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.

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.

Athletics 100 metres
Start of the men's 100 metres final at the 2012 Olympic Games in London
World records
Men	Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58 (2009)
Women	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 10.49 (1988)
Olympic records
Men	Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.63 (2012)
Women	Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) 10.61 (2021)
World Championship records
Men	Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58 (2009)
Women	Sha'Carri Richardson (USA) 10.65 (2023)
World junior (U20) records
Men	Letsile Tebogo (BOT) 9.91 (2022)
Women	Sha'Carri Richardson (USA) 10.75 (2019)

Start (green) and end (red) points of a 100 metre race, marked on a running track

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.

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

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 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]

The unofficial "world's fastest man or woman" title typically goes to the Olympic or world 100 metres champion.^[3][4][5] The 200 metre time almost always yields a "faster" average speed than a 100-metre race time, since the initial slow speed at the start is spread out over the longer distance.^[6] The current men's Olympic and world champion is Noah Lyles, while the current women's Olympic champion is Julien Alfred, and the world champion is Sha'Carri Richardson.

Race dynamics

Start

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.^[7][8][9]

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 0.100 s is considered a false start. This time 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.^[10] 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."^[11] The rule had a dramatic impact at the 2011 World Championships, when current world record holder Usain Bolt was disqualified.^[12][13]

Mid-race

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.^[14] 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

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.^[15] 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

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".^[16]

10-second and 11-second barriers

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 190 sprinters have run faster than 10 seconds. Similarly, 11 seconds is considered the standard for female athletes. The first woman to go under 11 seconds was Marlies Göhr in 1977.

Record performances

Usain Bolt breaking the world and Olympic records at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

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.^[17] 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.^[18] 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^[19] breaking Evelyn Ashford's four-year-old world record by 0.27 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. The next best wind legal performance is 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).^[20]

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

Updated 29 July 2023^[21]

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	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

• ^A Represents a time set at a high altitude.

All-time top 25 men

See also: 10-second barrier and Men's 100 metres world record progression

Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 100m times and the top 25 athletes:

- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 100m times

- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 100m times, by repeat athletes

- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 100m times

As of August 2024^{[update][22][23]}

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	[24][25]
	2	9.63	+1.5	0.165	Bolt #2		5 August 2012	London	[26]
	3	9.69	±0.0	0.165	Bolt #3		16 August 2008	Beijing	[26]
2	4	9.69	+2.0	0.178	Tyson Gay	United States	20 September 2009	Shanghai	[27][28]
			−0.1	0.142	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	23 August 2012	Lausanne	[29][30]
	6	9.71	+0.9	0.144	Gay #2		16 August 2009	Berlin	[24][25]
	7	9.72	+1.7	0.157	Bolt #4		31 May 2008	New York City	[31]
4	7	9.72	+0.2		Asafa Powell	Jamaica	2 September 2008	Lausanne	[32]
	9	9.74	+1.7	0.137	Powell #2		9 September 2007	Rieti	[33]
5	9	9.74	+0.9	0.161	Justin Gatlin	United States	15 May 2015	Doha	[34][35]
	11	9.75	+1.1		Blake #2		29 June 2012	Kingston
			+1.5	0.179	Blake #3		5 August 2012	London	[26]
			+0.9	0.164	Gatlin #2		4 June 2015	Rome	[36]
			+1.4	0.154	Gatlin #3		9 July 2015	Lausanne	[37]
	15	9.76	+1.8		Bolt #5		3 May 2008	Kingston
			+1.3	0.154	Bolt #6		16 September 2011	Brussels	[38]
			−0.1	0.152	Bolt #7		31 May 2012	Rome	[39]
			+1.4	0.146	Blake #4		30 August 2012	Zürich	[40]
6	15	9.76	+0.6	0.128	Christian Coleman	United States	28 September 2019	Doha	[41][33]
		9.76[A]	+1.2		Trayvon Bromell	United States	18 September 2021	Nairobi	[42]
		9.76	+1.4		Fred Kerley	United States	24 June 2022	Eugene	[43]
	22	9.77	+1.6	0.150	Powell #3		14 June 2005	Athens	[33]
			+1.5	0.145	Powell #4		11 June 2006	Gateshead	[33]
			+1.0	0.148	Powell #5		18 August 2006	Zürich	[33]
			+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	[44]
			+0.6	0.178	Gatlin #4		5 September 2014	Brussels	[45]
			+0.9	0.153	Gatlin #5		23 August 2015	Beijing	[46]
			+1.5		Bromell #2		5 June 2021	Miramar	[47]
9	22	9.77[A]	+1.2		Ferdinand Omanyala	Kenya	18 September 2021	Nairobi	[42]
	22	9.77	+1.8		Kerley #2		24 June 2022	Eugene	[48]
9	22	9.77	+0.9		Kishane Thompson	Jamaica	28 June 2024	Kingston	[49]
11		9.78	+0.9		Nesta Carter	Jamaica	29 August 2010	Rieti	[50]
12		9.79	+0.1		Maurice Greene	United States	16 June 1999	Athens	[51]
			+1.0	0.178	Noah Lyles	United States	4 August 2024	Saint-Denis	[52]
14		9.80	+1.3		Steve Mullings	Jamaica	4 June 2011	Eugene	[53]
			+0.1		Marcell Jacobs	Italy	1 August 2021	Tokyo	[54]
16		9.81	+0.7	0.146	Oblique Seville	Jamaica	4 August 2024	Saint-Denis	[55]
17		9.82	+1.7		Richard Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago	21 June 2014	Port of Spain	[56]
			+1.0	0.149	Akani Simbine	South Africa	4 August 2024	Saint-Denis	[52]
19		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	[57]
22		9.84	+0.7		Donovan Bailey	Canada	27 July 1996	Atlanta
			+0.2		Bruny Surin	Canada	22 August 1999	Seville
24		9.85	+1.2		Leroy Burrell	United States	6 July 1994	Lausanne	[58]
			+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	[47]

