings	Jamaica	31 May 2011	Ostrava	[7]
5	9.20+	+0.2	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	22 Aug 1999	Seville	[citation needed]
6	9.21A	+1.5	Charles Greene	United States	16 June 1967	Provo	[8][9][10]
7	9.29+	–0.2	Kim Collins	Saint Kitts and Nevis	31 May 2011	Ostrava	[7]
		–0.4	Mike Rodgers	United States	17 June 2014	Ostrava	[6]
9	9.30+	–0.2	Daniel Bailey	Antigua and Barbuda	31 May 2011	Ostrava	[7]
	9.30	+0.9	Houston McTear	United States	9 May 1975	Winter Park	[11][12][13]
	9.30	+1.6	Linford Christie	Great Britain	8 July 1994	Edinburgh
12	9.32A	+1.5	Lennox Miller	Jamaica	16 June 1967	Provo	[8][9][10]
13	9.33A	0.0	Clifford Outlin	United States	6 June 1975	Provo
	9.33	+1.6	Johnny Jones	United States	19 March 1977	Austin
		+1.2	Jon Drummond	United States	30 April 1994	Philadelphia
16	9.34+	–0.4	Isiah Young	United States	26 May 2015	Ostrava	[14]
	9.34	+1.9	Reggie Jones	United States	7 June 1974	Austin
18	9.35	NWI	Bob Hayes	United States	22 June 1962	Walnut	[15][16]
			Bill Collins	United States	2 May 1974	Austin
	9.35A	–1.1	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	6 June 1975	Provo
21	9.36	+0.5	Frank Budd	United States	24 June 1961	New York City	[17]
		+1.2	Andre Cason	United States	30 April 1994	Philadelphia
		+1.6	Sam Jefferson	United States	8 July 1994	Edinburg
	9.36+	-0.2	Rohan Browning	Australia	11 March 2023	Sydney	[18]
25	9.37	+1.9	Donald Quarrie	Jamaica	10 May 1975	Fresno
	9.37+	+0.7	Trell Kimmons	United States	27 May 2010	Ostrava	[6]
		–0.2	Lerone Clarke	Jamaica	31 May 2011	Ostrava	[7]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 9.37:

• Asafa Powell also ran 9.09+ (2010), 9.26+ (2015), 9.27+ (2013).
• Charles Greene also ran 9.23A (1967).
• Usain Bolt ran 9.23+ (2016), 9.29+ (2012).
• Kim Collins also ran 9.30+ (2013), 9.34+ (2014).
• Mike Rodgers also ran 9.37+ (2013).

Women

Rank	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	9.91+	+1.1	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	31 May 2011	Ostrava	[19]
2	10.11+	+0.5	Zoe Hobbs	New Zealand	11 March 2023	Sydney	[20]
3	10.15 i		Heike Drechsler	East Germany	1987		[21]
4	10.21 i		Silke Möller	East Germany	1988		[21]
	10.21+	+1.5	Chandra Sturrup	Bahamas	27 May 2010	Ostrava	[6]
		+1.1	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	31 May 2011	Ostrava	[19]
7	10.22+	+1.1	Schillonie Calvert	Jamaica	31 May 2011	Ostrava	[19]
8	10.25 i		Marita Koch	East Germany	1985		[21]
9	10.28+	+1.5	Sheri-Ann Brooks	Jamaica	27 May 2010	Ostrava	[6]
10	10.29 i		Marlies Göhr	East Germany	1980		[21]
					1983		[21]
11	10.30+	+1.1	Ruddy Zang Milama	Gabon	31 May 2011	Ostrava	[19]
12	10.34+	+0.5	Torrie Lewis	Australia	11 March 2023	Sydney	[20]
13	10.38	NWI	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia	1995		[22]
	10.38+	+1.1	Barbara Pierre	United States	31 May 2011	Ostrava	[19]
15	10.43 i		Bärbel Schölzel	East Germany	1984		[21]
16	10.45+	+1.5	Yevgeniya Polyakova	Russia	27 May 2010	Ostrava	[6]
17	10.46+	+1.1	LaShauntea Moore	United States	31 May 2011	Ostrava	[19]
		+1.5	Mikele Barber	United States	27 May 2010	Ostrava	[6]
19	10.47+	+0.5	Ella Connolly	Australia	11 March 2023	Sydney	[20]
20	10.48 i		Renate Stecher	East Germany	1974		[21]
	10.48+	+0.5	Bree Masters	Australia	11 March 2023	Sydney	[20]
22	10.49+	+1.1	Kateřina Čechová	Czech Republic	31 May 2011	Ostrava	[19]
23	10.51 i		Kerstin Behrendt	East Germany	1989		[21]
24	10.52+	+0.5	Kristie Edwards	Australia	11 March 2023	Sydney	[20]
25	10.56+	+1.5	Gloria Asumnu	United States	27 May 2010	Ostrava	[23]
		+0.5	Naa Anang	Australia	11 March 2023	Sydney	[20]
		+0.5	Arisa Kimishima	Japan	11 March 2023	Sydney	[20]