Assisted marks

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:

• Tyson Gay (USA) ran 9.68 (+4.1 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 29 June 2008.^[59]
• Obadele Thompson (BAR) ran 9.69 (+5.7 m/s) at high altitude in El Paso, Texas on 13 April 1996.
• Andre De Grasse (CAN) ran 9.69 (+4.8 m/s) during the Diamond League in Stockholm on 18 June 2017,^[60] 9.74 (+2.9 m/s) during the Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon on 21 August 2021, and 9.75 (+2.7 m/s) during the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 12 June 2015.
• Richard Thompson (TTO) ran 9.74 (+5.0 m/s) in Clermont, Florida on 31 May 2014.
• Darvis Patton (USA) ran 9.75 (+4.3 m/s) in Austin, Texas on 30 March 2013.
• Trayvon Bromell (USA) ran 9.75 (+2.1 m/s) in Jacksonville, Florida on 30 April 2022.
• Churandy Martina (AHO) ran 9.76 (+6.1 m/s) at high altitude in El Paso, Texas on 13 May 2006.
• Carl Lewis (USA) ran 9.78 (+5.2 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Indiana on 16 July 1988 and 9.80 (+4.3 m/s) during the World Championships in Tokyo on 24 August 1991.
• Maurice Greene (USA) ran 9.78 (+3.7 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 31 May 2004.
• Ronnie Baker (USA) ran 9.78 (+2.4 m/s) during the Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon on 26 May 2018.
• Andre Cason (USA) ran 9.79 (+5.3 m/s) and (+4.5 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 16 June 1993.
• Favour Ashe (NGR) ran 9.79 (+3.0 m/s) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on 30 April 2022.
• Kenny Bednarek (USA) ran 9.79 (+2.4 m/s) in Miramar, Florida on 3 May 2025.
• Walter Dix (USA) ran 9.80 (+4.1 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 29 June 2008.
• Mike Rodgers (USA) ran 9.80 (+2.7 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 31 May 2014 and 9.80 (+2.4 m/s) in Sacramento, California on 27 June 2014.
• Terrance Laird (USA) ran 9.80 (+3.2 m/s) in College Station, Texas on 15 May 2021.^[61]
• Marvin Bracy (USA) ran 9.80 (+2.9 m/s) in Montverde, Florida on 4 June 2022.

Annulled marks

• 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.^[62] However, the record was rescinded in December 2005 following his indictment in the BALCO scandal on drug use and drug trafficking charges.^[63] The time had stood as the world record until Asafa Powell first ran 9.77.^[64]
• 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

See also: Women's 100 metres world record progression

Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 100m times and the top 25 athletes:

- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 100m times

- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 100m times, by repeat athletes

- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 100m times

As of August 2024^{[update][65][66]}

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Reaction (s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	10.49	±0.0		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	[67]
3	3	10.60	+1.7	0.151	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	26 August 2021	Lausanne	[68][69]
	4	10.61	+1.2	0.120	Griffith-Joyner #2		17 July 1988	Indianapolis	[70]
			−0.6	0.150	Thompson-Herah #2		31 July 2021	Tokyo	[71]
	6	10.62	+1.0	0.107	Griffith-Joyner #3		24 September 1988	Seoul	[72]
			+0.4	0.134	Fraser-Pryce #2		10 August 2022	Monaco	[73]
	8	10.63	+1.3		Fraser-Pryce #3		5 June 2021	Kingston	[74][75]
4	9	10.64	+1.2	0.150	Carmelita Jeter	United States	20 September 2009	Shanghai	[28]
	9	10.64	+1.7	0.154	Thompson-Herah #3		26 August 2021	Lausanne	[68]
5	11	10.65[A]	+1.1	0.183	Marion Jones	United States	12 September 1998	Johannesburg	[76]
	11	10.65	+0.6	0.139	Thompson-Herah #4		9 September 2021	Zürich	[77]
			−0.8	0.159	Fraser-Pryce #4		8 September 2022	Zürich	[78][79]
6	11	10.65	+1.0		Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	7 July 2023	Kingston	[80]
			−0.2	0.156	Sha'Carri Richardson	United States	21 August 2023	Budapest	[81]
	16	10.66	+0.5	0.152	Fraser-Pryce #5		6 August 2022	Chorzów	[82][83]
	17	10.67	−0.1	0.145	Jeter #2		13 September 2009	Thessaloniki	[84]
		10.67[A]	−0.4		Fraser-Pryce #6		7 May 2022	Nairobi	[85][86]
		10.67	+0.5	0.137	Fraser-Pryce #7		18 June 2022	Paris	[87][88]
			+0.8	0.137	Fraser-Pryce #8		17 July 2022	Eugene	[89]
			+1.3	0.139	Fraser-Pryce #9		8 August 2022	Székesfehérvár	[90][91]
	22	10.70	+1.6		Griffith-Joyner #4		17 July 1988	Indianapolis
			−0.1	0.120	Jones #2		22 August 1999	Seville	[92]
			+2.0	0.188	Jeter #3		4 June 2011	Eugene	[93]
			+0.6		Fraser-Pryce #10		29 June 2012	Kingston	[94]
			+0.3		Thompson-Herah #5		1 July 2016	Kingston	[95]
			+1.1		Fraser-Pryce #11		23 June 2022	Kingston	[96]
			+0.8	0.190	Jackson #2		16 September 2023	Eugene	[97]
8		10.72	+0.4		Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast	10 August 2022	Monaco	[98]
			−0.1	0.144	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	3 August 2024	Saint-Denis	[99]
10		10.73	+2.0		Christine Arron	France	19 August 1998	Budapest
11		10.74	+1.3		Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	7 September 1996	Milan
			+1.0		English Gardner	United States	3 July 2016	Eugene	[100]
13		10.75	+0.4		Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	10 July 2009	Rome
14		10.76	+1.7		Evelyn Ashford	United States	22 August 1984	Zürich
			+1.1		Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	31 May 2011	Ostrava
16		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	[101]
19		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	[102]
			+1.0		Tianna Bartoletta	United States	3 July 2016	Eugene
			+1.0		Tori Bowie	United States	3 July 2016	Eugene
24		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

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:

• Sha'Carri Richardson (USA) ran 10.57 (+4.1 m/s) in Miramar, Florida on 8 April 2023.
• Brittany Brown (USA) ran 10.66 (+3.2 m/s) during the Michael Johnson Invitational in Waco, Texas on 24 April 2022.
• Melissa Jefferson (USA) ran 10.69 (+2.9 m/s) during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 24 June 2022 and 10.75 (+2.4 m/s) in Miramar, Florida on 2 May 2025.
• Tori Bowie (USA) ran 10.72 (+3.2 m/s) during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 26 June 2015 and 10.74 (+3.1 m/s) during the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon on 3 July 2016.
• Tawanna Meadows (USA) ran 10.72 (+4.5 m/s) in Lubbock, Texas on 6 May 2017.
• Blessing Okagbare (NGR) ran 10.72 (+2.7 m/s) in Austin, Texas on 31 March 2018 and 10.75 (+2.2 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 1 June 2013.
• Aleia Hobbs (USA) ran 10.72 (+2.9 m/s) during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 24 June 2022.
• Cambrea Sturgis (USA) ran 10.74 (+2.2 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 12 June 2021.
• Twanisha Terry (USA) ran 10.74 (+2.9 m/s) during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 24 June 2022.
• Jenna Prandini (USA) ran 10.75 (+4.3 m/s) in Montverde, Florida on 4 June 2022.

Annulled assisted marks

• Sha'Carri Richardson ran 10.64 (+2.6 m/s) at the US Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon on 19 June 2021, but her result was later nullified due to a positive test for cannabis.