Note: The following athletes have had their performances annulled due to doping offense:

Time	Wind	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
10.15+	+1.5	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	27 May 2010	Ostrava	[6]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 10.33:

• Veronica Campbell-Brown also ran 10.22+ (2011).
• Heike Drechsler also ran 10.24i (1986).
• Schillonie Calvert also ran 10.30+ (2011).
• Debbie Ferguson also ran 10.31+ (2011)
• Marita Koch also ran 10.33i (1979, 1981).

Notable 100-yard dash runners

Men

Athlete	Date	Time	Remarks	Ref
F. C. Saportas	1870	10.5	Official world record
Horace H. Lee	1877	10.0	Equalled official world record	[24]
W. C. Wilmer	1878	10.0	Equalled official world record
Lon Myers	1880	10.0	Equalled official world record
Arthur Wharton	1886	10.0	Equalled official world record
J. Owen, Jr.	1890	9.8	Official world record
Arthur Duffey	1902	9.6	Official world record (later expunged)
R.P. Williams	1906	9.0	5 separate time pieces	[25]
Dan Kelly	1906	9.6	Official world record
Jack Donaldson	Johannesburg, 1910	9.375	World record
Eric Liddell	1924	9.7	British record
Denis Cussen	1928	9.8	Irish Record
Eddie Tolan	1929	9.5	Official world record
Frank Wykoff	Chicago 7 June 1930	9.4	Official world record, without starting blocks
Jesse Owens	1933	9.4	Equalled world record, set US high school record
Mel Patton	1948	9.3	Official world record
James Jackson	Alameda High School, Alameda, California, 1954	9.4	Equalled US high-school record
Ken Irvine	1961	9.3	Equalled professional 100-yard world record
Harry Jerome	1962	9.2	Record made Jerome the only athlete to own both the 100-yard and 100 meter world record simultaneously.
Frank Budd	1962	9.2	Official world record
Bob Hayes	1962	9.35
Charles Greene	1967	9.21
Bob Hayes	1964	9.1	Hand-timed
John Carlos	1969	9.1	Hand-timed, equalled Hayes's world record
Houston McTear	1975 Florida HS State Prelims, Winter Park, FL	9.0	Unofficial and hand-timed. In 1975 registered a time of 9.30 seconds.
Pharnell Raines	1971, Fort Myers, Florida	9.2	High school record, hand-timed
Ivory Crockett	1974	9.0	Hand-timed
Asafa Powell	27 May 2010	9.07+ (−0.5 m/s)	Official World Best, en route to 100m	[5]

Women

Athlete	Date	Time	Remarks	Ref
Mae Faggs	1954	10.8
Heather Young	20 July 1958	10.73 (+0.3 m/s)	Cardiff, official hand time 10.6
Wilma Rudolph	1961	10.8
Dorothy Hyman	10 July 1962	10.6 (+1.3 m/s)
Mary Rand	4 July 1964	10.6 (+0.4 m/s)
Daphne Arden	4 July 1964	10.6 (+1.2 m/s)
Jill Hall	3 July 1965	10.77 (+1.8 m/s)	London
Wyomia Tyus	1965	10.5
Val Peat	10 August 1968	10.6 (0.0 m/s)	Huddersfield
Maureen Tranter	7 September 1968	10.6 (+1.8 m/s)	Birmingham
Barbara Ferrell	1969	10.7
Chi Cheng	13 June 1970	10.0	Portland, Oregon
Iris Davis	1973	10.3w
Heather Hunte	17 February 1978	10.67 i	Senftenberg
Veronica Campbell-Brown	31 May 2011	9.91+ (+1.1 m/s)	Official World Best, en route to 100m	[19]