Season's bests

Men Year Time Athlete Place 1972 10.07  Valeriy Borzov (URS) Munich 1973 10.15  Steve Williams (USA) Dakar 1974 9.9h  Steve Williams (USA) Los Angeles 1975 10.05  Steve Riddick (USA) Zürich 1976 10.06  Hasely Crawford (TRI) Montreal 1977 9.98[A]  Silvio Leonard (CUB) Guadalajara 1978 10.07  Clancy Edwards (USA) Eugene 10.07[A]  Eddie Hart (USA) Colorado Springs 10.07  Steve Williams (USA) Zürich 1979 10.01[A]  Pietro Mennea (ITA) Mexico City 1980 10.02  James Sanford (USA) Westwood 1981 10.00  Carl Lewis (USA) Dallas 1982 10.00  Carl Lewis (USA) Modesto 1983 9.93[A]  Calvin Smith (USA) Colorado Springs 1984 9.96  Mel Lattany (USA) Athens 1985 9.98  Carl Lewis (USA) Modesto 1986 10.00  Chidi Imoh (NGR) Berlin 1987 9.93  Carl Lewis (USA) Rome 1988 9.92  Carl Lewis (USA) Seoul 1989 9.94  Leroy Burrell (USA) Houston 1990 9.96  Leroy Burrell (USA) Villeneuve d'Ascq 9.96[A] Sestriere 1991 9.86  Carl Lewis (USA) Tokyo 1992 9.93  Michael Marsh (USA) Walnut 1993 9.87  Linford Christie (GBR) Stuttgart 1994 9.85  Leroy Burrell (USA) Lausanne 1995 9.91  Donovan Bailey (CAN) Montreal 1996 9.84  Donovan Bailey (CAN) Atlanta 1997 9.86  Maurice Greene (USA) Athens 1998 9.86  Ato Boldon (TRI) Walnut Athens 1999 9.79  Maurice Greene (USA) Athens 2000 9.86  Maurice Greene (USA) Berlin 2001 9.82  Maurice Greene (USA) Edmonton 2002 9.89  Maurice Greene (USA) Rome 2003 9.93  Patrick Johnson (AUS) Mito 2004 9.85  Justin Gatlin (USA) Athens 2005 9.77  Asafa Powell (JAM) Athens 2006 9.77  Asafa Powell (JAM) Gateshead Zürich 2007 9.74  Asafa Powell (JAM) Rieti 2008 9.69  Usain Bolt (JAM) Beijing 2009 9.58  Usain Bolt (JAM) Berlin 2010 9.78  Tyson Gay (USA) London  Nesta Carter (JAM) Rieti 2011 9.76  Usain Bolt (JAM) Brussels 2012 9.63  Usain Bolt (JAM) London 2013 9.77  Usain Bolt (JAM) Moscow 2014 9.77  Justin Gatlin (USA) Brussels 2015 9.74  Justin Gatlin (USA) Doha 2016 9.80  Justin Gatlin (USA) Eugene 2017 9.82  Christian Coleman (USA) Eugene 2018 9.79  Christian Coleman (USA) Brussels 2019 9.76  Christian Coleman (USA) Doha 2020 9.86  Michael Norman (USA) Fort Worth 2021 9.76[A]  Trayvon Bromell (USA) Nairobi 2022 9.76  Fred Kerley (USA) Eugene 2023 9.83  Zharnel Hughes (GBR) New York City  Noah Lyles (USA) Budapest  Christian Coleman (USA) Xiamen Eugene 2024 9.77  Kishane Thompson (JAM) Kingston

Women Year Time Athlete Place 1972 11.07  Renate Stecher (GDR) Munich 1973 11.07  Renate Stecher (GDR) Dresden 1974 11.13  Irena Szewinska (POL) Rome 1975 11.13  Renate Stecher (GDR) Dresden 1976 11.01  Annegret Richter (FRG) Montreal 1977 10.88  Marlies Göhr (GDR) Dresden 1978 10.94  Marlies Göhr (GDR) Dresden 1979 10.97  Marlies Göhr (GDR) Dresden  Evelyn Ashford (USA) Walnut 1980 10.93  Marlies Göhr (GDR) Dresden 1981 10.90[A]  Evelyn Ashford (USA) Colorado Springs 1982 10.88  Marlies Göhr (GDR) Karl-Marx-Stadt 1983 10.79[A]  Evelyn Ashford (USA) Colorado Springs 1984 10.76  Evelyn Ashford (USA) Zürich 1985 10.86  Marlies Göhr (GDR) Berlin 1986 10.88  Evelyn Ashford (USA) Rieti 1987 10.86  Anelia Nuneva (BUL) Belgrade  Silke Möller (GDR) Potsdam 1988 10.49  Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) Indianapolis 1989 10.78[A]  Dawn Sowell (USA) Provo 1990 10.78  Merlene Ottey (JAM) Seville 1991 10.79  Merlene Ottey (JAM) Vigo 1992 10.80  Merlene Ottey (JAM) Salamanca 1993 10.82  Gail Devers (USA) Lausanne Stuttgart  Merlene Ottey (JAM) Stuttgart 1994 10.77  Irina Privalova (RUS) Lausanne 1995 10.84  Gwen Torrence (USA) Gothenburg 1996 10.74  Merlene Ottey (JAM) Milan 1997 10.76  Marion Jones (USA) Brussels 1998 10.65[A]  Marion Jones (USA) Johannesburg 1999 10.70  Marion Jones (USA) Seville 2000 10.78  Marion Jones (USA) London 2001 10.82  Zhanna Block (UKR) Edmonton 2002 10.91  Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH) Manchester 2003 10.86  Chryste Gaines (USA) Monaco 2004 10.77  Ivet Lalova (BUL) Plovdiv 2005 10.84  Chandra Sturrup (BAH) Lausanne 2006 10.82  Sherone Simpson (JAM) Kingston 2007 10.89  Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) Kingston 2008 10.78  Torri Edwards (USA) Eugene  Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM) Beijing 2009 10.64  Carmelita Jeter (USA) Shanghai 2010 10.78  Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) Eugene 2011 10.70  Carmelita Jeter (USA) Eugene 2012 10.70  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) Kingston 2013 10.71  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) Moscow 2014 10.80  Tori Bowie (USA) Monaco 2015 10.74  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) Saint-Denis 2016 10.70  Elaine Thompson (JAM) Kingston 2017 10.71  Elaine Thompson (JAM) Kingston 2018 10.85  Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV) Doha  Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) Berlin 2019 10.71  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) Doha 2020 10.85  Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) Rome 2021 10.54  Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) Eugene 2022 10.62  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) Monaco 2023 10.65  Shericka Jackson (JAM) Kingston  Sha'Carri Richardson (USA) Budapest 2024 10.71  Sha'Carri Richardson (USA) Eugene

Top 25 junior (under-20) men

Updated May 2025^{[update][103]}

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	[104]
2	9.91 A	+0.8	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	2 August 2022	Cali	19 years, 60 days	[105]
3	9.92	+1.1	Tate Taylor	United States	3 May 2025	Austin	17 years, 219 days	[106]
4	9.93	+1.6	Christian Miller	United States	20 April 2024	Clermont	17 years, 340 days	[107]
5	9.97	+1.8	Trayvon Bromell	United States	13 June 2014	Eugene	18 years, 338 days	[108]
6	9.99	+0.3	Bouwahjgie Nkrumie	Jamaica	29 March 2023	Kingston	19 years, 41 days	[109]
	9.99 A	+0.7	Bayanda Walaza	South Africa	15 March 2025	Pretoria	19 years, 34 days	[110]
8	10.00	+1.6	Trentavis Friday	United States	5 July 2014	Eugene	19 years, 30 days
9	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	[111]
	10.01 A	+1.9	Renan Gallina	Brazil	19 May 2023	Bogotá	19 years, 65 days	[112]
13	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	[113]
		+0.6	Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike	Nigeria	27 May 2022	Fayetteville	19 years, 124 days	[114]
16	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	[115]
		−0.1	Erriyon Knighton	United States	16 April 2022	Gainesville	18 years, 77 days	[116]
20	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	[117]
		−0.6			4 August 2017	London	18 years, 151 days	[118]
23	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	[119]
		+1.1	He Jinxian	China	29 June 2024	Rizhao	17 years, 229 days	[120]

Notes

• 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).^[121]
• 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.^[122]
• 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.^[123]
• 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.^[124]

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

• Letsile Tebogo also ran 9.94 (2022), 9.96 (2022).
• Trayvon Bromell also ran 10.01 (2014), 10.02 (2014).
• Bouwahjgie Nkrumie also ran 10.02 A (2022).
• Yoshihide Kiryu also ran 10.05 (2014).
• Adam Gemili also ran 10.06 (2012).
• Abdul Hakim Sani Brown also ran 10.06 (2×2017).
• Christian Miller also ran 10.06 (2023).

Top 25 junior (under-20) women

Updated January 2024^{[update][125]}

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	[126]
2	10.83	+0.6	Tamari Davis	United States	30 July 2022	Memphis	19 years, 175 days	[127]
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	[128]
6	10.92	+1.0	Alana Reid	Jamaica	29 March 2023	Kingston	18 years, 68 days	[109]
7	10.95 A	−0.1	Tina Clayton	Jamaica	3 August 2022	Cali	17 years, 351 days	[129]
8	10.97	+1.2	Briana Williams	Jamaica	5 June 2021	Miramar	19 years, 76 days	[130]
	10.97 A	+1.6	Christine Mboma	Namibia	30 April 2022	Gaborone	18 years, 343 days	[131]
10	10.98	+2.0	Candace Hill	United States	20 June 2015	Shoreline	16 years, 129 days	[132]
11	10.99	+0.9	Ángela Tenorio	Ecuador	22 July 2015	Toronto	19 years, 176 days	[133]
		+1.7	Twanisha Terry	United States	21 April 2018	Torrance	19 years, 148 days	[134]
13	11.00	+1.5	Mia Brahe-Pedersen	United States	27 May 2023	Eugene	17 years, 180 days	[135]
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	[136]
19	11.06	+0.9	Khalifa St. Fort	Trinidad and Tobago	24 June 2017	Port of Spain	19 years, 131 days	[137]
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	[138]
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	[139]

Notes

• 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.^[140] 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.^{[141][142][143]}

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

• Tamari Davis also ran 10.91 (2022).
• Tina Clayton also ran 10.96 (2022) and 11.09 (2021)
• Briana Williams also ran 10.98 (2021), 11.00 (2021), 11.01 (2021), 11.02 (2019, 2021), 11.09 (2021) and 11.10 (2019).
• Sha'Carri Richardson also ran 10.99 (2×2019).
• Twanisha Terry also ran 11.03 (2018) and 11.08 (2018).
• Marlies Gohr also ran 11.07 (1977) and 11.10 (1977).
• Candace Hill also ran 11.07 (2016), 11.08 (2015) and 11.09 (2016).
• Silke Gladisch-Moeller also ran 11.08 (1983).
• Bianca Knight also ran 11.09 (2008).
• Ángela Tenorio also ran 11.09 (2×2015) and 11.10 (2015).
• Tina Clayton also ran 11.09 (2021).

Top 25 Youth (under-18) boys

Updated June 2023^{[update][144]}

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	[145]
		+1.4	Puripol Boonson	Thailand	30 September 2023	Hangzhou	17 years, 260 days	[146]
3	10.15	+2.0	Anthony Schwartz	United States	31 March 2017	Gainesville	16 years, 207 days	[147]
4	10.16	−0.3	Erriyon Knighton	United States	23 May 2021	Boston	17 years, 114 days	[148]
5	10.17	+0.9	Gout Gout	Australia	7 December 2024	Brisbane	16 years, 344 days	[149]
6	10.19	+0.5	Yoshihide Kiryu	Japan	3 November 2012	Fukuroi	16 years, 324 days
7	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	[150]
		+2.0	Sachin Dennis	Jamaica	23 March 2018	Kingston	15 years, 233 days	[151]
10	10.22	+1.0	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	14 May 2016	Shanghai	17 years, 69 days
11	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
13	10.24	0.0	Darrel Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	14 April 2001	Bridgetown	16 years, 185 days
14	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	[152][failed verification]
17	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	[153]
20	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	[154]
		+0.8	Sebastian Sultana	Australia	29 October 2022[b]	Sydney	17 years, 47 days

Notes

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

• Puripol Boonson also ran 10.09 (2022), 10.12 (2022), 10.20 (2022).

Top 20 Youth (under-18) girls

Updated March 2024^{[update][155]}

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	[132]
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	[156]
5	11.11	+1.7	Adaejah Hodge	British Virgin Islands	29 April 2023	Lubbock	17 years, 47 days	[157]
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	[158]
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	[159]
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	[160]
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

• Briana Williams ran 10.94 s at the Jamaican Championships on 21 June 2019, which would have been a world under-18 best time.^[140] 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.^{[141][142][143]}

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

• Briana Williams also ran 11.10 (2019), 11.11 (2019), 11.13 (2018), 11.21 (2018).
• Adaejah Hodge also ran 11.12 (2023).
• Tamari Davis also ran 11.15 (2020).
• Tina Clayton also ran 11.17.
• Kevona Davis also ran 11.24 (2017).

100 metres per age category

The best performances by 5- to 19-year-old athletes are also recorded by Dominique Eisold, exclusively considering performances from 60 countries.^[161][162]

Boys Age Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Date Place Age Ref 5 15.93 −2.1 Kai Sapp 8 June 2019 Henderson, United States 5 years, 355 days 6 14.30 +1.7 Willie Washington 24 July 2010 Durham, United States 6 years, 350 days 7 13.46 −1.7 6 August 2011 New Orleans, United States 7 years, 363 days 8 12.80 +0.5 29 July 2012 Baltimore, United States 8 years, 356 days 9 12.45 +1.1 3 August 2013 Ypsilanti, United States 9 years, 360 days 10 12.06 −0.4 Nyckoles Harbor 8 June 2016 Landover, United States 10 years, 339 days 11 11.86 +0.1 25 June 2017 Baltimore, United States 11 years, 355 days 12 11.16 +2.0 Shingo Yamamoto 4 October 1998 12 years, 280 days 13 10.82 +1.2 Darrel Brown 10 July 1998 Georgetown, Guyana 13 years, 272 days 14 10.51 −0.7 Sachin Dennis 31 March 2017 Kingston, Jamaica 14 years, 241 days 15 10.20 +2.0 23 March 2018 Kingston, Jamaica 15 years, 233 days 16 10.09 +0.7 Puripol Boonson 2 August 2022 Cali, Colombia 16 years, 201 days [163] 17 10.01 +2.0 Yoshihide Kiryu 29 April 2013 Hiroshima, Japan 17 years, 135 days 18 9.97 +1.8 Trayvon Bromell 13 June 2014 Eugene, United States 18 years, 338 days 19 9.84 +1.3 25 June 2015 Eugene, United States 19 years, 350 days

Girls Age Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Date Place Age 5 16.12 +1.6 Micahlena Cotton 9 July 2016 Orlando, United States 5 years, 362 days 6 14.89 0.0 Stacey Onyepunuka 6 July 2013 Mesa, United States 6 years, 261 days 7 13.97 −0.4 Payton Payne 25 July 2015 Durham, United States 7 years, 234 days 8 13.55 +1.5 Kharisma Watkins 1 June 2019 Miramar, United States 8 years, 343 days 9 12.67 +1.7 Payton Payne 9 July 2017 Greensboro, United States 9 years, 218 days 10 12.15 +0.5 26 July 2018 Greensboro, United States 10 years, 235 days 11 11.75 +1.6 28 July 2019 Sacramento, United States 11 years, 237 days 12 11.75 +1.6 28 July 2019 Sacramento, United States 11 years, 237 days 13 11.54 −1.2 Tia Clayton 27 May 2018 Douglasville, United States 13 years, 283 days 14 11.27 +1.4 29 March 2019 Kingston, Jamaica 14 years, 224 days 15 11.13 +1.7 Briana Williams 17 March 2018 Jacksonville, United States 15 years, 361 days +1.6 Tamari Davis 9 June 2018 Shoreline, United States 15 years, 114 days 16 10.98 +2.0 Candace Hill 20 June 2015 Shoreline, United States 16 years, 129 days 17 10.94 +0.6 Briana Williams 21 June 2019 Kingston, Jamaica 17 years, 92 days 18 10.89 +1.8 Katrin Krabbe 20 July 1988 Berlin, East Germany 18 years, 241 days 19 10.75 +1.3 Sha'Carri Richardson 8 June 2019 Austin, United States 19 years, 75 days

Para world records men

Updated August 2024^[164]

Class	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
T11	10.82	+1.2	Athanasios Ghavelas	Greece	2 September 2021	Tokyo	[165]
T12	10.43	+0.2	Salum Ageze Kashafali	Norway	29 August 2021	Tokyo	[166]
T13	10.37	+0.8	Salum Ageze Kashafali	Norway	15 June 2023	Oslo	[167]
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	[168]
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	[169]
T38	10.64	+0.9	Jaydin Blackwell	USA	31 August 2024	Saint-Denis
T42	12.04	–0.5	Anton Prokhorov	Russia	30 August 2021	Tokyo	[170]
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	[171]
T52	16.13	+0.6	Maxime Carabin	Belgium	29 June 2024	Brussels	[172]
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

Updated September 2024^[173]

Classification	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
T11	11.83	−0.4	Jerusa Geber Santos	Brazil	25 March 2023	São Paulo	[174]
T12	11.40	+0.2	Omara Durand	Cuba	9 September 2016	Rio de Janeiro	[175]
T13	11.76	+0.3	Lamiya Valiyeva	Azerbaijan	3 September 2024	Saint-Denis	[176]
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	[177]
T35	13.00	+1.2	Zhou Xia	China	27 August 2021	Tokyo	[178]
T36	13.41	+0.8	Danielle Aitchison	New Zealand	15 March 2024	Wellington	[179]
T37	12.82	+1.0	Karen Palomeque	Colombia	13 July 2023	Paris	[180]
T38	12.38	+1.0	Sophie Hahn	Great Britain	12 November 2019	Dubai
		+0.4			28 August 2021	Tokyo	[181]
T42	14.64	+2.0	Karisma Evi Tiarani	Indonesia	27 May 2022	Nottwil	[182]
T43	12.80	+1.0	Marlou van Rhijn	Netherlands	29 October 2015	Doha	[183]
T44	12.72	+0.5	Irmgard Bensusan	Germany	24 May 2019	Nottwil	[184]
	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	[185]
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	[186]
T53	15.25	+1.2	Catherine Debrunner	Switzerland	27 May 2023	Nottwil	[186]
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	[187]
T64	12.64	+1.6	Fleur Jong	Netherlands	3 June 2021	Bydgoszcz	[188]

Olympic medalists

Further information: 100 metres at the Olympics

Men

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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 (athlete)  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 de Janeiro 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
2024 Paris details	Noah Lyles  United States	Kishane Thompson  Jamaica	Fred Kerley  United States

Women

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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  United States
1936 Berlin details	Helen Stephens  United States	Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland	Käthe Krauß  Germany
1948 London details	Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands	Dorothy Manley  Great Britain	Shirley Strickland  Australia
1952 Helsinki details	Marjorie Jackson  Australia	Daphne Hasenjäger  South Africa	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty  Australia
1956 Melbourne details	Betty Cuthbert  Australia	Christa Stubnick  United Team of Germany	Marlene Mathews  Australia
1960 Rome details	Wilma Rudolph  United States	Dorothy Hyman  Great Britain	Giuseppina Leone  Italy
1964 Tokyo details	Wyomia Tyus  United States	Edith McGuire  United States	Ewa Kłobukowska  Poland
1968 Mexico City details	Wyomia Tyus  United States	Barbara Ferrell  United States	Irena Szewińska  Poland
1972 Munich details	Renate Stecher  East Germany	Raelene Boyle  Australia	Silvia Chivás  Cuba
1976 Montreal details	Annegret Richter  West Germany	Renate Stecher  East Germany	Inge Helten  West Germany
1980 Moscow details	Lyudmila Kondratyeva  Soviet Union	Marlies Göhr  East Germany	Ingrid Auerswald  East Germany
1984 Los Angeles details	Evelyn Ashford  United States	Alice Brown  United States	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
1988 Seoul details	Florence Griffith Joyner  United States	Evelyn Ashford  United States	Heike Drechsler  East Germany
1992 Barcelona details	Gail Devers  United States	Juliet Cuthbert  Jamaica	Irina Privalova  Unified Team
1996 Atlanta details	Gail Devers  United States	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica	Gwen Torrence  United States
2000 Sydney details	Vacant[189]	Ekaterini Thanou  Greece	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
		Tayna Lawrence  Jamaica
2004 Athens details	Yulia Nestsiarenka  Belarus	Lauryn Williams  United States	Veronica Campbell  Jamaica
2008 Beijing details	Shelly-Ann Fraser  Jamaica	Sherone Simpson  Jamaica	none awarded
		Kerron Stewart  Jamaica
2012 London details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica	Carmelita Jeter  United States	Veronica Campbell-Brown  Jamaica
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Elaine Thompson  Jamaica	Tori Bowie  United States	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica
2020 Tokyo details	Elaine Thompson-Herah  Jamaica	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica	Shericka Jackson  Jamaica
2024 Paris details	Julien Alfred  Saint Lucia	Sha'Carri Richardson  United States	Melissa Jefferson  United States

World Championships medalists

Further information: 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships

Men

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Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Carl Lewis (USA)	Calvin Smith (USA)	Emmit King (USA)
1987 Rome details	Carl Lewis (USA)	Raymond Stewart (JAM)	Linford Christie (GBR)
1991 Tokyo details	Carl Lewis (USA)	Leroy Burrell (USA)	Dennis Mitchell (USA)
1993 Stuttgart details	Linford Christie (GBR)	Andre Cason (USA)	Dennis Mitchell (USA)
1995 Gothenburg details	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	Bruny Surin (CAN)	Ato Boldon (TRI)
1997 Athens details	Maurice Greene (USA)	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	Tim Montgomery (USA)
1999 Seville details	Maurice Greene (USA)	Bruny Surin (CAN)	Dwain Chambers (GBR)
2001 Edmonton details	Maurice Greene (USA)	Bernard Williams (USA)	Ato Boldon (TRI)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Kim Collins (SKN)	Darrel Brown (TRI)	Darren Campbell (GBR)
2005 Helsinki details	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Michael Frater (JAM)	Kim Collins (SKN)
2007 Osaka details	Tyson Gay (USA)	Derrick Atkins (BAH)	Asafa Powell (JAM)
2009 Berlin details	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Tyson Gay (USA)	Asafa Powell (JAM)
2011 Daegu details	Yohan Blake (JAM)	Walter Dix (USA)	Kim Collins (SKN)
2013 Moscow details	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Nesta Carter (JAM)
2015 Beijing details	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Trayvon Bromell (USA)  Andre De Grasse (CAN)
2017 London details	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Christian Coleman (USA)	Usain Bolt (JAM)
2019 Doha details	Christian Coleman (USA)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Andre De Grasse (CAN)
2022 Eugene details	Fred Kerley (USA)	Marvin Bracy (USA)	Trayvon Bromell (USA)
2023 Budapest details	Noah Lyles (USA)	Letsile Tebogo (BOT)	Zharnel Hughes (GBR)

Medalists by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	12	11	6	29
2	Jamaica (JAM)	4	2	4	10
3	Canada (CAN)	1	3	2	6
4	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	4	5
5	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	1	0	2	3
6	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	1	2	3
7	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	0	1
	Botswana (BOT)	0	1	0	1

Women

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Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Marlies Oelsner-Göhr (GDR)	Marita Koch (GDR)	Diane Williams (USA)
1987 Rome details	Silke Gladisch-Möller (GDR)	Heike Daute-Drechsler (GDR)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1991 Tokyo details	Katrin Krabbe (GER)	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1993 Stuttgart details	Gail Devers (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Gwen Torrence (USA)
1995 Gothenburg details	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Irina Privalova (RUS)
1997 Athens details	Marion Jones (USA)	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	Savatheda Fynes (BAH)
1999 Seville details	Marion Jones (USA)	Inger Miller (USA)	Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)
2001 Edmonton details	Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (UKR)	Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)	Chandra Sturrup (BAH)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Torri Edwards (USA)	Chandra Sturrup (BAH)	Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)
2005 Helsinki details	Lauryn Williams (USA)	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	Christine Arron (FRA)
2007 Osaka details	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Lauryn Williams (USA)	Carmelita Jeter (USA)
2009 Berlin details	Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM)	Kerron Stewart (JAM)	Carmelita Jeter (USA)
2011 Daegu details	Carmelita Jeter (USA)	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Kelly-Ann Baptiste (TRI)
2013 Moscow details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Murielle Ahouré (CIV)	Carmelita Jeter (USA)
2015 Beijing details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Dafne Schippers (NED)	Tori Bowie (USA)
2017 London details	Tori Bowie (USA)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)	Dafne Schippers (NED)
2019 Doha details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)
2022 Eugene details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Shericka Jackson (JAM)	Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)
2023 Budapest details	Sha'Carri Richardson (USA)	Shericka Jackson (JAM)	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)

Medalists by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	9	3	6	18
2	Jamaica (JAM)	6	7	4	17
3	East Germany (GDR)	2	2	0	4
4	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	0	2
5	Germany (GER)	1	0	0	1
6	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	2	1	3
7	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	2	3
	Greece (GRE)	0	1	2	3
9	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
10	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
11	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	0	1	1

See also

• 100-yard dash
• National records in the 100 metres
• List of 100 metres national champions (men)
• List of 100 metres national champions (women)
• Men's 100 metres world record progression
• Women's 100 metres world record progression
• 2018 in 100 metres
• 2019 in 100 metres
• 2020 in 100 metres

Notes

1. It is widely believed that the anemometer was faulty for the race in which Florence Griffith-Joyner set the official world record for the women's 100 m of 10.49 s.^[1] A 1995 report commissioned by the IAAF estimated the true wind speed was between +5.0 m/s and +7.0 m/s, rather than the 0.0 recorded.^[1] If this time, recorded in the quarter-final of the 1988 U.S. Olympic trials, were excluded, the world record would be 10.54 s, recorded by Elaine Thompson-Herah at the 2021 Prefontaine meet in Eugene on 21 August 2021.^[1][2]
2. by World Athletics source; 30 October 2022 by OAA source